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Because the usual BRAINBUSTER Game from 8:00-8:30 was replaced by a COUNTDOWN Game, for which Canadian Players were not eligible for the cash prize, I did not start my camcorder until the SHOWDOWN Game started. As BLZBUB at BWW Albuquerque can tell you, if you change one thing in your routine, you can mess up. Neither the SHOWDOWN Game or GLORY DAZE Game Questions & Answers were recorded (perhaps I had inadvertently left the machine on Pause). So the following Summary is constructed (made up) from one- or two-word notes I took for each Question in order to guide my usual replay of camcorder recordings (I jump from Question to Question, without watching each agonizing second of replay).


Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, No clues):

1. Dry and liquid units of measure include the pint and the _______________.

2. The 1867 Marquess of Queensbury rules included the use of:______________________.

3. "Foggy Bottom" is a term used for the:___________________.

4. "Fee-fi-fo-fum" was uttered by:___________________.

5. Suomi is a term used for the people of this nation:___________________.

6. In 1916, Boeing started in this city:____________________.

7. The October 2018 hurricane that hit Florida was named Hurricane __________________.

8. Poland's unit of currency is the:____________________.

9. The Sundance Film Festival is run in this U.S. state:__________________.

10. "Inherent" is closest in meaning to this word [of 5 Choices]:_________________.



Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease over 15 seconds & 3 Clues):

11. Dunkel, Schwarz and [….] are terms used to describe:____________________.

12. Enewetak Atoll is located in this body of water:_______________________.

13. "Brainwashing" was a term first used in this conflict:______________________.

14. "Effi Briest" is an example of this type of literature:____________________.

15. Ushuaia is a city known for being the:____________________.

16. What is in the middle of Chicken Cordon Bleu?_____________________

17. In the 1999 film "The Matrix", there is a blue pill and a ____________ pill.

18. Which [of 5 birds listed] consumes amphibians, lizards and […]?___________________

19. Who composed his Symphony No. 1, known as the "Classical Symphony"?___________________

20. Curacao and [Bonaire? Aruba?] are part of the _________________ Antilles.

21. Who wrote "The Princess Bride"?________________________

22. Zuckerkandl and [….] are names associated with this part of the human anatomy:__________________.



Category Round (6 Questions, 1000 Points each, Category chosen by majority vote at each Site, Points decrease rapidly over 20 seconds & 3 Clues):

23.(a) GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Iphigenia and Orestes are 2 of the 4 daughters of:_________________.

24.(a) ISLANDS OF THE WORLD: Rarotonga is part of this group of islands:____________________.

25.(a) CHEMICAL ELEMENTS: Which [of 5 Choices listed] is a lanthanide element?______________________

26.(a) CURRENT MOVIES: Which [of 5 Choices listed] is a star of the movie "Instant Family"?__________________

27.(a) ISLANDS OF THE WORLD: The community of Oia is located on what Greek island?___________________

28.(a) CHEMICAL ELEMENTS: Which [of 5 Choices listed] is the rarest naturally occurring element?____________________.



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. The longest boardwalk in the world, and oldest in the USA, is located in this city:______________________.

30. "Bad Boys" is the theme song for this TV show:______________________.

31. Which [of 5 Choices] is a river which starts in the state of Mississippi?_____________________.

32. What is the name of the most recent Mars lander?___________________

33. To calculate atomic volume, divide atomic mass by:_________________.

34. Dante's "Divine Comedy" was painted by [of 5 Choices]:___________________,

35. The Lake District of Great Britain is located in this county:___________________.



Dreaded Pyramid Round (5 Questions: 12000, 7000, 4000, 2000, 1000 Points for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Right out of 5; No clues):

36. Joseph Banks was a biologist who accompanied this person:_______________________.

37. Panjandrum is a term used for:___________________________.

38. Chance Wayne and Alexandra Del Lago are characters in this play by Tennessee Williams:_____________________.

39. Which [of 5 Choices] is a made-up name for a type of shark?_____________________.

40. Niobium used to be called:_____________________.



Final Jeopardy Question on ARCHITECTS (50% Bonus if Right Immediately; Points decrease rapidly with time and 3 Clues; 50% Deduction if Final Choice is Wrong):

41. Irishman James Hoban was the architect for [of 5 Choices]:_______________________.





Answers:

1. Quart

2. Boxing gloves [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_ ... bury_Rules ]

3. U.S. State Department [I (REACH, LESTER) pre-called this one at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON. Except for Andrew C (GRYFON), most of the other Players had never heard the term, so this was a learning opportunity. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foggy_Bottom ]

4. The Giant [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fee-fi-fo-fum ]

5. Finland [see the section "Etymology - Suomi" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomi ]

6. Seattle [Andrew C pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing ]

7. Michael [We all missed this one, on a bad call for "Matthew"; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Michael ]

8. Zloty [Chris Zwierzchowski (CEEZED, KAYZED) pre-called this one, explaining that it meant "golden" in Polish; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_zloty ]

9. Utah [Patrick (MRRED) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival ]

10. Indigenous [We decided this was the closest, by eliminating the other Choices; see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/indigenous ]



11. Dark lagers [see the section "Dark lager" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lager ; "Dunkel"="dark" and "Schwarz"="Black" in German.]

