Weird Words
Dactylonomy is the advanced art of counting using these.
Fingers
Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man to serve in the Revolutionary War. She was wounded in battle and honorably discharged from the Continental Army. Sampson was also portrayed by the voice of this The View host during an episode of the animated children's series Liberty's Kids.
Whoopi Goldberg
Alex Trebek was recognized with 7 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Game Show Host during his time hosting Jeopardy. He has the most nominations in this category with 31, but this host won the award the most with 14.
Bob Barker
Prime Minister Boris Johnson backed a 2015 measure to update this feature of London to make it more energy efficient and harness the excess heat to provide warmth to a section of London homes.
The London Underground
Though her Emmy was a Daytime award, she won both her Emmy and Tony award in 2002 to complete her career EGOT. She was the first African American to have received Oscar nominations for both Best Actress in The Color Purple and Best Supporting Actress in Ghost.
Whoopi Goldberg
Widdershins means this direction, like runners on a baseball diamond.
Counter-Clockwise
Of the 6 Civil War-related national military parks, the Northernmost and Southernmost can be found in these two states. (200 Points each)
Pennsylvania & Mississippi
Alex Trebek has made many guest appearances in TV and Film as himself including the final episode of The Colbert Report in 2014. Trebek joined Stephen Colbert as he rode off into the night alongside these two bearded men. (One real, one fake. One with a red hat and one with a black hat)
Abraham Lincoln & Santa Claus
Researchers in Sweden have experimented with "bio-solar" energy by capturing the photovoltaic cells produced by proteins from this tentacled marine animal.
Jellyfish
This recent addition joined the EGOT club in 2018 but easily has more Grammys (11) than his other awards. The R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist can wow the crowd with his vocal range and is now a coach on NBC's The Voice.
John Legend
To hornswoggle someone is to do this to them.
Cheat
Referred to as the "Father of the American Navy", John Paul Jones inspired this man, who would later become President, to write a screen play in 1923 about Jones. Unfortunately, Paramount Pictures politely declined to make the film.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Alex Trebek hosted the National Geographic Bee from 1989-2013. The event Alex hosted was not a Spelling Bee, but can you name which of the top 5 most commonly misspelled English words below is spelled correctly?
Publically, Pharoah, Definately, Goverment, Seperate
Trick Question!! None of these are spelled correctly
Germany and France are among the largest net exporters of electricity. Germany gets around 65% of its electricity production from Coal, Wind, and Natural Gas. Meanwhile, France gets over 70% of its energy production from this source.
Nuclear Power
This EGOT recipient won a lifetime achievement Oscar, 2 Tony Awards plus a lifetime achievement Tony, 2 Primetime Emmys, and a Grammy for Best Spoken Word. Perhaps his most memorable character is simply as the voice of George Lucas's initial imposing villain.
James Earl Jones
A cruciverbalist is someone who engages in this endeavor.
Crossword puzzles
The U.S. has named 10 Air Craft Carriers after former presidents (E.g. USS George Washington). Only 3 Presidents who served from 1932-1992 do not have an Air Craft Carrier named after them. Which 3 are they? (400 Points each)
Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter (Johnson has a destroyer and Carter has a submarine)
Which of these other game show titles did Alex Trebek NOT host during his career?
Wizard of Odds, Double Dare, To Tell the Truth, GambitGambit
The Department of Energy had the 3rd highest level of funding for Research and Development in the 2020 budget with over $14 Billion. Which two other Departments had higher Research and Development budgets? (400 Points each)
1. Dept. of Defense ($59B)
2. Dept. Health and Human Services ($33B)
This singer, actress, and icon received a special Tony Award in 1970 to complete her EGOT in only 7 years. She won 8 Grammy Awards from 1963 to 1986, and has won Oscars for both Best Actress in 1969's Funny Girl, and for Best Original Song in the 1976 version of A Star is Born.
Barbara Streisand
From the Greek for belly-speech, an engastrimyth is another name for this type of tight-lipped stage performer.
Ventriloquist
As of 2017, what percentage of Active Duty Military personnel is made up of women? The total was up from 9% in 1980 and just 1% in 1970. (Closest team gets the points)
~16%
Alex Trebek always seems to know the answers and has received plenty of honorary degrees. He himself studied at the University of Ottawa which was founded in 1848. Université Laval, the oldest post-secondary institution in Canada, was founded in 1663 in this city.
Quebec City
The Itaipu Dam in this South American country provides nearly 100% of the nation's electricity, and also exports plenty of power to neighboring countries.
Paraguay
Born Melvin Kaminsky, this American director, writer, and producer is one of the few to achieve an EGOT through primarily comedy. He won both his Oscar and Tony awards for The Producers though over 3 decades apart, and had time for Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and Spaceballs in between.
Mel Brooks