This Year’s Categories: • Food • Sports • Animals • The Arts • Travel • Current Events Select One Category For Double Points!

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

• 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

• A clue will be given between each round • If you get the correct answer after the first round

your team will receive 5 extra points – After round 2: 4 points – After round 3: 3 points – After round 4: 2 points – After round 5: 1 points

• Write your answer on the special answer sheet and bring it to the scoring table

• More than one team can receive points • There is no penalty for a wrong answer and you

can try again after the next round

Are You Ready?

BBTC: This Way!

Round 1

1. Which vegetable comes in varieties named Snowball, Graffiti

and Igloo?

2. What country is

the leading

producer of orange

juice?

3. What beverage does the winner of the Indianapolis

500 traditionally drink?

4. What was the first variety of Girl Scout Cookie?

5. What is the oldest hamburger chain in the world

6. Which islands were originally called the Sandwich Islands?

7. What does the Scoville scale measure?

8. According to the Center for Retail Research, what is the most shoplifted retail item in the world?

9. In Boston on January 1919, a tank containing over 2M

gallons of what burst killing 21 and injuring over 150.

10. You’re eating Kippers. What kind of fish is it?

End of Round 1

Bring your answer book to the scoring table

Progressive Question Clue 1 5 Points

Graduated from University College London and was

admitted to the British bar.

Round 1 Answers 1. Cauliflower comes in Snowball, Graffiti and

Igloo varieties

2. Brazil is the largest producer of OJ

3. The winner of the Indianapolis 500 drinks milk

4. The first Girl Scout Cookie was a sugar cookie

5. The oldest hamburger chain in the world is White Castle

Round 1 Answers

6. The Hawaiian Islands were originally called the Sandwich Islands

7. The Scoville scale measures The pungency (hotness / spiciness) of food

8. The most shoplifted item is cheese

9. The tank that collapsed in Boston in 1919 contained molasses

10. Kippers is herring

Round 2

1. In the standard deck of 52 playing cards, which king does not have a mustache?

2. What year did women first compete in the modern

Olympics?

3. What color is the one (1) ball in the game of pool?

4. What is the name of Minnesota’s professional

soccer team?

5. Who did the Minnesota Lynx defeat to become the champions of

the WNBA in 2015?

6. What is the oldest continuously held sporting

event in the USA?

7. The sport of Sepak Takraw is also known as what?

8. Who is the highest paid female athlete in the world?

9. What is the name of the National Hockey League team based in Arizona?

10. Who was the starting quarterback for the Minnesota

Vikings in their first regular season game (1961)

End of Round 2

Bring your book to the scoring table

Progressive Question Clue 2 4 Points

Moved to South Africa in 1893 and practiced law.

Round 2 Answers

1. The King of Hearts does not have a mustache

2. Women competed in the modern Olympics in Paris in 1900

3. The 1 pool ball is yellow

4. Minnesota’s professional soccer team is Minnesota United

5. Minnesota Lynx defeated The Indiana Fever

Round 2 Answers

6. The oldest continuously held sporting event in the US is The Kentucky Derby

7. Sepak Takraw is also known as kick volleyball

8. The highest paid female athlete is Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova ($24m)

9. The NHL team in Arizona is The Coyotes

10. The starting quarterback for the Vikings was George Shaw

Round 3

1. How many hearts does an octopus have?

2. What is the only bird to be honored with its own

name on the Chinese calendar?

3. Which invertebrate has a total of 5 hearts

4. What is the fastest bird in the world (in flight)?

5. How many species of turtles are native to

Minnesota?

6. The name comes from the Greek, “River Horse.”

What is it?

ἱπποπόταμος

7. What dog, found on a WW I battlefield, went on to star in 27 films?

8. What animal is this?

9. Minnesota has 87 counties, 2 of which are named after

animal body parts. Name them.

10. The largest member of the salmon family lives in the Pacific Ocean, weighs up to 120 pounds, and is known as what?

End of Round 3

Bring your book to the scoring table

Progressive Question Clue 3 3 Points

Developed views on civil rights.

Round 3 Answers

1. An octopus has 3 hearts

2. The only bird to be honored with its own name on the Chinese calendar is a rooster

3. The earthworm is the invertebrate with 5 hearts.

4. The fastest bird in flight is peregrine falcon (over 200 mph)

5. There are 9 species of turtles in Minnesota

Round 3 Answers

6. The ‘River Horse’ is the hippopotamus

7. The WW I dog who went on to be a film star was Rin Tin Tin

8. The bird is an emu

9. The MN counties named for animal parts are Crow Wing and Otter Tail

10. The largest member of the salmon family is the chinook, also known as king salmon

Round 4

1. “Daisy Hawkins” was the original name for which

Beatle’s hit?

