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I will post questions here periodically, later posting the answers. You can see more questions at fibonaccio.blogspot.com. Very few of these questions are in Fibonaccio!
1) Which New Jersey city was the site of the Elysian Fields, a park where the first recognized baseball game was played in 1846? Answer: Hoboken.
2) Identify the British game from which baseball was adapted. Answer: Rounders.
3) Identify the member of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, who is considered to be the "Father of Organized Baseball." Answer: Alexander Cartwright (Henry Chadwick played a role in developing the game of baseball and is also known as the "Father of Baseball," but Cartwright was the first one to develop rules for the game).
4) Identify the West Pointer who fired the first Union shot in response to the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, a soldier once considered to be the "Father of Organized Baseball." Answer: Abner Doubleday (Doubleday Field is located in Cooperstown).
5) Identify either the centerfielder for the Boston Red Sox with the given name Covelli Loyce who was nicknamed after a breakfast cereal or the Kellogg cereal itself. Answer: Covelli Loyce "Coco" Crisp or Cocoa Krispies.
6) Identify the more common name for the ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (or UCL), a surgical procedure in which a ligament from elsewhere in the body replaces one in the elbow, so named after a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Answer: Tommy John surgery (John was the first professional athlete to successfully undergo this procedure in 1974).
7) Identify the French phrase literally meaning "look for the woman" that is used as the probable explanation for the root cause of the problem. Ans: Cherchez la femme.
8) Identify the comic strip Pogo's turtle friend whose name was inspired by the French phrase cherchez la femme. Ans: Churchill "Churchy" LaFemme.
9) Identify the popular American writer whose short story "Cherchez La Femme" includes this line: "Ah! yes, I know most time when those men lose money you say, 'Cherchez la femme': --there is somewhere the woman." Ans: O. Henry.
10) Identify the TV series starring Peta Wilson whose opening credits translated from the French include the line: "Look for the woman . . . in the night, in the night." Ans: La Femme Nikita.
11) Identify the fictional captain of the Millennium Falcon in the Star Wars saga played by Harrison Ford on the screen. Ans: Han Solo (in 2007, when tightrope walkers crossed the Han River in Seoul, South Korea, press reports ran the headline "Skywalkers Cross the Han Solo").
12) Identify the U.S. women's soccer team goalkeeper who was foolishly benched for the 2007 World Cup seminfinal game against Brazil by coach Greg Ryan. Ans: Hope Solo.
13) Identify the married name of the twin sister of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars saga played by Carrie Fisher on screen. Ans: Princess Leia Organa Solo (born Leia Amidala Skywalker; she married Han Solo).
14) Identify the American secret agent played by Robert Vaughn on the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Ans: Napoleon Solo.
15) Give the full meaning of U.N.C.L.E. on the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Ans: United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.
16) Identify the avian name for the international crime syndicate that the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement fought against on the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Ans: THRUSH (its full name is Technical Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity).
17) Identify the Southern name for the Battles of Bull Run fought in Virginia in July 1861 and August 1862. Ans: (First and Second) Manassas (the North named battles after the nearest body of water).
18) Identify the Colorado town whose name completes Jack Dempsey's nickname "The _____ Mauler." Ans: Manassa.
19) Identify the tower in Toronto that until September 2007 was the world's tallest tower at 1,1815 feet tall. Ans: CN Tower (formerly the Canadian National Tower; now Canada's National Tower).
20) Which tower in the United Arab Emirates, still under construction, became the world's tallest free-standing structure in 2007, having reached a height of 1,822 feet, surpassing Toronto's CN Tower? Ans: Dubai Tower (or Burj Dubai; its final height when completed in 2008 is unknown; some sources will not recognize this building until it is completed).
21) Which monument in which city is as of 1965 the tallest in the U.S. at 630 feet? Ans: Gateway Arch in St. Louis (also considered to be the nation's tallest memorial) .
22) Which monument in which city is now the 3rd tallest in the U.S. at 555 feet? Ans: Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. (this is still considered to be the world's tallest true obelisk).
23) The Washington Monument was the world's tallest structure from 1884 to 1888 until it was surpassed by which tower in which city? Ans: Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel) in Paris.
24) Identify the La Porte, Texas, monument that is now the 2nd tallest in the U.S. at 570 feet. This monument commemorates the April 21, 1836, battle at which Santa Anna, the Mexican leader, was captured and the independence of Texas was established. Ans: San Jacinto Monument (not a true obelisk but considered to be the world's tallest monumental column).
