ANSWER: Racing

2.5 miles


The track has four distinct turns and straightaways, a layout unchanged since the facility opened in 1909. The front and back straightaways are 5/8th of a mile each, with the "short chute" straightaways between Turns 1 and 2 and Turns 3 and 4 at 1/8th of a mile each. Each of the four turns is 1/4th of a mile long.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 226-178

QUESTION: Racing

How long is one lap of the Indianapolis motor speedway?

ANSWER: Earth Science

Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic


Igneous rocks come from hot melt. Sedimentary rocks come from cold sediments. And metamorphic rocks come from the other two rock types when Earth gets its hands on them.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 226-177

QUESTION: Earth Science

What are the three families of rocks?

ANSWER: Anatomy

Hemoglobin


Red blood cells are red only because they contain a protein chemical called hemoglobin which is bright red in color. Hemoglobin contains the element Iron, making it an excellent vehicle for transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide. As blood passes through the lungs, oxygen molecules attach to the hemoglobin. As the blood passes through the body's tissue, the hemoglobin releases the oxygen to the cells. The empty hemoglobin molecules then bond with the tissue's carbon dioxide or other waste gases, transporting it away.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 225-177

QUESTION: Anatomy

What is the name of the molecule that carries oxygen in the blood, and gives it the red color?

ANSWER: Magazines

Marilyn Monroe


Marilyn Monroe, who was featured in the first issue, was the only one to appear as "Sweetheart of the Month". The first model called a Playmate of the Month was Margie Harrison, Miss January 1954, in the second issue of Playboy. Generally a woman may only appear once as a Playmate, but in the early years of the magazine, some models were featured multiple times. Marilyn Waltz (February 1954, April 1954, April 1955 — her first appearance was as Margaret Scott) and Janet Pilgrim (July 1955, December 1955, and October 1956) are tied for the most appearances. Margie Harrison (January 1954, June 1954) and Marguerite Empey (May 1955, February 1956) are the only other women to appear more than once as Playmates.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 224-177

QUESTION: Magazines

What well-known woman was featured in the first issue of Playboy?

ANSWER: People

Theodore (Ted) Kaczynski


Dr. Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber (University and Airline Bomber), is an American mathematician and social critic, who carried out a campaign of deadly mail bombings.

The Unabomber was the target of one of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) most costly investigations. Before Kaczynski's identity was known, the FBI used the handle "UNABOM" ("UNiversity and Airline BOMber") to refer to his case, which resulted in the media calling him the Unabomber. Despite the FBI's efforts, he was not caught as a result of this investigation. Instead, his brother recognized Ted's style of writing and beliefs from the manifesto, and tipped off the FBI. To avoid the death penalty, Kaczynski's lawyers entered a plea agreement, under which he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 223-177

QUESTION: People

What is the Unabomber's name? (spelled correctly)

ANSWER: Cinema

The Cesar


The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma.

The name of the award comes from the sculptor César Baldaccini (1921–1998). The trophies are actual sculptures of the artist. They are considered to be the French equivalent of the American Academy Awards.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 222-177

QUESTION: Cinema

What is the French equivalent of the Oscar?

ANSWER: Sports

Sailing


Harbour or buoy races are conducted in protected waters, and are quite short, usually taking anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. This kind of race is most commonly run over one or more laps of a triangular course marked by a number of buoys. The course starts from an imaginary line drawn from a 'committee boat' to the designated 'starting' buoy or 'pin'. A number of warning signals are given telling the crews exactly how long until the race starts. The aim of each crew is to cross the start line at full speed exactly as the race starts. A course generally involves tacking upwind to a 'windward' marker or buoy. Then bearing away onto a downwind leg to a second jibe marker. Next another jibe on a second downwind leg to the last mark which is called the 'downwind mark' (or 'leeward mark'). At this mark the boats turn into wind once again to tack to the finish line.

Matt: --
Record: 222-176

QUESTION: Sports

In what sport does competition generally take place on a triangular race course?

