Team Choice!
NEUROIMMUNOLOGY (Adrian) - This neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests, is named after an Austrian pediatrician. Bonus: How many people are estimated to be affected globally by this disorder? (200 points to team closest; must answer initial question correctly)
Asperger Syndrome; 37.2 million
In 2018, Germans drank this many liters of beer, per capita, ranking them third in the world behind the Czech Republic and Austria. (Team closest wins the points; 1 liter = 33.8 ounces)
101.1
The 2020 Major League Baseball season begins tonight, with the Dodgers hosting the Giants in front of no spectators. Yesterday, the Dodgers signed right fielder Mookie Betts to a 12-year contract extension worth this amount of money, second-most in MLB history. (Team closest if no one is exact.)
$365 million
This subscription video on demand streaming service recently launched nationwide and included at least 15,000 hours of content on-launch.
Peacock
She was Doug Funnie's love interest on the Nickelodeon (and later Disney) animated series that ran in the 1990s.
Patti Mayonnaise
GAME OF THRONES (Sarah and Lucas) - This character appears in more Game of Thrones episodes than any other. Bonus: How many episodes of Game of Thrones are there in total? (400 to closest team; need not answer initial question correctly)
Tyrion Lannister; 73
This city, one of Germany's oldest, was the capital of West Germany from 1949 until reunification in 1990. Bonus: What famous classical composer was born in the city in 1770? (200 points; must get initial question correct)
Bonn; Beethoven
Major League Baseball has held regular season games in these four foreign countries. (100 points each) Bonus: In what year was the first of these games played? (400 to closest team)
Mexico, Japan, Australia, United Kingdom; 1996
Kanye West recently claimed that Harriet Tubman "never actually freed the slaves," but rather "had them go work for other white people" during his first presidential "campaign rally" in this state.
South Carolina
This company currently produces the York Peppermint Pattie. Bonus: In what year was the confection introduced? (Team closest gets 400 points; need not get initial question correct.)
The Hershey Company; 1940
***DAILY DOUBLE***
All feature weapons. Belize (2 clubs/2 axes), Guatemala (2 crossed rifles/2 crossed swords), Mozambique (AK47), Saudi Arabia (sabre). All have green in them is worth half points. Guatemala (1871).
This is the most common car brand in Germany, with more than a fifth of all cars bearing its emblem. Bonus: What is the brand's best-selling model in Germany (Q1 2020)? (600 points; must get initial question correct)
Volkswagen; Golf
The most expensive baseball ever sold last contacted this man's bat before heading into fan Phil Ozersky's hands. The ball is currently the third most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold. Bonus: How much did the ball sell for? (600 to closest team; need not answer initial question correctly)
Mark McGwire; $3 million
Washington, DC recently fell one day short of tying this record for number of days in a row with 90+ degree temperatures. (within 2 days) Bonus: What is the record for 90+ degree DC days in a single year? (Team closest wins 600 points; need not answer initial question correctly.)
21 days; 67 days
Grammy Award-winning country artist Trisha Yearwood is married to this other famous country singer. Bonus: Name her most successful single. (600 points; must get initial question correct.)
Garth Brooks; How Do I Live
BOARD GAMES (Danielle) - This iconic board game, which continues to sell about 1 million copies every year, was invented by Eleanor Abbott, a schoolteacher who used it to help quarantined children escape from their reality during the polio epidemic of the 1940s and 50s.
Candy Land
Germany is bordered by this many countries, tied for the fifth-most number of neighbors in the world. Bonus: What country is it tied with? (800 points; need not answer initial question correctly.)
9; Democratic Republic of the Congo
This is the only franchise to have never played in a World Series. Bonus: Name the other five teams that have played in, but never won, a World Series (100 points each; need not answer initial question correctly).
Seattle Mariners; San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Rays
***DAILY DOUBLE***
Elijah Cummings
The only Patricia to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Patricia Arquette won for her role as a divorced mother in this coming-of-age drama film. Bonus: She also won a Primetime Emmy Award for her role in this television drama series, which lasted 7 seasons (400 points, need not answer initial question correctly).
Boyhood; Medium
TECHNOLOGY BEFORE, DURING, & AFTER (Patrick and Kendal) - Nickname for the inventor of the phonograph who visited the city where Mark Zuckerberg works and then traveled south to study electrical engineering at this private research university in Pasadena.
The Wizard of Menlo Park California Institute of Technology
Germany has won more Olympic gold medals than any other country in these five sports (2 summer, 3 winter). Hint: All sports have been in the Olympics for at least 50 years. (200 points each)
Canoeing (32), Equestrian (25), Biathlon (19), Luge (18), Bobsleigh (13)
This is the highest-grossing baseball movie of all time. It is the only film to crack the $100 million mark. Bonus: 500 points each to guess the other 2 in the Top 3 (do not need to get the initial question correct to guess the other 2.)
A League of Their Own. 42, Moneyball
This week, the Coca-Cola Company, fresh off of shutting down juice smoothie brand Odwalla, said it would consider dumping "zombie brands," (those that aren't growing) to help cut costs. Which 1 in the following 5 sets is a Coke product (200 points each, 500 point bonus for all 5): Aquafina/Dasani, Gold Peak Tea/Pure Leaf Tea, Simply Juice/Tropicana, Lifewtr/Vitaminwater, Gatorade/Powerade
Dasani, Gold Peak Tea, Simply Juice, Vitaminwater, Powerade (others are PepsiCo products)
She was the only First Lady to be called Patricia, although it wasn't her given name. She formerly had served as Second Lady and during her time in the White House, promoted a number of charitable causes, including volunteerism.
Pat Nixon