Easy

It was cool that Jodi and Christie got to paint an elephant, but we know it wasn’t for the actual Jaipur Elephant Festival.  How do we know that? (20 points)

Hard

For their first clue in India, the teams had to find a big solitary tree with an old man under it.  This is a very typical aspect of a classic style of Japanese theatre.  1) What is the name of the Japanese style of theatre? (20 points) 2) What play by an Irish playwright who was very influenced by this particular style of theatre did I see performed in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, in May of 1998? (40 points)

Good luck!

What are these three Jaipur residents thinking?

Personally, I loved it, and running in your underwear in the winter?  Sounds totally like something some cold weather towns would do.

Question: Find me the names (and provide links) to any naked / skivvie runs that take place across the world in cold climates.  10 points for each that you find; 20 points if they are in Russia (up to 40 points).

Good luck!

The National Russian Ballet

2.  The play was “The Anastasia Trials In the Court of Women” by Carolyn Gage

3.  The Minneapolis theatre company which produced it was Theatre Unbound, directed by my friend Becky Rizzio.  I also hosted this company’s benefit in 2008, at which I did a dramatic reading of Schadenfreude from Avenue Q.  Funny enough, they didn’t ask me to host it this year.  <sigh>