KNOW YOUR -OLOGIES
TINY DESK CONCERTS
PERSONAL FINANCE
SOJOURNER TRUTH
SCIENTISTS
CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ"
Final Jeopardy
200
This field in which Mariah Carey was a student includes hairstyling and nail care
cosmetology
200
Don't call them U2!--Larry Mullen Jr. & Adam Clayton were absent; the Edge did a Tiny Desk Concert with this singer in 2023
Bono
200
This form of income is officially called "Old-Age, Survivors, & Disability Insurance"; most people just call it this
Social Security
200
Sojourner Truth was born into slavery around 1797 as Isabella Baumfree in this state's Hudson Valley
New York
200
A popular way of saying something is uncomplicated is to say it's not this field of Wernher von Braun
rocket science
200
Written in 1908, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" features the lyric "Buy me some peanuts and" this ballpark treat
Cracker Jacks
200
GEOGRAPHY
2 of the 4 U.S. states that border Mexico
400
Someone in charge of giving you an MRI or X-ray should certainly have a degree in this
radiology
400
It's the network that has broadcast Tiny Desk Concerts (1,000 and counting) since folk singer Laura Gibson did the first in 2008
NPR
400
For film buffs, it's a Tom Cruise hitman-in-a-taxi movie; for bank nerds, it's an asset pledged to secure a loan
collateral
400
Having been raised in an area settled by immigrants from the Netherlands, this was Truth's first language
Dutch
400
Through her book "Silent Spring", Rachel Carson spurred interest in this field, the "EP" in the federal agency EPA
environmental protection
400
As an April Fools' prank in 2023, Michael Che directed the audience at "SNL" to not laugh at this co-anchor's jokes
Colin Jost
400
2 of the 4 U.S. states that border Mexico
(2 of) Texas, New Mexico, Arizona & California
600
Geek out if you graduated from MIT where the "T" stands for this
Technology
600
He sang hits like "Watermelon Sugar" for his Tiny Desk Concert; he also calls his sweater a "jumper" (aw, how British)
Harry Styles
600
It's a number that signals to lenders how likely you are to pay back a loan; above 670 is pretty deece
your FICO score (credit score)
600
At the age of 9 Truth was separated from her family when she was sold along with a flock of these animals for $100
sheep
600
Galileo's name is repeated in a hit by this band whose guitarist Brian May is an astrophysicist
Queen
600
Many of these treasures stored at the Tower of London have been on display since 1661
the Crown Jewels
800
Otology is the medical study of the ear while this "ology" is the study of hearing
audiology
800
This singer opened her 2020 Tiny Desk Concert with "Show Me Love"; she closed it with "Fallin'"
Alicia Keys
800
It's the "H-E" in "HELOC", a line of credit that can pay for your kitchen reno, your wedding... even your divorce
home equity
800
In this year when America celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence, Truth sought her independence by escaping bondage
1826
800
Not only did this scientist invent the electric battery as his name suggests, he also discovered methane gas
Alessandro Volta
800
She ran in a special election for California governor in 2021; who knows how many Kardashians voted for her
Caitlyn Jenner
1000
If your PhD is in the similarities of folk songs from Bhutan and Cameroon, you're an expert in "ethno" this
ethnomusicology
1000
For a Tiny Desk Concert he did with Sting, this "It Wasn't Me" singer proudly sang "I'm a Jamaican in New York"
Shaggy
1000
If you're eligible, sock away some after-tax retirement scratch in one of these accounts, named for a late Delaware senator
a Roth IRA
1000
Though evidence suggests she never uttered the words, Truth's famous 1851 speech is known by the title "Ain't I a..." this
Woman
1000
When hired at Tuskegee Institute in 1896, George Washington Carver served as director of this department
the Department of Agriculture
1000
The image here depicts Verdi's version of this type of entertainer
the court jester