Category | Cash | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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PENNY ANTE | $600 | In the James Bond novels, Miss Moneypenny is the secretary to this head of MI6 | M | 94%
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ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES | $200 | "Blood Type" & "The Cullens" are chapters in this book, the first in a series | Twilight | 55%
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LET'S BOOZE IT UP | $200 | A Havana cocktail is pineapple juice, lemon juice & of course, an ounce of light this potent potable | rum | 52%
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DECIPHER OUR TOP-SECRET CODE | $600 | Michael Jackson sang of being it: 2-1-4 | bad | 48%
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ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES | $1000 | Katniss & Peeta end up together in this avian-titled book | Mockingjay | 48%
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DECIPHER OUR TOP-SECRET CODE | $200 | That's affirmative: 25-5-19 | yes | 48%
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LET'S BOOZE IT UP | $400 | You'll get a bit "fuzzy" if you have too many of this drink that combines peach schnapps & orange juice | fuzzy navel | 45%
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DECIPHER OUR TOP-SECRET CODE | $1000 | Awarded for bravery: 13-5-4-1-12 | medal | 45%
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PENNY ANTE | $200 | Inspired at a bus stop, this 1967 song refers to sights & characters on a street in Liverpool | "Penny Lane" | 45%
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ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES | $800 | Stephen King said a dream gave him the idea for this novel about a woman who holds a writer prisoner | Misery | 42%
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LET'S BOOZE IT UP | $600 | This cocktail, is vodka & Kahlua, without the light cream that would change its color & name | a Black Russian | 39%
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DECIPHER OUR TOP-SECRET CODE | $400 | It's proverbially done to "a cold": 6-5-5-4 | feed | 39%
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THE GREAT DIVIDE | $800 | Here's a sign letting you know what's up in this national park that's mostly in Wyoming | Yellowstone | 39%
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THE GREAT DIVIDE | $1000 | In Canada the Great Divide runs along the border of British Columbia & this other province | Alberta | 32%
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PENNY ANTE | $400 | Burrillville, Rhode Island is home to a penny one of these open since 1930, & some of the games do cost 1 cent | arcade | 32%
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DECIPHER OUR TOP-SECRET CODE | $800 | Attitudinal quality for Old Saint Nick: 10-15-12-12-25 | jolly | 32%
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COLOR ME GOOD | $400 | In 1869 the "golden spike" was driven in to ceremonially finish the construction of this | the Transcontinental Railroad | 32%
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LET'S BOOZE IT UP | $800 | Any Purdue fan can tell you this drink has just 2 elements--whiskey & beer | Boilermaker | 29%
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ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES | $600 | In this book, the title girl is sent to live in an Alpine hut with her grandfather | Heidi | 29%
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THE GREAT DIVIDE | $600 | The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail runs from Montana to the Chihuahuan Desert in the bootheel of this state | New Mexico | 29%
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ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES | $400 | Jane Austen described the title character of this novel as "handsome, clever, and rich... with very little to distress or vex her" | Emma | 26%
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COLOR ME GOOD | $600 | On Oct. 2, 1976 the game was over for Dave Wagstaffe of the Blackburn Rovers, the first English player ousted with this | red card | 26%
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CLASSICAL MUSIC | $400 | In 1822 Schubert composed one of these free-form compositions that shares a name with a 1940 Disney film | fantasia | 23%
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MOVIE SERIES BY SEQUEL | $400 | "The Force Awakens" | Star Wars | 23%
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COLOR ME GOOD | $200 | The indigenous people of this vast island call themselves Kalaallite | Greenland | 16%
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ABDICATION NATION | $400 | In the 11th century Shirakawa abdicated his title as emperor of this country, but somehow held onto his power | Japan | 16%
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THE GREAT DIVIDE | $400 | The white-tailed type of this rodent makes the Great Divide basin its home; who's a good boy? | prairie dog | 16%
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LET'S BOOZE IT UP | $1000 | The website of this gin brand shows "How we do it in London. The definitive B & T" | Beefeater\'s | 13%
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THE CELL | $1200 | Making up the brain's gray matter are about 100 billion of these specialized cells | neuron | 13%
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ABDICATION NATION | $1200 | There was change in Qatar in 2013 when Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani gave this ruling title to his son | emir | 10%
