Challengers:
Ronni Stolzenberg (BKN): Publishing marketer
Heather Williams (Rock Hill, SC): Homemaker & writer
JR:
HISTORICAL BLOGS
FEARnet
GREEK ALPHABET & MORE
BUSINESS
MARYLAND
OLD “LINE” STATE
$200 Historical Blog:
1865: Everybody talked about my “march to the sea” but my trip through the Carolinas wasn’t no picnic either.
Jared: “Who is William Sherman?”
$400 Historical Blog:
Circa 8th c. B.C.: Writing the 2 epic poems that would make me famous! Scholars would’ve never doubted my existence…d’oh!
Heather: “Who is Homer?”
$600 Historical Blog:
2005: After the wedding wife would be Duchess of Cornwall. Retiring pickup line “You could be the next Duchess of Cornwall”.
Jared: “Who is Prince Charles?” ($800)
$800 Historical Blog:
1945: I was just a colonel.
1946: Stand back Buenos Aires! Call me Mr. President!
Jared: “Who is Juan Peron?” ($1600)
$1K Historical Blog:
Jul. 1, 1937: Fred & I were leaving New Guinea for Howland Island. 2600 miles…wish us luck!
Jared: “Who is Amelia Earhart?” ($2600)
$200 FEARnet:
A multiplatform horror network FEARnet incl. a VoD service- short for this.
Jared: “What is video on demand?” ($2800)
$400 FEARnet:
As voted on by FEARnet.com members the most popular horror shockers incl. “The Shining” & this ’73 Linda Blair film.
Jared: “What is ‘The Exorcist’?” ($3200)
$600 FEARnet:
Join FEARnet & you can rank movies, discuss horror topics or just post 1 of these death notices for yourself.
Heather: “What is obituary?” ($1K)
$800 FEARnet:
FEARnet search allows you to search by topic like “cannibalism”, “werewolf” or this director of “Evil Dead”.
Jared: “Who is Sam Raimi?” ($4K)
$1K FEARnet:
At FEARnet’s News & Reviews section catch up on events like this horror mag’s convention in Chicago.
TS: Fangoria
$200 Business:
The Kirin & Asahi brewing companies are headquartered in this city.
Ronni: “What is Japan?”
Heather: “What is Tokyo?” ($1200)
$400 Business:
In 1983 this elevator co. moved its operations out of Yonkers after 130yrs there.
Jared: “What is Otis?” ($4400)
$600 Business:
He might’ve rotated in his grave when the co. he founded was sold to Bridgestone in the 1980s.
Jared: “Who is (Harvey) Firestone?” ($5K)
$800 Business:
Future Michigan governor George Romney headed this merger-created car co. from ’54-’62.
TS #2: American Motors
$1K Business:
HCA, cofounded by Bill Frist’s father Thomas, stands for this Corporation of America.
Ronni: “What is Health?” (-$1200)
Heather: “What is Healthcare?” ($200)
Jared: “What is Hospital?” ($6K)
$200 Maryland:
Maryland’s longest border w/ another state is w/ this 1 to the north.
Jared: “What is Pennsylvania?” ($6200)
$400 Maryland:
Baltimore’s the largest city but this city’s the capital.
Jared: “What is Annapolis?” ($6600)
$600 Maryland:
Maryland’s eastern shore’s separated from the main part of the state by this bay.
Ronni: “What is Chesapeake Bay?” (-$600)
$200 “Line”:
The time by which something must be finished or submitted.
Jared: “What is deadline?” ($6800)
$800 Maryland:
The 1760s establishment of this permanently fixed Maryland’s northern border.
Ronni: “What is Mason-Dixon Line?” ($200)
$400 “Line”:
Style of armchair where you might find me during Lakers games.
Jared: “What are sideline seats?” ($6400)
TS #3: Recliner
$600 “Line”:
Advertising catchphrase for a movie or play
Ronni: “What is tagline?” ($800)
$800 “Line”:
Pedigree (also the name of a faction that used to have Roman Reigns & the Usos)
Ronni: “What is bloodline?” ($1600)
$1K “Line”:
Answer: DD.
Your nose knows it means shaped like an eagle’s beak.
“What is aquiline?”…correct for another $1K.
$200 Greek Alphabet & More:
The top canine, the pack leader
Jared: “What is alpha male/dog?” ($6600)
$1K Maryland:
This disgraced politician’s portrait was taken down in the Maryland state house in 1979 & rehung in ’95.
TS #4: Spiro Agnew
$400 Greek Alphabet & More:
In ’02 SONY announced it would no longer produce video recorders using this format- a rival to VHS.
Heather: “What is beta?” (-$200)
Jared: “What is Betamax?” ($7K)
$600 Greek Alphabet & More:
These electromagnetic beams are particularly intense in the Crab Nebula.
Jared: “What are gamma rays?” ($7600)
$800 Greek Alphabet & More:
This counterterrorist military group headquartered at Ft. Bragg’s involved in hostage rescue.
Jared: “What is Delta Force?” ($8400)
$1K Greek Alphabet & More:
Fish oil & flaxseed oil are a rich source of this class of essential fatty acids.
Jared: “What is omega-3?” ($9400)- RAN
SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $400 (“Line”)
UNATEMPTED LT: $2800
TOTAL LT: $3200
CS:
Jared: $9400/Heather: -$200/Ronni: $2600
DJ!:
MEDICINE
2006 SPORTS LAUGHS
OTHER BRITISH ISLES
CELEBRITY PATENTS
SCULPTURE
BE A STELLAR SPELLER
$400 Other British Isles:
Anguilla in this sea’s noted for its superb beaches.
