10. Though he reportedly DIDN'T care for it, who became the first sitting President to ride in a car when he took a spin in a Stanley Steamer in 1899?
A: McKinley
B: Garfield
C: Taft
D: Cleveland
FA:O & D (A:McKinley)
The new classmate's website developer Ben Hannel from Thousand Oaks (a Stanford student who's won 17 academic decathlons).
1. Helping nervous teens breathe a little easier, the state of MD recently REMOVED what element from its behind-the-wheel driving test?
A: Parallel parking
B: Flipping the bird
C: Texting while driving
D: Fast food drive-thru etiquette
Parallel parking- $
2. One of NASA's most prestigious honors, what pin, based on a design by Charles Schultz, do astronauts give employees to thank 'em for their hard work?
A: Gold Garfield
B: Copper Calvin
C: Silver Snoopy
D: Bronze Batman
Silver Snoopy- $
3. Which of the following's neither a type of blood vessel, nor a device that shows wind direction, nor a synonym for "arrogant"?
A: Vane
B: Veign
C: Vain
D: Vein
Veign- $ (1st recess)
4. Placing 1st on Buzzfeed's list of great beards in science, what Russian thinker's famous for developing the periodic classification of elements?
A: Dmitri Mendeleev
B: Ivan Pavlov
C: Igor Stravinsky
D: Maria Sharapova
Mendeleev- $
5. In a recent hit by Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj, what onomatopoeic phrase is sung before the words "...into the room"& "...there goes your heart"?
A: "Splash, Splash"
B: "Creak, Creak"
C: "Zoom, Zoom"
D: "Bang, Bang"
"Bang, Bang"- $5K
6. What book series inspired the Cal State Bakersfield campus to name five of its dorms Lorien, Entwood, Rivendell, Numenor & Rohan?
A: The Lord of the Rings
B: A Song of Ice and Fire
C: Twilight
D: The Chronicles of Narnia
The Lord of the Rings- $
7. If you were to spell out the capital of Canada, how many O's would you need- zero, one, two or three?
+1 (mom Tracy)
Two (Ontario)- BUT IT WAS OTTAWA
Trying to return for another show's newspaper editor Nikki Haririan from BAL (who attends NYU).
1. "Work with the windows open", "Play hardcore metal music"& "Try hard not to yawn" are all tips wikiHow gives students in its article on how to do what?
A: Improve your reading comprehension
B: Pull an all-nighter
C: Make the Honor Roll
D: Get expelled
Pull an all-nighter- $
2. According to Guinness World Records, what's the longest word in the English language whose letters are in reverse alphabetical order?
A: Trumpeting
B: Purloined
C: Tickle
D: Spoonfeed
Spoonfeed- $
3. While his face now graces the $20 bill, ironically, what President was known for OPPOSING paper money, preferring gold & silver currency?
A: Jackson
B: Lincoln
C: Washington
D: Grant
Jackson- $
4. Mark Ruffalo described what character as "my generation's Hamlet" because he's been played by many actors, including Ruffalo himself?
A: Batman
B: The Hulk
C: Spider-Man
D: Superman
The Hulk- $
5. While the aurora borealis occurs around one of the earth's poles, the aurora australis occurs around the other & is nicknamed the what?
A: Northern tide
B: Southern lights
C: Northern winds
D: Southern Gulf Stream
AtA
A: 3%
B: 74%
C: 13%
D: 10%
Southern lights- $5K
QotD: A major campus fad was sparked in 1939 when a Harvard freshman swallowed what animal on a $10 bet?
A: Sea horse
B: Goldfish
C: Earthworm
D: Tadpole
FQ of Day: In ancient Greek & Roman plays, the common spectacle of gods suddenly appearing to ressolve the plot's known by what Latin phrase?
A: Cogito, ergo sum
B: Carpe diem
C: Caveat emptor
D: Deus ex machina
50:50- C & D
Caveat emptor- FA
EP. RATING: 6
A: McKinley
B: Garfield
C: Taft
D: Cleveland
FA:O & D (A:McKinley)
The new classmate's website developer Ben Hannel from Thousand Oaks (a Stanford student who's won 17 academic decathlons).
1. Helping nervous teens breathe a little easier, the state of MD recently REMOVED what element from its behind-the-wheel driving test?
A: Parallel parking
B: Flipping the bird
C: Texting while driving
D: Fast food drive-thru etiquette
Parallel parking- $
2. One of NASA's most prestigious honors, what pin, based on a design by Charles Schultz, do astronauts give employees to thank 'em for their hard work?
A: Gold Garfield
B: Copper Calvin
C: Silver Snoopy
D: Bronze Batman
Silver Snoopy- $
3. Which of the following's neither a type of blood vessel, nor a device that shows wind direction, nor a synonym for "arrogant"?
A: Vane
B: Veign
C: Vain
D: Vein
Veign- $ (1st recess)
4. Placing 1st on Buzzfeed's list of great beards in science, what Russian thinker's famous for developing the periodic classification of elements?
A: Dmitri Mendeleev
B: Ivan Pavlov
C: Igor Stravinsky
D: Maria Sharapova
Mendeleev- $
5. In a recent hit by Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj, what onomatopoeic phrase is sung before the words "...into the room"& "...there goes your heart"?
A: "Splash, Splash"
B: "Creak, Creak"
C: "Zoom, Zoom"
D: "Bang, Bang"
"Bang, Bang"- $5K
6. What book series inspired the Cal State Bakersfield campus to name five of its dorms Lorien, Entwood, Rivendell, Numenor & Rohan?
A: The Lord of the Rings
B: A Song of Ice and Fire
C: Twilight
D: The Chronicles of Narnia
The Lord of the Rings- $
7. If you were to spell out the capital of Canada, how many O's would you need- zero, one, two or three?
+1 (mom Tracy)
Two (Ontario)- BUT IT WAS OTTAWA
Trying to return for another show's newspaper editor Nikki Haririan from BAL (who attends NYU).
1. "Work with the windows open", "Play hardcore metal music"& "Try hard not to yawn" are all tips wikiHow gives students in its article on how to do what?
A: Improve your reading comprehension
B: Pull an all-nighter
C: Make the Honor Roll
D: Get expelled
Pull an all-nighter- $
2. According to Guinness World Records, what's the longest word in the English language whose letters are in reverse alphabetical order?
A: Trumpeting
B: Purloined
C: Tickle
D: Spoonfeed
Spoonfeed- $
3. While his face now graces the $20 bill, ironically, what President was known for OPPOSING paper money, preferring gold & silver currency?
A: Jackson
B: Lincoln
C: Washington
D: Grant
Jackson- $
4. Mark Ruffalo described what character as "my generation's Hamlet" because he's been played by many actors, including Ruffalo himself?
A: Batman
B: The Hulk
C: Spider-Man
D: Superman
The Hulk- $
5. While the aurora borealis occurs around one of the earth's poles, the aurora australis occurs around the other & is nicknamed the what?
A: Northern tide
B: Southern lights
C: Northern winds
D: Southern Gulf Stream
AtA
A: 3%
B: 74%
C: 13%
D: 10%
Southern lights- $5K
QotD: A major campus fad was sparked in 1939 when a Harvard freshman swallowed what animal on a $10 bet?
A: Sea horse
B: Goldfish
C: Earthworm
D: Tadpole
FQ of Day: In ancient Greek & Roman plays, the common spectacle of gods suddenly appearing to ressolve the plot's known by what Latin phrase?
A: Cogito, ergo sum
B: Carpe diem
C: Caveat emptor
D: Deus ex machina
50:50- C & D
Caveat emptor- FA
EP. RATING: 6