B Grade Trivia Answers

I hope the terror returns. - K. Snook

Section Bzzz (1 Point)
1) What is the second letter in the Greek alphabet, often denoted as β?
Beta
Beta, being a sorority girl pays off! - W. Trueax
Beta, but I'm just testing this answer out. - K. Snook

2) What metal alloy of copper and zinc is oft used in the creation of jazz band instruments?
Brass

3) What green, tree-like vegetable--at least when I was a kid, we used to pretend they were miniature trees--is high in Potassium and contain multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer properties such as diindolylmethane?
Broccoli
Bonzai... do people actually eat those? - M. Chaubey

4) In the Bible, The Tower of what is built as a means for humans to reach the heavens?
Babel

5) What sport of Italian origin, closely related to the English games of Bowls, is played by attempting to pitch, put or roll a series of balls closer to a smaller ball in order to earn points?
Bocce
Bowlio - C. Gottfried
Balls of some kind are involved. - J. Gumm

6) Albert Broccoli is the most notable producer of which incredibly popular, British-based, spy-film series that still continues to run today?
Bond, James Bond

Section BAM! (2 Points)
7) What element on the periodic table is denoted as Ba, whose name comes from the Greek word bary meaning heavy, is an alkaline earth metal and has the atomic number 56?
Barium
Barium, the stuff you have to chug before you have an x-ray of your stomach, not pleasant. - M. Chaubey

8) What famous American actor is best known for his break-out performance in Groundhog Day, who later starred in numerous films by Wes Anderson, including Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic?
Bill Murray

9) Who is the starring protagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit?
Bilbo Baggins

10) Which type of tree is most noted for its characteristic flaky and papery bark that often has common descriptor names as Red, White, Black and Yellow?
Birch

11) What spirit is typically distilled from corn, and was originally named for the Kentucky county in which it was first created and consumed?
Bourbon
Bourbon, the subject of many of my trivia answers. - M. Chaubey

12) What popular children's television program stars a purple Tyrannosaurus Rex as the benevolent main character?
Barney
Barney, Barnabus Rex? - K. Snook

13) Which Asian country is bordered on all side but one by India, whose flag is simply a red circle inscribed on a green background and is home to the Bengal Tiger? (Super Double Bogey Question!)
Bangladesh
Cincinnati, home of the most famous Bengal Tiger, Chad Ochocino. - W. Trueax

14) What game, popular with older Americans and whose name is yelled upon victory, is played using a card inscribed with a matrix whose cells are filled in as the game progresses?
Bingo!
B-I-N-G-O and Bingo is its name-o. - M. Chaubey
Yatzee! - R. Lumpkins

15) What popular soup of Ukrainian origin, is made with beetroot as its main ingredient?
Borscht
Bouillabaisse - C. Walker
The one that sounds like "bourschhhhhhhhtt" or something. - W. Trueax
Bullion Cube - S. Field

16) Which American actor, director and self-proclaimed musician, has been married five times, most recently to Angelina Jolie which came to an end in 2003?
Billy Bob Thornton
Brad Pitt - N. Gould
Tom Cruise - R. Lumpkins

17) A 200-year anniversary is also known as what?
Bicentennial

18) What continental-European country's capital is Brussels, and shares boarders with France, Germany, The Netherlands and Luxemburg?
Belgium

Liverpool-Is-Better-Than-Michelle-Kwan-stion (3 Points)
One of Liverpool's main rivals in the domestic English football league--The Premier League--are Chelsea, a club from London. What are they, Chelsea, more commonly known as?
A) The Birds B) The Blues C) The Black Cats D) The Bridgers
To keep with the spirit of the thing, B. - C. Gottfried
Everything else just sounds silly, so D: The Bridgers. - J. Gumm
There are a lot of bridges in London, so I'll guess The Bridgers. Though I know the famed London Bridge is far from Chelsea. - M. Chaubey
English soccer is weird. So i guessed the one that sounded weird. - W. Trueax
Are they the ones with the nickname "Big, Black Bouncing Bodacious Boogers?" - S. Walker