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Dennis Oden
Woodbridge, VA

EMT

$500 As they require a lot of work, a recent study found that people tend to lose 1,055.6 hours of sleep during the first year after acquiring which of the following?
A. A plasma TV
B. A bald spot
C. A newborn baby
D. An original Picasso

Spoiler

C. A newborn baby

$1K What online retailer, founded in 1995, owns a patent for a “computer-implement method and system for conducting auctions on the Internet”?
A. FreshDirect
B. eBay
C. Lands’ End
D. Zappos

Spoiler

B. eBay

$2K “Hombre lobo” is the Spanish term for what scary monster?
A. Zombie
B. Mummy
C. Werewolf
D. Vampire

Spoiler

C. Werewolf

$3K In 1975, what new NFL team chose its name through crowdsourcing, rejecting such suggestions as “The 747’s,” “The Soggies,” and “The Running Salmon”?
A. The Pittsburgh Steelers
B. The Seattle Seahawks
C. The Dallas Cowboys
D. The Chicago Bears

Spoiler

B. The Seattle Seahawks

$5K Again filling the need for a show about “nothing,” who resurfaced in 2012 with his Emmy-nominated web series, “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee”?
A. Bob Saget
B. Jerry Seinfeld
C. Bob Newhart
D. Tim Allen

Spoiler

B. Jerry Seinfeld

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QOTD

Before becoming an A-lister, who starred in a Honda commercial as a motorcycle-riding, leather jacket-wearing mail man?
A. John Travolta
B. Nicolas Cage
C. Bruce Willis
D. Samuel L. Jackson

Spoiler

A. John Travolta

$7K As the book “Blinders, Blunders, and Wars” notes, what questionable move did Hitler make almost exactly 129 years after Napoléon did it?
A. Assassinated a king
B. Had his mother exiled
C. Rigged an election
D. Invaded Russia

Spoiler

D. Invaded Russia

$10K Considering its symbol, which of these signs of the zodiac is fittingly called a water sign?
A. Sagittarius
B. Capricorn
C. Libra
D. Cancer

Spoiler

D. Cancer

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Dennis will return on tomorrow’s show.

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Woodbridge, VA

EMT

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