QUESTION: Mail

Who was the first living person on a Swiss postage stamp?

ANSWER: Cars

Trunk

The trunk or boot of an automobile or car is the vehicle's main storage, luggage, or cargo compartment. Trunk is used in North American English and Jamaican English; boot is used elsewhere in the English speaking world. Trunk is also primarily used in many non-English speaking regions, such as East Asia. In earlier usage, a boot was a built-in compartment on a horse-drawn coach, used originally as a seat for the coachman and later for storage.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 390-337

QUESTION: Cars

What part of a car do British refer to as the "boot"?

ANSWER: Travel

Las Vegas

As of 3/5/2010, 20 of the 27 worlds largest hotels (by room count) are located in Las Vegas.

27 Harrah's- Las Vegas
26 Imperial Palace- Las Vegas
25 Bally's- Las Vegas
24 Disney's Pop Century Resort- Orlando
23 Gaylord Opryland Resort- Nashville
22 Treasure Island- Las Vegas
21 Paris- Las Vegas
20 Las Vegas Hilton- Las Vegas
19 Venetian (Macau)- Macau China
18 Monte Carlo- Las Vegas
17 Mirage- Las Vegas
16 Caesars Palace- Las Vegas
15 Hilton Hawaiian Village- Honolulu
14 Flamingo- Las Vegas
13 Shinagawa Prince Hotel- Tokyo
12 Planet Hollywood (Aladdin)- Las Vegas
11 Circus Circus- Las Vegas
10 Bellagio- Las Vegas
9 ARIA- Las Vegas
8 Excalibur- Las Vegas
7 Ambassador City Jomtien- Thailand
6 Mandalay Bay / THEHotel- Las Vegas
5 Luxor- Las Vegas
4 Wynn Las Vegas / Encore- Las Vegas
3 MGM Grand- Las Vegas
2 Venetian / Palazzo "MEGACENTER"- Las Vegas
1 Genting Highlands (First World Hotel)- Malaysia

Matt: --
Record: 389-337

QUESTION: Travel

20 of the world's largest hotels are in what city?

ANSWER: Stocks

HOG

Matt: WRONG
Record: 389-337

QUESTION: Stocks

What is Harley Davidson's three letter ticker symbol?

ANSWER: Books

Robert Atkins

The Atkins diet, officially called the Atkins Nutritional Approach, is a low-carbohydrate diet created by Robert Atkins from a research paper he read in the Journal of the American Medical Association published by Gordon Azar and Walter Lyons Bloom. Atkins stated that he used the study to resolve his own overweight condition. He later popularized the method in a series of books, starting with Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution in 1972. In his second book, Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, he modified parts of the diet but did not alter the original concepts.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 389-336

QUESTION: Books

In 1972, what NY cardiologist published the book, Diet Revolution?

ANSWER: College Football

Michael Vick

Vick led the NCAA in passing efficiency in 1999, setting a record for a freshman (180.4), which was good enough for the third-highest all-time mark. Vick was awarded an ESPY Award as the nation's top college player and won the first-ever Archie Griffin Award as college football's most valuable player. He was invited to the 1999 Heisman Trophy presentation and finished third in the voting behind Ron Dayne and Joe Hamilton. Vick's third place finish matched the highest finish ever by a freshman up to that point, first set by Herschel Walker in 1980.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 388-336

QUESTION: College Football

Who was the first Division I player to be named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the same year (1999)?

ANSWER: Television

Frank

The show was created by Rick Rosner, and starred Erik Estrada as macho, rambunctious Officer Francis ("Frank") "Ponch" Poncherello and Larry Wilcox as his straight-laced partner, Officer Jonathan "Jon" Baker. With Ponch the more trouble-prone of the pair, and Jon generally the more level-headed one trying to keep him out of trouble with the duo's gruff yet fatherly commanding officer Sergeant Joseph Getraer (Robert Pine), the two were Highway Patrolmen of the Central Los Angeles office of the California Highway Patrol (CHP, hence the name CHiPs).

Matt: WRONG
Record: 388-335

QUESTION: Television

On CHiPs, what was Ponch's real first name?

ANSWER: Cartoons

Pekingese

Fifi is Pluto's first original girlfriend and the pet of Minnie Mouse. She has starred in cartoons alongside Pluto, Figaro the Kitten, Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 388-334

QUESTION: Cartoons

What kind of dog was Pluto's girlfriend, Fifi?

