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100

A postulant leaves the convent temporarily to become a governess for the Von Trapp family in this Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical.

What is The Sound of Music?

100

Carrot Top

What is redhead?

100

The original version of the hit song “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot [missing word]” was released by Brian Hyland in 1960.

What is bikini?

100

Areas above this circle are often called the “Land of the Midnight Sun,” but in the winter, those same areas receive days of no sunlight.

What is Arctic?

100

In 1999, this All My Children actress was nominated for the 19th time in a row for an Emmy before finally winning one that year.

Who is Susan Lucci?

200

Carol Channing played the original Mrs. Dolly Levi on Broadway in this musical.

What is Hello Dolly?

200

Someone who exhibits grace under pressure is said to be cool as this.

What is cucumber?

200

This is Paul Simon’s tune with the title of a branded color film.

Answer: What is “Kodachrome”?

200

No two of these winter precipitations are alike.

What are snowflakes?

200

This “slice of the 1950s and 1960s” sitcom ran for 10 years but never won an Emmy. It did, however, give us one of TV’s most beloved characters—the Fonz.

What is Happy Days? 

300

In this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, household pets with human characteristics take the place of humans as characters.

What is Cats?

300

When the work is easy and the pay is exceptional, you're riding this train.

What is gravy?

300

The title of Sheb Wooley’s 1958 silly song was “[this color] People Eater.”

What is purple?

300

DAILY DOUBLE

This is what happens every spring when snow and ice turn to water.

300

This iconic American figure has an extraordinary amount of non-acting TV and film credits as well as numerous global theme properties and has won the most Academy Awards. The last one was awarded posthumously in 1969 for Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.

Who is Walt Disney?

400

This Broadway musical came after the film and is set in London. The storyline is woven around the life of the Banks family, their nanny and the nanny's friend Bert, a chimney sweep.

What is Mary Poppins?

400

To use your noodle is to use this body part.

What is brain or head?

400

In 1976, Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots topped the charts with a disco song that featured this feathered animal.

What is duck? The song is “Disco Duck.”

400

Snowflakes are transparent, but they appear white because they reflect this.

What is light?

400

This actress who starred in Sophie’s Choice, The Devil Wears Prada, Kramer vs. Kramer, Julie and Julia, and The Iron Lady has won more Academy Award nominations than anyone else in history.

Who is Meryl Streep?

500

In this 1970 Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera, the lead character is a superstar.

What is Jesus Christ, Superstar?

500

A bun in the oven.

What is pregnant?

500

In Maria Muldaur’s nonsensical and catchy 1973 hit, she sings about sand dunes, sheiks, camels, belly dancing, and “traces of romance in our heads.”

What is “Midnight at the Oasis”?

500

Light and fluffy snow shares its name with the personal care product used on the face to reduce shine.

What is powder?

500

This actress has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards and has brought home four. According to Good Housekeeping, she has won awards for Morning Glory(1934), Guess Who‘s Coming to Dinner (1968), The Lion in Winter (1969), and On Golden Pond (1982).

Who is Katharine Hepburn?