Steeplechase

NOTE: The maximum total of points available in this Super Bonus was actually 26, not 25. However, no team handed in a perfect bonus, and so the trivia records remain safe.

Like an equestrian steeplechase, this bonus will be a series of hurdles.

Each of our topics has a specific, but finite, list of correct items. The placement of "hurdles" and their accompanying point values will be determined by the increasing difficulty in continuing to increase the list. Please number your answers for the benefit of our scorers-- scorers are your friends. The example below should make the steeplechase concept clear.

The topic is "STATES OF THE UNION."
ONE-POINT HURDLE: 10 CORRECT ANSWERS
TWO-POINT HURDLE:18 CORRECT ANSWERS
THREE-POINT HURDLE: 25 CORRECT ANSWERS
1. LOUISIANA
2. OREGON
3. RHODE ISLAND
4. MINNEAPOLIS----WRONG ANSWER; NO CREDIT
5. NEW MEXICO
6. NEW JERSEY
7. FLORIDA
8. IOWA
9. TENNESSEE
10. UTAH
11. WYOMING---TENTH CORRECT ANSWER; 1 POINT
12. SOUTH DAKOTA
13. WEST VIRGINIA
14. NORTHERN EXPOSURE----WRONG ANSWER; NO CREDIT
15. MAINE
16. ALABAMA
17. ARKANSAS
18. MONTANA
19. TEXAS
20. HAWAII----18thCORRECTANSWER; 2 POINTS
21. MICHIGAN
22. OHIO
23. OKLAHOMA
24. IDAHO
25.
26.
27.----25 CORRECT ANSWERS NEEDED FOR 3 POINTS; YOUR SCORE IS 2 POINTS.

You must reach a hurdle to get the points. If you need 17 correct responses to get 2 points, and your team gets 16, you receive 1 point. For each of the steeplechase topics, additional correct answers do exist beyond the highest assigned level of correct responses, so there is breathing room. Luckily, not all of the categories will be as supremely difficult as "U.S. States," so you can rest easy.

VILLAINS FROM THE "BATMAN" TV SERIES

• ONE-POINT HURDLE:10 CORRECT RESPONSES
• TWO-POINT HURDLE:15 CORRECT RESPONSES
• THREE-POINT HURDLE: 20 CORRECT RESPONSES

RESPONSES GIVEN BY THE MAGIC EIGHT-BALL (must be EXACT wording)

• ONE-POINT HURDLE: 9 CORRECT ANSWERS
• TWO-POINT HURDLE: 15 CORRECT ANSWERS
• THREE-POINT HURDLE: 19 CORRECT ANSWERS

NOVELS WRITTEN BY CHARLES DICKENS

• ONE-POINT HURDLE: 8 CORRECT ANSWERS
• TWO-POINT HURDLE: 13 CORRECT ANSWERS

FILMS STARRING SYLVESTER STALLONE (Remember: separate sequels count as separate films)

• ONE-POINT HURDLE:14 CORRECT RESPONSES
• TWO-POINT HURDLE: 20 CORRECT RESPONSES
• THREE-POINT HURDLE: 25 CORRECT RESPONSES

TWO-WORD "TOP40" SONGS WITH REPEATING-WORD TITLES ("LOUIE LOUIE" correct; "WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO incorrect; "BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE" incorrect; "TURN,TURN,TURN" incorrect)

• ONE-POINT HURDLE: 11 CORRECT RESPONSES
• TWO-POINT HURDLE: 18 CORRECT RESPONSES
• THREE-POINT HURDLE: 24 CORRECT RESPONSES

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS FROM "THE SIMPSONS" WHO HAVE APPEARED AT LEAST TWICE (Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie do not count.)

• ONE-POINT HURDLE: 15 CORRECT RESPONSES
• TWO-POINT HURDLE: 24 CORRECT RESPONSES
• THREE-POINT HURDLE: 32 CORRECT RESPONSES

INSTRUCTIONS FROM CHANCE OR COMMUNITY CHEST CARDS (Only main headlines/instructions needed; do not necessarily need small print, dollar amounts, etc.)

• ONE-POINT HURDLE:10 CORRECT RESPONSES
• TWO-POINT HURDLE:17 CORRECT RESPONSES
• THREE-POINT HURDLE: 24 CORRECT RESPONSES

CURRENT REPUBLICAN SENATORS OR SENATOR-ELECTS

• ONE-POINT HURDLE: 8 CORRECT RESPONSES
• TWO-POINT HURDLE: 12 CORRECT RESPONSES
• THREE-POINT HURDLE: 16 CORRECT RESPONSES

EUPHEMISMS FOR DEATH IN THE MONTY PYTHON "DEAD PARROT" SKETCH

• ONE-POINT HURDLE: 6 CORRECT RESPONSES
• TWO-POINT HURDLE: 10 CORRECT RESPONSES
• THREE-POINT HURDLE: 13 CORRECT RESPONSES