Cancer research specialist
Enfield, Conn.
Amal’s +1 is her friend and coworker Nicole.
$500
The Oxford Companion to Food is a reference work in which you can find entries on which of the following topics?
A: Viruses and antiviruses B: Matter and antimatter
C: Gravity and antigravity D: Pasta and antipasto
Spoiler
D: Pasta and antipasto
$1,000
Offering blue doughnuts and Slurpee cups with bites taken out of their sides, in 2016 7-11 began selling specialty products in honor of what?
A: Women’s History Month B: Shark Week
C: The NASA space program D: Canada Day
Spoiler
B: Shark Week
$2,000
What eco-friendly Danish capital likes to boast that it has more bicycle commuters than the entire United States combined?
A: Warsaw B: Copenhagen
C: Prague D: Berlin
Spoiler
B: Copenhagen
$3,000
One of the basic sitting poses, the yoga position known as the lotus requires you to put your left foot on your what?
A: Left elbow B: Right thigh
C: Left thigh D: Right shoulder
Spoiler
Nicole says it’s your right thigh.
Spoiler
B: Right thigh
$5,000
Suggesting that the Univ. of GA overpaid rapper Chris Bridges to perform, a Washington Post article jokingly noted that “paying $65,000 for the artist is…” what?
A: Cray Z B: Ludacris
C: Nas-sensical D: Mos Def-initely Not Worth It
Spoiler
B: Ludacris
Commercial break
$7,000
Because “age discrimination is a fact of life in today’s job market,” Business Insider warns against doing which of these old-fashioned things on a resume?
A: Including your email address B: Including your cell phone number
C: Using double spaces after a period D: Listing your most recent position
Spoiler
C: Using double spaces after a period
$10,000
A smash hit around the world, what recent family film did The Daily Beast describe as “a shrewd commentary on racism in America”?
A: The Angry Birds Movie B: Zootopia
C: The Jungle Book D: Finding Dory
Spoiler
B: Zootopia
$20,000
If a casino shoe holds 8 decks of cards, what is the maximum number of times a blackjack can be dealt?
A: 16 B: 24
C: 32 D: 40
Spoiler
A: 6% B: 6% C: 80% D: 8%
Spoiler
C: 32
Commercial break
$30,000
What notoriously dry city has battled its chronic lack of rain by deriving over 40% of its drinking water from desalinated Indian Ocean seawater?
A: Lima, Peru B: Dakar, Senegal
C: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates D: Perth, Australia
Spoiler
50/50 leaves Abu Dhabi and Perth.
Amal walks away.
Amal walks away.
Spoiler
D: Perth, Australia
Amal wins $20,000.
Amal wins $20,000.
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QotD
Now one of the world’s most well-known electronics companies, which of these began in the 1930s as an export business selling dried Korean fish?
A: Canon B: Sony
C: Samsung D: Toshiba
Spoiler
C: Samsung