With the help of my daughter, My Favorite Team was victorious.

What girl's name is the title of a 2016 song by The Lumineers and part of the title of a 2025 song by Taylor Swift?

What board game genre, characterized by the in-game purchase of components to be cyclically accessed later, was popularized by Dominion ?

What Shakespeare play begins with"Now is the winter of our discontent" spoken by the Duke of Gloucester, who is "determined to prove a villain" ?

What famous lawyer gave an eight-hour speech at the sentencing hearing of the murderers Leopold and Loeb, and later defended John Scopes in the "Monkey Trial" ?

The Griswolds pulled ahead in music trivia and My Favorite Team couldn't catch them at the end.  

What TV anthology, first aired in 1991, features a teenage group called the Midnight Society that tells stories around a campfire?

What is the real name of the Colorado hotel that inspired The Shining  by Stephen King?

What does the Spanish word "brujas" mean in the Halloween expression "Día de las Brujas" ?

What real-life fungus that zombifies insects is the scientific basis for the plague in The Last of Us​​​​​​​ ?

We borrowed this movie from the library and I remarked that Nicole Kidman was still married to Executive Producer Tom Cruise when it was being made.

B:  "What?  This movie isn't that old!"

Me:  "Yep, it was released in 2001."

B:  "What?!?"

Me:  [spooky finger waving] "Wooooooooo!"

My Favorite Team led at halftime, but cratered late. 

When the Seattle Mariners reached the American League Championship Series in 2025, what AL Central team then had the longest current ALCS appearance drought?

Giuseppe Zangara, Samuel Byck, and Francisco Duran are A) attempted presidential assassins, B) champion F1 drivers, or C) Nobel-winning physicists?

What software company, publisher of Call of Duty and Guitar Hero, was purchased by Microsoft in 2023?

Of the 11 elements whose symbols do not feature letters from their common English names, which one has the lowest atomic number?

What late comedian and actor from Homicide: Life on the Street and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit was a cousin of Henry Winkler?

What party game involves selecting from a 5x5 grid and trying to avoid the assassin, which ends the game instantly?

What U.S. state name comes from an Algonquian word that may mean 'it lies red', a reference to the reddish sandstone banks of its central river?

In what decade was the most recent year in which a Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded?

What is the common name for the elements on the far right of the periodic table, including helium, neon, and argon?

What three-time Oscar winner for Best Actor recently came out of retirement for Anemone ?

Of what West Asian nation is King Abdullah II the current monarch?

What is the stage name of Dana Elaine Owens, the first hip hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ?

What NHL star scored "5 goals 5 ways" for the Penguins in 1988? (even-strength, power-play, short-handed, penalty-shot, open-net)

What scientific constant is celebrated at 6:02 on October 23rd?

What German philosopher and economist was a correspondent for the New-York Daily Tribune from 1852 to 1862?

What author is credited with the first modern detective story, in which C. Auguste Dupin solves a double homicide?

They didn't show us Lake Assal on the map, unfortunately, but we did win.  I got the first one below from the lyrics to "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

What opera about a clown is featured in a double-bill with Cavalleria rusticana ?

Hal Newhouser quit his scouting job in protest when the Houston Astros did not select what shortstop from Kalamazoo with their first overall pick?

In what Horn of Africa country is Lake Assal, from which 4 million tons of salt is extracted annually?

What car rental company has the slogan "We try harder" ?

We finished eighth out of about 18 teams in the semis.  Oh well...

What U.S. president was known for saying "speak softly and carry a big stick"?

What city, which held the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in 1898, had its name used at the line by a player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021?

What meal was ordered by Margot from Chef Julian Slowik in The Menu?

What 9-letter word describes the body's hormone system of glands and tissues?

What is the most common type of star in our galaxy, comprising 60%-70% of the stars in the Milky Way?

What NHL team has the nickname "Habs" ?

According to BBC Earth, what is the shortest-lived land vertebrate?  A) Flores giant rat, B) Labord's chameleon, C) dwarf pygmy goby, D) Fresno kangaroo rat?

Before And After (two answers that smoosh together):  Boxer Mancini and an aboriginal Australian invention.

In 1976, what band was sent a telegram by Groucho Marx congratulating them on their "sage choice" in album titles?  [This was a Final Jeopardy question that eliminated a Baltimorean contestant]

What 3 countries and one autonomous region were labeled the Four Asian Tigers for their industrial growth and export economies after World War II?

What type of foods are spelt, teff, and triticale?

What video game is featured in the plot of the 2009 film "Couples Retreat"?

Dunlop manufactures balls with different-colored dots for various skill levels in what sport, developed in 19th century England?

The phrase "fior di latte" (Italian for "flower of milk") refers to what type of cheese?

Valletta, the smallest capital city in the European Union, is in what country of historically strategic importance?

What three U.S. states have the lowest average elevation?

What Game of Thrones character said "confession feels good under the right circumstances" ?

From what is the Native American crafted product wampum made?

What actor appears in the three movies "The Replacements", "Four Christmases", and "Iron Man"?

What Maryland county is named for the longest-surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence?

What U.S. state is the only one without any Division I sports?

What U.S. territory claims to be "Where America's Day Begins"  because of its proximity to the International Date Line?  Other territories have a better claim, including the Northern Mariana Islands, whose capital is Saipan.

What 11-letter word starting with "c" describes fruits such as apples, pears, and bananas, which continue to ripen after being harvested?

Debbie Reynolds is to Carrie Fisher as Peggy Lipton is to what Parks and Recreation actress?