Jeopardy B 4/18/25

Urban Legends

100

They say we all swallow an average of 8 of these annually in our sleep

Spiders

200

They say that this 1919 mistake resulted in a 86-year long curse during which the Red Sox did not win a World Series

Selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees

300

In Korea and Japan they say that running one of these in your room at night can result in sudden death

fan

400

They say there is a mysterious trend of popular musicians who die at this age (Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, etc.)

27

500

They say that this Beatles member died in 1966 and was secretly replaced by a body double

Paul McCartney

Just Desserts

100

This dessert is so closely associated with the US that it's sometimes used to describe other uniquely American things

Apple pie

200

The Key Lime Pie was invented in this state 

Florida 

300

This whipped dessert shares a name with a large New England mammal

mousse 

400

This fancy dessert is made of a custard topped by a hardened caramelized layer of sugar created with a torch 

creme brulee 

500

The name of this Massachusetts inn where the chocolate chip cookie was invented still appears on bags of Nestle chocolate chips

Toll House

Make by Models

100

Camry, Tacoma, RAV4

Toyota

200

Silverado, Malibu, Equinox

Chevrolet (Chevy) 

300

Golf, Jetta, Tiguan

Volkswagen 

400

Altima, Rogue, Sentra

Nissan

500

Elantra, Santa Fe, Tuscon

Hyundai 

Disney Princesses

100

She was the original Disney princess and had to hide from her evil stepmother with several diminutive friends 

Snow White

200

This Disney princess spends much of the second half of the film unable to speak

Ariel

300

The only Disney princess who is a skilled archer

Merida 

400

This Disney princess spends most of the movie asleep (name the princess, not the movie)

Aurora

500

She was the first non-white Disney princess and was based on Princess Badroulbadour in One Thousand and One Nights

Jasmine

Islands

100

This is the geographical term for a group of islands

archipelago

200

Approximately 1 in 4 Italian immigrants to the US from 1870 - 1920 were from this island

Sicily

300

This is the largest island that doesn't qualify as a continent

Greenland

400

These islands were where Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution of species by natural selection

Galapagos Islands

500

This Indonesian island is the most populated in the world

Java