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Jeopardy
Jeopardy
100
This actress had the lead part in the GI Jane movie referenced by Chris Rock in his infamous joke about Jada Pinkett Smith at the Academy Awards show
Who is Demi Moore?
100
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
100
Created by Merry Griffin in 1964, this TV game show was supposed to be called "What's the Question?" but studio executives convinced him to change the name
What is Jeopardy?
100
A deboned chicken in a deboned duck in a deboned turkey
What is a Turducken?
100
Term Banks use to describe when money is withdrawn in excess of what is on the current account. e.g. due to a bounced check
What is Overdraft?
100
MASH's Hawkeye Pierce
Who is Alan Alda?
200
Bruce Willis was recently diagnosed with this disease
What is Aphasia?
200
NSA
National Security Agency
200
Two dimensional video game released in 1972 by Atari
What is Pong?
200
Fake turkey made from Tofu with a stuffing made from grains or bread
What is Tofurky?
200
Something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default
What is Collateral?
200
A famous mathematician, he had a famous
Test of determining whether a computer is capable of thinking like a human being named after him
Who is Alan Turing (Turing test)?
300
This film won the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards
What is CODA?
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300
SCOTUS
Supreme Court of the United States
300
Best selling video game of all time; players explore a 3D world, extract raw materials, craft tools and items, and build structures
What is MINECRAFT?
300
The thymus or pancreas of some young animal
What are Sweetbreads?
300
Term to describe the amount of money you have left to pay on a loan without counting any interest
What is Principal (or Principal balance)?
300
This famous American actor from the 40's and 50's appeared in Shane (1953) and The Great Gatsby (1949) and was the inspiration for the name given to a baby born in December 1950 in NJ.
Who is Alan Ladd?
400
This country on Ukraine's border was formerly part of the Soviet Union and it has allowed Russia to use its land as a staging ground for its invasion of Ukraine
What is Belarus?
400
SALT
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks/Treaty
400
Oldest known artifact of this game was dated to 3000 BC in Iraq; the Egyptian version of it was called Alquerque and in 1100 AD a Frenchman adapted it to be played with 12 pieces per player
What is Checkers?
400
Fancy name for melted cheese poured over toast or crackers
What is Welsh rarebit/rabbit?
400
Nine digit number that identifies your bank (it is printed on checks)
What is Routing Number?
400
This famous lawyer represented many celebrities, such as Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst and Julian Assange. He also served on the OJ Simpson "Dream Team" along with F. Lee Bailey and Johnnie Cochran; and after serving on Trump's Impeachment defense team he went on to defend Jeffrey Epstein
Who is Alan Dershowitz?
400
Category is
Historic events in April
500
On April 24, this woman will face off against Emmanuel Macron in the second round Presidential Runoff Election in France
Who is Marine Le Pen?
500
SCUBA
Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
500
Game company that first published Monopoly in 1935
What is Parker Brothers?
500
This "official national dish" of another country is a pudding made of liver, heart and lungs of a sheep, mixed with mutton suet and oatmeal and seasoned with onion and cayenne pepper
What is Haggis?
500
US financial network used for electronic payments and money transfers, without using paper checks, credit card networks, wire transfers, or cash
What is ACH (Automated ClearingHouse)?
500
This English actor had many key movie roles; the terrorist Hans Gruber, the Sheriff of Nottingham, Severus Snape (in the Harry Potter series) and he voiced the caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Who is Alan Rickman?
500
This disaster occurred on April 15, 1912
What is the sinking of the Titanic?
