IOWA
CHARLES SCHULZ
ON THE SLOPES
JEOPARDY
1934
100

Red:  Only state abbreviation with two vowels in the USA

What is IA?

100

White:  Name of the famous comic strip created by Charles Schulz

What was "Peanuts"?

100

Blue:  Meaning of trail sign displaying double black diamonds

What is "Experts Only" or "Most Difficult"?

100

Red:  Most famous "Jeopardy" host

Who is Alex Trebek?

100

White:  10 cents per gallon

What was the price of gasoline IN 1934?

200

Blue:  Capital & Largest City

What is Des Moines?

200

Red:  The usual sleeping place of Snoopy

What is on his back on top of his doghouse?

200

White:  Two years after Randa was born, Alpine Skiing was added to this sporting event

What were the 1936 Olympics?

200

Blue:  He holds the title for most wins on the show

Who is Ken Jennings (the current host)?

He won 74 times for $2,522,700

200

Red:  Scottish monster spotted for first time

What is the Loch Ness monster?

300

White:  Born in Winterset, Iowa, he became a famous actor known as "the Duke"

Who is John Wayne?

300

Blue:  Object which "Peanuts" made famous through the character of Linus

What is the "Security Blanket"?

(A fuzzy object a child holds for comfort)

300

Red:  Avid skier who developed Mammoth Mountain resort

Who is Dave McCoy?

300

White:  Creator of the game show "Jeopardy"

Who is Merv Griffin?

300

Blue:  Famous male & female bank robbers ambushed and killed

Who were Bonnie Parker and Clyde Champion Barrow?  (January 14, 1934)

400

Red:  Two rivers that form the West and East borders of Iowa

What are Missouri River and Mississippi River?

400

White:  Name of Snoopy's bird friend

What is Woodstock?

400

Blue:  Oldest operating ski resort in the USA is in this state

What is Colorado?

Howelsen Hill Ski Area, located in Steamboat Springs, Colorado opened in 1915

400

Red:  Number of years since "Jeopardy" aired on TV (+/- 5 years)

What is 60?

Aired on March 30, 1964

400

White:  Luxury Liner launched in Scotland in 1934

What is the Queen Mary?

Same birth year as Randa

500

Blue:  The only U.S. President born in Iowa

Who is Herbert Clark Hoover born on August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa

500

Red:  Occupation of Charlie Brown's father & Charles Schulz's father

What is barber?

500

White:  Current number of chair lifts at Mammoth Mountain (excludes gondolas) (+/- 1)

What is 25? (excludes gondolas)

500

Blue:  Title of Jeopardy's theme song

What is "Think"?

500

Final Jeopardy:  1934 in Roman Numerals

What is MCMXXXIV?