FRIDAY, JUNE 6th
Category: 1970s TV
$1200
Answer: John Houseman reprised his role as Professor Charles Kingsfield on this TV series based on a 1973 film.
where was the setting for the paper chase?
You come in here with a skull full of mush and you leave thinking like a lawyer.
Connect Bill Murray to John Housemann.
Bill Murray was in “What about Bob” with Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss was in “Nuts” with Leslie Neilson
Leslie Neilson was in the “Naked Gun” which had a cameo by Houseman as the driving instructor!
That’s pretty damn good, but the connection is closer, ie, the same movie.
MONDAY, MAY 9th
Category: Colonial America
$200
Answer: In 1676, this sixty-nine-year-old Virginia settlement was burnt to the ground during Bacon’s rebellion.
Mmmmmmmm…Bacon…
uh… Bacon’s rebellion… Jamestown?
What is Jamestown Alex?
Jamestown is correct.
I thought I put up yesterday’s, but I guess not.
TUESDAY, JUNE 10th
Category: Colonial America
$600
Answer: In 1740, this Georgia founder and his army attacked the Spanish in St. Augustine but failed to capture the settlement.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11th
Category: Colonial America
$1000
Answer: The first stagecoach line was established in 1732 between Burlington and Amboy in this colony.
THURSDAY, JUNE 12th
Category: On the "M"ap
$400
Answer: A 2003 movie directed by Clint Eastwood was named for this river that flows into Boston Harbor.
FRIDAY, JUNE 13th
Category: On the "M"ap
$1200
Answer: It’s the capital of the Lombardy region of Italy.
SATURDAY, JUNE 14th
Category: On the "M"ap
$2000
Answer: This river of the Indochina Peninsula flows into the South China Sea.
SUNDAY, JUNE 15th
Category: Famous Lasts
Final Jeopardy
Answer: It’s where Sergei Zalyotin switched off the lights on June 15, 2000.
What is Mystic River?
What is Milan?
What is Marmaduke?
What is the MIR Space Station?
All were correct except “Marmaduke.” Correct answer - Mekong River.
MONDAY, JUNE 16th
Category: Song Standards
$200
Answer: Closely identified with Gene Kelly, this song was introduced by Cliff Edwards in The Hollywood Revue of 1929.
Tuesday, June 17th
Category: Song Standards
$600
Answer: Hoagy Carmichael wrote this “stellar” song’s melody as a piano piece; Mitchell Parish later added lyrics.
^What is Stardust?
What is ‘Singing in the Rain’? <-----to Gene Kelly question.
Both of you are correct on your respective questions.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18th
Category: Song Standards
$1000
Answer: Kate Smith, the “First Lady of Radio,” once had the exclusive rights to sing this Irving Berlin song on the air.
“God Bless America,” of course, was the correct answer.
THURSDAY, June 19th
Category: Novel Weddings
$400
Answer: Two nights before her wedding to Mr. Rochester, a ghastly figure appears in her room and rips up her wedding veil.
Who is Emma?
Jane Eyre is the correct answer.
FRIDAY, JUNE 20th
Category: Novel Weddings
$1200
Answer: Tara is lit with hundreds of candles for this woman’s marriage to Charles Hamilton.