AND THE STATE CAPITAL IS...
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BLUNT BIOS OF BRAND MASCOTS
A BUNDLE OF "FUN"
RISING UP
EUROPEAN COUNTRY NICKNAMES
Final Jeopardy
200
Ohio:
Cleveland,
Columbus,
Cincinnati
Columbus
200
In the operating room, this specialist is in charge of monitoring your vital signs in addition to putting you under
the anesthesiologist
200
A bald housekeeper with a hoop earring and the biceps of a Greek god
Mr. Clean
200
Seen here, this fried fairground favorite is named after the device used to drizzle batter into hot oil
funnel cake
200
In 2023, people took to the streets in France after a proposal to raise this from 62 to 64
the retirement age
200
"The Boot"
(It has more World Heritage sites than any other country)
Italy
200
WORLD LANDMARKS
Also famously cracked like the Liberty Bell, this 14-ton landmark still sounds its distinctive bong every hour
400
Arizona:
Tucson,
Scottsdale,
Phoenix
Phoenix
400
Injecting fluids into the body or removing them often uses this type of needle whose name means under the skin
hypodermic
400
A bird, once plagued by anger management issues, who never stops quacking about insurance
the AFLAC duck
400
After splitting with Paul Simon in the early seventies, he briefly left music and taught math
Art Garfunkel
400
Mahsa Amini's death inspired protests against headscarves and the government in this Middle Eastern country
Iran
400
"The Land of Count Dracula"
(You've never been to Transylvania in October?
You gotta go!)
Romania
400
Also famously cracked like the Liberty Bell, this 14-ton landmark still sounds its distinctive bong every hour
Big Ben
600
Pennsylvania:
Scranton,
Harrisburg,
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
600
As its name implies, the object seen here is placed on a finger to measure the level of this in the blood
oxygen
600
A giant beverage pitcher with legs who often causes property damage
the Kool-Aid Man
600
Impatient tax filers expecting some extra cash can use a tool on irs.gov called "Where's my" this
refund
600
One of activist Greta Thunberg's fans is this former governor who owned the first electric Hummer H-1
Arnold Schwarzenegger
600
"The Land of Fire & Ice"
(Do its citizens really believe in elves? I guess we'll never gnome)
Iceland
800
Tennessee:
Chattanooga,
Memphis,
Nashville
Nashville
800
A blood pressure reading has two parts: the systolic or top number and this, the bottom number
the diastolic
800
A mustachioed cartoon man, currently lacking a mouth to eat the potato crisps he sells
(the) Pringles (guy) (Julius Pringle)
800
It's what the "F" stands for in the digital asset abbreviated NFT
fungible
800
Some people may have underestimated this president here before he led his country in resisting an invasion
Zelenskyy
800
"The Land of Poets & Thinkers"
(Hey Einstein, it's pronounced "GUR-tuh" , not "GO-thee")
Germany
1000
Florida:
Jacksonville,
Orlando,
Tallahassee
Tallahassee
1000
Development of the fighter pilot's G-suit is one of the breakthroughs from this clinic whose name sounds like a deli condiment
the Mayo Clinic
1000
A puffy French creature made of tires who bears an unsettling resemblance to a mummy
the Michelin Man
1000
The world's highest tides, reaching over 50 ft., are found in this bay between Nova Scotia & New Brunswick
the Bay of Fundy
1000
Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a 2-block plaza on 16th Street NW named for this social justice group
Black Lives Matter
1000
"The Playground of Europe"
(St. Moritz is so over. All the best parties are in Gstaad)
Switzerland