Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & Choices; No clues):1. Something moving with great force would best be called:__________________.
[Choices: Salacious, Impetuous, Egregious, Audacious, Officious ]
2. Where did NFL legend Tom Brady play college football?____________________
[Choices: Notre Dame, Duke, Stanford, Texas A&M, Michigan ]
3. Oxfords, Derbys and Bluchers are all types of:________________.
[Choices: Hats, Ties, Trousers, Shirts, Shoes ]
4. The ancient Maya people lived in what is now the Yucatan peninsula and:____________________.
[Choices: Guyana, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Brazil, Suriname ]
5. Where would one most likely find a "drop leaf"?______________________
[Choices: Microwave oven, Wrench, Table, Sleeping bag, Lawnmower ]
6. Find the type of massage among the sushi terms:__________________.
[Choices: Tsukemono, Hosomaki, Maguro, Shiatsu, Otemoto ]
7. Antelope Canyon is a natural wonder located on Navajo land in:__________________.
[Choices: Arizona, Colorado, Montana, California, Wyoming ]
8. "Slalom" is a word that originated in this language:___________________.
[Choices: Romanian, Hindi, German, Norwegian, Welsh ]
9. Invented in the 1890's, this dessert is typically topped with a raspberry sauce:___________________.
[Choices: Chiffon Cake, Biscotti, Bananas Foster, Chocolate Mousse, Peach Melba ]
10. "Newspeak", a term for ambiguous official language, first appeared in this book:_____________________.
[Choices: Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, The Time Machine, R.U.R., 1984 ]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds and with 3 Clues): 11. Which man gained fame in the early 19th Century as a physicist?______________________
[Choices: Michael Faraday, Robert Goddard, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Franklin Pierce, Edward Travillian ]
12. Invented in 1899, Kriegspeil is a variant of this game:____________________.
[Choices: Chess, Dominoes, Faro, Cribbage, Parcheesi ]
13. A treatise is pretty much the same thing as a:_______________________.
[Choices: Fruition, Lentando, Musette, Tractate, Gropius ]
14. What, Who or Where is Aliko Dangote?____________________
[Choices: Cambodian temple, Africa's richest man, Himalayan gorge, Togo's national anthem, Champion sushi chef ]
15. What 1983 novel was penned by Iris Murdoch?___________________
[Choices: Poet's Pride, Philosopher's Pupil, Physicist's Palace, Plumber's Partner, Preacher's Pulpit ]
16. The Akershus Fortress is a medieval structure in this city:_________________.
[Choices: Oslo, Montevideo, New Delhi, Moscow, Edinburgh ]
17. The phrase "ex cathedra" indicates an ____________________ utterance.
[Choices: Evasive, Excited, Obstinate, Authoritative, Unintelligible ]
18. What will you encounter in the Earth's Shear Zone?_______________________
[Choices: Vast empty space, High winds, Lots of rocks, Heavy precipitation, Cloud formations ]
19. "Summer and Smoke" is a 1948 play by:_______________________.
[Choices: Eugene O'Neill, August Wilson, Arthur Miller, Neil Simon, Tennessee Williams ]
20. It is a breed of domestic sheep:_______________________.
[Choices: Holstein, Ankamali, Ragdoll, Basenji, Karakul ]
21. In which decade was the first Labor Day holiday celebrated in the United States?________________
[Choices: 1860's, 1880's, 1820's, 1850's, 1790's ]
22. The tipping forward of an entire human organ is called:___________________.
[Choices: Exculpation, Anteversion, Obscurance, Procuration, Decoupling ]
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) DISNEYLAND v Greek mythology: In which part of Disneyland is Splash Mountain?_________________________
[Choices: Frontierland, Critter Country, Mickey's Toontown, New Orleans Square, Fantasyland ]
24.(a) Man's best friend v VOCABULARY: Something or someone that can bounce back from adversity would be called:______________________.
[Choices: Resilient, Peevish, Deferent, Leveraged, Gleaned ]
25.(a) WORLD GEOGRAPHY v Sporting legends: The Greater and Lesser __________________ Islands make up a part of the Malay archipelago.
[Choices: Aegean, Seychelles, Falkland, Balearic, Sunda ]
26.(a) VOCABULARY v Disneyland: Borrowed from the Turkish language, the term "Kismet" means:___________________.
[Choices: War, Fate, Dwelling, Happiness, Love ]
27.(a) Sporting legends v MAN'S BEST FRIEND: The _________________ is bred in three coat types: Smooth, Long and Wiry.
