Friends
Feed
Fled
The Fed
Fred Said
100
Common descriptors for this superhero include: “friendly” and “neighborhood”
Who is Spider-Man?
100
Spent grain from making this beverage can be fed to cows to increase their milk production
What is beer?
100
If faced with mortal danger, you might have this 2-option “response”
What is fight-or-flight?
100
In order to keep the price of your grocery run down, the Federal Reserve aims to maintain this key economic rate at 2%
What is inflation?
100
In April 2009, Lucas Cruikshank’s character "FЯED" became the first YouTube account to reach this milestone
What is gain 1 million subscribers?
200
“I can tell that we are going to be friends,” sang this alt-rock duo
Who are The White Stripes?
200
This three-letter substance is regurgitated by cattle, sheep, and other ruminants so they can chow down again, digesting their food twice
What is cud?
200
On May 27, 1940, a makeshift fleet of civilian boats and naval ships rescued 338,000 Allied soldiers from this French port
What is Dunkirk?
200
In 1971, the Fed became responsible for the value of the US dollar, after its value stopped being based on the value of this naturally occurring element
What is gold?
200
This abolitionist said in 1860: “It is just as criminal to rob a man of his right to speak and hear as it would be to rob him of his money”
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
Before they moved to NYC and created the show “Friends,” Marta Kauffman and David Crane met at this Waltham, MA university
What is Brandeis University?
300
During WWII, the US Dept. of Agriculture recommended keeping “Victory Flocks” of this animal, which could eat kitchen scraps, lay food and drop garden fertilizer
What are chickens?
300
This Americana artist painted “The Runaway” for a September 1958 issue of the Saturday Morning Post
Who is Norman Rockwell?
300
The lowest-value Federal Reserve Note is worth this amount in USD
What is $1?
300
This animated character said in a tobacco ad to his young TV viewers in 1961: “Winston tastes good like a cigarette should!”
Who is Fred Flintsone?
400
A 2023 Pew Research poll found that 31% of women talk about this topic with their close friends, while men only discuss it 15% of the time
What is their mental health?
400
This is the term for feed served to livestock, and is also used in metaphor to refer to soldiers under cannon fire
What is fodder?
400
Successful air pirate “D. B. Cooper” escaped with his $200k by parachuting out of the hijacked plane and landing in a remote forest region of this Evergreen state
What is Washington?
400
This “gateway” state is the only one in the nation to have 2 Federal reserve banks – one on its eastern border and one on its western
What is Missouri?
(St. Louis and Kansas City)
400
This real-estate mogul once said of his son in 1976: "I gave [him] free rein. He has great vision and everything he touches seems to turn to gold. ... [He] is the smartest person I know"
Who is Fred Trump?
500
“How likely are you to recommend to a friend?” asks this key customer loyalty metric
What is NPS (Net Promoter Score)?
500
Feeding livestock a protein-rich diet creates a large carbon footprint – a problem that Dutch company Protix attempts to solve with a protein supplement made of this ingredient
What are insects?
500
In 1949, this religious leader successfully fled the approaching Chinese army by disguising himself in work clothes, and walking unnoticed through the his city’s crowds
Who is the Dalai Lama?
500
In his 2009 book, “End the Fed,” this Libertarian presidential candidate argues that the Fed is corrupt and unconstitutional
Who is Ron Paul?
500
This man said in 1969: “I feel that if we in public television can only make it clear that feelings are mentionable and manageable, we will have done a great service for mental health”
Who is Fred Rogers?