Let's Play a Game
"Hot" and "Cold"
Breakfast Pastries
Wyoming
Watering Holes
Frank Sinatra
Farm Facts
Potpourri
100
Competing teams of relatives try to correctly guess the top answers to a series of surveys on this game show.
What is Family Feud?
100
This is a commercial establishment that provides paid, short-term lodging.
What is a HOTel?
100
This breakfast pastry is named for its resemblance to an animal's talons.
What is a Bear Claw?
100
Wyoming is one of six states to have a state dinosaur; they chose this one.
What is the Triceratops?
100
Bada Bing! is a fictional strip club from this HBO drama television series that ran from 1999to 2007.
What is The Sopranos?
100
Frank Sinatra's first wife was his childhood sweetheart, who shared this first name with their eldest daughter.
What is Nancy?
100
This human-shaped decoy—usually dressed in old clothes and stuffed with straw— is placed in fields to frighten winged pests away from newly cast seeds and growing crops
What is a Scarecrow?
100
This novelist sometimes writes under the pseudonym Richard Bachman
Who is Stephen King?
200
This show was hosted by Bob Eubanks and first aired in 1966. Couples competed against each other to see how well (or not well) they knew each other.
What is the Newlywed Game?
200
This means to criticize, reprimand, or speak in a harsh tone to someone (usually a child or subordinate) because they have done something wrong.
What is to sCOLD?
200
A dense, crumbly treat. Popular variations include sour cherry, ginger-marmalade cream, and chocolate chip buttermilk. The British version is a bit fluffier than the American.
What is a scone?
200
Douglas, Wyoming claims to be the birthplace of this legendary (some say mythical) animal, a rabbit with antlers.
What is a Jackalope? (One of the rarest animals in the world, it is a cross between a now-extinct pygmy deer and a species of killer rabbit.)
200
Located in the Mos Eisley spaceport of Tatooine, Obi-Wan Kenobi warned this protagonist that he’d never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Who is Luke Skywalker?
200
Sinatra famously took home an Academy Award for his role as Private Angelo Maggio in this 1953 film that also stars Burt Lancaster and Debra Kerr (rhymes with star . . . ).
What is From Here to Eternity?
200
This agricultural term is related to the practice of breeding and caring for livestock.
What is Husbandry?
200
This well-known Hollywood performer uses a stage name; their birth name is Marion Morrison.
Who is John Wayne?
300
In March 1950, radio quiz host Ralph Edwards announced that he would air the program on its 10th anniversary from the first town that renamed itself after the show. In a special election, residents of Hot Springs, NM voted 1294 to 295 to change the town’s name to this.
What is Truth or Consequences?
300
This is the process by which plants convert carbon dioxide, sunlight and water into oxygen and vital nutrients.
What is pHOTosynthesis?
300
This popular breakfast pastry made by Kellogg's features a crumbly crust and sweet filling. S'mores are my favorite.
What are Pop-tarts?
300
In 1925, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to hold this office in the United States.
What is Governor?
300
Lola was a showgirl at this "hottest spot north of Havana" until a man named Rico got a little handsy and her boyfriend took offense.
What is the Copacabana?
300
Frank Sinatra desperately wanted to play the romantic lead Sky Masterson in the 1955 film adaptation of this musical but the role was ultimately awarded to Marlon Brando. Sinatra instead played the role of Nathan Detroit.
What is Guys and Dolls?
300
This C-word is a process where a bright light is shone over the eggs before they are sold, allowing the farmer to spot any problems -- like eggs that have gone bad for some reason.
What is Candling?
300
In America, about 15% of males possess this genetic anomaly. Only about .5% of women do. anomalous trichromacy is most common.
What is Color Blindness?
400
This show was hosted by Groucho Marx, with teams of contestants wagering their cash on trivia questions. If someone spoke the secret word, they'd get a cash bonus.
What is You Bet Your Life?
400
Defined as: to strike someone so forcefully that they are knocked unconscious.
What is COLDcock?
400
This pastry originated in the Jewish communities of Poland and Western Ukraine. It is prepared with a yeast-leavened dough that is rolled out and spread with a filling, then rolled up and braided before baking. Traditionally fillings included jam or nuts, though now include chocolate, cinnamon, fruit, or cheese.
What is a babka?
400
The Teapot Dome scandal during the administration of this president involved the sale of oil leases in Wyoming.
Who is Warren G Harding?
400
Along with being the main antagonist in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, he's also the owner of the local tavern.
Who is Gaston?
400
Director of Mr Smith Goes to Washington, this fellow Frank once urged Sinatra to quit singing to concentrate solely on acting, predicting he would go down as one of the greatest actors in history.
Who is Frank Capra?
400
The following states share what common fact in relation to farm populations: South Dakota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas, Montana, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Iowa.
What is They have more cattle than people?
400
A narthex is an architectural term for the vestibule, entrance hall, or foyer located just past the main entrance of this kind of building.
What is a church?
500
In 1978, Rodney Alcala was a contestant on this game show while in the midst of a cross-country murder spree.
500
In a medical and clinical context, it describes someone in a mental state where an individual has lost touch with reality, typically experiencing symptoms like delusions and hallucinations.
What is psycHOTic?
500
These staples of UK culture are popularly sold at bakeries, pubs, and supermarkets, often eaten warm or cold alongside condiments like ketchup or brown sauce. Their closest American equivalent is Pigs in a Blanket.
What are sausage rolls?
500
Scrolls on the Wyoming seal bear these 4 words; four of Wyoming's major industries.
What are Oil, Mines, Livestock, and Grain?
500
When asked about the naming of this bar, owner Lil said "Did you ever wake up sober after a one night stand, and the person you're next to is layin' on your arm, and they're so ugly, you'd rather chew off your arm then risk waking 'em?"
What is Coyote Ugly?
(when asked why she would name her bar that, Lil calmly said, "Cheers was taken.")
500
Because this movie is technically a sequel to Sinatra's 1968 film The Detective, 20th Century Fox studio was obligated to offer the role of John McClane to a 70 year old Frank Sinatra
What is Die Hard?
500
Cuniculture refers to the practice of raising and breeding this for various purposes, such as meat, fur, or as pets. It involves their management and care in controlled environments, ensuring their proper nutrition, health, and reproduction.
What are rabbits?
500
Not just a designer dog mixing a Pug and a Beagle, a puggle is an endearing name given to the babies of both these monotreme.
What are Platypus and Echidna?
