2002 Semifinals
Trivia Challenge

Our most difficult Trivia Challenge of the year included audio and visual clues in a full multimedia experience. (Please note that the trivia in our regular season races are much easier.)

1. This is the hottest planet in our solar system, reaching 860° Fahrenheit:
   1. Jupiter
   2. Mars
   3. Saturn
   4. Venus
2. This is the real first name of Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Tom Seaver:
   1. Andy
   2. George
   3. Jean-Claude
   4. Tom
3. From Leo Delibes exotic opera "Lakme," what duet are you listening to right now?
   1. Flower Duet
   2. Ganges Duet
   3. Lark Duet
   4. Vishnu Duet
4. Using all seven letters in a game of Scrabble® is called a:
   1. Bingo
   2. Blitz
   3. Grand Slam
   4. Yowza
5. The only diamond mine in the continental United States is located in this state:
   1. Arkansas
   2. California
   3. Minnesota
   4. Oregon
6. A group of larks is known as:
   1. An eloquence
   2. An exaltation
   3. An ostentation
   4. A pitying
7. In the Jonathan Swift book "Gulliver's Travels," Gulliver fills this onboard position before becoming shipwrecked:
   1. Captain
   2. Doctor
   3. Mechanic
   4. Porter
8. What does defenestrate mean?
   1. Covered with growing plants or grass
   2. The result of summing values and dividing by the number of values
   3. To shed skin (as a snake)
   4. To throw out of a window
9. China has this many time zones:
   1. 1
   2. 3
   3. 4
   4. 8
10. Which of the following is NOT a palindrome:
    1. Amen, Enema
    2. Draw, O Coward
    3. Evil Olive
    4. Never Odd Nor Even
11. After the Civil War, which state was the first to give African-Americans the right to vote?
    1. Iowa
    2. Massachusetts
    3. Pennsylvania
    4. Virginia
12. What is a "Laughing Jackass"?
    1. Bird
    2. Burro
    3. Flower
    4. Your brother-in-law
13. The Spike Lee Film "Clockers" is based on the book bearing the same name by this author:
    1. James Ellroy
    2. Elmore Leonard
    3. Richard Price
    4. Tom Wolfe
14. Before food coloring is added, Coca-Cola is actually this color:
    1. Blue
    2. Clear
    3. Green
    4. Red
15. Which of these products was first sold in used cologne bottles?
    1. Noxzema skin cream
    2. Ragu spaghetti sauce
    3. Tabasco sauce
    4. White Out
16. This was the name of the ship Henry Hudson first used to travel the river which now bears his name:
    1. The Beagle
    2. The Beaudry
    3. The Essex
    4. The Half Moon
17. Which of the following athletes did not appear on TV's "The Brady Bunch?"
    1. Don Drysdale
    2. Rosey Grier
    3. Joe Namath
    4. Mark Spitz
18. This holiday is celebrated on what was once the last day of the Celtic year:
    1. All Saints' Day
    2. Christmas
    3. Halloween
    4. Thanksgiving
19. There are this many articles in the U.S. Constitution:
    1. 4
    2. 7
    3. 9
    4. 15
20. Musician Bobby Vee once hired a piano player who didn't own a piano, could only play in the key of C, and used the name Elston Gunnn. Vee fired Gunnn who went on to become a star using this name:
    1. Herb Alpert
    2. Donovan
    3. Bob Dylan
    4. Marvin Gaye
21. This is the P in P.T. Barnum:
    1. Paulo
    2. Perry
    3. Phil
    4. Phineas
22. This famous foreign filmmaker played the role of "Lacombe" in Steven Spielberg's classic "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind:"
    1. Milos Forman
    2. Sidney Lumet
    3. Francois Truffaut
    4. Vilmos Zsigmond
23. Eight years before his execution, anarchist teacher Francisco Ferrer opened his unconventional "Modern School" in what city?
    1. Barcelona
    2. London
    3. New York
    4. Rome
24. Before they were green in 1969, American Express cards were this color:
    1. Grey
    2. Orange
    3. Purple
    4. Red
25. Question 7 of this Trivia Challenge was about:
    1. Defenestrate definition
    2. Diamond mines in the U.S.
    3. "Gulliver's Travels"
    4. Palindromes
26. This is the only type of product for which Elvis Presley ever did a TV commercial:
    1. Cigarettes
    2. Doughnuts
    3. Soda
    4. Tires
27. Ceremonial worship of this Greek God eventually evolved into what we now call theater:
    1. Apollo
    2. Dionysus
    3. Nike
    4. Zeus
28. The trail leading to Peru's Machu Picchu bares the name of this ancient culture:
    1. Aztec
    2. Inca
    3. Maya
    4. Olmec
29. Using an erector set for the prototype, Charles Brannock invented the Brannock device, which is the world standard for measuring:
    1. Diamonds
    2. Feet
    3. Glass
    4. Gravel
30. If you bet seven bucks on the "field" during a standard craps game in Las Vegas and the next roll is snake eyes, how much do you win?
    1. $0
    2. $7
    3. $14
    4. $21