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Showdown Recap for 8 Nov 2016 at BWW Gibson in ABQ
A subset of the full team assembled on Election Day to pay homage to the one candidate upon whom we all could agree…Mr. Buzzhead. Fortunately, although the political differences among the team members have sometimes been a bit rancorous, the team has one overarching, unifying goal. We must humiliate the Borg collective that gathers at Spectator’s Sports on the other side of Albuquerque. The Ragged Rascals at the BWW on Gibson Blvd. have been steadfastly Wetware-Only for 15 years now, and we cannot abide seeing the festering puss-hole across town surpass our efforts.
Another quest for a landslide victory over the Smegtasters team would begin with the…
Worn-up Round
1. In days of yore, it was known as a love apple: TOMATO.
2. The treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions known as the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in: 1997.
3. Cristiano Ronaldo, often called the world’s greatest soccer player, is from: PORTUGAL.
4. The Prairie Pothole Region of the United States is part of the northern: GREAT PLAINS.
5. George Milton and ___ are the main characters of John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’: LENNIE SMALL.
6. In the law “mens rea” means: GUILTY MIND.
7. Which John was called ‘John of the Mountains’? JOHN MUIR.
8. Ischia is a popular resort island about an hour’s ferry ride form this city: NAPLES.
9. The ___ Milgauss is one of the world’s most valued watches: ROLEX.
10. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski became President of ___ earlier this year: PERU.
The first eight got unanimous votes for the correct answer. WU 9 was a fractured vote, and WU 10 was narrowed to a 2-way vote. The team average rested at around 4500 points for this round.
Ground-down Round
1. The Delphonics, the Stylistics, and the O’Jays are vocal groups exemplifying the ___ Sound: PHILADELPHIA.
2. In biology, ‘somatic’ refers to the ___ of the body: CELLS.
3. ‘Spanish Dancer’ is a series of collages done by: JOAN MIRO.
4. On which of these would you most likely find a Rockwell Number: STEEL KNIFE.
5. Who is the Green Party’s candidate for U. S. President in 2016? JILL STEIN. {Aside: BLZBUB goes with Mrs. Bub to restaurants where there is a waiting list and the receptionist calls names as tables become available. He gives his name as Green so the receptionist will eventually call “Green… party of two.”}
6. Which of these oddly named things is a plant? FRINGED GENTIAN.
7. If you studied Latin in school, you’d probably know the definition of macula is: STAIN.
8. This author penned ‘The Handmaiden’s Tale’ about a future society that enslaves women: MARGARET ATWOOD.
9. Shintaido, which means ‘new body way,’ is a Japanese: MARTIAL ART.
10. Bihar, Gujarat, and Meghalaya are the names of three: INDIAN STATES.
11. The cuscus is an odd animal that is native to: AUSTRALIA.
12. Which of these people uses a mulatea on a regular basis: BULLFIGHTER.
This round also went well with lots of different people in line to submit their votes for correct answer. Late reporting precincts relied on the third clue to resolve the vote count on GD’s 3, 7, and 11. The team averaged a little over 10,000 points on this round.
Scatology Round
S1. 2016 Music v MEASURING DEVICES
Which device is used to measure time? CHRONOMETER. {BLZBUB, with the timely pre-call.}
S2. French cuisine v LITERARY CLASSICS (illustrated)
This famous novel’s title was originally ‘Elinor and Marianne’: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. {DUFF made sense of this for us.}
S3. U.S. MOUNTAIN RANGES v German culture
Which U.S. mountain range is east of the Mississippi? ALLEGHENY. {GREEK CHORUS.}
S4. LITERARY CLASSICS v 2016 music
This world classic begins “In media res”: ILIAD. {DUFF.}
S5. German culture v FRENCH CUISINE
Tapenade, from the south of France, is made from capers, olives, oil, and: ANCHOVIES. {JAX whipped up a batch of good calls on this one.}
S6. MEASURING DEVICES v U.S. mountain ranges
What is an ammeter used to measure? ELECTRIC CURRENT. {The old physics prof, BLZBUB, got his charges moving on this one.}
The team’s question election strategy worked to perfection on this round. The team average was 6000 points.
Frightening Round
1. What businessman has published a memoir this year titled “Shoe Dog”? PHIL KNIGHT. {Good call by BALDRC.}
2. In May 2007, the world’s tallest ___ was unveiled in Changzhou, China? PAGODA. {DAMN! BLZBUB said dam just before the pagoda toppled over on us.}
3. Which major U.S. playwright died in September of 2016? EDWARD ALBEE. {BLZBUB made a good 2-way call here.}
4. It means to praise someone with a lot of enthusiasm: RHAPSODIZE. {CHILL was first, with a great deal of enthusiasm.}
5. Juan Santos, President of ___, won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. COLOMBIA. {BALDRC quelled our discord with this good call.}
6. The Hoatzin is a South American creature also known as the: STINKBIRD. {Our answer for this one stunk.}
7. This 2015 film release stars Kate Winslet in a story set in rural Australia: THE DRESSMAKER. {BALDRC stitched up a good call here.}
This round featured a broken voting machine on L2 and L6 and a split ticket on L3. The loss of the electoral votes form L6 stung our hopes for re-election as top team. The team averaged about 5800 points for the round.
Py-Ram-It Round
P1. The gravity of the Moon is about ___ percent of that of the Earth:
17. {DUFF pre-called one-sixth, and BLZBUB supplied the percent.}
P2. Which U.S. city is named after a Native American chief?
POCATELLO. {CHILL made this call.}
P3. This Scottish mathematician is remembered as the man who invented logarithms:
JOHN NAPIER. {BLZBUB pre-called it.}
P4. The African kingdom of ___lasted from about 1390 to 1891.
KONGO. {There was no consensus candidate. Five got votes.}
P5. Bela Bartok’s ___ exists as a ballet score, a concert suite, and a piano duet:
THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN. {A bad call by BLZBUB overturned the result on this query.}
FINAL TRAGEDY
Topic: BUDDHISM
Which country’s population is about 70 percent Buddhist?
1. Sri Lanka
2. Afghanistan
3. Peru
4. Madagascar
5. Pakistan
The order of the eliminations was 3, 2, 5, and 4, leaving #1, SRI LANKA, as the correct answer. CHILL was immediately on this answer, with rapid confirmation from DUFF and MEERA.
The top individual scores for the night were 50296, 50069, 48364, 45557, 44778, and 44674 points
The team average score was 47,289 points. The team considered this disappointing because of the flubs in the Lightning and Pyramid Rounds.
The team’s ranking was TENTH Place. This was actually a good showing for this game given a score that was 4000 points below our score of last week, when we also placed Tenth. It was 9000 points lower that our Fifth-place score for 25 Oct 2016.
The Top Ten for this game featured a lot of familiar locations. The Fellowship is on a run of victories, again placing FIRST for this game with a score of 54,444 at the BWW in Kent, OH. Second goes to the Grand Slam team at BWW Arlington, VA at 52,536. Third goes to Randi’s Last Resort of Fort Worth, TX at 52,228. [Q: Is this team the old familiar Stadium Café team?] Kudos also go out to Concert Pub of Houston, Tilted Kilt of Scottsdale, and Teaser’s of Chicago.
Oh, and the Smegtasters limped in at 13th with 45,231 points. The Ragged Rascals anxiously await their concession speech.
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Oh my gawd, they killed
Ken Z.
You bastards!
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