Worn-up Round:
1. Jerry Yang, Co-founder of __, just left the internet company he helped start in 1995: YAHOO. 2. Bossam is a pork dish popular in __ cuisine: KOREAN. 3. What kind of musical act is South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo? MALE CHOIR 4. Wael Ghonim, a Google employee, is credited with starting the: EGYPTIAN UPRISING. 5. The genet is a small carnivore closely related to the: CIVET. 6. Neutrinos are called nature’s __ particles: GHOST. 7. David Henry Hwang is the author of such plays as “Chinglish” and : M. BUTTERFLY. {Damn it, China Boy, you fooled us.} 8. Both Tempeh and tofu are derivatives of: SOY BEAN. 9. An ancient Roman officer elected by the common people to protect them was a: TRIBUNE. 10. The AKP is a ruling political party in this country: TURKEY
We had an unfortunate whiff on Q7, and declared two-way splits on Q3 and Q10.
Ground-down Round:
1. Which person listed is an award-winning composer? STEVE REICH. 2. Artemisinin, a cancer and malaria fighting agent, was developed in: CHINA. 3. Which General of Alexander the Great founded a dynasty that ruled Syria? SELEUCUS. 4. Alfie Kohn is known for his books, articles and speeches about: U.S. EDUCATION. 5. The inventor of this form of body conditioning originally called it contrology: PILATES. 6. Douglas Peterson is the President of this important financial services company: STANDARD & POOR’S. 7. Which item listed was a deme in ancient Greece: ELEUSIS. 8. Which popular song was introduced in the 1940’s: TENDERLY. 9. Nori, wakame and arame are all types of: EDIBLE SEAWEED. 10. This legendary medieval woman was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia: LADY GODIVA. 11. In old England, giving someone a white feather amounted to an accusation of: COWARDICE. 12. The term “vascular” refers to: BLOOD VESSELS.
Damnation, it would be easier to say which questions did NOT need a five-way split on this round. We were pretty fast and accurate on Qs 4 and 9-12. We did run the eliminations on Q3 and Q5 fairly rapidly, but the others were saved only by the third clue.
Scatology Round:
1. Art v INTERNET CURRENTS
What file-sharing website was shut down by the F.B.I. last month? MEGAUPLOAD. {Precise call by HEBEGB.}
2. BIOLOGY v pop singers
The __ model of DNA crossover was first proposed by this theorist in 1964: HOLLIDAY {Good call by the UNM biology Dept.}
3. GEOGRAPHY v buildings
Which French city is in the northern part of the country? ROUEN {CHILL, who was knighted there in the Hundred Years War, with the call.}
4. POP SINGERS v art
Dion Dimucci was the lead singer of Dion and the ___: BELMONTS {CHILL, who was a backup singer to William and the NORMANS, with the call.}
5. Buildings v BIOLOGY
The Gelber-Jensen controversy in biology was over the learning capacity of: PARMECIUM {Do one-celled animals have neurons? Here, we didn’t.}
6. Internet currents v GEOGRAPHY
Which Chinese province borders Tibet? SICHUAN {A border war broke out among several answers here.}
Frightening Round:
1. The Marx Brothers of movie fame were Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and: ZEPPO. 2. Which country’s capital city has the same name as the nation itself? PANAMA. 3. Alaska __ is often used to make imitation crab: POLLACK. 4. Which type of triangle is defined as one with three unequal sides? SCALENE. 5. A comet, it was first spotted in 1995: HALE-BOPP. 6. The first recorded use of an engine powered by __ was built by Hero of Alexandria: STEAM. 7. American patriot Paul Revere was a highly trained and skilled: SILVERSMITH.
In the first positive sign of the night, we managed to answer all seven of these.
Py-ram-it Round:
P1. In reference to gases, ___ means having greater pressure or weight.
HYPERBARIC {Good call by DUFF and BLLNST. Hmm, how would a Balloonist know that? Heh heh heh.}
P2. Morton Lauridsen is a highly regarded composer who is primarily known for his:
CHORAL MUSIC. {Alas, a five tone scale produced dis-chord on this one. There was no chorus of correct answers.}
P3. Given since 1943, the Lasker Awards are among the world’s most respected __ prizes:
SCIENCE {Dr. Science, where were you when we needed you?}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lasker_AwardAlso see the 2011 award winners for some insight into the flubbed “artemisinin” query.
P4. In Aesop’s fable, “The Lion and the Mouse,” the lion is freed when the mouse: GNAWS THROUGH ROPES {BLLNST correctly de-thorning others’ missed calls.}
P5. Mifepristone is a synthetic steroid component used as a/an:
ABORTIFACIENT {Although it is used in the RU-486 “abortion pill,” it apparently works on memories in Albuquerque as well.}
FINAL TRAGEDY, on the topic of: GREEK MYTHOLOGY
This figure of Greek mythology is punished by being eternally bound to a fiery wheel.
IXION
{DUFF, with a call of Delphic ambiguity, was of little help here. Good enough, though, for most of us. We were able to quickly eliminate Sisyphus, Atlas and Daedalus. We were also lucky that Epimetheus was the second choice eliminated.}
We would consider ourselves truly lucky if we held onto a spot in the Top 50 for that game. Our top six boxes scored 42345, 39099, 38442, 37304, 36476 and 36181 points, due mainly to our 5-way split strategy. The team’s average was a miserable 38,307 points. When the game’s rankings finally came up, we were relieved to see ourselves in 33rd place.
Judging by some of the other scores, this game was not particularly difficult for many teams. It drove us bonkers, however. Congrats to The Fellowship on their win. Unfortunately, it looks like the Borg had a field day, based on the rest of the Top 10. So kudos to Varsity Grill, Danny K’s and Jilly’s for leading the kiddie page.
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