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1004

Who is Dan Quayle?

New topic:

Little Richard:

  1. Rather than ice cream, this Little Richard hit was actually originally was about anal sex. (ok this question probably wouldn’t have actually appeared on Jeopardy)
1005

What is ‘Tutti Frutti’?

  1. This up-and-coming rock group opened for Little Richard on his 1962 tour of Europe
1006

Who are The Beatles?

  1. Little Richard was referenced several times and made a cameo appearance on this long-running US animated show.
1007

What is The Simpsons? (“I taught Paul McCartney to go WOOOOOOOOOOO!”)

  1. This 1956 song, Little Richard’s only #1 on the R&B charts, only made it to #6 on the Hot 100
1008

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What is Long Tall Sally?

I don’t have another question for this category, so here’s a new one; Eureka! Moments

  1. A melted candy bar in physicist Percy Spencer’s pocket lead to the invention of this kitchen appliance
1009

What is the microwave oven?

  1. He developed vulcanization to harden rubber by dropping it into a frying pan with sulphur; a tire company was named in his memory.
1010

Who is Charles Goodyear?

Let’s close out the ‘Little Richard’ category:

  1. He performed the theme for this animated children’s show on PBS.

-“BB”-

1011

What is The Magic School Bus?

Back to Eureka! Moments;

  1. Attempts by Bell Labs to remove all possible sources of radio interference in 1964 resulted in the discovery of this echo of the Big Bang
1012

What is the Cosmic Microwave Background?

  1. In spite of orders to the contrary, Archimedes, discoverer of the Eureka moment, died at the hands of Roman soldiers during the siege of this Mediterranean city.
1013

Where is Syracuse?
5. In 1928 Dr Alexander Fleming returned from a holiday to find mold growing on a Petri dish leading to this pharmaceutical.

1014

What is penicillin?

New category:

Cartoon cats

  1. This orange striped tabby famously loves lasagna and hates Mondays.
1015

Who is Garfield?

  1. This cat who was featured in an early 20th century comic strip was always having bricks hurled at him by his mouse nemesis , Ignatz.
1016

Who is Krazy Kat?

  1. This cat’s nemesis was a small bird named Tweety.
1017

Who is Sylvester?

  1. This cat, a parody of comic strip cats, eventually ran for President, hosted the brain of Donald Trump, and reportedly died of acne.
1018

Who is Bill the Cat?

  1. Cute kitty swallowed by a whale.

-“BB”-

1019

Who is Figaro?

New category:
Anatomy

  1. Unlike the other major internal organs, this organ can regenerate
1020

What is… skin?

  1. The phalanges are the bones that make up these.
1021

  1. What is the liver? (Unless skin is an internal organ)

  2. What are the fingers?

  3. The hypoglossal nerve is responsible for the movement of this body part.

1022

Ohhhhhh. Right, I didn’t see the word “other” in that clue.

1023

What is the tongue?

  1. Present in all vertebrates, this is made of 33 independent bones in humans.