Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after the posting of the Question & Choices; No clues):1. A person who talks a lot is said to be:___________________.
[Choices: Machinating, Endemic, Propitious, Loquacious, Cloistered ]
2. In 1967 alone, he destroyed at least 30 guitars:__________________.
[Choices: Pete Townsend, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Jerry Lee Lewis ]
3. The city of Glasgow, Scotland, lies on the banks of the ______________ River.
[Choices: Avon, Thames, Seine, Danube, Clyde ]
4. Maid Marian is the love interest of this medieval hero:__________________.
[Choices: Roland, Galahad, Robin Hood, Lochinvar, The Black Knight ]
5. The Tonton Macoute was the secret police of this dictator:___________________.
[Choices: Rafael Trujillo, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Chairman Mao, Papa Doc Duvalier ]
6. A rhino's horn is made of:__________________.
[Choices: Ivory, Enamel, Chiton, Bone, Keratin ]
7. Which movie star was paralyzed in a fall from a horse in 1995?___________________
[Choices: John Huston, Raymond Burr, Christopher Reeve, Orson Welles, Marlon Brando ]
8. Founded in 1812, France's "Surete" was the inspiration for such organizations as:__________________.
[Choices: The 4-H Club, The Freemasons, Scotland Yard, Hitler Youth, The Boy Scouts ]
9. Which famous composition is by George Gershwin?____________________
[Choices: Rhapsody in Blue, C Jam Blues, Blue Bayou, Am I Blue, Blue Belles of Harlem ]
10. What would you call a story in which people or events have a hidden or symbolic meaning?__________________
[Choices: Integument, Beatific, Allegory, Factotum, Pindling ]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to16 seconds and with 3 Clues):11. This Pennsylvania city lies on the banks of the Schuylkill River:__________________.
[Choices: Annapolis, Johnston, Harrisburg, Reading, Binghamton ]
12. You could find a Stillson ______________ at your local hardware store.
[Choices: Rake, Screwdriver, Axe, Wrench, Hoe ]
13. Russell's Paradox is named after British logician __________________ Russell.
[Choices: George, Bertrand, Walter, Scott, Jack ]
14. In Portuguese cuisine, the Pastel de Nata is a notable:__________________.
[Choices: Casserole, Pastry, Cut of pork, Fritter, Coffee drink ]
15. Swedish author Astrid Lindgren created this character:____________________.
[Choices: Eloise, Madeleine, Babar the Elephant, Paddington Bear, Pippi Longstocking ]
16. The 2018 Forbes List of the world's highest-paid athletes is headed by:____________________.
[Choices: Neymar, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Kevin Durant, Drew Brees, Matthew Stafford ]
17. Tooth enamel is the __________________ part of the human body.
[Choices: Newest, Shortest, Most expensive, Purest, Hardest ]
18. In what year was U.S. President Bill Clinton impeached?_____________
[Choices: 1998, 1994, 1992, 1996, 2000 ]
19. Francis Parkinson Keyes' 1948 novel "Dinner at Antoine's" is set in this city:____________________.
[Choices: Pocatello, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Mobile, Seattle ]
20. The Bible says that after killing Abel, Cain was exiled to the Land of:_________________.
[Choices: The Lost, Elysium, Mauritania, Punt, Nod ]
21. The island of Tristan da Cunha is located about equidistant between:______________________.
[Choices: Iceland & Greenland, Sri Lanka & India, Australia & New Zealand, Africa & South America, Singapore & Thailand ]
22. Luxury and race car manufacturer Duesenberg was founded by two brothers born in:__________________.
[Choices: Germany, Sweden, The United States, England, Australia ]
Category Round (6 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease from 4 to 20 seconds & with 3 Clues; Category is chosen by majority vote at each Site):23.(a) Businesses v SCIENCE CLASS: What is the medical term for hair loss?_________________
[Choices: Neuroma, Alopecia, Follocia, Sclerosis, Hodaditis ]
24.(a) Painters v SUPERHEROES: Which superhero can travel at the speed of light?__________________
[Choices: Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man ]
25.(a) TIME TO EAT v Aviation firsts: It may be served as hot porridge or solidified into a loaf that can be baked:__________________.
