Michael D. "Stew" Stewart

QUESTIONS

1. What 18th century German soldier told tall tales of himself?
2. What French blue cheese (similar to stilton) is made ewes milk?
3. Hibernia was the Roman name for which country?
4. What does an otologist study?
5. Sardines are the young of which fish?
6. What instrument is sometimes called the clown of the orchestra?

ANSWERS

1. Baron Munchhausen
2. Roquefort
3. Ireland
4. The ear and its diseases
5. Pilchard
6. Bassoon

QUESTIONS

1. What food item in French literally means twice cooked?
2. If an Italian was having Pranzo what would they be having?
3. Fredrick Bulsara was the lead singer of what pop group?
4. Who wrote Oedipus Rex?
5. On Monday, California became the first U.S. state to forbid “_____________” for minors, effective January 1st, 2013?

ANSWERS

1. Biscuit
2. Lunch
3. Queen – Freddie Mercury
4. Sophocles
5. “conversion therapy”

QUESTIONS

1. Who in 1974 became the first black manager in MLB and for what team did he manage?
2. In 1941 this film first opened with which actor portraying Sam Spade?
3. In Greek mythology who created man?
4. The Titanic has a sister ship – name it?
5. How many states in the good Ole USA have a cardinal as their state bird and name the states?

ANSWERS

1. Frank Robinson – Cleveland Indians
2. The Maltese Falcon – Humphrey Bogart
3. The demigod Prometheus
4. The Olympic
5. There is Seven:  Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.

QUESTIONS

1. In which of Aristophanes plays do the women refuse sex?
2. What is a hypocaust?
3. What pop group had a “Message in a Bottle”?
4. In what sport is a stimpmeter used?
5. Gene Hackman won an Oscar for starring as sheriff Big Whiskey for what film and who directed said film?

ANSWERS

1. Lysistrata
2. Roman Heating System
3. Police
4. Golf – measure greens pace
5. Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood

Questions

1. Nobody Does it Better was sung in which Bond film?
2. What is the essential ingredient in a mornay sauce?
3. We have used the Latin phrase ad hoc – what literally mean?
4. What is the name of the metal discs set in a tambourines rim?
5. Who got Judas’ job as the twelfth apostle?

Answers

1. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. Cheese
3. For this special purpose
4. Jingles
5. Matthias

QUESTIONS

1. Hashimoto’s disease is the malfunctioning of which gland?
2. Name the test applied to computers to see if they can think?
3. Which books chief rival is the Encyclopaedia Galactica?
4. The opening lines of which classic Russian novel are in French?
5. Copper gets its name from which Mediterranean country?

ANSWERS

1. Thyroid
2. Turing test
3. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
4. War and Peace eh bien mon prince
5. Cyprus where it was first found

QUESTIONS

1. Who was vice president US when A bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
2. The Zagros mountain range is in which country?
3. In music if F major is the key what is the relative minor?
4. Who is the Patron Saint of boy scouts?
5. The computer language LISP means what?

ANSWERS

1. No One – was not one
2. Iran
3. D minor
4. Saint George
5. List Processing

QUESTIONS

1. Star Trek Generation who was the chief of security killed off?
2. If a doctor says you have ecchymosis what have you got?
3. In what year, city, and between who did the first televised debate take place between presidential candidates?
4. In 1940 what teams were involved in the only opening day no-hitter and who threw the no-no?
5. Who was the 1^st Secretary of State for the United States of America?

ANSWERS

1. Tasha Yar
2. A Bruise
3. 1960 – In Chicago, Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
4. The Cleveland Indians’ Bob Feller left the Chicago White Sox
5. Thomas Jefferson

QUESTIONS

1. At the request of EMI who was painted out Sarge Peppers cover?
2. Which psychologist invented the terms introvert and extrovert?
3. What is the name for the group of men who elect a Pope?
4. Abel Magwitch and Biddy appear in which Dickens book?
5. If you landed at Mirabel international airport where are you?

ANSWERS

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Carl Jung
3. College of Cardinals
4. Great Expectations
5. Montreal

QUESTIONS

1. Which order of monks is famous for their silence?
2. In Greek mythology which woman’s name means all gifts?
3. From the Earth to the sun is one AU what does AU stand for
4. Which pop singer was nicknamed The Groover from Vancouver?
5. Who is the last player in Major League Baseball to win the Triple Crown?

ANSWERS

1. Trappist
2. Pandora
3. Astronomical Unit
4. Brian Adams
5. Carl Yastrzemski