ANSWER: War

World War I

The Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., is also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and has never been officially named. The Tomb of the Unknowns stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. On March 4, 1921, Congress approved the burial of an unidentified American soldier from World War I in the plaza of the new Memorial Amphitheater.

The white marble sarcophagus has a flat-faced form and is relieved at the corners and along the sides by neo-classic pilasters, or columns, set into the surface. Sculpted into the east panel which faces Washington, D.C., are three Greek figures representing Peace, Victory, and Valor.

The Tomb sarcophagus was placed above the grave of the Unknown Soldier of World War I. West of the World War I Unknown are the crypts of unknowns from World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Those three graves are marked with white marble slabs flush with the plaza.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 388-333

QUESTION: War

The first soldier buried at The Tomb of the Unknowns was from what war?

ANSWER: Food

Sausage

Toad in the hole is a traditional English dish consisting of sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter, usually served with vegetables and onion gravy.

The origin of the name "Toad-in-the-Hole" is often disputed. Many suggestions are that the dish's resemblance to a toad sticking its head out of a hole provides the dish with its somewhat unusual name. It is also sometimes called frog in a toad.

The recipe itself is rather simple. A pan is placed into the oven and heated for about 15 minutes while the batter is prepared. The sausages and batter are added and cooked for half an hour. With frozen sausages, the meat is placed into the dish while heated. It is normally accompanied by gravy (often onion gravy), vegetables and potatoes, often mashed.

Matt: --
Record: 387-333

QUESTION: Food

What is the "toad" in the traditional English food, toad-in-the-hole?

ANSWER: Mythology

Oedipus

The moment of epiphany comes late in the play. At the beginning of Scene III, Oedipus is still waiting for the servant to be brought into the city, when a messenger arrives from Corinth to declare the King Polybus is dead. Oedipus, when he hears this news is overwhelmed with relief, because he believed that Polybus was the father whom the oracle had destined him to murder, and he momentarily believes himself to have escaped fate. He tells this all to the present company, including the messenger, but the messenger knows that it is not true. He is the man who found Oedipus as a baby in the pass of Kithairon and gave him to King Polybus to raise. He reveals, furthermore that the servant who is being brought to the city as they speak is the very same man who took Oedipus up into the mountains as a baby. Jocasta realizes now all that has happened. She begs Oedipus not to pursue the matter further. He refuses, and she withdraws into the palace as the servant is arriving. The old man arrives, and it is clear at once that he knows everything. At the behest of Oedipus, he tells it all.

Overwhelmed with the knowledge of all his crimes, Oedipus rushes into the palace, where he finds his mother, his wife, dead by her own hand. Ripping a brooch from her dress, Oedipus blinds himself with it. Bleeding from the eyes, he begs Creon, who has just arrived on the scene, to exile him forever from Thebes. Creon agrees to this request, Oedipus begs to hold his two daughters Antigone and Ismene with his hands one more time to have their fill of tears and Creon out of pity sends the girls in to see Oedipus one more time.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 387-333

QUESTION: Mythology

Who blinded himself with Jocasta's brooch?

ANSWER: Airports

Venice

Venice Marco Polo Airport is an airport located on the Italian mainland 4.3 NM (8.0 km; 4.9 mi) north of Venice, Italy, in Tessera, a frazione of the comune of Venice nearest to Mestre. The airport was named after the Venetian traveller Marco Polo, who is considered the European rediscoverer of China.

With 6,868,968 passengers having passed through the airport in 2010, it is the fifth Italian airport in terms of air traffic.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 387-332

QUESTION: Airports

In what city is the Marco Polo Airport?

ANSWER: Magazines

Baseball

The first issue of Sports Illustrated was August 16, 1954 and showed Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat and New York Giants catcher Wes Westrum in Milwaukee County Stadium.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 386-332

QUESTION: Magazines

What sport was shown on the first cover of Sports Illustrated?

ANSWER: Music

Vibraphone

Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of the first jazz vibraphone players. Hampton ranks among the great names in jazz history, having worked with a who's who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker and Quincy Jones. In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.

Matt: WRONG (before you complain, they are not the same thing)
Record: 385-332

QUESTION: Music

What instrument did Lionel Hampton introduce to jazz?

