Euro
Vision
Song
Contest
20/20
Eurovision Song
Contest 2020
Contest 2020
400
Peseta
What is Spain?
400
Autostereogram images are more commonly known by this two-word name; the viewer must diverge their eyes in order to see a hidden three-dimensional image within the pattern.
What is Magic Eye?
400
This 2008 Song of the Year winner did not accept her award in person because American officials initially refused her a work visa (oh, and she'd also just entered rehab).
Who is Amy Winehouse?
400
Six men died attempting to win a $25,000 prize offered by hotelier Raymond Orteig for the first aviator to cross the Atlantic before this man claimed it, baby.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
400
This man, a member of a New York state political dynasty, was an anchor on "20/20" for four years before leaving for CNN in 2013. (First and last name, please.)
Who is Chris Cuomo?
400
The 2020 Azerbaijani Eurovision entry was named after this woman, history's most famous asp victim.
Who is Cleopatra?
800
Mark
What is Germany?
800
The photoreceptive cells of the retina are commonly classified into these two shapes.
What are rods and cones?
800
This singer-slash-actress won Song of the Year in back-to-back years with "Wind Beneath My Wings" and "From a Distance."
Who is Bette Midler?
800
The preeminent 21st century rivalry in contests of this type was between Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut.
What is competitive (hot dog) eating?
800
The 1978 premiere of "20/20" was slammed by critics; they were particularly unimpressed by a Claymation segment featuring a caricature of this politician singing "Georgia on My Mind."
Who is Jimmy Carter?
800
Eurovision 2020 was scheduled to be hosted May 12-16 in this city, which is the second largest in the Netherlands and home to the busiest seaport in Europe.
1200
Drachma
1200
As a toddler, this Frenchman was blinded in a leathermaking accident. By 15, he'd created the basis for his linguistic revolution.
Who is Louis Braille?
1200
"Here's a little song I wrote; you might want to sing it note for note" begins this mantra-full Song of the Year winner by Bobby McFerrin.
What is "Don't Worry, Be Happy"?
1200
Legend has it that this early 20th century comedian once entered a contest for lookalikes of himself... ...and lost badly.
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
1200
To liven up its most recent New Year's Eve broadcast, CNN invited this SNL alumna to renew her parody of Barbara Walters.
Who is Cheri Oteri?
1200
One of the betting favorites to win Eurovision 2020 was "Think About Things" by the band Daði og Gagnamagnið from this country of roughly 364,000.
What is Iceland?
1600
Franc
(Give two correct answers)
What are France, Belgium, Monaco and/or Luxembourg?
1600
Visible light is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of between 400 and 700 of this unit of measurement, which equals 10-9 m.
What are nanometers?
1600
The Beatles won Song of the Year just once, for this song with both English and French "words that go together well."
What is Michelle?
1600
Entrants build flying machines and leap from a pier hoping to stay in the air longer than the competition in the "International" this hybrid "Championship," which is also the title of a 21st Century Oscar Best Picture winner.
What is "Birdman"?
1600
An estimated 70 million viewers watched Barbara Walters interview this 24-year-old woman on "20/20" on March 3, 1999, which ABC stated was a record audience for a news program.
1600
Bulgaria's 2020 Eurovision entry was titled "Tears Getting" this adjective, which has also been the one-word title of songs by Demi Lovato and Pink, as well as appearing in titles of songs by Evanescence and Brantley Gilbert.
What is sober?
2000
Litas
What is Lithuania?
2000
This term used in ocular health is also a word for a large, powerful waterfall.
2000
The first Song of the Year Grammy winner in 1958 was this Italian song by Domenico Modugno and later covered by Dean Martin. Also called "Nel blu, dipinto di blu," it also came in third at Eurovision that year.
What is "Volare"?
2000
Cow butter sculpture contests are now popular at state fairs across the American midwest, but the earliest versions of butter sculpting were done in Tibet using butter made from this domesticated bovid.
What is a yak?
2000
This man, who passed away in 2020 at 99 years old, was a main anchor on "20/20" alongside Barbara Walters from 1978 to 1999.
Who is Hugh Downs?
2000
The 2020 Israeli Eurovision entry "Feker Libi" features lyrics in Hebrew as well as in this other Semitic language, the national language of Ethiopia.
What is Amharic?