Tamarac v. Monaco South Brain Bowl – May 12, 2023
- Give me your tired, your poor, your pickpockets and felons
Q: What nation takes up an entire continent?
A: Australia
Bonus: What is Australia’s capital?
A: Canberra.
- The south end of a northbound Brit
Q: The song “Danny Boy” uses what tune?
A: Londonderry Air (London derriere)
- Heads up
Q: In 4 H clubs, what are the 4 Hs?
A: Head, Heart, Hands and Health
- She thinks they doth protest too much
Q: When Mary Tudor became queen of England, she was known as Bloody Mary because of her relentless persecution of what group of English citizens?
A: Protestants
- Risen from the dead
Q: Who wrote the poem which appears on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty?
A: Emma Lazarus
- Not a tac
Q: An involuntary, habitual, repetitive, convulsive motion of certain muscles such eye twitching, muscle tensing, blinking, or grimacing is called what:
A: a tic
- Under the Tuscan Sun
Q: What ancient people were named for the region they settled on the Italian Peninsula called Etruria?
A: Etruscans
- An old joke
Q: What kind of tree is prominent in Longfellow's poem, "The Village Blacksmith"?
A: chestnut
- Not a tall tale
Q: Thomas Hobbes wrote that without a central government, the lives of people would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish,” and what?
A: short
Bonus: In what work of Hobbes did that quote appear?
A: Leviathan
- Not a submarine
Q: Until Walter Reed's research came to fruition, what disease had hindered the building of a canal through Central America?
A: yellow fever
- Mystery Tour
Q: Who sang about being an “eggman” and a “walrus”?
A: The Beatles
Bonus: What was the name of the song in which those words appeared?
A: I Am The Walrus
- Bugs not welcome!
Q: Unless one is a magician, what is illegal to own as a pet in Queensland, Australia?
A: A rabbit
- Q: First & last name - What name was Bob Dylan given at birth?
- Robert Zimmerman
- Math Question – π r²
Q: Which is larger: The circumference of the earth or the diameter?
A: Circumference.
Bonus: Within 1,000 miles, what is the diameter of the Earth?
A: The circumference is 24,901.55 miles. The diameter is7,926.41 miles.
- Foul ball
Q: What kind of animal is a bustard?
A: A bird
- Tinker Bell
Q: In what profession is a person in who shoes horses?
- Academy award
Q: Who lives in a trash can on ‘Sesame Street’?
A: Oscar
- Dana Carvey did him best
Q: Who said: “I’m the president of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli”?
A: George H. W. Bush
Bonus: who was his Vice President?
A: Dan Quayle
- Q: What artist painted “Girl with a Pearl Earring”?
- Vermeer
Bonus: His first name?
A: Johannes
- Not the Inca
Q: Who wrote “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?”
A: Maya Angelou
- Say it ain’t so, Cubby!
Q: What titan of Entertainment had an unnatural fear of mice?
A: Walt Disney
Bonus: What is the medical term for an unnatural fear of mice?
A: musophobia.
- Q: What does BMW stand for in English?
- Bavarian Motor Works
- Driving the optometrist crazy
Q: How many eyes does a bee have?
A: Five
- Popularity isn’t everything
Q: What unusual distinction do these U.S. presidential candidates have in common: Samuel Tilden, Grover Cleveland, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton?
A: They won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote.
- Not chocolate
Q: What is the largest type of deer?
A: The moose
- Heartbreaker
Q: Name a member of the band “The Traveling Wilburys.”
Bonus: Name another member
- I will follow you
Q: By what common name is the painting ‘La Gioconda’ known as?
A: Mona Lisa
- Ecclesiastes
Q: Which chess piece can only move diagonally?
A: A bishop
- Remember?
Q: What is the only U.S. state that borders just one other state?
A: Maine
Bonus: What is the Capital of Maine?
A: Augusta
- Some like it this way
Q: What does the Scoville scale measure?
A: Spiciness or heat of food
DRAWING
Craig Eley takes the mic and invites our MC Dan Rodriguez, who tells us about the rules for our own Brain Bowl competition. The contest will have 30 questions. He reminds the audience not to shout answers, during the competition. The decisions of the reader are final. Craig invites team members up, from both Tamarac and Monaco South.
Jon Wachter, Al Gapuzan, Mario Sani, and Jake Baker will be representing the club. The Tamarac team consists of
