Library worker Jon Baril from Framingham, MA goes first.
+1: Reverend Bob
1. To make sure no one else can cash it, About.com recommends that you write what on the back of a check when you endorse it?
A: "Hands off"
B: "Mine! All mine!"
C: "Hey, get your own money"
D: "For deposit only"
"For deposit only"- $
2. Playing into the country's reputation for overzealous regulation, in 2014 some of Germany's beach towns reportedly banned the building of what kid-friendly structures?
A: Leaf piles
B: Sandcastles
C: Treehouses
D: Blanket forts
Sandcastles- $
3. Perfect for "star-crossed lovers" of Shakespeare & cooking, a cutting board resembling a book has what apt title written on its "spine"?
A: "Of Mousse and Men"
B: "Romeo and Julienne"
C: "The Bun Also Rises"
D: "A Clockwork Duck a L'Orange"
"Romeo and Julienne"- $
4. While it did feature Marilyn Monroe, what magazine's debut 1953 issue DIDN'T show a date, as no one knew if it would be popular enough for a second issue?
A: PLAYBOY
B: Rolling Stone
C: LIFE
D: Ladies' Home Journal
PLAYBOY- $
5. Using their real last names, '99's "Vol. 3...Life and Times of S. Carter"& '04's "The Carter" were albums by what unrelated Hip-Hop stars?
A: Snoop Dogg & Kendrick Lamar
B: Jay Z & Lil' Wayne
C: 50 Cent & Wiz Khalifa
D: Ludacris & Drake
AtA
A: 1%
B: 95%
C: 4%
Jay Z & Lil' Wayne- $5K
6. While "the bends" refers to the joint pain, "the chokes"& "the staggers" are names for the respiratory & neurological symptoms of what?
A: Vertigo
B: Diabetes
C: Decompression sickness
D: Syphilis
Decompression sickness- $
7. What invention named after the Greek word for "power" was orig. also known as "Nobel's Safety Powder"?
A: Detergent
B: Asbestos
C: Dynamite
D: Plutonium
Dynamite- $
8. As retribution for directing the '97 biopic "Kundun", Martin Scorsese was reportedly BANNED from entering what?
A: Tibet
B: Siberia
C: The West Bank
D: Kashmir
Tibet- $
9. If you wanted to see a funambulist in action, it would make the most sense to buy a ticket for which of the following?
A: Stand-up comedy show
B: Hockey game
C: The opera
D: The circus
50:50- OPERA & CIRCUS
Circus- $
10. The Director of the FBI recently said that in a quest to recruit programmers to fight cyber crime, he's had to struggle w/ a rule against hiring whom?
A: Foreign-born citizens
B: People under 25
C: People active on twitter
D: People who smoke marijuana
LCLS
FA:Foreign-born citizens (A:People who smoke marijuana- Jon's gut)
QotD: It will only cost you $95 at the Mt. Vernon gift shop to get a bottle of whiskey made from whose orig. 18th C. recipe?
A: Benjamin Franklin
B: Samuel Adams
C: Paul Revere
D: George Washington
Thousandaire: Jim Cain
Bred by crossing a Bengal & an Ocicat, which of the following's a large domestic cat known for its spots?
A: Doritoh
B: Cheetoh
C: Fritoh
D: Fhunnyhun
FA:Cheetoh- THOUSANDAIRE
EP. RATING: 5
+1: Reverend Bob
1. To make sure no one else can cash it, About.com recommends that you write what on the back of a check when you endorse it?
A: "Hands off"
B: "Mine! All mine!"
C: "Hey, get your own money"
D: "For deposit only"
"For deposit only"- $
2. Playing into the country's reputation for overzealous regulation, in 2014 some of Germany's beach towns reportedly banned the building of what kid-friendly structures?
A: Leaf piles
B: Sandcastles
C: Treehouses
D: Blanket forts
Sandcastles- $
3. Perfect for "star-crossed lovers" of Shakespeare & cooking, a cutting board resembling a book has what apt title written on its "spine"?
A: "Of Mousse and Men"
B: "Romeo and Julienne"
C: "The Bun Also Rises"
D: "A Clockwork Duck a L'Orange"
"Romeo and Julienne"- $
4. While it did feature Marilyn Monroe, what magazine's debut 1953 issue DIDN'T show a date, as no one knew if it would be popular enough for a second issue?
A: PLAYBOY
B: Rolling Stone
C: LIFE
D: Ladies' Home Journal
PLAYBOY- $
5. Using their real last names, '99's "Vol. 3...Life and Times of S. Carter"& '04's "The Carter" were albums by what unrelated Hip-Hop stars?
A: Snoop Dogg & Kendrick Lamar
B: Jay Z & Lil' Wayne
C: 50 Cent & Wiz Khalifa
D: Ludacris & Drake
AtA
A: 1%
B: 95%
C: 4%
Jay Z & Lil' Wayne- $5K
6. While "the bends" refers to the joint pain, "the chokes"& "the staggers" are names for the respiratory & neurological symptoms of what?
A: Vertigo
B: Diabetes
C: Decompression sickness
D: Syphilis
Decompression sickness- $
7. What invention named after the Greek word for "power" was orig. also known as "Nobel's Safety Powder"?
A: Detergent
B: Asbestos
C: Dynamite
D: Plutonium
Dynamite- $
8. As retribution for directing the '97 biopic "Kundun", Martin Scorsese was reportedly BANNED from entering what?
A: Tibet
B: Siberia
C: The West Bank
D: Kashmir
Tibet- $
9. If you wanted to see a funambulist in action, it would make the most sense to buy a ticket for which of the following?
A: Stand-up comedy show
B: Hockey game
C: The opera
D: The circus
50:50- OPERA & CIRCUS
Circus- $
10. The Director of the FBI recently said that in a quest to recruit programmers to fight cyber crime, he's had to struggle w/ a rule against hiring whom?
A: Foreign-born citizens
B: People under 25
C: People active on twitter
D: People who smoke marijuana
LCLS
FA:Foreign-born citizens (A:People who smoke marijuana- Jon's gut)
QotD: It will only cost you $95 at the Mt. Vernon gift shop to get a bottle of whiskey made from whose orig. 18th C. recipe?
A: Benjamin Franklin
B: Samuel Adams
C: Paul Revere
D: George Washington
Thousandaire: Jim Cain
Bred by crossing a Bengal & an Ocicat, which of the following's a large domestic cat known for its spots?
A: Doritoh
B: Cheetoh
C: Fritoh
D: Fhunnyhun
FA:Cheetoh- THOUSANDAIRE
EP. RATING: 5