“Beat the Bridge” 6/25

T: Dustin, Kaylen & Diana

R1:
Food- KAYLEN (dishes named after places)

#1: Frisco fudge cake & Philly cheesesteak- PHILLY CHEESESTEAK
#2: Mississippi mudpie & Minnesota dirt pie- MISSISSIPPI MUDPIE
#3: Baked Nevada & Baked Alaska- BAKED ALASKA
#4: Boston cream pie & Boston clam sauce- CREAM PIE
#5: Denver Nuggets & Buffalo wings- BUFFALO WINGS
#6: Texas toast & Georgia toast- TEXAS
#7: Vermont clam chowder & Rhode Island clam chowder- RHODE ISLAND

Animals- DIANA (terms for females)

#1: Reindeer dasher & fox vixen- VIXEN
#2: Leopard leopardess & dragonfly princess- LEOPARDESS 
#3: Koala jill & panda sow- JILL
#4: Wolverine Angeline & crow gilt- ANGELINE
#5: Hawk hen & lobster lobstress- HEN
#6: Rhino dam & zebra mare- MARE
#7: Crab jenny & ferret ewe- JENNY
#8: Whale she-whale & crocodile cow- COW

R2: Famous People (actors who sing)

#1: Selena Gomez & Angelina Jolie- SELENA
#2: Harrison Ford, Alfonso Ribeiro & Jamie Foxx- JAMIE
#3: David Hasselhoff & Cuba Gooding, Jr.- DAVID
#4: Janelle Monae, Jamie Lee Curtis & Charlize Theron- JANELLE
#5: Jaleel White & Eddie Murphy- EDDIE
#6: Gabrielle Union, Julia Roberts & Zendaya- ZENDAYA
#7: Gwyneth Paltrow & Halle Berry- GWYNETH

R3: Sports- DUSTIN (WNBA & NBA players)

#1: Stephen Curry, Steven Matz & Steffi Graf- STEPHEN
#2: Jeff Gordon, Paul George & Frank Thomas- PAUL
#3: Trea Turner, Trey Lance & Trae Young- TRAE
#4: Robin Roberts, Robin Lopez & Robin Ventura- LOPEZ
#5: Acted in “The Hangover”, acted in “Trainwreck” & acted in “Failure to Launch”- “TRAINWRECK” (LeBron)
#6: Breanna Stewart, Jackie Stewart & Tony Stewart- BREANNA
#7: Blue Jay, Raven & Pelican- PELICAN

FR:
1st: Diana
“Lassie” dog breed: Collie, labrador & retriever- COLLIE
Board game using a timer: Boggle, Clue & CHUTES AND LADDERS- BOGGLE
Band whose ’14 album downloaded to all Apple iPhones: The White Stripes, R.E.M. & U2- U2
Both President & Vice-President: Bill Clinton, Joe Biden & Jimmy Carter- BIDEN
The Wizard of Oz character Dorothy met 1st: Tin Man, Scarecrow & Cowardly Lion- SCARECROW
Spine section w/ most vertebrae: Thoracic, cervical & lumbar- CERVICAL (A: Thoracic)
2nd: Kaylen
What IPO stands for in business: Industry’s primary outing, initial public offering & introductory priced opening- INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Strongest poker hand: 2 pair, royal flush & straight flush- ROYAL FLUSH
Airplane black box color: Black, green & orange- BLACK
Movie Jennifer Lopez won a Razzie for: “Monster-in-Law”, “Gigli” & “The Wedding Planner”- “GIGLI”
Symbol on the flag of Argentina: Sun, moon & star- STAR (A: Sun)

“Beat the Bridge” 6/24

T: Aaron, Jack & Kent

R1:
TV- AARON (news broadcasters)

#1: Anderson Cooper & Wes Anderson- ANDERSON COOPER
#2: Barbara Bush & Barbara Walters- WALTERS
#3: Edward R. Murrow & John C. Reilly- JOHN
#4: Megan Gale & Megyn Kelly- MEGYN
#5: Wolf Blitzer & Tom Wolfe- TOM
#6: Dianne Wiest & Diane Sawyer- DIANE
#7: Christiane Amanpour & Christie Brinkley- CHRISTIE

Music- KENT (piano player for 15yrs)(Rihanna #1 Billboard hits)

#1: “Umbrella” & “Waterfalls”- “UMBRELLA”
#2: “Suburbia” & “Disturbia”- “DISTURBIA”
#3: “I Found Love” & “We Found Love”- “WE FOUND LOVE”
#4: “Love the Way You Lie” & “Bad Liar”- “LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE”
#5: “Work” & “Work From Home”- “WORK”
#6: “Live While We’re Young” & “Live Your Life”- “LIVE WHILE WE’RE YOUNG”
#7: “What’s Your Name?” & “What’s My Name?”- “WHAT’S MY NAME?”
#8: “Rude Boy” & “Bad Guy”- “RUDE BOY” (CT: $2100)

R2: Animals (catch the cat)

