1) Which US state comes last alphabetically?
2) Who has had the most square miles of the earth’s surface named after him or her?
3) What’s the popular name for the intersection at Broadway and Seventh Avenue in New York City?
4) The community of White Center in unincorporated King County is being considered for annexation by Seattle as well as what other city?
5) As of 2005, which city had the busiest Amtrak station west of the Mississippi? (most passenger traffic to and from)
6) Which of these is longest: the second-longest river in Africa, the second-longest river in Asia, the second-longest river in North America, or the second-longest river in South America?
7) What’s the official state religion of Bhutan?
8) The US was the first country to detonate a nuclear weapon. The Soviet Union was second. Which country was third?
9) What state capital, named for a US president, is the city with the greatest number of Flickr users per capita?
10) If you’re at the spot exactly opposite Seattle on a globe, what ocean are you in?
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1) Before Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, what was the first third film in a trilogy to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar?
2) The plot for the 2006 Pixar movie Cars bears a curious similarity to the plot of what 1991 Michael J. Fox comedy?
3) What 2001 film stars Brendan Fraser as a cartoonist who returns to life in the body of Chris Kattan?
4) Which Quentin Tarantino film is based on the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard?
5) What 1993 film features Keanu Reeves as the founder of a major world religion?
6) Billy Bob Thornton’s first acting-related Oscar nomination was for Sling Blade. His second was for playing Bill Paxton’s brother in what dark 1999 crime drama?
7) In what 1992 film does a fictional Seattle mayor kill the idea of a “supertrain” to solve mass transit issues?
8) What 1993 film is the American remake of the 1990 French thriller Nikita?
9) A character in what 1992 film is killed when the villain stabs him in the eye with her stiletto heel?
10) What actor or actress appears in all of these movies?
Average score among 13 teams: 7.62. (There were 7 perfect scores; a team that scored 1 brought the average way down.)