Based on their job descriptions, which of the following “-icians” would give you a bikini wax or microdermabrasion at a spa?
⬥ A: Optician
⬥ B: Electrician
⬥ C: Mortician
⬥ D: Aesthetician
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
If you’re on Medicare Part D, you might fall into what delicious-sounding gap between what your plan pays for drugs and your actual total expenses?
⬥ A: Blueberry muffin crater
⬥ B: Cheese Danish crevasse
⬥ C: Donut hole
⬥ D: Oatmeal raisin cookie divot
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Being the first president threatened with impeachment, and fancying himself a political “outlaw,” John Tyler named his 1,600-acre VA estate what?
⬥ A: Gryffindor
⬥ B: Sherwood Forest
⬥ C: Xanadu
⬥ D: Utopia
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
The NY Times says because viewers don’t like to be surprised, meteorologists often exaggerate the chance of a certain weather event – a practice called what?
⬥ A: Wet bias
⬥ B: Drought prejudice
⬥ C: Frost index fudging
⬥ D: Hail hyperbole
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
Caligynephobia is defined as the fear of what?
⬥ A: Plants
⬥ B: Yellow food
⬥ C: Windows
⬥ D: Beautiful women
$7,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
With over 900 million users, roughly 14% of the Earth’s total population, what is the most popular email service in the world?
⬥ A: Hotmail
⬥ B: Gmail
⬥ C: AOL
⬥ D: Yahoo
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Although he wasn’t one of the show’s stars, James Michael Tyler played Gunther in 142 episodes of what ‘90s sitcom? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
Surrounded by Belgium, France, and Germany, what country’s capital is often called the world’s safest city?
⬥ A: Switzerland
⬥ B: Luxembourg
⬥ C: Austria
⬥ D: Monaco
$30,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
While ours weighs a paltry three pounds, which of these has the largest brain in the animal kingdom, weighing in at about 17 pounds?
⬥ A: Sperm whale
⬥ B: Hippopotamus
⬥ C: African elephant
⬥ D: Lion
$50,000 (10 of 14) - Not Timed
While it sounds like a modern creation, which of the following words was actually used as far back as 1936? '50:50' and 'Plus One' lifelines used
⬥ A: Infotainment
⬥ B: Crowdsource
⬥ C: Guesstimate
⬥ D: Bromance
Kevin doesn’t think of guesstimate as a modern creation. He is leaning toward crowdsource. Kevin decides to use his 50:50, which leaves Infotainment and Guesstimate. He then decides to bring down his Plus One, Jeff, who says that he has the exact opposite instinct. From the beginning, he thought the answer was guesstimate. He then says it’s possible that news reels may have been referred to as infotainment, but his gut is telling him it’s guesstimate.
$100,000 (11 of 14) - Not Timed
It was in Saratoga, NY in 1919 that the legendary racehorse Man o’ War suffered his only loss, to a horse named what?
⬥ A: Underdog
⬥ B: Long shot
⬥ C: Upset
⬥ D: Dark Horse
The klaxon called time and Kevin would come back with $100,000 and no lifelines.
$250,000 (12 of 14) - Not Timed
Who claims to have done all his writing since the age of 16 on the same Olympia typewriter?
⬥ A: Stephen Sondheim
⬥ B: John Grisham
⬥ C: Woody Allen
⬥ D: Bob Woodard
Kevin said he did not think it was A. He was not sure enough, so he would walk. He would have guessed John Grisham. The correct answer was Woody Allen.
Total Winnings: $100,000
Question Of The Day[]
Question of the Day
Honoring its namesakes’ achievements in the entertainment industry which of these is the only award to be named after a real woman?
⬥ A: Emmy
⬥ B: Oscar
⬥ C: Grammy
⬥ D: Tony
Trivia[]
Kevin would later reappear on the show as Rich Templeton's Plus One on January 9-10, 2018.
