Noch Fragen?

For those of you who missed last night's fun- and people-packed event..here are some of the questions... more & pics later..

1. The novel “Lord of the Rings” opens with Bilbo Baggins celebrating his birthday. How old is he turning?
2. What does a notaphilist study and collect?
3. How many individual muscles are there in an elephant’s trunk? (+/- 1,000)
4. The Aswan High Dam officially opens in Egypt, UK & Ireland switch to decimal currency, Jim Morrison dies in Paris, Prince Juan Carlos succeeds Spanish dictator and head of state Francisco Franco and the world's four billionth baby is born. What was the year?
5. In which country was Jonestown, site of the 1978 mass suicide/murder by the Peoples Temple cult led by Jim Jones?
6. On 31 July of what year did the German national assembly adopt the Weimar constitution?
7. How many voyages to the Americas did Columbus make between 1492 and 1504?
8. In which city would you find the world’s oldest zoo still in existence? In what year did it open (+/- 100 years)
9. In what year did the first (officially sanctioned) rock music festival in the Soviet Union take place?
10. Name the five countries that have sent teams to every single Summer Olympic Games.
11. From what opera is the song “The Ballad of Mack the Knife” (Die Moritat von Mackie Messer)? Who was the composer?