The big screen at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON showed the Q&A for the preceding BRAINBUSTER Game, but showed only the blue buzztime Entertainment intro screen for the Warm-up and Countdown Rounds of the SHOWDOWN Game. Since I was still eating dinner, I did not have time or space to move the camcorder to record my tablet screen. Therefore I have reconstructed the Questions for these two Rounds from brief written notes, and cannot show the 5 Choices for each Question.
Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No clues):1. What is the name of the largest falls (combined height & width) located in SE Africa?_______________________
2. According to the nursery rhyme, which Child "has far to go"?__________________
3. The Pony Express riders started and ended in what U.S. states?_____________________
4. The Broadway musical "On the Town" is set in what city?____________________
5. What word [of 5 Choices] refers to bombastic speech?_____________________
6. According to the Old Testament, who viewed the Promised Land from Mount Nebo?____________________
7. Howard Hughes acquired control of what airline in 1939?______________________
8. What school won this year's NCAA Men's Basketball title?____________________
9. Tillamook is known for its dairy products in what U.S. state?_____________________
10. In what century was Jane Austen born?_____________
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds, and with 3 Clues): 11. A pluvial lake is formed from:________________________.
12. Who sings with Rihanna in 2011's "We Found Love"?_________________________
13. The pineal gland is the ___________________ in the human body.
14. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote this [of 5 Choices]:_________________________.
15. Clotted cream is associated with this part of England:_____________________.
16. [Of 5 Choices] who was a 19th Century abolitionist [born into slavery; during the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the United States Army]?____________________
17. In home furnishings, a gueridon is a:_____________________.
18. The Goya Awards are given in this country:_____________________.
19. The Lunatic Express ran between Uganda and:________________________.
20. Harvester _________________ produce the most toxic venom of any insect.
21. The word "jukebox" comes from the Gullah meaning _______________________.
22. "Portrait of a Lady in White" is a painting by ____________________________ in 1561.
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) Word origins v GENERAL SCIENCE: Cartwheel, Cigar and Black Eye are the names of:_____________________.
[Choices: Rivers, Mountain ranges, Asteroids, Galaxies, Geysers ]
24.(a) Ancient Greece v U.S. CITIES: This Southern city is home to Rainbow Row, a much-photographed sequence of homes:_____________________.
[Choices: Eugene, Wilmington, Charleston, Mobile, Rochester ]
25.(a) CLASSICAL SYMPHONIES v NBA playoffs: His "Resurrection" Symphony was first performed in Berlin in 1895:_______________________.
[Choices: Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Johann Strauss, Benjamin Britten, Gustav Mahler ]
26.(a) U.S. cities v WORD ORIGINS: "Laze" and "Vog" are two new words prompted by this 2018 event:_____________________.
[Choices: School shooting, Eruption of Kilauea, Royal wedding, James Comey's book, North Korean summit ]
27.(a) NBA playoffs v ANCIENT GREECE: He replaced oral law with a written code in ancient Athens:____________________.
[Choices: Draco, Cicero, Theophrastus, Tiberius, Plutarch ]
28.(a) GENERAL SCIENCE v Classical symphonies: This alkaline earth metal has a boiling point of 4476 degrees Fahrenheit:____________________.
[Choices: Strontium, Talc, Silver, Magnesium, Beryllium ]
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 what century did construction on the Leaning Tower of Pisa begin?_____________
[Choices: 10th Century, 12th Century, 16th Century, 14th Century, 18th Century ]
30. In what movie does Humphrey Bogart play a character named Frank McCloud?_______________________
[Choices: The Lost Weekend, White Heat, The African Queen, Key Largo, High Sierra ]
31. A yachtsman should know which of these is a type of sail:______________________.
[Choices: Sunbender, Marscloth, Moonraker, Cometblazer, Stardrop ]
32. Feng shui is a Chinese concept that translates to English as:___________________________.
[Choices: Fire and ice, Wind and water, Easy going, Tranquility, Balance of Nature ]
33. A Cape Codder cocktail is made of cranberry juice and:_____________________.
[Choices: Vodka, Gin, Red wine, Brandy, Tequila ]
34. In ancient times, it was a unit of Roman soldiers:___________________.
[Choices: Optimate, Curia, Nuntius, Maniple, Pilum ]
35. In the genre of music known as K-pop, what does the "K" stand for?_________________
[Choices: Kenya, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Korean, Kiribati ]
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. By area, ____________________ is the largest country in Africa.
[Choices: Sudan, Egypt, Angola, Algeria, South Africa ]
37. Which type of fruit is a Bramley seedling?_____________________
[Choices: Tangerine, Lime, Lemon, Peach, Apple ]
38. The first public opera house opened in this city in 1637:_____________________.
[Choices: Moscow, Venice, New York, Paris, London ]
39. The protagonist of this novel has a group of friends called "Droogs":_____________________.
[Choices: Uriah Heep, Clockwork Orange, Lord of the Flies, 1984, Catcher in the Rye ]
40. Hanna Suchocka, Ewa Kopacz and Beata Szydlo are the three women Prime Ministers of:_____________________.
[Choices: Ukraine, The Czech Republic, Russia, Romania, Poland ]
Final Jeopardy Question on CHEMISTRY (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. When magnesium burns as a free metal it has a brilliant _______________ flame.
