A ROLL OF THE DICE
TV ATTACK ADS
CHIMP-POURRI
WELL, YOU "NO"
WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD
200
'In this game created in 1979, a roll of the die determines the color-coded category of the upcoming question'
Trivial Pursuit
200
'(This ad ran on Nickelodeon:)
An obese bird, a disheveled dumpster diver, a monster who thrives on trans-fat cookies. Is this really what you want your children to watch?'
Sesame Street
200
'At 74 years of age, this 1930s & '40s movie companion of Tarzan is the world's oldest living chimp'
Cheetah
200
'To propose someone for election to an office'
nominate
200
'Around 1948 she moved into slums to help the poor; on Oct. 19, 2003 she was beatified'
Mother Teresa
400
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew rolls a pair of dice.) Though it doesn't always seem that way, snake eyes only come up in 2.8% of dice rolls, as it is just one of this many possible rolls'
36
400
'(Here's an ad from CBS:)
A late night "comic" claims he'll leave this show & retire in 2009. Can America afford to wait that long? (This message was approved by David Letterman)'
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
400
'A song in this 1967 film begins, "If we could just talk to the animals, just imagine it, chatting to a chimp in chimpanzee"'
Dr. Dolittle
400
'9-letter adjective pertaining to the night'
nocturnal
400
'On May 20, 2002 U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill and this singer began a 10-day economic mission to Africa'
Bono
600
'In Monopoly, 3 of these in a row lands you in jail'
doubles
600
'(Here's one from ABC:)
Over 35 years with the same old talking heads. And does America really need any more advice from Andy Rooney? It's time for a change'
60 Minutes
600
'In 1967 a chimp named Washoe became the first non-human to learn ASL, which stands for this'
American Sign Language
600
'It's a wistful desire to return in thought to a former time in one's life'
nostalgia
600
'A choice she made on Dec. 1, 1955 would lead to a Supreme Court ruling & Martin Luther King's rise to fame'
Rosa Parks
800
'With a 6-5 opening roll in this game, make the move called "Lover's Leap", which gets one man halfway home'
backgammon
800
'(NBC ran this ad:)
Contestants sleep on the ground with bugs & snakes, while Jeff Probst reclines in his feather bed. Is this fair, America? You be the judge'
Survivor
800
'AKA the pygmy chimpanzee, the bonobo is found only in the rain forests along this 2nd-longest African river'
Congo
800
'Neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon & helium, collectively'
noble gases
800
'Richard Gere titled the Time 100 article on this longtime friend of his "He Belongs To The World"'
Dalai Lama
1000
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew rolls a pair of dice.) My main point is a six. (rolls) Yes! I'm playing this very old game whose name may come from the Arabic word "zahr", meaning die, and now means a danger'
hazard
1000
'(Well, CBS and ABC both showed this one:)
They dumped Clooney; they dumped Macy; they even dumped Anthony Edwards. Maybe it's time you dumped them'
ER
1000
'In 1986 she presented the cumulative findings of her research in "The Chimpanzees of Gombe"'
Jane Goodall
1000
'Warren Harding campaigned on the slogan "Return to" this'
normalcy
1000
'In 1996 this president of South Africa oversaw the enactment of a new democratic constitution'
Nelson Mandela
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