WAMC's Ian Pickus and resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel are out to prove this wasn't all a flash in the pan.
Last week's challenge
Start with the word REGIMENT. Change one letter to a U, and you can rearrange the result to spell a word for a person who wouldn't be a good member of a regiment. What is the word?
Answer: If you change the G to a U, you can spell MUTINEER.
THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY: "PAN-"
On-air questions: On December 4, 1991, Captain Mark Pyle flew the Clipper Goodwill, a Boeing 727, from Bridgetown, Barbados, to Miami, Florida. It was the final scheduled flight of Pan Am Airlines, which ceased operations that day. The Pan Am name has been resurrected half a dozen times since then, but each of those reincarnations was related to the original company in name only. In remembrance of the original Pan Am, each correct answer this week will begin with the letters "p-a-n."
1. Officially called a "salient" and described as a geographical protrusion with land borders on at least two sides, what is the term often used for such a feature in the U.S., including parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, and six other states?
2. Currently headquartered in Sunset Hills, Missouri, what restaurant chain opened its first franchise in Kirkwood, Missouri in 1987, and still operates its more than 100 locations in the St. Louis metropolitan area under the name Saint Louis Bread Company?
3. Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart play a mother and a daughter who move into a New York City brownstone which is invaded by robbers searching for bearer bonds. Foster and Stewart lock themselves in a secure space in the house and attempt to call for help while the robbers continue their efforts to retrieve the loot. This happens in what 2002 David Fincher film?
4. PolitiFact.com analyzes statements by Congress, the White House, and other political figures and reports on their accuracy. They assign each statement one of six ratings on the "Truth-O-Meter", including "True" (accurate and complete), "Half-True" (leaves out important details or context), and "False" (completely inaccurate). Beyond "False" is what rating, reserved for inaccurate statements that also make ridiculous claims?
5. What opened in 1914, cost the U.S. $375,000,000 to build, takes six to eight hours to traverse its 48-mile length, and charges an average toll of $54,000?
Extra credit
1. For the first time since it started choosing in 1999, what company named two shades – Rose Quartz and Serenity – as its Color of the Year?
2. What famed Mexican general signed a contract with a Hollywood film company to have a number of his battles filmed in order to finance his efforts in the Mexican revolution?
This week's challenge
Start with the phrase PANTS ON FIRE. Change one letter to a C and you can rearrange the result to spell a two-word phrase (3, 8) that might be used to clarify a statement. What is the phrase?
ANSWERS
On-air questions
1. Panhandle
2. Panera
3. Panic Room
4. "Pants on fire"
5. Panama Canal
Extra credit
1. Pantone
2. Pancho Villa
