Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No Clues):1. On average, it is the coldest, driest and windiest continent:____________________.
[Choices: Antarctica, North America, Africa, Europe, Asia ]
2. To ________________ is to resort to trickery.
[Choices: Sashay, Finagle, Tetch, Maledict, Coracle ]
3. Which country offered to make Albert Einstein its President?___________________
[Choices: Mexico, Iceland, Germany, Netherlands, Israel ]
4. Oumuamua, an interstellar object that passed through our Solar system, has a ____________________ name.
[Choices: Hawaiian, Navajo, Tahitian, Hindi, Japanese ]
5. The famed U.S. road Route 66 begins here:_____________________.
[Choices: South Dakota, Illinois, New York, Oregon, Wisconsin ]
6. His "Sunflowers" is one of over 2,300 paintings at London's National Gallery:_____________________.
[Choices: Pierre Renoir, Jackson Pollock, Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Winslow Homer ]
7. A _____________ is a type of Mexican horseman.
[Choices: Chorro, Charro, Cherro, Churro, Chirro ]
8. The Roman god Janus was depicted as having two:_________________.
[Choices: Swords, Laurel wreaths, Faces, Tridents, Thunderbolts ]
9. Payless ____________Source filed for bankruptcy last month.
[Choices: Golf, Shoe, Drug, Furniture, Jeans ]
10. Which country took control of Sudetenland in 1938?___________________
[Choices: Romania, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia ]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds, and with 3 Clues): 11. Nick Bottom is a Shakespearean character who works as a:________________.
[Choices: Blacksmith, Weaver, Policeman, Plumber, Farmer ]
12. Canned Spam and _______________ bread are food staples that get Alaskans thru hard winters.
[Choices: Edam, Bartlett, Charger, Pilot, Russet ]
13. A downward slope would best be called a:________________.
[Choices: Basilisk, Saltire, Cirque, Declivity, Pediculate ]
14. The Battle of Fredericksburg was a victory for ________________ forces.
[Choices: French, Confederate, Ethiopian, Scottish, Prussian ]
15. A croft is a type of place you would find in the:___________________.
[Choices: Andes Mountains, Sahara Desert, Scottish Highlands, Australian Outback, Canadian Prairie ]
16. In what part of your body is the malleolus bone found?_____________________
[Choices: Spine, Hip, Skull, Throat, Ankle ]
17. Mary Harris Jones, also known as Mother Jones, co-founded the _________________ Workers of the World.
[Choices: Farm, Domestic, Industrial, Hospital, Maritime ]
18. It is a type of volcanic glass:____________________.
[Choices: Obsidian, Turquoise, Chalcedony, Malachite, Feldspar ]
19. Greek mythology has it that Cadmus introduced the:____________________.
[Choices: Numeral system, Alphabet, Nine Muses, Seven Against Thebes, Laconian fleet ]
20. Salvador Sanchez Ceren has been President of ___________________ since 2014.
[Choices: El Salvador, Namibia, Spain, Jamaica, Colombia ]
21. Pandion haliaetus is the binomial name of the:____________________.
[Choices: Western osprey, Monk seal, Leatherback turtle, Marmot, Platypus ]
22. What is the name of Jimi Hendrick's New York recording studio?___________________
[Choices: School's Out, Electric Lady, Light My Fire, Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary ]
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) PSEUDONYMS v British Royals: Which of these is a collective pseudonym, one shared by more than one person?_______________________
[Choices: George Eliot, Clive Cussler, Isak Dinesen, Carolyn Keene, Mark Twain ]
24.(a) WORLD CITIES v NBA stars: Grodno, Mogilev and Pinsk are cities in:_______________________.
[Choices: Chad, Bulgaria, Mongolia, Belarus, Namibia ]
25.(a) MANITOBA v Plants: Manitoba borders all these entities except:_____________________.
[Choices: Nunavut, Montana, Saskatchewan, Ontario, North Dakota ]
26.(a) NBA stars v PSEUDONYMS: Alexander Nevermind is a pseudonym used by this singer:_____________________.
[Choices: Moby, Nilsson, Drake, Sting, Prince ]
27.(a) Plants v WORLD CITIES: To visit the city of Beersheba, you'll need to book a trip to:________________.
[Choices: Iraq, Israel, Indonesia, Ireland, India ]
28.(a) British Royals v MANITOBA: Winnipeg International Airport is named in honor of:___________________________.
[Choices: Gabriel Dumont, James A. Richardson, Lester B. Pearson, Ronald Lancaster, Guy Vanderhaeghe ]
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. In 1987, Michael Jackson began his _______________ concert tour.
[Choices: Thriller, Neverland, Straight Up, Bad, Steel Wheels ]
30. The Schwedagon Pagoda in ____________________ is covered in over 5,000 diamonds.
[Choices: Myanmar, Morocco, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea ]
31. Which tennis great has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles?______________________
[Choices: John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Boris Becker, Roger Federer ]
32. The latest collection of humorous essays from David Sedaris is titled:_________________________.
[Choices: Reggae, Calypso, Salsa, Bolero, Merengue ]
33. What role does Ben Kingsley play in the 2005 movie "Oliver Twist"?___________________
[Choices: Uriah Heep, Artful Dodger, Bob Cratchit, Fagin, Ebenezer Scrooge ]
34. What is the northernmost borough of New York City?_____________________
[Choices: Queens, Bronx, Poughkeepsie, Manhattan, Scarsdale ]
35. What color are the eyes of a Siamese cat?______________________
[Choices: Yellow, Gray, Blue, Scarlet, Olive ]
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 & 5 Choices = 16 seconds; No Clues):36. Which literary character appears in George Eliot's novel "Daniel Deronda"?_____________________
[Choices: Emma Woodhouse, Sydney Carton, Georgianna Reed, Samuel Pickwick, Gwendolyn Harleth ]
