New Scaratings

Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer from posting of Question & Choices; No clues):

1. A muumuu is a clothing item you'd most likely see being worn in:___________________.
[Choices: Hawaii, Iceland, Cuba, Egypt, Paraguay ]

2. Ub Iwerks collaborated with Walt Disney to create this familiar fellow:___________________.
[Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Sylvester the Cat, Mickey Mouse ]

3. Banff National Park is _______________'s oldest National Park.
[Choices: Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Kenya, New Zealand ]

4. Which type of affliction is Lou Gehrig's disease classified as?___________________
[Choices: Digestive, Ear Nose and Throat, Motor Neuron, Joint, Immune system ]

5. If you are served scrod at the dinner table, what will you be eating?___________________
[Choices: Insects, Raw onions, Pie, Asparagus, Fish ]

6. Located in Dubai, the Burj Khalifa is a magnificent:__________________.
[Choices: Garden, Ship, Painting, Building, Artificial lake ]

7. "William Wilson", "The Black Cat" and "The Masque of the Red Death" are tales by:___________________.
[Choices: Washington Irving, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, Nathanael Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe ]

8. He made his name in the 19th Century as a gunsmith:__________________.
[Choices: Alejandro Pena, William Fargo, Thomas Crapper, Henry Deringer, Roy Bean ]

9. Which U.S. state is nicknamed the "Sooner" state?___________________
[Choices: Oregon, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico ]

10. What is a platitude?_________________________
[Choices: Medley of songs, Trite remark, Bad temper, Chemical reaction, Sharp point ]




Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds and with 3 Clues):

11. Which name is numbered among the liberators of Argentina, Chile and Peru?___________________
[Choices: Jose de San Martin, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Augustin I, Toussaint Louverture, Pedro I ]

12. The Cumberland Gap is near the junction of Kentucky, Virginia and:____________________.
[Choices: Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee ]

13. From 2004 to 2014, Orkut was a social networking site run by:___________________.
[Choices: Amazon, Facebook, Google, IKEA, Instagram ]

14. Hockey and ________________ are Canada's two national sports.
[Choices: Wrestling, Skiing, Curling, Lacrosse, Football ]

15. Montelimar, France, proclaims itself as the _________________ Capital of the World.
[Choices: Watermelon, Chateaubriand, Truffle, Vanilla, Nougat ]

16. James Ellroy authored "The Black Dahlia" and:_________________________.
[Choices: The Black Marble, The Blue Knight, The Onion Field, L.A. Confidential, Hollywood Station ]

17. Which type of pasta is shaped like a corkscrew?_____________________
[Choices: Bucatini, Cavatappi, Farfalle, Manicotti, Orzo ]

18. Which word is a synonym of "pretended"?__________________
[Choices: Strayed, Feigned, Atoned, Defrocked, Crossed ]

19. Mont-de-piete is an old term for a:_____________________.
[Choices: Pawn shop, Confusing situation, Large dinner, Scheming woman, Back alley ]

20. The larva of a crane fly is known as a:_____________________.
[Choices: Silversuit, Whiterobe, Leatherjacket, Redcoat, Cottonvest ]

21. Prosthodontics is a specialty in this field:_____________________.
[Choices: Psychiatry, Immunology, Dentistry, Internal medicine, Gynecology ]

22. What would a febrifuge be used for?___________________
[Choices: Reducing fever, Making milk chocolate, Inducing sleep, Flying an airplane, Fixing a car engine ]




Category Round (6 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease from 4 to 20 seconds and with 3 Clues; Category chosen by majority vote at each Site):

23.(a) VOCABULARY v This means war!: "Natter" is another word for:____________________.
[Choices: Clatter, Platter, Flatter, Smatter, Chatter ]

24.(a) WORLD CITIES v Justin Timberlake: It is the principal port city of Syria:____________________.
[Choices: Latakia, Bilbao, Tobruk, Paralimni, Patras ]

25.(a) Patron saints v BEER SLOGANS: What beer's slogan is "The beer that made Milwaukee famous"?_____________________
[Choices: Miller, Schlitz, Pabst, Coors, Rheingold ]

26.(a) Justin Timberlake v VOCABULARY: "Flagitious" is a fancy word that means the same thing as:__________________.
[Choices: Peaceful, Wicked, Arrogant, Defeated, Confused ]

27.(a) Beer slogans v WORLD CITIES: Ensenada is a city in the Mexican state of:____________________.
[Choices: Durango, Baja California, Laredo, Nuevo Leon, Salvador ]

28.(a) THIS MEANS WAR! v Patron saints: The _________________ Civil War began in 1975 and ended in 2002.
[Choices: Tahitian, Libyan, Peruvian, Angolan, Laotian ]



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. Who recorded "Born under a Bad Sign" with Booker T. and the M.G.'s in 1967?_____________________
[Choices: Otis Redding, Elmore James, Lou Reed, Albert King, Perry Como ]

30. Which state joined the union in 1867?_____________________
[Choices: Georgia, Nebraska, California, Vermont, Michigan ]

