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Category	Clue	James’s Response	Correct Answer	% Correct
Crazy Weather We're Having!	In 2013 there were 114-degree temps in La Rioja, the wine belt of this South American country.	What is Chile?	What is Argentina?	69%
Let's Go to the Wildlife Refuge	More than 5,000 of these big deer spend winters at the Wyoming national refuge named for them.	What are moose?	What are elk?	58%
We Will Rock You	In 2018 this band "didn't have a dime but I always had a vision, always had high, high hopes."	What is Fall Out Boy?	What is Panic! At the Disco?	54%
Monet-Punny	A common sight was walking around Monet, who worked outdoors, as in a cliff walk in this Channel-side French region.	What is Brittany?	What is Normandy?	50%
The 2018 Ig Nobel Prizes	The Anthropology award went to a report on "cross-species imitation" between these apes & humans at zoos.	What are gorillas?	What are chimpanzees?	45%
Music Festivals	At the Montreux Jazz Festival, you might see smoke on the water of this Swiss lake’s shoreline.	What is Lucerne?	What is Lake Geneva?	45%
The First Winner	In 1903 Maurice Garin was its first winner in 94 hours, 33 minutes, 14 seconds.	What is Paris to Dakur?	What is the Tour de France?	42%
Holidays and Observances	Constitution Day is September 17; this related set is celebrated every December 15.	What is the Articles of Confederation?	What is the Bill of Rights?	41%
Don't Tread on Meme	A 2016 interview with this Batman actor found him looking sad; the internet then made him the meme we deserve.	Who is Christian Bale?	Who is Ben Affleck?	41%
Hey B.B.	Stove placement of lower priority items	What is the bottom burner?	What is the back burner?	34%
American History	On June 1, 1660, Mary Dyer, one of this religious sect's "Boston martyrs," was hanged on Boston Common.	Who are the Puritans?	Who are the Quakers?	34%
Greek Cuisine	Made in the Vytina region, the first type of this sweetener does not crystallize.	What is sugar?	What is honey?	31%
Press your luck	Permanent press is a process where fabric gets chemically treated to make it resistant to these.	What are stains?	What are wrinkles?	30%
Epistolary novels	"The Boy Next Door," a 21st century novel by Meg Cabot, uses this newer form of correspondence	What is texting?	What are e-mails?	28%
Journalists	Often called the first "war" one of these, Crimean war reporter William Howard Russell preferred "special" one.	What is a photographer?	What is a correspondent?	27%
Childish Bambino	Babe had this player leadership position for only 6 days before being stripped of it for going after a fan in the stands.	What is Manager?	What is Captain?	26%
Movies in the DirectTV Guide	"Two hit men, a boxer, a crime boss, and others meet their fates over the course of two days."	What is "Snatch"?	What is "Pulp Fiction"?	25%
The Civil War	On July 21, 1861, the Union attacked the Confederates near a stone bridge crossing this creek in the first battle of it.	What is The Manassas?	What is the First Battle of Bull Run?	24%
World of Sport	The 2018-19 season of auto racing's World Endurance Championship concludes with the 87th running of this event.	What is Paris to Dakur?	What is the 24 Hours of Le Mans?	20%
State School, That Great School	In 1965 John Irving entered this Midwest school's prestigious writers workshop & worked with Kurt Vonnegut.	What is Indiana?	What is Iowa?	19%
American Poetry	Frank O’Hara's most famous poem is "The Day Lady Died," in which he reads about this jazz singer’s death in 1959.	Who is Ella Fitzgerald?	Who is Billie Holiday?	19%
You are a bad sailor	You don't need to howl during the naval watches 4-6 & 6-8, named for this animal--it's just a figure of speech	What is a wolf?	What is a dog?	16%
American History	A 1975 N.Y. Daily News headline after this man opposed a federal bailout: "To City: Drop Dead."	Who is Ed Koch?	Who is Gerald Ford?	16%
Tricky Trails	It takes a full day to manage this Yosemite peak.	What is El Capitan?	What is Half Dome?	14%
Final Jeopardy	This inductee into the Video Hall of Fame sold 17 million copies of a video cassette she released in 1982.	Who is Madonna?	Who is Jane Fonda?	11%
The Franklin Institute	Beethoven & Mozart wrote for this instrument that Ben Franklin created, which he said gave him the greatest personal satisfaction of all his inventions	What is a glass flute?	What is a glass harmonica?	9%
Phrase Origins	19th-century exhibitions saw fire brigades competing either using water, or in one of these, now a term for a practice effort.	What is a skirmish?	What is dry run?	9%
Queen Victoria	Given this new anesthetic to inhale, Queen Victoria felt little or no pain in 1853 when she delivered her eighth child	What is Nitrous Oxide?	What is Chloroform?	8%
Don't be afraid of the dark	Shakespeare's Portia says, "How far that little" this "throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world"	What is Sun?	What is a candle?	6%
Breaks and Livers	The portal vein brings venous blood to the liver, while this artery brings oxygenated arterial blood.	What is Pulmonary?	What is Hepatic?	6%
Route '66	Modern auto safety took a big step in 1966 as LBJ signed bills mandating seat belts and rupture-resistant these.	What are airbags?	What are fuel tanks?	5%
Science Central	In 1916, the great chemist Gilbert Lewis called the central part of an atom this, a word we use for the seed of an apricot pit.	What is the stone?	What is kernel?	4%
Ballet	The creators of 1943's "Fancy Free" called each other Lenny & Jerry — Leonard Bernstein and this choreographer.	Who is Herman?	Who is Jerome Robbins?	4%
Geographic Terms	A rugged mountain pass is a gap, & an especially rugged gap is a notch, like this one just east of Burlington.	What is Dixville Notch?	What is Smugglers' Notch?	3%
Planes, trains, automobiles, and a boat	This train sung by blues artists got its name from its 12:05 a.m. departure en route to Parchman Penitentiary.	What is Midnight Train to Georgia?	What is The Midnight Special?	1%