WORDS OF AN UNPRECEDENTED YEAR
NICHE SPORTS
JEOPARDY!
"MAG"A
NONPROFITS
200

A PERSON WHO DISOBEYS GUIDELINES DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE ‘RONA.

WHAT IS COVIDIOT?

200

IF YOU CAN DODGE A WRENCH YOU CAN DODGE ONE OF THESE WHILE YOU WORK TO ELIMINATE THE OTHER TEAM.

WHAT IS DODGEBALL?

200

ALEX TREBEK ONCE SWITCHED PLACES WITH THIS GAME SHOW HOST ON APRIL FOOLS DAY. TREBEK HOSTED WHEEL OF FORTUNE WHILE HE HOSTED JEOPARDY!

WHO IS PAT SAJAK?

200

MOLTEN ROCK THAT HAS REACHED THE EARTH’S SURFACE IS CALLED LAVA. MOLTEN ROCK BELOW GROUND IS KNOWN AS THIS.

WHAT IS MAGMA?

200

THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS WAS FOUNDED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN 1938 TO COMBAT POLIO. THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW IT BY TODAY, A NAME COINED BY PERFORMER EDDIE CANTOR.

WHAT IS THE MARCH OF DIMES?

400

THE ACTION OF COMPULSIVELY SCROLLING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OR NEWS FEEDS WHICH RELATE BAD NEWS.

WHAT IS DOOMSCROLLING?

400

THIS TYPE OF RUNNING ORIGINATED IN FRANCE IN 80s AND BECAME POPULARIZED IN AMERICA IN THE LATE 90s and EARLY 00s.

WHAT IS PARKOUR?

400

HE CREATED JEOPARDY! AND MANY OTHER GAME SHOWS, INCLUDING WHEEL OF FORTUNE.

WHO IS MERV GRIFFIN?

400

A PERIODICAL PUBLICATION PRINTED ON GLOSS-COATED AND MATTE PAPER OR ELECTRONICALLY PUBLISHED ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE.

WHAT IS A MAGAZINE?

400

THE WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE SUPLEXED THIS FOR PROFIT COMPANY IN COURT IN AUGUST 2001. THEY WOULD CHANGE THEIR NAME TO ITS CURRENT VERSION 7 MONTHS LATER.

WHAT IS THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION OR WWF?

600

THE PRACTICE OF INFILTRATING VIDEO CONFERENCE CALLS AND POSTING OFFENSIVE CONTENT, GENERALLY AS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO CAUSE DISRUPTION.

WHAT IS ZOOMBOMBING?

600

THIS FINNISH SPORT’S TECHNIQUES INCLUDE PIGGYBACK, FIREMAN’S CARRY, AND ESTONIAN-STYLE.

WHAT IS WIFE CARRYING?

600

THE SIMPSONS, SEINFELD, AND BAYWATCH ARE JUST A FEW OF THE SHOWS ON WHICH ALEX TREBEK PLAYED HIMSELF. HE WAS ALSO ON THIS SHOW, ALONGSIDE BEATRICE ARTHUR, BETTY WHITE, RUE MCCLANAHAN AND ESTELLE GETTY.

WHAT IS GOLDEN GIRLS?

600

JUAN SEBASTIAN ELCANO AND THIS PORTUGESE EXPLORER ARE KNOWN FOR THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE EARTH.

WHO IS MAGELLAN?

600

MOST OF THE WORLD KNOWS THIS FRENCH MEDICAL NGO AS MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES, OR MSF. AMERICANS WOULD KNOW IT AS THIS.

WHAT IS DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS?

800

A DAY OF THE WEEK THAT IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM ANY OTHER.

WHAT IS BLURSDAY?

800

GOALBALL HAS TWO TEAMS OF THREE PARTICIPANTS WHO TYPICALLY HAVE THIS TYPE OF IMPAIRMENT. LISTEN FOR THE BELL INSIDE THE BALL.

WHAT IS VISUAL/BLINDNESS?

800

AFTER WINNING 74 EPISODES OF JEOPARDY! IN A ROW, THIS MAN TWICE SET THE RECORD FOR MOST MONEY WON ON GAME SHOWS AND WAS RECENTLY SELECTED AS AN INTERIM HOST OF JEOPARDY!.

WHO IS KEN JENNINGS?

800

THIS TERM COULD REFER TO A SOMETIMES LETHAL MAGIC TRICK, A SPECIFIC BLENDER, OR A JFK ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY THEORY.

WHAT IS MAGIC BULLET?

800

THIS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION BASED OUT OF PHOENIX ARIZONA SUPPORTS CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 2 ½ AND 18 YEARS OLD. TOP CELEBRITY SUPPORTERS INCLUDE JOHN CENA, MICHAEL JORDAN AND JUSTIN BIEBER.

WHAT IS MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION?

1000

 THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CASES OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE ARISING BY TRANSMISSION FROM A SINGLE INFECTED INDIVIDUAL .

 WHAT IS R NUMBER OR REPRODUCTION NUMBER?

1000

THIS SKATING SPORT IS TYPICALLY PLAYED BY WOMEN ONLY TEAMS. THE THREE POSITIONS ARE JAMMER, BLOCKER AND PIVOT.

WHAT IS ROLLER DERBY?

1000

THIS MAN HAS ANNOUNCED AND HOSTED MULTIPLE GAME SHOWS SINCE THE 1950s, BUT IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS JEOPARDY!’S ANNOUNCER AND AUDIENCE HOST.

WHO IS JOHNNY GILBERT?

1000

THIS ROYAL CHARTER WAS SIGNED ON JUNE 15, 1215 AND IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST WRITTEN CONSTITUTION IN EUROPEAN HISTORY.

WHAT IS THE MAGNA CARTA?

1000

THIS UNITED NATIONS AGENCY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENTAL AID TO CHILDREN WORLDWIDE, AND HAS CHARITIES IN 36 COUNTRIES THAT FUNCTION AS NONPROFITS.

WHAT IS UNICEF?

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