ANSWER: Currency

Rupee


The Rupee was originally an Indian silver coin. Nowadays, it is the name for the monetary unit of account in India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius, and Seychelles. All these modern Rupee units descended from the original silver coin. In the Maldives, the unit of currency is known as the rufiyah, which is a cognate word of Hindi rupiya. Both the Pakistani and the Indian rupees are subdivided into one hundred paise (singular paisa) or pice. The Mauritian and Sri Lankan rupees subdivide into 100 cents. The Nepalese rupee subdivides into one hundred paisas (both singular and plural) or four Sukas or two Mohors.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 222-176

QUESTION: Currency

What is the currency of India?

ANSWER: Law

Affidavit


An affidavit is a formal sworn statement of fact, signed by the author, who is called the affiant or deponent, and witnessed as to the authenticity of the affiant's signature by a taker of oaths, such as a notary public or commissioner of oaths. The name is Medieval Latin for he has declared upon oath. An affidavit is a type of verified statement or showing, or in other words, it contains a verification, meaning it is under oath or penalty of perjury, and this serves as evidence to its veracity and is required for court proceedings.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 221-176

QUESTION: Law

What is the legal term for a voluntary written statement made under oath?

ANSWER: Games

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Matt: WRONG
Record: 220-176

QUESTION: Games

In the game of Jacks, how many prongs are there on each jack?

ANSWER: Music

Buddy Holly


The Buddy Holly Statue is located across from the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.
Created by Utah sculptor Grant Speed, it stands 8'6" tall & is 2500 pounds of bronze. It was unveiled Sept. 5th, 1980.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 220-175

QUESTION: Music

What singer is memorialized by a eight-foot bronze statue in Lubbock, Texas?

ANSWER: Food

White layer under the peel


An orange peel sticks to the fruit because it's "glued on" by white fluffy stuff called albedo. When you've peeled an orange, you've probably noticed how hard it is to get every little bit of this white albedo off the outside of the orange slices. If the albedo weren't there, the peel would just fall off the orange.

Matt: --
Record: 219-175

QUESTION: Food

What part of the orange is the albedo?

ANSWER: Movies

Millennium Falcon


The Millennium Falcon is a fictional spacecraft in the Star Wars universe commanded by smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and his Wookiee first mate, Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). The highly modified YT-1300 light freighter first appears in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), and subsequently in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) and, in a cameo, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). The Falcon also appears in a variety of Star Wars Expanded Universe materials, including books, comics, and games; James Luceno's novel Millennium Falcon focuses on the titular ship.

According to Star Wars creator George Lucas, the Falcon's design is inspired by a hamburger, with the cockpit being an olive on the side. The ship originally had a more elongated appearance, but a vessel called the Eagle with a similar appearance in Space: 1999 prompted Lucas to change the Falcon's design. The original model was modified, re-scaled, and used as Princess Leia's ship, Tantive IV.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 219-175

QUESTION: Movies

What was the name of the spacecraft captained by Han Solo in Star Wars?

ANSWER: Basketball

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During Johnson's brilliant career he got every title and award available (except for the Rookie of The Year that went to Larry Bird), from the NCAA Championship to the NBA and the Olympic Gold, he was the leader of some of the best teams the basketball has seen including the Showtime Lakers and the one who was clearly the best ever: Magic was the point guard in the Jordan-Bird-Barkley-Ewing-etc 1992 original Dream Team.

In 13 seasons highlighted by the Lakers/Celtics and Magic/Bird rivalries, Magic Johnson made the NBA Finals 9 times, winning 5 titles, 3 Finals MVPs, 3 Season MVPs and 2 All-Star MVPs in 12 All-Star Game selections.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 218-175

QUESTION: Basketball

How many NBA titles did Magic Johnson help the Lakers win as a player?

ANSWER: Natural Disasters

1930s


The Dust Bowl of the 1930s lasted about a decade. Its primary area of impact was on the southern Plains. The northern Plains were not so badly effected, but nonetheless, the drought, windblown dust and agricultural decline were no strangers to the north. In fact the agricultural devastation helped to lengthen the Depression whose effects were felt worldwide. The movement of people on the Plains was also profound.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 218-174

QUESTION: Natural Disasters

In what decade did the Dust Bowl take place?

ANSWER: Math

Numerator


The numerator is the part of a fraction that is above the line and signifies the number to be divided by the denominator.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 217-174

QUESTION: Math

What's the top number of a fraction called?

ANSWER: Television

Twilight Zone



Matt: CORRECT
Record: 216-174

QUESTION: Television

What is the "dimension of imagination" (according to the host)?