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ABDICATION NATION | $800 | Wilhelmina & Juliana abdicated rule of this country in the 20th century | Netherlands | 10%
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AWARDS & PRIZES | $400 | Chief art director at MGM, Cedric Gibbons not only designed this award, but also won 11 of them | Oscar | 10%
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PENNY ANTE | $1000 | Aka "bloods", they were inexpensive Victorian novels with violent crime or adventure plots | penny dreadful | 10%
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THE CELL | $800 | Among the simplest organisms is the alga called tetrabaena, which has this many cells | four | 6%
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CLASSICAL MUSIC | $1200 | Some people called this French composer Maurice; in 1928, his most famous work was performed as a ballet | Ravel | 6%
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ABDICATION NATION | $1600 | 13 years after abdicating the throne of this country in 1654, Christina attempted to become queen of Poland | Sweden | 6%
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COLOR ME GOOD | $1000 | Completed around 1770, this work is Thomas Gainsborough's best-known portrait | The Blue Boy | 6%
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS | N/A | A book by her says, "It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'... but then I am not a rabbit" | (Beatrix) Potter | 3%
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CLASSICAL MUSIC | $2000 | This man who was born & died in Bergen was known for his Norwegian peasant dances | Grieg | 3%
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MOVIE SERIES BY SEQUEL | $1600 | "The Golden Army" | Hellboy | 3%
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MOVIE SERIES BY SEQUEL | $2000 | "Parabellum" | John Wick | 3%
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THE CELL | $1600 | Peroxisomes are structures with the job of breaking down fats; the ones in this human organ also help produce bile acids | liver | 3%
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NEW TO THE OED | $400 | To broadcast an event over the Internet as it happens, or to watch or listen to such a broadcast | livestream | 3%
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MOVIE SERIES BY SEQUEL | $800 | "Rogue Nation" | Mission: Impossible | 3%
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MOVIE SERIES BY SEQUEL | $1200 | "Forever After" | Shrek | 3%
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AWARDS & PRIZES | $800 | Archie Griffin of Ohio State is the only 2-time winner of this coveted award | the Heisman | 3%
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CLASSICAL MUSIC | $800 | Mozart's last, this planetary symphony is challenging for orchestras, as it weaves 5 different melodies together | the Jupiter | 3%
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CLASSICAL MUSIC | $1600 | Chopin began composing at age 7 with this type of work whose name echoes his homeland | a polonaise | 0%
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PENNY ANTE | $800 | Pennyworth is the last name of this comic book hero's butler & loyal confidante | Batman (Bruce Wayne) | 0%
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AWARDS & PRIZES | $1200 | This literary award that no longer has "Man" in its name is considered Britain's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize | Booker (the Booker Prize) | 0%
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NEW TO THE OED | $1200 | Much in the news, this verb means to withdraw financing from an institution | defund | 0%
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NEW TO THE OED | $1600 | It's the process of maliciously exposing someone's personal information on the internet | doxing | 0%
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NEW TO THE OED | $800 | 2-word term for a labor market in which people freelance & have multiple jobs rather than a single full-time one | gig economy | 0%
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ABDICATION NATION | $2000 | In 1689 the English parliament announced that this king II abdicated; "was allowed to escape" is probably more accurate | James II | 0%
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THE CELL | $2000 | These 2 forms of cell division differ in how many chromosomes are in the new cells, a full set or a half set | mitosis & meiosis | 0%
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COLOR ME GOOD | $800 | Once called the slimehead, this fish that people dine on doesn't reproduce until its 20s, making it vulnerable to overfishing | orange roughy | 0%
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THE GREAT DIVIDE | $200 | When we reference the North American Great Divide, we're generally talking about this mountain range | Rockies (the Rocky Mountains) | 0%
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AWARDS & PRIZES | $1600 | Given to persons of African descent & American citizenship, it's the NAACP's highest honor | Spingarn (the Spingarn Medal) | 0%
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AWARDS & PRIZES | $2000 | Named for a British man, this prestigious award is funded by Google & Intel & given for contributions in computer science | the Turing Award | 0%
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NEW TO THE OED | $2000 | If you're acting in a manner meant to win approval for your good character, you're engaging in this 2-word action | virtue signaling | 0%
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THE CELL | $400 | In plant cells, the permeable plasma membrane is surrounded by a sturdier cell this, which helps prevent wilting | wall (the cell wall) | 0%
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