New Scaratings

Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, No clues):
1. Haboobs are dust storms that often occur in Northern Africa, Central Australia and the:_______________.
[Choices: Florida panhandle, Southwest United States, Andes mountains, Brazilian rainforest, English channel]
2. Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, was an:_______________.
[Choices: Englishman, Australian, Italian, American, African]
3. "The Innocents Abroad" is a travel book by this classic American writer:_______________.
[Choices: Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Henry James, Washington Irving, Joseph Conrad]
4. Reverse osmosis is a ____________ technology.
[Choices: Silver mining, Water purification, Soil enrichment, Metal detecting, Fire retardant]
5. With what do we associate the name of Baron von Munchausen?________________.
[Choices: Suicide attempts, Selling one's soul, Giving to the poor, Sexual conquests, Imaginary military feats]
6. What is the other name of the Cullinan I diamond?_________________.
[Choices: Scourge of Tonopah, Empress of India, Maharani of Ranchipur, Great Star of Africa, Duchess of York]
7. Until the 20th century, ___________ was the world's largest exporter of cocoa beans.
[Choices: Algeria, Ecuador, Sweden, Indonesia, Paraguay]
8. What large state has a day to commemorate athlete and adventurer Susan Butcher?_______________
[Choices: Massachusetts, Alaska, Idaho, Colorado, New Jersey]
9. Tales about Sweeney Todd, the murderous barber, first appeared in the ____________ Era.
[Choices: Georgian, Victorian, Elizabethan, Edwardian, Jacobean ]
10. Nagoya is a large city on the island of:______________.
[Choices: Hispaniola, Luzon, Honshu, Borneo, Taiwan]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly with time and 3 Clues):
11. The crux ansata is an ancient ______________ symbol.
[Choices: Scottish, Egyptian, Chinese, German, Swedish]
12. Persian, Horned and Canary are lesser known varieties of this plant with fleshy fruit:_______________.
[Choices: Lettuce, Plum, Yam, Tomato, Melon]
13. What U.S. President is buried in Louisville, Kentucky?_______________.
[Choices: Andrew Jackson, Harry Truman, Benjamin Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Calvin Coolidge]
14. The Onyx River is the longest river in:_______________.
[Choices: Alaska, Armenia, Aruba, Antarctica, Australia]
15. Trophology is a term dealing with:______________.
[Choices: Underwater life, Alloy making, Black holes, Road building, Nutrition]
16. This musical instrument was popular in the Renaissance and Baroque eras:______________.
[Choices: Sackbut, Calumet, Baffle, Paillard, Saxophone]
17. Alessandro Farnese is known to history as:________________.
[Choices: Casanova, Andrea Doria, Harry Houdini, Pope Paul III, Garibaldi]
18. Wood, allyl and rubbing are common names for differing types of:______________.
[Choices: Drinking water, Tea, Fruit juice, Coffee, Alcohol]
19. The West Point Military Academy officially began operations on July 4 in the year:__________.
[Choices: 1860, 1919, 1802, 1837, 1789]
20. The Argyle pattern comes from:______________.
[Choices: Sweden, Scotland, China, Denmark, India]
21. Parataxis and hypotaxis are terms that usually apply to:________________.
[Choices: Taste, Writing, Disease, Touch, Smell]
22. This Massachusetts city lies on the Eastern bank of the Connecticut River:_____________.
[Choices: Springfield, Bridgeport, Worcester, Burlington, Pawtucket]
Category Round (6 Questions, 1000 Points each, Category chosen by majority vote at each Site):