31. Italy, France and ____________________ are the world's three largest wine producers.
[Choices: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Spain, Japan ]

32. In the series of family films, "Air Bud" is a sports-playing:_______________________.
[Choices: Boxer, Golden retriever, Pit bull, Chihuahua, Poodle ]

33. Which country does *not* border Latvia?______________________
[Choices: Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus, Finland, Russia ]

34. Congress made "The Star-Spangled Banner" the official U.S. anthem in this year:_______________.
[Choices: 1931, 2004, 1812, 1792, 1898 ]

35. What comic book character lives in a building called the Sanctum Santorum?_____________________
[Choices: Kingpin, Sandman, Doctor Strange, Archer, The Joker ]



Dreaded Pyramid Round (5 Questions: 12000, 7000, 4000, 2000, 1000 Points for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Right out of 5; Time from post of Question & Choices = 16 seconds; No clues):

36. In 1813, he became an assistant to renowned chemist Humphry Davy:____________________.
[Choices: Max Planck, Michael Faraday, Herman Melville, James Maxwell, Joseph Priestley ]

37. Who was the mother of Achilles, the Greek hero of the Trojan War?___________________
[Choices: Rhea, Phoebe, Demeter, Thetis, Coenus ]

38. Which animal lives in the Andes Mountains of South America?__________________
[Choices: Aardvark, Marmot, Echidna, Vicuna, Lemur ]

39. "Ay, Casca, tell us what hath chanced today" is a line spoken by which Shakespearean character?___________________
[Choices: Puck, Othello, Hamlet, Brutus, Goneril ]

40. Which type of angle measures more than 180 degrees, but less than 360?________________
[Choices: Acute, Conjugate, Straight, Obtuse, Reflex ]




Final Jeopardy Question on FAILED SUICIDES (50% Bonus if Right Immediately; Points decreases rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds and with 3 Clues; 50% Deduction if Final Choice is Wrong):

41. This acclaimed writer tried to commit suicide in 1892:________________________.
[Choices: Bret Harte, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, Anthony Trollope, Joseph Conrad ]






Answers:

1. Hawaii [I (REACH) pre-called this one first; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muumuu ]

2. Mickey Mouse [Except for Jean (LESTER) who recognized that this was the only Disney creation, we at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON ALLl got confused by wrong calls (in my case, I thought UB IWERKS was some corporate giant collaborating with Disney on some update of a classic cartoon character); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ub_Iwerks ]

3. Canada [Some advantage to Canadian Sites on this Question; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park ]

4. Motor neuron [Andrew C (GRYFON) called this first; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotroph ... _sclerosis ]

5. Fish [I pre-called this first; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrod ]

6. Building [I pre-called "Tower"="Building"; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa ]

7. Edgar Allan Poe [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W ... hort_story) ]

8. Henry Deringer [after pre-calls for "Colt" and "Smith & Wesson", we all recognized this, if not the spelling of Derringer; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Deringer ]

9. Oklahoma [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma ]

10. Trite remark [GRYFON called this first; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platitude ]

Winner of Warm-up Round, with 5000 Points: LESTER




11. Jose de San Martin [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_de_San_Martin ]

12. Tennessee [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Gap ]

13. Google [We guessed wrong on this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut ]

14. Lacrosse [Another Question favouring Canadians; see https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/act ... age-1.html and the section "History" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse (the name of the sport is from the French who were the first Europeans to explore Canada and the Ohio & Mississippi Rivers from the north - see Marquette & Joliet, Lasalle). I remember at age 10 being taught the history of the Fall of Fort Michilimackinac in Michigan: after the English victory over the French in North America in the Seven Years' War (The French and Indian War), the fort was in the hands of the English who were not as well-liked by the aboriginals as the French who intermarried with them (in accord with "Champlain's Dream" by American historian David Hackett Fischer; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain's_Dream ). On June 2, 1763, the Ojibwe staged a game of lacrosse outside the fort, deliberately threw the ball over the walls, and entered the fort to retrieve the ball and then proceeded to kill most of the English inhabitants; see the section "History" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Michilimackinac .

Older Canadians might also know that Jay Silverheels, who played Tonto on TV's "The Lone Ranger", first gained renown as a lacrosse player; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Silverheels .]

