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Warm-up Round
1. Diana Nyad swimming the 103 mile FLORIDA STRAIGHT. 2. Controversial 26 ft tall Marilyn Monroe statue in: CHICAGO. 3. Mohamed Bouazizi was a street vendor in___ whose suicide in 2010 began the Arab Uprising: TUNISIA. 4. Caruru, Feijoda, and Coxinha are popular dishes in: BRAZIL. 5. Steve Williams, former caddy of Tiger Woods now works for: ADAM SCOTT. 6. Native to Africa & Asia, the ratel is aka the __ badger: HONEY. 7. The 1917 Balfour Declaration was a letter written by A.J. Balfour to: BARON ROTHCHILD. 8. “In media res” or “In the midst of things” refers to __ technique: NARRATIVE. 9. Which major city experienced several days of riots in Aug 2011: LONDON. 10. “Babar’s __ Games” is the 42nd in the series of kids books: CELESTEVILLE.
Ground-down Round
1. The stop, kiss and follow shots are all used in: BILLIARDS. 2. Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola was a/an ___ philosopher: RENAISSANCE. 3. Once called Draco, Typhon, and Axius, this river is now usually called: ORONTES. 4. In 1895, the Great Blondin, was the first to tightrope walk across the: NIAGRA FALLS. 5. Kinesiology is the study of: HUMAN MOVEMENT. 6. Jeff Koons is a famous but controversial: SCULPTOR. 7. In drama, peripeteia refers to a/an: REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, (and not unraveling of the plot). 8. The Bocuse D’or (Golden Bocuse)is a biennial ___ competition held In Lyons, France: WORLD CHEF. 9. Minatory means : THREATENING. 10. Fitch, Moodys and S&P are all: RATING AGENCIES. 11. “Wonder Girl” is the title of an acclaimed biography of this famed woman athlete: BABE DIDRIKSON. 12. A vigneron is a: WINEMAKER.
Scatology Round
1. 9/11 Books v Political Philosophy
This book by Augustine of Hippo inaugurated Christian Political thought: THE CITY OF GOD.
2. Astronomy v WAR NOVELS
This classic war novel was written by Dalton Trumbo: JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN.
3. AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY v Prominent women:
Which U.S. state is part of the North American Cordillera: CALIFORNIA.
4. WAR NOVLES v 9/11 Books
Vance Bourjaily’s “The End of My Life” deals with service during this war: WORLD WAR II
5. PROMINENT WOMEN v Astronomy
Born in New Zealand in 1914, Nancy Wake was a hero for the: FRENCH RESISTANCE
6. political philosoph v AMERICAN GEORGRAPHY
The Canadian shield is a large geographic area aka the ___Plateau: LARENTIAN.
Frightening Round
1. Ayrton Senna was a BRAZILIAN formula one driver. 2. Peter Sellars is known for his unconventional STAGING OF CLASSIC WORKS. 3. Actress/author takes on aging in her “Prime Time”: JANE FONDA 4. In both food and medicine “agar” is a gelling agent extracted from RED ALGAE. 5. Famous attraction is 125 yrs old in 2011: STATUE OF LIBERTY. 6. The second largest population city of Great Britain: BIRMINGHAM. 7. A dobbin is a quiet plodding: HORSE.
Py-ram-it Round
P1. The term “Ruthenian” refers to languages spoken or once spoken in parts of: EASTERN EUROPE
P2. In Italian history, Federico Confalonieri played this role: FREEDOM FIGHTER
P3. Which famous person wrote “ Dostoevsky and Parricide”: SIGMUND FREUD
P4. The ancient kingdom of Gandhara was located in what is now northern: PAKISTAN
P5. The USS Panay incident and the Allison incident prefigured this famous event: PEARL HARBOR BOMBING
The FINAL TRAGEDY is on the topic: PHILOSOPHERS
This British philosopher was an advocate of Logical Positivism:
A.J. AYER
The little-team-that-could took a crappy score from the Pyramit Round into Final, and spun it into gold...well, at least pewter. The top qualifying boxes were 45003, 44940, 44412, 43224, 40860, and 40305. This proved to be a disappointing average of 43,124 points. Given the difficulty of the game, we were hopeful of a top 20 score. Fortunately, we did finish FIFTEENTH for the night.
That unusually high ranking for an unusually low score gave proof to the difficulty factor for this game. Confirmation of this may be found on Don Denton’s SHOWDOWN page on his website.
Congrats to the most emphatically not-Gators of the Varsity Grill in Tallahassee, The Fellowship in Ohio, and Jilly’s of Ellicott City, MD. Kudos to all non-Borg locations for playing honestly.
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Oh my gawd, they killed
Ken Z.
You bastards!
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