u/ScorpionX-123

1 of the 2 states for which John Denver co-wrote a state song

>!What are Colorado or West Virginia?!<

$200 - As it’s a laparoscopy, your appendectomy will have 4 of these, though they’ll be smaller. - >!What are incisions?!<

$400 - Before I start, this 7-letter part of your torso will be prepared, draped, and examined under anesthesia. - >!What is the abdomen?!<

$600 - Don’t worry, I just washed this instrument, the surgical version of tongs, so they’re squeaky clean! - >!What are forceps?!<

$800 - Call me ASAP if there’s any redness or swelling; they could be signs of an SSI, short for this. - >!What is a surgical site infection?!<

$1,000 - I might bury the appendix’s stump by inverting it so it points into this start of the large intestine. - >!What is the caecum?!<

$200 - No need for a wrecking ball: it’s the process of removing existing structures before we remodel. - >!What is demolition?!<

$400 - Downsizing? We’d suggest this kind of narrow kitchen with a nautically inspired name. - >!What is a galley?!<

$600 - If you can’t name this exposed area between upper cabinets and countertops, you’re all wet! - >!What is backsplash/splashback?!<

$800 - Hopefully you don’t stub yourself on these moldings placed beneath kitchen cabinets for decoration. - >!What are toe kicks?!<

$1,000 - It’s the Christian sect that inspired a cabinet style known for simple, recessed panels. - >!Who are the Shakers?!<

$200 - His “Civil Disobedience” says, “The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich.” - >!Who is Henry David Thoreau?!<

$400 - 1826 saw James Fenimore Cooper release “The Last of” this Native American tribe. - >!Who are the Mohicans?!<

$600 - This author’s “50 Shades” series was initially “Twilight” fan fiction titled “Master of the Universe.” - >!Who is E.L. James?!<

$800 - Observed every June 16, Bloomsday celebrates the works of this alliterative writer. - >!Who is James Joyce?!<

$1,000 - The term “banana republic” was coined in this author’s 1904 novel “Cabbages and Kings.” - >!Who is O. Henry?!<

$200 - “We're the young generation, and we've got something to say. Hey, hey, we’re” this TV band. - >!Who are the Monkees?!<

$400 - “Aw, mom you're just jealous it's” this hip-hop group, “you gotta fight for your right to party!” - >!Who are the Beastie Boys?!<

$600 - “We ain't gonna be treated like trash, we got one thing: we are” this “London Calling” band. - >!What is the Clash?!<

$800 - “The time was right, the time to rock, ‘cause everybody knows we’re” this boy band with Donnie Wahlberg. - >!Who are New Kids on the Block? !<

$1,000 - This possibly large geek group with John Linnell “and what are we going to do unless they are?” - >!What is They Might Be Giants?!<

$200 - We’re gonna need a lot of this color paint for the Emerald City sets in “Wicked.” - >!What is green?!<

$400 - OK, so the Genie, who sings “Friend Like Me” in this musical, should know a thing or 2 about magic. - >!What is “Aladdin”?!<

$600 - “The Music Man” is set in this state’s River City, so we’ll need people to play Hawkeyes. - >!What is Iowa?!<

$800 - Let’s hire a Keith Moon lookalike to star as the title character in this band’s “Tommy.” - >!What is The Who?!<

$1,000 - Find as many people as you can sing “Word to the Wise” as the Fates in this 9-letter musical. - >!What is “Hadestown”?!<

$200 - the company behind the iPod + the game also called knucklebones = this breakfast cereal - >!What are Apple Jacks?!<

$400 - a loving bruise on the neck + a computer accessory = this risqué cartoon character - >!Who is Hickey Mouse?!<

$600 - the state with Spokane and Tacoma + plural for a digestive organ found in chickens = this not quite an NBA team - >!Who are the Washington Gizzards?!<

$800 - an Eagle or Brownie, for example + bird of the family Fringillidae = this literary character - >!Who is Scout Finch?!<

$1,000 - a 2023 Nike movie + a West Virginia college = this military rank - >!What is Air Marshall?!<

$200 - It marks possession and letters omitted in contractions. - >!What is an apostrophe?!<

$400 - It’s used to separate 2 independent but related clauses. - >!What is a semicolon?!<

$600 - Saul Hudson could tell you it was once known as an oblique. - >!What is a [forward] slash?!<

$800 - In mathematics, this symbol represents the factorial operation. - >!What is an exclamation point?!<

$1,000 - This punctuation mark is a decimal separator in much of Europe and Latin America. - >!What is a comma?!<

In 1777, Capt. James Cook claimed early participants in this sport “felt the most supreme pleasure.”

>!What is surfing?!<

Each correct word contains the letters “t-a-g” together and in that order.

