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ECON 101
"Y"'S UP
WHAT'S ON TV?
100
It's foul to have a defensive tackle jump offside into the neutral zone in this sport
What is American football?
100
1942:
The Battle of Midway
What is World War II?
100
In April 2009 this mail order DVD rental company delivered its 2 billionth movie
What is Netflix?
100
Ursine term for an investor who expects share prices to fall
What is bear?
100
Yikes!
Some of these sweet potato lookalikes can measure 6 feet long & weigh 100 pounds
What are yams?
100
The fifth season of this show is finding itself: Jin isn't dead after all; like others he's sort of displaced in time
What is Lost?
200
This sport gives a Gold Glove Award (not to be confused with boxing's Golden Gloves)
What is baseball?
200
1814:
The Battle of Lake Champlain
What is the War of 1812?
200
Model Bar Refaeli graced the cover of this magazine in 2009 wearing nothing but a bikini
What is Sports Illustrated?
200
Rhyming with but less severe than a depression, it's 2 consecutive quarters of negative economic growth
What is a recession?
200
In 1973 Arab states attacked Israel on this Jewish Day of Atonement
What is Yom Kippur?
200
Joshua Jackson plays the son of a mad scientist on this "X-Files"-esque Fox show
What is Fringe?
300
In ice hockey, player A's shot is legal; player B's shot crosses two red lines, which is this infraction
What is icing?
300
1898:
The Battle of San Juan Hill
What is The Spanish-American War?
300
His return to bicycle racing took a fall when he fell & was injured during a race in March 2009
Who is Lance Armstrong?
300
It's the 4-letter word for the degree of hazard involved in making a loan or investment
What is risk?
300
Beware these snazzy dressers seen here--they can sting repeatedly
What are yellow jackets?
300
We were just getting into Michael Imperioli & Harvey Keitel on this "planetary" cop show, then it got canceled
What is Life on Mars?
400
This man lived to see basketball, the sport he invented, become an Olympic event in 1936
Who is James Naismith?
400
1951:
The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge
What is The Korean War?
400
Robert Downey Jr. played Aussie actor Kirk Lazarus playing a black U.S. soldier in this recent film
What is Tropic Thunder?
400
Alliterative term for what you've got when spending equals income
What is a balanced budget?
400
It's another name for the Abominable Snowman
What is the Yeti?
400
Hey, Simon Baker plays this title crime solver on CBS; sure, he was a fraud in the past, but he gets the job done
What is The Mentalist?
500
An early advocate of cycling, Paul de Vivie experimented with geared bikes, leading to the perfection of this Frenched-named gearshifting device
What is the derailleur?
500
1415:
The Battle of Agincourt
What is The Hundred Years' War?
500
Born Curtis Jackson, this rap superstar took his stage name from an armed robber he knew in Brooklyn
Who is 50 Cent?
500
This 3-word concept describes the relationship between buyers, sellers & producers
What is supply and demand?
500
A dynasty in China from 1279 to 1368, it's also the name of China's basic unit of currency
What is Yuan?
500
They always call in science-loving biophysicist Jacob Hood at the last possible moment on this show
What is Eleventh Hour?