Phoenix, Ariz.
When she was a girl, Jennifer and her family watched quiz shows, and her parents gave her 10¢ for every question she answered correctly.
Jennifer’s +1 is her brilliant friend Lynn.
$500
According to WebMD, tired skin that “sags, bags, and loses its luster” can be a symptom of skimping on your what?
A: Beauty sleep B: Junk food
C: Cigar smoking D: Daytime TV bingeing
Answer
A: Beauty sleep
In a series of famous ads during the 1980s, Vidal Sassoon famously declared that, “If you don’t look good,” then what?
A: “We can’t help you” B: “We don’t look good”
C: “You’re not getting enough iron” D: “You might want to lay off the doughnuts”
Answer
B: “We don’t look good”
Although he possessed the ability too look into the future, the mythological Greek seer Tiresias was ironically what?
A: Deaf B: Mute
C: Blind D: Lactose-intolerant
Answer
C: Blind
Along with the standard square version with 64 cells, what game also exists as a three-player contest that uses a hexagonal board with 96 cells?
A: Chess B: Tic-tac-toe
C: Risk D: Monopoly
Answer
A: Chess
Essentially a floating fireball, the Hindenburg was filled with flammable hydrogen because the U.S. had a monopoly on the world’s supply of what safer gas?
A: Methane B: Helium
C: Lithium D: Ammonia
Answer
B: Helium
$7,000
What restaurant chain is named for the protagonist from the 1971 Best Picture winner, who shares his name with a cartoon character?
A: Chuck E. Cheese’s B: Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
C: Long John Silver’s D: Jack in the Box
50/50
50/50 leaves Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Long John Silver’s.
ATA
B: 75% C: 25%
+1
Lynn knows that The French Connection won Best Picture in 1971.
Answer
B: Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
In 2014, Clowns of America International president Glenn Kohlberger criticized what TV show for adding to coulrophobia, or “clown fear”?
A: The Walking Dead B: Hannibal
C: American Horror Story D: How to Get Away with Murder
Answer
C: American Horror Story
$20,000
Since they usually travel there via Christchurch, Americans at the South Pole typically use what country’s time zone?
A: New Zealand B: South Africa
C: Australia D: Argentina
Answer
A: New Zealand
Sklodowska was the maiden name of what historic woman?
A: Eleanor Roosevelt B: Florence Nightingale
C: Marie Curie D: Amelia Earhart
Answer
C: Marie Curie
Apparently obsessed with the higher education system, Kanye West has titled his albums all of the following, except what?
A: Late Registration B: Finals Week
C: The College Dropout D: Graduation
Jennifer walks away with $30,000.
Answer
B: Finals Week
QotD
Not adding a comedy schtick until later, the Harlem Globetrotters were founded in 1926 and went by what name?
A: Beacon Street Ballers B: Savoy Big Five
C: Oak Park Jumpers D: Apollo Chieftains
Answer
B: Savoy Big Five
