Big surprises today, but you’ll have to read below what they are. First, the answers:

$200
The con in con man is short for this.
$400
Category is Tom Swifties
It’s the secret or enigmatic way Tom said, “Let’s go look at those tombs”
$600
This cartoonist who created Beavis and Butthead was influenced by Monty Python.
$800
Ellen must have been burstyn with pride when she won an oscar for this 1974 road movie.
$1000
It’s a sequence such as the 4, 6, 7, & 8 needing one tantalizing card to fill it.

The questions are:
$200
What is confidence?
$400
What is cryptically?
$600
Who is Mike Judge?
$800
What is Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore?
$1000
What is an inside straight?

Well, this was a shocker. We got the $200, $600, and $1000 questions and declined to answer the others. Of the six teams playing, three were negative for the day, but we were $1,800 to the good, shooting us into a tie for second place, just $100 off the lead. Looks like we’re still in the running. Oh, I never mentioned what the prize is: lunch for all the team members at Bear Rock Cafe, Schlotzky’s, or Kentucky Fried Chicken. Pretty low stakes, but what the heck, it’s a free lunch.