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Whoa, it snuck up on us again…that every-ten-years (Weeks?) reapportionment of the trivia representation. Will the new tournament pairings be distributed fairly? Or do the entrenched powers at BUZZHEAD HQ again conspire to put the division of the country up for arbitrary power rankings? Will they at last put NM and CO into the same district, or gerrymander us into a pairing with UT, where we’ll be no threat to greater Denver? Let’s see if the questions offered in this week’s tilt will give a clue.
Worn-up Round
1. The Coachella Valley is located in CALIFORNIA (COLORADO DESERT). 2. The ING Group is a big __ business: DUTCH. 3. It’s a dish normally served with Bearnaise sauce: CHATEAUBRIAND. 4. Rick Perry is Governor of: TEXAS. 5. A group of ducks is called a: BRACE {We should have had 2-way brace, but settled for a 5-way gaggle.} 6. Paxil, Celexa, and Zoloft are drugs serving the same purpose of PROZAC. 7. The Earth’s diameter is about __ times that of the moon: FOUR. 8. This poker term refers to when a player chooses not to bet: CHECK.9. A naval vessel designed to clear mines is called a: MINESWEEPER. 10. Archaeologists recently found evidence of an 8000 year old culture in __’s Grand Valley: COLORADO.
Well the BUZZIES will have a hard time segregating the smart from the not-so-smart based upon that round. Perhaps they can find some minority to concentrate into one district in the Ground-down Round;
1. Which ancient wonder was by the Greek sculptor Phidias: STATUE OF ZEUS. 2. An 1898 NY Times editorial use this word for the first time: AUTOMOBILE. 3. The opera scenes in this film were shot inside the historic Tyl Theater in Prague: AMADEUS. 4. This patriot took part in the Boston Tea Party in 1773: PAUL REVERE. 5. Benga is a high-energy African music style originating in: KENYA. {No bingo on Benga…5-way partition of one precinct.} 6. Ovation, Martin, and Gibson are all brands of: GUITAR. 7. The Mesolithic Period is also called the middle STONE age. 8. Popular in the Caribbean, windball is a variation of this game: CRICKET. {That was googly wicket.} 9. A fallen angel named Belial is found in this literary work: PARADISE LOST {BLZBUB, courteously saves team here.} 10. Which one listed is the leading commercial variety of sweet cherries: BING {Bingo on Bing, daddio.} 11. In the original version of “Cinderella” the wicked step sisters self-mutilate their: FEET {I don’t EVEN want to know what happened in the original version of “The Vagina Monologues.”} 12. A red rash, resembling a bullseye in an early symptom of this disease: LYME DISEASE
Well now, the BUZZHEADS seem to be assembling districts made primarily of history, music and literature questions. I guess I you’re a science and technology geek you’ll get put in with the disenfranchised. Maybe we can hope for a bit on representation in the…
Scatological Round
1. ASTRONOMY v famous Canadians
A sky watcher should know that Pandora, Janus and Phoebe are small: MOONS OF SATURN {OK this one, while “science” raises to the level of stamp collecting.}
2. Popular fiction v WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The Bailiwick of ___ lies just a few miles north of the French Coast: JERSEY {CHILL on tap for this tall cool glass of…milk?}
3. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS v middle initials {Buzztimers = “B”, as in I. B. Dumb}
Oxygen and silicon are the only elements more common in the earth’s crust than: ALUMINIUM {This was a bit better, as it actually required some rapid eliminations based upon knowledge.}
4. world geog v ASTRONOMY
The first asteroids discovered in the early 19 th Century were called: PLANETS {Our score almost got demoted to minor planet status here. Well played BUZZIES.}
5. Middle initials v POPULAR FICTION
Julia Glass published an award-winning book titled ___ in 2002: THREE JUNES {Three guesses were more like what we got.}
6. famous Canadians v CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
Discovered in 1875, this element liquefies just above room temperature: GALLIUM {JOE M, mad scientist, had the gall to call this before BLZBUB and CROEM.}
I guess sequestered to a minority district is all we can expect from the BUZZARDS.
FRIGHTENING ROUND
1. Operation Watchtower, a 1942 U.S. offensive, in the South Pacific: GUADALCANAL. 2. In 1957, Hamilton introduced the first electric wristwatch, naming it the: VENTURA {we got body slammed by Jesse here.} 3. Bamananakan, Kalenjin, and Hassaniyya are names of African: LANGUAGES {but we no speakee de African.} 4. There are more than 31 million ___ in a ___: SECONDS; YEAR {A timely pre-call by DUFF.} 5. The Seven Year’s War was a worldwide conflict fought in the __ Century: EIGHTEENTH. 6. Hawaiian red sea __ is an ingredient used by master chefs: SALT. {TWIST twisted the mill for us here.} 7. Some 2 million fur seals are found along the shores of South Georgia Island in the: SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN {Thankfully, Shackleford wasn’t there long enough to eat them all.}
What? Look at this latest map…are we going to get lumped in with the bars in AZ, who are well known pederasts? Those guys are cheering loudly for the beginning of the Py-ram-it Round.
PY-RAM-IT Round
P1. “Pro pace et fraternitate gentium” is an inscription written on: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE MEDALS {DUFF translated enough Latin to steer us towards PEACE.}
P2. Donald B. MacMillan accompanied this explorer on a famous trip in 1909: ROBERT PEARY {We calmly, but urgently eliminated all the other choices based on the year given.}
P3. Known as Rhincodon Typus, this fish has several structures known as gill rakers: WHALE SHARKS {A solid call by JOE M was largely ignored, to our detriment. Sorry, fella.}
P4. Born in Michigan in 1884, Robert Flaherty went on to become an important: DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER {DUFF, anal extraction.}
P5. It was designed by Maxime Faget and Caldwell Johnson: APOLLO CAPSULE {Stuck on a 5-way, here. Hats off to the BUZZIES. It stumped our history brain-trust and also BLZBUB, with his rather deep knowledge of aviation history.}
Give us credit for about 3 ½ correct on that round, another pounding in Py-ram-it. Now we will need to do well in the Final Tragedy to salvage a respectable score for this game. So bring it BUZZARDS...
FINAL TRAGEDY on the topic of ROMAN STRUCTURES
Piazza del Campidoglio is a Roman Plaza designed by this great artist:
MICHELANGELO
{Some confusion here, but we got down to the correct answer in time for most to benefit.}
The little-team-that-could in the hinterlands of the BUZZTIME nation took some huge scores into the final round, and emerged shaken but not beaten. The top six boxes were 57259, 51976, 51231, 48211, 46848, and 45944. The team average was 50244, which although 12000 points higher than last week, still seemed disappointing. Our final ranking of EIGHTH, however, DID NOT seem disappointing.
In addition, we placed higher than the 8th Street Bar and Gruel, which looks good for our advancement in the highly unofficial Sandbag Tourney. Blue Goose, stand on guard!
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Oh my gawd, they killed
Ken Z.
You bastards!
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