The Ohio Players

May 13-14, 2011

Hour 3: Jotto

T E X A N S CATEGORY: BIG 4 SPORTS TEAM NAMES (MLB/NFL/NBA/NHL – Nickname, not city name)
A G L E T S 4 Plural form of the word for the metal or plastic sheath at the end of a shoelace
O X Y G E N 3 Chemical element independently discovered by Carl Scheele and Joseph Priestley
M O U N D S 2 According to a famous ad jingle, “Almond Joy’s got nuts”, but not this candy
A X I L L A 2 Medical term for an armpit
W R I G H T 1 Designer of the Jacobs House, the first Usonian home
C O O L I O 0 Stage name of rapper Artis Ivey Jr.

T A Y L O R CATEGORY: PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES (Last name)
A R I S T O 4 Brand of stopwatch that currently appears in the opening of 60 Minutes
B A I L E Y 3 Maiden name of Lois Flagston in the comic strip Hi and Lois
L I G H T S 2 Culinary term for the lungs of an animal
P S Y C H O 2 First American film to show a toilet flushing on screen
W E P N E R 1 Nicknamed the “Bayonne Bleeder”, this boxer served as the inspiration for Rocky
W E S S E X 0 Kingdom ruled by Alfred the Great from 871-899 AD

E X O D U S CATEGORY: BOOKS OF THE BIBLE (King James version)
L O U I S E 4 First name of the first “test tube baby”, born July 25, 1978
X A N A D U 3 Fictional home of Charles Foster Kane
K A N D O R 2 Kryptonian “City in a Bottle” kept in Superman’s Fortress of Solitude
S P H I N X 2 Mythological creature infamous for asking riddles, and eating those unable to answer
R A N I N E 1 Similar to feline=cat, term for things related to frogs
A L T A I R 0 Along with Deneb and Vega, this star is part of the Summer Triangle asterism

C R O S B Y CATEGORY: WINNERS OF BEST ACTOR ACADEMY AWARD (Last name)
C A R S O N 4 Joan Crawford was a guest in his first episode of a long-running talk show
B A Y E R N 3 Actual name in German for the region known as “Bavaria” in English
C H A N E Y 2 Actor portrayed by James Cagney in the biopic The Man of a Thousand Faces
B A N D I T 1 Name of the bulldog in the cartoon Jonny Quest
H A M N E T 0 First name of William Shakespeare’s only son

L I S B O N CATEGORY: EUROPEAN NATIONAL CAPITALS
B E S P I N 4 In the Star Wars universe, planet that is the home of Cloud City
S I L V E R 3 Metal combined with gold to produce the alloy electrum
A P O L L O 2 In ancient Greece, this god was recognized as the patron of the Delphic Oracle
O R A N G E 2 On the game show You Bet Your Life, Groucho Marx would ask losing contestants the color of this fruit as a consolation question
B U R G E R 1 This man succeeded Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the United States
G A F F E R 0 In filmmaking, the job title given to the head of the electrical department

C Y G N U S CATEGORY: CONSTELLATION NAMES
S C U R V Y 4 The derogatory nickname of "Limey" was given to British sailors due to eating citrus fruits to prevent this disease
G N O M E S 3 Creatures first named by the Swiss alchemist Paracelsus, representations of these earth elementals are now most commonly found in gardens (plural form)
I C E M A N 2 Heroic identity of student, later accountant, Bobby Drake
G A L A X Y 2 Los Angeles franchise name in Major League Soccer
H I K A R U 1 First name of Mr. Sulu, as established in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
A Z R A E L 0 In the Smurfs Saturday morning cartoon, the name of Gargamel’s cat

B A X T E R FINAL CATEGORY: PAST PRESIDENTS OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE (Last name)
T E X A N S 4 CATEGORY: NAMES OF BIG 4 SPORTS TEAMS
T A Y L O R 3 CATEGORY: PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
E X O D U S 2 CATEGORY: BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
C R O S B Y 2 CATEGORY: WINNERS OF BEST ACTOR ACADEMY AWARD
L I S B O N 1 CATEGORY: EUROPEAN NATIONAL CAPITALS
C Y G N U S 0 CATEGORY: CONSTELLATION NAMES

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