Ike won $1M on Celebrity Jeopardy! Alan is his father. Their charity is the ASL Program at Los Encinos School.
$100
The state of Florida derives its name from a Spanish word meaning “full of” what?
A: Strip malls B: Flowers
C: Theme parks D: Grandparents
Answer
B: Flowers
Due to its coloring and its devotion to going through your garbage, what animal has earned the nickname “trash panda”?
A: Moose B: Owl
C: Raccoon D: Frog
Answer
C: Raccoon
By definition, what physical trait would most likely inspire the aggressive, domineering behavior known as a “Napoleon complex”?
A: Eye color B: Age
C: Hair length D: Height
Answer
D: Height
Celebrated on May 1st in many countries, May Day — also called International Workers’ Day — is roughly equivalent to which of these U.S. holidays?
A: Flag Day B: Labor Day
C: Columbus Day D: Veterans Day
Answer
B: Labor Day
In ancient times, aka the late 20th century, what adjective referred to removable diskettes commonly used for storing computer data?
A: Floppy B: Teeny
C: Scruffy D: Chunky
Answer
A: Floppy
What animated Disney movie has a song that features the lyric “And then I’ll brush and brush and brush and brush my hair”?
A: Ratatouille B: A Bug’s Life
C: Tangled D: Coco
Answer
C: Tangled
In 1979, what U.S. president commissioned Ansel Adams to take his official portrait, the first time it was a photograph and not a painting?
A: John F. Kennedy B: Calvin Coolidge
C: Harry S. Truman D: Jimmy Carter
Answer
D: Jimmy Carter
Known for his curly mop of red hair, tennis star Jannik Sinner is often cheered on by an ardent group of fans who attend matches dressed as what?
A: Carrots B: Lemons
C: Cucumbers D: Pineapples
Answer
A: Carrots
A nocturnal polysomnography is a test commonly administered to detect which of the following?
A: Sleep apnea B: Lactose intolerance
C: Hay fever D: Arthritis
Answer
A: Sleep apnea
$32,000
On the travel series “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” Conan fulfills his destiny of becoming a gaucho on the pampas when he visits what country?
A: Laos B: Sweden
C: Morocco D: Argentina
Answer
D: Argentina
Considering its title, it makes sense that there are well over a hundred different species of plants depicted in which of these famous paintings?
A: Picasso’s “Guernica” B: Velázquez’s “Las Meninas”
C: Wood’s “American Gothic” D: Botticelli’s “Primavera”
Answer
D: Botticelli’s “Primavera”
Referring to summer’s hottest period, “dog days” derives from the ancient belief that the Sun’s warmth was temporarily heightened by what bright star?
A: Rigel B: Sirius
C: Betelgeuse D: Vega
50/50
Ike says he and Jimmy have been on The Howard Stern Show on Sirius satellite radio, whose logo is a dog. 50/50 leaves B & D.
Answer
B: Sirius
Purely by accident, what celebrity sang in the famous “We Are the World” chorus when he showed up at the wrong Los Angeles address in 1985?
A: John Candy B: Hulk Hogan
C: Dan Aykroyd D: Steve Guttenberg
Answer
C: Dan Aykroyd
What country is home to a historical marker that reads “On this spot Ferdinand Magellan died”?
A: Philippines B: El Salvador
C: Norway D: Ghana
50/50
Alan knows the Straits of Magellan are south of the equator. 50/50 leaves A & C.
PAF
Ike reads the whole question. Their PAF, screenwriter Alex Gregory, guesses the Philippines.
Answer
A: Philippines
$1,000,000
Not including blanks or bonus spaces, the highest-valued three-letter Scrabble word is “zax,” which is a what?
A: Rare species of African antelope B: Ceramic container for holy water
C: Letter in the Arabic alphabet D: Tool for cutting roofing slates
ATA
A: 51% B: 10% C: 28% D: 11%
ATH
Jimmy is a near-Tangredi-level Scrabble champion, and he’s used the word zax in Scrabble. He thinks the answer is D.
Answer
D: Tool for cutting roofing slates
Ike and Alan (and Jimmy) win $1,000,000 for their charity.
Ike and Alan (and Jimmy) win $1,000,000 for their charity.