#1: “Tom & Jerry”- TOM
#2: Black Beauty, “SCOOBY-DOO” & GARFIELD– GARFIELD
#3: Sylvester from “LOONEY TUNES” & “Rosita” from “SING”- SYLVESTER
#4: Flash from “ZOOTOPIA”, Crookshanks from “Harry Potter” & Templeton from “Charlotte’s Web”- TEMPLETON (A: Crookshanks)
#5: Bruce from “FINDING NEMO”, Spot from “STAR TREK: The Next Generation” & “Beethoven”- BRUCE (A: Spot)
#6: Mr. Bigglesworth from “AUSTIN POWERS”, “Benji” & Heimlich from “a bug’s life”- MR. BIGGLESWORTH
#7: Snowbell from “Stuart Little” & “Stuart Little”- SNOWBELL
#8: Manny from “ICE AGE”, Pascal from “Tangled” & Duchess from “BABE”- PASCAL (A: Duchess)(CT: $2850)

R3: Movies- JACK (Sandra Bullock movies)

#1: “BOLT”, “SPEED” & “CLICK”- “SPEED”
#2: “The Lake House”, “House Bunny” & “Bringing Down the House”- “THE LAKE HOUSE”
#3: “Passengers”, “Hidden Figures” & “GRAVITY”- “GRAVITY”
#4: “Bride Wars”, “The Proposal” & “Why Did I Get Married?”- “THE PROPOSAL”
#5: “Miss Congeniality”, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” & “Little Miss Sunshine”- “MISS CONGENIALITY”
#6: “All About Steve”, “All About the Benjamins” & “All About the Money”- “ALL ABOUT STEVE”
#7: “127 HOURS”, “28 Days” & “Nine Months”- “28 DAYS” (CT: $6950)

FR:
1st: Aaron
Continent containing the South Pole: Asia, Africa & Antarctica- ANTARCTICA
NETFLIX series starring Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda: “Grace and Frankie”, “Rizzoli & Isles” & “2 BROKE GIRL$”- “2 BROKE GIRL$” (A: “Grace and Frankie”)
2nd: Kent
Flying mammal: Flamingo, ostrich & bat- BAT
Proper name for “laughing gas”: Sodium chloride, nitrous oxide & iron oxide- NITROUS OXIDE
Bigger fraction: 3/5, 4/8 & 7/10- 7/10
James Brown song: “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”, “Wild Thing” & “Please, Please, Please”- “WILD THING” (A: “Please, Please, Please”)
# of times “you” is sung in 1st verse of “Happy Birthday”: 3, 6 & 9- 3
Superbowl halftime performer: BTS, Prince & Rita Ora- PRINCE
Birthplace of Caesar salad: Rome, Tijuana, Mexico & Lima- TIJUANA
Reaction causing food to brown: Maillard, julienne & puree- MAILLARD
“PAC-MAN” ghost: Blinky, Casper & Slimer- BLINKY
Ingredient in shakshuka: Broccoli, tomato & okra- T.O. (A: Tomato)

“Beat the Bridge” 6/21

T: Scott, Teresa & Tony

R1:
Geography- TERESA (islands & their country)

#1: Ibiza, Spain & Azores, Iceland- IBIZA
#2: Bali, India & Mykonos, Greece- MYKONOS
#3: Moloka’i, NZ & Capri, Italy- CAPRI
#4: Reichenau Island, France & Victoria Island, Canada- VICTORIA ISLAND
#5: Easter Island, Chile & Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica- GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
#6: Isle of Skye, Ireland & Phuket, Thailand- PHUKET
#7: Zanzibar, Tanzania & Governador Island, Panama- ZANZIBAR
#8: Bimini Islands, Haiti & Christmas Island, Australia- CHRISTMAS ISLAND

Music- TONY (things said in the song “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred)

#1: Shirt & hair- SHIRT
#2: Cannes & Milan- MILAN
#3: Cat & dog- CAT
#4: The song “Saturday Night Fever” & the song “I’m Too Sexy”- “I’M TOO SEXY”
#5: Your office & your party- PARTY
#6: Car & walk- WALK
#7: Los Angeles & New York- L.A.
#8: France & Japan- FRANCE
$1K BANKED (CT: $2700)

R2: Animals (bears) 

#1: Paddington & BABAR– PADDINGTON
#2: Philadelphia NFL team, Chicago NFL team, Denver NFL team- CHICAGO
#3: Kodak & Kodiak- KODIAK
#4: McDonald’s mascot, Coca-Cola mascot & FROOT LOOPS mascot- COCA-COLA
#5: Khaki & corduroy- CORDUROY
#6: Murray, Mike & “Ted”- “TED”
#7: Mowgli & Baloo- BALOO (CT: $5200)

R3: Sports- TERESA (Winter Olympics)

#1: Bones, skeleton & skull- SKELETON
#2: Michelle Kwan, Michael Phelps & Michael Johnson- MICHELLE
#3: Biathlon, pentathlon & decathlon- PENTATHLON (A: Biathlon)
#4: Eddie the Eagle, race & Munich- MUNICH (A: Eddie the Eagle)
#5: Flying Tomato, Flying Squirrel & Flying Scotsman- FLYING SCOTSMAN (A: Flying Tomato)
$1K BANKED (CT: $6200)

