rules & notes - brain buster trivia
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Rules & Notes • 6 Rounds
– 10 questions per round
• Questions will be on the screen and I will also read them
• Slides advance automatically after 45 seconds • Choose one category for double points • Some questions offer BONUS points
– You must answer the first question correctly to qualify for the bonus point(s)
• You may not use electronic devices • There will be music playing during the rounds to mask
your conversation • Don’t read too much into the graphics. They are
mostly for your entertainment
Progressive Question
• A clue will be given between each round • If you get the correct answer after the first round your
team will receive 10 extra points – After round 2: 8 points – After round 3: 6 points – After round 4: 4 points – After round 5: 2 points – After round 6 we will announce the correct answer
• Write your answer on the special answer sheet and bring it to the scoring table
• More than one team can receive points
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Are You Ready?
BBTC: This Way!
Round 1
1. MN Hwy 371 begins and ends in which towns?
2. Which format became the standard for High
Definition DVDs?
3. Name the three signatories of the Korean
War armistice?
4. What did the 19th amendment to the US
Constitution do?
Bonus: The 20th?
5. Name 2 of the 3
kinds of rock types
6. From what company does Wile E. Coyote order stuff to
catch Road Runner?
7. POTUS is an acronym for what?
NOT the plant!
8. Barack Obama’s secret service code name is “Renegade.” What is Michelle Obama’s?
Bonus points for Sasha or
Malia’s code names
9. Madison Ave is known for advertising. Wall St. for
finance and the stock market. What is London’s
Fleet St. known for?
10. What was yesterday’s closing price of Berkshire Hathaway’s Class A stock
within 25%?
End of round 1
Bring your answer book to the scoring table
Progressive Question Clue 1
Born in California in 1951, died in California in 2012
Round 1 Answers 1. 371 runs 107 miles from Little Falls to Cass
Lake.
2. Blue Ray is the standard for High Def DVDs
3. US, China, N Korea signed the armistice
4. 19th: Gave women the right to vote. 20th: changed the date that the presidential, vice presidential terms ended and began to January 20th.
5. The 3 types of rock are Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
Round 1 Answers
6. Wile E. Coyote always buys from ACME
7. POTUS is President Of The United States
8. Michelle Obama’s secret service code name is Renaissance
Sasha: Rosebud Malia: Radiance
9. Fleet Street is known for newspapers
10.Berkshire Hathaway’s Class A stock closed at $172,540.00 at 4pm E Jan 10, 2014
Round 2
1. Ivory Soap has advertised itself as being ‘Pure.’ How pure does it claim to be?
2. What is the largest country on the west side of
the Coral Sea?
3. What kind of hat is this?
4. What is this?
5. How many lakes are there in Minnesota?
Within 500 either way.
The DNR defines a ‘lake’ as larger than 10 acres.
6. In what year was the first modern era World Series
played?
7. How many colors are in the Google logo?
8. What is the cart used in harness racing called?
9. Lemurs live only in what island country?
10. Who was the first woman to serve in a US
President’s cabinet? Bonus: She was the secretary of what?
End of Round 2
Bring your book to the scoring table
Progressive Question Clue 2
Received a PHD in physics from Stanford University
Round 2 Answers
1. Ivory Soap is 99 44/100 pure
2. The largest country on the west side of the Coral Sea is Australia
3. A Pork Pie hat
4. Antarctica
5. There are 11,820 lakes.
Round 2 Answers
6. The first modern era World Series was played in 1903
7. There are 4 colors in the Google Logo
8. A Sulky is the cart used in harness racing
9. Lemurs live in Madagascar
10.Francis Perkins was the first woman to serve in the cabinet. She was Secretary of Labor
Round 3
1. The first scripted interracial kiss on US TV was
on what show?
2. Who wore a dress made of meat at the 2010 Video
Music Awards?
Wha?!
3. Who was the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings for one season, 1984, following and preceding Bud Grant?
4. In Roman mythology who was
the goddess who haunted crossroads and graveyards, and was the goddess of
sorcery and witchcraft.
5. Which U.S. state produces the most pumpkins?
6. What was Tom Cruise’s nickname in the 1986 movie
“Top Gun?”
7. Who is this person?
8. If you are an oenophile what do you love?
9. He was born Leslie Lynch King and went on to serve in a high office under a different name.
What office did he hold?
10. Who wrote“……..senators, congressmen please heed this
call; don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the
hall.”?
End of Round 3
Bring your book to the scoring table
Progressive Question Clue 3
The only person to serve on both panels investigating the
Columbia and Challenger disasters.
