#1315, aired 1990-04-27 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $100: These beasts of burden compete with one another in annual wrestling matches in Selcuk, Turkey camels |
#1315, aired 1990-04-27 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $200: The only U.S. zoo with a permanent exhibit of giant pandas is in this city Washington, D.C. |
#1315, aired 1990-04-27 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $300: Little foxes are known both as pups & as these cubs or kits |
#1315, aired 1990-04-27 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $400: Tamarins are among the smallest of these animals, & their golden hair resembles a lion's' mane monkeys |
#1315, aired 1990-04-27 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $500: Hordes of these multi-armed sea animals are ravaging the Great Barrier Reef by eating the coral starfish |
#1272, aired 1990-02-27 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $100: Gov't naturalist Daniel James predicts someday this national symbol will no longer be endangered the bald eagle |
#1272, aired 1990-02-27 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $200: NYC is building nesting boxes for barn owls in some city parks because they like to eat these rodents mice (or rats) |
#1272, aired 1990-02-27 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $300: The venom of these bees is actually less poisonous than European bees, but they attack in large groups African Bees/Killer Bees |
#1272, aired 1990-02-27 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $400: The 2 orders of ungulates are distinguished by the number of these they have toes (on the hoof) |
#1272, aired 1990-02-27 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $500 (Daily Double): The following song popularized a dance named for this animal:
"Now the dance that the people do, I don't know how it started, all I know..." Monkey ("Monkey Time" by Major Lance) |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $100: It has a short mane that extends from the back of the head over 6' down to the shoulders giraffe |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $200: Each arm of an octopus has 2 rows of these on it suckers |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $300: Animal featured in the title of Mark Twain's 1st collection of stories frog |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $500 (Daily Double): It spends the day almost completely submerged in water & comes out at night to graze hippopotamus |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $500: There's a national refuge specifically for herds of these animals near Jackson, Wyoming elk |
#773, aired 1988-01-06 | TV TRIVIA $500: From 1966-69, this "African" series was shot in Africa, USA, a wild animal park outside L.A. Daktari |
#570, aired 1987-02-13 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $200: 1 of 2 animals on which you'd put a howdah in which to ride (1 of) camel (or elephant) |
#570, aired 1987-02-13 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $400: When we gave 2 musk-oxen to China in 1972, they reciprocated with this animal gift giant pandas |
#570, aired 1987-02-13 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $600: The hedgehog does this when threatened roll up into a ball |
#570, aired 1987-02-13 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $800: 1978 film that was the last "Best Picture" Oscar winner with an animal mentioned in the title The Deer Hunter |
#570, aired 1987-02-13 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $1000: Named for its feeding habit, this tree-boring bird's tongue doesn't extend past its beak woodpecker* (sapsucker) |
#521, aired 1986-12-08 | TV TRIVIA $400: Arthur Lubin, who directed Francis the Talking Mule in movies, went on to direct this animal on TV Mr. Ed |
#396, aired 1986-03-17 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $200: Vampire bats feed only on this blood |
#396, aired 1986-03-17 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $400: All peacocks are of this sex male |
#396, aired 1986-03-17 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $600: World's tallest animal the giraffe |
#396, aired 1986-03-17 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $1,000 (Daily Double): The largest meat-eating land animals are native to this continent North America |
#396, aired 1986-03-17 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $1000: 1st breed of horses developed in U.S., it was named Vermont state animal in 1961 the Morgan horses |
#357, aired 1986-01-21 | AMERICAN TRIVIA $100: Old Joe is the name of the animal on this pack of cigarettes Camels |
#345, aired 1986-01-03 | AUTOMOBILE TRIVIA $100: Ransom Olds built his 1st car because he couldn't stand the smell of this animal a horse |
#155, aired 1985-04-12 | TRIVIA $400: Animal with a snood, wattle & gobble a turkey |
Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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