• $200 - a small country house - >!What is a cottage?!<
• $400 - an adult male red deer - >!What is a stag?!<
• $600 - capable of transmitting a disease - >!What is “contagious”?!<
• $800 - to weaken an enemy through subversion - >!What is to sabotage?!<
• $1,000 - diverse and disorderly in composition - >!What is “ragtag”?!<

$200 - A nocturne is a piece of music written for, inspired by, or evocative of this time of day. - >!What is night?!<

$400 - Princess Kelly could tell you it’s an extra note added just for embellishment. - >!What is a grace note?!<

$600 - Woke up this morning, got myself this voice, the highest of the 4 standard ranges. - >!What is a soprano?!<

$800 - Part of “Jupiter” from his “The Planets” serves as the melody for “I Vow to Thee, My Country.” - >!Who is Gustav Holst?!<

$1,000 - From the Italian for “small,” this woodwind instrument shares its name with a “Dragon Ball” character. - >!What is a piccolo?!<

$200 - Vladivostok is a major city on the coast of this country’s Peter the Great Gulf. - >!What is Russia?!<

$400 - A canal that opened in 1869 connects the Mediterranean to this Egyptian gulf. - >!What is the Gulf of Suez?!<

$600 - The Colorado empties into this stately gulf, also called the Sea of Cortés. - >!What is the Gulf of California?!<

$800 - Located on the Aegean Sea, the Gulf of İzmir is bordered by these neighboring countries. - >!What are Greece and Turkey?!<

$1,000 - The name of New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf means “north wind” in this language. - >!What is Maori?!<

$200 - Real Madrid are the reigning champions in the ACB, this country’s top basketball league. - >!What is Spain?!<

$400 - A wide, curving cut from one part of the court to another is known by this fruity name. - >!What is a banana cut?!<

$600 - Dr. J won the first contest for this 2-word crowd-pleasing shot on January 27, 1976. - >!What is a slam dunk?!<

$800 - The NBA Rulebook defines it as “progressing in any direction while in possession of the ball....in excess of prescribed limits....” - >!What is traveling?!<

$1,000 - He coached the Duke University men’s college basketball team in 5 different decades. - >!Who is Mike Krzyzewski?!<

$200 - If you increase the stakes, it’s said your upping this, from the Latin for “before.” - >!What is the ante?!<

$400 - It means to bet nothing, but it also might be how you receive your winnings from the casino. - >!What is a check?!<

$600 - The player holding the deck gets to decide the game in this variation of poker. - >!What is dealer’s choice?!<

$800 - Barry Allen or Wally West could tell you this hand consists of one card of each suit plus a joker. - >!What is a flash?!<

$1,000 - Since 1976, this piece of jewelry has been given to the winners of each World Series of Poker event. - >!What is a bracelet?!<

$200 - Something about her didn’t sit right with me. Her smile stretched from here to this dwarf planet demoted in 2006. - >!What is Pluto?!<

$400 - I wasn’t chasing justice anymore, just the end of the road, Route 66 in this California city. - >!What is Santa Monica?!<

$600 - He had a gun, this 3-letter submachine gun from Israel. I had a better reason. - >!What is an Uzi?!<

$800 - The case was rotten from the start; it smelled just like this fruit banned on Singapore's subways. - >!What is a durian?!<

$1,000 - It was Boston, 1990. “Storm on the Sea of Galilee,” his only seascape, was gone, skedaddled, vamoosed! - >!Who is Rembrandt van Rijn?!<

$200 - In April 2026, a California man was arrested at a gas station after stating this “as a unit of payment is not real." - >!What is money?!<

$400 - 2019 saw “America,” a golden version of this porcelain throne, stolen from Blenheim Palace. - >!What is a toilet?!<

$600 - Hey now, you’re an all-star if you know a 200-lb. statue of this film character went missing in Hatfield, Mass., in 2023. - >!Who is Shrek?!<

$800 - A Minnesota woman was charged in 2024 with this 8-letter crime after stealing a sheep and walking it on a leash. - >!What is rustling?!<

$1,000 - In 2025, a man robbed a jewelry store in this “City Beautiful" by swallowing diamond earrings. - >!What is Orlando?!<

This chain’s “effect” claims customers are more likely to be satisfied with purchases they had a hand in building.

>!What is IKEA?!<

$200 - Can you hear me now? An otoscope is used to examine this body part. - >!What is the ear/ear canal/eardrum?!<

$400 - Seeing a doctor outside your insurance network means you’ll have to pay this hyphenated phrase. - >!What is out-of-pocket?!<

$600 - FAST, short for “face arms, speech time,” helps you remember the early symptoms of this. - >!What is a stroke?!<

$800 - If you have hypertension, better known as this, your doctor might prescribe lisinopril. - >!What is high blood pressure?!<

$1,000 - Abe Lincoln could tell you this scale is used to assess patients with impaired levels of consciousness. - >!What is the FOUR Score?!<