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DAILY DOUBLE  It's team Ruff vs. Team Fluff and a whole lot of cuteness when Animal Planet presents this competition.

What is The Puppy Bowl?

100

He was the director of Dances with Wolves.

Who is Kevin Costner?

100

DAILY DOUBLE He met and later married Christie Brinkley when she starred in his music video for Uptown Girl.

Who is Billy Joel?

100

This 1980's private detective show starred Cybil Shepherd and Bruce Willis.

What is Moonlighting?

100

DAILY DOUBLE This 1981 film was based on a book written by Joan Crawford's daughter.

What is Mommie Dearest?

100

Motto:  This 4-word phrase, signed into law by Eisenhower in 1956; "E Pluribus Unum" had been used unofficially.  (HINT:  "In  _ _ _  _ _   _ _ _ _ _"

What is "In God We trust"?

200

DAILY DOUBLE  In a monastery he's the boss.

What is an Abbott?

200

DAILY DOUBLE This 1989 movie drama followed the trials and tribulations of an African-American regiment during the Civil War.

What is Glory?

200

This one hit wonder released the song Ice Ice Baby.

What is Vanilla Ice?



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200

DAILY DOUBLE Scott Bakula plays a physicist who jumps back and forth through time in this older television series.

What is Quantum Leap?

200

Farmers burning fields after harvest would chant this creature, "Fly away home, your house is on fire and your children will burn."

What are ladybugs?

200

Floral Emblem:  in proclaiming it, Reagan pointed out the White House has a garden of them.

What are roses?

300

Deer ones cause Lyme disease in the U.S.' the chillingly named Australian paralysis ones, anaphylactic shock.

What are ticks?

300

DAILY DOUBLE This 1987 movie starred Steve Martin who played a charming man with a very large nose.

What is Roxanne?

300

He wrote I Just Called to Say I Love You.

Who is Stevie Wonder?

300

DAILY DOUBLE This T.V. show featured a young Fred Savage growing up in the 1960's. 

What is The Wonder Years?

300

This 1996 Rookie of the year became the face of the New York Yankee in the 90's.

Who is Derek Jeter?

300

DAILY DOUBLE Symbol of the USA itself:  in 1950 the nation said, "I want you" to this finger-pointer.

Who is Uncle Sam?

400

DAILY DOUBLE    "Beef & Reef" is another term for this type of restaurant that also has a rhyming name.

What is "Surf and Turf"?

400

This movie featured a steamy pottery scene between Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze.

What is Ghost?

400

DAILY DOUBLE    I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues and Rocket Man are just two of the many songs he composed.

Who is Elton John?


400

She played Joey Potter on Dawson's Creek.

Who is Katie Holmes?

400

DAILY DOUBLE   This 1980's jacket often featured loud neon colors and could be wadded up into a compact bundle.

What is a windbreaker?

400

DAILY DOUBLE Bird:  Chosen in 1782, it can live up to 30 years in the wild.

What is a bald eagle?

500

A star attraction of Wild West Shows, she was once billed as "The Peerless" Lady Wing-shot".

Who was Annie Oakley?

500

Angela Lansbury voiced Mrs. Potts in this Disney animated feature.

What is Beauty and the Beast?

500

This "Superstar" female singer was part of a famous singing duo (Male/Female ) and died as a result of her tragic battle with anorexia.

Who was Karen Carpenter?

500

DAILY DOUBLE This tabloid talk show fostered shouting and violence to great success.

What is The Jerry Springer Show?

500

DAILY DOUBLE   Basketball star Michael Jordan introduced these shoes in 1985.

What are Air Jordans?

500

March:  This "Eternal" Sousa piece got the gig in 1987.

What is "Stars and Stripes Forever"?