New Scaratings

SHOWDOWN Date: Feb 01, 2011

WARMUP
1. This Australian city is recovering from its worst flooding since 1893:
BRISBANE (4)
2. Angostura bark, cassia, gentian and quinine are typical ingredients that go into a/an:
BITTERS (5)
3. Abstemious means 'marked by ____'.
RESTRAINT (1)
4. Who was the Peace and Freedom Party candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election?
RALPH NADER (2)
5. Prussic acid is one of the more familiar forms of:
CYANIDE (3)
6. Suze Orman, Jane Bryant Quinn and David Bach are all noted:
FINANCIAL ADVISORS (2)
7. Lucha libre, freestyle and grappling are all styles of:
WRESTLING (5)
8. In writing, e.g. is followed by a/an:
EXAMPLE (3)
9. Waterdogs and mudpuppies fall into this category of animals:
AMPHIBIANS (4)
10. England's Mike Leigh is a celebrated:
DIRECTOR (1)

COUNTDOWN
1. Despite its name, this animal does not fell trees or build dams:
MOUNTAIN BEAVER (3)
2. Claire Vanderpool's 'Moon Over Manifest' just won the prestigious ____ medal.
NEWBERY (1)
3. The Glock is a series of:
SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOLS (4)
4. He is credited with inventing the world wide web:
TIM BERNERS-LEE (5)
5. Osama Bin Ladin was born here:
SAUDI ARABIA (2)
6. It's a strong, dark malty German lager beer brewed in the fall and aged in the winter:
BOCK (5)
7. Prince Felipe of Asturias is the only son of:
KING JUAN CARLOS I (3)
8. British author Peter Mayle is known for his books about life in:
PROVENCE (4)
9. The term 'blood libel' is a slur that historically has been directed at:
JEWS (2)
10. Don Van Vliet is known in the world of popular music as:
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (4)
11. Uday was the elder son of:
SADDAM HUSSEIN (5)
12. Origins, located on South Padre Island, is a world-renowned:
REHAB CENTER (1)

CATEGORY
1. ANIMAL WORLD over CURRENT POLITICS
Collared Peccaries are New World animals indirectly related to:
PIGS (5)
2. CAPITAL CITIES over SING IT, SISTER
Reykjavik is the capital of:
ICELAND (4)
3. IN MEMORIAM over SHRINKS
The late film director Peter Yates helmed 'Breaking Away' and:
BULLITT (3)
4. CAPITAL CITIES over CURRENT POLITICS
Belmopan is the capital of:
BELIZE (5)
5. SING IT, SISTER over IN MEMORIAM
The late ____ was a big band era singer who sang 'Moonlight in Vermont'.
MARGARET WHITING (2)
6. ANIMAL WORLD over SHRINKS
The Guanico and the Vicuna are native to:
SOUTH AMERICA (1)

LIGHTNING
1. Reince Priebus is the new ____ Committee chair.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL (4)
2. Zinfindel is a type of ____ grape.
RED (5)
3. In 1778, Edward Smith-Stanley, the Earl of ____, founded a famous horse race.
DERBY (4)
4. A bivouac is a:
TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENT (3)
5. Elmer McCollum is a name associated with the discovery of:
VITAMINS A AND D (2)
6. Barn, Great Horned and Screech are types of:
OWLS (5)
7. Which name is of British origin?
KELLY (2)

PYRAMID
1. Skuas and jaegers are ____ known for their piratic behavior.
SEABIRDS (1)
2. 'On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic In History' is a text by this Victorian:
Thomas Carlyle (5)
3. Riots led to the deposition of the president of ____ in January, 2011.
TUNISIA (3)
4. Hypatia of Alexandria, Elizabeth Anxcombe and Hannah Arendt are noted women:
PHILOSOPHERS (2)
5. This tonal language belongs to the Kradai language family:
LAOTIAN (5)

FINAL SHOWDOWN
Category: HISTORIANS
Q: England's A.J.P.Taylor authored the hugely controversial 'The Origins of ____'.
1. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
2. THE SECOND WORLD WAR
3. THE ROMAN EMPIRE
4. PRECOLUMBIAN STATISM
5. IMPERIAL CHINA

Wipeout Order: 1, 4, 3, 5


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