15. Nougat [Chris (KAYZED) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montelimar . Normally, Chris also plays another tablet as CEEZED, but gave his up to a player from another group at Buster's Bar (about 10-15 or so tablets had low batteries or would freeze or conk out mid-game, an irritating problem most weeks). ]

16. L.A. Confidential [As "The Black Dahlia" was based on an infamous murder in the L.A. area, we correctly guessed this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ellroy ]

17. Cavatappi [We needed Clues on this one to correct our initial guesses; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavatappi ]

18. Feigned [GRYFON called this first; see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/feigned ]

19. Pawn shop [We missed most of the points on this one. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_piety ]

20. Leatherjacket [Except for LESTER who got all 1000 Points, and GRYFON who got 651 Points, the rest of us got mediocre scores less than 200 or so Points; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly ]

21. Dentistry [We deduced this from "Prosthetics" and "dontics"; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosthodontics ]

22. Reducing fever [GRYFON pre-called "fever" from "febr"; see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/febrifuge ]

Winner of Countdown Round: GRYFON




23.(a) Chatter [I called this from "Nattering nabobs of negativism", a phrase uttered by Vice-President Spiro Agnew in 1970 (written by speechwriter William Safire); see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/natter and https://politicaldictionary.com/words/n ... egativism/ from a time when the White House hated the press, the enemies of the people]

24.(a) Latakia [LESTER called this one, since he enjoys cigars, and he knew that a certain Syrian tobacco is named after the port city; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia_(tobacco) ]

25.(a) Schlitz [I pre-called this, but since I rarely drink alcohol, and never when I drive, I was ignored and most of the others guessed Pabst. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sc ... ng_Company . While typing this, I remembered that Laverne and Shirley in the TV series worked for Shotz beer in Milwaukee, and Penny Marshall (Laverne) had just died at age 75; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laverne_and_Shirley ]

26.(a) Wicked [We needed Clues for this one, so missed most of the Points, except for Andrew F (KAY 1000 Points; DR LUV 831) and LESTER (762) ; see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/flagitious . The etymology is from the Latin "flagrum"="whip, lash, scourge", the origin of "flagella"=whip-like hairs on unicellular organisms, and "flagellation" of criminals and penitents, punishment for the wicked. ]

27.(a) Baja California [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensenada,_Baja_California ]

28.(a) Angolan [After a bit of a delay considering and rejecting "Lebanese", which wasn't one of the Choices and of the wrong time period anyway, GRYFON called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angolan_Civil_War (1975-2002). ]

Winner of Category Round: Dave (as YELDOR)




29. Albert King [Andrew F (DR LUV, KAY) called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Unde ... Sign_(song) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Py37G9qsfY .]

30. Nebraska [Some of us guessed right on this one; I didn't. See the section "History" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska ]

31. Spain [Most of us guessed right on this one; Chris regretted switching to "Australia" at the last second. See https://news.besocialscene.com/wine-con ... ng-nations ]

32. Golden retriever [Dave (YELDOR, TULADI) pre-called "Dog", and several called the right answer; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Bud ]

33. Finland [Some of us were quick enough to get this in 7 seconds or less; I was not. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia and enlarge the map. ]

34. 1931 [I pre-called "late 1920s or early Depression", close enough. See the section "National anthem" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner ]

35. Doctor Strange [Chris called this in time (less than 4 seconds); see the section "Fictional character biography" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Strange ]

Round winners: LESTER, ACE, KAY, DR LUV, SPRAJO with a perfect 7500 Points




36. Michael Faraday [I pre-called this one; see the section "Adult life" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday ]

37. Thetis [I called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetis ]

38. Vicuna [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicuna ]

39. Brutus [I pre-called "Casca was one of the conspirators in "Julius Caesar" ", and Sue (ALWAL) noted that Brutus was the only Choice from "Julius Caesar"; see https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shake ... r/page_24/ ]

40. Reflex [I pre-called this one; see https://www.mathsisfun.com/reflex.html ]

Round winners: We all got 5 out of 5 Right in this Round, for 12000 Points each.




41. Guy de Maupassant [see the end of the section "Biography" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant . The top 6 Player scores at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON were:
LESTER 57,417 Points out of 63,750 max.
SPRAJO 56,596
ACE 55,680
ALWAL 48,268
DR LUV 45,578
GRYFON 45,013
for an average = 51,425 Site score, good enough for #2 Site in Canada & the USA (congrats to BWW Arlington VA, the #1 Site with a score of 54,601 Points).]

I will not be playing ntn Trivia Tue. Dec. 25 or Tue. Jan.1. Perhaps someone else can post the Q&A for the SHOWDOWN and GLORY DAZE Games those days (and BRAINBUSTER, if played).

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27(b): Beer Slogans: It is/was (paraphrasing) a slogan for Corona. The correct answer wasn't "Find Your Beach", but something else entirely. I got 800-900 points on the question, and even in hindsight couldn't recall the ad campaign. Now, revisiting the question?

"Oh! with a little prompt, I can recall this one!" I exclaimed, and spent the next half hour cruising websites, primarily advertising analysts but not excluding brewmasters, which registered a uniform astonishment that such a lousy beer could capture so large a market share, and at premium prices no less. But amidst all the astonishment the slogan in question wouldn't yield to my scrutiny.

LILJOL might know the slogan off the top of his head.

https://www.adweek.com/agencyspy/live-t ... rona/47143

?

Thanks, SHAKES. You nailed it:

"Live the Finer Life."

The question must have specified a year, because "Find Your Beach" was absolutely a slogan for Corona.

https://place4pr.wordpress.com/2013/12/ ... sitioning/

No year was specified. But "Find Your Beach" wasn't one of the options.

OH! OK, gotcha.