New Scaratings

Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No Clues):

1. In the annals of crime, Stede Bonnet, Edward Teach and Anne Bonny were all notorious:__________________.
[Choices: Pirates, Horse thieves, Spies, Drug lords, Highway robbers ]

2. Which large city is located in South Korea?__________________
[Choices: Tianjin, Kolkatta, Nagano, Davao, Incheon ]

3. Luna was a Roman goddess whose Greek counterpart was:_________________.
[Choices: Thetis, Selene, Rhea, Isis, Demeter ]

4. Which island group is closest to Miami, Florida?_____________________
[Choices: Falkland, Galapagos, Bahamas, Petite Terre, Virgin ]

5. All hail __________________, winner of this year's Masters tournament!
[Choices: Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele, Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Aaron Judge ]

6. Vladimir Ulyanov became world famous under this name:__________________.
[Choices: Hitler, Franco, Stalin, Tito, Lenin ]

7. "Servile flatterer" would be an apt description for a:___________________.
[Choices: Toady, Milquetoast, Sockdolager, Harridan, Honcho ]

8. The fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois, is the setting of this scary 1978 film:____________________.
[Choices: Midnight Express, Halloween, Superman, Jaws, Mad Max ]

9. Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano, is located here:_____________________.
[Choices: Mercury, Mars, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia ]

10. Hugo Gernsback, founder of the magazine "Amazing Stories", is called the father of:___________________.
[Choices: Parapsychology, Home improvement, Self-help books, Pataphysics, Science fiction ]




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

11. A diligent and persevering person would best be described as:__________________.
[Choices: Sedulous, Magnanimous, Redundant, Conflated, Didactic ]

12. A saltire, a symbol in the form of a diagonal cross, is also called ___________________ Cross.
[Choices: St. Pilate's, St. Gerald's, St. Arthur's, St. Joseph's, St. Andrew's ]

13. Scott Raynor and Travis Barker have been ________________ for the rock band Blink-182.
[Choices: Guitarists, Keyboardists, Drummers, Vocalists, Bassists ]

14. What happened on the Plains of Abraham on September 13, 1759?___________________________
[Choices: Hot air balloon launch, Earthquake, Deadly avalanche, Vision of Mother Mary, Big battle ]

15. If you saw an Irishman with a bodhran, he would most likely be:____________________.
[Choices: Wiping the table with it, Driving it, Playing it, In a pub drinking, At a soccer match ]

16. Which aquatic mammal is extinct?______________________
[Choices: West Indian manatee, Dugong, Amazonian manatee, Stellar's sea cow, Florida manatee ]

17. Born in 1889, Gabriela Mistral became famous as a:_____________________.
[Choices: Nicaraguan singer, Spanish physicist, Chilean writer, Brazilian politician, Dutch actress ]

18. The Tim Tam is a hugely popular Australian:______________________.
[Choices: Chocolate biscuit, Sandwich, Iced dessert, Hard candy, Cheesecake ]

19. Which man became President of the United States in 1850?___________________
[Choices: William McKinley, James K. Polk, Benjamin Harrison, Henry Clay, Millard Fillmore ]

20. Where in the universe would one find a silvian fissure?__________________
[Choices: Great Rift Valley, Acorn, Horse's hoof, the Moon, Human brain ]

21. Which English novelist wrote "Brighton Rock" and "The Power and the Glory"?____________________
[Choices: Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, Rosamund Lehmann, Ivy Compton Burnett, Elizabeth Taylor ]

22. In what Western state will you find Ansel Adams Wilderness?_______________________
[Choices: South Carolina, California, Maine, Nebraska, Utah ]




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) YIDDISH v Astronomy: Over the years, this Yiddish term has come to mean "busybody" or "gossip mongerer":_______________________.
[Choices: Meshugener, Klutz, Bubbe, Schlemiel, Yenta ]

24.(a) The human brain v U.S. HISTORY: Clara Barton, founder of The American Red Cross, was a nurse during the:___________________.
[Choices: Civil war, War of 1812, Second World War, First World War, Revolutionary War ]

25.(a) Current music v WORLD GEOGRAPHY: What French city does the Loire River flow through?__________________
[Choices: Antwerp, Orleans, Bonn, Paris, Marseilles ]

26.(a) U.S. HISTORY v Yiddish: The 1958 __________________ Act was a U.S. government reaction to the dangers of juvenile delinquency.
[Choices: Homestead, Switchblade, Dragstrip, Glass-Steagall, Greaser ]

27.(a) WORLD GEOGRAPHY v the human brain: Amapa, Goias and Roraima are states of:____________________.
[Choices: Bangladesh, Angola, Cuba, Panama, Brazil ]

28.(a) ASTRONOMY v Current music: In astronomy, the "K" in "KBO" stands for:___________________.
[Choices: Kirkwood, Kepler, Kelvin, Klarian, Kuiper ]




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. The shank of an animal is called the _______________ on a human.
[Choices: Thigh, Shin, Lower arm, Neck, Nose ]

30. Jack Schaefer penned this 1949 book that was made into a hit movie:______________________.
[Choices: Shane, Key Largo, Giant, Mildred Pierce, The Quiet Man ]

31. What President was depicted on the U.S. $500 bill from 1928 to 1934?___________________
[Choices: James Buchanan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, William McKinley ]

32. Camellia japonica is a species of:_____________________.
[Choices: Tuber vegetable, Freshwater fish, Manatee, Citrus fruit, Flowering tree ]

