^^
haha…sail is correct.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25th
Category: Inventive Minds
$1000
Answer: In 1952, he and Charles Bowman joined forces to develop a hybrid corn that left fewer kernels unpopped.
Who is Orville Redenbacher?
Correct. A good ol’ Indiana boy.
THURSDAY, JUNE 26th
Category: June Bugged
$400
Answer: On June 22nd, 1815, four days after Waterloo, he had to officially abdicate for the second time.
Who is the original Nappy Headed Ho, Napoleon Blownapart.
Dy-No-Mite!
^
Correct.
FRIDAY, JUNE 27th
Category: June Bugged
$1200
Answer: In June 1969, Nigeria banned the Red Cross from this secessionist state.
SATURDAY, JUNE 28
Category: June Bugged
$2000
Answer: On June 28th, 1841, the Kaiser’s yacht race was interrupted by news of an assassination in this Balkan city.
SUNDAY, JUNE 29th
Category: Architects
Final Jeopardy
Answer: He designed the Richelieu wing of the Louvre, as well as the pyramidal glass entrance.
MONDAY, JUNE 30th
Category: Journalism
$200
Answer: A young reporter may have to work in this section updating life stories, just in case.
Louvre: Who is I.M. Pei?
^
Yep. Yesterdays answer was obituaries.
TUESDAY, JULY 1st
Category: Journalism
$600
Answer: An uncritical piece is called this and is as hard-hitting as the pastry of the same name.
Fluff balls!
eclair?
I’m sorry. The correct answer is “coffee cake.”
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2nd
Category: Journalism
$1000
Answer: These freelance reporters not completely “tied” to the paper but working part-time were once paid by the column inch.
This one’s for Justin, but I think he’s heading to Rothbury.
THURSDAY, JULY 3rd
Category: National Parks
$400
Answer: This “great” national park in Tennessee and North Carolina has more yearly visitors than any other.
^Is that because it has something to do with smokin’, or because he lives there?
Location, location, location.
MONDAY, JULY 7th
Category: Weapons
$200
Answer: This South American weapon consists of hollow reed and a dart.
TUESDAY, JULY 8th
Category: Weapons
$600
Answer: From an imitative Czech word for “whistle,” it’s any small gun held and fired with one hand.
- blowgun
- pistol
Correct!
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9th
Category: Weapons
$1000
Answer: The sixteenth century Swiss punctured their foes with this metal-tipped spear similar to a lance.
Yes, invented by a soldier named Augustine Peak, it was originally called Peak’s pike, but later just known as the pike for obvious reasons.