public radio
Toy Store
Geography 101
Fake News
Final Jeopardy
100

ira glass

what is This American Life?

100

Naturally, this talking toy with "a mind of its own" speaks "furbish"

What is a Furby?

100

The Nile is longer, but in terms of volume, this is the world's largest river

What is the Amazon?

100

For 10 seasons she played tough TV journalist Murphy Brown

Who is Candance Bergen?

200

terry gross

What is Fresh Air?

200

"Just spit it out", says the trivia game called this "Rule", like the one about eating food that was dropped on the floor

What is Five Second Rule?
200

Stretching for about 5,500 miles, the world's longest land mountain range is this South American one

What is The Andes?
200

Peter Finch was mad as hell as deranged newsman Howard Beale in this 1976 film

What is Network?

300

Peter Sagal

What is Wait Wait Don't Tell Me?

300

This doll brand is quite cute, though its name might suggest otherwise

What is UglyDoll?

300

277 miles long & often 1 mile deep, it's the largest gorge in the U.S. of A.

What is the Grand Canyon?

300

In the "Harry Potter" series, Rita Skeeter wields a quill for this daily paper

What is The Quibble?

400

Garrison Keillor

What is Prairie Home Companion?
400

This card "game of crazy comparisons" has a fruity name

What is Apples to Apples?

400

About 23 degrees N. of the equator is the Tropic of Cancer; about 23 degrees S. of the equator is the Tropic of this

What is Capricorn?

400

He created the TV series "Sports Night" & "The Newsroom"

Who is Aaron Sorkin?

500

Tom and Ray Magliozzi

What is Car Talk?
500

Dolls that are part of the student body of this school include Frankie Stein & Draculaura

What is Monster High?

500

The largest peninsula on earth is mostly made up of this Middle Eastern country

What is Saudi Arabia?

500

In the original comics, Clark Kent works for this Metropolis newspaper

What is The Daily Planet?

500

Movies

Given an R rating for violence, this 2004 movie set in ancient times was the highest grossing film of that year.