Sophia stars in the forthcoming movie “The Stranger in My Home.” Alex has a comedy special on Max, “Just for Us.” Their charity is GLSEN Rainbow Library.
$100
Witches with very little in common form an unlikely bond in what long-running Broadway show?
A: A Chorus Line B: Jersey Boys
C: Wicked D: The View
Answer
C: Wicked
No surprise given his birth name, the prolific music producer Dijon McFarlane is known professionally as what?
A: Biscuit B: Mustard
C: Mushroom D: Oyster
Answer
B: Mustard
What is the apt nickname for microneedling with PRP, a viral beauty trend in which a patient’s face is injected with components of their own blood?
A: Dinosaur facial B: Leprechaun facial
C: Cyclops facial D: Vampire facial
Answer
D: Vampire facial
Of all the sports at the Summer Olympics, which one uses the lightest balls, weighing less than three grams each?
A: Basketball B: Softball
C: Table tennis D: Beach volleyball
Answer
C: Table tennis
If you enjoy eating bugs, a 2024 article described what edible insects as “Noisy Lobsters of the Trees”?
A: Cicadas B: Fireflies
C: Carpenter ants D: Inchworms
Answer
A: Cicadas
What historic event was reportedly marked by crowds chanting “Tor auf!” — which is German for “open the gate”?
A: Cuban Missile Crisis B: Fall of the Berlin Wall
C: Sinking of the Titanic D: Boston Tea Party
Answer
B: Fall of the Berlin Wall
What movie quite memorably features Tom Cruise shouting, “I love Black people!”?
A: Magnolia B: Jerry Maguire
C: Tropic Thunder D: Top Gun: Maverick
Answer
B: Jerry Maguire
PALE GAS is a mnemonic for remembering the seven what?
A: Colors of the rainbow B: World continents
C: Deadly sins D: Dwarfs in “Snow White”
Alex knows ROY G BIV is the acronym for the rainbow. They name some of the sins: sloth, avarice, pride, envy. Sophia points out that there’s a dwarf called Dopey (though she’s not sure if that’s still appropriate to say).
Answer
C: Deadly sins
$16,000
A nod to an “infamous” TV event from the ’90s, E! News defines “pulling a Felicity” as making, or thinking about making, a dramatic change to one’s what?
A: Relationship status B: Job
C: Friend circle D: Hair
Answer
D: Hair
How many U.S. states have a one-word name?
A: 30 B: 35
C: 40 D: 45
Alex: “Alabama …”
Sophia: “It’s easier to count the doubles: North Dakota, South Dakota, New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, Rhode Island.”
Alex: “Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas …” (He gets halfway through the states, finding New Hampshire and North Carolina.)
Alex: “I can’t imagine we get to B, but if we lose out of sheer laziness, that’s not good.”
Jimmy: “It’s called sloth.”
Jimmy: “What happened in school, you memorized just up to the Ns?”
Answer
C: 40
Having achieved great heights in music, what rapper’s last name is also part of the name of the world’s tallest building?
A: Kendrick Lamar B: Wiz Khalifa
C: Gucci Mane D: Lupe Fiasco
Answer
B: Wiz Khalifa
To encourage new adventures in the year ahead, New Year’s Eve revelers in Colombia take to the streets at midnight to do what?
A: Fill their pockets with dirt B: Run with an empty suitcase
C: Throw a shoe in a fountain D: Dance with a salamander
ATH
Sophia thinks running with an empty suitcase suggests adventure. Jimmy says throwing shoes in a fountain seems wasteful. Running with an empty suitcase makes the most sense (even though it makes no sense).
50/50
50/50 leaves B & D.
Answer
B: Run with an empty suitcase
$250,000
Ranked #2 on a Rolling Stone list of the best songs by fake bands, “Scotty Doesn’t Know” is lip-synced by Matt Damon in what raunchy teen comedy?
A: EuroTrip B: Hot Tub Time Machine
C: American Pie 2 D: Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj
Answer
A: EuroTrip
Years before he became the king of canned pasta, chef “Hector” Boiardi prepared dinner for what U.S. president while he was honeymooning with his second wife?
A: Theodore Roosevelt B: Woodrow Wilson
C: Calvin Coolidge D: Herbert Hoover
PAF
Their PAF, songwriter Benj Pasek, has no idea.
ATA
A: 45% B: 11% C: 22% D: 22%
They decide to take the money.
They decide to take the money.
Answer
B: Woodrow Wilson
Sophia and Alex win $250,000 for their charities.
Sophia and Alex win $250,000 for their charities.