12. Pacific Ocean [I pre-called this one, site of the first H-bomb explosion. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enewetak_Atoll ]

13. Korean War [I think Andrew C pre-called this first; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing . The term came from experiments by psychologists in the 1950s (in Canada, including the use of LSD on unsuspecting mental patients) which gave some plausibility to the story The Manchurian Candidate; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manch ... (1962_film) ]

14. Realistic novel [We mostly missed this one, except for Andrew C (GRYFON) who eliminated the other Choices; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effi_Briest ]

15. Southernmost [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) pre-called this one, since she knew this was the southernmost city of Tierra del Fuego; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushuaia ]

16. Ham and cheese [Richard (MRIQ) called this one first; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordon_bleu_(dish) ]

17. Red [We correctly guessed this, eliminating White, Black, Yellow and Orange. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill ]

18. Loggerhead shrike [I called this one, since it is carnivorous, and the others seemed to be fruit or seed-eaters (I forget the other 4 Choices); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggerhead_shrike ]

19. Prokofiev [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._1_(Prokofiev) and for a performance, see (0:35-15:04) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGwW9ecNWEs . Its nickname is "Classical" because its style resembles that of Haydn and Mozart, and the youthful Prokofiev wanted to show that he could excel at this style, before moving on to more contemporary Twentieth Century music.]

20. Dutch [I pre-called this one from Curacao; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles ]

21. William Goldman [Chris pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride ]

22. Abdominal artery [Chris got 1000 Points on each of his 2 tablets, but most of the rest of us guessed wrong. Chris deduced that "Zucker"="Sugar" in German, and the blood transports glucose (blood sugar), but Zuckerkandl is the name of the scientist; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_of_Zuckerkandl and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_aorta . It's better to be lucky sometimes than to be good! ]



23.(a) Agamemnon [I pre-called this one. First, the fact that Orestes was the name of the son, not that of a daughter, was a blunder on the part of the Quizmaster, but the other Choices were way wrong. Iphigenia was the young daughter sacrificed so that the Greek ships would get the winds needed to get to Troy to recover Helen, the wife of Agamemnon's brother, Menelaus. This sacrifice embittered Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, so she conspired with her lover to murder Agamemnon when he returned after the fall of Troy. Then, like Hamlet, Orestes had to avenge the murder of his father by killing his mother. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamemnon . ]

24.(a) Cook Islands [Most of us guessed this, among other Pacific island groups (the Tonga trench is off New Zealand toward the Northeast). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rarotonga ]

25.(a) Thulium [I called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thulium ]

26.(a) Mark Wahlberg [Patrick (MRRED) called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Family ]

27.(a) Santorini [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini ]

28.(a) Astatine [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astatine , which is a radioactive halogen (in the family with Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine & Iodine). Of the other Choices I remember, Rutherfordium (element 104) is man-made and highly radioactive (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherfordium ), and although Lanthanum is a so-called "Rare Earth", it is the 3rd most abundant of all the lanthanides and makes up 39 mg/kg of the Earth's crust, 3 times as abundant as lead (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanthanum ]



29. Atlantic City [I pre-called this one; see https://www.oyster.ca/articles/31899-th ... n-the-u-s/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey ]

30. Cops [Patrick pre-called this one; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LheS8xvLXS4 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cops_(TV_program) ]

31. Tombigbee [I split my votes, getting it right as LESTER but wrong as REACH. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombigbee_River ]

32. InSight [Andrew C pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InSight ]

33. Density [I pre-called this one; Density = Mass/Volume, so Volume = Mass/Density ; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density .]

34. Botticelli [I split my votes, getting it right as REACH; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Co ... Botticelli ]

35. Cumbria [Sue (SWIFT) called this one (she was born in Cumbria); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria ]



36. James Cook [At first I wrongly pre-called "Darwin", but agreed that Andrew C was right with "Cook", since Darwin WAS the biologist on the voyage of the Beagle. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Banks (1743-1820) ; Darwin's Beagle voyage started in 1831 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_of_the_Beagle ). ]

37. Official [Another wrong pre-call by me (leaning toward "criminal"), but correcting myself in time to agree with Andrew C . See https://www.dictionary.com/browse/panjandrum for a pompous official, not criminal. ]

38. Sweet Bird of Youth [My tablet as LESTER had conked out at the start of the Pyramid Round, and I could not reboot in time, so correctly guessed this as REACH only. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Bird_of_Youth .]

39. Bolivia Mantashark [Andrew C and I called this, as Bolivia is landlocked. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivia ]

40. Columbium [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niobium . Coltan (columbite-tantalite ores containing niobium and tantalum) are valued resources from corrupt African sources, with tantalum used in high capacitance per unit volume and low weight capacitors used in electronic devices such as cell phones. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalum_capacitor .]



41. White House [We Canadians started out with 6 tablets at around 38,000-40,000 Points, but mostly bombed out on this one, losing 50% of the Points. We didn't know, and didn't even conceive that an Irish Catholic would have designed the White House; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hoban . Probably a gimme for the best Sites in the USA. On the other hand, I got to thinking who designed the Canadian Parliament Buildings in downtown Ottawa, and had no clue. Maybe Andrew C knows this (he works there). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_Hill , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fuller_(architect) and https://en.wikipedia.org.wiki.Chilion_Jones , truly bits of trivia that no one including me will ever remember for more than 2 minutes! ]

The last link in the answer to Q41 should have read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilion_Jones .

The link for the answer to Q2 should have read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_ ... erry_Rules .

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To LILJOL: Thanx for the alternative CATEGORY Round Questions & Choices of Answers. The full list of Choices makes it more interesting and fairer for readers who have not played the game (all they need more is a stopwatch to limit their time to 20 seconds). Plus, it's important to have other independent sources to watch for fake news Q&A, and to provide Q&A when I will be away (e.g. this Christmas & New Year's).