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SHOWDOWN Date: Apr 05, 2011
WARMUP
1. This large sporting dog was developed in England over 300 years ago:
POINTER (1)
2. Adolph Eichmann, major organizer of the holocaust, was captured in this country in 1960:
ARGENTINA (5)
3. Blind-thrust and surface are two types of:
EARTHQUAKES (2)
4. The AAU Sullivan Award is given annually to the outstanding:
AMATEUR ATHLETE (4)
5. Jeff Kinney is the author of the popular 'Diary of a ____' series of books.
WIMPY KID (5)
6. Which singer-songwriter was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
TOM WAITS (3)
7. A eructation is more commonly called a:
BELCH (2)
8. The July Monarchy, which lasted from 1830 to 1848, was part of ____ history.
FRENCH (1)
9. Which world famous school belongs to the Russell group?
OXFORD (5)
10. The European Union's criminal intelligence agency is called:
EUROPOL (3)
COUNTDOWN
1. Counterculture icon Stanley Owsley, aka Bear, was influential in popularizing:
LSD (2)
2. The Birgit Nilsson Prize is named after a/an:
OPERATIC SOPRANO (4)
3. Polymyxins are:
ANTIBIOTICS (5)
4. 'History of My Misfortunes' is a work by this medieval intellectual:
ABELARD (1)
5. Aliko Dangote of ____ is Africa's richest man.
NIGERIA (1)
6. The Vasa kings were a/an ____ dynasty.
SWEDISH (4)
7. France's Nicolas Appert is known as the father of this technology:
CANNING (2)
8. A phalanstery, a concept of Charles Fourier, is a type of:
SOCIALIST COMMUNE (5)
9. The ____ Civil War began in 1991 and continued throughout the 1990's.
ALGERIAN (3)
10. Which film director is imaginary?
ALAN SMITHEE (4)
11. Although widely advised not to, this former president has just returned to his nation:
JEAN-BAPTISTE ARISTIDE (3)
12. Which is a deciduous tree?
SYCAMORE (3)
CATEGORY
1. AFRICAN LEADERS over ON THE BOOKSHELF
One of Africa's worst despots, Teodoro OBIANG is president of:
EQUATORIAL GUINEA (5)
2. CLASSIC POP SONGS over GEOGRAPHY
'Old Man River' and 'Yesterdays' are songs by:
JEROME KERN (4)
3. POLITICAL WOMEN over NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
Hilda Solis is Secretary of ____ in the Obama administration.
LABOR (5)
4. GEOGRAPHY over AFRICAN LEADERS
The Valdes Peninsula, a World Heritage Site, is on the Atlantic coast of:
ARGENTINA (4)
5. CLASSIC POP SONGS over POLITICAL WOMEN
'Blues in the Night', and 'Too Marvelous For Words' are classic songs with lyrics by:
JOHNNY MERCER (2)
6. ON THE BOOKSHELF over NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
'The Paris Wife' is a fictional version of the life of his first wife:
ERNEST HEMINGWAY (4)
LIGHTNING
1. The tallest Redwood, (sic) is approximately ____ feet tall.
380 (3)
2. Which iconic sports coach is the subject of a current Broadway show?
VINCE LOMBARDI (5)
3. Plato called her the tenth muse:
SAPPHO (2)
4. In legend, Ireland's St. ____ the Navigator sailed west to the Isle of the Blessed.
BRENDAN (4)
5. ____ is the gem variety of olivine.
PERIDOT (3)
6. 'Charley's Aunt' is a classic example of this type of play:\
FARCE (5)
7. This marsupial is native to North and South America:
OPPOSUM (1)
PYRAMID
1. C.P.E. and J.C. were the initials of two of the composer-sons of:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (2)
2. England's Rowan Williams is the 104th:
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY (4)
3. Chinese-born Xiangzhong Yang is remembered for his work in:
CLONING (3)
4. In 1910, heavyweights Jim Jeffries and ___ fought a controversial title bout.
JACK JOHNSON (4)
5. Wendish or Lusatian is a ____ spoken by a minority in Germany.
SLAVIC (4)
FINAL SHOWDOWN
Category: ANTHROPOLOGY
Q: The Clovis Culture is a/an ____ social development that dates back to 10,000 B.C.
1. NATIVE AMERICAN
2. MIDDLE EASTERN
3. AFRICAN
4. FAR EASTERN
5. SCANDINAVIAN
Wipeout Order: 5, 3, 4, 2
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