ANSWER: Hockey

Nine


There are 9 faceoff spots on a hockey rink. Most faceoffs take place at these spots. There are two spots in each end zone, two at each end of the neutral zone, and one in the center of the rink.

There are faceoff circles around the center ice and end zone faceoff spots. There are hash marks painted on the ice near the end zone faceoff spots. The circles and hash marks show where players may legally position themselves during a faceoff.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 215-174

QUESTION: Hockey

How many designated face-off spots are there on a hockey rink?

ANSWER: Space

Venus


Mercury is closest to the sun, this is true. However, because of its proximity to the sun it lacks an atmosphere. Mercury's gaseous molecules reached escape velocity long ago and the atmosphere was 'burned off' leaving a vacant wasteland of rock with a similar surface to the earth's moon. There is nothing to hold in solar radiation, thus is flies out into space.

Venus Venus is a different story. Its atmosphere is primarily composed of carbon dioxide - the primary green house gas -, which acts like a one-way door. The solar heat enters, but it cannot leave. Thus, an oven is created. This is why Venus has no water. Pictures suggest that Venus once had an aqueous environment, but because of climatic changes and intense heat.... it evaporated.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 215-173

QUESTION: Space

What is the hottest planet?

ANSWER: Oscars

Godfather II


In 1974, De Niro played a pivotal role in Francis Coppola's The Godfather, Part II, playing young Don Vito Corleone, having previously auditioned for the roles of Sonny Corleone, Michael Corleone, Carlo Rizzi and Paulie Gatto in The Godfather. His performance earned him his first Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actor, although Coppola accepted the award, as De Niro was not present at the Oscar ceremony. He became the first actor to win an Academy Award speaking mainly a foreign language, in this case, multiple Sicilian dialects (although he delivered a few lines in English). De Niro and Marlon Brando, who played the older Vito Corleone in the first film, are the only actors to have won Oscars portraying the same fictional character.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 214-173

QUESTION: Oscars

What film did Robert de Niro win his first Oscar for?

ANSWER: Literature

Katie


Scarlett O'Hara (full name Katie Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler) is the protagonist in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind and in the later film of the same name. She also is the main character in the 1970 musical Scarlett and the 1991 book Scarlett, a sequel to Gone with the Wind that was written by Alexandra Ripley and adapted for a television mini-series in 1994. During early drafts of the original novel, Mitchell referred to her heroine as "Pansy", and did not decide on the name "Scarlett" until just before the novel went to print.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 213-173

QUESTION: Literature

What was Scarlett O'Hara's real first name?

ANSWER: Sports

Chukkers


A polo match lasts about one and one-half hours and is divided into timed periods called chukkers.

* There are six chukkers in a polo match.
* Each chukker is seven minutes long.
* A bell is rung to indicate thirty seconds remain in the chukker.
* A horn sounds to terminate the chukker.
* Breaks between chukkers are three minutes long, with a five minute halftime.

QUESTION: Sports

What are the periods of play in a polo match called?

ANSWER: Animals

Woodpecker



Matt: CORRECT
Record: 213-172

QUESTION: Animals

The yellow-bellied sapsucker is a type of what? (be specific)

ANSWER: Film

Cutting heads off parking meters


Luke (Paul Newman) is arrested for cutting the heads off parking meters one drunken night. He is sentenced to two years in prison and sent to a Florida prison camp, run by the sadistic Captain (Strother Martin). Luke is revealed to be a decorated veteran, and is initially known to the other prisoners as "War-Hero Lucas." Luke fails to observe the established pecking order among the prisoners, and quickly runs afoul of the prisoners' de facto leader, Dragline (George Kennedy). The pair spar, with the prisoners and guards watching, and although Luke is severely outmatched by the larger Dragline, he repeatedly refuses to stay down and eventually Dragline refuses to fight further; Luke suffers a beating but wins the grudging respect of the prison population. Later, Luke wins a poker game on a bluff with a worthless hand; Luke comments that "sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand," and Dragline gives him the nickname "Cool Hand Luke."

Matt: WRONG
Record: 212-172

QUESTION: Film

What crime was Lucas Jackson convicted for in Cool Hand Luke?

Eyelid



Matt: WRONG
Record: 212-171