FR:
1st: Scott
Characters played by John Cho & Kal Penn: “Tim & Eric”, “Bill & Ted” & “Harold & Kumar”- “HAROLD & KUMAR”
Black Rock City event: Groundhog Day, Coachella & Burning Man- GROUNDHOG DAY (A: Burning Man)
2nd: Teresa
MONOPOLY utility: Trash Company, Sewer Company & Electric Company- ELECTRIC COMPANY
Makeup that should be applied 1st: Primer, highlighter & blush- PRIMER
NFL bird team: Cincinnati, Jacksonville & Philadelphia- PHILADELPHIA
Obama’s memoir: United We Stand, A Promised Land & A Bridge to Tomorrow– A PROMISED LAND
Pop star in “AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER”: Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez & Beyonce- BEYONCE
Sides on a traffic sign: STOP (6), YIELD (4) & school zone (5)- SCHOOL ZONE 
Sleeping Beauty‘s name: Amber, Aurora & Annabelle- ANNABELLE (A: Aurora)
Kathryn Bigelow Best Director OSCAR: “The Power of the Dog”, “The Hurt Locker” & “Nomadland”- “THE HURT LOCKER”

T.O. (next would’ve been about a Tony winner for Best Musical)

“Beat the Bridge” 6/20

T: Tammy, Eileen & Belinda

R1:
Food & Drink- BELINDA (rum & Coke- beverages sold by Coca-Cola or rum brands)

#1: Bacardi & Johnnie Walker- BACARDI 
#2: Mountain DeW & Gold Peak- GOLD PEAK
#3: Barq’s & A&W- A&W
#4: Captain Morgan & Jose Cuervo- CAPTAIN MORGAN
#5: Aquafina & Dasani- DASANI
#6: Jameson & Kraken- JAMESON
#7: Canada Dry & Schweppes- CANADA DRY
$800 BANKED

Comics- TAMMY (heroes w/o capes)

#1: SPIDER-MAN & SUPERMAN– SPIDER-MAN
#2: Scarlet Witch & THE INCREDIBLE HULK– THE INCREDIBLE HULK
#3: THOR & Aquaman– THOR
#4: Doctor Strange & The Flash– THE FLASH
#5: Shang-Chi & Storm- SHANG-CHI 
#6: Batgirl & IRON MAN– IRON MAN
#7: Bumblebee & Shazam– BUMBLEBEE
#8: Vision & Human Torch- HUMAN TORCH (CT: $2.5K)

R2: Famous People (news anchors)

#1: Walter Cronkite & Walter Matthau- CRONKITE
#2: Bethany Sloane, Connie Chung & Sharon Marsh- CONNIE 
#3: Katie Couric & Olivia Munn- KATIE
#4: Brian Wilson, Bryant Gumbel & Thomas More- BRYANT
#5: Katherine Heigl & Rachel Maddow- RACHEL
#6: Alex Borstein, Carla Tortelli & Robin Roberts- ROBIN
#7: Peter Jennings & Waylon Smithers- PETER (CT: $5K)

R3: Colors- EILEEN (gold things)

#1: 1st place in the Olympics, 2nd place in the Olympics & 3rd place in the Olympics- 1ST PLACE
#2: 40yrs of marriage, 50yrs of marriage & 60yrs of marriage- 50
#3: Carrie, Miranda, Samantha & Charlotte, Susan, Bree, Lynette & Gabrielle & Blanche, Dorothy, Rose & Sophia- BLANCHE, DOROTHY, ROSIE & SOPHIA
#4: ’50 Bing Crosby & Carol Richards song, ’72 Neil Young song & ’94 Radiohead song- BING & CAROL (A: Neil)
#5: Memphis NBA team, Minnesota NBA team & San Francisco NBA team- SAN FRANCISCO
#6: Amarillo in Spanish, Plata in Spanish & Oro in Spanish- ORO
#7: David Bowie’s “Years”, Paul Simon’s “Years” & Steely Dan’s “Years”- PAUL SIMON’S (A: David Bowie’s)
#8: What Goldilocks ate, what Rumpelstiltskin spun straw into & what Snow White bit- RUMPELSTILTSKIN
#9: Cuba Gooding, Jr. character in “Outbreak”, Idris Elba character in “28 Weeks Later” & Jeremy Piven character in “entourage”- “ENTOURAGE”
$2.5K BANKED (CT: $7.5K)

FR:
1st: Belinda
Home of grunge music: Atlanta, Chicago & Seattle- SEATTLE
# of events in the Octathlon: 6, 8 & 10- 10 (A: 8)
2nd: Eileen
Lowest value U.S. postage stamp: 1¢, 2¢ & 5¢- 1¢
Donald Duck’s nephew: Stewie, Dewey & Bluey- STEWIE (A: Dewey)
Fruit w/ seeds on the outside: Banana, mango & strawberry- STRAWBERRY
Scientific name of the kneecap: Mandible, patella & scapula- PATELLA
Makes brown sugar brown: Vanilla, molasses & cinnamon- MOLASSES
Harry Potter‘s broom: Nimbus 2000, Stratus 3000 & Fractus 4000- NIMBUS 2000
Chuck D group: “Arrested Development”, RUN-DMC & Public Enemy- RUN-DMC

