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Season 20, Day 6 - “No Top Guns on This Quiz"

Season 20, Day 6 - “No Top Guns on This Quiz"

It's Moon week, and today's quiz is inspired by Half Moon Bay.

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Mavericks (Half Moon Bay) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go

Half Moon Bay is a Pacific Ocean bay on the coast of San Mateo County, California. The bay gets its name from its approximately semi-circular shape. Half Moon Bay is perhaps best known for Mavericks, a dangerous surfing location frequented by some of the world’s best big wave surfers. The bay’s namesake city is home to the annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival, one of the oldest and largest local festivals in California.

Season 20, Day 6 - “No Top Guns on This Quiz"

[Q1] MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION: OF THE “BIG 3” U.S. AUTO MANUFACTURERS (CHRYSLER, FORD, GM), THIS COMPANY THAT MAKES THE MAVERICK PICKUP TRUCK IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DID NOT RECEIVE BAILOUT MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN 2009

[Q2] TEXAS POLITICIAN MAURY MAVERICK WAS INSPIRED BY THE SOUND MADE BY A CERTAIN BIRD WHEN HE COINED THIS 12-LETTER WORD FOR UNINTELLIGIBLE JARGON

[Q3] BEFORE HE PLAYED 007 IN 7 MOVIES, THIS ACTOR REPLACED JAMES GARNER ON THE TV SERIES “MAVERICK,” JOINING THE CAST AS COUSIN BEAU MAVERICK

[Q4] THE NBA’S DALLAS MAVERICKS ARE LED BY YOUNG SUPERSTAR LUKA DONČIĆ, WHO WAS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY ON THE ADRIATIC SEA

[Q5] MAVERICK IS ONE OF 16 ROLLER COASTERS AT THIS AMUSEMENT PARK ON LAKE ERIE, A TOTAL WHICH RANKS SECOND IN THE NATION (BEHIND ONLY SIX FLAGS MAGIC MOUNTAIN)

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