[Choices: White, Blue, Red, Purple, Green ]
Answers: 1. Victoria [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls ]
2. Thursday's child [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday's_Child ]
3. Missouri-California [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express ]
4. New York [I(REACH) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Town_(musical) ]
5. Peroration [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/peroration ]
6. Moses [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nebo ]
7. Trans World Airlines [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_World_Airlines ]
8. Virginia [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_NCAA ... Tournament ]
9. Oregon [we at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON missed this one, going with Wisconsin; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillamook,_Oregon ]
10. 18th [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen (1775-1817) ]
11. Rainfall [we deduced this from "pluie"="rain" in French; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluvial_lake ]
12. Calvin Harris [we mostly missed this one; see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg00YEETFzg ]
13. Smallest [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineal_gland and the diagram of the human body at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine_gland ]
14. The Sign of Four [this was a Sherlock Holmes story in the 5 Choices; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sign_of_the_Four ]
15. Devon [Richard (ACE) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotted_cream ]
16. Harriet Tubman [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman ]
17. Small table [Shawn (AKBAR) from Delaware joined us after playing in the annual Skat tournament near Ottawa, and called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gueridon ]
18. Spanish [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goya_Awards ]
19. Kenya [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Railway ]
20. Ant [we missed this one, going with "wasp", I think; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogonomyrmex_maricopa ]
21. Disorderly [see the section "History" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jukebox ; I explained that "Gullah" was a language from South Carolina - see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah_language ]
22. Titian [I pre-called "Whistler" because I was thinking of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_ ... White_Girl , but Whistler was not one of the 5 Choices. The year 1561 was way too early for the Whistler (1861-62), and of the 5 Choices, only Titian was consistent with 1561. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_ ... y_in_White .]
23.(a) Galaxies [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartwheel_Galaxy ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Eye_Galaxy , and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82 ]
24.(a) Charleston [Myfanwy pre-called this one, and wanted me to mention this in this summary; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Row ]
25.(a) Gustav Mahler [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Mahler) and for a 1:26:27 performance of this massive symphony, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MPuoOj5TIw .]
26.(a) Eruption of Kilauea [we missed most of the Points on this one, requiring clues; see
https://globalnews.ca/news/4221284/laze ... fic-ocean/ . "Laze"=Lava+haze and "Vog"=Volcano+fog .]
27.(a) Draco [I pre-called "Solon", which is wrong, but recognized Draco as soon as the Choices appeared; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(lawgiver) ]
28.(a) Beryllium [I pre-called "Calcium, Strontium..." on the way to reciting the 6 Alkaline Earth metals; Magnesium was eliminated in the first Clue, so we went with Strontium (Choice #1) and I did not notice Beryllium (Choice #5) - usually there are only 2 Choices in the same family of elements (e.g. Alkaline Earths) . No one memorizes boiling points, especially in Fahrenheit, and there is no simple trend in the Alkaline Earths:
For Be (element 4), see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryllium (b.p. 2742 K, 2469 Celsius, 4476 Fahrenheit).
For Mg (element 12), see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium (b.p. 1363 K, 1091 Celsius, 1994 Fahrenheit).
For Ca (element 20), see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium (b.p. 1757 K, 1484 Celsius, 2703 Fahrenheit).
For Sr (element 38), see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strontium (b.p. 1650 K, 1377 Celsius, 2511 Fahrenheit).
For Ba (element 56), see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barium (b.p. 2118 K, 1845 Celsius, 3353 Fahrenheit).
For Ra (element 88), see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium (b.p. 2010 K, 1737 Celsius, 3159 Fahrenheit).
29. 12th Century [we had a variety of guesses; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa ]
30. Key Largo [we first guessed "High Sierra", losing some Points; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Largo_(film) ]
31. Moonraker [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonraker_(sail) ]
32. Wind and water [Shawn (AKBAR) called this one, but others like me guessed wrong (Balance of nature); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_shui ]
33. Vodka [AKBAR pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Codder_(cocktail) ]
34. Maniple [Jean (LESTER) called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniple_(military_unit) ]
35. Korean [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop ]
36. Algeria [Most went with this one, now that Sudan has been reduced by the loss of South Sudan (Sudan is now #3 in Africa, after Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A ... es_by_area ]
37. Apple [Richard (ACE) called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramley_apple ]
38. Venice [Most went with this one, others with Paris. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_San_Cassiano which says 1637 for the first public opera, where "public" meant for the paying public rather than for nobles exclusively. The first great opera was Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" of 1607 for a court performance in Mantua; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Orfeo . The first opera is considered to be "Dafne" by Jacopo Peri (1598) for the elites in Florence; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafne .]
39. Clockwork Orange [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(novel) ]
40. Poland [Chris (CEEZED) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Suchocka ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewa_Kopacz , and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beata_Szydlo ]
41. White [I pre-called this one; see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqOrCiOquRI for a demonstration of magnesium burning in air. Carbon dioxide (CO2) can be used as a fire extinguisher for burning paper, wood or oil/gasoline, but magnesium will burn quite well in pure CO2, as the metal Mg rips oxygen from the carbon of CO2; see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oQ_9nFe9HU ]
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