“Beat the Bridge” 6/19

T: Rachel, Priya & Brit (orig. from NSH)

R1:
Sports- PRIYA (major league Texas teams)

#1: Cowboys & Cowpokes- COWBOYS
#2: Astros & Cosmos- ASTROS
#3: Rancheros & Rangers- RANGERS
#4: Dynamo & Diamonds- DYNAMO (MLS)
#5: Admirals & Mavericks- MAVERICKS
#6: Wings & Hawks- WINGS (WNBA)
#7: Rockets & Flyers- ROCKETS

Famous People- BRIT (famous duos)

#1: Sidney & Claire & Sonny & Cher- SONNY & CHER
#2: Kenan & Kel & Penny & Marshall- KENAN & KEL
#3: Abbott & Costello & Buster & Keaton- ABBOTT & COSTELLO
#4: K-CI & JoJo & Hi-C & JoJo- K-CI & JOJO
#5: Brooks & Garth & Brooks & Dunn- BROOKS & DUNN
#6: Tania & Thea & Tia & Tamera- TIA & TAMERA
#7: Desi & Lucille & Griffin & Stewart– DESI & LUCILLE

R2: States (New Jersey facts)

#1: Touches the Atlantic & touches the Pacific- TOUCHES ATLANTIC
#2: Lone Star State, Peach State & Garden State- GARDEN STATE
#3: 1 of 3 states w/ New in its name & 1 of 4 states w/ New in its name- 4
#4: Named a rest stop after Jon Bon Jovi, named a rest stop after Billy Joel & named a rest stop after Al Pacino- JON BON JOVI
#5: 2nd state to join the U.S. & 3rd state to join the U.S.- 3RD
#6: Has an NBA team, has an NHL team & has an MLB team- NHL
#7: Bigger than Delaware & bigger than Florida- BIGGER THAN DELAWARE

R3: Food- PRIYA (culinary terms you might overhear in the kitchen)

#1: Sauntering, summering & simmering- SIMMERING
#2: Branching, blanching & basking- BLANCHING
#3: Dredging, hedging & sledging- SLEDGING (A: Dredging)
#4: Braising, bragging & billing- BRAISING
#5: Flambe, Enchante & ole- FLAMBE 
#6: Mutate, resonate & macerate- MACERATE
#7: Charade, promenade & chiffonade- CHIFFONADE
#8: Marianne, julienne & Julliard- JULIENNE

FR:
1st: Brit
Will Ferrell’s “Elf”: Buddy, Friend & Guy- BUDDY
Food served cold: Gazpacho, paella & empanada- GAZPACHO
“FAMILY GUY” dog: Brian, Peter & Glenn- BRIAN
Pixel manufacturer: Apple, Google & SAMSUNG- GOOGLE
Active volcano: Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Everest & Mt. Rushmore- ST. HELENS
Santa Cruz mascot: Leech, banana slug & jellyfish- BANANA SLUG
Singer who’s won Eurovision: Bryan Adams, Shania Twain & Celine Dion- CELINE
Earliest GS debut: “WHEEL of FORTUNE”, “Deal or No Deal” & “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”- “WHEEL OF FORTUNE”
Country w/ City in its capital: Honduras, Nicaragua & Panama- PANAMA
Where fencing takes place: Piste, rink & track- RINK (A: Piste)
2nd: Rachel
Won Best Picture OSCAR & Best Musical Tony: “Legally Blonde”, “Mean Girls” & “My Fair Lady”- “MY FAIR LADY”

“Beat the Bridge” 6/18

T: Molly, Antonio & Jessica

R1:
TV- JESSICA (characters from “Grey’s Anatomy”)

#1: Dr. Frasier Crane & Dr. Meredith Grey- DR. MEREDITH GREY
#2: Dr. Cristina Yang & Dr. Doogie Howser- DR. CRISTINA YANG
#3: Dr. Gregory House & Dr. Andrew Deluca- DR. ANDREW DELUCA 
#4: Dr. Jack Shephard & Dr. Derek Shepherd- DR. DEREK SHEPHERD
#5: Dr. Alex Karev & Dr. Michaela Quinn- DR. ALEX KAREV
#6: Dr. Benjamin Pierce & Dr. Maggie Pierce- DR. MAGGIE PIERCE
#7: Dr. Mark Sloan & Dr. Dana Scully- DR. MARK SLOAN

Travel- MOLLY (cruise lines)

#1: Royal Caribbean & Caribbean Treasures- ROYAL CARIBBEAN
#2: Disney Cruise Line & Mickey & Friends Cruises- DISNEY
#3: HOLLYWOOD Cruise Lines & Celebrity Cruises- CELEBRITY CRUISES
#4: Norwegian Cruise Lines & Scandinavian Cruises- NCL
#5: Viking & Conquest- VIKING
#6: Maiden Voyages & Virgin Voyages- VIRGIN VOYAGES
#7: Oceania Cruises & Sea Breeze Cruise Lines- OCEANIA CRUISES

