The Year's Biggest Hit Song
Jeepardy
Foreign Phrases
Into the "wood"s
Rock Animals
400
2014:
Pharrell Williams must have been pleased by its success
What is "Happy"?
400
Designed in 1940 in just 75 days, the prototype Jeep was delivered to the U.S. Army on this appropriate November day
What is November 11th?
400
If you're pampered in Perugia, you're living this, Italian for "the sweet life"
What is "la dolce vita"?
400
To stave off bad luck, use your knuckles & do this
What is knock on wood?
400
In 1975 Joe Walsh was the "New Kid In Town" in this band
What is "The Eagles"?
800
2011:
Adele could've had it all, & did
What is "Rolling in the Deep"?
800
He's seen here riding in a Jeep on Leyte Island in November 1944, shortly after his return to the Philippines
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
800
An eighteenth-century Spanish singer was known as this; her name became an exclamation & we put "Ay!" before it
What is "caramba"?
800
On Aug. 15, 1969 Richie Havens kicked off this 4-day festival
What is Woodstock?
800
In 1982 "A Flock of" these flew into the Top 10 with "I Ran (So Far Away)"
What are seagulls?
1200
2017:
Ed Sheeran was in love with it
What is "The Shape of You"?
1200
In 1944 "Old Faithful", the first Marine Corps Jeep on Guadalcanal, got one of these medals for its bullet wounds
What is a purple heart?
1200
Voltaire said the English sometimes execute an admiral "pour encourager les autres", literally this
What is "to encourage the others"?
1200
Founded around the 1870s gold rush, this entire South Dakota city has been named a national historic landmark
What is Deadwood?
1200
What is "T. Rex"?
1600
1976:
You'd think that people would've had enough of this Wings tune
What is "Silly Love Songs"?
1600
After World War II, Jeeps were sold to farmers as "The All-Around Farm Work" this; one Jeep could do the work of 2
What are horses?
1600
German for "ladies & gentlemen" is "Meine Damen und" these, as in the "Cabaret" number "Willkommen"
What is "herren"?
1600
In Appalachia this rodent is known as a whistle pig
What is a woodchuck?
1600
These alliterative alt-rock rodents had a 2004 hit with "Float On"
What is "Modest Mouse"?
2000
1980:
Blondie was phoning it in with this hit from "American Gigolo"
What is "Call Me"?
2000
After the war the "Civilian Jeep" or "CJ" was marketed to consumers by this company
What is Willys?
2000
What is "ex post facto"?
2000
It was once the place where an unruly child was sent to receive his punishment
What is a woodshed?
2000
The name of this "Look Good On The Dancefloor" band combines a cold environment & tropical animals
What is "Arctic Monkeys"?