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This quiz has been taken 49 times
The average score is 11 of 61

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
THE STATE I REP IN THE SENATE	$600	Mitt Romney, but it's not the state he governed	Utah	79%
THE STATE I REP IN THE SENATE	$400	Marco Rubio	Florida	75%
HODGEPODGE	$200	Irony alert: owners of a Noah's Ark replica in Kentucky sued insurers for not covering damage done by this 4-letter word	rain	61%
HILL & MOUNTAIN IDIOMS	$200	Someone at the top is this monarch, the title of an animated sitcom	king of the hill	54%
FROM TV TO FILM	$400	"Nemesis" & "First Contact" are films based on "Star Trek: The Next Generation", with Patrick Stewart reprising this role	Picard	50%
HILL & MOUNTAIN IDIOMS	$600	To do this means to exaggerate a problem into something much larger	make a mountain out of a molehill	46%
THE STATE I REP IN THE SENATE	$200	Cory Booker	New Jersey	43%
SCIENCE	$200	Argentiferous means containing or producing this metal	silver	43%
AMERICAN RIVERS	$800	This river forms part of the border between Kansas & the state it shares a name with	the Missouri	43%
THE STATE I REP IN THE SENATE	$1000	Tim Kaine, who ran for vice president; remember that?	Virginia	43%
FROM TV TO FILM	$600	This actor took on the role of Dr. Richard Kimble, innocent & on the run in the film version of "The Fugitive"	Harrison Ford	39%
HODGEPODGE	$600	parents.com's "Key to Soothing Fussy Infants" is to mimic this place; "swaddling... may trigger a calming reflex"	the womb	39%
FROM TV TO FILM	$200	The 2000 movie version of this TV show added "Viva Rock Vegas" to the title	The Flintstones	32%
THE STATE I REP IN THE SENATE	$800	Ben Sasse, of the western Midwest	Nebraska	29%
SCIENCE	$600	Tonic water contains a small amount of this alkaloid used in the treatment of malaria	quinine	29%
HODGEPODGE	$400	In 1985 the Cubs' speedy Davey Lopes had 47 of these, failing only 4 times--not bad for a 40-year-old!	stolen base	29%
HODGEPODGE	$800	Here's the Appennine Colossus, Giambologna's 16th century statue in this region of Italy that includes Pisa & Florence	Tuscany	29%
KNOTTY BY NATURE	$400	ties.com says a half this "is medium in size, nearly symmetrical &... produces a deep & substantial dimple"	a Windsor	25%
SCIENCE	$400	Crabs reabsorb calcium carbonate from their old shells and secrete enzymes to shed them in this process of getting new duds	molting	25%
"Y" IN THE MIDDLE	$400	Pumpernickel is a cousin to this bread	rye	25%
FROM TV TO FILM	$1000	Futuristic assassin Aeon Flux, who started on an animated series on MTV, came to the movies played by this actress	Charlize Theron	21%
SCIENCE	$1000	Also known as a thunderhead, this 12-letter type of cloud extends through all 3 levels of altitude classification	cumulonimbus	21%
HILL & MOUNTAIN IDIOMS	$800	Reaching one's highest level of efficiency; you don't want to be doing it "too soon"	peaking	21%
KNOTTY BY NATURE	$200	The knot called this hitch or bend is used to ensure your boat's rope stays attached to a certain heavy object	anchor	18%
HILL & MOUNTAIN IDIOMS	$1000	Be flexible: "If the mountain won't come to" this prophet, he "must go to the mountain"	Muhammad	18%
KNOTTY BY NATURE	$600	It's similar to a noose knot & is used as the first loop in knitting; it's also a Corey Taylor metal band	slip knot	18%
HILL & MOUNTAIN IDIOMS	$400	A course of action with the potential for greater difficulties is this alliterative downhill course	a slippery slope	14%
SCIENCE	$800	This disease was first identified due to a 1976 convention in Philadelphia	Legionnaires	14%
"Y" IN THE MIDDLE	$800	You can have fun for one in this type of boat	a kayak	11%
FROM TV TO FILM	$800	In 2 film versions of a TV sitcom, Shelley Long played this character	Carol Brady	11%
AT HOME	$400	When it's late at home, I'll use my Kindle Oasis or Nook Glowlight, which are these, to catch up on my Flaubert	e-reader	11%
AT HOME	$1200	I like to make popcorn with this Indian clarified butter; I swear it makes it crispier	ghee	11%
