Showdown Recap for 2 Aug 2016 at BWW Gibson in ABQ
Happy Anniversary, Triviots. As of 2 Aug 2016, BLZBUB has been writing recaps of the Showdown Games for SCARatings for FIVE years. Throughout those years BLZBUB’s sophomoric humor has challenged readers of those recaps to persevere until the end each week. The rewards, for people who love sophisticated humor, have been paltry. However there has always been the prospect of seeing some altergory (ALTERNATE CATEGORY) questions not played by your team as a potential reward. BLZBUB is going to salt this recap with links to some of the more memorable past recaps.
Worn-up Round
1. Mugger, saltwater, and Nile are three species of: CROCODILES.
2. In Virginia, you will find both the Cumberland and ___ Mountains: BLUE RIDGE.
3. Pho is a soup which is this Country’s unofficial national dish: VIETNAM.
4. The Zimmerman telegram was a 1917 diplomatic note that proposed an alliance between: GERMANY AND MEXICO.
5. Glaciology is an interdisciplinary ___ science: EARTH.
6. “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may” is a famous poetic line written by: ROBERT HERRICK.
7. Royal Troon Golf Club, host to the British Open, has voted to end the club’s ___ policy: MALES ONLY.
8. The late Gregory Hines had a brother named ___, who was also a great dancer and actor: MAURICE.
9. Where in the world is the Atacama Desert? SOUTH AMERICA.
10. On which vehicle will you find a bowsprit? SAILING SHIP.
{The team got all ten correct.}
Throughout those five long years, there have been some highlights and some horrific lows. These occurred in both the Crotches Crewe game scores and the Recap narratives. BLZBUB has combed the archives for some of these notable results. A flashback to the first recap BLZBUB posted to SCAratings can be found here (if you scroll down):
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1198The questions from that game prompted some puckish rejoinders by Old Scratch, but a definitive theme was nowhere to be found. That’s sort of like a round of…
Ground-down Round
1. Which U.S. President was a national hero in the War of 1812? WILLIAM HARRISON.
2. Your neighbor just bought an F-Pace 35T R-Sport. What does he now have? FANCY CAR.
3. Benjamin Tucker and Lysander Spooner were prominent 19th Century American: ANARCHISTS.
4. Which state is bordered by Iowa to the east and Kansas to the south? NEBRASKA.
5. Frank L. Baum, author of ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ also wrote ‘The Life and adventures of___.’ SANTA CLAUS.
6. Aeropostale is a store you go to if you need some new: CLOTHES.
7. This bird’s name is also the name of a Central American monetary unit: QUETZAL.
8. A thing of the past, sumptuary laws were enacted to: REGULATE CONSUMPTION.
9. Which animated character is a Yale graduate who fought in World War I? C. MONTGOMERY BURNS.
10. The city of Windhoek serves as this nation’s capital: NAMIBIA.
11. Deep Eddy is a popular brand of: VODKA.
12. Some North American species of this deciduous shrub are called winterbloom: WITCH-HAZEL.
As far as Recaps go, the most horrific low occurred on the summary of the game played 11 Feb 2014. BLZBUB lost all decency for this recap. But gleefully He includes a link here for those who which to reread this monstrosity.
