Shark Tank
Lori is playing for Junior Achievement of Southern California.
$500
The official creed of the Olympic Games concludes, “The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have” what?
A: Beaten that one guy from Uruguay B: Fought well
C: Gotten on TV at some point D: Hooked up with an athlete from Sweden
Spoiler
B: Fought well
$1,000
As part of its GreenFest, in 2018 the Detroit Public Zoo gave 1,000 lucky visitors smelly buckets of a manure byproduct dubbed “Zoo Poo” to use as what?
A: Fertilizer B: Deodorant
C: Toothpaste D: Hair gel
Spoiler
A: Fertilizer
$2,000
Entrepreneur Kristina Roth has created SuperShe Island, a private retreat off the coast of Finland where (as you can guess from the name) no what are allowed?
A: Vegetarians B: Grandparents
C: Pet groomers D: Men
Spoiler
D: Men
$3,000
Poking fun at his more famous brother, what musician recorded the 1965 song “I Didn’t Walk the Line”?
A: Dusty Haggard B: Wayne Campbell
C: Tommy Cash D: Shaun Denver
Spoiler
C: Tommy Cash
$5,000
The rhomboids, trapezius and latissimus dorsi are all muscles found in what part of the body?
A: Arm B: Leg
C: Back D: Hand
Spoiler
C: Back
Commercial break
$7,000
Believed to be the most expensive ever made at a cost of $30 million, a jewel-adorned version of what item was created by TLC reality show star Buddy Valastro?
A: Chopper-style motorcycle B: Wedding cake
C: Ball gown D: Duck call
Spoiler
B: Wedding cake
$10,000
Winding its way through the whole U.A.E., the 7 Emirates Run is a 7-day, 308-mile event that begins in what capital?
A: Abu Dhabi B: Beirut
C: Amman D: Doha
Spoiler
50/50 leaves Abu Dhabi and Amman.
Spoiler
A: Abu Dhabi
Commercial break
$20,000
The number of which of these equals the highest number on a standard roulette wheel?
A: Thieves in the famous tale of Ali Baba B: Days in the month of February this year
C: Inches in a yard D: Minutes in a half hour
Spoiler
Lori says the highest number on a roulette wheel is more than 12 (thieves), 28 (days) and 30 (minutes), but she forgets how many inches are in a yard.
A: 9% B: 2% C: 77% D: 12%
A: 9% B: 2% C: 77% D: 12%
Spoiler
C: Inches in a yard
$30,000
While there weren’t any between 1979 and 1999, according to U.S. government data, the world has experienced five what since 2000?
A: Category 5 hurricanes B: Nuclear missile tests
C: 8.5+ magnitude earthquakes D: Meteors making landfall
Spoiler
Lori doesn’t think it’s meteors. Her gut says hurricanes. Her friend Christine thinks it’s earthquakes, but Lori says 8.5+ magnitude is devastating. She goes for it.
Spoiler
C: 8.5+ magnitude earthquakes
Chris doubles the prize so Junior Achievement gets $10,000.
Chris doubles the prize so Junior Achievement gets $10,000.
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QotD
After abolishing its army in 1948, what nation became known as the “Switzerland of Central America”?
A: Guatemala B: El Salvador
C: Costa Rica D: Honduras
Spoiler
C: Costa Rica