What was the McDonald’s Lettuce and Tomato sandwich called when the corporation rolled it out nationwide?
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Round 2 at the Old Pequliar on March 3, 2009
Average score: 8.5/10 (14 teams)
1) In 2003 cafeterias in the House of Representatives changed the names of two menu items: French fries and what else?
2) In 2006, the French Minister of Culture awarded the Légion d’honneur to whom, calling him the “French people’s favourite clown”?
3) Although Inspector Clouseau is the star of the Pink Panther films, he’s not actually the Pink Panther. Who or what is?
4) What famous romantic stars in the Looney Tunes shorts “The Cats Bah,” “Odor-Able Kitty,” and “For Scent-imental Reasons”?
5) What fictional family claimed to come from Remulac, a small town in France?
6) What insult coined on The Simpsons and popular with the National Review crowd was dubbed as “singes mangeurs de fromage” on the French version of the show?
7) Immediately after a French taunter says “Fetchez la vache,” what is flung at King Arthur and his knights?
8) What 1974 song by Labelle had a cover version hit the charts in 2001, reviving a famous French come-on?
9) In Pulp Fiction, right before revealing what they call a Big Mac in France, Vincent also notes that in Paris you can buy what beverage at McDonald’s?
10) The French have a reputation for passion, so what do we call the thing they refer to as embrasser avec la langue or rouler une pelle?
Round 2 at the Old Pequliar on Jan. 6, 2009
Average score: 7.67/10 (21 teams)
1) Thanks to a corrupted computer file, Pyro Spectaculars had to manually do what?
2) Who declared on Western Washington billboards that “four dollars is dumb” and “large is the new grande”?
3) What local sports franchise was defeated in round 1 of the Northwest Knockdown championships by a team from Chicago?
4) In January, local women Anne Levinson, Lisa Brummel, Ginny Gilder, and Dawn Trudeau banded together to buy what?
5) After Bill Gates mostly retired from Microsoft, he appeared in a TV commercial shopping for shoes with what ’90s celebrity?
6) What were Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, and Wind?
7) Two Seattle-based Fortune 500 companies were acquired by other companies last year. Name the two companies, for a half point each.
8) A Rainier Beach resident died after being punched in the face during an argument that started because he was tending a garden he’d planted where?
9) Local resident Casey Knowles made news when footage of her sleeping turned up in a commercial for what?
10) Which presidential candidate won February’s Washington Republican caucus?
What do these companies have in common? (There’s at least one other company that fits the list — it qualifies multiple times, in fact.)
7-Eleven
Enron
Ma Bell
McDonald’s
Olive Garden
Starbucks
Worldcom
1) Lipitor, the best-selling drug in the world, is a product of what pharmaceutical company?
2) In 2003, after doing business under the founder’s name for over 150 years, what Dow Jones Industrial Average company renamed itself Altria Group?
3) See’s Candies, Fruit of the Loom, World Book, Dairy Queen, and Nebraska Furniture Mart are all subsidiaries of what insurance company?
4) According to the 2007 Fortune 500, what company based in New York City is the largest telecommunications company in the world?
5) Two companies used in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are traded on the NASDAQ, rather than the New York Stock Exchange. Name one of them.
6) Grinding It Out is the autobiography of the entrepreneur responsible for the success of what company?
7) The largest retail company in the US, Wal-Mart, is a general merchandise retailer. What specialty chain of big-box stores is the second-largest?
8) The Ford Motor Company owns two vehicle brands from the UK. Name one of them.
9) Steve Jobs got the idea for the mouse and graphical user interface when he saw the Alto computer while touring what company’s research facility?
10) Which broadcast network is owned by General Electric?