23.(a) VOCABULARY v Ancient history: If something is described as rancid, it would be:______________.
[Choices: Wordy, Difficult to understand, Unpleasant, Slithery, Charitable]
24.(a) Paintings v MOVIES: What 2008 movie won 8 Oscars?__________________.
[Choices: Hot Tub Time Machine, Slumdog Millionaire, The Aviator, Django Unchained, Little Miss Sunshine]
25.(a) General science v CANADIAN NEWS: More than 500 wildfires have been burning this month in:_____________.
[Choices: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, Manitoba]
26.(a) Movies v VOCABULARY: "Toggery" is another term for:______________.
[Choices: Clothes, Linens, Bedding, Glassware, Eyewear]
27.(a) CANADIAN NEWS v Paintings: Quebec's Raymond Bachand is best described by which term?______________.
[Choices: Celebrity chef, CFL coach, TV News anchor, Mystery writer, NAFTA negotiator]
28.(a) Ancient history v GENERAL SCIENCE: An ethologist spends most of his or her time studying:_____________.
[Choices: Outer space, Economic patterns, Rock formations, Animal behavior, Chemical reactions]
Lightning Round (7 Questions, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 Points, but time to read and answer decreases from 15 to 4 seconds):
29. If you have a vague idea or notion about something, you are said to have an:_____________.
[Choices: Enfilade, Umbrage, Appraisal, Inkling, Objurgation]
30. Evelyn Wood was a teacher whose name is associated with this concept:______________.
[Choices: Declension, Basic English, Speed reading, Gender, Grammar]
31. Where in the world is the Negev desert?_______________.
[Choices: Mongolia, Chile, Israel, Syria, South Africa]
32. Noel Monk's "Runnin' with the Devil" is about the making of this American rock band:______________.
[Choices: Backstreet Boys, Twisted Sister, Van Halen, Poison, U2]
33. What is the state bird of Mississippi?________________.
[Choices: Mockingbird, Pelican, Black-capped Chickadee, Western meadowlark, Barn owl]
34. The United Church of Canada is a ____________ church.
[Choices: Hindu, Jewish, Doukhobor, Methodist, Protestant]
35. This country's President from 1994 to 2017 was a man named Yahya Jammeh:______________.
[Choices: Bangladesh, Czech Republic, The Gambia, Suriname, Angola]
Dreaded Pyramid Round (5 Questions, 12000, 7000, 4000, 2000, 1000 Points for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Right out of 5; No clues):
36. Which famous write lived only in the 19th century?________________.
[Choices: Samuel T. Coleridge, Rudyard Kipling, Leo Tolstoy, Henry W. Longfellow, Jane Austen]
37. An animal species with a disproportionate impact on its environment is called a ____________ species.
[Choices: Peripheral, Compound, Keystone, Fulsome, Corollary]
38. Which food gets its name from an Italian word for "slipper"?_____________.
[Choices: Pizza, Tortilla, Lasagna, Ciabatta, Fettuccine]
39. Both "Hamlet" and "The Spanish Tragedy" belong to this genre of English drama:________________.
[Choices: Revenge play, Shadow play, Passion play, Vaudeville, Slice of life]
40. In a Royal family, the Cadet branch is the one descended from:______________.
[Choices: Younger sons, Commoners, In-laws, Second wives, Mistresses]
Final Jeopardy Question on CHEMISTRY (50% Bonus if Right Immediately; Points decrease rapidly with time and 3 Clues; 50% Deduction if Final Choice made is Wrong):
41. Which substance is insoluble in water?________________
[Choices: Sodium chloride, Calcium chloride, Potassium nitrate, Barium sulfate, Lithium hydroxide]