Jared: “What is Caribbean?” ($9800)
$400 ’06 Sports Laughs:
Jordin Tootoo of the Nashville Predators got a few chuckles when he changed his jersey number to this.
Jared: “What is 22?” ($10,200)
$800 ’06 Sports Laughs:
The White Sox made a deal w/ a convenience store chain so weeknight games would start at this time.
Jared: “What is 7:11?” ($11K)
$1200 ’06 Sports Laughs:
Oops! Unable to find the tee shot he’d made on the 18th Tom Kenney took a mulligan & later found his ball was here.
Jared: “What is in the hole?” ($12,200)
$1600 ’06 Sports Laughs:
A U.K. company was vilified for marketing “Little Hooliganz”- action figures of fans in this sport.
Jared: “What is soccer?” ($13,800)
$2K ’06 Sports Laughs:
Caught red-limbed drinking from a flask the tree mascot for this school near Palo Alto was suspended.
Heather: “What is Stanford?” ($1800)
$400 Medicine:
This inflammation of the voice box is a broadcaster’s nightmare.
Heather: “What is laryngitis?” ($2200)
$800 Medicine:
Tired? Pale? You may have this condition meaning “want of blood” & usually caused by an iron deficiency.
Ronni: “What is anemia?” ($3400)
$1200 Medicine:
The answer was DD #1.
This adjective can mean “suffering from excess secretion in the liver” or just “cranky”.
“What is bilious?”…that added $2K to Ronni’s bank.
$1600 Medicine (Sarah):
“Named because it connects the sclera & the cornea this membrane covers the white of the eyeball; its inflammation is common.”
Jared: “What is the conjunctiva?” ($15,400)
$2K Medicine:
A spinal tap’s done to obtain this- abbrev. CSF.
TS: Cerebrospinal fluid
$400 Celebrity Patent:
Zeppo Marx patented a wristwatch monitor that alerted wearers to irregularities in this.
Jared: “What is heartbeat?” ($15,800)
$800 Celebrity Patent:
Not a perpetual bubble machine but a piano-shaped ashtray was designed by this bandleader.
Heather: “Who is Lawrence Welk?” ($3K)
$1200 Celebrity Patent:
’07 Rock Hall of Fame inductee who could’ve danced the night away w/ his supporting device for string instruments.
Jared: “Who is Eddie Van Halen?” ($17K)
$1600 Celebrity Patent:
The frequency-hopping idea of this actress born Hedwig Kleiser in 1914 was used in a radio-controlled torpedo patent.
Jared: “Who is Hedy Lamarr?” ($18,600)
$2K Celebrity Patent:
This actress had a “purrfect” idea- pantyhose w/ a shaping band for cheeky derriere relief.
TS #2: Julie Newmar
$400 Stellar Speller:
We’re not kidding, please spell the dog star…
Heather: “What is SIRIUS?” ($3400)
$400 Sculpture:
Cellini’s sculpture shows Perseus holding a sword in 1 hand & the head of this Gorgon in the other.
Ronni: “Who is Medusa?” ($5800)
$800 Sculpture:
In 1983 this Bulgarian-born American encircled 11 Florida islands w/ bright pink polypropylene fabric.
TS #3: Christo
$1200 Sculpture:
The 1781 life-size marble statue of this French writer was 1 of Jean Antoine Houdon’s most famous works.
Heather: “Who is Balzac?” ($2200)
TS #4: Voltaire
$1600 Sculpture:
This emperor’s “column” was a marble relief recording the Roman victory of Dacia.
Ronni: “Who is Trajan?” ($7400)
$2K Sculpture:
The Etruscans carved many of their works from tufa- a soft porous variety of this calcium carbonate rock.
Ronni: “What is lava?” ($5400)
Heather: “What is chalk?” ($200)
TS #5: Limestone
$800 Other British Isles (Sarah):
“On the flag of this island & territory the anchor in the coat of arms represents the Bounty.”
Ronni: “What are Pitcairn Islands?” ($6200)
$1200 Other British Isles:
Answer there: DD #2– $2K was re-wagered.
Due to favorable tax laws there are hundreds of banks & trust companies in this colony NW of Jamaica.
“What are Cayman Islands?”…not enough was bet- Ronni was right.
$1600 Other British Isles:
Like Jersey this 2nd-biggest Channel Island can also mean something to wear (a blue sailor’s vest).
Heather: “What is Guernsey?” ($1800)
$2K Other British Isles:
Akrotiri was an enclave the U.K. held onto in the 1959 agreement that made this Mediterranean island independent.
Ronni: “What is Malta?” ($6200)
TS #6: Cyprus
$800 Stellar Speller:
This constellation always wins in Follow the Leda– spell…
Jared: “What is CYGNUS?” ($19,400)
$1200 Stellar Speller:
It’s part of Scorpio…
Ronni: “What is ANTARES?” ($7400)- BEEPS OF TIME
ATTEMPTED LT: $5200
UNATTEMPTED LT: $4800
TOTAL DJ! LT: $10K
Pre-Final S:
Jared: $19,400 (LOCK)/Heather: $1800/Ronni: $7400
RONNI’S CORYAT: $5800
FJ!: FICTION
This 1953 novel contained the famous recipe 3 measures of Gordon’s, 1 of vodka- shake it until it’s ice-cold.
HEATHER: “What is On the Road?” = $5
RONNI: “What is Dr No?” = $1
JARED: “What is Casino Royale?” = $22,222
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