Jacquie Wright (Navy vet in IND who was a cryptologist; her hubby’s in the Air Force)
$500: In Navy SEAL, the “SE” represents “sea”, the “L” represents “land” & the “A” represents what other place they work?
A: Applebee’s
B: AT&T
C: Air
D: Abercrombie & Fitch
Air– $
$1K: Geologically speaking, which of the following is NOT one of the three basic categories of rock?
A: Sedimentary
B: Metamorphic
C: Igenous
D: Punk
Punk– $
$2K: Directed by Mel Gibson, which of these was the title of an OSCAR-winning ’16 film about the heroic pacifist soldier Desmond Doss?
A: “Monkey Wrench Island”
B: “Hacksaw Ridge”
C: “Jackhammer Junction”
D: “Needlenose Pliers Point”
“Hacksaw Ridge”– $
$3K: Though its actual anthem’s “Advance Australia Fair”, what song’s widely considered to be Australia’s unofficial national anthem?
A: “Waltzing Matilda”
B: “Danny Boy”
C: “La Marseillaise”
D: “Auld Lang Syne”
AtA
A: 80%
B: 13%
C: 5%
D: 2%
“Waltzing Matilda”– $
$5K: “There are no ties and no overtimes” & “You really don’t know the score until the end” is how a former champ once described the unique nature of which sport?
A: Football
B: Hockey
C: Boxing
D: Soccer
Boxing– $
$7K: China & the U.S. are the top two car-producing nations in the world– & ALL BUT which of these countries also rank in the top 10?
A: Germany
B: South Korea
C: Japan
D: France
France– $
$10K: What FOX sitcom starring Will Forte has a plot concept similar to that of an 1826 Mary Shelley novel, published eight yrs. after Frankenstein?
A: “The Werewolf of Paris”
B: “The Last Man on Earth”
C: “The Invisible Man”
D: “Fantastic Voyage”
OTHER LLs (hubby Charles)- “THE LAST MAN ON EARTH” & “THE INVISIBLE MAN”
“The Last Man on Earth”– $
$20K: Diving w/ dolphins is a popular tourist activity at Marsa Alam, a trendy Egyptian resort town on the west coast of what body of water?
A: Arabian Sea
B: Bay of Bengal
C: Strait of Hormuz
D: Red Sea
Red Sea– $
QotD: In the U.S. Army, what officer’s nicknamed a “full bird” because he wears the insignia of a silver eagle?
A: Colonel
B: First Lieutenant
C: Brigadier General
D: Major
$30K: The Aaron, Mirra & Embody are ALL styles of high-end office chairs created by what designer?
A: Herman Miller
B: Charles Eames
C: Le Corbusier
D: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
FA: WALKS AWAY (A: Herman Miller)
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