Round 1 – General Knowledge
1. On this day in 1967, fashion designer and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt gave birth to a son. What’s his name?
2. Released in 1988 “Kokomo” is a song by which American rock band?
3. In which city did Rosa Parks famously refuse to give up her seat on the bus?
4. This musician won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.
5. Name every U.S. state that borders the Pacific Ocean.
6. FARC is the acronym for a guerrilla movement originating in which country?
7. How many planets in our solar system have moons?
8. Last week American company SpaceX launched two NASA astronauts into space. What was their destination?
Round 2 – General Knowledge
1. One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Yerevan, is capitol of what modern day country?
2. According to the Guiness Book of World Records, what author has the most published works?
3. Canadian actor Michael Andrew Fox is better known by what name?
4. What is the national animal of Scotland?
5. How many furlongs are in a mile?
6. In what 1993 movie does the protagonist go on a violent rampage after a fast food restaurant tells him that he’s five minutes late for the breakfast menu?
7. The use of chopsticks originated in what country?
8. Europe is separated from Asia by what mountain range?
Round 3 – Riots and disturbances
1. In 1863, a new law that provided for the conscription of men to fight in the American Civil War sparked riots in what U.S. city?
2. In the spring of 1992, riots took place over a video showing police savagely beating a black motorist. What was his name?
3. Riots that took place on June 28 1969 in New York City are now known as a watershed moment in the fight for LGBT rights. What were they called?
4. On May 31, 1921 a race riot in this American city resulted in 36 deaths and became one of the worst outbreaks of civil unrest is American history.
5. A May 4, 1886 riot in Chicago known as the Haymarket riot began as a demonstration for what cause?
6. In May, 1970, riots took place across the country following the shooting of four college students who were attending a peaceful protest against the Vietnam War on what college campus?
7. A 1971 riot at this New York prison is now known as the start of the prisoners rights movement.
8. Riots took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 14, 1994. What was the reason for them?
Round 4 — Take A Hike
1. Meadows for cemeteries
2. Santa’s staging area
3. A bedridden invalid
4. Horn storage location for a male cow
5. Sir Mix a Lot preference
6. Hideout for university graduates
7. Boney bump on Chaplin’s foot, perhaps
8. Nighttime fright-giver, to a Southerner
Round 5 – Famous addresses
The government of what country is headquartered at 10 Downing Street?
In the movie The Blues Brothers, Nazis looking for Elwood Blues go to the address on his drivers license, 1060 West Addision, which is not his house. What is it?
This animated family lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace.
What is the address of the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States?
What fictional TV family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?
This celebrity mansion is located at 10236 Charing Cross Rd., in Los Angeles.
Once the world’s tallest building, this New York City skyscraper is located at 350 Fifth Avenue.
This photogenic Australian building is located at 2 Macquarie Street