Bookkeeper Christina Burke's from The Big Apple.
+1: Hubby Ted
1. In a process known as "Delay Verification", Big Apple residents can request a note from the city to prove that what made 'em late to work?
A: Subway problems
B: A long coffee line
C: A cool street performance
D: "Law & Order" reruns
Subway problems- $
2. According to Johnny Carson, "If life was fair...", what person "...would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead"?
A: Frank Sinatra
B: Jimi Hendrix
C: Elvis Presley
D: John Lennon
Elvis- $
3. Although millions of Americans ignore their advice, doctors generally recommend NOT regularly doing which of the following?
A: Brushing your teeth
B: Trimming your nails
C: Cleaning out your earwax
D: Sleeping more than four hrs. a night
Cleaning our your earwax- $
4. Due to the alarming population decline of a certain insect vital to cops, in '14 The White House created the Pollinator Task Force to help protect what?
A: Ladybugs
B: Honeybees
C: Praying Mantises
D: Black Widows
Honeybees- $
5. Parisians often refer to the Eiffel Tower as "La Dame de Fer", which means what?
A: "The Tin Lady"
B: "The Iron Lady"
C: "The Copper Lady"
D: "The Bronze Lady"
"The Iron Lady" (a nickname Missy Sampson used for a time)- $5K
VB: Reciting Alphabet Backwards
6. Who in '98 reportedly became the first Latina actress to earn over a million dollars for a single film when she starred alongside George Clooney in "Out of Sight"?
A: Eva Longoria
B: Salma Hayek
C: Penelope Cruz
D: Jennifer Lopez
J-Lo- $
7. Because it wasn't allowed in the NBA until a '79 rule change, Wilt Chamberlain's legendary 100-pt. game couldn't have included which means of scoring?
A: Slam dunk
B: Free throw
C: Hook shot
D: Three-pointer
Three-pointer- $
8. After becoming the eighth man to walk on The Moon, astronaut James Irwin went on multiple expeditions to Turkey's Mt. Ararat in search of what?
A: The Ark of the Covenant
B: The Shroud of Turin
C: The Holy Grail
D: Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark- $
9. Though they sang "We're a Happy Family" on their '77 "Rocket to Russia" album, which of the following groups contained no actual siblings?
A: The Ramones
B: The Bee Gees
C: The Kinks
D: The Beach Boys
The Ramones- $
10. Accounting for a combined total of $658B of imports & exports in '14, the U.S.' #1 trading partner isn't China, but instead whom?
A: Canada
B: Japan
C: Mexico
D: U.K.
Japan- LEFT ALL LLs ON THE TABLE (A:Canada)
QotD: Considered now to be the father of the genre, in 1859 Samuel Smiles published a book simply titled what?
A: Graphic Novel
B: Science Fiction
C: Self-Help
D: Murder Mystery
Thousandaire: Erika Rebat
While some call 'em "Daisy Dukes", what does Oxford Dictionaries cite as a nickname for denim cutoffs?
A: Jorts
B: She-vi's 501s
C: Micro-pantaloons
D: Bum-uda shorts
FA:Jorts- THOUSANDAIRE
Next wk.'s Armed Forces Wk.
EP. RATING: 6
+1: Hubby Ted
1. In a process known as "Delay Verification", Big Apple residents can request a note from the city to prove that what made 'em late to work?
A: Subway problems
B: A long coffee line
C: A cool street performance
D: "Law & Order" reruns
Subway problems- $
2. According to Johnny Carson, "If life was fair...", what person "...would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead"?
A: Frank Sinatra
B: Jimi Hendrix
C: Elvis Presley
D: John Lennon
Elvis- $
3. Although millions of Americans ignore their advice, doctors generally recommend NOT regularly doing which of the following?
A: Brushing your teeth
B: Trimming your nails
C: Cleaning out your earwax
D: Sleeping more than four hrs. a night
Cleaning our your earwax- $
4. Due to the alarming population decline of a certain insect vital to cops, in '14 The White House created the Pollinator Task Force to help protect what?
A: Ladybugs
B: Honeybees
C: Praying Mantises
D: Black Widows
Honeybees- $
5. Parisians often refer to the Eiffel Tower as "La Dame de Fer", which means what?
A: "The Tin Lady"
B: "The Iron Lady"
C: "The Copper Lady"
D: "The Bronze Lady"
"The Iron Lady" (a nickname Missy Sampson used for a time)- $5K
VB: Reciting Alphabet Backwards
6. Who in '98 reportedly became the first Latina actress to earn over a million dollars for a single film when she starred alongside George Clooney in "Out of Sight"?
A: Eva Longoria
B: Salma Hayek
C: Penelope Cruz
D: Jennifer Lopez
J-Lo- $
7. Because it wasn't allowed in the NBA until a '79 rule change, Wilt Chamberlain's legendary 100-pt. game couldn't have included which means of scoring?
A: Slam dunk
B: Free throw
C: Hook shot
D: Three-pointer
Three-pointer- $
8. After becoming the eighth man to walk on The Moon, astronaut James Irwin went on multiple expeditions to Turkey's Mt. Ararat in search of what?
A: The Ark of the Covenant
B: The Shroud of Turin
C: The Holy Grail
D: Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark- $
9. Though they sang "We're a Happy Family" on their '77 "Rocket to Russia" album, which of the following groups contained no actual siblings?
A: The Ramones
B: The Bee Gees
C: The Kinks
D: The Beach Boys
The Ramones- $
10. Accounting for a combined total of $658B of imports & exports in '14, the U.S.' #1 trading partner isn't China, but instead whom?
A: Canada
B: Japan
C: Mexico
D: U.K.
Japan- LEFT ALL LLs ON THE TABLE (A:Canada)
QotD: Considered now to be the father of the genre, in 1859 Samuel Smiles published a book simply titled what?
A: Graphic Novel
B: Science Fiction
C: Self-Help
D: Murder Mystery
Thousandaire: Erika Rebat
While some call 'em "Daisy Dukes", what does Oxford Dictionaries cite as a nickname for denim cutoffs?
A: Jorts
B: She-vi's 501s
C: Micro-pantaloons
D: Bum-uda shorts
FA:Jorts- THOUSANDAIRE
Next wk.'s Armed Forces Wk.
EP. RATING: 6