UNDER THE
BIG "TOP"
BIG "TOP"
SEND IN
THE CLOWNS
THE CLOWNS
BREAD
AND CIRCUSES
AND CIRCUSES
RIDE THE FERRIS (BUELLER) WHEEL
CARNIVAL
CONCESSIONS
CONCESSIONS
NAME THAT
CIRCUS TUNE
CIRCUS TUNE
100
IT'S THE STUDY OF FEATURES OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE - LITERALLY THE LAY OF THE LAND
WHAT IS TOPOGRAPHY?
100
HE ENJOYED A 40-YEAR RUN ON CHICAGO'S WGN - GUESS HE WASN'T JUST CLOWNING AROUND
WHO IS BOZO?
100
THIS BREAKFAST ROLL'S ICONIC SHAPE MAY BE A REFERENCE TO THE DEFEAT OF THE ISLAMIC UMAYYAD FORCES AT THE BATTLE OF TOURS
WHAT IS THE CROISSANT?
100
FERRIS LIVES IN THE SUBURBS OF THIS MAJOR AMERICAN CITY
WHAT IS CHICAGO?
100
POUR BATTER INTO HOT COOKING OIL IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN TO CREATE THIS PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH TREAT
WHAT IS A FUNNEL CAKE?
100
KNOWN BY MOST SIMPLY AS "THAT CIRCUS SONG" THIS TUNE IS ACTUALLY TITLED "THE ENTRY OF _____" THESE ROMAN COMBATANTS - ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
WHAT ARE GLADIATORS?
200
TO BE TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN, OR IN A VERY DISORGANIZED STATE
WHAT IS TOPSY TURVY?
200
THE TITLE OF THIS ITALIAN OPERA LITERALLY MEANS "CLOWNS"
WHAT IS PAGLIACCI?
200
HOLDEN CAULFIELD DREAMS OF SAVING CHILDREN RUNNING THROUGH A FIELD OF THIS BREAD GRAIN
WHAT IS RYE?
200
FERRIS AND FRIENDS ATTEND A BASEBALL GAME
AT THIS VENERABLE STADIUM
WHAT IS WRIGLEY FIELD?
200
IN BRITAIN, IT'S "CANDY FLOSS"
WHAT IS COTTON CANDY?
200
THIS TUNE EXTOLS THE ATHLETIC (AND ROMANTIC) SKILLS OF A CERTAIN BOLD AERIALIST
WHAT IS THE DARING YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE?
300
HE MADE FREQUENT SUNDAY NIGHT TV APPEARANCES. "HELLO, EDDIE!"
WHO IS TOPO GIGIO?
300
PENNYWISE THE CLOWN HAUNTS THE TOWN OF DERRY IN "IT", BY THIS WRITER
WHO IS KING?
300
FROM THE GERMAN FOR "TWICE BAKED", IT'S GREAT FOR TEETHING TODDLERS
WHAT IS ZWIEBACK?
300
FERRIS JUMPS ON A PARADE FLOAT AND LIP SYNCHS THIS CLASSIC WAYNE NEWTON TUNE.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
WHAT IS DANKE SCHOEN?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!
DON'T WORRY, DUMBO - THESE ARE REALLY JUST BIG FLAT PIECES OF FRIED DOUGH
300
THE BEATLES SANG OF A CIRCUS FEATURING THE HENDERSONS, A HOGSHEAD OF REAL FIRE, AND (OF COURSE) HENRY THE HORSE DANCING THE WALTZ - ALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS GENTLEMAN
WHO IS MR. KITE?
400
COMEDIAN SCOTT CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON IS BETTER KNOWN BY THIS VEGGIE-RELATED MONIKER
WHAT IS CARROT TOP?
400
BEFORE HE BECAME CAPTAIN KANGAROO, BOB KEESHAN PLAYED THIS CLOWN ON THE HOWDY DOODY SHOW
WHO IS CLARABELL?
400
THE '49ERS MASCOT HAS THIS SAN FRANCISCO BREAD-RELATED MONIKER
WHAT IS SOURDOUGH SAM?
400
THIS FORMER SPEECHWRITER FOR NIXON AND FORD PLAYS FERRIS' ECONOMICS TEACHER - ANYONE? ANYONE?
WHO IS BEN STEIN?
400
GET A DEEP-FRIED VERSION OF THESE SWEET TREATS FIRST INTRODUCED BY NABISCO IN 1912 - LIKE THEY COULD GET ANY BETTER!
WHAT ARE OREOS?
400
LEON RUSSELL WROTE A MUSICAL METAPHOR OF LIFE'S PRECARIOUS BALANCING ACT REPRESENTED BY WALKING ON THIS CIRCUS APPARATUS
WHAT IS A TIGHT ROPE?
500
GO TO VERSAILLES TO SEE FINE EXAMPLES OF THIS ART OF TRIMMING AND SHAPING PLANTS
WHAT IS TOPIARY?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!
IN "THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" HE PLAYS BUTTONS, A CLOWN WHO PREVIOUSLY HAD A NOT-S0-"WONDERFUL LIFE"
500
SIMILAR TO A BAGEL - A FORMER JEOPARDY HOST MIGHT HELP YOU REMEMBER ITS NAME
WHAT IS A BIALY?
500
BEST FRIEND CAMERON'S DAD OWNS THIS BRAND OF LUXURY ITALIAN AUTOMOBILE
WHAT IS A FERRARI?
500
THIS "RED" COLOR IS A POPULAR CHOICE FOR HOT RODS - AND IS TASTY ON A STICK TOO
WHAT IS CANDY APPLE?
500
IN THIS TUNE, PEGGY LEE SINGS ABOUT ENJOYING A CIRCUS AS A YOUNG GIRL, BUT THEN ASKS THIS CYNICAL QUESTION. GEEZ, LET'S BREAK OUT THE BOOZE ALREADY!
WHAT IS "IS THAT ALL THERE IS?"?