HISTORIC HISTORY
MIND YOUR MANNERS
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR
SCRIPTED TV LINES
Final Jeopardy
200
This leader rendered unto us the humblebrag "Veni, vidi, vici" ("I came, I saw, I conquered")
Julius Caesar
200
At a party, don't be that person who's caught phubbing, defined as snubbing those around you by doing this
playing with your phone
200
Every year since 1988, Discovery has had this, 7 nights of programming devoted to great whites & their brethren
Shark Week
200
Roman Roy, on his brother's run for prez: "Do you think that that's like a natural progression from never done nothin', never?"
Succession
200
NATIONAL MEMORIALS
When this U.S. landmark was first proposed it was planned to depict Western figures like Sacagawea, Red Cloud & Buffalo Bill
400
This German wasn't trying to break up with the Roman Catholic Church with his 95 Theses, but the Church broke up with him
Martin Luther
400
The sooner you & your spouse complete this post-wedding task, the better; experts say 3 months tops, not a year like we all thought
sending out thank-you notes
400
A critter named Punxsutawney Phil captivates the U.S. media's attention as part of this annual observance
Groundhog Day
400
Taking a new, "opposite" approach in meeting women: "My name is George. I'm unemployed & I live with my parents"
Seinfeld
400
When this U.S. landmark was first proposed it was planned to depict Western figures like Sacagawea, Red Cloud & Buffalo Bill
Mount Rushmore
600
During World War II "Uncle Joe" was a nickname for this world leader
(Joseph) Stalin
600
It's bad driving etiquette to "block the box", i.e., enter one of these if your car won't fit all the way through
an intersection
600
These 2 Ivy League colleges face each other in the USA's oldest intercollegiate event, an annual rowing regatta, since 1864
Yale & Harvard
600
Tyrion: "Though I would treasure your friendship, I'm mainly interested in your facility with murder"
Game of Thrones
800
Fletcher Christian led the 1789 mutiny on this ship; Captain Bligh & his followers were booted off
the Bounty
800
Most experts say it's rude to leave a party without saying goodbye, aka this word that can also mean ending all contact with someone
ghosting
800
Munich is home to this annual celebration that weirdly ends on the first Sunday of the month in its name
Oktoberfest
800
Daily Double!!
Narrator Ron Howard, after Michael Cera's George-Michael was called "Opie": "Jessie had gone too far, & she had best watch her mouth"
1000
This "Affair" saw the French army wrongly accuse a Jewish officer of treason, resulting in Émile Zola's "J'accuse!"
Dreyfus
1000
On the golf course, it's good manners for a slow group to let a faster group do this, a 2-word term that means jump ahead
play through
1000
This rhyming event that celebrates weaving & wearing flower garlands has been officially recognized in Hawai'i since 1929
Lei Day
1000
Hetty, dead since 1895 but still available to offer advice:
"Stop wasting your life sitting around not doing cocaine!"
Ghosts
1000
Narrator Ron Howard, after Michael Cera's George-Michael was called "Opie": "Jessie had gone too far, & she had best watch her mouth"
Arrested Development