25) Which U.S. First Lady with the first name Eleanor graduated from the same high school as her husband and married him in 1946 a month after he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy? Ans: Eleanor Rosalynn Carter (NOTE: Eleanor Roosevelt's first name is Anna).
26) Which U.S. First Lady with the first name Elizabeth not only attended the 5th grade through high school and graduated in the same class as her husband but also married him, doing so in 1919 in Independence? Ans: Elizabeth "Bess" Truman.
27) Identify the prisoner the people wanted freed rather than Jesus according to Matthew 27:16-21 as well as 3 other Gospels. Ans: Barabbas.
28) Identify the wicked Jew in Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta who was named after a biblical thief and insurrectionary leader and was released in place of Jesus. Ans: Barabas.
29) Which book, divided in 114 suras or chapters, varying in length from 3 to 286 ayas or verses, and written in Arabic, is sacred to Muslims and considered to be Allah's revelation to the Prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel? Ans: Koran (Quran; this word means "reading" or "recitation").
30) Which word beginning with C designates the 7-7 1/2 minute periods into which polo matches are divided? Ans: Chukkers (accept chukkars).
31) Identify the 3-word alliterative title of the 1993 film featuring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton as his wife arguing about whether a neighbor has committed murder. Ans: Manhattan Murder Mystery.
32) Identify the 2-word alliterative title of the 1934 Clark Gable gangster movie that John Herbert Dillinger watched just before he was shot and killed in Chicago outside the Biograph Theatre on July 22, 1934. Ans: Manhattan Melodrama.
33) Identify the frontiersman hero nicknamed "Pathfinder" and "Leatherstocking" in James Fenimore Cooper's The Leatherstocking Tales. Ans: Natty Bumppo.
34) Identify the explorer of the American West from 1842 to 1846 known as "The Pathfinder" who was the first presidential nominee of the Republican Party, in 1856. Ans: John Charles Fremont.
35) In 2007, upon defeating Ohio State 41-14 to win the BCS, or Bowl Championship Series, in college football, which school became the first to win back-to-back Men's NCAA Division I basketball and football championships? Ans: University of Florida.
36) Identify the university that had 2 players as No. 1 picks in the 2005 drafts, Andrew Bogut by Milwaukee in the NBA draft and Alex Smith by the 49ers in the NFL draft. Ans: University of Utah.
37) American railroad engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones allegedly gave his life in a train crash to save passengers and crew on April 30, 1900, driving which train on that fateful day? Ans: The Cannonball Express.
38) Identify the great jazz alto saxophonist nicknamed "Cannonball." Ans: Julian Adderley.
39) Identify the Italian word for "bartender" designating a person who makes expresso coffee as a profession. Ans: Barista.
40) Identify the term used in England for a qualified member of the legal profession who pleads cases in court. Ans: Barrister.
41) Which term beginning with O designates a government in which a few people control all power? Ans: Oligarchy.
42) Which term beginning with O is used in economics to designate control of a commodity or service in a given market by a few companies? Ans: Oligopoly.
43) Identify the pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1930 to 1937 who won 30 games in 1934 and is nicknamed "Dizzy." Ans: Jay (Jerome) Hanna Dean.
44) Identify the American trumpet player, composer, and bop developer nicknamed "Dizzy" because of his comical pranks. Ans: John Birks Gillespie.
45) Identify the sexy animated cartoon star in the 1920s and 1930s with big eyes, a squeaky voice, and prominent breasts who made her first appearance in Dizzy Dishes. Ans: Betty Boop.
46) Identify the 2-time British prime minister, the first and only one to date of Jewish heritage, who was nicknamed "Dizzy." Ans: Benjamin Disraeli.
47) Identify the New York Yankee shortstop from 1941 to 1956 nicknamed "Scooter" who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. Ans: Phil Rizutto.
48) Identify Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff nicknamed "Scooter" who, after he was convicted of obstruction of justice and committing perjury in 2007, had his sentence commuted by President Bush because he thought it was excessive. Ans: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
49) Which hyphenated-term including the French word for "without" designates in typography the typeface that does not have small features at the end of strokes? Ans: Sans-serif.
50) Which term including the French word for "without" means "without care" and identifies the palace completed in 1747 in Potsdam, Germany, and built by Frederick II? Ans: Sans Souci.
