G1: Lynn, Danielle, Freddie & Nicole (Bowery & Hester)(BtG: 22)
R1:
#1: Demoted in 2006 what one-time planet has barely traveled one-third of the way around the Sun since its discovery in 1935?
Pluto
#2: Independence Hall also once served as what city’s dog pound?
Philadelphia
#3: In 1989 the U.S. Navy caught flack for letting what singer shoot her racy video for “If I Could Turn Back Time” on the USS Missouri?
Cher
#4: Scientists have found that toxic compounds are released when urine interacts w/ what common pool chemical?
Chlorine
R2:
#1: What popular casino game’s called ventiuna in Spanish?
Blackjack
#2: What beloved Volkswagen Beetle of film-dom is the only car to have its tire prints memorialized in cement outside the Chinese Theatre?
“Herbie the Love Bug”
#3: As suggested by the state nickname this NH capitol building was built from what kind of rock from a local quarry?
Granite
FQ: What TN music festival’s main area’s called Centeroo?
Jack Daniel’s Festival (A: Bonnaroo)
G2: Jayme & Samara (42nd & 11th)(BtG: 18)
R1:
#1: What ice cream brand once sued its competitor Frusen Gladje over the similar appearance of their names?
Haagen-Dazs
#2: During its time as an independent republic what U.S. state tried out different capital cities such as Velasco & Washington-on-the-Brazos?
SMS
TX
#3: “Above us only sky” is the motto of a Liverpool airport named for what musician?
John Lennon
#4: What term for facial stubble was inspired by a 1937 razor blade ad that depicted a man’s face next to the hands of a clock?
Five o’clock shadow
R2:
#1: Fireworks are launched at the Eiffel Tower during what holiday?
Bastille Day
#2: A phenomenon called paradoxical undressing is a chilling side effect of what cold weather medical condition?
Frostbite (A: Hypothermia)
#3: Upon her death in 2018 women across the nation wore a pearl necklace to pay tribute to what former First Lady?
Nancy Reagan (A: Barbara Bush)
FQ: What former Olympic sport pitted two eight-man teams against each other in a battle over 6ft of ground?
Croquet (A: Tug of war)
G3: Zach, Beau & Matthew (orig. from Newport Beach)(Houston & 6th)(BtG: 30)
R1:
#1: What Swedish retailer co-owns a co. that makes low-cost apartments called BoKloks?
IKEA
#2: Invented by a chemist what snack food’s stackable shape’s known to mathematicians as a hyperbolic paraboloid?
Pringles
#3 (Nina Parker): What purple vegetable was introduced as an emoji under the name aubergine in ’10?
Eggplant
#4: Able to sleep 15hrs a day what two-toed mammal did the San Diego Zoo describe as looking like some kind of slow-motion monkey?
Sloth
R2:
#1: A full lunar eclipse that takes on a red color due to the Sun’s rays is commonly given what celestial name?
Blood moon
#2: What colorful co. got its name from a French phrase that roughly translates to “oily chalk”?
Polaroid (A: Crayola)
#3: Derived from an Italian character named Pulcinella what’s this type of puppet show called?
SMS
Punch & Judy
#4: What ’95 TLC song was reportedly the 1st Billboard #1 to mention HIV in its lyrics?
“Waterfalls”
R3:
#1: Commonly heard on the streets of Warsaw what letter that’s worth 10pts in the U.S. version of SCRABBLE is worth only 1pt in the Polish version?
Z
FQ: What author of Common Sense successfully instigated both the American & French Revolution?
OTHER S-O: Group of four
Thomas Paine
VB: Partly from the Latin word for “road” what’s this type of arched bridge called?
Archibus (A: Viaduct)
bobbymgsk 
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