San Francisco, CA
$500 :
Playing on a term about dining discounts, a midnight showing on the day an anticipated sci-fi film is released is called the "early" what special?
A: Nerd B: Jock
C: Homecoming queen D: Hall monitor
Spoiler
A: Nerd
$1000 :
It may not make the younger siblings who get stuck there feel any better, but Esurance.com says that in today's new cars, generally the safest place to sit is where?
A: Driver's seat B: Front passenger seat
C: Rear seat middle D: Rear seat window
Spoiler
C: Rear seat middle
$2000 :
In the 1970s the Washington Post questioned the safety of what "fad" candy that famously blew open the doors of a delivery truck after being overheated?
A: Pop Rocks B: Smarties
C: Swedish Fish D: Jolly Ranchers
Spoiler
A: Pop Rocks
Second break
$3000 :
Though they only sell it to countries who agree to use it solely for peaceful purposes, Australia is home to nearly a third of the world's total supply of what?
A: Aluminum B: Helium
C: Titanium D: Uranium
Spoiler
D: Uranium
$5000 :
At a staggering 13,615 feet, what aptly-named Bolivian city is nearly three times higher than Denver in elevation?
A: El Este B: El Alto
C: El Antiguo D: El Bajo
Spoiler
B: El Alto
$7000 :
If you want to use the precise terminology, the '80s New Wave band that recorded the hit "I Ran" should actually be called what?
A: Male Homo Sapiens at Work B: A Colony of Seagulls
C: Dexy's Midnight Pronators D: Talking Craniums
Spoiler
B: A Colony of Seagulls
$10K :
Volunteers stuffed human hair into 50,000 pairs of pantyhose donated by Hanes in order to assist in the aftermath of what 2010 disaster?
A: Hurricane Sandy B: Balinese tsunami
C: Chilean earthquake D: Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Spoiler
D: Deepwater Horizon oil spill
$20K :
Measuring from the cities in their shows' titles, which of these bravo "Real Housewives" lives nearest to "...of New York" star Bethenny Frankel?
A: Lisa Vanderpump B: Tamra Barney
C: NeNe Leakes D: Teresa Giudice
Spoiler
D: Teresa Giudice
Third break
QotD:
"Rope," "Wedge" and "Stovepipe" are all varieties of what?
A: Furnaces B: Skateboard tricks
C: Ladders D: Tornadoes
Spoiler
D: Tornadoes
Les pleases Chris by saying he has never seen The Real Housewives because he is busy watching the Bachelor franchise
$30K :
People now call him "Your Holiness," but childhood friends of Pope Francis knew him as what?
A: Tomas B: Pablo
C: Jorge D: Bruno
Spoiler
C: Jorge
Les will return tomorrow