$50K: Just a few minutes’ drive from Acadia National Park what popular purveyor of Asian-inspired food has a 4-star rating on Yelp.com?
A: WyoMing Dynasty
B: Chow Maine
C: Pho-lorida Noodle Kitchen
D: Kentucky Teriyaky
Chow Maine– $
$100K: Acc. to the 2018 nonfiction bestseller Does It Fart? The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence what animal DOESN’T?
A: Clam
B: Hyena
C: Millipede
D: Herring
FA: Hyena (A: Clam- elim. right away; that animal vomits)
Sam Spencer (grad student in Champaign)
$500: Even when it’s viewed from a telescope millions of miles away what does Britannica claim’s “arguably the most sublime object in our solar system”?
A: Chris Hemsworth
B: Saturn
C: A Big Mac
D: The ’19 Dodge Grand Caravan
Saturn– $
$1K: Acc. to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the avg. spends 62% of their $ on just three things- which of these’s NOT one of ’em?
A: Housing
B: Transportation
C: Bail
D: Food
Bail– $
$2K: Which of these WASN’T the name of one of history’s most powerful ruling empires?
A: Persian
B: Holy Roman
C: Ottoman
D: Galactic
Galactic– $
$3K: W/ his “Achy Breaky Song” in ’93 & “Party in the CIA” in ’11 “Weird Al” parodied BOTH a father & daughter w/ what last name?
A: Sinatra
B: Tyler
C: Cyrus
D: Cole
Cyrus– $
$5K: Due to the nature of the footwork involved what sport’s shoes commonly feat. spikes in the heel?
A: Bowling
B: High jump
C: Beach volleyball
D: Wrestling
High jump– $
$7K: BOTH a type of rice cake, banh chung & banh day are traditionally eaten during Tet, the New Yr.’s celebrations in what country?
A: China
B: Vietnam
C: Thailand
D: South Korea
Vietnam– $
$10K: In the world of musical instruments sustain, una corda & sostenuto are the names of the three standard what?
A: Valves on a trumpet
B: Holes on a flute
C: Sides of a triangle
D: Pedals on a grand piano
Pedals on grand piano– $
QotD (from KTRK anchors in HOU): “Navis Amoris” is a loose Latin translation of which classic TV show’s title?
A: “Love, American Style”
B: “Fantasy Island”
C: “The Love Boat”
D: “Family Ties”
$20K: Despite being one of the world’s richest men who admitted in his autobiography that he installed a payphone for his guests to use when they visited his home?
A: William Randolph Hearst
B: Joseph P. Kennedy
C: J. Paul Getty
D: Malcolm Forbes
AtA
A: 15%
B: 2%
C: 50%
D: 33%
Getty– $
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