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SHOWDOWN Game Q&A for Tue. May 21, 2019
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Author:  REACH [ Wed May 22, 2019 4:12 am ]
Post subject:  SHOWDOWN Game Q&A for Tue. May 21, 2019
Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No Clues):

1. This theory focuses on how life was and is spread throughout the universe:____________________.
[Choices: Biopoesis, Spontaneous generation, Endosymbiosis, Clay theory, Panspermia ]

2. A cagey person is one who is:________________________.
[Choices: Happy and carefree, Charitable and caring, Affectionate and loving, Cautious and shrewd, Ambitious and mean ]

3. A fire did major damage to this iconic structure last month:___________________.
[Choices: Leaning Tower of Pisa, Roman Colosseum, Buckingham Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Forbidden City ]

4. This U.S. poet won four Pulitzer Prizes:_____________________.
[Choices: Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Wilbert Robinson, Walt Whitman, Joyce Kilmer ]

5. Which person would most likely have an "Electra complex"?____________________
[Choices: Rabbi, Farmer, Young girl, Airline pilot, Military leader ]

6. Guam and _________________ are U.S. territories.
[Choices: Cuba, Grenada, Panama, Haiti, Puerto Rico ]

7. Amortization is a ___________________ term.
[Choices: Computer, Mathematical, Painting, Musical, Business ]

8. Where was the Emirate of Granada established in 1230?____________________
[Choices: Spain, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Arabian peninsula ]

9. Which famous athlete currently plays for the Los Angeles Angels?______________________
[Choices: Odell Beckham Jr., Mike Trout, Sidney Crosby, James Harden, Lionel Messi ]

10. In which city will you find Carnaby, a fashionable dining and shopping district?____________________
[Choices: Hong Kong, Pretoria, San Francisco, Moscow, London ]




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

11. Which adjective is closest in meaning to "mysterious"?______________________
[Choices: Numinous, Trunchant, Malevolent, Catonic, Symbiotic ]

12. Which film tops the American Film Institute's list of 100 funniest American films?______________________
[Choices: Annie Hall, Some Like it Hot, Blazing Saddles, Caddyshack, Platoon ]

13. The Greek equivalent of the Roman god Vulcan is:_____________________.
[Choices: Poseidon, Loki, Artemis, Hephaestus, Crius ]

14. Robert Indiana is a sculptor and visual artist associated with this movement:_______________________.
[Choices: Pop art, Baroque, Hudson River, Art Nouveau, Neo-Dada ]

15. Which country has the largest rhinoceros population?______________________
[Choices: South Africa, India, Ghana, Colombia, Angola ]

16. Anders Celsius was a _____________________ astronomer who gained fame in the 18th Century.
[Choices: Scottish, Mexican, Swedish, Polish, German ]

17. Ceylon, Indonesian, Vietnamese and Chinese are four types of commercial:________________.
[Choices: Cinnamon, Salt, Basil, Pepper, Garlic ]

18. Which of these would you most likely find on a bed?___________________
[Choices: Counterpane, Rivulet, Badinage, Quadrille, Calumet ]

19. Believe it or not, there's a breed of chicken called:__________________.
[Choices: Twerking, Dorking, Geeking, Nerding, Flunking ]

20. Inspector ________________ is the famous police detective created by Georges Simenon.
[Choices: Javert, Maigret, Chacal, Dupin, Clousseau ]

21. In which year did TIME magazine begin its tradition of naming a Man of the Year?___________
[Choices: 1901, 1918, 1945, 1865, 1927 ]

22. "Be yourself -everyone else is already taken" is a famous quote attributed to:____________________.
[Choices: Sigmund Freud, Oscar Wilde, Harry S. Truman, George Carlin, Groucho Marx ]




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) WORLD HISTORY v Vocabulary quiz: The Agoge was a training regimen originated by the:___________________.
[Choices: Swiss guard, Samurai, Spartans, Mohawks, Vikings ]

24.(a) Archipelagoes v SCIENTIFIC FIELDS: A carcinologist would most likely be studying a:____________________.
[Choices: Plant root, Rodent, Lobster, Star cluster, Skin sample ]

25.(a) Business currents v COMIC STRIPS: Which comic strip was created by American writer Aaron McGruder?__________________
[Choices: The Boondocks, Mallard Fillmore, Opus, Big Nate, Doonesbury ]

26.(a) Scientific fields v WORLD HISTORY: It was one of three entities that partitioned Poland in 1772:__________________.
[Choices: Egypt, Sweden, Austria, France, Italy ]

27.(a) COMIC STRIPS v Archipelagoes: Opus the Penguin was a character in this comic strip by Berkeley Breathed:____________________.
[Choices: Calvin and Hobbes, Wallace the Brave, Shutterbug Follies, Red Meat, Outland ]

28.(a) VOCABULARY QUIZ v Business currents: Which word is closest in meaning to "prolix"?________________
[Choices: Wordy, Dark, Rich, Fat, Thick ]




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. Zephram Cochrane is a character in the _________________ universe.
[Choices: Dr. Who, Star Trek, Enderverse, Marvel Comics, Heechee ]

30. A mildly disreputable person would best be described as:_________________.
[Choices: Pugnacious, Condescending, Raffish, Diffident, Frenetic ]

31. Aristotle divided Earthly climates into Frigid, Temperate and ________________ zones.
[Choices: Lukewarm, Infernal, Torrid, Clammy, Tepid ]

