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Josiah_Is_Back 01/01/20 10:36:34 PM #1: |
For the sake of intellectual integrity, please do not cheat by using any resources other than yourself. There are no errors for an incorrect answer; if you get a question right, that dollar value is added to your score.
There are six categories. The highest possible score is $9,000. Post your results! CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $100: Late-night TV host and car enthusiast who embraced his sizable jawline by releasing an autobiography titled Leading With My Chin $200: This Tall, Dark & Gruesome leading man starred in films such as Dracula and The Wicker Man, but Star Wars fans know him as Count Dooku $300: After leaving the boy band, this singer, whose last name describes his own vocal range, released an aptly-titled autobio called Out of Sync $400: This legendary pornographic actor nicknamed "the Hedgehog" released an autobiography amusingly titled The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz $500: "Saintly" actor who played James Bond in several films and vowed My Word Is My Bond FRENCH & LATIN PHRASES $100: If you're leaning over the side of the ship because you're feeling nauseated, you're suffering from this, what the French call "mal de mer" $200: The Latin equivalent of "my bad" $300: The English translation of "Laissez les bon temps rouler," a Cajun French phrase associated with New Orleans and Mardi Gras $400: This Latin term, meaning "blank slate," is used by psychologists and philosophers to refer to the belief that a child's mind is free of innate ideas $500: The RSVP at the bottom of an invitation stands for this French phrase meaning "please reply" SPORTS VOCABULARY (name the sport) $100: Lateral, touchback, two-point conversion $200: Battery, infield fly rule, RBIs $300: Apron, condor, mulligan $400: Address, anchor, Woolworth $500: Cesta, fronton, pelota ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Josiah_Is_Back 01/01/20 10:37:45 PM #2: |
ALLITERATIVE ACTRESSES
$100: Israeli actress and fashion model who played Wonder Woman in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice $200: New Zealand-born star of Xena: Warrior Princess $300: In 1975, she co-starred with the equally alliterative Barry Bostwick in The Rocky Horror Picture Show $400: Her last name became rather appropriate when she helped Bill Paxton chase down tornadoes in Twister $500: In the TV sitcom Mike & Molly, she co-stars alongside Billy Gardell BEFORE & AFTER (e.g., a legendary Spanish womanizer + a president of Argentina = "Don Juan Peron") $100: Channing Tatum's male stripper title character & the actor who plays Austin Powers $200: Roseanne's ex-husband and the "Austrian Oak" who co-starred with him in True Lies $300: The 14th president of the United States & the James Bond actor who said "the world is not enough" $400: Little Richard's title character who has "everything that Uncle John needs" & the actress who played the mother in Mrs. Doubtfire $500: Author of The Turn of the Screw & the inventor of basketball MISCELLANEOUS TRIVIA $100: Ashton Kutcher Tweeted "what's the square root of 6.25?" as a hint that he was replacing Charlie Sheen on this TV show $200: In ancient times, it was believed that this violet-colored gem could cure or prevent drunkenness; in fact, its name derives from the Greek for "not intoxicated" $300: The two #1 songs in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 charts with "la vida" in their title are Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" and this song by Coldplay $400: Although it's associated with the punk genre, Manhattan's former music club CBGB actually took its name from these three genres $500: This type of "radiation" causes the blue glow in an underwater nuclear reactor, it occurs when subatomic particles such as electrons travel faster than light in a given medium, producing the equivalent of a "sonic boom" for light ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Josiah_Is_Back 01/02/20 10:17:22 AM #5: |
DuranOfForcena posted...
this was fun, but a bit too much pop culture stuff and not enough more scholarly categories Well done, and I appreciate the feedback. I actually have a bank of more questions/categories that I compiled. If this gets decently well-received, I'll do another one and try to make it more balanced. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Antifar 01/02/20 11:30:32 AM #7: |
I got 5300
--- kin to all that throbs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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wannabepranksta 01/02/20 1:44:50 PM #8: |
i got over 9000!!!
--- shut up and take my money ... Copied to Clipboard!
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1NfamousACE_2 01/02/20 1:47:15 PM #9: |
I enjoyed this
--- Bros before hoes - Martin Luther King Jr ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Josiah_Is_Back 01/03/20 4:55:51 PM #10: |
Bump!
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