The featured player of the afternoon's John Walberg from Cheshire, CT.
+1: Joel
1. Providing luxury tissues & tearjerker movie rentals, in 2015 a Japanese hotel offered a limited-time special on rooms for women who wanted to do what?
A: Needlepoint
B: Exercise
C: Cry
D: Cook
Cry- $
2. Following in the flipper-steps of his famous grandfather, in 2014 who lived for a record 31 days in an underwater marine laboratory called "The Aquarius"?
A: Dumani Mandela
B: Erik Lindbergh
C: Fabien Costeau
D: Bernard Einstein
Fabien Costeau- $
3. Which of the following's the Norse god that Fri. is named for & NOT just a substitute for a curse word?
A: Frigg
B: Fudge
C: Fooey
D: Fiddlesticks
Frigg- $
4. Resulting in a massive collection that reflects its cultural heritage, Mexico lets some people "pay" income taxes by donating what?
A: Flowers they've grown
B: Artwork they've made
C: Meals they've cooked
D: Animals they've raised
Artwork they've made- $
5. According to Page Six, J.K. Rowling recently gushed to what bespectacled, British "Last Week Tonight' host that he looks "so much like Harry"?
A: Seth Meyers
B: John Oliver
C: Carson Daly
D: Larry Wilmore
Oliver- $5K
6. While they may appear identical, identical twins never actually have the exact same what?
A: Blood type
B: Fingerprints
C: Shoe size
D: Number of chromosomes
AtA
A & D: 5% apiece
B: 79%
C: 11%
Fingerprints- $
7. The towns of Lewiston, ID & Clarkston, WA are located on what river that lies on the route taken by their famous explorer namesakes?
A: Yukon
B: Potomac
C: St. Lawrence
D: Snake
OUT OF HELPLINES- ST. LAWRENCE & SNAKE
Snake- $
8. Thought to be one of the richest rappers alive, which of these artists has released only two solo albums & been working on his 3rd for over a decade?
A: Dr. Dre
B: 50 Cent
C: EMINEM
D: Jay Z
Dr. Dre- $
9. While they now use the Great British Pound like the rest of the U.K., in Scotland it was once common to pay for things using what currency?
A: The Scottish mermaid
B: The Scottish unicorn
C: The Scottish leprechaun
D: The Scottish troll
FA:LEAVES (A:Unicorn)
QotD: Which of these culinary items is a thixotropic fluid, having a think consistency & flowing only when shaken or agitated?
A: Olive oil
B: Cranberry juice
C: Skim milk
D: Ketchup
Thousandaire: Sharon Aziz
In addition to being a grammar lesson on irregular verbs, which of the following phrases was a classic arcade game from the '80s?
A: "Swim Swam"
B: "Dig Dug"
C: "Fly Flew"
D: "Catch Caught"
FA:"Fly Flew"
EP. RATING: 6
+1: Joel
1. Providing luxury tissues & tearjerker movie rentals, in 2015 a Japanese hotel offered a limited-time special on rooms for women who wanted to do what?
A: Needlepoint
B: Exercise
C: Cry
D: Cook
Cry- $
2. Following in the flipper-steps of his famous grandfather, in 2014 who lived for a record 31 days in an underwater marine laboratory called "The Aquarius"?
A: Dumani Mandela
B: Erik Lindbergh
C: Fabien Costeau
D: Bernard Einstein
Fabien Costeau- $
3. Which of the following's the Norse god that Fri. is named for & NOT just a substitute for a curse word?
A: Frigg
B: Fudge
C: Fooey
D: Fiddlesticks
Frigg- $
4. Resulting in a massive collection that reflects its cultural heritage, Mexico lets some people "pay" income taxes by donating what?
A: Flowers they've grown
B: Artwork they've made
C: Meals they've cooked
D: Animals they've raised
Artwork they've made- $
5. According to Page Six, J.K. Rowling recently gushed to what bespectacled, British "Last Week Tonight' host that he looks "so much like Harry"?
A: Seth Meyers
B: John Oliver
C: Carson Daly
D: Larry Wilmore
Oliver- $5K
6. While they may appear identical, identical twins never actually have the exact same what?
A: Blood type
B: Fingerprints
C: Shoe size
D: Number of chromosomes
AtA
A & D: 5% apiece
B: 79%
C: 11%
Fingerprints- $
7. The towns of Lewiston, ID & Clarkston, WA are located on what river that lies on the route taken by their famous explorer namesakes?
A: Yukon
B: Potomac
C: St. Lawrence
D: Snake
OUT OF HELPLINES- ST. LAWRENCE & SNAKE
Snake- $
8. Thought to be one of the richest rappers alive, which of these artists has released only two solo albums & been working on his 3rd for over a decade?
A: Dr. Dre
B: 50 Cent
C: EMINEM
D: Jay Z
Dr. Dre- $
9. While they now use the Great British Pound like the rest of the U.K., in Scotland it was once common to pay for things using what currency?
A: The Scottish mermaid
B: The Scottish unicorn
C: The Scottish leprechaun
D: The Scottish troll
FA:LEAVES (A:Unicorn)
QotD: Which of these culinary items is a thixotropic fluid, having a think consistency & flowing only when shaken or agitated?
A: Olive oil
B: Cranberry juice
C: Skim milk
D: Ketchup
Thousandaire: Sharon Aziz
In addition to being a grammar lesson on irregular verbs, which of the following phrases was a classic arcade game from the '80s?
A: "Swim Swam"
B: "Dig Dug"
C: "Fly Flew"
D: "Catch Caught"
FA:"Fly Flew"
EP. RATING: 6