[Choices: Dachshund, Terrier, Collie, Greyhound, Spaniel ]
28.(a) Greek mythology v WORLD GEOGRAPHY: To see the Bruce Peninsula and Saginaw Bay, you need to go to this body of water:_____________________.
[Choices: Lake Huron, English Channel, Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, Irish Sea ]
Lightning Round (7 Questions: 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 Points, but time to read and answer decreases from 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5 to 4 seconds): 29. According to the title of her 2007 album, she's a "Good Girl Gone Bad":____________________.
[Choices: Shania Twain, Rihanna, Cardi B, Barbra Streisand, Katy Perry ]
30. Obwalden is one of the 26:______________________.
[Choices: French departments, German states, Welsh counties, Swedish provinces, Swiss cantons ]
31. The 1992 memoir "Marky Mark" tells the life story of:__________________.
[Choices: Mark Harmon, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Hamill, Mark Wahlberg, Mark Ruffalo ]
32. In what century is Lady Godiva said to have gone on her famous ride through Coventry?____________________
[Choices: 11th, 19th, 13th, 17th, 15th ]
33. Ridley Scott directed this 2005 film starring Orlando Bloom:______________________.
[Choices: XXX: State of the Union, Sahara, The Upside of Anger, Kingdom of Heaven, The Life of Brian ]
34. The chemical element Osmium has an atomic number of:___________.
[Choices: 56, 16, 96, 76, 36 ]
35. David Webb is the real name of this popular character:_____________________.
[Choices: Aquaman, James Bond, Spider-Man, Jason Bourne, Doctor Who ]
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. Antonio Jose de Sucre became the second President of _________________ in 1825.
[Choices: Austria, Portugal, Mexico, Bolivia, Haiti ]
37. Kali Gandaki Gorge is part of this great mountain range:__________________.
[Choices: Pyrenees, Himalayas, Atlas, Caucasus, Swiss Alps ]
38. This term was adopted by John Stuart Mill to describe his philosophy:__________________.
[Choices: Unitarianism, Stoicism, Utilitarianism, Existentialism, Platonism ]
39. When born in 1882, she was named Adeline Virginia Stephen:_________________.
[Choices: Pearl Buck, Adeline Miller, Stella Stevens, Mata Hari, Virginia Woolf ]
40. Annacardium occidentale is the scientific name for the:_________________.
[Choices: Cashew tree, Laurel fig, Prairie dog, Virginia Buttonweed, Eastern Blue Jay ]
Final Jeopardy Question on EDGAR ALLAN POE (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. This Edgar Allan Poe story published in 1839 deals with a Doppelganger:____________________.
[Choices: William Wilson, Masque of the Red Death, The Gold-Bug, The Prelude, Ligeia ]
Answers:1. Impetuous [Despite some disagreement at Buster's Bar in Ottawa ON, we went with this (from "impetus"); see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/impetuous ]
2. Michigan [Phil (BSLXPN) and Jean (LESTER) got this one; the rest of us guessed wrong. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brady ]
3. Shoes [I (REACH, DICKIE) pre-called this from "Oxford", but had second thoughts from "Derby", but we stuck with "Shoes"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_shoe ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_shoe and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blucher_shoe ]
4. Guatemala [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization ]
5. Table [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop-leaf_table ]
6. Shiatsu [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) called this one first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiatsu ]
7. Arizona [Myfanwy called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antelope_Canyon ]
8. Norwegian [Andrew C (GRYFON) called this one, probably from the fact that Norway is an Olympic skiing powerhouse; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/slalom ]
9. Peach Melba [Myfanwy called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach_Melba ]
10. 1984 [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak ]
BSLXPN and LESTER were Co-winners of this Round at Buster's Bar.
11. Joseph von Fraunhofer [We first went with Michael Faraday (1791-1867) who investigated the magnetic field and developed the electric generator, but this Choice was eliminated after the 1st Clue, so I called Fraunhofer for about 425 Points; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_von_Fraunhofer (1787-1826, invented the spectroscope) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday . A poor Question with 2 legitimate Choices separable only by Clues.]
12. Chess [Most of us guessed this correctly, despite the spelling error ("Kriegspiel"="War play"; in German, "ie" is pronounced "E", and "ei" is pronounced "I", so "Kriegspeil" threw me); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegspiel_(chess) ]
13. Tractate [Jean (LESTER) and I called this one, from Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractate and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractatus ... losophicus . Wittgenstein started out as an engineer, became a logician, and then an elementary school teacher (one of his sisters said it "was like using a precision instrument to open crates"). 3 of his 4 brothers committed suicide; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein . Much of Wittgenstein's authoritative-looking Tractatus was later renounced in his posthumous Philosophical Investigations; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosoph ... stigations .]