33. It is one of Greece's Ionian islands:___________________.
[Choices: Troy, Ithaca, Santorini, Malta, Syracuse ]

34. What group had a hit song with "My Adidas" in 1986?_____________________
[Choices: N.W.A., Depeche Mode, Run-D.M.C., Thompson Twins, Tears for Fears ]

35. Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II conquered this city in 1453:______________________.
[Choices: Vienna, Jerusalem, Madrid, Constantinople, Baghdad ]




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. William Shakespeare's Roman plays include "Coriolanus", "Julius Caesar" and:_______________________.
[Choices: Sejanus, Titus Andronicus, I Claudius, Tarquin the Proud, Pompey the Great ]

37. Ocean dispersal is the unusual way in which the ___________________ propagates itself.
[Choices: Zinnia, Oak, Forsythia, Coconut palm, Brazil nut ]

38. French Canadians call it the War of Conquest. What is it called in the United States?______________________
[Choices: War of 1812, French and Indian War, Queen Anne's War, Black Hawk War, War of Independence ]

39. Which of these islands is smallest in area?____________________
[Choices: Bali, Tahiti, Tobago, Crete, Mauritius ]

40. A beauty and actress, she also developed the technology behind wireless communication:_____________________.
[Choices: Ava Gardner, Hedy Lamarr, Joan Crawford, Marilyn Monroe, Gene Tierney ]




Final Jeopardy Question on NAME THAT ANIMAL (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 catlike carnivore lives mainly in trees:________________________.
[Choices: Barbary Ape, Mexican Chuckwalla, Brazilian Golsark, Australian Trebeth, African Linsang ]






Answers:

1. Pirates [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stede_Bonnet , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbeard , and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bonny ]

2. Incheon [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incheon ]

3. Selene [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selene ]

4. Bahamas [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas ]

5. Tiger Woods [see https://www.sportsnet.ca/golf/tiger-woo ... en-jacket/ ]

6. Lenin [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin ]

7. Toady [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/toady ]

8. Halloween [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(franchise) ]

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

10. Science fiction [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gernsback ]




11. Sedulous [We were slow to eliminate the other Choices; see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sedulous ]

12. St. Andrew's [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltire ]

13. Drummers [We needed Clues for this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink-182 ]

14. Big battle [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of ... of_Abraham ]

15. Playing it [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhran ]

16. Steller's sea cow [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller's_sea_cow ]

17. Chilean writer [We needed Clues for this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriela_Mistral ]

18. Chocolate biscuit [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tam ; I knew that Tim Tam was a horse that won the 1958 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, but didn't win the Triple Crown (he broke a bone in an ankle, finishing second in the Belmont), and wrongly tried to figure out what the horse might have been named after (instead, the biscuit was named after the horse). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tam_(horse) and https://www.si.com/vault/1958/06/578335 ... or-tim-tam .]

19. Millard Fillmore [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore ]

20. Human brain [I blew this one, calling for the Great Rift Valley; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_sulcus ]

21. Graham Greene [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Greene ]

22. California [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams_Wilderness ]




23.(a) Yenta [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/yenta ]

24.(a) Civil War [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Barton ]

25.(a) Orleans [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orleans ]

26.(a) Switchblade [see the section "United States Federal law" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchblade ]

27.(a) Brazil [we had various guesses at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON; see the section "List" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Brazil ]

28.(a) Kuiper [I was slow in deciding between Kepler and Kuiper; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt ]




29. Shin [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibia ]

30. Shane [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_(novel) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_(film) ]

31. McKinley [see the section "Table of banknotes" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_den ... s_currency ]

32. Flowering tree [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia_japonica ]

33. Ithaca [We all went with a wrong call for Santorini (which is in the Aegean Sea, not the Ionian Sea); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithaca and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini ]

34. Run-DMC [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNua1lFDuDI ]

35. Constantinople [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople ]




36. Titus Andronicus [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Andronicus ]

37. Coconut palm [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut ]

38. French & Indian War [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War ]

39. Tobago [I split between Tobago (300 sq. km) as LESTER and Tahiti (1044 sq. km) as REACH; most of the other Players at Buster's Bar guessed right. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobago , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahiti , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali (5780 sq. km) , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete (8450 sq. km) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius (2040 sq. km). ]

40. Hedy Lamarr [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr ]




41. African Linsang [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_oyan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poiana_(genus) ]

23.(b) ASTRONOMY: In 1977 this planet was discovered to have rings: URANUS. It was the only Jovian planet in the drop-down box.

Jupiter's rings, according to a question which appeared last week in Countdown, were discovered in 1979.


If you know that the 'B' in KBO stands for 'Belt,' Kuiper should be obvious. If, on the other hand, you only know (or conjecture) that the 'O' stands for 'Orbit,' Kepler comes back into play.

I'm partial to Winston Churchill's use of KBO. "Keep Buggering On".

Speaking of buggering, Churchill was twice First Lord of the Admiralty, and had some salty observations on naval life.
When once asked about life on the upper and lower decks he responded "Above deck it's wine, women and song. Below deck it's rum, bum and the phonograph".

Does anyone have the second Yiddish question?

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Merkin

Yes. The second Yiddish question ws along the lines of "What is the meaning of the work "Meshuga".

I didn't even need my Jewish teammates to put me on the correct answer which was, of course, "Crazy".

Merkin, I posted one of the "Bridges" questions on last weeks thread.

Thanks!

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Merkin

The second Current Music question asked for the name of an Ariana Grande song. (7 RINGS).

We got this one entirely thanks to the young'uns on our team. One of our more seasoned members remarked that he would be unable to pick Grande out of a lineup.

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Anon
"He may seem like Mr. Rogers but a dark spirit lies beneath."