Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, No clues):1. Who married Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis, in 1994?_________________.
[Choices: Mr. T, Tom Cruise, Michael Jackson, John Travolta, Ricky Martin ]
2. A plan that is more complicated or elaborate than necessary would best be called:________________.
[Choices: Grandiose, Digressive, Cloistered, Pathological, Atonal ]
3. This talented writer penned a famous poem titled "Jabberwocky":____________________.
[Choices: Lewis Carroll, Thomas Hardy, T.S. Eliot, Robert Burns, Langston Hughes ]
4. The original Orient Express railway line started in Paris and ended in:________________.
[Choices: Antioch, Istanbul, Tokyo, Addis Ababa, Moscow ]
5. Warren Burger made his name in the 20th Century as a:_________________.
[Choices: Polar explorer, Crime syndicate leader, Chief Justice, Hollywood director, Sports announcer ]
6. Which Canadian city is in the province of British Columbia?___________________
[Choices: Brandon, Sudbury, Kamloops, Halifax, Moose Jaw ]
7. The Roman equivalent of the Greek diety [
sic] Artemis is:_________________.
[Choices: Deandre, Diana, Donna, Demeter, Dido ]
8. Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti make up the Horn of:_________________.
[Choices: India, Arabia, Africa, Europe, Asia ]
9. Which staple of Mexican-American cuisine usually includes shredded cabbage?_________________
[Choices: Quesadilla, Carne asada, Carnitas, Fish taco, Chicken mole ]
10. Troy weight is a system of units of mass customarily reserved for:__________________.
[Choices: Precious metals, Gravitational pull, Asian countries, Salt water, Outer space ]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly with time and 3 Clues): 11. Prunus persica is the scientific name for the _____________ tree.
[Choices: Fig, Apple, Peach, Plum, Aspen ]
12. First published in 1905, "A Modern Utopia" is a book by:_________________.
[Choices: Samuel Delaney, Robert Heinlein, Ernst Junger, Edgar Allan Poe, H.G. Wells ]
13. Most of the muscles of the tongue are innervated by the _________________ nerve.
[Choices: Carpal, Indolence, Hypoglossal, Heterophasial, Fossorial ]
14. Financiers James Fisk and James Brady were both known as "_______________ Jim".
[Choices: Jungle, Diamond, Hipster, Gentleman, Beau ]
15. The mesopelagic zone of the ocean is commonly known as the ________________ zone.
[Choices: Cyclopean, Twilight, Time, Ozone, Go with the flow ]
16. Dies cinerum is another name for this religious occasion:__________________.
[Choices: Christmas, Lent, Good Friday, Epiphany, Ash Wednesday ]
17. This state's name is believed to come from a Native American word for "Little spring":____________________.
[Choices: Arizona, Oregon, Illinois, Georgia, Maine ]
18. The galago is a nocturnal primate also known as:__________________.
[Choices: Lemur, Gereluk, Bush baby, Trogon, Oryx ]
19. Agnes Wickfield is a character in this classic novel by Charles Dickens:___________________.
[Choices: David Copperfield, Vanity Fair, The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Pride and Prejudice ]
20. With some 950 airplanes, this airline is the world's largest:_________________.
[Choices: Frontier, Qantas, Lufthansa, Air Canada, American Airlines ]
21. If a Latin American mentions a "quebracho", what is he talking about?___________________
[Choices: Fish, Tree, Dessert, Chair, Automobile ]
22. The Passaic River flows about 80 miles before emptying into this body of water:________________.
[Choices: Ohio River, Susquehanna River, Buzzards Bay, Newark Bay, Long Island Sound ]
Category Round (6 Questions, 1000 Points each, Category chosen by majority vote at each Site):23.(a) WORLD HISTORY v Literature: The Treaty of the Triple Alliance was signed in 1865 by Brazil, Uruguay and:__________________.
[Choices: Argentina, Portugal, Peru, Ghana, Venezuela ]
24.(a) World Series wrap-up v WHAT THE HECK IS IT?: Who or what is "Sivan"?________________
[Choices: Hindu god, Moon of Neptune, Saudi prince, Chinese letter, Hebrew month ]
25.(a) Geometry v MUSICALS: Who played the role of Jemima in the original London version of the musical "CATS"?___________________
[Choices: Patti Lupone, Emmy Rossum, Sarah Brightman, Helen Mirren, Margaret Thatcher ]
26.(a) What the heck is it? v WORLD HISTORY: On January 22, 1944, the Allies landed on this Italian beachhead about 35 miles south of Rome:__________________.