ANSWER: Military

Fleet Admiral

Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy,[1] or more commonly referred to as Fleet Admiral (FADM), is a five-star flag officer rank, and it is considered to be the highest possible rank attainable in the United States Navy. Fleet Admiral ranks immediately above admiral and is equivalent to General of the Army and General of the Air Force. The Fleet Admiral rank is reserved for wartime use only and the grade is not currently active.

Matt: --
Record: 385-331

QUESTION: Military

What U.S. Navy rank is the equivalent of an Army five-star general?

ANSWER: Baseball

66

After years as a respected power/speed threat with a rocket arm in right field, he emerged during the 1998 as one of baseball's greatest. It was in this season that both Sosa and Mark McGwire were involved in the "home run record chase", when both players' prowess for hitting home runs drew national attention as they attempted to pass Roger Maris' single season home run mark of 61 home runs that had stood since 1961. Sosa ended the season with 66 (still a team record), behind McGwire's 70. However, Sammy had become the first Major League batter ever to hit 65 homers in a season. Then, McGwire passed him late in the season to become the first ever to hit 70. It was during that season, that Cubs announcer Chip Caray nicknamed him "Slammin' Sammy," a nickname that quickly spread.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 385-331

QUESTION: Baseball

How many home runs did Sammy Sosa hit the year that Mark McGwire broke the record with 70?

ANSWER: Tests

100

An intelligence quotient, or IQ, is a score derived from one of several different standardized tests designed to assess intelligence. The term "IQ" comes from the German Intelligenz-Quotient. When modern IQ tests are constructed the median score is set to 100 and a standard deviation to 15. Today almost all IQ tests adhere to the assignment of 15 IQ points to each standard deviation but this has not been the case historically. Approximately 95% of the population have scores within two standard deviations of the mean. If one SD is 15 points, then 95% of the population are within a range of 70 to 130.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 384-331

QUESTION: Tests

What is the median score of an IQ test?

ANSWER: Geography

Kansas

Mount Sunflower is the highest point in the state of Kansas.[1] At 4,039 feet (1,231 m), it is 3,300 feet (1,010 m) feet above the state's topographic low point in Montgomery County in southeastern Kansas due to the gradual rise towards the Rocky Mountains to the west. Located in Wallace County, it is less than half a mile (0.8 km) from the Colorado state border and close to the lowest point in Colorado.

Mount Sunflower is located on private land owned by Mike and Rae Marie Jones, who encourage visitors to the site. Amenities include a picnic table, a sunflower sculpture made from railroad spikes, and a plaque that states "nothing happened here in 1897."

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 383-331

QUESTION: Geography

Mount Sunflower is the highest point of what state?

ANSWER: Sports

Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon (20 June – 3 July in 2011), is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors being the Australian Open, French Open and US Open. Wimbledon is the only Major still played on grass, the game's original surface, which gave the game of lawn tennis its name.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 382-331

QUESTION: Sports

What Grand Slam tennis event is still played on grass?

ANSWER: Fast Food

Salt Lake City

The Sanders Court & Café generally served travelers, often those headed to Florida, so when the route planned in the 1950s for what would become Interstate 75 bypassed Corbin, he sold his properties and traveled the U.S. to sell his chicken to restaurant owners. The first to take him up on the offer was Pete Harman in South Salt Lake, Utah; together, they opened the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" outlet in 1952. By the early 1960s, Kentucky Fried Chicken was sold in over 600 franchised outlets in both the United States and Canada.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 381-331

QUESTION: Fast Food

What city was the first KFC opened in?

ANSWER: Chemicals

Nitrous Oxide

Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or sweet air, is a chemical compound with the formula N2O. It is an oxide of nitrogen. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic effects. It is known as "laughing gas" due to the euphoric effects of inhaling it, a property that has led to its recreational use as a dissociative anesthetic. It is also used as an oxidizer in rocketry and in motor racing to increase the power output of engines. At elevated temperatures, nitrous oxide is a powerful oxidizer similar to molecular oxygen.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 381-330

QUESTION: Chemicals

What is the chemical name for laughing gas?

ANSWER: Poems

Paul Revere's Ride

Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year...

Matt: WRONG
Record: 380-330

QUESTION: Poems

What poem takes place "on the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five"?

ANSWER: Music Videos

Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel


Sledgehammer video won nine MTV Video Music Awards in 1987, a record which still stands as of 2011. It ranked at number four on MTV's 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made (1999). MTV later announced that "Sledgehammer" is the most played music video in the history of the station. "Sledgehammer" has also been declared to be MTV's number one animated video of all time.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 380-329