Furries Race Across Chicago (or FRAC) is the name of a treasure hunt that we conduct periodically; the object is to visit a set number of checkpoints scattered throughout the Chicago area in the correct order and return to FRAC Headquarters in the shortest amount of time. This past weekend was the second FRAC. Here are the Rules For FRAC for your perusal. In presenting the summary of FRAC 2, I’m going to post the questions and answers in sections over a the next couple of days, along with a bit of commentary. Here’s the start of the race:

This time around, we had seven teams:
Team Crossing Gates: posicat and stormdog
Team Bi-Bitches: lisagems and wooisme
Team Yuk: Linnaeus and mirkowuff
Torgo’s Angels: tincrash and Max
Minoriteam: steviemaxwell and sylverfox
Team Jonathan Hitler’s Magic Aston Martin with the Vin Diesel Hubcaps (see, this is what happens when the poet name the team): daveqat and mstegosaurus
Team Simbius: siriuswolfstar and simbalion

Teams were instructed to gather in the hotel conference room at 10 AM, which we almost accomplished (HA!). Once there, they were informed that they would be taking a quiz to determine the starting order. Teams had 15 minutes to complete the quiz, which would be graded on both the number of correct answers and how fast they were turned in. What we didn’t tell them was that the team that scored highest left last, and the team that scored lowest left first. Ostensibly this was to even out the field a bit, but in hindsight it just meant that the teams tended to bunch up a bit more. That didn’t turn out to be a problem, as you will see. So, how hard was the trivia quiz? Click below to find out…

The answers to the questions are in the right-hand column; simply highlight the column with your mouse to see them.

1) How many hours does it take for a newborn swan to peck its way out of its shell?	24 (hours)
2) In “Mork and Mindy”, the capital city of Mork’s home planet, Ork, was …?	Kork
3) In the animal kingdom the adult male and female often have different names. What is the name of the male swan?	Cob
4) In which year did “The Adventures of Superman” TV series debut?	1952
5) In which year did comedian Groucho Marx take a turn as a game show host?	1947
6) Invertebrates are animals that don’t have a …?	Backbone/Spine
7) Oslo is the capital of which country?	Norway
8) Ronald Reagan’s last acting role before entering politics was in which film?	The Killers
9) Stan Lee and who invented many of the original Marvel superheros?	Jack Kirby
10) The first meeting of the UN took place in London, on January 10, 1946. Who was the first Secretary-General?	Trygve Lie
11) The Godfather: Part III is from which year?	1990
12) The theme song of a 70s TV show includes the line “Gee, our old LaSalle ran great”. What was the show?	All in the Family
13) The Untouchables Film is from which year?	1987
14) USA states: What’s the capital of North Carolina?	Raleigh
15) USA states: What’s the capital of North Dakota?	Bismarck
16) USA states: What’s the capital of Ohio?	Columbus
17) USA states: What’s the capital of West Virginia?	Charleston
18) USA states: What’s the capital of Wisconsin?	Madison
19) What became the capital city of West Germany after World War II?	Bonn
20) What do you call a group of antelopes?	herd
21) What do you call a group of coyotes?	band
22) What do you call a group of dogs?	pack
23) What do you call a group of locusts?	plague
24) What do you call the point in a lunar orbit that is farthest from the moon?	Apolune
25) What is 12*9?	108
26) What is the capital of Spain ?	Madrid
27) What is the capital of Sweden ?	Stockholm
28) What is the capital of Switzerland ?	Bern
29) What is the capital of Ukraine ?	Kiev
30) What is the capital of United Kingdom ?	London
31) What is the fear of washing or bathing called?	Ablutophobia
32) What’s a baby bat called?	Pup
33) What’s the capital city of Italy?	Rome
34) What’s the smallest planet in our solar system?	Pluto
35) Which arch-enemy was first born from Spider-Man’s costume?	Venom
36) Which comic artist created the movie poster to “Happiness”?	Daniel (Gillespie) Clowes
37) Which film was Will Smith’s first big screen role?	Where the Day Takes You
38) Which TV series is called “Aux Frontieres’ Du Reel” in France?	The X-Files
39) Who became the first black actor to win an Oscar?	Sidney Poitier
40) Who created “Batman – The Dark Knight Returns”?	Frank Miller
41) Who directed “Crumb”, the documentary?	Terry Zwigoff
42) Who invented “Spawn”?	Todd McFarlane
43) Who invented the dumbwaiter?	Thomas Jefferson
44) Who of the following does not star in the “Ocean’s Eleven” remake: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts?	Robert De Niro
45) Who reinvented the Man of Steel — Superman — in the 80s?	John Byrne
46) Who was best known for his comedy work as Latka Gravas on the TV sitcom “Taxi”?	Andy Kaufman
47) Who wrote and directed “Staying Alive” with John Travolta?	Sylvester Stallone
48) Who’s closing off his commentaries with “‘Nuff Said”?	Stan Lee
49) Who’s the creator of Calvin & Hobbes?	Bill Watterson
50) William Taft was President in the year the first Indianapolis 500 took place. What year was this?	1911

For the results of the quiz and the first set of clues, click here for the next entry.