Before & After
The subject of a Rossini opera and character associated with an apple merges with an Edgar Allan Poe story about a vital organ
What is the William Tell-Tale Heart?
A surprising feature of the new format of the season is the removal of this iconic centerpiece of the show
What is Mt. Midoriyama?
What is the four-stage national finals course?
For the game to work, the wheels on the karts have to spin; this common force supplies the torque required to spin these wheels while the karts hit the road
What is friction?
The hope of achieving the 20th-century successor of manifest destiny gets taken away from someone in the words of Langston Hughes
What is the American Dream deferred?
The age limit has gone down by this many years throughout the show's history, allowing a fresh breath of speed to enter the scene in recent years
What is 6?
Namesake of a key observatory in the Mario series; these objects can have elliptical, parabolic, or hyperbolic paths, and those with elliptical paths become recurring delights for stargazers
What are comets?
DAILY DOUBLE
A popular three-act Puccini opera causes larger-than expected consequences among its spectators
Despite the eventual replacement of every other obstacle the show has featured, this iconic ramp has withstood the test of time; in the finals, there is only one way to fail it
What is the warped wall?
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
The popular four-movement Dvorak composition with a title associated with exploration boards a mega-size Royal Caribbean cruise ship
What is the New World Symphony of the Seas?
Along with one obstacle, this legendary competitor has withstood the test of time by being the only person to compete in every single season
Who is David Campbell?
The game's first course is the Mario Bros. Circuit, inspired by the southwestern United States; Steinbeck opens a well-known novel featuring a journey set there by describing land showing these two colors
What are red and gray?
A novel about the experiences of an Asian-American family in California attempts to play a multiplayer online game, but it finds out that the game's servers have shut down in 2017
What is The Joy Luck Club Penguin?
A recent champion of the show, Vance Walker, has been performing well despite being diagnosed with this disease that hinders physical movement
What is cerebral palsy?
Waves are everywhere in the series, from those in the water to the ones lighting up Rainbow Road; the waves in the latter scenario have a set speed that equals the product of these two quantities
What are wavelength and frequency?