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TRIVIA Use these questions to host three rounds of CONTEST trivia: easy, intermediate, and advanced! The correct answers are in bold.

ROUND 1: NOTABLY NERDY 1. What platform do you stand on to catch the train to Hogwarts? (Platform 9 ¾) 2. What is 's weapon of choice? Bonus points if you know its name! (Hammer called ) 3. Daredevil, aka Matt Murdock, is a superhero with what physical challenge? (He’s blind) 4. , Spider-Man's uncle, said to the superhero "with great power comes great" what...? (Responsibility) 5. In The Hunger Games, which District do Katniss, Peeta, and Gale live in? (12) 6. Name the entire Cullen clan from the Twilight saga. (Hint: there are 9) (Carlise, Esme, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, Edward, Bella and Renesmee) 7. Who is Harry Potter's godfather? (Sirius Black) 8. What is ’s real name? (Tony Stark) 9. What does the joker repeatedly ask the police officers for while being held in jail during The Dark Knight? (His one phone call) 10. In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, who is the main once Gandalf has left Bilbo and the Dwarves? (Thorin Oakenshield) 11. Who is Eric’s maker on True Blood? (Godrick) 12. What planet is Spock, of Star Trek, from? (Vulcan) 13. Who has the most feature films out of the major comic book companies, Marvel or DC? (Marvel) 14. What video game is often referred to as WoW? (World of Warcraft) 15. Which character in the X-men series is the founder of the X-Men? (Charles Xavier or ) 16. Name the leader of the Autobots and the leader of the Decepticons in Transformers. (Optimus Prime and Megatron) 17. Who does the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars Episodes 4-6? (James Earl Jones) 18. What newspaper does Clark Kent work for? (The Daily Planet) 19. The original Captain Kirk, on Star Trek, was played by which actor? (William Shatner) 20. What is the title of the first released Star Wars movie? (Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope) ROUND 2: GETTING GEEKIER 1. In what city did Luke and Obi-Wan met Han Solo? (Mos Eisley) 2. serves as butler to what super team? (The ) 3. Which poisonous berries result in a tribute's death in The Hunger Games? (Nightlock) 4. What breed of zombified dog plays a big role in the movie "Resident Evil" (2002)? (Doberman) 5. When is Star Wars Day? (May 4th) 6. In Harry Potter, what breed is Hagrid's pet Dragon? (Norwegian Ridgeback) 7. Name Tony Stark's two alliterative assistants in Iron Man. ( and ) 8. In Tomb Raider, there was an object, made of rare metals, that controlled what? (Time OR Time and Space) 9. Before he got his own game, Mario appeared in another video game. What was it? (Donkey Kong) 10. Who is the first person Rick Grimes encounters in Season 1 of The Walking Dead? Bonus points if you can name his son. (Morgan and his son Dwayne) 11. Who is Gandalf’s horse in Lord of the Rings? (Shadowfax) 12. Which is ’s archnemisis? () 13. Which historical war were the first Call of Duty games based upon? (World War 2) 14. Who wrote World War Z? (Max Brooks) 15. Which three actors have played The in feature-length films within the past decade? (Eric Bana, Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo) 16. What is Superman’s real name? Remember, it’s out of this world. (Kal-El) 17. Which X-Men character becomes The Phoenix? (Jean Gray) 18. Which came first: the Tron video game or the movie? (The movie was released in 1982, then a video game was developed years later) 19. What’s the first rule of Zombieland? (Cardio) 20. Who wrote the Sookie Stackhouse novels which the TV series True Blood is based on? (Charlaine Harris)

ROUND 3: straight up geek 1. Take the word '', add the two-letter chemical symbol for lithium, anagram the whole thing and you get a word meaning "to make ready for action" or "to get ready for war" (against the zombie hordes, perhaps?). What is this word? (Mobilize) 2. In the Twilight saga, how did Edward die as a human? (Spanish Influenza) 3. In The Dark Knight Rises, what does Batman learn the chant "Deshi Basara" means? (He rises) 4. In The Hunger Games series, what is an avox? (A servant whose tongue has been cut out) 5. Name all 12 dwarves in The Hobbit. (Fili, Kili, Oin, Gloin, Thorin Oakenshield, Dwalin, Balin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Dori, Nori, and Ori.) 6. In season one of The Walking Dead, what illness does Jenner compare the zombie virus to? (Meningitis) 7. What is Laura Croft’s father name in Tomb Raider? (Richard) 8. What is Fleur Delacour’s magical race in Harry Potter? (Veela) 9. Who is the only non-Jedi in the original Star Wars trilogy to use a lightsaber? (Han Solo is the only non-Jedi in the original Star Wars trilogy to ever use the lightsaber when he cuts open the tauntaun's belly in The Empire Strikes) 10. What is the name of the fictional metal alloy bonded into ’s skeleton? (Adamantium) 11. Who is the only Star Trek actor to also appear in Star Wars? (George Takei) 12. What movie is considered to be the first feature length zombie film? Bonus points: What year was it released? (White Zombie – 1932) 13. What battle is the movie 300 based on? (Battle of Thermopylae) 14. What sector is Green Lantern in charge of patrolling? (Space Sector 2814) 15. Who guards the Rainbow Bridge in Thor? ()