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Last Week's Quiz

Created by Eli Robinson
Edited by Jonpaul Guinn

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  • Submit your answers by 4:11am ET 10/21/25
  • Don't cheat. Cheating is bad. Using Google IS cheating.
  • Trivia graders don't care about spelling (but try your hardest)
  • No negative points for incorrect responses (so guess to your heart's content)
  • Email [email protected] for clarification on any questions

Hey there gumshoes! We could use your help again solving this week's mystery round.



You'll need to answer questions 1 - 9 and then help us figure out how they're all connected in question 10! Happy hunting!

SOCIAL STUDIES Q1. Behind Bars: A prison is an institutional facility where convicted offenders serve longer sentences. Often confused with a prison, what similar type of institution holds newly arrested individuals, those awaiting trial, and people whose sentence is less than a year?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q2. Premier Places: In the UK, they have Downing Street. Canada has Sussex Drive. What thoroughfare is the equivalent in the US?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q3. Common Characteristics: Atlantic City, Coney Island, and Santa Monica all boast what oceanside feature that helps pedestrians stroll on otherwise difficult to navigate terrain?



MISCELLANEOUS Q4. Notable Names: As a rapper, I give you “Cocoa Butter Kisses.” As a magazine, I bring quarterly statistical insights to subscribers. As part of an ABBA song title, I fill in the blank in “Take a _____ On Me.” What am I?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q5. Magee's Machines: Looking to address the overcrowding of the roads in Oklahoma City in the 1930s, Carl Magee received a patent for a machine that would forever change the experience for urban car owners. After his devices started getting installed, what became harder to find, except on Sundays?



POP CULTURE Q6. Belinda's Band: Doubling, hyphenating, and pluralizing what word gives you the name of a Belinda Carlisle-fronted rock band that gave us “We Got The Beat” and “Our Lips Are Sealed”?



MISCELLANEOUS Q7. Lightbulb Learning: Morgan Freeman popped up frequently as Easy Reader, helping kids learn phonics on what '70s edutainment show with a lightbulb and a bunch of neon in its logo?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q8. Short-lived Surcharges: Looking to reduce the federal deficit, George H.W. Bush convinced Congress to enact a particular 10 percent surcharge on boats over $100,000, cars over $30,000, aircraft over $250,000, and furs and jewelry over $10,000. Two years later, at the behest of the high-end yacht industry, Bill Clinton and Congress eliminated most of the provisions citing a loss in jobs. What is it?



MISCELLANEOUS Q9. Quick Queues: Handling, switch, and ISS are the three US kinds of what railroad type that would be a very welcome sight at the door of a nightclub?



SPORTS & GAMES Q10. Trivia Theme: 90 years ago, Parker Brothers bought a copyright from Charles Darrow and a patent from Lizzie Magie. Nine decades later, people everywhere still enjoy charging their friends and family rent in what board game that features the answers to the previous questions?



TIEBREAKER Facing Fines: The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 was the first major law to regulate the type of behavior promoted by this quiz’s inspiration. In section two of the law, it mentions that maximum fine for engaging in the newly illegal behavior. What was that maximum fine?

Quiz is closed and your answers are now locked! Graders are grading and results will be sent on 10/21/25