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"Wild"ish
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February 2 in History
Final Jeopardy
100
Bill Murray famously fought with this director on set (they worked previously on Caddyshack and Ghostbusters) -- they didn't speak again until shortly before the director's death in 2014
Who was Harold Ramis?
100
Winnie the Pooh's friend is this young pig
Who is Piglet?
100
American actress and director(b. 1984), best known for her roles in the TV show House, and directing Booksmart
Who is Olivia Wilde?
100
In May 1958 an electronics tinkerer & a doctor kept a dog's heart going with a gizmo they called tiknik & this device was born
What is a pacemaker?
100
On this day in 1901, this monarch's funeral takes place in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England
Who was Queen Victoria?
100
SCI-FI TV: One of the twin planets this alien race called home was Remus
Who are the Romulans?
200
The movie wasn't shot in Punxsutawney PA, but instead was filmed in this town in Illinois, which shares a name with a music festival and a Peanuts character
What is Woodstock?
200
Charlotte's the name of the spider, and this is the name of the pig
What is Wilbur?
200
American writer, teacher and journalist (1867-1957), best known for a series of books about her childhood
Who was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
200
Jack Cover read about a man who survived walking into an electric fence & as a result, police use these devices
What are tasers?
200
On this day in 1927, a Broadway theater named after this impresario opened on the corner of 54th & 6th Ave. - his self-titled show opened there 4 years later (building was razed in 1966)
Who was Florenz Ziegfeld?
200
THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET: This discovery of November 8, 1895 by a German physicist represents a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet
What are X rays?
300
This member of the leading cast's brother played Buster Green, the town mayor
Who is Bill Murray?
300
Napoleon (based on Joseph Stalin) is the antagonist in this book
What is Animal Farm?
300
American Wild West folk hero (1837-1876)
Who is Wild Bill Hickok?
300
The advocacy of Canadian soldier John Counsell, who suffered a spinal injury in the 1942 Dieppe Raid, led to the 1st electric one of these in the 1950s
What is a wheelchair?
300
On this day in 1959 three rockers had their 1959 last performances at Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa -- they would die in a plane crash the following day
Who was Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper?
300
MOVIE DIRECTORS: On visiting RKO in 1939, he described the studio as the biggest electric train set any boy ever had
Who was Orson Welles?
400
Character actor Stephen Tobolowsky plays this character, who accosts Phil in the hopes of selling him insurance
Who is Ned Ryerson?
400
She is th title character in several children's books by Ian Falconer
Who is Olivia?
400
British actor and singer (1952-2006), best known for his role as The Artful Dodger in Oliver!
Who was Jack Wild?
400
In 1859 Gaston Planté developed "the accumulator", a world-changing one of these found in many cars today
What is a battery?
400
On this day in 1954 "The Nutcracker" ballet choreographed by George Balanchine debuted with this Native American ballerina (his former wife) as the Sugar Plum Fairy
Who was Maria Tallchief?
400
ART: Perhaps bought from a Sears catalog, a window for an 1880s farmhouse inspired the name of this 1930 painting
What is American Gothic?
500
Actor Chris Elliot plays the hapless Larry the cameraman, who gets sold at auction for this paltry amount
What is two bits (25 cents, a quarter)?
500
Identify this pig character, who has been the mascot of the Washington Commanders since 2023
Who is Major Tuddy?
500
British actor seen here (1912-1979) best known for his five year marriage to Elizabeth Taylor and his role in Hitchcock's Stage Fright
Who was Michael Wilding?
500
n the 1830s Joseph Henry invented this 5-letter device used in telegraphs; he used it to send lunch orders from his lab to his home
What is a relay?
500
On this day in 1925 this loud-mouthed American actress (TV: 30 Rock; Broadway: Company), and member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2014)
Who was Elaine Stritch?
500
BRAND NAMES: This brand got its name in 1940 after a distillery executive took friends on a hunting trip
What is Wild Turkey?