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Saturday JEOPARDY

JEOPARDY- Around the Apple
1. ($400)- This New York neighborhood is home to the National black Theater........
2. ($1200)- Built in 1902 and one of New York's oldest "sky-scrapers", this distinctive-looking building was given a nick-name out of the laundry room...
3. ($2000)- You don't have to be a monk to visit this branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that's devoted to Medieval art...

Double JEOPARDY- Discoverers
4.($800)- This man who sought the source of the Nile was knighted in 1886...
5. ($2400)- In the 1570's, this circum-navigator attacked many Spanish ships as a pirate in the Caribbean...
6. ($4000)- In 1497, this Venetian sailing for the English became the first European since the Vikings to reach North America...
Final JEOPARDY- Eponyms
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These "isms" are named for a clergyman who reportedly said that being forced to retire "came as a blushing crow"...
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1. what is Harlem ?
2. what is the Flat-iron Building ?
3. what is the Cloisters ?
4. who is sir Richard Francis Burton ?
5. who is sir Frances Drake ?
6. who is John Cabot (acceptable; Giovanni Cabotto) ?
7. what are Spoonerisms ?

 
I got 1, 2, 5,6, and 7. I am very familiar with Spoonerisms. I am always saying things like, "I have to check the cash!"

:)Barbara
 
Sunday Special- ARF-ARF

Sunday Special- ARF-ARF


1. What was the "Jetsons" cartoon family's pet dog named ?
2. What was the name of Roscoe's pet Basset Hound on "The Dukes of Hazzard" ?
3. What's the name of the dog that asks you to "Take a Bite out of Crime" ?
4. What does the Latin "Cave Canem" translate to in English ?
5. How many dog breeds does the American Kennel Association recognize ?
6. Who authored Call of the Wild ?
(Bonus; What was the canine subject's name?)
7. Looney Toons characters Ralph (Wolf) and Sam (sheepdog) would do what in between fights ?
8. What's the name of the dog on the Cracker Jacks box ?
9. Buster Brown lives in a shoe; what's his dog's name, who "lives in there too" ?
10. What's the most popular breed of dog in the USA ?
11. Fill in the blank;
In a short-lived (1992-93) TV series, a mild mannered veterinarian Dr. Jeffrey Austin is transformed when a bizarre scientific experiment gone awry, he is endowed with the powers of super hearing, super strength, super speed and super smell in the guise of a superhero, ___ ___ .
12. What's the name of Alaska' most famous dog-sled race ?
13. Under what name did Shad Gregory Moss gain fame as a rap artist ?
14. Fill in the blank;
From 1959 through 1972, a cartoon show featured such characters as Muskie Muskrat, Moley Mole, Possible 'Possum, Ty Coon, and Vincent van Gopher, along with the title character, ______ ____.
15. According to ancient Greek literature, when Odysseus arrived home after an absence of 20 years, disguised as a beggar, the only one to recognize him was his aged dog; what was the dog's name ?
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1. Astro
2. Flash
3. McGruff
4. "Beware of the Dog"
5. 153
6. Jack London (Buck)
7. Punch a Time Clock and have lunch
8. Bingo
9. Tag
10. Labrador Retriever
11. Mad Dog
12. The Iditarod
13. Lil' Bow Wow (now known as "Bow Wow)
14. Deputy Dawg
15. Argos
 

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