14. Africa's richest man [Phil called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliko_Dangote ]
15. Philosopher's Pupil [We needed 3 Clues for this one, and so lost most of the Points; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Philosopher's_Pupil ]
16. Oslo [Andrew C pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akershus_Fortress ]
17. Authoritative [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ex-cathedra ]
18. Lots of rocks [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear_zone ]
19. Tennessee Williams [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_and_Smoke ]
20. Karakul [Chris (CEEZED) called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakul_sheep ]
21. 1880's [I pre-called early 20th Century, so we went with the latest date; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day and the section "Legalization and expansion" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union ]
22. Anteversion [A wrong pre-call for "Prolapse" led us to choose "Procuration", losing us about 600 Points each. I later explained "anteversion" was like "anterior" as opposed to "posterior"; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/anteversion and
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/anterior ]
SPRAJO was the Round winner at Buster's Bar.
23.(a) Critter Country [We all lost 250 Points for adventurously picking this Category (never again!); see the section "Disneyland" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_Mountain and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critter_Country ]
24.(a) Resilient [I think Patrick (MRRED) pre-called this one; see
https://www.dictionary.com.browse/resilient ]
25.(a) Sunda [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda_Islands ]
26.(a) Fate [Andrew C pre-called this one; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/kismet and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kismet_(musical) ]
27.(a) Dachsund [Dave (YELDOR, TULADI) called this one, overruling pre-calls for "Terrier"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachshund ]
28.(a) Lake Huron [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Peninsula . Easy for us Ontarians, but Saginaw, Michigan should have been a sufficient Clue for Americans. ]
GRYFON was the Round winner at Buster's Bar.
29. Rihanna [Most of us went with a wrong call for Katy Perry; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Girl_Gone_Bad ]
30. Swiss cantons [Since "Wald"="Forest" in German, I first called for "German states", but then switched to "Swiss cantons" as 26 seemed like too large a number for German states (there are 16), and I had never heard of "Obwalden" as part of Germany; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_of_Obwalden ]
31. Mark Wahlberg [I think Patrick called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wahlberg ]
32. 11th [I wrongly pre-called 13th as I guessed it occurred in the era of Bad King John (Magna Carta, 1215); according to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Godiva , the legend of the nude ride was first recorded in the 13th century, but of course in the era before the printing press, legends could be transmitted orally through the generations. ]
33. Kingdom of Heaven [Andrew C or probably Chris called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Heaven_(film) ]
34. 76 [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmium ]
35. Jason Bourne [Chris called this at the last second, too late for all of us to switch; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Bourne ]
Round winner was YELDOR at Buster's Bar.
36. Bolivia [I pre-called this one, as Sucre is one of the two capitals of Bolivia; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Jose_de_Sucre ]
37. Himalayas [We guessed this from "Kali"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Gandaki_Gorge ]
38. Utilitarianism [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism_(book) , overriding comments that Jeremy Bentham was the originator. According to the Buzztime post-Answer trivia, J.S. Mill borrowed the term from the Scottish novelist John Galt; see
https://www.utilitarianism.com/john-galt.html . See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galt_(novelist) (1779-1839) for the man who developed Guelph, Ontario. Galt, Ontario was named after him, although now it is reluctantly part of Cambridge, Ontario. Although I wondered at the time I read the Buzztime trivia, there is apparently no connection to the character John Galt ("Who is John Galt?") in Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged", since utilitarianism is not exactly congruent with Rand's Libertarianism; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galt .]
39. Virginia Woolf [Andrew called this at the last second, and Myfanwy and REACH also got this right; see the section "Family of origin" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf .]
40. Cashew tree [Myfanwy, Andrew and Joe (REBEL) got this right, although REBEL is not registered at Buzztime, so his scores aren't counted; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew for Anacardium (not Annacardium) occidentale.]
GRYFON, SPRAJO and REBEL were the Round winners at Buster's Bar.
41. William Wilson [Jean pre-called this one, so we all got the 50% Bonus; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W ... hort_story) ]
GRYFON was the Top Player at Buster's Bar, with 52,828 Points earned with only our hamburger computers. Too bad Borg Sites are ruining the fun for legit Players and Sites (why don't they just jerk off in the privacy of their own homes?).
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