GSN: Cash Cab Clues (S5, Ep40)

Here is some extra trivia from a Cash Cab episode that aired on 7/28/25 on the Game Show Network. An asterisk will mark the clues that the passengers missed with their wrong answers, if any, in parentheses.

First Fare: Mike & Karen
$50 ROUND:
1. In 2003, controversy arose over whether the Pope had favorably endorsed what movie directed by Mel Gibson?
2. Held in over 200 cities, The Twestival was a 2009 fundraising event organized via what networking website?
3. A staple of Euclidean geometry, what Greek letter is also a symbol for “profit” and “plaintiff”?
4. The GM of the food industry, what ubiquitous company owns brands as diverse as Old El Paso, Haagen-Dazs, and Cheerios?
$100 ROUND:
1. While a male is a colt and a female is a filly, What catch-all term refers to any horse less than a year old?
2. After his documents were stolen, Iranian national Mehran Nasseri spent 18 years living in Terminal 1 of what European airport?
3. A satire of the British government, what Gilbert & Sullivan operetta is set in the fictional Japanese town of Titipu?
4. Called a bivvy bag for short, what lightweight sack is a minimalist alternative to the more traditional tent?
$200 ROUND:
1. Known as the Mambo King, what drummer’s 2000 death was marked by 3 official days of mourning in Puerto Rico?

ANSWERS: show

Third Fare: Steffi & James
$100 ROUND:
1. Sometimes eliciting an “lol”, what 2-word phrased is abbreviated “j/k” in the world of internet slang?
2. Lending its name to an Oliver Stone movie, what small military unit typically consists of 18 to 44 grunts?
3. Now known for Bengals as well as pigs, what Midwestern city was known as Porkopolis in the mid-1900s?
4. Known by its initials, what group was founded in 1910 by 15 florists who agreed to fill orders via telegraph?
$200 ROUND:
1. In a 1-star review on Amazon.com, what Jack Kerouac classic was summed up as 200 pages of losers waiting for something to happen?
2. Introduced in 1951 by Craft Master, what painting kits promised to make every man a Rembrandt?
3. Headquartered in Zurich, what 208-member governing body has been described as the United Nations of Soccer?
RED LIGHT CHALLENGE: As of 2009, name 5 of the top 6 oil and gas companies that were listed in the Global Fortune 500.
4. After answering a NASA newspaper ad in 1978, who became the 1st female American in space?
$200 ROUND:
1. Sometimes called a Swede, what root vegetable is paired with potatoes in the Scottish disn Neeps & Tatties?

ANSWERS: show