Mount Carmel, Ill.
$500
Which of the following are NOT artificial objects commonly implanted during medical procedures?
A: Titanium hips B: Silicone breasts
C: Ceramic knee joints D: Brass knuckles
Answer
D: Brass knuckles
According to a Harvard Business School study, a non-chain restaurant will see a revenue increase of between 5 and 9 percent if it gets an additional what?
A: Booster seat B: Annoying hipster waiter
C: Star in its Yelp rating D: Health code violation
Answer
C: Star in its Yelp rating
$2,000
Participants dressed up as a bride, a doctor and a college graduate to commemorate what board game’s induction into the National Toy Hall of Fame?
A: Trivial Pursuit B: Life
C: Monopoly D: Battleship
Answer
B: Life
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Matt Damon are all on Business Insider’s list of “Most Successful” what?
A: Harvard dropouts B: Anarchists
C: Louisiana natives D: People under five feet tall
Answer
A: Harvard dropouts
Which of these TV shows is, or was, primarily set in a state that does NOT touch the Pacific Ocean?
A: Hawaii Five-O B: Breaking Bad
C: The Big Bang Theory D: Frasier
Answer
B: Breaking Bad
To protest the glorification of a Lt. Col. involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, in 1987 vigilantes covered a single letter in the Hollywood Sign so that it read what?
A: “Holywood” B: “Hollywod”
C: “Ollywood” D: “Hollwood”
Answer
C: “Ollywood”
QotD
An old dietary adage worth remembering warns you to only eat shellfish in a month that contains what?
A: A Friday the 13th B: The letter “r”
C: A lunar eclipse D: 31 days
Answer
B: The letter “r”
When you correctly solve a standard 9 x 9-cell sudoku puzzle, the digits in any single row or column add up to what number?
A: 9 B: 45
C: 81 D: 99
Answer
B: 45
Beau will be back on Friday.