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“Ca$h Cab” 6/18/07

G1: John & Shy (West 4th & Astor Place)(BtG: 42)

R2:
#1: What’s the avian-inspired term for the discs skeet shooters often use for target practice?
Clay pigeons
#2: “NIGHTLINE” originated in ’79 w/ daily coverage of what 444-day crisis?
Hostage crisis in Iran
#3: The official Presidential limousine’s an armored DTS stretch sedan made by what luxury car brand?
Lincoln
#4: What specific type of sweet Scottish cookie’s traditionally made from sugar, butter & flour?
Butter (A: Shortbread)

R3:
#1: In ’06 President Bush picked up his veto pen for the first time to nix a bill dealing w/ what hot-button issue?
Stem-cell research
#2: What specific science deals w/ the motion, behavior & effects of projectiles such as bullets?
Ballistics
#3: Living up to their anarchic reputation, members of what punk band skipped their ’06 induction into the Rock ‘N Roll HoF?
Sex Pistols
#4: Famously used by the Nazi party, the enigma machine was used for what specific purpose?
Code machine
FQ: The former home of the Minoan civilization, what’s the largest of Greece’s many islands?
SSO
Crete

VB: In Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, one of these creatures went head-to-head w/ a murderous cobra- name this carnivorous snake-slaying mammal.
FA: Mongoose ($1400)

G2: Sara & Michael (2nd & 77th)(BtG: 38)
$250 DEFEAT

G3: John, Lance, Dionne & Frank (Cowgirl Hall of Fame)(BtG: 40)

$1100 VB: W/ 200K undergrads, this is the biggest institute of higher learning in Africa & the Middle East. Despite its name, Cairo University’s main campus is NOT located in Cairo but it what nearby tourist haven?
FA: Dubai (A: Giza)

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