Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No Clues): 1. Proxima Centauri is the star closest to:__________________.
[Choices: Polaris, The Sun, Betelgeuse, Sirius, Antares ]
2. The MSC Opera cruise ship recently rammed into a dock in:_________________.
[Choices: Sydney, Calgary, Berlin, Venice, Tokyo ]
3. Metal balls swinging back and forth in a metal frame make up:_______________________.
[Choices: Fibonacci's Chair, Galileo's Bed, Newton's Cradle, Faraday's Hammock, Einstein's Kitchen ]
4. One of the world's tallest buildings, Taipei 101 is located in:____________________.
[Choices: South Africa, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore ]
5. Which word would best describe something that is narrow in scope or outlook?___________________
[Choices: Histrionic, Desirous, Parochial, Casefied, Obstreperous ]
6. The 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were hosted by this Canadian city:__________________.
[Choices: Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina ]
7. Java is a programming language that has a _____________________ as its logo.
[Choices: Spotlight, Dog, Penguin, Coffee Cup, Meteor ]
8. Over one million people recently gathered in __________________ to protest a new extradition law.
[Choices: Pyongyang, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, London, Seoul ]
9. The Roman goddess of Victory is Victoria. Her Greek equivalent is:_________________.
[Choices: Nike, Niobe, Venus, Hera, Thetis ]
10. It's the former name of the Indian city of Chennai and also the name of a type of cloth:____________________.
[Choices: Satin, Denim, Silk, Madras, Mumbai ]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds, and with 3 Clues): 11. In which California city did Richard Nixon have his "Western White House"?________________________
[Choices: San Clemente, San Pedro, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, San Diego ]
12. Which of these is a breed of dog?_________________________
[Choices: Briard, Cardamom, Siamese, Georgette, Rhinelander ]
13. This Jeff Koons statue was sold last month for $91.1 million:__________________________.
[Choices: Rabbit, Antelope, Serpent, Moose, Gorilla ]
14. Biscotti are Italian biscuits made with:_____________________.
[Choices: Walnuts, Almonds, Marigolds, Cashews, Jasmine ]
15. James Joyce's "Ulysses" is set entirely on the day of June 16, ____________.
[Choices: 1938, 1893, 1904, 1917, 1925 ]
16. A "modified brilliant" is a type of:_____________________.
[Choices: Aquarium fish, Coral reef, Diamond, Flowering plant, Shorebird ]
17. The city of Port Royal in _________________ was destroyed by an earthquake in 1692.
[Choices: Puerto Rico, Aruba, Montserrat, Jamaica, Trinidad ]
18. What the heck is "Spiegelman's Monster"?_________________________
[Choices: Comet, Pit viper, Cloud formation, RNA chain, Lizard ]
19. It's an archaic term for a minor dispute or contest:______________________.
[Choices: Strumpet, Cordwainer, Velitation, Appetency, Kirtle ]
20. Scrapie is a fatal disease that strikes:_____________________.
[Choices: Cows and deer, Sheep and goats, Snakes and lizards, Dogs and cats, Jays and robins ]
21. Which U.S. state has the world's longest floating bridge?______________________
[Choices: California, Washington, Rhode Island, Louisiana, Ohio ]
22. Gris-gris is a ___________________ amulet that protects the wearer from evil.
[Choices: Voodoo, Hindu, Buddhist, Mormon, Zoroastrian ]
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) Truman Capote v ALCOHOLIC DRINKS: A Moscow Mule is normally served in a:_________________________.
[Choices: Champagne flute, Silver goblet, Shot glass, Copper mug, Martini glass ]
24.(a) A TRIP TO PANAMA v Ivy League schools: Volcan Baru is Panama's ____________________ spot.
[Choices: Holiest, Lowest, Driest, Highest, Wettest ]
25.(a) WORLD HISTORY v Sports currents: What did the Balfour Declaration of 1917 state Britain's formal support for?_______________________.