R2: Colors (things that are silver)

#1: Tin Man & C-3PO- TIN MAN
#2: Cu on the periodic table, Kr on the periodic table & Ag on the periodic table- Cu
#3: MARVEL’S Carol Danvers, DC’s Hal Jordan & MARVEL’s Norrin Radd- HAL (A: Norrin)
#4: Treasure Island antagonist, Moby-Dick antagonist & “Macbeth” antagonist- TREASURE ISLAND ANTAGONIST
#5: The Very Hungry Caterpillar author & The Giving Tree author- THE GIVING TREE AUTHOR
#6: New Jersey’s nickname, Rhode Island’s nickname & Nevada’s nickname- NEVADA’S NICKNAME
#7: Michelle Kwan’s best Olympic finish & Apolo Ohno’s best Olympic finish- APOLO OHNO (CT: $4K)

R3: Movies- JESSICA (Reese Witherspoon films)

#1: “Legally Blonde”, “Monster’s Ball” & “White Chicks”- “LEGALLY BLONDE”
#2: “SCARY MOVIE 3”, “Talladega Nights” & “Walk the Line”- “WALK THE LINE”
#3: “Failure to Launch”, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” & “Sweet Home Alabama”- “SWEET HOME ALABAMA”
#4: “EDTV”, “Pleasantville” & “The Truman Show”- “PLEASANTVILLE”
#5: “American Pie”, “Cruel Intentions” & “Swimfan”- “CRUEL INTENTIONS”
#6: “Into the Wild”, “WILD” & “Wild Hogs”- “INTO THE WILD” (A: “WILD”)
#7: “The Hunger Games”, “The Neverending Story” & “A Wrinkle in Time”- “A WRINKLE IN TIME” 
#8: “Arthur Christmas”, “Christmas with the Kranks” & “Four Christmases”- “FOUR CHRISTMASES” (CT: $8100)

FR:
1st: Jessica
Bob Marley song title: “The 54th Massachusetts Infantry”, “Buffalo Soldier” & “Tuskegee Airman”- “BUFFALO SOLDIER”
’90s digital pet: Aggretsuko, Gudetama & Tamagotchi- TAMAGOTCHI
Dr. Phil’s last name: Shelton, Brooks & McGraw- MCGRAW
Movie w/ a leg lamp: “A Christmas Story”, “It’s a Wonderful Life” & “Miracle on 34th Street”- “A CHRISTMAS STORY”
Bart Simpson voice actor: Nancy Cartwright, Sarah Natochenny & Alex Borstein- NANCY
City where the public transportation’s called the L: Boston, Chicago & St. Louis- CHICAGO
2nd largest state by area & population: Alaska, California & Texas- TEXAS
Highest suit in the game of bridge: Diamonds, spades & clubs- DIAMONDS (A: Spades)
2nd: Molly
Derek Zoolander signature pose: Silver Stud, Pink Stallion & Blue Steel- BLUE STEEL
Microstate between France & Spain: Andorra, Liechtenstein & Monaco- MONACO (A: Andorra)
What LL Cool J stands for: Lamar Learns Cool Jams, Lance Likes Cool Jane & Ladies Love Cool James- LADIES LOVE COOL JAMES
Fashion designer played by Ewan McGregor: Balenciaga, Calvin Klein & Halston- BALENCIAGA (A: Halston)

“Beat the Bridge” 6/17

T: Michael, Danny & Bailey

R1: 
TV- BAILEY (’90s sitcoms)

#1: “Happy Days” & “Mad About You”- “MAD ABOUT YOU”
#2: “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” & “The Queen’s Gambit”- “THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR”
#3: “Ellen” & “Maude”- “ELLEN”
#4: “FAMILY GUY” & “THE SIMPSONS”- “THE SIMPSONS”
#5: “FRIENDS” & “Perfect Strangers”- “FRIENDS” 
#6: “3rd Rock From the Sun” & “Veronica Mars”- “3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN”
#7: “Family Matters” & “HOME IMPROVEMENT”- “HOME IMPROVEMENT”
#8: “The Big Bang Theory” & “The King of Queens”- “THE KING OF QUEENS”

Calendars- MICHAEL (after Independence Day- things that fall between Jul. 4 & Dec. 31)

#1: The OSCARS & Labor Day- LABOR DAY
#2: Indigenous Peoples’ Day & Cinco de Mayo- INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY
#3: Boston Marathon & New York City Marathon- NYC MARATHON 
#4: Gemini & Scorpio- SCORPIO
#5: Australian Open tennis championship & U.S. Open tennis championship- U.S. OPEN
#6: Northern Hemisphere’s Winter solstice & Southern Hemisphere’s Winter solstice- NORTHERN HEMISPHERE’S
#7: MLB World Series & Stanley Cup Playoffs- STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
#8: St. Patrick’s Day & Black Fri.- BLACK FRI.

