“Shore”-ey
Brecken-“Ridge”
Phoenix, AZ
“Booths” on the ground!
Noam “Chom”-skon
100
It’s where Joe Biden summers

What is Rehoboth Beach?

100

It‘s huge and it’s in Nepal!

What is Mount Everest?

100

It’s a big cactus in Phoenix!

What is Saguaro?

100

It started the Allied liberation of Europe

What is D-Day?

100
Noam went on this noted pedophile’s private jet.

Who is Jeffrey Epstein?

200

It’s a famous beach in Sidney, Australia, which shares a name with a certain former US Attorney General. 

What is Bondi Beach

200

It’s a range that goes through Colorado!

What are the Rockies?

200

He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008

Who is John McCain?

200

This 1991 operation liberated Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.

What is Operation Desert Storm?

200

Noam completed his BA, MA, and PhD at this Ivy League University.

What is the University of Pennsylvania?

300

There’s a girl from this beachfront town in a classic Bossa Nova standard.

What is Ipanema

300

It’s an American range, and the world epicenter of salamander diversity!

What are the Appalachians?

(Also accept the Smokies)

300

He was the 1964 Republican nominee for president!

Who is Barry Goldwater?

300

This operation in Pakistan successfully killed Osama bin Laden. 

What is Operation Neptune Spear?
300

This subfield of Generative Grammar studies the rule systems that determine expressions' meanings.

What is Semantics?

400

This ecosystem is formed when receding water leaves pockets in shore rocks.

What are tide pools?

400

It’s a lost city in the Peruvian Andes

What is Machu Picchu?

400

This desert runs through Phoenix, AZ.

What is the Sonoran Desert?

400

The 1989 Operation Just Cause deposed this Central American dictator. 

Who is Manuel Noriega?

400

It’s his signature theory relating to human development.

What is Universal Grammar?

500

This star-shaped sand consisting of skeletons from organisms in the family Calcirinidae is only found on Okinawa beaches. 

What is Hoshizuna?

500

It’s the tallest mountain in the lower 48!

What is Mount Whitney?

500

This major pet supplies retailer is based in Phoenix, AZ.

What is Petsmart?

500

In 1976’s Operation Thunderbolt, this country’s military successfully rescued hostages at Entebbe Airport in Uganda.

What is Israel?

500

Noam Retired to this country after suffering a stroke in 2023.

What is Brazil?