My office team came in second in the 17th Annual Amherst Trivia Bee 1st runners up -- Team NWDA Just-us/ Dave Sullivan, Mike McHale, Steve Greenbaum and Linda Pisano.
These are some of the members of my old team, The Daily Hampshire Gazette's. One year, we won.
Another year, we won the costume contest, when we dressed as Sarah Palin and friends.
State Rep. Ellen Story, the master of ceremonies, is always the best-dressed person at the bee, always in the same blue dress.
Here are the questions Team Just-us answered:
1) Caligula made a senator of whom? (His horse)
2 )What's the connection between the 21st and 18th amendments to the Constitution? (The 21st reveals the 18th, which is Prohibition)
3) Walter Ray Williams had the most career wins in what sport? (Bowling)
4) Brontophobia is a fear of what? (Thunder)
5) What was Scotty's first name in the original "Star Trek"? (Montgomery)
6) Heade üllatuste maa means "country of good surprises" and is the motto of what country? (Estonia)
7) what child star received 100,000 presents on her 8th birthday in 1936? (Shirley Temple)
8) Donald Kaufman, a fictional character was nominated for what honor? (an Oscar)
9) On May 3, 1809 Mary Kies became the first woman to be awarded what? (U.S. patent)
10) A recently discovered planet was given what comic book name by NASA? (Super Earth)
11) Entrepreneur Milton Levine invented what childhood science project?
(Ant farm)
12) From 1784-1811 Britain opposed a tax on what clothing item? (The hat)
13) Which U.S. president gave the first televised State of the Union address? (Truman)
14) What color does amethyst turn when heated? (Clear)
15) August is what invasive species awareness month? (Asian longhorn beetle)
FINAL ROUND
1) Atychiphobia is fear of what? (Failure)
2) In Welsh Arthurian legend what is the name of King Arthur's dagger? (Carawennan)
3) Harry Potter's character Luna Lovegood was a member of what Hogwarts house? (Ravenclaw)
4) Aerosmith's song "Walk This Way" was inspired by what movie" ("Young Frankenstein")
5) Who was the only U.S. president to remain a bachelor? (Buchanan)
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