POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS
BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY
DESSERT
BARTENDING 101
6-LETTER ADVERBS
THE LYIN' IN WINTER
200
In the "Shrek" movies, it's the name of the donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy
Donkey
200
The Hawkeyes' home is this 2-word town
Iowa City
***
200
Popular in the South, chess pie is basically this pie without those big brown nuts
pecan pie
200
Adding olive juice to a martini earns the drink this sullied adjective
dirty
200
Coming before "departed", this word begins an alliterative idiom referring to the recently deceased
dearly
200
We used to walk 8 miles in the snow between Minneapolis & this capital city to get to school at Concordia University
St. Paul
400
In this 1997 film Jack Nicholson asks a group of psychiatric patients, "What if this is as good as it gets?"
As Good As It Gets
400
This Illinois city was originally called West Urbana; here's to it, so say we all!
Champaign
400
This Spanish dessert with a 4-letter name is custard with a layer of caramel sauce
flan
400
To release their oils & flavor, use a special tool called a muddler to crush these leaves when making a mojito
mint
400
Often found on prescriptions, P.O. means a medicine should be taken this way
orally
400
In the Himalayas, you bet we saw the big creature of myth who got this anglicized name from a journalist in the '20s; no pics though
the Abominable Snowman
600
It's the eponymous title of the 1988 collection of early hits by R.E.M. on I.R.S. Records
Eponymous
600
They're the westernmost & the easternmost Big Ten Schools; the westerners are 5-0 in the football rivalry (2/25/22)
Nebraska & Rutgers
600
A line from "The Godfather": "Leave the gun, take" this dessert
a cannoli
600
Flair bartending is the term used for entertaining, flamboyant mixing & serving as done by Tom Cruise in this film
Cocktail
600
The Latin adverb semper translates to this other 6-letter adverb
always
600
Hard to believe we just beat Dan Jansen's 1994 gold medal-winning time in the 1,000 meters in this sport
speed skating
800
Before co-starring in "Get Out", Allison Williams played one of the girls on this HBO series
Girls
800
Named for an explorer, this Big Ten capital city is at the junction of the Olentangy & Scioto rivers
Columbus
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800
Marshmallows, almonds & chocolate ice cream pave the way to make this classic flavor
Rocky Road
800
An Irish nut mixes amaretto or Frangelico & this brand of cream liqueur
Bailey's
800
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Old-timey adverb that can follow "come" & precede "yon"
hither
800
We snowmobiled all the way up this alphanumeric mountain, all 28,251 feet of it! Then played some Yahtzee at the peak
K2
1000
Redd Foxx of TV's "Sanford and Son" had the real name John this
Sanford
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1000
Home to a Big Ten school, this state capital was named for a president who died in the year of its founding, 1836
Madison, Wisconsin
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1000
What the French call an omelette norvégienne is what Americans call this dessert
a Baked Alaska
1000
The appropriate garnish is important; use a lemon slice for this drink that combines beer & lemonade
a shandy
1000
This good-natured adverb is repeated in the name of a "Guys and Dolls" character
nicely
1000
We would've given our beloved mail carrier a Mercedes to observe this day, December 26, but federal law maxes single gifts at $20
Boxing Day