Round 3 Answers
1. The first scripted interracial kiss was on Star Trek
2. Lady Gaga wore a meat dress
3. Les Steckel was the Vikings coach
4. The Roman goddess who haunted crossroads and graveyards, and was the goddess of sorcery and witchcraft. Trivia (Hekate) is also acceptable
5. Illinois produces the most pumpkins
Round 3 Answers
6. Tom Cruise’s nickname in “Top Gun” was Maverick
7. Minnesota’s Lt. Governor, Prettner Solon
8. An oenophile loves wine
9. Leslie Lynch King Jr. was President Gerald Ford
10. “ . . . don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall,” was written by Bob Dylan
Round 4
1. In what decade was the first 911 emergency
telephone call made?
2. Shift 7 on your keyboard gives you what character?
3. Ailurophobia is the fear of what?
4. What flavor is “Grand Marnier?”
5. Candy Lightner founded what organization after her
daughter was killed in 1980?
6. What two states do not recognize Day Light Savings
Time?
7. What 2 letter suffix is used to designate an
internet address in Spain?
8. What was the name of the family dog in the TV series The Brady Bunch?
9. Who is this person?
10. Name three of Minnesota’s iron ranges
Bonus: Name the fourth
End of Round 4
Bring your answer book to the scoring table
Progressive Question Clue 4
Was the youngest American astronaut to be launched
into space.
Round 4 Answers
1. The first 911 call was made in 1968
2. Shift 7: &
3. Ailurophobes are afraid of cats
4. Grand Marnier is orange
5. Candy Lightner founded MADD
Round 4 Answers
6. Arizona and Hawaii do not do Daylight Savings Time
7. The 2 letter suffix is used to designate an internet address in Spain is .es
8. The Brady’s dog was Tiger
9. The photo was Sen. Elizabeth Warren
10. The Mesaba, Cuyuna, Vermillion.
– The fourth is The Gunflint
Round 5
1. Which U.S. state has the smallest (lowest)
population?
2. Who got the first hit in the HHH Metrodome?
Bonus: Who got the first home run?
Hint: both occurred in the same exhibition
game
3. Columbus sailed the ocean blue in what year? Your answer must be in
Roman Numerals
4. What is the official limit in ounces of liquids that the TSA will allow to be carried
onto an airplane?
5. How long does it take to soft boil a 3 ½ pound ostrich egg?
Within 10 min. At sea level,
According to the American Ostrich
Association
6. Within 10%, what is the longest verified record for
“hooping?” (spinning a Hula Hoop)
7. Elizabeth Taylor’s 6th husband was republican
politician _____________?
8. Who is this person?
Bonus: What position does she
hold?
9. Who is this person?
Bonus: What position does
he hold?
10. In what country was Pope Francis born?
End of Round 5
Bring your answer book to the scoring table
Progressive Question Clue 5
First American woman in space at the age of 32.
Round 5 Answers
1. Wyoming has the least population
2. Pete Rose got the first hit in the Metrodome.
– Kent Hrbek hit the first home run
3. In MCDXCII Columbus sailed the ocean blue
4. The TSA allows 3.4 oz. or 100 ml
5. It takes 1 hour to boil an ostrich egg
Round 5 Answers
6. The record for ‘hooping’ is 74hrs, 54min (67hrs to 82hrs)
7. Elizabeth Taylor’s 6th husband was Sen. John Warner of Virginia
8. The person was Kathleen Sebelius, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
9. The person was Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto
10.Pope Francis was born in Argentina
Round 6
1. What is today’s #1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100?
2. How many people appear in Norman Rockwell’s
“Freedom From Want?”
3. Who or what is Ganymede?
4. What unusual event occurred at the 46th Academy Awards?
5. Who was Minnesota’s first DFL governor?
6. Near what New Jersey town did Martians land in Orson
Welles’ “War of the Worlds?”
7. What is Dr Jekyll’s first name?
8. By what name do WE know Anjeze Gonxhe
Bojaxhiu?
Anjeze = AG-ness
Gonxha = GOHN-jah
Bojaxhiu = boh-yah-JEE-oo
9. In what time zone is Mexico City?
10. Within 10%, how long is the Rum River?
Bonus: What is the driving distance from Kathio State Park to Anoka?
End or Round 6
Bring your answer book to the scoring table
Sally Ride
Round 6 Answers
1. The #1 song today is: Timber by Pitbull featuring Ke$ha (1/11/14)
2. 11 people appear in Freedom From Want
3. Ganymede is a moon of Jupiter and is the largest moon in our solar system
4. A streaker appeared at the academy awards in 1974
5. The first DFL Governor was Orville Freeman in 1954
Round 6 Answers
6. Martians landed near Grover’s Mill, New Jersey
7. Dr Jekyll’s first name was Henry
8. Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu is AKA: Mother Theresa
9. Mexico City is in the Central Time Zone
10.The Rum River is 151 miles (136 – 166). – Driving distance from Kathio Park to Anoka is 75
miles (67 – 83)
