ROUND 5: APRIL 7TH UW-W GENERAL TRIVIA, PT. 3

Question 1

A famous, fictional strikeout in baseball was described in the poem “Casey at the Bat.” Where did he strike out?

Accepted Answer

Mudville

Question 2

In the film "Grease," what fictional band performed at Rydell High School during the movie’s iconic dance competition?

Accepted Answer

Johnny Casino and the Gamblers

Question 3

If you are searching for “le mot juste,” you are looking for the what?

Accepted Answer

The right word

Question 4

Whose name used to be attached to the Pebble Beach ProAm tourney, in recognition of the singer’s devotion to the game?

Accepted Answer

Bing Crosby

Question 5

What, according to Kepler’s first law, was the shape of the orbits of the planets?

Accepted Answer

Ellipse

Question 6

Originally written in 1973 in tribute of someone who died in 1962, it was rewritten in 1997 to honor Princess Diana.

Accepted Answer

Candle in the Wind

Question 7

Which calendar has the current year written as 5781?

Accepted Answer

Hebrew Calendar

Question 8

What is the name of Georges Bizet's most famous opera with its Toreador Song?

Accepted Answer

Carmen

Question 9

Which civil rights activist and co-founder of the “National Farm Workers Assoc." motto was “Yes, it can be done”?

Accepted Answer

Cesar Chavez

Question 10

Since canned goods and metal were rationed during WW II, the first frozen TV dinners were produced by what company?

Accepted Answer

Swanson

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