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Short Kings
100

A skin condition called tinea corporis (caused by a fungus, unlike its namesake)

What is Ringworm?

100

Enforced from 1920 to 1933, this era saw the rise of speakeasies, bootlegging, and organized crime. 

What is Prohibition?

100

Megan has this full professional title.

What is Megan Goldberg, RN BSN?

100

Dr. Seuss serves breakfast to Broadway's favorite founding father

What is Green Eggs and Hamilton?

100

Bruno Mars, a Grenade singer and former Elvis impersonator, shared this strategy for appearing taller on stage: wearing these, often associated with a wide brim.

What is a wide-brimmed hat?

200

The typical first sign of an infection called tetanus

What is lockjaw?

200

Originally a celebratory drink among hunters, this herbal liqueur features a stag on its green bottle.

What is Jäegermeister?

200

Megan played these sports growing up but ultimately stuck with cheerleading throughout high school.

What are softball, field hockey, soccer, and gymnastics?

200

A beloved TV scientist takes a detour from the lab to Flavortown with a spiky-haired chef.

What is Bill Nye the Science Guy Fieri?

200

The original Short King, this actor who played the Penguin in Batman Returns and Frank Reynolds in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, stated that he had never heard the term but it brought him joy.

Who is Danny DeVito 

300

The clinical term is ephelides

What are Freckles?

300

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, this beer won a prize that became permanently stitched into its name.

What is Pabst Blue Ribbon?

300

Megan has 3 siblings: Hannah, Alex, and Addie. This is the one she would say is her favorite.

NONE! She loves all her siblings equally you horrible people!!

300

E.B. White's most helpful arachnid launches a medical website

What is Charlotte’s Web MD?

300

Roller coasters at this amusement park include The Great Pumpkin Coaster and Woodstock Express allow riders as short as 36 inches tall.

What is King’s Dominion?

400

EA complex surgical operation on the pancreas formally called a pancreatoduodenectomy

What is the Whipple Procedure?

400

This infamous Chicago mob boss made a fortune in bootlegging, eventually being brought down not by liquor charges, but by tax evasion in 1931. 

Who is Al Capone?

400

Megan was this age when she had her first period at a football game.

What is 12?

400

Famous Marilyn Monroe movie if it were soundtracked by Chappell Roan

Some Like it Hot to Go!

400

This NHL team came up short when they lost the Stanley Cup Series to the Montreal Canadians 4-1 in 1993

What are the LA Kings?

500

The elbow surgery involving Ulnar Collateral Ligament reconstruction, named after the pitcher

What is Tommy John surgery?

500

Passed over President Woodrow Wilson's veto in 1919, this act formally provided for the enforcement of the 18th Amendment.

What is the Volstead Act?

500

Megan was living at this address when she lost her virginity.

Um…what is she is waiting for marriage and is still a virgin?

500

Hollandaise-laden breakfast dish becomes known as a traitor in the United States

What are Eggs Benedict Arnold?

500

In 2024, Daniel Radcliffe added Tony Winner to his "Short King" resume, taking the trophy for his role in this Sondheim musical.

Who is Daniel Radcliffe?