Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No Clues):1. Angel food cake is a kind of _________________ cake.
[Choices: Sponge, Reverse, Layer, Crumb, Upside-down ]
2. Which Disney character has a pet monkey named Abu?_________________
[Choices: Aladdin, Esmeralda, Pocahontas, Dumbo, Mulan ]
3. What superstar athlete received the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year?___________________
[Choices: Mike Trout, Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, Stephen Curry, Floyd Mayweather Jr. ]
4. Mandarin and Cantonese are the major versions of what is called the _________________ language.
[Choices: Mongolian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese ]
5. Puget Sound is located in this part of the United States:___________________.
[Choices: Pacific Northwest, Southeast, Gulf Coast of Texas, Southern California, New England ]
6. You start at base camp and arrive at the Dead Zone before reaching the summit. You are:_____________________.
[Choices: Climbing Mt. Everest, Swimming the Atlantic, Completing an Ironman, Doing a box jump, Bowling a perfect game ]
7. This highly contagious infectious disease has made a major comeback this year:____________________.
[Choices: Measles, Diphtheria, Yellow fever, Tuberculosis, Typhus ]
8. The Great Trail in ___________________ spans over 15,000 miles, making it the world's longest trail network.
[Choices: Appalachia, China, Canada, Brazil, Mexico ]
9. Cuisinart is a brand that is synonymous with:______________________.
[Choices: Fuel additive, Portable radio, TV dinner, Lawnmower, Food processor ]
10. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in ________________ earlier this year.
[Choices: London, Geneva, Copenhagen, Canberra, San Francisco ]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds, and with 3 Clues): 11. At their closest point, Russia and this nation are about 2.4 miles apart:____________________________.
[Choices: Armenia, United States, Bhutan, Tajikistan, Romania ]
12. Babieca was the name of the _________________ of the Spanish national hero, El Cid.
[Choices: Sword, Valet, Horse, Father, Wife ]
13. Which novelist wrote a classic 1987 essay titled "On Boxing"?______________________
[Choices: Saul Bellow, Joan Didion, Nelson Algren, Ernest Hemingway, Joyce Carol Oates ]
14. A biologist would probably know that a cranesbill is a:______________________.
[Choices: Conifer, Fish, Flower, Rodent, Seabird ]
15. At first an Impressionist, he became a Fauvist and ended up a Cubist:_______________________.
[Choices: Jackson Pollock, Amadeo Modigliani, Michael Faraday, Georges Braque, Igor Larionov ]
16. Which type of cocktail is usually served in a tall glass?______________________
[Choices: Gimlet, Manhattan, Moscow Mule, Highball, Martini ]
17. In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", Ophelia is the sister of:_____________________.
[Choices: Othello, Polonius, Laertes, Puck, Yorick ]
18. Which automobile brand was first sold in the United States in 1989?____________________
[Choices: Honda, Yugo, Kia, Ferrari, Infiniti ]
19. What constellation is known as "The Charioteer"?________________________
[Choices: Gemini, Octans, Virgo, Auriga, Bootes ]
20. Saint Stephen's Day is a Christian holiday celebrated the day after:______________________.
[Choices: Passover, Epiphany, Easter, Lent, Christmas ]
21. Exactly how many infinity stones are there in the Marvel universe?___________________
[Choices: Six, Three, Twelve, Eight, Ten ]
22. Those trendy Bean Boots, also called Duck Boots, were originally called _________________ Hunting Shoes.
[Choices: Wisconsin, Texas, Nevada, Colorado, Maine ]
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) JAPANESE TERMS v The Old Testament: "Daibutsu" is a Japanese term for a:_________________________.
[Choices: Foreigner, Buddha statue, Rice drink, Busy intersection, Sumo wrestler ]
24.(a) Mathematicians v ON BROADWAY: Which British actress is currently playing the title role in "King Lear" on Broadway?______________________
[Choices: Judi Dench, Glenda Jackson, Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Keira Knightley ]
25.(a) VOLCANOES v Disney's Epcot: Taal Volcano, uniquely located within a lake, is in the:_______________________.
[Choices: Yukon Territory, Australian Outback, Brazilian Rain Forest, United Kingdom, Philippines ]
26.(a) ON BROADWAY v Japanese terms: "Ain't Too Proud" is the title of a hit Broadway musical featuring the music of:____________________.
[Choices: Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, Etta James, Marvin Gaye, Al Green ]
27.(a) DISNEY'S EPCOT v Mathematicians: The two main areas of Orlando's Epcot theme park are Future World and World __________________.
[Choices: Showcase, Expedition, Panorama, Adventure, Spotlight ]
28.(a) The Old Testament v VOLCANOES: Which volcano is located in Indonesia?___________________
[Choices: Mount Merapi, Karymsky, Popocatepetl, Mount Vesuvius, Mount Saint Helens ]
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. To which native American group did the legendary Sacajawea belong?_____________________
[Choices: Cherokee, Seminole, Aztec, Iroquois, Shoshone ]
30. Who collaborated with Patti Smith on the song "Because the Night"?____________________
[Choices: David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, John Fogerty ]
31. A gerenuk is an African animal that looks like a miniature:___________________.
[Choices: Giraffe, Squirrel, Crocodile, Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros ]
32. Virginia Woolf wrote this novel first published in 1919:_______________________.
[Choices: Love and Hate, Body and Soul, Salt and Pepper, Black and White, Night and Day ]
33. Which unlikely country launched its first satellite into orbit two months ago?__________________
[Choices: Andorra, Costa Rica, Nepal, Kiribati, Mali ]
34. "Haecceity" is an odd word that is closest in meaning to:______________________.
