You Kids Today!
Speed Reading
Business
TV Reality Check
My "BA-E"
200

I think you like ink: 3 in 10 Americans have one of these today, up from 2 in 10 less than 5 years ago

a tattoo

200

Eric Schlosser:
"____ Food Nation "

fast

200

This company calls its Mustang "#1 sports car for over 45 years"

Ford

200

Palau, Micronesia & Vanuatu have all been exotic settings for this TV show

Survivor
200

The name of this operatic voice is from the Greek for "deep-sounding"

baritone

400

You're not rushing to the plow, as the average age of this occupation is up from 51 in 1982 to near 60 today

farming

400

Maira Kalman & Daniel Handler:
"____ Up and Wait"

Hurry

400

A crown symbolizes this company that produces 10,000 new & redesigned greeting cards a year

Hallmark

400

f you've been "Keeping Up with the Kardashians", you'll know she's the oldest of the 3 sisters

Kourtney

400

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Ryan Murphy captured gold medals in the 100- & 200-meter this

Backstroke

600

Kelley Blue Book research shows that 97% of teens have or want this document that some millennials scorned

a drivers license 

600

Stephen Hawking:
"A ____ History of Time"

brief

600

This biotech biggie was founded in 1980 as Applied Molecular Genetics

Amgen

600

On "Deadliest Catch", crews risk life & limb to catch these, like the snow or the king

crab

600

It's a massive bombardment of missiles, as seen here, or of criticism

barrage

800

Oldsters don't love this political philosophy defined by Bernie Sanders in a Nov. 19, 2015 speech; kids like it more

socialism 

800

Louis L'Amour:
"The ____ and the Dead"

Quick
800

This British billionaire gave a TED talk entitled "Life at 30,000 Feet"

Richard Branson
800

These 2 coaches on "The Voice" have been there for all 12 seasons of the show

Adam Levine & Blake Shelton

800

It's the longer, fancier name for a bachelor's degree

a baccalaureate

1000

Percentages of 2012 graduates carrying loans were 66 for public colleges & 88 for this type of private college

for-profit colleges

1000

Victor Appleton II:
"Tom ____ and His Thermo-Ion Jetpack"

Swift

1000

This 5-letter company began in 1903 as a wholesale cheese business

Kraft
1000

"You are evicted" is the elimination catchphrase on this reality TV show

Big Brother

1000

Almost all aluminum comes from this ore

bauxite