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Triviotic had a huge turnout last night. I think I need to stock up on more answer sheets. I almost didn’t have enough sheets for the picture round.

Congratulations to the victors, Dick Pearson and Co., who came out on top after a tiebreaker round where they had to name the last 11 winners of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series.

Remember, you can join us every Monday night at 8pm at Arrow, 85 Avenue A. The answers are after the jump.

I. Cultural Anthropology

A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. The following are geographic locations. For each one, you tell me the English word most commonly associated with a person from that place. [For example, a person from New York is called a…]

1. Scotland
a. Scot  b. Scotlander  c. Scotlandian  d. Scottie Dog

2. Cyprus
a. Cypruser  b. Cyprian  c. Cypussy  d. Cypriot

3. Guam
a. Guamese  b. Guamanian  c. Guammer  d. Guammy Bear

4. Finland
a. Finlandian  b. Finlander  c. Finn  d. Finnisher

5. Democratic Republic of the Congo
a. Congolese  b. Congoer  c. Congolian  d. Congo-a-gogo

6. Maine
a. Mainer  b. Mainian  c. Mainite  d. Mainiac

7. Luxembourg
a. Luxembourgish  b. Luxembourgian  c. Luxembourger  d. Lex Luxor

8. Djibouti
a. Djiboutese  b. Djiboutian  c. Djiboutier  d. Djiboustier

9. Dallas, Texas
a. Dallasser  b. Dallassian  c. Dallasite  d. Dallastitican

10. Massachusetts
a. Massachusetter  b. Bay Stater  c. Noreaster  d. Masshole
II. American History

In honor of the 4th of July, here are two lists about U.S. history. Follow the directions for each one and place them in order by numbers 11-15 and 16-20 on your answer sheet with the corresponding letter.

11-15. Place the following wars involving U.S. Troops in order from least recent to most recent.
a. Philippine-American War
b. Spanish-American War
c. American Civil War
d. War of 1812
e. Mexican-American War

16-20. Place the following states in the order by date of statehood, starting with the oldest first.
a. Florida
b. West Virginia
c. California
d. North Carolina
e. Alaska
III. Art

Painted Presidential Portraits are created for every U.S. president, including the more recent ones. Identify the president displayed in each of these official Presidential Portraits.

IV. Before and After School Activities

In this round, I will provide a clue with two answers and a common word. You will have to answer with the correct phrase that combines the two answers. For example:

Youngest N’Sync member is the site of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics.

Answer: Justin Timberlake + Lake Placid = Justin Timberlake Placid

31. 1989 film in which Tom Cruise gets his shot to race in the Bruce Springsteen songwriting circuit
32. Female Smokey and the Bandit co-star’s outdoors magazine
33. Person who buys and sells shares in small specialty grocery store chain over the course of the same day
34.  The PGA Tour’s “Shark” commands Operation Desert Storm in 1991
35. Sultan of Swat is a Bill Clinton Supreme Court appointee
36. Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of singer of 1995 hit “Stay (I Missed You)”
37. Secretary of State who’s really the San Francisco treat
38. White rapper’s 1990 hit about Britney Spears’ debut single
39. Superstar of the Supremes runs as a third-party candidate for president in 1992 and 1996
40. Ginger, Sporty, and Scary show off their naughty parts to Joe Francis… and you can see it for just $19.95 if you call now!
V. Study Hall

Study Hall is our miscellaneous trivia round. Answer each of these questions correctly, and you’ll receive two points.

41. Two of the world’s ten largest countries in area begin and end with the letter “A.” Name them.
42. In 2007, which American track and field athlete was forced to surrender her five medals from the 200o Summer Olympics?
43. In 1815, in what city did American and British troops battle two weeks after both countries had signed a treaty ending the War of 1812?
44. What is the highest rank a Cub Scout must achieve before becoming a Boy Scout?
45. Which international airline’s name comes from the Hebrew word for “skyward?”
46. Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, and Chappaquiddick are all locales on what Massachusetts island?
47. What blonde bombshell has donned the cover of Playboy 11 times, more than any other woman?
48. What director of Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and Transformers also directed the famous “Aaron Burr” Got Milk ad?
49. Following New York City, what is the second largest city in New York State?
50. What was used by the farmer’s wife to cut off the tails of the 3 blind mice?
ANSWER KEY

1. a / 2. d / 3. b / 4. c / 5. a / 6. a / 7. c / 8. b / 9. c / 10. b

11. d / 12. e / 13. c / 14. b / 15. a / 16. d / 17. a / 18. c / 19. b / 20. e

21. Theodore Roosevelt / 22. Grover Cleveland / 23. Dwight Eisenhower / 24. William Howard Taft / 25. Franklin D. Roosevelt / 26. Thomas Jefferson / 27. Andrew Jackson / 28. Gerald Ford / 29.  John Adams / 30. Ulysses S. Grant

31. Days of Thunder Road / 32. Sally Field & Stream / 33. Day Trader Joe’s / 34. Greg Norman Schwarzkopf / 35. Babe Ruth Bader Ginsberg / 36. Mona Lisa Loeb / 37. Condoleeza Rice-a-Roni / 38. Ice Ice Baby One More Time / 39. Diana Ross Perot / 40. Spice Girls Gone Wild

41. Australia and Argentina  / 42. Marion Jones / 43. New Orleans / 44. Webelos / 45. El Al / 46. Martha’s Vineyard  / 47. Pamela Anderson / 48. Michael Bay / 49. Buffalo / 50. a carving knife

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