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Dan Pozmanter
Framingham, MA



$500 :
If you're familiar with 19th-century American slang, you'll likely know that eggs in those days were often given what apt nickname?
A: Pigeon berries B: Hen fruit
C: Sparrow globes D: Emu balls

Spoiler

B: Hen fruit

$1000 :
Because it's "before the doctor has a chance to get too far behind," The Seattle Times says one of the best times for an appointment is when?
A: "Early in the morning" B: "Late in the afternoon"
C: "At midnight" D: "On Christmas Day"

Spoiler

A: "Early in the morning"

$2000 :
Foreshadowing the scandal that would derail his political career, who reportedly broke into the dean's office at Duke Law School to peek at his unposted grades?
A: John F. Kennedy B: Lyndon B. Johnson
C: Richard Nixon D: George W. Bush

Spoiler

C: Richard Nixon

$3000 :
Slightly easier to throw than lasagna, the annual "Battle of the Oranges" is a massive food fight honoring a historic uprising in what country?
A: Russia B: Italy
C: Mexico D: Japan

Spoiler

based on the lasagna clue
B: Italy

$5000 :
Called "the bird cleaner of choice" by NPR, what brand has advertised its role in helping clean off wildlife after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
A: Ivory B: Dawn
C: Febreze D: Purell

ATA

A: 5% B: 80%
C: 5% D: 10%

Spoiler

B: Dawn

Second break

$7000 :
What Bible story did The Atlantic once describe as "a parable about technology"?
A: Jonah and the Whale B: Sodom and Gomorrah
C: David and Goliath D: Samson and Delilah

50/50

C: David and Goliath D: Samson and Delilah

Spoiler

C: David and Goliath

$10K :
Though Washington, D.C. has no voting representatives in Congress, it still has a larger population than which of these U.S. states?
A: Hawaii B: Wyoming
C: Iowa D: Maine

Spoiler

B: Wyoming

Third break

QotD: More commonly seen in its Latin form, the famous phrase "I think, therefore I am" was originally written in what language?
A: German B: French
C: Spanish D: Dutch

QotD

B: French

$20K :
Inspired by what he'd seen in Europe, Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., grandson of explorer William Clark, helped start what American sporting event in the 1870s?
A: US Open tennis tournament B: Boston Marathon
C: The Masters golf tournament D: Kentucky Derby

+1, Eric

After discussion he guessed A.

Spoiler

D: Kentucky Derby

Dan left with $5000

no carryover

20K: not Boston Marathon. +1

So far, so good.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Dan Pozmanter
Framingham, MA

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$500 :
If you're familiar with 19th-century American slang, you'll likely know that eggs in those days were often given what apt nickname?
A: Pigeon berries B: Hen fruit
C: Sparrow globes D: Emu balls

Spoiler

B: Hen fruit

I used to hear them referred to as "cackle fruit".

Another nihil obstat®.