[Choices: Paola, Anzio, Tripoli, Salerno, Alamein ]
27.(a) MUSICALS v World Series wrapup: From what 1996 musical is the song "Seasons of Love"?_________________.
[Choices: South Pacific, Rent, The Phantom of the Opera, Into the Woods, Wicked ]
28.(a) Literature v GEOMETRY: Which geometric figure has 100 sides?_____________________
[Choices: Ventilligon, Hectagon, Isocogon, Dodecagon, Zeptogon ]
Lightning Round (7 Questions: 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 Points, but time to read & answer decreases from 15 to 4 seconds):29. 1992's _______________ was the first video game to receive a "Mature" rating.
[Choices: Wolfenstein, Custer's Revenge, Farmville, The Sims, Mortal Kombat ]
30. Brett Kavanaugh, the 114th Supreme Court Justice, is of this religious faith:________________.
[Choices: Mormon, Mennonite, Methodist, Quaker, Catholic ]
31. Fiji gained its independence from _________________ in 1970.
[Choices: Germany, The Soviet Union, Spain, France, Great Britain ]
32. In what year did rapper Vanilla Ice record "Ice Ice Baby"?______________
[Choices: 1989, 1984, 1994, 2004, 1999 ]
33. A _______________ is a person skilled at telling stories in an interesting manner.
[Choices: Cantabrigian, Jabroni, Bolshevik, Raconteur, Padrone ]
34. Who holds the NFL record for most career touchdown passes?____________________
[Choices: Brett Favre, Y.A. Tittle, Jim Brown, Peyton Manning, John Elway ]
35. Ho'okipa means "Hospitality" in the ____________ language.
[Choices: Yoruba, Aztec, Cherokee, Inuit, Hawaiian ]
Dreaded Pyramid Round (5 Questions: 12000, 7000, 4000, 2000, 1000 Points for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Right out of 5; No clues):36. About how long does it take for the dwarf planet Pluto to orbit the Sun?_______________
[Choices: 248 years, 35 years, 183 years, 96 years, 59 years ]
37. William Shakespeare's Greek plays include "Timon of Athens" and:___________________.
[Choices: Theseus and Ariadne, Castor and Pollux, Minos and Pasiphae, Paris and Helen, Troilus and Cressida ]
38. To what family do mosquitoes belong?___________________
[Choices: Culicidae, Palpata, Phasianidae, Dipluridae, Mustelidae ]
39. Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C Major is also called the _______________ Symphony.
[Choices: Leningrad, Vienna, Berlin, Warsaw, Bucharest ]
40. The island of Puerto Rico is about the same size as this island:__________________.
[Choices: Cyprus, Oahu, Grand Bahama, Taiwan, Melville ]
Final Jeopardy Question on EUROPEAN HISTORY (50% Bonus if Right Immediately; Points decrease rapidly with time and 3 Clues; 50% Deduction if Final Choice is Wrong):41. Which European country did not become a federal state until 1848?__________________
[Choices: Switzerland, United Kingdom, Poland, Iceland, Spain ]
Answers: 1. Michael Jackson [Myfanwy (SPRAJO), Sue (SWIFT), and others at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Marie_Presley ]
2. Grandiose [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/grandiose ]
3. Lewis Carroll [I (REACH, LESTER) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberwocky ]
4. Istanbul [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient_Express ]
5. Chief Justice [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_E._Burger . I supplied a Supplemental Trivia Question: Who was Hamilton Burger?_____________ (Answer in a Comment following this post).]
6. Kamloops [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamloops ]
7. Diana [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis ]
8. Africa [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_of_Africa ]
9. Fish taco [We split our guesses; I guessed right as REACH. See
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/53729/fish-tacos/ ]
10. Precious metals [I pre-called "Gold" and then "Precious metals"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_weight ]
11. Peach [I wrongly pre-called "Plum" which was one of the Choices (Plums belong to the Genus "Prunus", but not the species "persica" - see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum ); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach .]
12. H.G. Wells [I called this from the date, 1905; the other authors were dead (Poe) or came much later. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modern_Utopia ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany [
sic (1942- ),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein (1907-1988),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Junger (1895-1998), and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe (1809-1849) ]
13. Hypoglossal [I called this one, from "gloss"="tongue" (as in "Pangloss" in Voltaire's "Candide", "gloss over", etc.); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglossal_nerve ]
14. Diamond [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fisk_(financier) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Jim_Brady ]
15. Twilight [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopelagic_zone ]
16. Ash Wednesday [Myfanwy called this one; see the section "Christian use of ashes" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday and
https://minmaxsunt.wordpress.com/2012/0 ... -of-ashes/ . Afterwards, I recognized "cinerum" from Cinderella ("Cenerentola" in Italian, "Cendrillon" in French); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella . Supplementary Trivia Question 2: What was Cinderella's real name?__________________ (Answer in following Comment).]