KNOTTY BY NATURE	$800	A type of double overhand knot used in fishing is named for this kind of doctor	surgeon	11%
AMERICAN RIVERS	$400	The largest river to empty into the Pacific in North America, it makes a huge gorge in the Cascades	the Columbia	11%
THRONE OUT	$1600	Oliver Cromwell's defeat of the 2 kings of this name ended the English Civil Wars	Charles	7%
INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SONG	$800	Electric guitarist on "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956)	Chuck Berry	7%
INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SONG	$1600	Drummer on "Come As You Are" (1991)	Grohl	7%
AMERICAN RIVERS	$2000	The "rap" on this river: it's entirely in Virginia & its name is from Algonquian for "stream with quick rising waters"	Rappahannock	7%
THRONE OUT	$2000	In 1944 King Michael ousted premier Ion Antonescu in this country; Communists tossed Michael in 1947	Romania	7%
AT HOME	$800	Some prefer sheets with this measure of more than 1,000; ours are comfy enough	thread count	7%
THRONE OUT	$1200	King Louis-Philippe was ousted in 1848--France never liked him walking around like a British businessman, in a suit & carrying this	an umbrella	4%
KNOTTY BY NATURE	$1000	Improperly tied, this type of knot is called a granny knot	a square knot	4%
"Y" IN THE MIDDLE	$1200	Bartholomew in Arkansas & Louisiana is the longest this type of sluggish body of water, at over 350 miles	bayou	4%
INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SONG	$400	He plays piano on "Clocks" (2002)	Chris Martin	4%
INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SONG	$1200	Saxophonist on "Jungleland" (1975) & "Dancing In The Dark" (1984)	(Clarence) Clemons	4%
AMERICAN RIVERS	$1600	Before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, the Pearl River flows through this capital	Jackson, Mississippi	4%
"Y" IN THE MIDDLE	$2000	It's sometimes referred to as a long-horned grasshopper	katydid	4%
AMERICAN RIVERS	$1200	This word comes before "Bow" in a Wyoming river & before "Lodge" in a Kansas river	Medicine	4%
THRONE OUT	$800	This world leader renounced his throne on March 15, 1917; 16 months later, he was dead	Nicholas II	4%
"Y" IN THE MIDDLE	$1600	A triangle is the simplest form of this type of closed plane figure bounded by straight lines	polygon	4%
PLAYS	$800	In the Czech play "R.U.R.". which gave the world this word, one of them says, "Mankind is no more. Mankind gave us too little life"	robot	4%
THRONE OUT	$400	Liliuokalani was the first & last reigning queen of these islands	the Hawaii Islands	4%
PLAYS	$1200	A critic called Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party" a "comedy of menace", punning on this phrase for plays about high society	a comedy of manners	0%
PLAYS	$2000	This person's "Play" by Charles Fuller about Sgt. Waters & Captain Davenport arrived on B'way in 2020, 38 years after winning a Pulitzer	A Soldier\'s Play	0%
AT HOME	$1600	At home, we like varietals at different temperatures, so we've invested in a dual zone one of these	a wine refrigerator	0%
INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SONG	$2000	Keyboardist on "You Make Loving Fun" (1977)	Christine McVie	0%
HISTORIC BUSINESSMEN	N/A	Born in the village of Waldorf, Germany in 1763, he arrived in the U.S. in 1784	(John Jacob) Astor	0%
HODGEPODGE	$1000	Looking like they're sent from heaven, a translucent sea this can stay attached to a mate for four hours & still hunt prey together	sea angel	0%
PLAYS	$400	Sophie Treadwell's 1928 play "Machinal" explores how a woman can be driven to murder & end her days in this seat	the electric chair	0%
PLAYS	$1600	In a Ben Jonson play Voltore ("vulture") hopes to inherit the fortune of this title character whose name means "fox"	Volpone	0%
AT HOME	$2000	I'll relax to some patriotic jazz with the 2021 album "The Democracy! Suite" from this man's Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra septet	Wynton Marsalis	0%