Been watching a lot of Jeopardy and been bored at work…so here is the gameshow themed workout for the day. Clues at the top, answers down below.
Get it right, do that number of merkins (or lunges or leg raises). If its wrong, that number of burpees. Hold plank or wall sit while choosing a clue and during the answer.
Asian Persuasian
2: This is the largest Asian country and shares 40% of its land mass with Europe:
4: With more than 38 million residents, this city is the most populous in Asia:
6: This landlocked country avoids a border with Kazakhstan by only 23 miles:
8: China produces 45 billion pairs of these every year:
10: The second highest mountain in the world, named after the Korakaram range that it is in, is on the China-Pakistan border:
Eh….what’s up doc?
2: This gambling, gunfighting Doc died of tuberculosis in 1887:
4: This Doctor became an MVP after the American Basketball Association merged with the NBA in 1976:
6: Chevy Chase made this 1985 film famous with his lines of “doctor, doctor, doctor, annnnnd doctor”:
8: This doctor born in Pontiac Michigan is more famous for ending lives than saving them:
10: Henry Morton Stanly presumed correctly when he met this doctor in Africa:
Who put the “ram” in the rammalammadingdong”
2: Also known as a side stitch:
4: A consequence of an action:
6: Last minute studying:
8: Our national hymn made this term for defensive wall of a castle well-known:
10: In the movie Ben-Hur, the drummer on the boat increased the tempo to make the slaves on the boat reach this pace:
He who smelt it, dealt it
4: This chemical element is known by its smell of rotten eggs:
8: The sense of smell is signaled via this sensory system in the body:
12: Anosmia is a term that refers to this:
16: During this part of our typical day, our sense of smell stops completely:
20: This famous alliterative smell is from a paper mill near this western Washington town:
That’s cheating
4: Accused of betting against his own team, this baseball player/manager will never make the hall of fame:
8: Since this multi-stage race began in 1903, there is evidence of substance abuse from the very beginning, starting with drinking alcohol to numb the pain;
12: This country has had a total of 43 olympic medals stripped from their participants for various types of cheating:
16: These two artists had to pay $5 million to the Marvin Gaye estate for stealing the tune for their song “Blurred Lines”:
20: This appropriately named New York politician was accused of cheating on his wife in a sexting scandal on Twitter in 2011:
Why the hell did I do that?
4: These inventors were sad to see they were wrong when thinking their invention would create peace, their creation also caused conflicts in license plate mottos:
8: John Sylvan regrets creating this landfill nightmare and doesn’t even own the appliance that uses his creation:
12: Not to be confused with the founder of Facebook, this pop-up ad creator is sorry for his creation:
16: Ann Jarvis created a holiday that she lived to regret due to its commercialization:
20: Wally Conron called this mopheaded dog breed a Frankenstein monster after he crossed a retriever and a poodle:
Final Jeopardy
Things I don’t want to touch
This floating terror gets its name from an 18th century sailing warship and uses its tentacles to deliver venom to its prey:
Asian Persuasian
2: Russia
4: Tokyo
6: Mongolia
8: chop sticks
10: K2
Eh….what’s up doc?
2: Doc Holliday
4: Doctor J Julius Erving
6: Spies Like Us
8: Doctor Kavorkian
10: Doctor Livingstone
Who put the “ram” in the rammalammadingdong”
2: Also known as a side stitch: cramp
4: A consequence of an action: ramification
6: Last minute studying: cram
8: rampart
10: ramming speed
He who smelt it, dealt it
4: Sulfur
8: olfactory
12: loss of sense of smell
16: sleep
20: Tacoma Aroma
That’s cheating
4: Pete Rose
8: Tour de France
12: Russia
16: Robin Thicke and Pharell Williams
20: Anthony Weiner
Why the hell did I do that?
4: The Wright Brothers
8: Keurig K-cups
12: Ethan Zuckerman
16: Mother’s Day
20: labradoodle
Final Jeopardy
Things I don’t want to touch
Portuguese man o’ war