GSN: Cash Cab Clues (S6, Ep8)

Here is some extra trivia from a Cash Cab episode that aired on 7/27/25 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: Jeff
$50 ROUND:
1. Proving that brown can go green, what nationwide delivery company unveiled hydraulic hybrid trucks in 2006? 2. Dubbed “The Lady of the Ladle” by TIME magazine, what culinary icon’s copper cookware hangs in the Smithsonian?
3. According to the 2005 study, what river-dwelling African mammal is the closest living relative to a whale?
4. Often used to designate footnotes, what star-shaped symbol is known to computer programmers as a splat?
$100 ROUND:
1. The seventh planet in our solar system, what gas giant was the first planet To be discovered by a telescope?
2. Lending its name to an album by The Clash, what’s Socialist Party overthrew the Nicaraguan government in 1979?
3. An axillary thermometer is designed to take the temperature of your axilla, A body part more commonly known as what?
4. At the 2009 funeral for pitchman Billy Mays, pallbearers wore the iconic blue shirts that he wore to pitch what miracle cleanser?
$200 ROUND:
1. Criticized by some real estate agents, what website gives homeowners a quick “Zestimate” of the value of their property?

ANSWERS: show

Second Fare: Vinny, Nick
$50 ROUND:
1. To the relief of local religious groups, the Tampa Bay Rays dropped what word from their team name in 2007?
2. Fronted by caveman and the company reptile, What company started out as an insurer for government employees?
3. In 2010, L.A. artist Mike Mitchell coined the phrase “I’m with Coco” to show his support for what celeb?
4. Immortalized by Bo Derek on the big screen, what braided hairstyle was also worn by a notorious 19th century emperor of Ethiopia?
$100 ROUND:
1. Before it was Americanized, what pen name for children’s book author Theodor Geisel was meant to rhyme with voice?
2. Coined by astrophysicist Fritz Zwicky, what term for a massive stellar explosion Is abbreviated SN?
3. In 2006, a Pittsburgh high school student proved that ironing your mail kills the spores of what deadly bacteria?
RED LIGHT CHALLENGE: RLC: As of 2009, name 7 of the 9 nations With the most companies on the Global Fortune 500 list.
4. Named for a Bing Crosby movie, what hotel franchise launched with 4 motels Covering the corners of Memphis, Tennessee?
ANSWERS: show

Third Fare: Rebecca, Sahar, Ryan
$100 ROUND:
1. Famously cultivated by John Rolfe, what cash crop was referred to by the Jamestown settlers as brown gold?
2. Flirting with legitimacy, the National Enquirer earned respect for its coverage of Rielle Hunter and what politician/baby daddy?
3. In Chinese textbooks, the June 4th incident refers to a 1989 event that occurred in what famous plaza?
4. Held in New York since 1867, what Triple Crown event awards its champion a 40-pound blanket of over 300 carnations?
$200 ROUND:
1. Pronounced “haa-haa-haa” in Thai, “555” is Thailand’s version of what common 3-letter internet abbreviation?
2. Inspiring the name of a brand of gin, the Smithsonian’s Star of Bombay is a famous example of what gemstone?
3. Due to its pungent algae, what colorful arm of Lake Michigan was once named “Bay of the Stinkers”?
RED LIGHT CHALLENGE: Receiving a bit of a home field advantage, 6 African nations competed in the 2010 World Cup tournament. Name 4 of them.
4. In a 1964 interview, author Vladimir Nabokov took credit for parents no loger naming their daughters what?
Double or Nothing for $3,000: For centuries, historian have been mystified by these monoliths in the remote reaches of the Pacific. While Westerners call this destination Easter Island, what is the standard Polynesian name for this island and its people?

ANSWERS: show