Mata March 12

Which was the only US President for whom English was not their first language?

• Jimmy Carter

• Abraham Lincoln
• Barack Obama

• Martin Van Buren

Answer explanation

Born in Kinderhook, New York, our 8th president spoke Dutch as a child and remains the only US President to have spoken English as a second language.

Woody Harrelson is famous as a film and television actor. Which act is his father known for?

• Placing 2nd in the 1974 Daytona 500

• Assassinating a Federal Judge in 1979

• Playing for the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XII

• Stealing the Spanish Crown Jewels

Answer explanation

Charles Harrelson killed Judge John Wood in a San Antonio parking lot in 1979.

Nolan Ryan is Major League Baseball’s all-time leader in Strikeouts (5,714) and No-Hitters (7). He pitched for 27 years and was elected in 1999 to baseball’s Hall of Fame. How many times did he win the CY Young Award (as the league’s best pitcher)?

• 5
• 3
• 0
• 1

Answer explanation

That’s just wrong

Securing tickets to see which band was Wooderson’s (Matthew McConaughey’s character) top priority of the summer in Dazed & Confused?

• The Rolling Stones
• Led Zeppelin
• The Grateful Dead

• Aerosmith

Answer explanation

“You gotta just keep livin , Man”. L-I-V-I-N

Who is the only actor/actress to win an Academy Award for a role portraying an Academy Award winner?

• Cate Blanchett
• Meryl Streep
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Julianne Moore

Answer explanation

Cate Blanchett won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Katharine Hepburn in 2004 film, The Aviator

During July-August of 2017, Vermont jam band Phish played 13 sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York. They performed 239 different songs during that run of shows called the Baker’s Dozen. How many of those songs were repeated (played more than once) during the 13 dates?

• 13

• 12

• 0

• 5

Answer explanation

Each night was themed on a different flavor of doughnut. Federal Donuts of Philadelphia provided 1000s of doughnuts per night to the phans.

What is the name of the Queen that acts as the storyteller in One Thousand and One Nights?

• Aurora
• Fiona
• Scheherazade
• Jasmine

Answer explanation

Which is the best selling pinball game of all-time?

• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• The Addams Family
• Twilight Zone
• Medieval Madness

Answer explanation

You can find this machine at What’s Brewing?, on Rhapsody, near 281. Inflation has moved the price to play to $1.

There are 6 senior military colleges (SMC) in the United States. These are schools that have their ROTC programs codified into US law. Some of the more well-known of these colleges are Texas A&M University, Virginia Tech University and Virginia Military Institute. Which of the following schools is not a SMC?

• University of North Georgia

• The Citadel

• Colorado Military Academy

• Norwich University

Which of these nation’s governments is not an absolute monarchy?

• North Korea

• Saudi Arabia

• Brunei

• Vatican City