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Team names:
I feel dead...da da da da da da. You know that I'm dead.
Say it Loud, I'm Dead & I'm Proud
Dying in America!!! Coast to Coast. Cross this Nation. Ha!!!!
 
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                                              Round 1
 
 1  In what capital city was the TV show Matlock set?   Atlanta 
 
 2  Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is dead -- executed for killings committed about 25 years ago. What method of execution was used?   He was lynched.
 
 3  Today, 2 men were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Name one of them.    Tony Gwynn & Cal Ripken, Jr.
 
 4  This man's expedition of 1806, often compared to the Lewis & Clark Expedition, mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase. Consequently many places & things, including a Colorado mountain, are named for him.   Zebulon Pike
 
 5  On The Simpson's, in the episode Treehouse of Horror # VII, what is the name of Bart's evil twin -- the one kept in the attic all these years!  Hugo, although it turned out that Bart was actually the evil twin.
 
 6  What Tom Wolfe novel gave the world the expression, in print anyway, "Fuhgedaboudit?"   The Bonfire of the Vanities
 
 7  Who am I? I was born in the 1950s. I am a Pentecostal minister. I was a tour manager for James Brown in the 1970s & I officiated @ his funeral. Who am I?   Al Sharpton
 
 8  In 1252, the Church of St. Francis was finally completed in what Italian city?   Assissi
 
 9  Myopia is the medical term for what common affliction?  near sightedness
 
10  What Canadian rock band were the first rock musicians ever named as Officers of the Order of Canada?   Rush
 
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                                              Round 2
 
 1  In what 1998 Oscar-nominated film did Don Knotts make his last big screen appearance in the role of "TV Repairman"?   Pleasantville
 
 2  Scottish brothers Charlie & Craig Reid have entertained folks around the world performing under what band name? They had a song in 1993 that reached #3 on the U.S. Hot 100.   The Proclaimers had a big hit w/I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
 
 3  In the movie, this gun fires single shot 23 carat 4.2 mm golden bullets w/nickel trace elements whereas in the novel of the same name, the gun is just a gold plated .45 caliber Colt 45 revolver that fires silver jacketed solid gold bullets. What gun?   The gun used by The Man With The Golden Gun
 
 4  What war does Russia call The Great Patriotic War?   The term Great Patriotic War is used in Russia & other states of the former Soviet Union to describe the war of 1941 to 1945 between Nazi Germany & its Axis allies & the Soviet Union, i.e. the Eastern Front of World War II.
 
 5  What 1966 film was advertised w/the taglines "You are cordially invited to George & Martha's for an evening of fun and games?"   Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
 
 6  Only on the show for 1 season, what actress showed her ass on the premiere episode of NYPD Blue?      Amy Brenneman
 
 7  In Greek mythology Icarus died when he flew too close to the sun w/his artificial wings held on by wax. What's the name of his pops who was flying w/him that day?   Daedalus
 
 8  Fianna Fail sounds like the name of a porn star, but its actually a political party's name means "Warriors of . . . " what country?   Ireland
 
 9  What was defined in 1963 by astronomers as 100 times brighter than 100 billion stars?   quasar
 
10  Which Led Zeppelin album title makes an appearance in the lyrics of Prince's Raspberry Beret?   In Through the Out Door
 
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                              Round 3 The Speed Round
 
 1  Calgary Flames
 2  Edmonton Oilers
 3  Montreal Canadiens
 4  Quebec Nordiques
 5  Ottawa Senators
 6  Toronto Maple Leafs
 7  Vancouver Canucks
 8  Winnipeg Jets
 9  Montreal Expos
10  Toronto Blue Jays
11  Vancouver Grizzlies
12  Toronto Raptors
 
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& now we've reached Gay Doug's favorite moment of the Quizzo festivities -- the occasionally told, sometims regrettable, often reviled, but mostly, not very funny -- Robert's Internet Joke of the Week.  A priest, a minister, & a rabbi are talking. They pose the question to each other, "What words would you want spoken over you when you're lying in your coffin @ the viewing?
The priest says, "He has gone to the arms of God, the Lord Jesus, where he will rest for all eternity."
The minister says, "He is now one w/the universe & will rest in peace."
The rabbi says, "Look, he moved!"
 
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shout-out  In the 1920's, what drink were you ordering if you were in New York & you asked for a "Red Snapper?"   A Bloody Shame
 
shout-out  In the Disney version of Pinocchio who is assigned to be Pinocchio's conscience?  Jiminy Cricket
shout-out  What periodical became the first publication to sell over a billion issues in a single year in 1974?   TV Guide
 
shout-out  In 1999, searching for What Do Kids Know.com &/or Seduce and Destroy.com would send the browser to the official website of this movie, which references both of them.  Magnolia
 
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                                              Round 4
 
 1  What new guilty pleasure MTV dating show runs unsuspecting daters' responses to questions thru voice-recognition lie-detection software?   Exposed
 
 2  What weapon was designed in 1947 by Mikhail Kalashnikov, a Russian soldier turned inventor?   He created the Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947, better known as the AK-47
 
 3  Chandler Bing & Francisco Scaramunga share what body irregularity? 
Chandler calls his 3rd nipple his nubbin
 
 4  What living first lady sometimes went by the nickname of Steel Magnolia?   Rosalynn Carter
 
 5  In 1985, A Room with a View & My Beautiful Laundrette opened on the same day in New York & showed off the remarkable range of this Oscar-winning British actor?   Daniel Day-Lewis won a Best Actor Oscar for My Left Foot
 
 6  In 1972, who was the first woman athlete named by Sports Illustrated as The Athlete of the Year?   Billie Jean King
 
 7  Which dead world leader has had biographies about him published titled The Last Lion & also The Lion of Britain?   Winston Churchill
 
 8  Big Sandy River is the name of the river that separates Kentucky from this Mountain State.   West Virginia
 
 9  What element was the first to be turned into plutonium in the first nuclear reactors?   uranium
 
10  Pass around the picture. Who am I?   xxx
 
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