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SHOWDOWN Date: Oct 26, 2010

WARMUP
1. Block letter writing is commonly known as{
PRINTING (2)
2. In economics, anything negotiable or returnable in kind or by substitution is:
FUNGIBLE (5)
3. Napa cabbage is the most common main ingredient in this national dish of Korea:
KIMCHI (4)
4. Who developed the Android mobile operating system?
GOOGLE (1)
5. Specimens of this Homo genus were first discovered in the 1850's in Germany:
NEANDERTHAL (4)
6. Gerry Goffin wrote songs in collaboration with his wife:
CAROL KING (5)
7. El Azizia, Libya and Tirat Zvi, Israel are places known for their:
RECORDED TEMPERATURES (2)
8. Makemake, discovered in 2005, is a:
DWARF PLANET (4)
9. The sun enters this sign of the zodiac on October 23rd and leaves it on November 22nd:
SCORPIO (3)
10. In the traditional breakdown, a 60th anniversary is the ____ anniversary.
DIAMOND (3)

COUNTDOWN
1. In French cuisine, a galantine is a ____ dish.
BONED, STUFFED MEAT (5)
2. Sard is a semi-precious stone very similar to but darker and harder than:
CARNELIAN (1)
3. Which woman's name originated in the New World?
SAMANTHA (5)
4. Northwest Angle, the northernmost point in the lower 48 states, is located in this state:
MINNESOTA (4)
5. 'Close proximity' is a ____ expression.
TAUTOLOGICAL (3)
6. Guangzhou is the third largest city in:
CHINA (2)
7. Cuneiform means ____-shaped.
WEDGE (4)
8. The Melodians are a musical group who pioneered this form:
REGGAE (5)
9. The first Christian monasteries were located in this country:
EGYPT (2)
10. Which word designates something edible?
SHWARMA (4)
11. Silversides, members of the Order Antheriniformes, are:
FISH (5)
12. Which heroine of a French classic is a foul-mouthed 11-year old girl?
ZAZIE (3)

CATEGORY
1. NEW NOBEL LAUREATES over ASTRONOMY
Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim split the Nobel Prize in Physics for isolating:
GRAPHENE (3)
2. CHIEF JUSTICES over DANCE FEVER
An Ohio senator and governor, he was also Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:
SAMUEL P. CHASE (4)
3. IN THE NEWS over CALENDARS
Koro is the name of a previously unknown ____ discovered in India's Himalayan foothills.
LANGUAGE (4)
4. NEW NOBEL LAUREATES over CHIEF JUSTICES
Mario Vargas Llosa of ____ won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature.
PERU (5)
5. IN THE NEWS over DANCE FEVER
Jerome Kerviel of ____ was just convicted of one of history's biggest trading frauds.
FRANCE (1)
6. ASTRONOMY over CALENDARS
In which month of 2010 did a total solar eclipse take place?
JULY (3)

LIGHTNING
1. In an October 2010 ecological disaster, toxic slude (sic) polluted this river
DANUBE (3)
2. Which Broadway veteran just published a controversial memoir?
PATTI LUPONE (4)
3. Montana, Florida, Nevada and Colorado are U.S. state names based on ____ words.
SPANISH (5)
4. The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was won by a ____ dissident.
CHINESE (3)
5. 'In His Own Write' and 'A Spaniard in the Works' are newly republished books by:
JOHN LENNON (1)
6. In everyday usage, a simpler term for logorrhoea is:
WORDINESS (4)
7. Which famous novel is made up of letters, logs, journal entries and newspaper accounts?
DRACULA (5)

PYRAMID
1. Which earth science deals with the Earth's magnetic and gravity fields?
GEODESY (5)
2. The Mitanni and Kassites were groups who once flourished in the:
MIDDLE EAST (1)
3. Rabindranath Tagore is known for his poetry and stories written in:
BENGALI (1)
4. Gregory I or Gregory the Great, who lived from 540 to 604, was a/an:
ROMAN CATHOLIC POPE (4)
5. Which early modern philosopher was of Portuguese-Jewish descent?
SPINOZA (4)

FINAL SHOWDOWN
Category: LIVING ROYALS
Q: Hans Adam II is the reigning ruler of:
1. LUXEMBOURG
2. LIECHTENSTEIN
3. THE NETHERLANDS
4. DENMARK
5. ICELAND

Wipeout Order: 5, 4, 3, 1


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