Rules

Questions from a variety of categories ranging from the academic to pop culture. Questions will be asked and your team will have 15 seconds to confer and record your response on your team's dry erase board. When time is called, teams will reveal their answers. After mentioning each response, the correct answer will be revealed and teams with the correct answer will be awarded points. The team with the most points at the end of the quiz wins.

No smart phones or tablets, please. This is about what you know not what Siri can tell you.

In what country will
you find
Mt. Everest?

Nepal

Who is this cartoon character?

Jabberjaw!

If you suffer from Algophobia, what is it you fear?

Pain

What is the name of the musical notation for a sixty-fourth note?

hemidemisemiquaver

What was the score of the playoff game that sent the Seattle Seahawks to this year's SuperBowl?

17 - 23

What SuperBowl party staple is in the midst of a shortage according to Kraft Foods?

Velveeta
. . .
its a cheesepocalypse!

What actor is in all the following movies:

St. Trinians (2007),
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Rock of Ages (2012)?

Russel Brand

What young adult book was named Best Fiction Book of 2012 by Time Magazine?

The Fault in Our Stars

What British football team is now sponsored by Nerdfighteria through a YouTube channel featuring John Green playing the video game FIFA 2014?

AFC Wimbledon

What activist and recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Soviet Order of Lenin and the Bharat Ratna died in December at the age of 95?

Nelson Mandela

What fermented tea has become trendy in the last year, thanks in part to the marketing of Whole Foods?

Kombucha

What brand of all beef hotdogs does B&B Hotdogs serve?

Nathan's

What Ukrainian city has been wracked by political unrest for the last two months?

Kiev

Creighton University's Ethan Wragge scored how many 3-point shots in recent game against Villanova?

9 three-pointers by Wragge and a total of 21 by the team.

What Travel Channel star has lost 60 pounds since retiring from his series celebrating competitive food excess?

Adam Richman

What is the name of the blonde-haired adult model, actress of questionable talent, and anti-vaccine activist?

Jenny McCarthy

Lewis Clarke, a 16-year-old made the record books by recently completing what chilling feat?

Completing a 700-mile and 46-day trek to become the youngest person to reach the South Pole.

What numerical value represents neutral on the pH scale?

7

What is the full name of the image file format represented by the intialism .gif?

Graphics Interchange Format

What four words begin the Michael Jackson classic Thriller?

Its close to midnight

In what country would you find the city Benghazi?

Lybia

Massively Multiplayer Online game World of Warcraft peaked with how many players?

More than 12 million players

JK Rowling used the pen name Robert Galbraith to publish what mystery in 2013?

The Cuckoo's Calling

What Coen brothers' film follows the Odyssian journey of three escaped convicts?

O Brother, Where Art Thou

Who was the first woman in space?

Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova

What persistent meteorological phenomenon is blamed for our rather chilly winter?

Polar Vortices

What would you find on a Quattro Fromaggi pizza?

Four cheeses:
mozzarella, ricotta, Parmesan and Gorgonzola

What legendary sci-fi film has the tagline In space, no-one can hear you scream?

Alien

Who was Ronald Reagan's running mate in the 1980 presidential election?

George Bush Sr.

What cereal, created in 1971, had children pooping pink?

FrankenBerry

What is the Roman numeral for 2014?

MMXIV

What is the capital of Utah?

Salt Lake City

What is the name of the service that has been called Netflix for books at $9.95 a month?

Oyster
or, you know . . . you could use the library's eBook service for free . . .

Who played Gatsby in the 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby?

Leonardo DiCaprio

What video game has Forbes.com predicted to be the biggest financial disaster of 2014?

Elder Scrolls Online

What hit song begins with the lines Tommy used to work on the docks, unions been on strike, hes down on his luck, its tough.?

Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi

From where does the beer Hoegaarden originate?

Belgium

Who voices Anna, the protagonist in the Disney movie Frozen?

Kristen Bell

In which book series will you find the character named Slartibartfast?

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

What expensive spice is made from crocus flowers?

Saffron

How many legs do butterflies have?

6

What is the collective noun for a group of crows?

A murder
though flock is also accepted . . . just not as cool.

What artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo

Bonus:
When is the first singles mingle at library scheduled?

February 8th from 6pm-8pm