[Choices: Polenta, Gumbo, Goulash, Bisque, Borscht ]
26.(a) SUPERHEROES v Businesses: Which superhero was one of the seven original members of the Justice League?_________________
[Choices: Green Lantern, Deadpool, Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Daredevil ]
27.(a) AVIATION FIRSTS v Painters: The first airplane to fly coast-to-coast across the U.S. was the:___________________.
[Choices: Spirit of St. Louis, Glamorous Glennis, Vin Fiz, Winnie Mae, True Blue ]
28.(a) SCIENCE CLASS v Time to eat: Bridal Veil Stinkhorn, Scarlet Elf Cup and Jelly Antler are names of:___________________.
[Choices: Fungi, Spiders, Roaches, Moths, Fish ]
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. NASA's Parker _____________ Probe sent back its first images last month.
[Choices: Martian, Solar, Venusian, Saturnian, Mercurial ]
30. Which stage musical was made into a non-musical film with Shirley MacLaine?___________________
[Choices: Gypsy, Into the Woods, Auntie Mame, Mamma Mia!, Irma la Douce ]
31. On December 7, 1787, it became the first state to ratify the federal Constitution:__________________.
[Choices: New Jersey, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Delaware, Massachusetts ]
32. Milton Caniff drew such comic strips as "Steve Canyon" and:_______________________.
[Choices: Terry and the Pirates, Blondie, Hagar the Horrible, Prince Valiant, Mary Worth ]
33. This cosmologist's talk on black holes stunned a group of astronomers in 1974:____________________.
[Choices: Edwin P. Hubble, Christian Doppler, Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, Carolyn Shoemaker ]
34. What city hosted last year's G20 Summit?_______________________
[Choices: Buffalo, Berlin, Bonn, Buenos Aires, Boston ]
35. Exactly how many tablespoons are in a cup?____________
[Choices: 14, 8, 10, 16, 12 ]
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. Prince Ivan is the hero and Koschei is the villain of this ballet by Igor Stravinsky:_____________________.
[Choices: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Petrouchka, The Firebird, Giselle ]
37. This Genus of plants is named after a man:___________________.
[Choices: Begonia, Psychotria, Acacia, Salvia, Bulbophyllum ]
38. Which country declared its independence from Great Britain in 1922?__________________
[Choices: New Zealand, Costa Rica, Egypt, Jamaica, Ceylon ]
39. American architect Walter Griffin is remembered for designing this city:__________________.
[Choices: Canberra, Lake Buena Vista, Washington D.C., Scottsdale, Brasilia ]
40. Circa 1500, he painted "Salvator Mundi", a portrait of Jesus in Renaissance dress:___________________.
[Choices: Caravaggio, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Johannes Vermeer ]
Final Jeopardy Question on VENOMOUS CREATURES (50% Bonus if Right Immediately; Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds and with 3 Clues; 50% Deduction if Final Choice is Wrong): 41. Which animal has venomous spurs on its ankles?______________________
[Choices: Gila monster, Mongoose, Armadillo, Lemur, Platypus ]
Answers:1. Loquacious [We at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON, all called this one; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/loquacious ]
2. Pete Townshend [not Pete Townsend; see
http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/guitar/smashed.html ]
3. Clyde [I (REACH) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow ]
4. Robin Hood [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid_Marian ]
5. Papa Doc Duvalier [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonton_Macoute ]
6. Keratin [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratin and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros . Note that the Choice "Chiton" should have been spelled "Chitin"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitin ]
7. Christopher Reeve [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve ]
8. Scotland Yard [I pre-called this one as a guess; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surete ]
9. Rhapsody in Blue [I pre-called this one as a guess; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2PH0auTUU ]
10. Allegory [Andrew C (GRYFON) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory ]
11. Reading [We all lost Points, some like me going with Harrisburg at the start; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania ]
12. Wrench [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_wrench ]
13. Bertrand [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell ]
14. Pastry [Andrew C, I and others guessed this from "Pastel"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastel_de_nata ]
15. Pippi Longstocking [Sue (SWIFT) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippi_Longstocking ]
16. Floyd Mayweather Jr. [Patrick (MRRED) called this one, although some went with Neymar; see
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2 ... 6cfd95173d . In order, the top-paid athletes of 2018 were 1. Mayweather, 2. Lionel Messi, 3. Cristiano Ronaldo, 4. Conor McGregor, 5. Neymar, 6. LeBron James, 7. Roger Federer, 8. Stephen Curry, 9. Matt Ryan, 10. Matthew Stafford . ]
17. Hardest [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_enamel ]
18. 1998 [Phil (BSLXPN) called this one, although some guessed other years; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachme ... ll_Clinton ]
19. New Orleans [I first pre-called New York City, having confused this Question with
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Dinner_with_Andre which starred Wallace Shawn (who played Mr. Hall in the film and TV show "Clueless"). When New York City did not appear as one of the Choices, we quickly for full Points went with New Orleans (Antoine is a French name); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine's .]
