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Round 2 at the Old Pequliar on April 1, 2008
Average score: 6.48/10 (21 teams)

1) When members of U2 and R.E.M. played at Clinton’s inaugural festivities as Automatic Baby, what U2 song did they play?
2) China discovered it had a population of about 60 million people when its first-ever census concluded in what year? (Julian calendar)
3) According to the Greek poet Hesiod, how many gorgons were there before Medusa got her head lopped off?
4) In English, what’s the only number with a name spelled with exactly as many letters as the number itself?
5) How many pillars of Islam are there?
6) According to musical superstition, a composer will die shortly after completing how many symphonies?
7) What song was the biggest hit from Prince’s “love symbol” album?
8) If you’re raised Mormon, how old are you when you hit the age of accountability, when you know the difference between right and wrong in the eyes of God?
9) What Jimi Hendrix song, which turns a couple of numerals upside-down, was featured on the Easy Rider soundtrack?
10) What risqué 1979 comedy was marketed as “a temptingly tasteful comedy for adults who can count”?

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Quiz: Ten Rounds of Boxing

1) On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson bit off part of the ear of what opponent?
2) On Valentine’s Day, 1951, Sugar Ray Robinson became the Middleweight Champion of the World when he defeated what frequent rival?
3) Boxing Day usually falls on what date?
4) Spoilers! In the movie Se7en, what actress’ head ends up in a box?
5) In 1968, what music group had a top 10 hit with “The Boxer”?
6) According to the song “Dick in a Box,” what 6-word phrase is step 2 when making a special gift to impress the ladies?
7) Shoebox is a “tiny little division” of what company?
8) According to Hesiod, Pandora didn’t open a box — she opened a pithos, which is a kind of what?
9) Box Tops for Education lets you earn cash for your school by collecting box tops from what food company’s products?
10) A flight data recorder, known as a black box recorder, is usually painted what color?

Average score among 13 teams: 7.62.

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