[Choices: Independent India, State of Israel, Independent Africa, Suez Canal, British Commonwealth ]
26.(a) IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS v Truman Capote: The original purpose of this school was to train Native Americans as Christian missionaries:___________________.
[Choices: Princeton, Penn, Harvard, Dartmouth, Colgate ]
27.(a) Sports currents v A TRIP TO PANAMA: Panama's national dish is Sancocho, which features:___________________.
[Choices: Eel, Lamb, Shark, Chicken, Pork ]
28.(a) ALCOHOLIC DRINKS v World history: Which of these is a raspberry liqueur?______________________
[Choices: Grand Marnier, Framboise, Dooley's, Kahlua, Midori ]
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. "Eliminator" and "El Loco" are albums from this band:________________________.
[Choices: Sugarland, Alabama, ZZ Top, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Bellamy Brothers ]
30. Peter O'Neill resigned last month as the Prime Minister of:_____________________.
[Choices: Belize, Paraguay, Ireland, Papua New Guinea, South Africa ]
31. In what year was New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art founded?_____________
[Choices: 1838, 1960, 1801, 1929, 1884 ]
32. "A.I." is a 2001 science fiction drama directed by:_______________________.
[Choices: Oliver Stone, Michael Cimino, Steven Spielberg, Jimmy Fallon, John Landis ]
33. The average American eats over 400 pounds of ___________________ annually.
[Choices: Red meat, Poultry, Vegetables, Eggs, Cheese ]
34. The Democratic Republic of the Congo was formerly called:____________________.
[Choices: Ghana, Benin, Chad, Zaire, Dahomey ]
35. "Wasserstoff" is the German word for this chemical element:___________________.
[Choices: Silver, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Gold, Lithium ]
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. Biomes like France's Maquis and Spain's Matorral are similar to California's:_____________________.
[Choices: Chaparral, Painted Deserts, Redwood forests, Mangrove swamps, Mojave Desert ]
37. Which monster appears in the Edmund Spenser epic "The Faerie Queene"?______________________
[Choices: Caliban, Grendel, Balrog, Blatant Beast, Leviathan ]
38. A farmer turned soldier, Gerardo Machado was elected President of ___________________ in 1924.
[Choices: Nicaragua, Guyana, Panama, Mexico, Cuba ]
39. Which planet's average distance from the Sun is about 890 million miles?_____________________
[Choices: Saturn, Uranus, Mars, Earth, Neptune ]
40. Which is depicted on the national flags of both Mexico and Kazakhstan?___________________
[Choices: Sword, Eagle, Tree, Rising Sun, Crescent Moon ]
Final Jeopardy Question on IT HAPPENED IN 1580 (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. He enrolled at the University of Pisa in 1580 for a medical degree:________________________.
