CCHS Advocacy Madness Quiz! Bowl Semi-Final

Question 1

What year was snowboarding added as an Olympic Sport?

Accepted Answer

1998

Question 2

What is the name of Mickey Mouse´s dog?

Accepted Answer

Pluto

Question 3

Robin Williams won an Academy Award in this 1997 film about a South Boston janitor?

Accepted Answer

Good Will Hunting

Question 4

In fencing, what is a "fake attack" called?

Accepted Answer

Feint

Question 5

Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?

Accepted Answer

Bashful

Question 6

Which actor played the main character in the 1990 film "Edward Scissorhands"?

Accepted Answer

Johnny Depp

Question 7

Which state has the most ski areas?

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 8

How many rings, including the ONE ring, did Sauron make in LOTR (Lord of the Rings)?

Accepted Answer

20

Question 9

How many letters are in the modern English alphabet?

Accepted Answer

26

Question 10

Which classic American novel influenced Chuck Palahnuik's novel "Fight Club"?

Accepted Answer

The Great Gatsby

Question 11

Which book was famously rejected by 12 publishers before finally being accepted by Bloomsbury?

Accepted Answer

Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone

Question 12

What is Bill Clinton's real name?

Accepted Answer

William Jefferson Blythe III

Question 13

In What state was President Barack Obama born?

Accepted Answer

Hawaii

Question 14

What musical instrument did Sherlock Holmes play?

Accepted Answer

Violin

Question 15

In what year was the first Harry Potter movie released?

Accepted Answer

2001

Question 16

In what type of restaurant would you typically find the condiment wasabi?

Accepted Answer

Japanese

Question 17

Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016?

Accepted Answer

Bob Dylan

Question 18

Tom Hanks played "Captain Miller" in what legendary World War II movie?

Accepted Answer

Saving Private Ryan

Question 19

What is the capital of Germany?

Accepted Answer

Berlin

Question 20

In the United States which breed of dog is commonly known as a firehouse dog?

Accepted Answer

Dalmatian

Question 21

According to Guinness World Records, which author has the most published works?

Accepted Answer

L. Ron Hubbard

Question 22

What sunglasses did Tom Cruise wear in the 1986 movie "Top Gun"?

Accepted Answer

Ray Ban

Question 23

The study of word origins is called what?

Accepted Answer

etymology

Question 24

Who was the first woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic?

Accepted Answer

Amelia Earhart

Question 25

What did the famous Hollywood sign, located in Los Angeles, originally say?

Accepted Answer

Hollywoodland

Question 26

What football teams have never made it to the Super Bowl?

Accepted Answer

Cleveland Browns & Detroit Lions, Houston Texans & Jacksonville Jaguars

Question 27

What catch phrase is most commonly associated with the actor Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Accepted Answer

"I'll be back!"

Question 28

The hit film "She's the Man," starring Amanda Bines, is loosely based which Shakespearean play?

Accepted Answer

The Twelfth Night

Question 29

Name of the former Cuban dictator who recently died.

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

Question 30

Now extinct, what shark is thought to have been the largest ever on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Megalodon

Question 31

Superman is a fictional superhero from what fictional planet?

Accepted Answer

Krypton

Question 32

In what ocean did the Titanic sink?

Accepted Answer

The North Atlantic Ocean

Question 33

What is the proper name for an air and fuel mixture?

Accepted Answer

vaporized fuel, atomized fuel

Question 34

Who played the title character in the teen sitcom musical comedy "Hannah Montana"?

Accepted Answer

Miley Cyrus

Question 35

Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero, what was the name of his horse?

Accepted Answer

Topper

Question 36

Who was the female lead in the movie "Titanic"?

Accepted Answer

Kate Winslet

Question 37

The name of the Persian Emperor Alexander the Great defeated (name and number)

Accepted Answer

Darius III

Question 38

Cruella de Vil is a character who appeared in what novel by Dodie Smith?

Accepted Answer

The Hundred and One Dalmatians

Question 39

Which actor who played James Bond previously competed in Mr. Universe bodybuilding competition?

Accepted Answer

Sean Connery

Question 40

What was the highest selling album of the 1980s in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Question 41

George de Mestral created what product after burrs clung to his pants?

Accepted Answer

Velcro

Question 42

In the Harry Potter novels, what is Lord Voldemort's real name?

Accepted Answer

Tom Marvolo Riddle

Question 43

Which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle always wears red bandanas?

Accepted Answer

Raphael

Question 44

Who played the fictional anti hero Deadpool in the 2016 movie?

Accepted Answer

Ryan Reynolds

Question 45

What American singer-songwriter wrote and first recorded the song "Blue Suede Shoes" in 1955?

Accepted Answer

Carl Perkins

Question 46

BB-8 is an astromech droid from what film franchise?

Accepted Answer

Star Wars

Question 47

How much longer can a vehicle's stopping distance increase when driving on icy roads?

Accepted Answer

10 times the distance

Question 48

Why was Leonardo da Vinci last name - da Vinci ?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo was born in the town 'Vinci'

Question 49

What is the first book of the bible?

Accepted Answer

Genesis

Question 50

How many planets in our solar system have moons?

Accepted Answer

6

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