R2: Movies (Samuel L. Jackson films)

#1: “PULP FICTION” & “Reservoir Dogs”- “PULP FICTION”
#2: “AQUAMAN”, “BATMAN FOREVER” & “The Avengers”- “THE AVENGERS”
#3: “The Big Lebowski” & “Jackie Brown”- “JACKIE BROWN”
#4: “JURASSIC PARK”, “GODZILLA” & “ARMAGEDDON”- “JURASSIC PARK”
#5: “DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE” & “DIE HARD”- “DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE”
#6: “CASINO”, “Goodfellas” & “The Godfather”- “CASINO” (A: “Goodfellas”)
#7: “Ride Along”, “SHAFT” & “BAYWATCH”- “RIDE ALONG” (A: “SHAFT”)
#8: “Snakes on a Plane”, “Air Force One” & “FLIGHT”- “SNAKES ON A PLANE”
#9: “The Other Guys” & “The Nice Guys”- “THE OTHER GUYS”

R3: Words- MICHAEL (what comes 1st alphabetically) 

#1: 1st bible book, 2nd day of the wk & 3rd month- 1ST BIBLE BOOK
#2: Singer of #1 hit “VOGUE”, singer of #1 hit “Rolling in the Deep” & singer of #1 hit “Kiss From a Rose”- “ROLLING IN THE DEEP”
#3: DC hero played by Gal Gadot, MARVEL hero played by Brie Larson & MARVEL hero played by Chadwick Boseman- CHADWICK
#4: Capital city of Arizona, capital city of Colorado & capital city of Tennessee- COLORADO
#5: Chemical symbol for sodium, chemical symbol for potassium & chemical symbol for iron- IRON
#6: Band who sang “September”, band who sang “Love in an Elevator” & band who sang “Enter Sandman”- “SEPTEMBER” (A: “Love in an Elevator” by Aerosmith)
#7: Color when you mix red & blue, color when you mix blue & yellow & color when you mix yellow & red- BLUE & YELLOW
#8: Insurance co. whose mascot’s a gecko, insurance co. whose mascot’s Flo & insurance co. whose mascot’s J.K. Simmons- J.K. SIMMONS

FR:
1st: Danny
Traditional Japanese clothing item: Ashita, machi & kimono- KIMONO
Disney character who wore glasses: Grumpy, Bashful & Doc- DOC
Food likely eaten w/ pita: Fajitas, farfalle & falafel- FALAFEL
Jennifer Lawrence movie: “American Hustle”, “Black Swan” & “La La Land”- “AMERICAN HUSTLE”
Beatles’ 1st appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”: ’40s, ’50s & ’60s- ’50s (A: ’60s)
2nd: Bailey
Tiny Tim’s last name: Marley, Cratchit & Scrooge- CRATCHIT
Earth’s “sister planet”: Venus, Mars & Jupiter- VENUS
“My Little Pony” character: Glimmer Glam, Twinkle Toes & Pinkie Pie- PINKIE PIE
Song Britney Spears sang at VMAs w/ a snake: “I’m a Slave 4 U”, “Toxic” & “Gimme More”- “I’M A SLAVE 4 U”
Prince Harry’s military rank: Captain, cornet & lieutenant- LIEUTENANT (A: Captain)
Founder of Spanx:  Sara Blakely, Sheryl Sandberg & Kim Kardashian- KIM (A: Sara)

“Beat the Bridge” 6/14

T: Brandy, Imani & Shaloy

R1: 
Famous People- IMANI (facts about “The Rock”)

#1: He’s under 50 & he’s over 50- UNDER 50
#2: Played college baseball at Florida St. & played college football at Univ. of Miami- FOOTBALL
#3: Voiced Bruno in “Encanto” & voiced Maui in “Moana”- MAUI
#4: Born in California & born in Australia- CALIFORNIA 
#5: Once wrestled as Rocky Creed & once wrestled as Rocky Maivia- ROCKY MAIVIA
#6: Hosted “The Titan Games” & hosted “Floor Is Lava” on NETFLIX- “FLOOR IS LAVA”
#7: 1st film role in “The Mummy Returns” & 1st film role in “The Game Plan”- “THE GAME PLAN”
BANKED $800

Geography- SHALOY (countries bordering Germany)

#1: Turkey & France- TURKEY
#2: Czech Republic & Tunisia- CZECH REPUBLIC 
#3: Austria & Ireland- AUSTRIA
#4: Belgium & Portugal- BELGIUM
#5: Italy & Denmark- DENMARK
#6: Greece & Poland- POLAND
#7: Luxembourg & Liechtenstein- LIECHTENSTEIN
#8: Switzerland & Finland- SWITZERLAND
#9: Norway & Netherlands- NORWAY
BANKED $1K (CT: $1800)

R2: Movies (courtroom films)

