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PHOTOS, VIDEOS: "It's About Time" Team Beats the BEE Staters in Triple OT at 16th Annual Stoneham Trivia Bee

Check out the Trivia Bee at Robin Hood Elementary School through photographs and videos. Plus, you can play along at home!

Did you miss the 16th annual Stoneham Trivia Bee, hosted by the Stoneham Business and Community Educational Foundation, on March 25 at ? Fear not. We've got all the questions from that evening listed below so you can test your knowledge in several different areas, including news, sports and pop culture. Answers to each of the questions can be found in the accompanying videos. Good luck and feel free to let us know which questions you struggled with by posting a comment in the comments section below.

Meanwhile, the 2011 Stoneham Trivia Bee champions, "It's About Time," defeated the BEE Staters in triple overtime to make up for their triple overtime defeat in the finals last year. From left, Jeff Perlstein, Delia Perillo, Randy Perillo, Lisa Russo, Teresa Perillo, and Michele Perillo.

Round One

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  1. What Coen Brothers movie takes place mostly in Minnesota, despite its title?
  2. What does “ISP” mean to a dial-up Web surfer?
  3. What athlete retired and had his number 99 retired in 1999?
  4. What country singer wrote the Whitney Houston chart-topper “I Will Always Love You?”
  5. (Bonus points) What is the name of the elementary school attended by Lucy, Linus and Charlie Brown in Charles Schultz’s “Peanuts” comic strip?
  6. What is the official state beverage of Massachusetts?
  7. How tall is a baby giraffe at birth?
  8. How many U.S. presidents had full beards?
  9. What is the biggest bone in the body?
  10. Who was the ancient Greek god of dreams?
  11. Of which art is Marcel Marceau a leading proponent?
  12. Which scientific unit gives a measure of loudness?
  13. Where was the Battle of Bunker Hill actually fought in 1775?
  14. Dorothy, Rose, Sophia and who else formed the "Golden Girls?"
  15. What name is given to animals that eat both flesh and plant material?

Round Two

  1. What 1995 blockbuster movie was created by the animation company Pixar?
  2. What U.S. agency established the National Infrastructure Protection Center to battle cyber crime?
  3. What Olympic aquatic sport involves positions called flamingo, crane, fishtail and Eiffel Tower?
  4. What legendary crooner was the subject of an FBI file that filled 1,275 pages?
  5. In Robin Hood, what was the real name of Little John?
  6. What is the world’s largest herb?
  7. What is the largest living invertebrate?
  8. What is the name of the river that runs through Rome?
  9. Which part of the brain controls the heart rate?
  10. Who was the Greek hunter after whom a constellation was named?
  11. What English actress, formerly a child performer in her parents’ music-hall act, starred in the films “10,”“Victor/Victoria,” and “The Princess Diaries?”
  12. DNA is found in which part of the cell?
  13. Which type of aircraft was used to drop bombs in the first German World War I air raids over London in 1915?
  14. Which flightless marine birds of the southern hemisphere live in rookeries?
  15. Which show about Danny and Sandy was made into a film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John?

Round Three

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  1. What was the original name of Mickey Mouse?
  2. What is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
  3. Calcium Carbonate is more commonly known as what?
  4. What Martin Scorsese film was based on a novel by former mobster Henry Hill?
  5. What planet did the Galileo spacecraft begin orbiting in 1995?
  6. Who was the first Grand Slam singles tennis player to win titles on hard court, grass and clay?
  7. What Cuban born singer had two eight-inch steel rods implanted to steady her spine after a tractor-trailer rear ended her tour bus?
  8. Psychologist William Moulton Marston, inventor of the polygraph, also created a famous comic book heroine. Who was she?
  9. How did the Gatorade fruit drink get its name?
  10. What are the seven colors of the rainbow?
  11. What gas makes up 80 percent of Earth’s atmosphere?
  12. What position did George H.W. Bush play on the Yale University baseball team in the 1930s?
  13. Which organ is responsible for regulating the blood sugar level?
  14. Where in the Ukraine was there a nuclear explosion in 1986?
  15. Which U.S. playwright wrote “Barefoot in the Park” and “The Odd Couple?”

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