Answers:
1. Southwest USA [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haboob ]
2. Englishman [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bannister . There was some discussion at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON, about who came second. One suggestion was John Landy. I thought it was Chris Chataway. See the section "Sub-4-minute mile" which says that Christopher Chataway and Chris Brasher were the volunteer rabbits who set the pace while burning themselves out so that Bannister could break the barrier; Landy did not participate in this race. Bannister beat Landy in a race at the Empire Games in Vancouver, where both men broke the 4-minute barrier (see the section "1954 Empire & Commonwealth Games").]
3. Mark Twain [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innocents_Abroad ]
4. Water purification [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis ]
5. Imaginary military feats [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Munchausen ]
6. Great Star of Africa [Most of us guessed this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullinan_Diamond ]
7. Ecuador [We split guesses on this one; see https://lata-nordic.com/kryssningsinfor ... touring-2/ ]
8. Alaska [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) knew this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Butcher ]
9. Victorian [We split guesses on this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd ]
10. Honshu [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagoya ]
11. Egyptian [We guessed wrong on this one, realizing it was an ankh too late; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankh ]
12. Melon [More split guesses. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon ]
13. Zachary Taylor [More split guesses; Phil (BSLXPN) might have known this one. See the section "Death" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor ]
14. Antarctica [We missed the points on this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyx_River ]
15. Nutrition [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_combining ]
16. Sackbut [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackbut ]
17. Pope Paul III [We missed most of the points on this one; perhaps Neil (LETHE) would have got this. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_III ]
18. Alcohol [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allyl_alcohol . Wood alcohol is methanol, CH3OH, with only one carbon atom per molecule. Rubbing alcohol is isopropyl alcohol, with 3 carbon atoms and the -OH bonded to the middle carbon in the chain. Allyl alcohol is propenyl alcohol, with 3 carbon atoms and a carbon-carbon double bond between carbon atoms #2 & 3 (the -OH is bonded to the end carbon, carbon #1).]
19. 1802 [I first called 1789. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... ry_Academy ; in the section "History", it says "Cadets underwent training in artillery and engineering studies at the garrison since 1794", but the Question says "officially".]
20. Scotland [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyle_(pattern) ]
21. Writing [We missed this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parataxis and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypotaxis .]
22. Springfield [We split our guesses on this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfie ... sachusetts ]
23.(a) Vocabulary [see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rancid ]
24.(a) Slumdog Millionaire [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire ]
25.(a) British Columbia [a gimme for Canadians; see https://globalnews.ca/news/4396274/b-c- ... jor-fires/ ]
26.(a) Clothes [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/toggery for "togs"]
27.(a) NAFTA negotiator [We missed this one; perhaps Phil (BSLXPN) would have got this. See https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada ... -1.4785448 ]
28.(a) Animal behavior [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology ]
29. Inkling [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/inkling ]
30. Speed reading [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Wood_(teacher) ]
31. Israel [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negev ]
32. van Halen [Patrick (MRRED) got this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runnin'_with_the_Devil , and for a performance, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4dEAtxo0M ]
33. Mockingbird [I somehow knew this; see https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-offi ... ockingbird . Boring Q&A, so have a listen to "Mockin' Bird Hill" by Les Paul & Mary Ford at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igcET5EDu-A using a tune from a Swedish waltz, and "Listen to the Mockingbird" by Dolly Parton & Stuart Duncan at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqYYkWwfYhs .]
34. Protestant [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Canada which was formed by amalgamating the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregational Churches in Canada. The United Church has had maybe the greatest drop in following while becoming the most progressive and least dogmatic.]
35. The Gambia [We split on this one; perhaps Phil (BSLXPN) would have got this right away. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia ]
36. Longfellow [We got this on 5 of our boards, so we ended up with 5 out of 6 top boards with 12000 Points in this Round; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wad ... Longfellow (1807-1882).]
37. Keystone [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_species ]
38. Ciabatta [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) and Sue (SWIFT) called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciabatta ]
39. Revenge play [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_play and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spanish_Tragedy (by Thomas Kyd, c.1582-1592) ]
40. Younger sons [Andrew C (GRYFON, GRZLDA) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadet_branch ]
41. Barium sulfate [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barium_sulfate . The sulfates of the Group IIA Alkaline Earth Elements Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba vary in solubility, from MgSO4 35.1 g/100 mL water (at 20 degrees C) and MgSO4.7H2O (Epsom salts) 113 g/100 mL, to CaSO4 (two different hydrated forms are gypsum and Plaster of Paris) at 0.21 g/100 mL , to SrSO4 at 0.0135 g/100 mL (at 25 C), to BaSO4 at 0.00024 g/100 mL at 20 degrees C. The relative insolubility of BaSO4 and the stopping power of the heavy Ba atom/ion explain its use in imaging the intestines with X-rays. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_sulfate , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_sulfate , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strontium_sulfate . ]

