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Once again, BLZBUB's time was diverted into other picayune pursuits, thus delaying the publishing of a recap. We proceed without further interruption and little devilish commentary.
Worn-up Round
1. Which city is located in western Ireland? GALWAY. 2. A lazy __ is a rotating tray: SUSAN. 3. Who wrote 'The Quiet American,' a novel set in Vietnam in the 1950's: GRAHAM GREENE. 4. The anteater is native to: CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA. {We had calls for Africa, as well as the Americas, and should have split here, but didn't.} 5. Narendra Modi is the current Prime Minister of: INDIA. 6. Herbert von Karajan was one of the 20th Century's most notable: SYMPHONY CONDUCTORS. 7. Segue 2 is considered to be one of the smallest known: GALAXIES. 8. Arizona's Yuma, Tule, and Lechuguilla deserts belong to this larger desert complex: SONORAN DESERT. 9. Which flower's name means 'little sword' in Latin? GLADIOLUS. 10. Bigamy, dysfunction, and meritocracy are all examples of ___ words: HYBRID. {No problems here, other than WU #4.}
Ground-down Round
1. The Great Sanhedrin was a ___ of ancient Israel: COURT. 2. Which author wrote the highly praised memoir 'Not That Kind of Girl'? LENA DUNHAM. 3. An invasive species, the ___ long-horned beetle has proven to be a menace to U.S. trees: ASIAN. 4. St. Dominic is traditionally associated with this item of religious faith: ROSARY. 5. This Nevada city is named after a Union General killed in battle in 1862: RENO. 6. Corpse Reviver#2, Death in the Afternoon, and the Monkey Gland are cocktails made with: ABSINTHE. 7. The Bund, Yu Garden, and City Guard Temple are among the major tourist attractions of: SHANGHAI. 8. 'Children of a Lesser God,' by Mark Medoff, concerns a relationship between a teacher and a: DEAF WOMAN. 9. In statistics, there is a rule, a graphic model, and a method of inference named after: THOMAS BAYES. 10. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Accenture is the world's largest ___ firm: CONSULTING. 11. Red Anjou and Yellow Bartlett are types of: PEARS. 12. Spartacus, John Cabot and Henry Hudson are historic figures who: MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED. {We had a bit of trouble with GD #4 and a lot with #6, but ran the rest well.}
Scatology Round
1. New Science Books v ASIAN HISTORY
The region of Amur was annexed by Russia thanks to the 1858 Treaty of Aigun with: CHINA.
2. Explorers v HUMAN ANATOMY
The supinator muscle helps move this human body part: FOREARM.
3. G-D-P-F-V Animule kingdom v CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
'Armide' and 'Alceste' are among the operas of this composer born in Bavaria in 1714: CHRISTOPHE GLUCK.
4. HUMAN ANATOMY v new science books
It is one of three types of muscular tissue: CARDIAC.
5. Classical composers v EXPLORERS
John Wesley Powell earned fame for his 19th Century exploration of the: COLORADO RIVER.
6. ASIAN HISTORY v g-d-p-f-v- animule kingdom
During which Century did Vietnam double its territory under King Le Thanh Tong? 15TH. {Dang, missed it by Thaaaat much.}
Frightening Round
1. Valtrex is a/an ___ drug: ANTIVIRAL. 2. Gundogs are divided into three categories: Pointers, Retrievers and ___ dogs: FLUSHING. 3. First released in 1971, 'Wild Horses' is a song by the: ROLLING STONES. 4. Blood lipids are also known as blood: FATS. 5. Scholarism is a student protest group formed in ___ in 2011: HONG KONG. {Urk, wrong kong.} 6. In the United States, Sfincione is commonly called: SICILIAN PIZZA. {Ack, wrong again.} 7. In 2014, he was named to the Nascar Hall of Fame: BILL ELLIOTT.
Py-Ram-It Round
P1. Romance languages, like French and Spanish, are languages derived from: LATIN.
P2. 'You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train' is a memoir from this controversial figure: HOWARD ZINN {IS it really controversial that we hadn't heard of this book? Not really.}
P3. The father of this Dutch scientist was a friend of Galileo and Rene Descartes: CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS.
P4. Robert F. Scott's ill-fated 1912 Terra Nova expedition had the aim of exploring the: ANTARCTIC.
P5. ___ is used to refer to European literature and art between 1815 and 1848: BIEDERMEIER.
FINAL TRAGEDY, on the Topic of: METEOROLOGY
{Paraphrased} Red sprites and blue jets are meteorological phenomenon located:
ABOVE THUNDERSTORMS
Due to a foolish operator error, BLZBUB flubbed the recording of this question.
The team did well by scoring 4 of 5 on nearly all the boxes during Pyramid, except for the three machines on 5 of 5 correct. The Final Tragedy turned out to be really easy for the science brain-trust on the team.
The top six came in at 59233, 57351, 57187, 52083, 51826 and 51391 points. The team average for six boxes came in at 54,845 points. This was good enough for FIRST PLACE in the Mt/Pac Zone of play. With 19 people playing 20 boxes, critical mass had been achieved for this evening. This added brainpower also aided the team communications, and answers came from every corner of the room for this game.
Since Milano's of Miamisburg, OH is documented as a Borg bar, The Ragged Rascals of the Back Anus finished as the top wet-ware team on the night. YIKES! BLZBUB wonders what questions pulled down some of the scores of the usual Mighty Mookers.
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Oh my gawd, they killed
Ken Z.
You bastards!
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