51) Identify cartoonist Charles Schulz's childhood nickname derived from the name of Spark Plug, Barney Google's horse in the comics. Ans: Sparky.
52) Identify the NHL team in "The Big Apple" whose mascot is Sparky the Dragon. Ans: New York Islanders.
53) Identify the university in Tempe whose mascot is Sparky the Sun Devil, an imp with a pitch fork. Ans: Arizona State University.
54) Identify the 5th-winningest manager in baseball history known as "Sparky" and "Captain Hook." He managed the Cincinnati Reds (1970-1979) and the Detroit Tigers (1979-1995). Ans: George Lee "Sparky" Anderson.
55) Identify the TV series on which "Sparky" is the nickname of the radio operator named Sgt. Pryor whom Radar frequently called. Ans: M*A*S*H.
56) Identify the animated TV series on which Sparky is the name of Stan's gay dog. Ans: South Park.
57) Identify the 2-word nickname for the electric chair in some U.S. states because it sparks when activated, or name the team for which Sparky Lyle was pitching when he won the American League Cy Young Award in 1977. Ans: Old Sparky or the New York Yankees.
58) After Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy, the man nicknamed "Sparky" because of his volatile personality killed Oswald. Name him. Ans: Jack Ruby.
59) Identify Shel Silverstein's country song made famous by Johnny Cash that includes the lines, "And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him / Bill or George! Any damn thing but Sue!" Ans: "A Boy Named Sue."
60) Identify the Chicago Museum in which Sue is the name of the skeleton of the world's largest and most complete T. rex. Ans: Field Museum.
61) Complete the title The _____ of Duddy Kravitz, the 4th novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. Ans: Apprenticeship.
62) Identify the New York-born rock artist who married and divorced Lisa Bonet and whose mother is Roxie Roker, the actress who played Helen Willis on the TV series The Jeffersons. His albums include Are You Gonna Go My Way and Let Love Rule. Ans: Lenny Kravitz.
63) Identify the only 2 African countries whose names end in the letters -da. Ans: Rwanda and Uganda.
64) Identify both the Spanish word designating "a fleet of warships" and its Spanish anagram designating both "an open shelter, often with thatched roof" and a motel chain. Ans: Armada and Ramada.
65) Which term beginning with G designates the field on which football is played or the game itself? This word also designates a framework of parallel metal bars on which to broil meat or fish. Ans: Gridiron.
66) Which professional people in Washington, D.C., are members of the Gridiron Club, founded in 1885? Ans: Journalists (its 65 members represent major newspapers, news magazines, and broadcast networks).
67) To which present-day country bordering the Mediterranean did the Genoese in 1308 grant governing rights over the land to the Grimaldi family of Genoa? Ans: Monaco (it is a principality ruled by a prince).
68) Which word designates both a citizen of Monaco and the dialect, based on French and Italian, that is used by its citizens? Ans: Monegasque.
69) Identify the ruler of Monaco from 1949 until his death in 2005 who shares his name with the highest peak in the state of Washington. Ans: Prince Rainier (Grimaldi) III (Mount Rainier, a volcanic peak, is in the Cascade Range; Albert II, Marquis of Baux, is the current ruler, and he is the first incumbent head of state to have reached the North Pole, doing so in April 2006, where he planted the Monegasque flag).
70) The remains of Grimaldi Man, a human similar to Cro-Magnon Man, was discovered in a cave in which country? Ans: Italy.
71) Which word meaning "to move with a rushing sound" designates the Nike logo or symbol designed by a graphic art student at Portland State University in 1972? Ans: Swoosh (Carolyn Davidson charged Nike $35 for her design options; she later received Nike stock).
72) Identify the short Oxford dictionary's new entry meaning "to flatten" or "crush" that is basically a portmanteau combining the first sound of smooth with the last of squash. Ans: Smoosh.
73) Identify the Indiana university whose Touchdown Jesus is a large mural located on the Hesburgh Library that can be seen from the football stadium. Ans: University of Notre Dame.
74) Identify the Oklahoma university at the entrance to which is a 60-foot-tall bronze sculpture of praying hands, the world's largest bronze sculpture, weighing 30 tons. Ans: Oral Roberts University.
75) Identify the boxer whose "The Fist" is a 24-foot-long bronze sculpture located in Detroit, Michigan, near the Coleman Young Municipal Center. This boxer is known as "The Brown Bomber." Ans: Joe Louis.