32. What type of animal is the title creature in "Horton Hatches the Egg" by Dr. Seuss?________________________
[Choices: Lion, Elephant, Bear, Monkey, Giraffe ]

33. Blue corn is a staple of the cuisine from this U.S. state:_____________________.
[Choices: Arkansas, Washington, New Mexico, Indiana, Idaho ]

34. "Madchester" was a British music scene that began in the late:____________.
[Choices: 1960's, 1980's, 1950's, 1970's, 1990's ]

35. After Vatican City and Monaco, _______________ is the world's smallest nation in area.
[Choices: Tahiti, Nauru, Tasmania, San Marino, Taiwan




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. Adolph Fick is credited with inventing the ___________________ in 1888.
[Choices: TV dinner, Contact lens, Electric toothbrush, Microwave oven, Escalator ]

37. The _________________ make up nearly 90 percent of the land mass of the West Indies.
[Choices: U.S. Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Islas Marias, Dutch West Indies ]

38. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and _______________________ are the famous tales of James M. Cain.
[Choices: Double Indemnity, Live Fast Die Young, Fast One, Blood Simple, The Little Sister ]

39. In Physics, the positron is also known by this name:______________________.
[Choices: Isotope, Quark, Proton, Antielectron, Molecule ]

40. Who was the first British ruler to live in Scotland's Balmoral Castle?_________________
[Choices: Victoria, James I, Thomas V, Elizabeth II, George III ]




Final Jeopardy Question on CONTEMPORARIES (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. Pope Leo X was a contemporary of:_______________________.
[Choices: Martin Luther, William the Conqueror, Napoleon Bonaparte, Saladin, Benito Mussolini ]






Answers:

1. Panspermia [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia ]

2. Cautious and shrewd [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cagey ]

3. Notre Dame [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris_fire ]

4. Robert Frost [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost ]

5. Young girl [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra_complex ]

6. Puerto Rico [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico ]

7. Business [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amortization_(business) . However, Mathematics is used to calculate amortization tables (for example, monthly mortgage payments on a house). ]

8. Spain [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Granada ]

9. Mike Trout [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Trout ]

10. London [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnaby_Street ]




11. Numinous [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numinous ]

12. Some Like it Hot [see https://www.imdb.com/list/ls061316884/ . For a discussion of these movies, see https://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170 ... -ever-made ]

13. Hephaestus [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hephaestus ]

14. Pop art [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Indiana and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(sculpture) ]

15. South Africa [see http://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/enda ... an_rhinos/ ]

16. Swedish [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Celsius ]

17. Cinnamon [we at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON messed up through confusion on this one; see the section "Species" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon ]

18. Counterpane [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/counterpane ]

19. Dorking [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorking_chicken ]

20. Maigret [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Maigret ]

21. 1927 [see the section "Persons of the Year" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year ]

22. Oscar Wilde [although see https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/01/20/be-yourself/ ]




23.(a) Spartan [I pre-called "Greek" from the prefix "A-"; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoge ]

24.(a) Lobster [we at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON got suckered into "Skin sample", assuming it would be tested for cancer. However, "Cancer"="Crab" in astronomy and astrology, and Crabs and Lobsters are both in Class Crustacea in Phylum Arthropoda; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinology . Good question!]

25.(a) The Boondocks [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boond ... omic_strip) ]

26.(a) Austria [we first went with Sweden, but then switched to Austria after the first Clue eliminated Sweden; see the section "First Partition" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitions_of_Poland ]

27.(a) Outland [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outland_(comic_strip) ]

28.(a) Wordy [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/prolix ]




29. Star Trek [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephram_Cochrane ]

30. Raffish [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/raffish ]

31. Torrid [see https://www.thoughtco.com/aristotles-cl ... es-3443710 ]

32. Elephant [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_Hatches_the_Egg ]

33. New Mexico [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_corn ]

34. 1980s [I (REACH) blew this call; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madchester ]

35. Nauru [we missed this one, going with San Marino (24 sq mi); see https://www.thoughtco.com/the-worlds-sm ... es-1433446 which says Vatican City is 0.2 sq mi, Monaco 0.77 sq mi, and Nauru 8.1 sq mi ]




36. Contact lens [I called for this as a guess; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Gaston_Eugen_Fick ]

37. Greater Antilles [I called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Antilles ]

38. Double Indemnity [we correctly guessed this from the similar plots (conspiracy to murder); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Indemnity_(film) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postm ... (1946_film) ]

39. Antielectron [I pre-called "positive electron" which is the same as an antielectron; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron ]

40. Victoria [I wrongly called "James I" since he was also James VI of Scotland; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I (lived in Scotland in Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle, Ruthven Castle). The estate and original castle at Balmoral were purchased by Victoria in 1852; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmoral_Castle . Kudos to the Sites that got this one right.]




41. Martin Luther [I pre-called "Michelangelo", and Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) called "Martin Luther" once the Choices appeared. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_X (1475-1521) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther (1483-1546) .]
Author:  king vulture [ Sat May 25, 2019 7:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: SHOWDOWN Game Q&A for Tue. May 21, 2019
Reach, thank you for sharing these recaps. I enjoy reading them and appreciate the time and effort that must go into them.

Q24 Archipelagos: where in the world would you find the Mascarenhas Archipelago?
A: Indian Ocean

Q25 Business Currents: which of these companies had an IPO this month?
A: Uber
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