SIBLING
RIVALRY
UNDERSTANDING MONEY
BODIES OF WATER
ON VINYL
"CHAIN" REACTION
Final Jeopardy!
200

If you're this type of twin, from the Latin for "brother", you & your twin have about half-identical DNA

fraternal

200

Having the high ground was enough, we guess, for Obi-Wan to leave this ex-pal crippled & on fire

Anakin Skywalker

200

This 6-letter spending plan is based on your expected income--the government version is a lot messier

a budget

200

This river flows some 4,000 miles to its mouth in the Atlantic on the coast of Brazil

the Amazon

200

Helping keep vinyl alive, some DJs play records on these connected to sound mixing equipment

turntables

200

A group of prisoners fastened together while working outdoors

a chain gang

200

ANCIENT LANDMARKS

It's believed that its nose was about 3 feet wide when it was first constructed around 2500 B.C.

400

This language of Oslo has a word for one born long after his siblings:
attpÄklatt

Norwegian

400

Wil Wheaton wasn't above lying about his grandma being dead just to win a card game vs. Sheldon Cooper on this sitcom

The Big Bang Theory

400

Spain no longer uses this unit of currency, but Chile & Cuba still do

the peso

400

The Cayman Trench, near Cuba, is the greatest depth of this sea

the Caribbean Sea

400

Vinyl 7" singles were also called 45s for 45 RPM, short for this

rotation per minute (or revolutions per minute)

400

It outlines a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by a higher member

a food chain

400

It's believed that its nose was about 3 feet wide when it was first constructed around 2500 B.C.

the Sphinx

600

Triple rhyme time dept.: slang for a pal as close as a sibling, or what Joseph is to Reuben in the Bible

brother from another mother

600

Aaron Boone's playoff home run in 2003 sent the Red Sox home & this historic rival team to the World Series

the Yankees

600

Equifax & Experian are companies that calculate this "score", a measure of your ability to pay your bills

credit score

600

2 giant rocks called the Pillars of Hercules mark the entrance to this strait

Gibraltar

600

A poll named the best vinyl cover art of 2017 as RTJ3, the third full-length release from this group

Run the Jewels

600

Technically, this term for flexible armor made of interlinked rings is redundant

chainmail

800

Galileo's daughters Virginia & Livia were sisters in more ways than one, as in 1613 both entered this religious place

nunnery (or convent)

800

You will always remember today as the day that you named this captain who took down Barbossa with a single shot in 2003

Jack Sparrow

800

A 6-horse stagecoach is the symbol of this giant bank

Wells Fargo

800

The Irrawaddy River flows into this bay

the Bay of Bengal

800

Rock-Ola was a leading maker of these machines that spun a vinyl record when you inserted a coin

jukebox

800

Here's a sculpture made using this power tool


a chainsaw

1000

August 12 is the day to celebrate them, sometimes stereotyped as neglected, resentful victims of birth order

the middle child

1000

On "Elementary" Natalie Dormer had this classic last name as Jamie, a woman who kept even Sherlock Holmes guessing

Moriarty

1000

Yay! Your folks made millions selling that house! Not as yay! They must pay the tax called these "gains"

capital gains

1000

The Strait of Dover is the narrowest part of this body of water that connects the Atlantic Ocean & the North Sea

the English Channel

1000

U.S. vinyl record sales rose every year from 2006 to 2016; No. 1 in 2016 was this band's "Blurryface"

Twenty One Pilots

1000

3-word term for the system in a military or other org. in which instructions are passed from one person to another

chain of command