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Final Jeopardy
100

These people reached adulthood in during World War I (2 words)

What is the Lost Generation?

100

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." is a famous quote from this American inventor

Who was Thomas Edison?

100

The first movie with Harrison Ford sporting a fedora and a whip

What is Raiders of the Lost Ark?

100

Best known for his sonorous voice (Darth Vader, Mufasa), this actor died in September at age 93.

Who was James Earl Jones?

100

On this day in 1965, this first animated Peanuts special debuts on CBS

What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?

100

GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: The 1964 article that gave this term its current use noted the "menace that haunts the Atlantic off our southeastern coast"

What is the Bermuda Triangle?

200

Do it right now (5 words)!

What is "he/she who hesitates is lost"?

200

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Alexander Hamilton are some of these

What are Founding Fathers?

200

Tom Cruise famously lip-synced this song to Kelly McGillis in Top Gun

What is "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"?

200

From Frank Sinatra to "Thriller", this composer and producer died this year at age 91.

Who was Quincy Jones?

200

This American character actress, best known as the Wicked Witch of the West, was born this day in 1902 (d. 1985)

Who was Margaret Hamilton?

200

INTERNATIONAL LANDMARKS: In December 2020 an international agreement added nearly 3 feet to the height of this; one surveyor lost half a toe in the effort

What is Mount Everest?

300

If the book really meanders, you've got this three word problem.

What is Lost the Plot?

300

Weighed in the balance and...

What is found wanting?

300

The Robot from this TV show regularly states, "Danger, Will Robinson!"

What is Lost in Space?

300

This British beauty for introducing the song "Send in the Clowns", and as the mother in Mary Poppins.

Who was Glynis Johns?

300

I am Spartacus!  I am Spartacus!  This American actor was born this day in 1916 (d. 2020) in New York, his son is a famous actor as well

Who was Kirk Douglas?

300

SINGERS: In 2021 at age 95, this singer achieved a Guinness World Record for the oldest person to release an album of new material

Who was Tony Bennett?

400

If your money quickly exits your fingers, this is an issue...(5 words)

What is "lost money hand over fist"?

400

"When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them" was a common line from this self-deprecating comedian's stand-up routine

Who was Rodney Dangerfield?

400

This is one of the lesser known Shakespearean comedies

What is Love's Labor Lost?

400

Liam Payne died in October at age 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina - this is the band he was best known for

Who are One Direction?

400

On this day in 1997, Tomorrow Never Dies, the 18th Bond film is released, starring this Irish actor, and this Morrible Asian actress

Who are Pierce Brosnan and Michelle Yeoh?

400

THEATER: In November 1864 John Wilkes Booth & his brothers were fittingly part of a performance of this Shakespeare play

What is Julius Caesar?

500

Nickname for Las Vegas, Nevada (4 words)

What is the City of Lost Wages?

500

Subtitle for Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (5 words)

What is "And What Alice Found There"?

500

1933 classic James Hilton novel which takes place in Shangri-La

What is Lost Horizon?

500

This former U.S. senator from Connecticut (active 1989 - 2013) was Al Gore's running mate in the 2000 presidential election.

Who was Joe Lieberman?

500

English poet and puritan, and author of Paradise Lost, was born in London, England on this day in 1608 (d. 1674)

Who was John Milton?

500

FAMOUS NAMES: In 2001 he published a book called "Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall"; in 2002, "Existencilism"

Who is Banksy?