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2572If that doesn’t provoke scatological responses from the Triviots, maybe continue on to the…
Scatological Round
S1. Operettas v BUSINESS
Blue Origin is a space transport firm founded by this Bazillionaire: JEFF BEZOS {CROEM rocketed to success here.}
S2. The old testament v COLLEGE FIGHT SONGS
‘Shake down thunder from the sky’ is a line from this school’s fight song: NOTRE DAME. {BLZBUB was touchdown Jesus on this one.}
S3. Islands of the world v 1960’s MOVIES
Actress Patty Duke plays Neely O’Hara in 1967’s: VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. {CHILL}
S4. College fight songs v OPERETTAS
Austrian composer Oscar Strauss is best known for this operetta: THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER. {BLZBUB called the 2-way that got us some points.}
S5. 1960’s MOVIES v the old testament
Who plays A.J. Maggot, a rapist and religious fanatic, in ‘The Dirty Dozen’? TELLY SAVALAS. {CHILL was all over this one.}
S6. Business v ISLANDS OF THE WORLD
What is the largest and most populous of the Greek Islands? CRETE. {DUFF was a rock on this one, buffeted by waves of doubt from another player.}
In honor of Bob Blake, who once suggested that BLZBUB should do a Breaking Bad themed recap, BLZBUB is duty bound to link to His Satiric Majesty’s lampoon of the final episode of that series:
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2438Reading that Breaking Bad recap should prepare all for the…
Frightening Round
1. Cirque de Soleil was founded in 1984 in a small city near: MONTREAL.
2. The 2016 ‘The Jungle Book’ is the ___ Disney adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s stories. THIRD.
3. It imprisons more of its citizens per capita than any other U.S. state: LOUISIANA.
4. After a six year rift, ___ restored diplomatic ties with Israel last month: TURKEY.
5. Bragi is a god in ___ mythology: NORSE.
6. In what city is Shakespeare’s “Much Ado about Nothing” set? MESSINA.
7. What rock band is currently on its ‘Not in This Lifetime’ tour? GUNS AND ROSES.
The Boys of Summer are in full swing, and a new ceremony for the Baseball Hall of Fame was recently conducted. But BLZBUB knew that many “worthy” entries have been blackballed, so He wrote this one:
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2536Well maybe those cheaters got Py-Rammed by the HoF, but how about the Paunchos at BWW Gibson in ABQ on the upcoming...
Py-Ram-It Round
P1. Marfa Sobakina was the third of this man’s many wives:
IVAN THE TERRIBLE. {We started this round with the dreaded 5-way split.}
P2. Which word is a ‘Janus Word’?
LEFT. {We were on this answer early, but got 2nd-guessed off it by a palindrome.}
P3. A weasel relative, the ratel is also known as the:
HONEY BADGER. {JAX and BLZBUB both get ½ credit on this collaboration.}
P4. ‘August 1914’ is the first volume of an epic by this writer:
ALEKSANDER SOLZHENITSYN. {Credit for this call is muddled by inaudible calls.}
P5. In geometry, the reciprocal of the sine function is the ___ function:
COSECANT. {An early call for cosine was waved off. CROEM was the first to correctly identify the correct answer on the list.}
[The team reverted to the mean on this round 3 correct, one 5-way, and 1 wrong.]
Shortly after moving to our current location (the fourth since Coaches Sports closed), BLZBUB wrote a recap inspired by a certain bad-hair-dyed server at the BWW on Gibson Blvd in Albuquerque.
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2923And so we rematerialize in that same chamber for the next rendition of the travesty known as the…
FINAL TRAGEDY
Topic: ASTRONOMY
An astronomy buff should know that Bellatrix and Saiph are the names of:
1. Comets
2. Galaxies
3. Jovian Moons
4. Stars
5. Constellations
The order of the eliminations was 2, 1, 5, and 3, leaving #4, STARS, as the correct answer. The strongest players on the team almost fell into the trap that “It’s too obvious.” Fortunately CROEM kept his head and reassured the group that STARS was indeed the correct answer. Everyone on the team got all the points they wagered. YES!
The top six boxes coming out of this game scored 52441, 52087, 50754, 49852, 49375, and 48894 points. The team score was a gratifying 50,567 points. This placed the Paunchos at SECOND for the night (un)officially, as West Park Station got stuck with a repeat game. Kudos to them for reporting this. Congrats go out to the team from BWW Annapolis, MD for their top score of 54,261 points. Closely following BWW in ABQ were Tailgate of Minneapolis, Stained Glass Pub in Elkridge, MD, and Parlay Sports of Tallahassee, FL.
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