17. Arizona [I split my guesses, getting it right as LESTER; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona ]
18. Bush baby [I split my guesses, getting it right as REACH; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galago ]
19. David Copperfield [I messed up, calling "not David Copperfield", so went with "Pickwick Papers"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Copperfield .]
20. American Airlines [I called this one by eliminating the others as too small or regional; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines ]
21. Tree [I split my guesses, getting it right as LESTER; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebracho_tree . I mentioned that it must be similar to ironwood, a scrawny, tough tree very hard to chop; see
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/201 ... 170209549/ . This article does not explain why ironwood is so tough; presumably the slow-growing tree has low water content but high resin content binding the cellulose fibres together, making it a natural composite material similar to fibreglass or carbon-fibre reinforced epoxy resin.]
22. Newark Bay [Dave (YELDOR, TULADI) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passaic_River ]
Round Winner: Chris as KAYZED (Chris also played as CEEZED).
23.(a) Argentina [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of ... e_Alliance ]
24.(a) Sivan [We split our guesses; I got it right as REACH. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivan ]
25.(a) Sarah Brightman [I pre-called this as a guess, since she was married to composer Andrew Lloyd Webber; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemima_(cat) ]
26.(a) Anzio [Dave pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio ]
27.(a) Rent [Myfanwy and others (Patrick as MRRED?) called this from the date, 1996. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_(musical) .]
28.(a) Hectogon [I messed up, looking for "centagon" which was not one of the Choices; note that the Choice "Hectagon" was misspelled, and I misread it as "Heptagon", a 7-sided polygon. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectogon . In retrospect, I should have recognized the prefix "hect-" from "hectare", a unit of area equal to 100 ares, where 1 are = 10 m x 10 m. So one hectare (a metric unit that Canadians see all the time in the news, but have no idea how large it is) is 100 m x 100 m, which is approx. 110 yards x 110 yards (i.e. a square with sides equal to one Canadian football field long, or one American football field + one 10 yard American endzone).
The conventional unit of area for farmland is the acre, where 640 acres = 1 square mile. Since 1 mile = 1760 yards, 640 acres = 1760 x 1760 square yards = 8(220) x 8(220) yards. Therefore 10 acres = 220 x 220 yards, so 1 acre = 22 x 220 yards = 1 furlong x 10 furlongs.]
29. Mortal Kombat [I think Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) called this one, and the violence made sense of the Rating; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controver ... tal_Kombat ]
30. Catholic [We guessed "Methodist", but I worried about "Catholic", since Kavanaugh went to a Catholic school (although people can change religions); see the section "Personal life" at the end of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh .]
31. Great Britain [see the section "British colony" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji ]
32. 1989 [We mostly messed up, guessing 1994 or 1999, and suddenly feeling very old when we realized that "Ice Ice Baby" is from 29 years ago! Chris got it right as KAYZED, however. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Ice_Baby and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE .]
33. Raconteur [Myfanwy pre-called this one; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/raconteur ]
34. Peyton Manning [Dave called this one; see
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... career.htm ]
35. Hawaiian [Chris or Patrick may have called this first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho'okipa ]
36. 248 years [I called "a long time", so most of us guessed this, although I split with "183 years" as LESTER; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto ]
37. Troilus and Cressida [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troilus_and_Cressida ]
38. Culicidae [I failed to recognize the family name for the mosquito (Genus Culex, Order Diptera); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culex ]
39. Leningrad [I pre-called this one, although it was the only Russian Choice, making it a gimme. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_ ... ostakovich) . If you have never heard it, listen to the last part of the first movement, from 6:00 to 26:10 at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQJcFMHLXek ]
40. Cyprus [I guessed right as REACH; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus (9,251 sq km, or 3,572 sq mi) compared to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico (9,104 sq km, or 3,515 sq mi). Compare with
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oahu (1,545 sq km, or 596.7 sq mi) ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Bahama (1,373 sq km, or 530 sq mi) ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan (36,197 sq km, or 13,976 sq mi) ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_ ... nd_Nunavut) at (42,149 sq km, or 16,274 sq mi) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_ ... (Australia) at (5,786 sq km, or 2,234 sq mi).]
41. Switzerland [Dave called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerla ... eral_state ]
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