14-year-old
Wake Forest, N.C.
$500
Tropical rainforests are composed of four layers, including all but which of the following?
A: The forest floor B: The understory
C: The canopy D: The cheesy topping
Spoiler
D: The cheesy topping
$1,000
Kaplan Test Prep offers study guides for all but which of these tests?
A: SAT B: ACT
C: Personality test D: MCAT
Spoiler
C: Personality test
$2,000
Narrated by Jason Bateman, the 2014 Danish-American film “Beyond the Brick” was a so-called “Brickumentary” about the global reach of what toy?
A: LEGO B: Frisbee
C: Slinky D: Teddy bear
Spoiler
A: LEGO
Commercial break
QotD
Hurling them off the tallest building in Cambridge, every October students at what MA college partake in the annual Pumpkin Drop?
A: Stanford B: Yale
C: MIT D: Duke
Spoiler
C: MIT
$3,000
Given that IHOP serves about 700 million pancakes per year, for something to be truly selling like hotcakes, approximately how many must be sold per day?
A: 1.3 million B: 1.9 million
C: 2.4 million D: 2.8 million
Spoiler
B: 1.9 million
$5,000
Able to reach a top speed of 93.01 petaflops, Sunway TaihuLight is the name of the world’s fastest what?
A: Yacht B: Computer
C: Racehorse D: Jet plane
Hayley cuts the question.
Spoiler
B: Computer
$5,000
Since they were often used to study insects and other tiny creatures, early versions of what device were also known as “flea glasses”?
A: Gyroscope B: Periscope
C: Stethoscope D: Microscope
Spoiler
D: Microscope
The horn
Hayley will be back on Thursday.