20. Nod [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Nod ]
21. Africa and South America [I pre-called this one, remembering the 1961 volcanic eruption on the island; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha ]
22. German [I pre-called this as a guess (the car itself was American); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Duesenberg and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Duesenberg .]
23.(a) Alopecia [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_areata ]
24.(a) Silver Surfer [A pre-call for The Flash was quickly abandoned as it was not one of the 5 Choices listed. I then called "Silver Surfer" since he zipped through space to reach the Earth; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Surfer .]
25.(a) Polenta [Patrick called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta ]
26.(a) Green Lantern [Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Lantern ]
27.(a) Vin Fiz [Andrew C guessed right on this one; others including me got it wrong (I went with True Blue, which may be the name of a horse). See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Fiz_Flyer and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcontinental_flight and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blue . The early date 1911 is explained by the fact that this was not a single continuous flight. The first non-stop flight was in 1923 by Macready & Kelly in a Fokker T-2 ; see the wikipedia article on Transcontinental_flight .]
28.(a) Fungi [Chris pre-called "Mushrooms", and when the Choices appeared, I called "Fungi". See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_indusiatus ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_Cup and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calocera_viscosa ]
29. Solar [Jean (LESTER) called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe ]
30. Irma la Douce [I pre-called this as a guess (from Shirley Maclaine); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_la_Douce ]
31. Delaware [I pre-called this, as Delaware is known as the "First State"; see the end of the 3rd paragraph at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware , home of our good friend AKBAR ]
32. Stephen Hawking [I pre-called this one; see
https://www.physicsoftheuniverse.com/to ... heory.html ]
33. Terry & the Pirates [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Caniff ]
34. Buenos Aires [Phil pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_G20_ ... res_summit ]
35. 16 [Sue pre-called this one (she knew that 4 tablespoons make 1/4 cup, so multiplied 4 by 4 to get the number of tablespoons in 1 cup); see
https://www.thecalculatorsite.com/artic ... spoons.php ]
36. The Firebird [Of the 5 Choices, only "The Firebird" and "Petrushka" were ballets by Stravinsky. I could not remember the names of the characters in "The Firebird", but "Petrushka" was the name of a puppet, so I called for "The Firebird" (although some went with "Petrushka"). See the section "Synopsis" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Firebird and for the music, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZkIAVGlfWk . For info on Petrushka, see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrushka_(ballet) which says the Russian name is equivalent to the English "Punch" (of Punch & Judy), "Pulchinella" in Italy, etc.]
37. Begonia [Dave and I guessed this, but not some others; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begonia ]
38. Egypt [Dave and Andrew got this right (I did not hear Andrew call this), but the rest of us went with Jamaica. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Egypt ]
39. Canberra [I called this one, out of a dim memory; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Burley_Griffin . I rejected a call for Brazilia, because I knew that Kubitschek was involved in this planned city; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasilia ]
40. Leonardo da Vinci [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvator_Mundi_(Leonardo) ]
41. Playpus [I pre-called "Australia" after seeing "VENOMOUS CREATURES" as the Final Jeopardy Question topic; Chris pre-called "Platypus" after the screen showed "venomous spurs on its ankles"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus .]
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