Questions Round 1 by jsparkyp

College Basketball – The University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball 111-game winning streak came to an end on March 31, 2017 at the hands of Mississippi State in overtime. Their previous loss came on November 17, 2014, also in overtime, against what team, one of their chief, post season rivals?

Television - What four actors appeared in all 271 episodes of Cheers? Name all four.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - With the passing of Chuck Berry this past March (on my birthday, no less), who is the oldest living Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performing inductee (as opposed to strictly writer or executive)?

Literature - What name comes next in this list: Cooney, Barrows, Flynn, Blake, _____?

Basketball – The Atlanta Hawks began NBA life as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks. Name any one of the three cities represented, of which two were in Illinois and the other in Iowa.

Modern Classical Music – Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer wrote a piece for orchestra entitled "North White", which contained a part for what mode of transportation, played live on the stage?

Movie Actresses - What actress was in these following movies: Babes on Swing Street (1944), A Woman’s Vengeance (1948), Red Canyon (1949), Our Very Own (1950), One Minute to Zero (1952)? (But she’ll also be known for shilling for Hostess snack cakes in the 1970’s.)

Nobel Prizes – The 1948 Peace Prize was not awarded out of respect to whom?

United States - What state is the largest in population, according to a 2015 estimation, to never have a US President come from it, whether by birth or by representation?

Music – The Monkees’ second Billboard Top-40 record was a two sided hit in which the A-side went to No.1 for seven weeks with a title that told what he was; the B-side went to No.20 and stated what he wasn’t. What were the two songs?