New Scaratings

Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, No clues):
1. Which large city is on the island of Honshu?________________.
[Choices: Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Jakarta, Manila]
2. An Anti-Stratfordian is a person with a bit of skepticism about:_______________.
[Choices: William Shakespeare, Mainstream science, Winston Churchill, England's legal system, Modern technology]
3. What do you call a female donkey?________________.
[Choices: Janice, Jenny, Julie, Gypsy, Joey]
4. Which verb is a synonym of "extol"?____________.
[Choices: Depart, Succumb, Remove, Praise, Bereave]
5. Lake Itasca is an important body of water in the state of:_____________.
[Choices: Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, Maryland, Minnesota]
6. The TIROS satellites were the first ______________ satellites.
[Choices: Weather, Reconnaissance, Navigation, Communication, Space exploration]
7. Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins are among the creations of this writer born in 1916:______________.
[Choices: Beverly Cleary, Emily Dickinson, Louisa May Alcott, Laura Ingalls Wilder, J.K. Rowling]
8. The main cash crops in Colonial America were cotton and:____________.
[Choices: Oranges, Tobacco, Soybeans, Coffee, Coconuts]
9. The life story of Matthew Henson is titled "A Negro Explorer at the_______________".
[Choices: Ocean floor, Source of the Nile, North Pole, South Pole, Western Front]
10. Trevor Hoffman made his sport's Hall of Fame as a great:________________.
[Choices: Striker, Middle linebacker, Goaltender, Relief pitcher, Point guard]

Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly with time and 3 Clues):
11. The New York Stock Exchange was started by the ________________ Agreement of 1792.
[Choices: Softwood, Driftwood, Cottonwood, Balsawood, Buttonwood]
12. In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga is a:_____________.
[Choices: Witch, Warrior, Mermaid, Princess, Snake]
13. This drink is considered to be Brazil's national cocktail:________________.
[Choices: Caipirinha, Bondihara, Starkol, Moussaka, Tizana]
14. Vivian Ward is the name of this movie's title character:_______________.
[Choices: My Girl, Pretty Woman, The Good Witch, Monster, The Rainmaker]
15. Born in Bavaria in 1898, Bertolt Brecht made his name as an acclaimed:________________.
[Choices: Playwright, Sculptor, Politician, Astrophysicist, Military general]
16. To make some Périgord sauce you'll need a lot of:_____________.
[Choices: Almonds, Roasted chicken, Black truffles, Garlic, Stewed tomatoes]
17. On what continent are the Vosges Mountains?__________________
[Choices: Africa, Europe, Antarctica, Asia, South America]
18. The conarium is better known as the _____________ gland.
[Choices: Apocrine, Pineal, Prostate, Sebaceous, Pyrloric]
19. Which native American tribe has three reservations in northern Maine?_________________.
[Choices: Narragansett, Chiricahua, Abenaki, Mohawk, Wampanoag]
20. England's "boilersuit" is North America's:_______________.
[Choices: Coveralls, Hoodie, Bush shirt, Knickers, Vest]
21. What term did nine-year-old Matthew Sirotta come up with in 1920?______________
[Choices: Laser, Smog, Gibberish, Googol, Motel]
22. Fujikawa, Sharwil and Beardslee are all prize:_________________.
[Choices: Avocados, Housecats, Pet lizards, Hot peppers, Orchids]

Category Round (6 Questions, 1000 Points each, Category chosen by majority vote at each Site):
23.(a) MEASUREMENTS v. NHL preview: In the Troy measurement system, 20 pennyweights is equal to one:______________.
[Choices: Scruple, Dram, Ounce, Grain, Peck]
24.(a) WORLD GEOGRAPHY v. Writers: Which country is bordered by Tanzania and Somalia?______________.
[Choices: Yemen, Angola, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Chad]
25.(a) EVIL WOMEN v. It happened in 2004: Find the 1983 Texas Pickaxe Killer among the country singers:________________.
[Choices: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lee Ann Womack, Jo Dee Messina, Laura Bell Bundy, Karla Taye Tucker]
26.(a) Writers v. MEASUREMENTS: "BEV" is a rarely used unit of:_______________.
[Choices: Viscosity, Length, Heat, Air pressure, Energy]
27.(a) It happened in 2004 v. WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Ensenada is a port city on the:_______________.
[Choices: Mediterranean Sea, English Channel, Pacific Ocean, Bay of Biscay, Amazon River]
28.(a) NHL PREVIEW v. Evil women: Which is *not* one of the NHL's four divisions in the 2018-19 season?_________________
[Choices: Pacific, Central, Northern, Atlantic, Metropolitan]