[Choices: Dante Alighieri, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Nicolas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei ]
Answers: 1. The Sun [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri ]
2. Venice [see
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/worl ... crash.html ]
3. Newton's cradle [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_cradle ]
4. Taiwan [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101 ]
5. Parochial [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/parochial ]
6. Vancouver [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics ]
7. Coffee cup [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(pro ... g_language) ]
8. Hong Kong [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Hong ... l_protests ]
9. Nike [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_(mythology) ]
10. Madras [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai ]
11. San Clemente [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Casa_Pacifica ]
12. Briard [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briard ]
13. Rabbit [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_(Koons) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Koons ]
14. Almonds [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscotti ]
15. 1904 [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel) ]
16. Diamond [see
https://randor.com/education-centre/diamond-shapes/ ]
17. Jamaica [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1692_Jamaica_earthquake ]
18. RNA chain [we at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON missed this one; kudos to Sites and Players that got this one right; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiegelman's_Monster ]
19. Velitation [most of us missed most of the Points on this one; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/velitation ]
20. Sheep & goats [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapie ]
21. Washington [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pontoon_bridges ]
22. Voodoo [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gris-gris_(talisman) ]
23.(a) Copper mug [Myfanwy (SPRAJO)'s sister Gwen (DICKIE), visiting us from London ON, pre-called this one! See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_mule ]
24.(a) Highest [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcan_Baru ]
25.(a) State of Israel [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration ]
26.(a) Dartmouth [most of us missed a lot of Points on this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College ]
27.(a) Chicken [a pre-call for "fish" doomed a lot of us; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancocho ]
28.(a) Framboise [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framboise ]
29. ZZ Top [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliminator_(album) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Loco ]
30. Papua New Guinea [we missed this one, prejudiced in thinking only of white English/Irish Prime Ministers; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O'Neill ]
31. 1929 [
This Answer was WRONG, limiting the top scores to 62,550 Points or less. According to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropoli ... eum_of_Art , it was founded in 1870, opened in 1872. 1929 was the year the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) was founded; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art . Some of us (not me) got the Points for guessing 1929 anyway; others (including me) wrongly guessed 1960 out of confusion with the Guggenheim Museum whose building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was opened in 1959 - see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_R ... eim_Museum ]
32. Steven Spielberg [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I._Arti ... telligence ]
33. Vegetables [400 pounds per year means over a pound per day; since most of us don't eat our vegetables anyway, most of us missed this (it's hard to imagine children eating more than a pound a day of the other Choices). See
https://www.inverse.com/article/38623-p ... s-calories and
https://nutritionasiknowit.com/blog/201 ... ricans-eat ]
34. Zaire [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaire ]
35. Hydrogen [I(REACH) pre-called this one, since "Wasser"="water" in German, and "Wasserstoff"="hydrogen", since water is H2O. See
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasserstoff ,
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... asserstoff and
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... ish/wasser ]
36. Chaparral [see the section "Biome plant group" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrubland ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaparral , and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis_shrubland . I guessed this, since I didn't think there were large areas of desert in Spain or France. Still, it was hard for me to get the Maquis from Star Trek out of my mind; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis_(World_War_II) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis_(Star_Trek) ]
37. Blatant beast [I called this one by eliminating the other Choices. See
https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10 ... 3095511541 ,
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/f ... i-canto-10 and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene ]
38. Cuba [I guessed right on this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Machado (President of Cuba 1925-1933) ]
39. Saturn [Jean (LESTER) called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn which states that the average distance from the Sun = 1.4 billion km. Since 1 km = 1000 m = 100,000 cm, and 2.54 cm = 1 inch, 12 inches = 1 foot, and 5280 feet = 1 mile, 1.4 billion km = 1,400,000,000(100,000/2.54)/[12(5280)] = 870,000,000 miles . No one but Jean probably memorizes this, but I rationalized this by considering the average distance from the Sun to the Earth is 1 AU (Astronomical Unit), Mars is approx. 2 AU, Jupiter is approx. 4 AU, and Saturn approx. 8 AU. Since 1 AU = 93 million miles, the distance from the Sun to Saturn is approx. 8 x 93 million = 744 million miles, something that could be calculated in one's head.
A more accurate approximation could have been calculated using the Titius-Bode Law (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titius-Bode_law ), where 10 times the distance in AU is given by
a = 4 + x , where x = 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96 for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, asteroid belt, Jupiter, Saturn. I.e. a = 4 + 96 = 100 for Saturn, so the distance is 10 AU = 930 million miles, approximately. This Law fails for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto (if you include Pluto as a planet), since it was just numerology without a basis in physical insight. See Richard Feynman's 1:02 explanation of the Scientific Method at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL6-x0modwY ; Bode's Law was just a guess that worked for the known planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn if there were another planet between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. ]
40. Eagle [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mexico and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Kazakhstan ]
41. Galileo Galilei [Entering the University of Pisa in 1580 meant that scientific discoveries were made around 1600, which meant Galileo. See the section "Career as a scientist" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei ]
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