Sherlock Holmes
Where in the World
Comic Strips
Neckwear
Name that Bone
Tropical Mammals
Bar Snacks
Talk Show Hosts
Potpourri
100
Sherlock Holmes was an avid pugilist, meaning he was very good at this sport.
What is Boxing?
100
The widest waterfall in the world, Iguazu Falls, is on this continent.
What is South America?
100
This character was introduced in 1929 when Olive Oyl’s brother Castor hired him as crew for a planned sea voyage.
Who is Popeye?
100
Though it can be made of fur, this type of neckwear popular with drag queens and burlesque dancers, is often made with maribou, ostrich or turkey feathers.
What is a boa?
100
Collar bone, the most commonly broken bone in the human body.
What is the Clavicle?
100
Together with the bonobo, this tropical primate is our closest living relative in the animal kingdom. Very intelligent, they are able to use rocks and sticks as tools, and can be taught to communicate with humans using sign language.
What are Chimpanzees?
100
These were invented in 1943 by Ignacio Anaya, a maitre'd at the Victory Club restaurant in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. The cook was missing, so he cheesed up some tortilla chips to feed the hungry crowd.
What are Nachos?
100
The hosts on the first season of this ABC talk show included Joy Behar, Barbara Walters, Debbie Matenopoulos, Star Jones and Meredith Vieira.
What is The View?
100
Incorporated in 1639, Sandwich is the oldest town on this cape in southeastern Massachusetts
What is Cape Cod?
200
Series author, Doyle, tried to kill off Sherlock Holmes in his story The Final Problem, in which he faces off with this arch-nemesis at Reichenbach Falls.
Who is Professor Moriarty?
200
In this country you can explore the Outback, see Uluru (Ayer’s Rock), and go snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef.
What is Australia?
200
Dagwood Bumstead shares his home with this woman, his wife, their kids Cookie and Alexander, dog Daisy, and constantly deals with his grumpy boss Mr. Dithers.
Who is Blondie?
200
Common among cowboys, this is a type of necktie consisting of a piece of cord or braided leather with decorative metal tips.
What is a bolo tie?
200
Upper arm bone.
What is the humerus?
200
This semi-aquatic animal, native to South America, is the largest rodent in the world.
What is a capybara?
200
The earliest known recipe for this bar snack appeared in a Moorish cookbook, featuring yolks mashed with cilantro, onion juice, pepper, oil, salt, and a fermented barley sauce stuffed back into egg whites.
What are deviled eggs?
200
This man revolutionized the genre by pioneering the syndicated daytime talk show format featuring a live studio audience (1967–1996).
Who is Phil Donohue?
200
Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne collectively started this technology company.
What is Apple?
300
This first Sherlock Holmes novel was published in 1886. It took Doyle about 3 weeks to write it.
What is A Study in Scarlet?
300
In Africa, this most populous landlocked country is home to "Lucy," a 3.2-million-year-old hominid fossil that fundamentally shaped the understanding of human evolution.
What is Ethiopia?
300
This comic strip featured the Yokum family, denizens of Dogpatch USA. It was known for its satirical take on American culture and politics, written by Al Capp and ran from 1934 to 1977.
What is Lil Abner?
300
This neckpiece is a detachable faux-collar or partial garment that gives the illusion of wearing a full button-down shirt or turtleneck without the bulk.
What is a dickey?
300
The lower jawbone, home to you bottom teeth
What is the mandible?
300
The fossa is a fearsome rainforest apex predator that hunts lemurs and a variety of other animals, and can only be found on this island nation of East Africa.
What is Madagascar?
300
During Prohibition, when alcohol was banned, restaurants and speakeasies repurposed empty beverage glasses to serve chilled, upscale seafood appetizers, popularizing this this pink crustacean in a martini glass.
What is Shrimp Cocktail?
300
On April 21, 1986, this future talk show host anchored the live two-hour television special The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults. Spoiler - nothing inside except some empty bottles and dirt.
Who is Geraldo Rivera?
300
This adjective describes an angle less than 90 degrees
What is Acute?
400
Holmes enlists a group of street urchins, known by this 3 word moniker, to transport messages and spy on clients and suspects.
Who are the Baker Street Irregulars?
400
This mountain range often appears in crossword puzzles and forms that traditional boundary between Europe and Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
400
The price for Lucy Van Pelt's psychiatric services has not gone up from this price since 1959.
What is 5 cents?
400
Named for this city, this collar is a detachable or built-in white band worn around the neck by Christian clergy as a visible sign of faith, devotion, and ordination.
What is Rome?
400
Shin bone
What is the tibia?
400
Moo Deng, one of this mammal, became very popular on the internet in 2024, thanks to videos of her with her trainer at a zoo in Thailand.
What is a Pygmy Hippopatomus?
400
Peasants and farmers in Ancient Rome used this dish as a way to salvage stale or day-old bread by grilling it over an open fire, rubbing it with raw garlic, and drizzling it with extra-virgin olive oil and a pinch of salt. The current tomato basil topping didn't come around until the 18th century.
What is Bruschetta?
400
After winning the first season of American Idol in 2002, this artist released 10 studio albums, 1 compilation album, and numerous chart-topping hits before creating a talk show that ran from 2019-2026.
Who is Kelly Clarkson?
400
The Pulitzer Prizes are prestigious American awards for journalism, literature, drama, and music, administered and hosted annually by this university in New York City
What is Columbia?
500
Sherlock Holmes liked to play this instrument when he had a particularly difficult case to solve.
What is the violin?
500
This country is known as the "land of a thousand lakes." It actually has over 180,000 lakes
What is Finland?
500
When Nermal the kitten is too cute (which is always) Garfield threatens to ship him off to this capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
What is Abu Dhabi?
500
a Bertha Collar is a flat, wide Victorian-style neckpiece, commonly seen over the robe of this Supreme Court justice until she died in September 2020.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
500
This is a small, horseshoe-shaped bone in the front of the neck that is unique because it does not connect directly with any other bone in the human body.
What is the hyoid bone?
500
Also known as scaly anteaters, this heavily trafficked Asia/Africa native is covered in large, hardened, overlapping, plate-like scales made of keratin (similar to sheep horns or human fingernails.)
What is a pangolin?
500
Teressa Bellissimo, co-owner of the Anchor Bar in this city, deep-fried chicken wings and tossed them in a melted butter and cayenne pepper hot sauce mixture to feed her teen son's late night cravings.
What is Buffalo, NY?
500
Known for his flamboyant, colorful suits, sequined jackets and wide ties, this trumpet player was the leader of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show Band until 1992.
Who is Doc Severinsen?
500
Developed in what is now Thailand, this popular breed of cat comes in blue point, chocolate point & seal point varieties.
What is Siamese?