Lightning Round (7 Questions: 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500 & 2000 Points, but time to read & answer decreases from 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, to 4 seconds):
29. Which adjective would best describe an unruly person?_________________
[Choices: Obstreperous, Ramiform, Calefacient, Hypogeal, Locular]
30. In 2014, he addressed a Chinese university audience entirely in Mandarin:_________________
[Choices: Dennis Rodman, Kendrick Lamar, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Mark Zuckerberg]
31. His 1937 book "Road to Wigan Pier" is an account of unemployed coal miners in England:__________________.
[Choices: George Orwell, Evelyn Waugh, D.H. Lawrence, Herman Melville, H.G. Wells]
32. Which of these five entities was the first to abolish slavery?_________________
[Choices: Kentucky, Vermont, Maryland, Virginia, Colorado]
33. When this company was formed in 1998, it was known as Confinity:__________________.
[Choices: Tesla, Friendster, Snapchat, Gopro, PayPal]
34. "Jesus, Take the Wheel" is an award-winning country song by:______________.
[Choices: Natalie Merchant, Carrie Underwood, Axl Rose, Faith Hill, Travis Tritt]
35. In Albert Einstein's equation, E equals MC squared, what does the "C" stand for?_________________.
[Choices: Circumference, Gravity, Speed of light, Momentum, Electricity]

Dreaded Pyramid Round (5 Questions: 12000, 7000, 4000, 2000, 1000 Points for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 right out of 5; No clues):
36. Forward-facing eyes, a hawk-like beak and rotating heads characterize:_________________.
[Choices: Eagles, Vultures, Owls, Storks, Egrets]
37. Madeleine L'Engle wrote this highly regarded young adult story:___________________.
[Choices: Looking for Alaska, The Bell Jar, The Outsiders, A Wrinkle in Time, The Golden Compass]
38. Chacarita, Barracas and Floresta are three of this city's 48 official barrios:__________________.
[Choices: Havana, Buenos Aires, Stuttgart, Madrid, Jakarta]
39. This Mozart opera was based on a play by Pierre Beaumarchais, a revolutionary dramatist:_________________.
[Choices: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, Cosi Fan Tutte, Otello]
40. Prospero is one of this planet's 27 known moons:________________.
[Choices: Mars, Uranus, Mercury, Saturn, Neptune]

Final Jeopardy Question on 20TH CENTURY HISTORY (50% Bonus if Right Immediately; Points rapidly decrease with time and 3 Clues; 50% Deduction if Final Choice is Wrong):
41. Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 Peace Prize for mediating the end of the ________________ War.
[Choices: Austro-Prussian, Sino-Korean, Russo-Japanese, Indo-Chinese, Greco-Roman]


Answers:
1. Tokyo [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo ]
2. Shakespeare [I (REACH) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Stratfordian ]
3. Jenny [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey ]
4. Praise [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/extol ; from Latin "ex" + "tollere"="to lift, raise up"]
5. Minnesota [We correctly guessed this from "The land of 10,000 lakes"; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Itasca for the headwaters of the Mississippi River]
6. Weather [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIROS-1 ]
7. Beverly Cleary [I missed this one (didn't hear the answer that 10 other boards got right); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Cleary ]
8. Tobacco [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_i ... n_Colonies ; for a skit that made Bob Newhart famous, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XDxAzVEbN4 ]
9. North Pole [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Henson ; in 1989, it was claimed that Peary & Henson never made it to the North Pole (maybe 60 miles or 97 km short), Peary lied about it, and no one would have believed Henson if he had said otherwise, since he was black.]
10. Relief pitcher [Phil (BSLXPN) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Hoffman ]

11. Buttonwood [Phil called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttonwood_Agreement ]
12. Witch [Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED), I, Dai (DICKIE) and Andrew C (GRYFON) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga . Baba Yaga is also featured in the next-to-last movement of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition"; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictures_at_an_Exhibition ; for a performance by George Szell & the Cleveland Orchestra, see 22:26-25:46 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF2SimzUriE and finish with "The Great Gate of Kiev" from 25:46-31:12. The opening Promenade (first few minutes) is also justly famous.]
13. Caipirinha [I think Dave (YELDOR, WITZND) and others called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caipirinha ]
14. Pretty Woman [Myfanwy pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Woman ]
15. Playwright [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht ]
16. Black truffles [Sue (SWIFT) and Richard (ACE) got full Points for this one; Phil called this one for me; see https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-prepar ... eef-fillet ]
17. Europe [Phil pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vosges ]
18. Pineal [Phil pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineal_gland ]
19. Abenaki [We were led astray by calls for tribes in the Massachusetts area; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenaki ]
20. Coveralls [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilersuit ]
21. Googol [I called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol ]
22. Avocados [We totally missed this one (there are PRIZED avocados?). See https://www.plantithawaii.com/avocado/ .]

