The following quiz was administered on the bus ride to the 2006 Mystery Run site. Runners took the quiz with a random partner. The runners with the highest quiz score were not penalized. Other runners were penalized by adding one second to their match time for each point lower than the highest score.

Q. USSR was dissolved in 1991. What did the USSR acronym stand for?
A. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Q. Tunisia is on what continent?
A. Africa

Q. The Unknown Comic and Gene Gene the Dancing Machine were regulars on what TV Show?
A. The Gong Show

Q. What was the name of Richie & Joanie's older brother?
A. Chuck

Q. What movie spawned this famous line? "What we have here is a failure to communicate."
A. Cool Hand Luke

Q. In 1976, the movie Silent Movie featured only one spoken word: "No!" Who said it?
A. Marcel Marseau

Q. On November 16, 1956, Elvis' first movie premiered. What was it?
A. Love Me Tender

Q. Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon. Who was the last?
A. Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972

Q. Name the seven dwarfs.
A. Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy

Q. Which Jacks in a modern deck of playing cards are drawn in profile (showing only one eye) and often referred to as One-eyed Jacks?
A. Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts

Q. Timbuktu is in what country?
A. Mali

Q. Name the five original MTV VJs.
A. Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson, and Martha Quinn

Q. What does a zymologist study?
A. Fermentation of liquors

Q. The Beaufort Scale is used to measure what?
A. Wind speed.

Q. Unfortunately, I wasnÕt able to take advantage of any double/triple word/letter scores, but the word MYSTERY yielded this many points.
A. 15 (M=3, Y=4, all others=1)

Q. Write the year 2006 using roman numerals.
A. MMVI

Q. Who preceded Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States?
A. James Buchanan

Q. I am going to fly from TUS to PHX and then to YYZ. Where is my destination?
A. Toronto Pearson International Airport, Ontario, Canada

Q. Paul Hewson, leader of one of the worldÕs most famous musical groups, is better known by what name?
A. Bono

Q. "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." This is the first line of what well known book?
A. 1984 by George Orwell

Q. On June 25, 1967, The Beatles first performed this song on Our World, the first-ever live global television link which was broadcast to 26 countries and watched by 350 million people. What song did they perform?
A. All You Need Is Love

Q. What company makes the Snickers bar?
A. M&M Mars

Q. What comes after primary, secondary, tertiary?
A. Quaternary

Q. What team won the 2006 Stanley Cup?
A. Carolina Hurricanes

Q. How long is a regulation tennis court?
A. 78 feet

Q. What actor played TVÕs Rifleman, Lucas McCain?
A. Chuck Connors