Bacchus trivia, September 18, 2012

Round 1

1. What country has the highest per-capita beer consumption rate in the world?
   Czech Republic
2. What two U.S. states contain the endpoints of the Appalachian Trail?
   • Georgia
   • Maine
3. What Shakespeare play features cannibalism as a plot point?
   Titus Andronicus
4. What Swiss artist won an Academy Award for his visual effects work on the film Alien?
   H.R. Giger
5. What is the name of the World War II destroyer escort moored on the Hudson River in Albany?
   USS Slater
6. What rock band’s name comes from a World War II era term for UFOs?
   Foo Fighters

Round 2

1. What airport was known as Orchard Field until 1949?
   Chicago O’Hare (hence the abbreviation ORD)
2. What current Major League Baseball stadium has the highest seating capacity?
   Dodger Stadium
3. What are the six different army colors in the board game Risk?
   • Red
   • Yellow
   • Green
   • Blue
   • Pink
   • Black
4. Among this classical composer’s 106 symphonies are ones nicknamed Surprise, Farewell, Drumroll, and London.
   Franz Joseph Haydn
5. What company’s mascot is officially named “Bibendum”?
   Michelin
6. What southeast Asian nation of over 150 million people is the most populous country in the world never to have won an Olympic medal?
   Bangladesh

Round 3

Name the states whose license plates feature (or used to feature) these slogans. For example…

• Empire State → New York
• America’s Dairyland → Wisconsin
• Live Free or Die → New Hampshire

1. The Natural State
   Arkansas
2. Unbridled Spirit
   Kentucky
3. Great Faces, Great Places
   South Dakota
4. The Last Frontier
   Alaska
5. First in Flight
   North Carolina
6. Birthplace of Aviation
   Ohio
7. Sportsman’s Paradise
   Louisiana
8. Vacationland
   Maine
9. Treasure State
   Montana
10. Native America
    Oklahoma
11. Life Elevated
    Utah
12. The Spirit of America
    Massachusetts
13. Wild, Wonderful
    West Virginia
14. Land of Enchantment
    New Mexico
15. Ocean State
    Rhode Island

Round 4

1. Each face of a regular dodecahedron has how many sides?
   5
2. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt designated this natural rock formation in northeastern Wyoming as the first U.S. national monument.
   Devils Tower
3. What is the original name of “Mr. Monopoly,” the mascot of the Monopoly board game?
   Rich “Uncle” Pennybags or Milburn Pennybags
4. In 1982, who set a record that still stands as the youngest-ever host of Saturday Night Live?
   Drew Barrymore
5. What is the only warship in current service in the U.S. Navy named for a foreign citizen?
   USS Winston Churchill
6. Name the three movies directed by Stanley Kubrick which received Best Picture Oscar nominations.
   • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
   • A Clockwork Orange
   • Barry Lyndon

Round 5

1. What animal has the highest blood pressure?
   Giraffe
2. What are the two summer Olympic events in which only women compete?
   • Synchronized swimming
   • Rhythmic gymnastics
3. What 1759 satire by Voltaire was remade in 1956 as an operetta with music by Leonard Bernstein?
   Candide
4. Operation Paperclip was a U.S. military program for removing what from Germany after World War II?
   Scientists
5. What is the most abundant chemical element in the Earth’s crust?
   Oxygen
6. Named after Steve Jobs’ daughter and predating the Macintosh by a year, what was the first Apple computer with a graphical user interface?
   Lisa

Final question (Category: The U.S. Presidency)