#1: “Kramer vs. Kramer” & “Joe Versus the Volcano”- “KRAMER VS. KRAMER”
#2: “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”, “Good Will Hunting” & “A Few Good Men”- “A FEW GOOD MEN”
#3: “Erin Brockovich” & “Florence Foster Jenkins”- “ERIN BROCKOVICH”
#4: “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, “Legally Blonde” & “Atomic Blonde”- “ATOMIC BLONDE” (A: “Legally Blonde”)
#5: “MARSHALL”, “LINCOLN” & “HARRIET”- “HARRIET” (A: “MARSHALL”)
#6: “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”, “Liar Liar” & “Runner Runner”- “LIAR LIAR”
#7: “The Rainmaker” & “Rain Man”- “RAIN MAN”
BANKED $900 (CT: $2700)

R3: Names- IMANI (things w/ “Little” or “Lil” in their names) 

#1: “Old Town Road” singer, “Holiday Road” singer & “On the Road Again” singer- “OLD TOWN ROAD”
#2: Butterworth’s, Crocker & Debbie- DEBBIE
#3: Movie where Jim Carrey found missing animals, movie where Eddie Murphy talked to animals & movie where Kevin James worked at a zoo- EDDIE MURPHY
#4: Dayanara & Piper show, Celeste & Renata TV show & Abbi & Ilana show- CELESTE & RENATA
#5: Miniature horse on “Parks and Recreation”, cat on “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” & dog on “FRASIER”- CAT (A: Horse)
#6: Movie where a family traveled in a yellow van, “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird” movie & movie where they wore pink on Wednesdays- MOVIE WHERE FAMILY TRAVELED IN YELLOW VAN
#7: Rat that cooked under a hat, mouse that got adopted by a family & mouse that ran away from Tom- MOUSE GOT ADOPTED BY FAMILY
#8: Smalls & Squints movie, Alfalfa & Darla movie & Harry & Marv movie- ALFALFA & DARLA (CT: $6800)

FR:
1st: Shaloy
Succotash ingredients: Beets & broccoli, corn & lima beans & peas & carrots- BEETS & BROCCOLI (A: Corn & lima beans)
2nd: Brandy
Viola Davis’ OSCAR-winning film: “The Help”, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” & “Fences”- “THE HELP” (A: “Fences”)
Largest of Christopher Columbus’ ships: SANTA MARIA
Vietnamese noodle soup: Ramen, wonton & pho- PHO
Letter to right of J on keyboard: H, K & Y- K
A Brief History of Time author: Stephen Hawking, Madeleine L’Engle & Robert Jordan- STEPHEN
“Thomas & Friends” train character: Coal, Diesel & Ethanol- DIESEL
Banksy art piece: “Girl with Balloon”, “Frog with Crown” & “Cat with Mouse”- “GIRL WITH BALLOON”
Name of Reese Witherspoon’s son: Tennessee, Kentucky & Texas- TENNESSEE
Darius Rucker band: Hootie & the Blowfish, Barenaked Ladies & Sister Hazel- BARENAKED LADIES (A: Hootie & the Blowfish)

“Beat the Bridge” 6/13

T: Zach (third wheel of this trio who grew up in the northeast), Molly & Eric (Molly’s fiance)

R1:
Nature- ZACH (animals & their young- animals correctly paired w/ the name of its young)

#1: Tiger fry & dog puppy- DOG PUPPY
#2: Echidna calving & sheep lamb- SHEEP LAMB
#3: Deer fawn & raccoon fawn- DEER FAWN
#4: Pigeon pidge & rat pup- RAT PUP
#5: Fox kit & bear calf- FOX KIT
#6: Owl owlet & panda pandaling- PANDA PANDALING 
#7: Hedgehog hedgelet & elephant calf- ELEPHANT CALF
#8: Zebra foal & koala smolt- ZEBRA FOAL

HOLLYWOOD- MOLLY (movie & TV aliens- characters not from Earth)

#1: Spock & Captain Kirk- SPOCK
#2: “Indiana Jones” & Han Solo- HAN SOLO
#3: “The Great Gazoo” & “The Great Gatsby”- “THE GREAT GAZOO”
#4: “THOR” & Star-Lord- “THOR”
#5: Lilo & Stitch- STITCH
#6: “ROBOCOP” & “ALF”- “ALF”
#7: “TRANSFORMERS” & “Power Rangers”- “TRANSFORMERS”

R2: Hobbies (card games)

#1: Apples to Apples & “Medal of Honor”- APPLES TO APPLES
#2: Connect 4, Go Fish & Trouble- GO FISH
#3: Euchre & parcheesi- EUCHRE
#4: Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering & Warhammer 40,000- MAGIC: THE GATHERING
#5: Craps & klondike- KLONDIKE
#6: Mancala, pachinko & Yu-Gi-Oh- YU-GI-OH
#7: Bridge & GO- BRIDGE

R3: Movies- MOLLY (Best Actor nominations for those who played the real person they were listed w/) 

