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Worn-up Round
1. In cooking, a fricassee is halfway between a ___ and a ___: STEW – SAUTE. 2. Australia’s Colleen McCullough, author of ___ passed away this year at age 77. THE THORN BIRDS. 3. Jeanne Phillips writes this advice column: DEAR ABBY. 4. Where in the world is cockpit country? JAMAICA. 5. The phonatory process occurs when air is expelled from the lungs through the: GLOTTIS. 6. Bionda Castana is a fashionable firm that specializes in: SHOES. 7. Mace is a spice that comes from the sheath that covers the ___ seed: NUTMEG. 8. ‘Sketches New and Old’ and ‘The American Claimant’ are books by: MARK TWAIN. 9. Umami, a loan word from Japanese, refers to a fifth: TASTE. 10. In law, interlocutory decrees are most often used in ___ cases. DIVORCE.
Ground-down Round
1. Stephan Pastis writes and illustrates this comic strip: PEARLS BEFORE SWINE. 2. Alizarin is an organic compound that has been used throughout history as a ___ dye: RED. 3. The Houthis are rebels who have seized towns in: YEMAN. 4. Thomas Dixon’s ‘The Clansman’ is the basis for this famous motion picture: BIRTH OF A NATION. 5. Bohuslav Martinu was a distinguished ___ composer of orchestral and chamber music: CZECH. 6. The tibiofemoral joint is more commonly known as your ___ joint: KNEE. 7. A Decurion was a Roman: CAVALRY OFFICER. 8. In 1835, ___ became the first U.S. President to be the victim of an assassination attempt: ANDREW JACKSON. 9. The Circassians were scattered and displaced by ___ conquerors in the 19th Century: RUSSIAN. 10. Which sport is named after a large country home in Gloucestershire, England: BADMINTON. 11. The Yamuna River is the largest tributary of the ___ River. GANGES. 12. Zephyrus, Boreas, Eurus and Notos are the ___ divinities of Greek mythology: WIND.
Scatology Round
S1. U.S. coins v god-damned-pink FUZZY AND BENOMOUS
…belongs to the Family Theraphosidae… TARANTULA
S2. Human Body v BLACK ATHLETES
Lee Elder and Charles Siffert are among the notable black athletes in this sport: GOLF
S3. WORLD CITIES v tragic drama
Valparaiso and Coquimbo are two of the important cities of: CHILE
S4. Black athletes v U.S. COINS
Erected in 1937, this U.S. Mint strikes the Eagle Coins: WEST POINT
S5. TRAGIC DRAMA v human body
‘Hecuba’ and ‘The Trojan Women’ are plays written by: EURIPIDES
S6. Fuzzy and venomous v WORLD CITIES
Bergen and Alesund are major cities in: NORWAY.
And thus BLZBUB gets his 15 seconds of fame on Showdown by having inspired the name of a category of zoology question. Thank you Buzzie, but don’t think this will stop me from calling shenanigans on some of your egregious errors.
Frightening Round
1. Glam rock developed in the United Kingdom in the early: 1970s. 2. The modern version of this board game originated as a game called L’Attaque. STRATEGO. 3. Dartmouth College just instituted a controversial ban on: ALCOHOL. 4. In the historic B&O Railroad, the ‘B’ stood for: BALTIMORE. 5. David Koresh was the leader of this religious cult: BRANH DAVIDIANS. 6. In ___, the U.S. Congress started investigating payola in the record business: 1959. 7. Miss Moneypenny is a creation of this author: IAN FLEMING.
Py-Ram-It Round
P1. The fennec is a small, nocturnal: FOX.
P2. Which nation is the result of what historians call irredentism: ISRAEL.
P3. The Panthalassa is a/an ___ of prehistoric times: OCEAN.
P4. It was in this city that followers of Jesus were first called Christians: ANTIOCH.
P5. The Reuben Award is given by the National ___ Society: CARTOONISTS.
FINAL TRAGEDY, on the Topic of: 2015 ANNIVERSARIES
2015 is the ___ Anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta.
1. 600th
2. 500th
3. 1000th
4. 900th
5. 800th
The order of the eliminations was 4, 3, 1, and 2, leaving #5, 800TH, as the correct answer. This answer was a pre-call by all members of the team who passed their high school history class. Still, it felt good to finish this game on a high note and with a great score.
The top six individual scores were 57679, 57273, 57262, 57094 56889, and 56083. The fortuitous team score was 57,047 points. This was the top Non-Borg score for the Mt/Pac zone of play. It would be handily bettered by the powerhouses of the East, but still good enough for SIXTEENTH for the entire Showdown universe.
Judging by the scores of the top 20 teams, this was a relatively easy game. Unfortunately it was very easy to Borg as well. C’est la vie.
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Oh my gawd, they killed
Ken Z.
You bastards!
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