Nursing student
Georgetown, S.C.
$500
According to Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, what “is life distilled”?
A: Poetry B: Balsamic vinegar
C: Diesel fuel D: Axe body spray
Spoiler
A: Poetry
$1,000
In 1976 First Lady Betty Ford had to step in and give her husband Gerald’s concession speech, after the president got a bad case of what in his campaign’s final days?
A: Bubonic plague B: Laryngitis
C: Postpartum depression D: Scurvy
Spoiler
B: Laryngitis
$2,000
In its first edition, what board game had 6,000 questions on 1,000 cards, including “Who was Howdy Doody’s twin brother?” (Answer: Double Doody)?
A: Monopoly B: Trivial Pursuit
C: Clue D: The Game of Life
Spoiler
B: Trivial Pursuit
$3,000
According to RealSimple, “Gather hair at top of head,” “Divide into three sections” and “Cross the sections” are steps in making what hairstyle?
A: Pageboy B: Ponytail
C: French braid D: Bob
Spoiler
C: French braid
$5,000
On how he wound up playing the voice of a computer, Paul Bettany says what 2008 film’s director told him, “I need an actor with absolutely no personality…and I thought of you”?
A: 2001: A Space Odyssey B: Iron Man
C: The Matrix D: The Terminator
Spoiler
B: Iron Man
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QotD (read by Angelica Thornton from KATU Portland)
“Wellies” are a type of what fashion accessory?
A: Clogs B: Argyle socks
C: Rain boots D: Woolen mittens
Spoiler
C: Rain boots
$7,000
Which pair of rhyming words would best describe some parallel ceiling support beams, made of wood or steel, that had gotten slightly wet?
A: Damp ramps B: Clammy whammies
C: Moist joists D: Sopping toppings
Spoiler
A: 9% B: 0% C: 91% D: 0%
Spoiler
C: Moist joists
The horn
Larry will be back on Thursday.