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Great recap, REACH. My only complaint is minor, and one of formatting rather than content. I'd like to see the Rounds separated with an additional line space.

LILJOL sussed out two of the six alternate categories in the Pick-Your-Poison Round. What remain are:

23 (b): Ancient History
25 (b): General Science (The Tailgate took this category and I can't recall it. Shame, Gone D!)
26 (a): Movies
27 (b): Paintings

#'s 23(b) & 27(b) are among my favorites. And the players around me wouldn't give me permission.

I won Brainbuster, and then fell flat on my ass.

The question which caused me to distrust my judgment was:



Protestants aren't united. Methodists might be, but only as a sect of Protestants. If anyone else bobbled this question, I too thought the common faith would have been Anglican, a more original Protestant faith than Methodism.

To GONE D re Question on the United Church of Canada: For us Canadians, the answer "Protestant" was obvious, as opposed to "Roman Catholic", the religion of the French, one of the two "founding nations" of Canada.

Giovanni Caboto of Venice, known as John Cabot, sailed to and claimed Newfoundland for England under King Henry VII in 1497; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot .

But it was Champlain in 1605 who established the first permanent French settlement at Port Royal in Nova Scotia; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-Roya ... toric_Site .

In the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht that ended the War of the Spanish Succession, France gave up Newfoundland, the Hudson's Bay Company area, and Acadia (which included present day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick but not Cape Breton Island) to Britain. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Utrecht (the map of 1750 does not show present day New Brunswick as part of Acadia).

But tensions between Britain and France continued. In 1754, the French in North America won a skirmish and forced a humiliating surrender by a British officer named George Washington; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Necessity . This escalated into arguably the first global (World) War, between France and Britain; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War (1756-1763).

A key battle was on Sept. 13, 1759 at Quebec City, won by the British; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of ... of_Abraham . Both military leaders, Wolfe and Montcalm, died in battle or shortly after. This is still cited by most historians and English Canadians as the turning point, and it is still a touchy point among the French (the 250th anniversary in 2009 was decidedly downplayed).

However, on April 28, 1760, almost the exact opposite occurred when the impatient British left the citadel at Quebec City to attack the surrounding French forces, their supply wagons got bogged down in the spring mud, and their captured cannons were turned against them as they retreated back to the citadel. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sainte-Foy . This defeat of the English is little known or taught in Canadian schools (at least in English schools).

Both sides then waited for the supply ships to come to Quebec City once the ice melted from the St. Lawrence River. The ships that arrived were British, because on November 20, 1759 (the previous fall) much of the French fleet was cornered and destroyed or neutralized off the coast of France; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quiberon_Bay . Much of the polarized enmity between English and French in Canada could disappear IMO if we called the two Battles at Quebec City a 1:1 draw, with the tie-breaker a naval battle across the Atlantic Ocean which had nothing to do with the valour or intelligence of the people at Quebec, so there is no need for shame or separation to restore "honour". Time to move on.

The French forces surrounding Quebec City retreated westward to Montreal. Facing attack on three sides, from English forces from York (Toronto) in the West, Quebec City in the East, and from Lake Champlain in the South, and with no hope of supplies or reinforcement from France, the French had to surrender. In the 1763 Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years' War, France gave up to Britain all of what is now Canada, except for the two small islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the land between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1763) .

As a reward to aboriginals who had aided the British against France, King George III forbade English American settlers on the Atlantic coast from settling lands west of the Appalachians, which was resented and became one of the grievances leading to the Revolution; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Pro ... on_of_1763 .

Forseeing the coming American Revolution, and with the hope of keeping the French in Canada as allies, Sir Guy Carleton got passage of the Quebec Act in 1774 in the British Parliament. This gave the French in Canada the right to their own language, their Roman Catholic religion, and their own civil law (now Napoleonic Code in the province of Quebec), although criminal law is English common law trumped by the 1982 Constitution's Charter of Rights. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Act_(1774) . Granting Catholics rights they didn't even have in Britain itself, with the southern extent of Quebec under dispute, was another Intolerable Act. It must be remembered that the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that ousted Catholic King James II of England to be replaced by the Protestant William of Orange and his Protestant wife Mary (daughter of James II) occurred less than a century before. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution .

So the legal rights and distinction between Protestants and Roman Catholics in Canada was a big deal. In 1867 when modern Canada was created, the French province of Quebec gave the English minority the right to their own publicly funded Protestant schools, and the English province of Ontario gave the Catholic minority (of French, Irish, Italian, etc.) the right to their own publicly funded Catholic schools. Otherwise the potential for blood in the hallways was there.

And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is a better precis of Anglo-French Canadian history than I got in high school, replete with one or two loose threads which, in current affairs, ought not to be tugged at.

Here in Minnesota, we like to think of ourselves as nearly Canadian. As opposed to the rock band, War On Drugs, 2017 Grammy Winners, whose first record label was Secretly Canadian.

I'm still resentful that the answer to Question 34 was "Methodist" rather than "Protestant," in support of one of REACH's implied conclusions - that resentment, like cheap perfume, tends to linger.

Here goes, as played at Buffalo Wild Wings in beautiful Omaha, Nebraska....

ANCIENT HISTORY vs vocabulary
Pericles was a famous Athenian statesman and orator of the:
2nd Century BC, 4th Century AD, 5th Century BC, 8th Century BC, 1st Century AD .............ANSWER: 5TH CENTURY BC

GENERAL SCIENCE vs Canadian News
'Fluxion' is a notion in:
Math, Astronomy, Geography, Architecture, Animal Husbandry .................................ANSWER: MATH

MOVIES vs vocabulary
Which acclaimed actress directed the 2014 World War II drama 'Unbroken'?
Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore, Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie ............ANSWER: ANGELINA JOLIE

PAINTINGS vs Canadian News
A famous painting by Jacques-Louis David is titled __________ crossing the Alps.
Alexander, Mussolini, Caesar, Napoleon, Hannibal ...............................................ANSWER: NAPOLEON

GRIFF's pulling out all four of the missing questions in the Category/Scattergory/Pick-Your-Poison Round, is on par with picking Warren Buffett's Wallet/Brains.

But after all, our Correspondent was in Omaha. Any advice you'd like to share with us, GRIFF?

On a related note, I wish to apologize. I'd previously identified MERKIN as member of the Trilateral Commission. This was an overreach on my part. Even though it's probably true.

I should have reported that MERKIN attended a meeting regarding politics and economy - a meeting so distinguished that it left him only a block away from a Buffalo Wild Wings.

In the interests of full disclosure, I haven't paid any prostitutes. Numbers like 130,000 or 160,000 leap into mind. To the best of my knowledge, only two prostitutes have slept in my bed. They were weak creatures, agitated not merely by the superior strength of the male, but by male stupidity. Neither of them could explain their exhaustion, as I stood in the half-light of the door frame, and watched over them, as they thrashed away and eventually fell into slumber.

I do not avoid women, Mandrake...but I do deny them my essence.

It's not a bad place to play. Usually at least a couple of regulars that play there on most nights.
I had been there once before for the first week of the Smartest Bar tournament, so I dropped by to play Showdown before flying home the next day.

I usually defer to whatever category the locals want when I am playing on the road, but I strenuously objected to Canadian News both times it came up.

There's a lot to be said for pure grain alcohol, not to mention the cleansing effect of nuclear war.

There's another Sandbag Tournament starting up this week. SHAKES, General Ripper, and I will be out there scouting the tournament, with our shot glasses and our dosimeters.

A couple summers ago I was wandering east along the Florida panhandle and happened upon the Air Force Armament Museum near Eglin AFB. Go there if you wind up in the area.
One of the static displays was the SAM-A-25 Nike Hercules, a nuclear tipped anti-aircraft missile.
The look on Slim Pickens face becomes more understandable when the Defensive Systems Officer announces they are being tracked by a missile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGjbaxVu5IE