Show:
The 50-Yard Line
It's a Family Affair
Water Works
First Aid and Survival
At the Drop of a Hat
100
What was the real name of former Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles’ player “The Refrigerator”?
Answer: William Perry. He was hospitalized recently with a leg infection but is well on the road to recovery.
100
What game show was composed of two teams of family members and hosted by Richard Dawson?
Answer: Family Feud. “Survey says…”
100
What famous fountain in Rome is referred to in the 1954 film title Three Coins in the Fountain?
Answer: Trevi Fountain.
100
What first-aid technique do you use when someone’s heart stops beating?
Answer: CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
100
Where would you see someone wearing a mortarboard?
Answer: At a graduation. The mortarboard has a flat top with a tassel that hangs over the side of the hat.
200
What horses usually make an appearance during Super Bowl commercials?
Answer: The Budweiser Clydesdales
200
What 1970s sitcom starred Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker and Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker?
Answer: All in the Family.
200
What lake on the Canada-United States border is considered the largest freshwater lake (by surface area, not volume) in the world?
Answer: Lake Superior
200
Do you move a car accident victim, or do you wait for the paramedics to move the victim?
Answer: Wait for the paramedics to move the victim. You never want to move someone who could have a spinal injury.
200
What type of hat does Stetson make?
Answer: Cowboy (or western) hat.
300
Who was the longest-running professional football coach?
Answer: George Halas. He coached for a total of 40 years. He coached off and on from 1920–1967 and didn’t retire until he was 72. The George Halas Trophy is awarded to the NFC team champions.
300
What is the name of one of the March sisters in Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women?
Answer: Jo, Meg, Beth, or Amy.
300
Which is larger—the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean?
Answer: The Pacific Ocean. The five oceans, in order of size, are Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic Oceans. The Southern Ocean, defined in 2000, consists of waters around Antarctica.
300
What is the first step to take for a minor cut?
Answer: Wash the affected area.
300
Shriners wear a felt hat called a fez, named for a city in North Africa. In what country is Fez located?
Answer: Morocco.
400
Who makes more money—the average NFL player or the average MLB player?
Answer: The average MLB player. According to Forbes, the average MLB player makes double the salary of the average NFL player.
400
To what family do country music sisters Barbara, Louise, and Irlene belong?
Answer: Mandrell. Barbara Mandell is the most famous of the sisters as a solo act, and occasionally the sisters perform together as the Mandrell Sisters.
400
What two elements make up water?
Answer: Hydrogen and oxygen. One molecule of water contains two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
400
What technique is applied in the case of extreme choking—when a person cannot talk or breathe?
Answer: Heimlich maneuver. In May 2016, Dr. Henry Heimlich personally used his technique to save a woman at their retirement home.
400
Catholic cardinals wear red zucchettos. Who wears a white zucchetto?
Answer: The pope.
500
What is the name of Peyton Manning’s pro-football player brother?
Answer: Eli. Peyton retired at the end of last season. Their brother Cooper played college football but suffered a spinal injury that cut his football career short.
500
Shirley Jones starred as the mother in what 1970s sitcom?
Answer: The Partridge Family. At about the same time, Florence Henderson starred as the mother in The Brady Bunch.
500
What is the longest river in North America, including its tributaries?
Answer: Mississippi. (If no one answers correctly, you may accept the Missouri River.) The Missouri and Ohio Rivers are the Mississippi’s major tributaries. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Missouri River is longer than the Mississippi River, but because it is a tributary of the Mississippi River, the Mississippi River is considered the longest river.
500
What household plant can help ease the pain of a minor burn?
Answer: Aloe. Run cool water over the affected area or apply a cool compress for 10 minutes before applying the aloe. To apply the aloe, break off a portion of the plant, and squeeze the gel from the plant onto the burn.
500
American women don’t usually wear hats, but there is one notable exception. At what horse race are you likely to see women wearing fancy hats?
Answer: Kentucky Derby.