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We'd really like to know what the alternate Category Round questions were for this game. We went on 5-way splits for 4 of the 6 category questions. People would like to know if they could have salvaged some dignity by picking the alternate topics.
Worn-down Round
1. What will Facebook’s stock symbol be? FB 2. Paxil is a trade name for a widely prescribed: ANTIDEPRESSANT. 3. What are the first names of the founders of Abercrombie & Fitch? DAVID – EZRA. 4. Who wrote the song “Give Peace a Chance”? JOHN LENNON. 5. These imported predators have become a menace in the Florida Everglades: BURMESE PYTHONS. 6. “Bertie” was the nickname of this famous man: KING GEORGE VI. 7. Bock is a German: LAGER. 8. The Equal Protection Clause was part of the __ Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: 14th. 9. It has such features as flagella, cilia and lamellipodia: CYTOSKELETON. 10. In a 1959 plane crash, the music world lost Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and: THE BIG BOPPER (J.P. Richardson)
Ground-down Round
1. Ettakatol and Ennada are major political parties in present-day: TUNISIA. 2. This medication was an attempt to improve on morphine and codeine: OXYCODONE. 3. Which folklorist’s autobiography is titled “Adventures of a Ballad Hunter”? JOHN LOMAX. 4. The Tata Group is considered this nation’s flagship conglomerate: INDIA. 5. Infusing cognac with the essence of pears produces: BELLE DE BRILLET. 6. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a harsh critic of Islam, is the author of “Nomad” and: INFIDEL. 7. Solmization is a technique used in teaching: VOCAL MUSIC. 8. “Gotterdammerung,” the title of the last opera of Richard Wagner’s tetralogy, means: TWILIGHT OF THE GODS. 9. Xenophobia is the fear or dislike of: FOREIGNERS. 10. Paul Samuelson wrote this influential introductory textbook: ECONOMICS. 11. Wallis Simpson is best known to posterity as the: DUCHESS OF WINDSOR. 12. “Jubilee Stomp” and “Cotton Club Stomp” are compositions by: DUKE ELLINGTON.
Scatology Round
1. Books into film v GENERAL SCIENCE
Danish scientist Nicolas Steno’s Four Laws pertain to this branch of science: GEOLOGY.
2. Current fiction v NATIONAL PARKS
This national park is known for its striking granite domes and sequoia groves: YOSEMITE
3. Greek myths v RECENT DEATHS
The late boxing trainer Angelo Dundee is best known for his work with this fighter: MUHAMMAD ALI.
4. NATIONAL PARKS v Books into film
The main feature of Canada’s Kluane National Park is a: HIGH MOUNTAIN {Our transplanted Canuck had never heard of it. This led us to believe it is a recent renaming into its Native Name, which was of no additional help.}
5. RECENT DEATHS v current fiction
The late ___ was the first black woman to have a contract with a major opera company: CAMILLA WILLIAMS
6. GENERAL SCIENCE V Greek myths
The abbreviation “SUSY” is used in this branch of science: PARTICLE PHYSICS
Frightening Round
1. Cessna is a noted manufacturer of: AIRCRAFT. 2. Which comedy is by Noel Coward? PRIVATE LIVES. 3. A Chiropodist is another term for: PODIATRIST. 4. This pork and garlic sausage is studded with pistachio nuts: MORTADELLA. 5. Plovers are: SHOREBIRDS. 6. Richard II and Richard III of England are the subjects of famous plays by: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 7. Neap, Spring and Mixed are types of: TIDES.
Py-Ram-It Round
P1. A negative pressure ventilator is more commonly known as a/an: IRON LUNG
P2. Which Nobel Laureate died last month at the age of 88? WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA
P3. “Clade” is a term most often used in this branch of science: BIOLOGY
P4. In an important historic development in 1085, Alfonso VI captured: TOLEDO {Thanks, ever so much, BUZZonkeys for putting “Venice” as both choice 1 AND 2 for this question. What were we supposed to do if “Venice” were indeed the correct answer?}
P5. The concept of the five stages of grief was pioneered by this Psychologist: ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS. { Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance...We frequently go through all of these in the span of a single Py-ram-it question. But not this one.}
FINAL TRAGEDY, on the Topic of: ASSUMED NAMES
The man born Saloth Sar is known to history as:
1. Nicolae Ceaucescu,
2. Joseph Stalin,
3. Genghis Khan,
4. Ho Chi Minh, and
5. POL POT
The order of the eliminations was 4, 3, 2, 1, and the answer was:
POL POT
{We had to start on a 5-way, but did the eliminations quickly enough to score well.}
The top six individual scores were 57828, 51141, 50746, 50359, 49253 and 47111. This became a team average score of 51,073, not nearly good enough to suit us for the night. The meaningless regional ranking was Number 5. Oh well.
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Oh my gawd, they killed
Ken Z.
You bastards!
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