Round 1
Sounds Familiar
Give two words that sound alike but have different spellings. Each clue describes one of them.
Question 1: An ancient stringed instrument and someone who deliberately tells untruths.
Question 2: The capital of South Korea and a person’s spiritual essence.
Question 3: A Mediterranean country and a substance used to lubricate machinery.
Question 4: An aromatic herb and what a clock measures.
Question 5: An edible shellfish and body tissue that contracts to produce movement.
Round 2
After Hours at the Museum
Name the artist responsible for each work.
Question 6: Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Question 7: The Persistence of Memory, featuring melting clocks.
Question 8: The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Question 9: The Kiss, showing a couple embraced in richly patterned, golden robes.
Question 10: Nighthawks, depicting customers in a brightly lit diner at night.
Round 3
New Name, Who’s This?
Give the present-day name of each city.
Question 11: Bombay.
Question 12: Saigon.
Question 13: Leningrad.
Question 14: Edo.
Question 15: Christiania, later spelled Kristiania.
Round 4
Nature’s Oddities
Unusual bodies, abilities and bathroom habits.
Question 16: Which burrowing marsupial produces famously cube-shaped droppings?
Question 17: Which small, upright-swimming fish has males that carry developing young in a brood pouch and give birth?
Question 18: Which group of birds can sustain controlled backwards flight, rather than merely drifting backwards in the wind?
Question 19: The axolotl retains its external gills into adulthood. It is a type of which amphibian?
Question 20: How many hearts does an octopus have?
Round 5
Numbers on the Playlist
Name the artist or band behind each song.
Question 21: “9 to 5” — the original 1980 recording.
Question 22: “Seven Nation Army”.
Question 23: “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”.
Question 24: “1999” — the song released in 1982.
Question 25: “99 Luftballons” — the original German-language recording.
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