Riverboats
This iconic feature is common to riverboats.
What is a paddle wheel?
It was the cost of minting and distributing a penny in 2024.
How much is 3.69 cents?
A 1967 Beatles song release, flip-side to "Strawberry Fields Forever".
What was "Penny Lane"?
A person of no value.
What is a "bad penny"?
It's the most popular gambling card game.
What is "Texas Hold'em"?
What is the Mississippi River?
It was the one production year for the "steel cent" - the only penny minted entirely free of copper.
What was 1943?
She played Laverne DeFazio in a late 70's TV sitcom, and was first wife to a recently murdered Hollywood director.
Who was Penny Marshall?
A casual leather shoe with a decorative slot.
What is a "penny loafer"?
A crowded home by any other name.
What is a "full house"?
It's a power source common to historical riverboats and the nomenclature for vessel classification.
What is steam?
This toxic metal became the bulk substance minted in modern pennies.
What is zinc?
A female character in a 1960's TV series that was out of this world and featured a robot.
Who was Penny Robinson?
A large amount of money.
They're called bullets.
What are aces?
"Cotton Blossom" was its name and "Ol' Man River" was its song.
What was Show Boat?
It was the year Lincoln's profile first adorned the one cent coin, commemorating the 100th year of his birth.
What was 1902?
A song popularized by Bing Crosby in a 1936 movie by the same name.
What is "Pennies From Heaven"?
A highly speculative investment.
What is "a penny stock"?
It outranks two-pair but is crooked to a straight.
What is three-of-a-kind?
This 21st century cataclysm devasted the riverboat casino industry and lead to reconstruction mostly on riverfront dry ground.
What was Hurricane Katrina?
It's the collector edition name for the last penny minted in 2025.
What is the Omega Penny?
"Mack the Knife" and "Pirate Jenny" were songs in this musical production.
What was "A Three Penny Opera"?
Something trivial, cheap or having no significance.
What is "penny ante"?
An unnatural card, able to transition in any circumstance.
What is a wild card?