2. In which movie did Dolly Parton co-star with Julia

Roberts?

3. Who killed Macbeth in Shakespeare’s play?

4. An 1885 Vincent Van Gogh painting displays

peasants eating an everyday

vegetable. What is the title of this famous painting?

5. Name the Hawaiian goddess who gave people the

healing arts, creative arts, and the gift of story telling?

6. What is Broadway’s longest running show?

7. Where are you if you are doing plein air

painting?

8. This African American artist is best known for her

story quilts. Name her.

9. Who won male vocalist of the year, new artist and album of the year at the 2015 Country

Music Awards?

10. George Bernard

Shaw’s play “Pygmalion” is

the basis for what

Broadway musical?

End of Round 4

Bring your answer book to the scoring table

Progressive Question Clue 4 2 Points

Led opposition to salt tax

Round 4 Answers 1. “Daisy Hawkins” was the original name for

Eleanor Rigby

2. Dolly Parton co-stared with Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias

3. MacDuff killed Macbeth

4. The Van Gogh painting was The Potato Eaters

5. The Hawaiian goddess who gave people the healing arts, creative arts, and the gift of story telling is Hiiaka

Round 4 Answers 6. Broadway's longest running show is The

Phantom of the Opera

7. If you are doing plein air painting you are outside

8. The African American artist best known for her story quilts is Faith Ringgold

9. Chris Stapleton won 3 major awards at the CMA in 2015

10. My Fair Lady is based on Pygmalion

Round 5

1. What is MRT?

2. The Canary Islands are named after what animal?

3. Which nation has an AK-47 assault rifle on its flag?

4. What city is known as the “toilet paper” capital of the world?

5. What was the first USA national

park?

6. In what body of water is Michipinkton Island?

7. Rapa Nui is also known as what?

8. How high above the earth is the International

Space Station?

9. What is the largest city in Ohio?

10. In the 1941 song, “Let’s Get Away From It All” made

popular by Frank Sinatra, it is suggested we take a kayak to

what two places?

End of Round 5

Bring your answer book to the scoring table

Progressive Question Clue 5 1 Point

Was assassinated in New Delhi, on January 30, 1948.

Round 5 Answers

1. MRT: Mississippi River Trail

2. The Canary Islands are named after dogs

3. Mozambique has an AK-47 on its flag

4. The Toilet Paper Capital of the world is Green Bay, WI

5. Our first National Park was Yellowstone

Round 5 Answers

6. Michipinkton Island is in Lake Superior

7. Rapa Nui is also known as Easter Island

8. The ISS orbit is 262 to 265 mi. (250-300)

9. The largest city in Ohio is Columbus

10. Let’s take a kayak to Quincy or Nyack

Round 6

1. Who is the new Prime Minister of Canada?

2. Name all 3 of the highlighted Middle East countries

1

2 3

3. On January 6, 2014 this person was confirmed to replace

Ben Bernanke as Chair of the Federal Reserve. Who is it?

4. What is the name of the NASA rover that took the first pictures of earth from Mars?

5. In what Middle East country does the movie “Argo” take place

6. Who sang the 2014 Oscar winning song “Let It Go?”

It was NOT Adele Dazeem

7. Goodluck Jonathan was president of what African country from 2010 – 15?

8. Jon Stewart ‘retired’ from what TV show in 2015?

9. The 2015 Minn. Governor’s Deer Hunting Opener was held

in what town?

10. What is the first name of the second child of Prince William and Duchess Catherine?

End of Round 6

Bring your answer book to the scoring table

Mahatma Gandhi

Round 6 Answers

1. The Prime Minister of Canada is Justin Trudeau

2. The three countries in the Middle East are 1: Jordan, 2: Syria and 3: Iraq

3. Janet Yellen replaced Ben at the Federal Reserve

4. The Mars rover was Curiosity

5. The movie Argo takes place in Iran

Round 6 Answers

6. Idena Menzel as Elsa sang “Let It Go”

7. Goodluck Jonathan was president of Nigeria

8. Jon Stewart retired from The Daily Show

9. The Governor’s Deer Hunting Opener was held in Mountain Iron

10. The first name of the second child of Prince William and Duchess Catherine is Princess Charlotte/Charlotte/Princess