Jeopardy with Marc

Hawaii

100

What is the highest peak in the state of Hawaii and it's elevation above sea level, +/- 200 ft?

Mauna Kea

13,803 ft Above Sea Level

200

Which year did Hawaii become the 50th state?

A) 1947
B) 1951
C) 1955
D) 1959

D) 1959

300

What is the name of the carvings etched into lava rock and stone centuries ago by Native Hawaiians?

Petroglyphs

400

What native Hawaiian and ukulele legend recorded "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in 1988 released with the 1993 Facing Future album?

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), 

Also called Braddah IZ or just simply IZ

500

The Hawaiian archipelago has 8 major islands, but consists of a total of how many islands that include smaller islands, islets, and atolls spanning 1,500 miles across the pacific?

A) 29
B) 93
C) 137
D) 328

C) 137

Saltwater Fish

100

Immortalized by cinema, this orange‑white fish lives among anemone tentacles for protection.

Clownfish

200

Flat, camouflaged fish with both eyes on one side, lying on seabed, ambushing prey beneath sand.

Flounder

300

These 7‑meter‑wide ‘flying fishes’ filter plankton in open ocean waters, occasionally visiting reefs.

Also

Grandma's "spirit" animal in Disney movie Moana.

Giant Manta Ray

400

This colorful fish uses its beak‑like mouth to scrape algae off coral, often called the “parrot of the sea.”

Parrot Fish

500

This massive reef fish can reach over 8 feet in length and weigh more than 800 lbs, often called the “sea turtle of the Atlantic.”

Goliath Grouper

Beasts, Creatures, and Myths

100

Massive, hair covered biped roaming deep forests, leaving giant footprints, with piercing eyes and a low, resonant grunt

Bigfoot or Sasquatch

200

A hulking, fur‑clad predator with glowing amber eyes, razor‑sharp teeth, and clawed paws that thunder across moonlit ground

Werewolf

300

In Puerto Rico and Hispanic America this beast is generally described as a heavy creature, reptilian and alien-like, roughly the size of a small bear, and with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail, glowing eyes, needle teeth, three‑toed claws, preying on livestock, draining blood under moonlight.

Chupacabra

400

A creation from the internet, this creature is described as Pale, towering silhouette in a black suit, faceless, unnaturally long limbs, stalking silently, unsettling whispers, inducing terrifying paranoia

Slender Man

500

First spotted in 1966 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, this monster is described as a seven foot tall humanoid with massive translucent wings, capable of silent gliding flight, a narrow beak-like mouth, and glowing red eyes

Mothman

SCUBA

100

What does the acronym SCUBA stand for?

Self
Contained
Underwater
Breathing
Apparatus

200

What is the maximum certification depth for divers who are "Open Water" and "Advanced Open Water" certified?

A) 20ft and 60ft

B) 60ft and 100ft

C) 75ft and 150ft

D) 100ft and 300ft

B) 60ft and 100ft

300

This condition known as "the bends" occurs when dissolved inert gases form bubbles in a diver’s tissues during a rapid ascent and often requires divers who survive to spend time recovering in a hyperbaric chamber.

Decompression Sickness (DCS)

400

Trimix is often used during technical diving for long duration deep dives and was used to set the world record deepest scuba dive depth to 332.35 meters or 1,090.4 feet.

Trimix is a mixture of what 3 gasses used reduce nitrogen narcosis and oxygen toxicity?

Oxygen, Helium, and Nitrogen

500

This SCUBA system recycles exhaled gas, scrubs carbon dioxide, and is used by Navy Seals during covert underwater infiltrations. 

Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR)
Rebreather Acceptable Answer

14ers(Names)

100

What is the highest 14er in Colorado?

Mount Elbert
14,438 ft

200

This 14er is featured on the Coors Light (Silver) can:

A) Windom Peak

B) Wilson Peak

C) Mt. Shavano

D) Longs Peak

B) Wilson Peak
14,256 ft

300

This 14er is the background of the Colorado Drivers License:

A) Pikes Peak

B) Blanca Peak

C) Mt. Sneffels

D) Little Bear Peak

C) Mt. Sneffels
14,155 ft

400

Name this 14er

Mount Rainier in Washington State
14,400 ft

500

After 2 hikers were struck by lightning at 14,200 ft on June 12 2025, the highest helicopter rescue in Colorado history took place on which 14er?

A) Torreys Peak

B) Mount Massive

C) Challenger Point

D) Crestone Needle

A) Torreys Peak
14,272 ft