Before they were famous (for commercials)
Places Named for People
Animated Deaths
Mashup Products
I've a "C" in Math
But I'm doing "Great" in History
Final Jeopardy
100
Stephanie Courtney worked the switchboard on Mad Men before becoming a spokesperson for this company.
What is Progressive?
100
A country named after Simón Bolívar.
What is Bolivia?
100
Angela dies because she went "swimming less than 20 minutes after eating"; but Family Guy really killed her off because this Star Wars actress, who voiced Angela, passed away in 2016.
Who is Carrie Fisher?
100
Candy bar named after Sacagawea's traveling companions.
What is a Lewis and Clark bar?
100
The enclosing boundary of a curved geometric figure, especially a circle.
What is "circumference"?
100
This not so "great" historical era kicked off with a 1929 stock market crash.
What is the Great Depression?
200
Before Kevin Miles became spokesperson for this company, he appeared on the 2000s teen sitcom ICarly.
What is State Farm?
200
A midwestern US state capital named after the 4th President.
What is Madison, Wisconsin?
200
From December 1992 to October 1993, DC comics chronicled the death and resurrection of this character.
Who is Superman?
200
Company founded by an 80s Laker great that makes a single-shot Covid vaccine.
What is Magic Johnson and Johnson?
200
It's what the "C" stands for in E= MC2.
What is the speed of light?
200
In English, this document's name would be "the Great Charter."
What is the Magna Carta?
300
Befor becoming famous as spokesperson for this 2000s product, Vince Offer had only a few minor roles, including one in the raunchy Underground Comedy Movie.
What is Sham-Wow!
300
A country named after Phillip II of Spain.
What are the Phillipines?
300
This Springfield resident, Ned Flanders's wife, dies in the episode entitled “Alone Again, Natura-Diddily."
Who is Maude Flanders?
300
Healthy cereal invented by the singers of "Rich Girl" and "Maneater."
What is Hall and Quaker Oates?
300
The "C" word that belongs in slot #2.
What is cosine?
300
Aristotle was the personal teacher of this ancient Greek Macedonian who conquered much of the known world.
Who is Alexander the Great?
300
Example of Mashup Clue:
Children's book in which the King of Queens takes a ride on a really big piece of fruit.
What is Kevin James and the Giant Peach?
400
Decades before Jonathan Goldmsith became a spokesman for this, he had roles on Charlie's Angels, Magnum PI, and Days of Our Lives.
What is . . .
400
The only US State named after a French king.
What is Louisiana?
400
She, Rapunzel's evil "mother," dies at the end of Tangled.
Who is Mother Gothel?
400
You'll use these to play beer pong on the Millenium Falcon.
What are Han Solo Cups?
400
In the Pythagorean theorem a2+b2=c2, it's the part of the right triangle represented by "c."
What is the hypotenuse?
400
This "great" Roman Jewish ruler appears in the Gospel of Matthew, where he decides to have all newborn babies slaughtered.
Who is Herod the Great?
400
The Category is . . .
Famous June Writings
500
Before becoming a spokesperson for this company, Isaiah Mustafa played a police officer in Horrible Bosses.
What is Old Spice?
500
Zimbabwe used to be called this, in honor of Cecil Rhodes.
What is Rhodesia?
500
This character has died (or been killed) more times than any other Looney Tunes character.
Who is Sylvester?
500
If Hamlet had written the famous military recruitment slogan from the 1980s to the 2000s.
What is "To Be or Not to Be all You Can Be"?
500
Commonly called " [this c-word] theory," it's a branch of mathematics that deals with complex systems whose behavior is highly sensitive to slight changes in conditions, so that small alterations can give rise to strikingly great consequences.
What is chaos theory?
500
This alliteratively "great" Pope is credited with starting the conversion of the Anglo Saxons to Christianity in the late sixth century.
Who is Gregory the Great?
500
On June 6, 1944, he wrote to his soldiers...
"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you."
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?