[Choices: Monstrosity, Individuality, Charity, Magnificence, Courage ]
35. Harry S. Truman was the ___________ President of the United States.
[Choices: 33rd, 35th, 29th, 31st, 27th ]
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 U.S. writer was born in Boston and attended the University of Virginia?_____________________
[Choices: Walt Whitman, Sidney Lanier, Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Herman Melville ]
37. Of these Caribbean islands, which is the largest in area?_____________________
[Choices: Aruba, Grand Turk, Antigua, Tobago, Dominica ]
38. On the geologic time scale, the Permian Period began when the ___________________ Period ended.
[Choices: Cryogenian, Jurassic, Mesozoic, Carboniferous, Quaternary ]
39. The Pomelo is the _______________ citrus fruit.
[Choices: Largest, Sweetest, Smallest, Poisonous, Most bitter ]
40. According to tradition, this famous European festive event started in 1162:_______________________.
[Choices: Battle of the Oranges, Running of the Bulls, Munich Oktoberfest, Venetian Carnival, Dutch Tulip Festival ]
Final Jeopardy Question on CHEMICAL ELEMENTS (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. A new element of the Periodic Table was officially named after this Oblast in 2016:______________________.
[Choices: Kursk, Botosani, Jura, Volgograd, Moscow ]
Answers: 1. Sponge [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_food_cake ]
2. Aladdin [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(2019_film) ]
3. Tiger Woods [see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnU782BXGYU ]
4. Chinese [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language ]
5. Pacific Northwest [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound ]
6. Climbing Mt. Everest [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest ]
7. Measles [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_measles_outbreak ]
8. Canada [we at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON wrongly guessed "Appalachia", even though 15,000 miles seemed on the high side; we knew about the Trans Canada Trail, but did not know that the name was changed to "The Great Trail" in 2016. Considering that the southern border of Canada with the USA is only 5525 miles long (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada ), even if we include a North-South section to the Arctic, I could not see a total
span of 15,000 miles. If we include the total distance along the meandering land path as "span" = 15,000 miles, presumably the Appalachian Trail would also be considerably longer than the straight-line "span" from beginning in Georgia to end in Maine. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Canada_Trail .]
9. Food processor [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisinart ]
10. London [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictmen ... an_Assange ]
11. United States [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomede_Islands ]
12. Horse [see the section "Warrior and general, Babieca" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cid ]
13. Joyce Carol Oates [I knew it was by a woman, so I split my two tablets as REACH and LESTER between Oates and Joan Didion; see
https://movies2.nytimes.com/books/98/07 ... oxing.html ]
14. Flower [Myfanwy (SPRAJO, DICKIE) called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium ]
15. Georges Braque [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Braque ]
16. Highball [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highball ]
17. Laertes [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophelia ]
18. Infiniti [We needed Clues on this one, wrongly guessing "Kia" at the start; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infiniti ]
19. Auriga [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriga_(constellation) ]
20. Christmas [we correctly guessed this one, even though Dec. 26 is called "Boxing Day" in Canada, Australia and Great Britain; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen's_Day ]
21. Six [we first went with "Eight" until it was eliminated in the first Clue; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Gems ]
22. Maine [see
https://www.sky-liners.com/bean-boot-vs ... ting-shoe/ ]
23.(a) Buddha statue [We were missing Jean Dupuis, our resident expert on things Japanese, and sadly, knowledge of language is not transmitted genetically, so I blew this one (I mixed up Daibutsu with Zaibatsu = industrial & financial business conglomerate). See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daibutsu and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaibatsu ]
24.(a) Glenda Jackson [see
https://www.broadway.com/shows/king-lear-broadway/cast/ ]
25.(a) Philippines [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taal_Volcano ]
26.(a) Temptations [We needed Clues for this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain't_Too_Proud_(musical) ]
27.(a) Showcase [Myfanwy dredged this one out of the mists of her memory; see the section "World Showcase" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epcot ]
28.(a) Mount Merapi [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Merapi ]
29. Shoshone [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea ]
30. Bruce Springsteen [I blew this one, calling for David Bowie; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Because_the_Night and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zMMTcYEXDU ]
31. Giraffe [We blew this one, looking for a small antelope; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerenuk ]
32. Night and Day [Another Lit Question we struck out on, missing Sue (SWIFT) today; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_and ... oolf_novel) ]
33. Nepal [I guessed this on one of my tablets; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NepaliSat-1 ]
34. Individuality [We all struck out on this one, except for Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) who guessed right; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haecceity ]
35. 33rd [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman ]
36. Edgar Allan Poe [Chris got this right despite my confusion over Poe having attended West Point; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe ]
37. Dominica [Split guesses on this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica (750 km^2 = 290 sq. mi.),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba (179 km^2 = 69 sq. mi.),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Turk_Island (18 km^2 = 6.9 sq. mi.),
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigua (281 km^2 = 108 sq. mi.), and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobago (300 km^2 = 116 sq. mi.) ]
38. Carboniferous [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous ]
39. Largest [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomelo ]
40. Venetian Carnival [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice ]
41. Moscow [Except for Myfanwy who got this right as DICKIE, we all struck out with "Kursk"; see
https://www.livescience.com/41424-facts ... ntium.html ]
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