#1: Christian Bale Andy Kaufman, Daniel Day-Lewis Abraham Lincoln & Gary Oldman Orson Welles- DANIEL & ABRAHAM
#2: Austin Butler Elvis Presley, Eddie Redmayne Tony Hawk & Pedro Pascal Desi Arnaz- AUSTIN & ELVIS
#3: Bradley Cooper Chris Kyle, Jonathan Pryce Pope John Paul II & Matthew McConaughey Shel Silverstein- BRADLEY & CHRIS
#4: Ralph Fiennes Charles Dickens, Harrison Ford J. Paul Getty & Forest Whitaker Idi Amin- FOREST & IDI
#5: Christian Bale George W. Bush, Russell Crowe John Forbes Nash & Will Smith Mike Tyson- RUSSELL & JOHN
#6: Chadwick Boseman Malcolm X, Leonardo DiCaprio Howard Hughes & Edward Norton Wayne Gretzky- LEONARDO & HOWARD
#7: Bryan Cranston J. Edgar Hoover, Ed Harris Andy Warhol & Frank Langella Richard Nixon- FRANK & RICHARD

FR:
1st: Molly
Face on the $100 bill: Benjamin Franklin- Alexander Hamilton & Andrew Jackson- BENJAMIN
Slurpee store: 7-eleven, Circle K & Walgreens- 7-ELEVEN
# of face cards in a standard deck: 10, 12 & 16- 12
Owned by Jeff Bezos: Boston Globe, New York Times & Washington Post– WASHINGTON POST
Red Cross headquarters: Denmark, England & Switzerland- SWITZERLAND
Prime number: 33, 37 & 51- 51 (A: 37)
2nd: Zach
’90s nickelodeon cartoon: “Johnny Bravo”, “The Powerpuff Girls” & “HEY ARNOLD!”- “HEY ARNOLD!”
49th state: Alaska, Hawai’i & Oklahoma- ALASKA
Higher value in SCRABBLE: G, F & K- K
1st “Big Brother” winner: Eddie McGee, Will Kirby & Lisa Donahue- WILL (A: Eddie)
Moon of Jupiter: Callisto, Phobos & Titan- TITAN (A: Callisto)

“Beat the Bridge” 6/12

T: Lawrence, Matthew & Jacqueline

R1:

Famous People: MATTHEW (movies & TV shows feat. Idris Elba)
#1: “THOR” & “BATMAN”- “THOR”
#2: “The Office” & “Parks and Recreation”- “THE OFFICE”
#3: “The Dark Tower” & “Zero Dark Thirty”- “THE DARK TOWER”
#4: “THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE” & “Sonic the Hedgehog 2”- “SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2”
#5: “The Wire” & “Ozark”- “THE WIRE”
#6: “ALIEN: COVENANT” & “Prometheus”- “PROMTHEUS”
#7: “Hijack” & “Severance”- “HIJACK”

Food: JACQUELINE (types of mushrooms)
#1: Portobello & mortadella- PORTOBELLO
#2: Shirataki & shiitake- SHIITAKE
#3: Clam & oyster- OYSTER
#4: Lion’s mane & dragon’s beard- LION’S MANE
#5: Wood eye & wood ear- WOOD EAR
#6: Hedgehog & armadillo- ARMADILLO
#7: Button & zipper- BUTTON
#8: Sticky top & slippery jack- STICKY TOP
#9: White timpani & black trumpet- WHITE TIMPANI
NO BANK (CT: $2300)

R2: Toys (toys & other items inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame)
#1: Ken & Barbie- BARBIE
#2: Crayola crayons, fingerpaints & Sharpies- CRAYOLA
#3: Blanket & mattress- BLANKET
#4: Bratz doll, Chatty Cathy & G.I. JOE- G.I. JOE
#5: ATARI 2600 & beeper- ATARI 2600
#6: Guess Who?, Clue & SORRY!- CLUE
#7: Cardboard box & wooden crate- WOODEN CRATE
#8: Etch-a-Sketch & Magna Doodle- ETCH-A-SKETCH (CT: $4800)

R3: TV- LAWRENCE (“American Idol” judges)
#1: Janet Jackson, Randy Jackson & Howard Stern- RANDY
#2: Shakira, Christina Aguilera & Jennifer Lopez- JENNIFER
#3: Steven Tyler, Nick Jonas & Adam Levine- STEVEN
#4: Sharon Osbourne, Ellen DeGeneres & Sofia Vergara- SHARON
#5: Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus & Ariana Grande- KATY
#6: Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefani & Alicia Keys- MARIAH
#7: Robin Thicke, Usher & Lionel Richie- LIONEL
#8: Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Hudson & Nicole Scherzinger- JENNIFER (A: Nicki)
#9: Harry Connick, Jr., John Legend & Niall Horan- HARRY (CT: $8900)

FR:
1st: Jacqueline
Irish liqueur: Baileys, Kahlua & Amaretto- BAILEYS
Library “decimal” classification system: Dewey, Dawson & David- DAWSON
2nd: Matthew
Rolling rock logo: Goat, horse & giraffe- HORSE
Musical set in Cook County Jail: “Hairspray”, “GREASE” & “CHICAGO”- “GREASE” (A: “CHICAGO”)
Color on a Rubik’s Cube: Brown, pink & white- WHITE
# of Great Lakes: 4, 5 & 6- 4 (A: 5)