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G1: Scott & Chad (Cafe Henri on Downing & Bedford)(BtG: 51)

R2:
#1: After studying w/ Plato, what Greek philosopher was chosen to tutor a young Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
#2: What publishing mogul ran for President w/ a flat-tax platform in BOTH 1996 & 2000?
Steve Forbes
#3: England’s first Yoko Ono, what wife of King Arthur broke up the roundtable by sleeping w/ Sir Lancelot?
Guinevere
#4: What online dating site describes itself as “The world’s largest Jewish-singles community”?
JDate

R3:
#1: By what Tibetan name do cryptozoologists more commonly refer to the Abdominal Snowman?
Yeti
#2: Served in cafeterias at IKEA, what tart cousin of the cranberry’s popular in Scandinavia?
Lingonberry
#3: What shadowy Russian mystic reportedly survived poison & bullet wounds before freezing in an icy river?
Rasputin
#4: Similar to a thunder egg, what rock formation reveals an inner cavity filled w/ crystals when split in half?
Geode
#5: What principle stated that when an animal’s faced w/ danger, it will react one of two ways?
Fight or Flight
#6: What French term refers to the ordering of injured medical patients based on seriousness of condition?
Triage
#7: What’s the term for the squiggly marking over the “n” in Spanish words like “nino” & “pinata”?
Tilde
FQ: What Jon Krakauer book chronicled his Mt. Everest ascent in which eight people died?
FA: Into Thin Air ($1100)

G2: Elisha & Dan (City Hall Park)(BtG: 37)
LOST A HUNDY

G3: Jeff, Brianna, Analise & Johnny (Rivington between Orchard & Ludlow)(BtG: 36)

R2:
#1: NASA is an acronym for what?
National Aeronautic & Space Administration
#2: In linguistics, what’s the term for the two side-by-side dots often seen above German letters?
Umlaut
#3: Sometimes called “cabbage”, what type of heart surgery reroutes blood around clogged arteries?
(Coronary artery) bypass
#4: Orig. designed by Phil Katz, what’s the computer term for a group of files compressed to save disk space?
Zip file

R3:
#1: Led by Teddy Roosevelt up San Juan Hill, what was the abrasive nickname for the first U.S. volunteer cavalry?
Rough Riders
#2: When using jumper cables, what color cables should connect the two positive battery terminals?
Red
#3: The main language of the Talmud, what 3K-yr.-old dialect was supposedly spoken by Jesus?
Aramaic
FQ: What more upbeat name did Portugal’s John II give Africa’s Cape of Storms?
Cape of Good Hope

VB: This is HI’s most active volcano Kilauea in all its fiery glory. The volcanic substance spewing from its caldera is called “lava”, but before lava bubbles to the Earth’s surface, it’s known as what?
FA: Magma ($1400)

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