Even knowing the song wouldn't have helped.

What skin care brand has a name derived from the Latin for "snow-white"?

What is the common name for the glenohumeral joint?

What Marvel character created by Len Wein is named for a short, hairy, and solitary animal known to attack creatures ten times its size?

A suit that allows Super Mario to fly is named for what "Japanese racoon dog"?

What quote from a 1999 movie (number 44 on AFI's Top 100 quotes) is spoken at the beginning of a 2024 song that won "Best Song" at the VMAs and the Grammy Awards?

A big win thanks to our purple-pen-wielder helping us get the final answer!

What is the second-largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon?

What 1803 Supreme Court case established the concept of judicial review?

What German Enlightenment philosopher published a Critique of Pure Reason?

What English word, meaning "stored away for future use" can be spelled with 11 letters and pronounced with one syllable?

A tough night, in which we didn't bet confidently enough on our final answer to get first place.

What is the name of the character who is Stella's husband in A Streetcar Named Desire ?

What farm animals are raised by the corporation in the TV series Severance ?

What denomination of U.S. currency features the exterior of a building not located in Washington D.C. ?

What Italian company, makers of Tic Tacs, Kinder Joy, and Nutella, is the world's largest consumer of hazelnuts, using roughly a quarter of the world's supply?

My Favorite Team pulled ahead in the second half and got the victory despite my tempting of fate by cheering the final category "Word Origins".

The late Tony Todd returns as William Bludworth in Bloodlines, the sixth installment in what supernatural horror film series?

Bordered by Brazil, Guyana, and French Guiana, what is the smallest country in South America?

What 2019 Tony Award winner tells a version of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Euridyce?

What word used as the name of the sixth most visited website in 2024 has its origins in the 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels?

J: [prepares breakfast]

me: "Doot doot da-doot-doot"

J: "Banana bread."

A missing music expert and an early deficit left us in third place.

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Matt Strahm has a Declaration of Independence glove in recognition of his resemblance to what actor?

One of the first purchases on Ebay (aka AuctionWeb) was $14.83 for what electronic office equipment that was advertised as "broken"?

What is the name of the branch of philosophy concerned with the study of knowledge?

What deadpan comedian (1929-2024) had the top two albums on the Billboard chart for nearly 30 weeks in the early 1960s?

One of our team members arrived late due to car shopping, but won it for us by getting us to the correct final answer.  

Which came first, Jazzercise classes or women getting credit cards in their own names?

What MLB Hall-of-Famer lettered in four sports at UCLA (baseball, football, basketball, and track), prior to being drafted into the Army?

What singer of "Coal Miner's Daughter" was the older sister of Crystal Gayle?

What longest-running talent show is known for its notoriously tough audience?

My Favorite Team finished on top, and answered the final question thanks to the extra hint.

What musical group, whose biggest hit was "Eye in the Sky", did Homer Simpson describe as "some sort of hovercraft"?

What does the musical instruction "col legno" mean to a violinist?

What household object, once called a besom, is sold using brands including Libman and SWOPT?

What hip-hop song, the top-selling single of 1995​​​​​​​, uses a melody by Stevie Wonder and was parodied by Weird Al Yankovic?

I am pleased to report that My Favorite Team got every one of this week's questions correct except for the "toss-up" questions whose answers are some random number that one just tries to answer closer than everyone else.

What is the distance between the center of a circle and its perimeter?

What genomics company filed for bankruptcy in March 2025?

What Latin American dessert consists of spongecake soaked in a mixture of whole, evaporated, and condensed milk?

What is the name of Percy Jackson's friendly hellhound?

What manicure style is characterised by a natural base and white tips?

What disease was treated by the earliest vaccinations?

What basketball coach led UCLA to seven straight NCAA championships?

What board game includes the characters Frostine, Plumpy, Gloppy, and Gramma Nutt?

What singer who died in 1995 was called the Queen of Tejano Music?

What are the birthplace countries of the following actors?  Heath Ledger, Ryan Reynolds, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Lupita Nyong'o

What newsworthy country in 2025 is the world's largest island (not also reckoned as a continental landmass)?

What is the correct spelling of the region that includes Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and many other islands?

What is the only country with a non-quadrilateral flag?

What "Goonies" actor also voiced teenage mutant ninja turtle Donatello in two movies and Slash on TV?

Silk production begin during the Neolithic in what country?

Who was the author of "Don Quixote", often considered the first modern novel?

Cusco was the capital of what empire until the 16th century?

What actress and wife of Harrison Ford stars in "Curse of the Starving Class" with Christian Slater?

What civil rights activist was memorialized by Barack Obama for his legacy in the farm labor movement?

What annual event was inaugurated in 1985 at Madison Square Garden, with Muhammad Ali as a referee and Liberace as a timekeeper?

Long-awaited semi-finals were going well at first, but our second half was not good enough.

What state has the Crayola factory and also the first US oil well?

Baylen Dupree of "Baylen Out Loud" has what unusual condition?

In what country is Ushuaia, the world's most southermost city?

What assassinated president had campaigned on the slogan "A Full Dinner Pail"?