37. In the wild, pineapples are pollinated mostly by:________________________.
[Choices: Beetles, Butterflies, Winds, Honey bees, Hummingbirds ]
38. This archipelago is the smallest African nation:_______________________ .
[Choices: Seychelles, Zanzibar, Comoros, Cape Verde, Sri Lanka ]
39. Joseph Haydn's String Quartet No. 2 in f minor is known as:_____________________.
[Choices: The Comb, The Razor, The Perfume, The Soap, The Brush ]
40. This unit of permeability was named after a 19th Century French engineer:____________________.
[Choices: Morgen, Darcy, Latrec, Joule, Stendhal ]
Final Jeopardy Question on WORLD GEOGRAPHY (50% Bonus if Right Immediately; Points decease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds, and with 3 Clues; 50% Deduction if Final Choice is Wrong):41. Exactly how many countries does the Arctic Circle pass through?_____________
[Choices: Six, Twelve, Fourteen, Ten, Eight ]
Answers:1. Antarctica [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica and
https://www.quora.com/Which-is-the-drie ... -the-world ]
2. Finagle [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/finagle ]
3. Israel [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political ... t_Einstein ]
4. Hawaiian [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oumuamua ]
5. Illinois [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66 ]
6. Vincent van Gogh [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower ... ogh_series) ]
7. Charro [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charro ]
8. Faces [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus ]
9. Shoe [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payless_ShoeSource ]
10. Germany [see the section "Sudetenland Crisis" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudetenland ]
11. Weaver [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bottom ]
12. Pilot [see the section "Etymology" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardtack ]
13. Declivity [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/declivity ]
14. Confederate [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg ]
15. Scottish highlands [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croft_(land) ]
16. Ankle [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleolus ; we at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON all lost 250 Points because we went with "Skull" for "Malleus" and didn't pay attention to the Clues ]
17. Industrial [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industria ... _the_World ; guest Player Dorothy (RADFEM) from Big Guys, Winnipeg, MANITOBA pre-called this one for us ]
18. Obsidian [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian ]
19. Alphabet [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus ; however, Cadmus was also the founder and first King of Thebes, so I (REACH) called for "Seven Against Thebes" - see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Against_Thebes ]
20. El Salvador [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Sanchez_Ceren ]
21. Western osprey [Birder Andrew C (GRYFON) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osprey ]
22. Electric Lady [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Lady_Studios ]
23.(a) Carolyn Keene [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Keene ]
24.(a) Belarus [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grodno ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogilev , and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinsk ]
25.(a) Montana [RADFEM called this right away; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba ]
26.(a) Prince [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician) ]
27.(a) Israel [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba ]
28.(a) James A. Richardson [pre-called for us by RADFEM; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg_ ... al_Airport ]
29. Bad [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_(tour) ]
30. Myanmar [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwedagon_Pagoda ]
31. Roger Federer [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Federer ]
32. Calypso [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_(book) ]
33. Fagin [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist_(2005_film) ]
34. Bronx [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boroughs_of_New_York_City ]
35. Blue [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_cat ]
36. Gwendolyn Harleth [We guessed right; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Harleth ; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Woodhouse for "Emma" by Jane Austen ; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Eyre for Georgiana Reed ]
37. Hummingbirds [see
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2012/en ... uction.htm which says that
honeybees and pineapple
beetles also pollinate pineapples, so there were 3 right answers (I wrongly called for "Winds" from a resemblance of pineapples on the outside with conifer cones) . It appears the Quizmaster got his/her limited knowledge from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple which says pollinators are hummingbirds and bats (the latter mentioned in a supplementary comment). ]
38. Seychelles [we mostly guessed wrong; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles (460 sq. km) ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verde (4000 sq. km) ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros (1900 sq. km) , and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar (2500 sq. km) ]
39. The Razor [We went with this, although I am plowing through all 68 of Haydn's String Quartets and didn't remember No. 2 having a nickname. In fact, "The Razor" is Quartet No. 46 in f minor, listed as Opus 55,
No. 2 . This reminds me of a Buzztime Question "WHO COMPOSED A SYMPHONY IN D MINOR?"; well, hell, lots of symphonies in d minor have been composed by various composers, although Cesar Franck's claim to fame is titled "Symphony in d minor" (Franck was the right answer). See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_s ... seph_Haydn , which lists Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major as Opus 1,
No. 2 , without nickname. Although dark due to the minor key until the last movement, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1WmZIYWc84 for a performance of Op. 55, No. 2 , and for background info, see
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.a ... 0005_66972 ]
40. Darcy [confusing Question, as "permeability" has two different uses in science; see the section "Units" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permeabil ... h_sciences) for the darcy , and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permeabil ... omagnetism) whose unit is henries per metre (H/m) or newtons per ampere squared (N/A^2) . I am more familiar with the latter, since the unit of permittivity is the farad per metre (F/m); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permittivity , where the product of the vacuum values of permeability and permittivity equals the reciprocal of the square of the speed of light in vacuum . In retrospect, the right answer could have been deduced by knowing that James Joule was English (the joule is a unit of work or energy), Stendhal was a writer, Toulouse-Lautrec was an artist (born "to lose"), "Morgen"="morning, tomorrow" in German, and DARCY could equal "d'Arcy", a French-looking name. ]
41. Eight [We guessed right; see the section "Geography" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Circle ]
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