23.(a) Ounce [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennyweight and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_weight ]
24.(a) Kenya [Dave pre-called this one; see the map at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya ]
25.(a) Karla Faye Tucker [We lost Points waiting for Clues on this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Faye_Tucker ]
26.(a) Energy [I pre-called this one. Since W=qV is the work done on a charge q moved against a voltage V = energy gained, for an electron of charge e, the energy gained on acceleration by a voltage V is simply one eV (electronvolt). In the early days of particle accelerators, a handy unit was the MeV (one million electronvolts), and then as the machines got more powerful, the BeV (one billion electronvolts). The BeV is now called the GeV (giga electron volt), since G = 10 to the power 9 = one billion (in North America); e.g. one GB = one gigabyte = 1,000,000,000 bytes. In Europe, 10 to the power 9 was called a milliard, and 10 to the power 12 was a billion. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronvolt .]
27.(a) Pacific Ocean [Myfanwy (and Sue and Richard?) called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensenada,_Baja_California ]
28.(a) Northern [We lost some Points on a wrong call for Metropolitan, before remembering that Bettman doesn't really care about Canadian franchises; see https://www.nhl.com/info/teams ]

29. Obstreperous [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/obstreperous ]
30. Mark Zuckerberg [I deduced and called this one, since his wife is Chinese. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla ... anthropist) , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg and http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2014/10/24/ma ... t-mandarin ]
31. George Orwell [Dai, Andrew and I knew this; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier ]
32. Vermont [I stupidly switched from Vermont to Maryland on a wrong call (Maryland did abolish slavery in 1864, before Kentucky & Virginia in 1865 after the Civil War). But Vermont in New England ended slavery in 1777 (see the section "Early history" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_sta ... ree_states ). Since we got all the Bonus Points for Question 41, this wrong move on my part cost Buster's Bar in Ottawa ON 1500/6 = 250 Points on the Site score. Since we as #11 seed barely edged #6 seed BWW Crystal City in Arlington VA by a measly 76 Points in the Sandbag Tournament, this could have been HUUUUGE. ]
33. PayPal [I guessed this, switching from an initial guess of Tesla (which was another Elon Musk venture, but obviously later than 1998); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal .]
34. Carrie Underwood [I think Myfanwy called this one (sorry to others if I'm wrong); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus,_Take_the_Wheel and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU .]
35. Speed of light [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass-energy_equivalence ]

36. Owls [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl . An initial call for "Eagles" was quickly corrected to "Owls" which have forward-facing eyes.]
37. A Wrinkle in Time [Thanks to Dai (DICKIE) who joined us this week and bailed the rest of us out; this one right answer was worth 7500 Points on our Site score; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wrinkle_in_Time and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wrinkle ... (2018_film) .]
38. Buenos Aires [We went with the largest Spanish city (and the authorities in Havana would claim there are no barrios in Cuba); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbour ... enos_Aires ]
39. The Marriage of Figaro [Phil pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marriage_of_Figaro ]
40. Uranus [I deduced this from the fact that the moons of Uranus include Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon which are characters from Shakespearean plays or Pope (Umbriel); Prospero and Miranda ("O brave new world that has such people in it!") are from "The Tempest". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_(moon) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Uranus .]

41. Russo-Japanese [see https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace ... elt/facts/ ]

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F CUBS!!!!! FBOSOX!!!!!

FPDRES!!!!! FCHGRS!!!!!

Congratulations to REACH and his fellow Ottowans for their first round success. Things do tend to get a bit stickier as the eliminations in the Sandbagger Tournament narrow.

In regard to the Altergories: Evil Women (28b): She stabbed Jean Paul Marat in his bath: Charlotte Corday.

The assassination was commemorated by Jacques-Louis David, in a painting more famous than exceptional. I made the easy pre-call, and then sat back to relax, while the K-Zoo Crew, against whom my group were pitted, plays on. In the background, as a failed participant in this tournament, I'm still trying to figure out how murdering Jean Paul Marat could possibly be construed as evil.

Best of luck to Kalamazoo. Merkin, as you Michiganders may have surmised, is armed to the teeth, and lacks anything resembling a moral compass. Much as you did to me, Teasers can beat you in your sleep.

REACH will be shocked to discover he lives in Ottowa!

I have a moral compass, and from hell's heart I stab at thee with it!

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Merkin

Now isn't that comforting?

they had better have gotten the lake itasca question at west park station on tuesday. i have been talking about it for weeks now. made it to memphis yesterday afternoon. also so far staying even with mark twain in life on the mississippi.