“Shore”-ey
Brecken-“Ridge”
Phoenix, AZ
“Booths” on the ground!
Noam “Chom”-skon
200

This is the closest sand beach to campus.

What is 63rd street beach?

200

It‘s huge and it’s in Nepal!

What is Mount Everest?

200

It’s a big cactus in Phoenix!

What is Saguaro?

200

It started the Allied liberation of Europe.

What is D-Day?

200
Noam went on this noted pedophile’s private jet.

Who is Jeffrey Epstein?

400

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

What is Bondi Beach?

400

It’s a range that goes through Colorado!

What are the Rockies?

400

DAILY DOUBLE

He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008.

400

This 1991 operation liberated Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.

What is Operation Desert Storm?

400

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

What is the University of Pennsylvania?

600

DAILY DOUBLE

It’s where Joe Biden summers.

600

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

What are the Appalachians?

(Also accept the Smokies)

600

He was the 1964 Republican nominee for president!

Who is Barry Goldwater?

600

This operation in Pakistan successfully killed Osama bin Laden. 

What is Operation Neptune Spear?
600

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

What is Semantics?

800

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

What is Ipanema?

800

It’s a lost city in the Peruvian Andes.

What is Machu Picchu?

800

This desert runs through Phoenix, AZ.

What is the Sonoran Desert?

800

The 1989 Operation Just Cause deposed this Central American dictator. 

Who is Manuel Noriega?

800

It’s his signature theory relating to human development.

What is Universal Grammar?

1000

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

What are tide pools?

1000

It’s the tallest mountain in the lower 48!

What is Mount Whitney?

1000

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

What is Petsmart?

1000

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

What is Israel?

1000

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

What is Brazil?