76) Give the full name of NOAA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce in front of whose headquarters in D.C. is a 12-foot-tall bronze sculptured entitled "The Hand of Noah." Ans: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
77) Identify the university whose football team follows the tradition of "Running Through the T" formed by the "Pride of the Southland" Marching Band before a game whose athletic teams are known as the "Volunteers." Ans: University of Tennessee.
78) Identify the university whose marching band follows the tradition of having a veteran sousaphone player dot the "i" of its name in the on-field band formation before the game and whose athletic teams are known as the "Buckeyes." Ans: Ohio State University.
79) Which name derived from mythology designates the hooks advertised as "giving you 150 lbs. of hanging muscle"? Ans: Hercules Hooks.
80) Identify the film distribution company bearing the name of the Roman god of beginnings, openings, doorways, and endings. Ans: Janus Films.
81) Give the full name of the initialism SUV, the 4-wheel-drive car built on a truck chassis and designed for off-road travel. Ans: Sport-utility vehicle.
82) Give the full name of the initialism SVU as used in the title of one of the TV series of Law and Order. Ans: Special Victims Unit.
83) Which Big 12 football teams play in the annual Red River Shootout for the Golden Hat Trophy? Ans: University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas (the game is officially known as the AT&T Red River Rivalry).
84) Which SEC teams play in the annual Iron Bowl football game? Ans: University of Alabama and Auburn University.
85) Identify the Big 12 school known traditionally as the "Home of the 12th Man," a term first recorded in 1922 when a reserve sitting in the stands suited up to play if needed. Ans: Texas A&M (E. King Gill was that player; Coach Jackie Sherill later developed the 12th Man Kickoff Team).
86) Which sport features the term "sixth man," designating the role of coming off the bench, an idea credited with having been started by Red Auerbach for guard Frank Ramsey? Ans: Basketball (Auerbach coached the Boston Celtics; the NBA now annually presents the Sixth Man of the Year Award).
87) Identify the sport one of whose terms is "hang 10." Ans: Surfing (from a surfer wrapping the 10 toes of his feet around the front of the board; the term hang ten nosemanual is used in skate boarding).
88) Which number, with the same spelling in English as in French, completes "Les _____," a group of composers whose members are Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Louis Durey, Georges Auric, and Germaine Tailleferre? Ans: Six.
89) Identify the Republican candidate for the presidency in 1964 who when he arrived in Georgia thought that the BG on the top of a building was for him, not realizing it designated the Bank of Georgia. Ans: Barry Goldwater.
90) Identify the chemical formula Barry Goldwater used during his presidential campaign that completes his slogan _____ = 1964. Ans: AuH2O (au is the symbol for gold and H2O is the formula for water).
91) As there is no consensus on which river is the longest in the U.S., which river rising in Lake Itasca, Minnesota, is longest river in the U.S.? Ans: Mississippi River.
92) Which river rising in Montana is also considered to be the longest river in the U.S.? Ans: Missouri River.
93) Identify the 4-stringed musical instrument related to the guitar introduced from Portugal into the Hawaiian islands c. 1879 whose name literally means "jumping flea." Ans: Ukulele.
94) Identify the French word for "flea" that identifies a brownish purple color. Ans: Puce.
95) Which musical instrument are you playing if you are "tickling the ivories"? Ans: Piano (when I had just started writing questions, the above was asked as "What are you doing if you are said to be tickling the ivories"; as the answer to it in a competition from a 10th grade boy of "Having sex" brought the house down, I quickly rewrote the question).
96) Which musical activity are your engaged in if you are "tripping the light fantastic"? Ans: Dancing.
97) Identify James W. Blake and Charles Lawlor's popular song about life in New York City whose title completes the following lines: "Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke / Tripped the light fantastic on the _____." Ans: "Sidewalks of New York."
98) Identify the bridge whose name completes the following lines of the song "The Sidewalks of New York": "East Side, West Side, all around the town / The tots sang 'ring-a-rosie,' _____ is falling down." Ans: London Bridge.
99) Identify the New York governor running for the presidency in 1928 who used "The Sidewalks of New York" as his campaign theme song. He was the first Catholic to run for President. Ans: Al Smith.
100) Identify the 17th-century English poet who wrote the lines, "Come, and trip it as ye go, / On the light fantastick toe" in L'Allegro. Ans: John Milton.