Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No clues):1. These birds gained fame by migrating from Argentina to San Juan Capistrano:______________________.
[Choices: English sparrows, Starlings, Wood ducks, Blue herons, Cliff swallows ]
2. By definition, a chapfallen person is one who is:_____________________.
[Choices: Cheerful, Hardworking, Disheartened, Optimistic, Lacking in intelligence ]
3. Hindustan is the Persian name for:_____________________.
[Choices: India, Burma, Egypt, Tibet, Afghanistan ]
4. J.H. and W.K. __________________ of Battle Creek, Michigan, founded a health food company in 1898.
[Choices: Atkins, Ralston, Kellogg, Nabisco, Post ]
5. Aristotle famously divided the world into Frigid, Torrid and __________________ zones.
[Choices: Febrile, Arctic, Glacial, Windswept, Temperate ]
6. The sandwich was invented by John Montague, the Fourth _______________ of Sandwich.
[Choices: Earl, Prince, Baron, Marquis, Duke ]
7. Each player is dealt __________ cards in Draw Poker.
[Choices: Four, Six, Two, Three, Five ]
8. Two oil tankers were attacked in the ___________________ earlier this month.
[Choices: South China Sea, Gulf of Oman, Mediterranean Sea, Tasman Strait, Red Sea ]
9. Kinshasa and Brazzaville are the capital cities of the two countries with _______________ in the name.
[Choices: Guinea, Andorra, Zealand, Grenada, Congo ]
10. "Another op'nin', another show" is a song in this musical that premiered in 1948:______________________.
[Choices: Yankee Doodle Dandy, South Pacific, Cats, Kiss Me Kate, Death of a Salesman ]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds, and with 3 Clues): 11. Australia's Gaby Kennard made history in this field in 1989:________________________.
[Choices: Astronomy, Sports, Zoology, Aviation, Politics ]
12. In which city will you find the Griffith Observatory?___________________________
[Choices: Sydney, Washington DC, London, Los Angeles, Toronto ]
13. 1953's ______________________ was Raymond Chandler's last novel featuring detective Philip Marlowe.
[Choices: The High Window, The Long Goodbye, Farewell My Lovely, The Big Sleep, The Little Sister ]
14. The Battle of Palmito Ranch was fought here in 1865:______________________.
[Choices: Maine, Tennessee, Alaska, Texas, Georgia ]
15. In 2017, Hershey's debuted its first new bar in 22 years in "Hershey's ______________."
[Choices: One, Eclipse, Platinum, Grand, Gold ]
16. What country is hosting the G20 Summit later this week?___________________
[Choices: Belgium, Canada, South Africa, Japan, Argentina ]
17. Something that is unfair and unjust would best be described as:_________________.
[Choices: Wrongous, Prolix, Underslung, Cantabile, Demimonde ]
18. Delft, Cadet, Uranian and Baby are all shades of:____________________.
[Choices: Green, Yellow, Blue, Gray, Brown ]
19. Which socialite had Palm Beach's Mar-a-Lago built in the 1920's?_________________________
[Choices: Nancy Astor, Marjorie Post, Gloria Vanderbilt, Sunny von Bulow, Maud Cunard ]
20. Adolphe Sax developed the saxhorn on which the modern-day _______________ is based.
[Choices: Timpani, Harpsichord, Bass clarinet, Piccolo, Flugelhorn ]
21. Today marks the 44th anniversary of this country's independence from Portugal:_____________________.
[Choices: Macau, Mozambique, Malawi, Mauritius, Madagascar ]
22. Interstate 10 goes for 2,460 miles from California to:________________________.
[Choices: Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, Alaska, Florida ]
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) Pulitzer winners v U.S. CITIES: This 19th Century scientist is known as the "Father of Organic Chemistry":________________________.
[Choices: Daniel Pelfrey, Friedrich Wohler, Sandor Kocsis, Ferdinand Muller, Angelo Dundee ]
[NOTE: This Question had nothing to do with U.S. CITIES, so we at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON, were prepared to have all Category titles turn out to be irrelevant. None of us check the Categories listed at https://www.buzztime.com/ before Game Time, so did other Sites study Pulitzer winners & U.S. cities?] 24.(a) Math class v CURRENT TV: "Whose bed have your boots been under?" was the first big hit for this country superstar:________________________.
[Choices: Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Trisha Yearwood, Leann Rimes, Christina Aguilera ]
25.(a) The Bible v CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: Until the Third Century A.D., a Roman legion usually consisted of about _____________ soldiers.
[Choices: 5000, 1000, 200, 600, 800 ]
26.(a) Current TV v PULITZER WINNERS: If you are eating "crisp wafers in chocolate", which treat are you eating?_________________________
[Choices: Clark Bar, 3 Musketeers, Rolo, Kit Kat, Oh Henry! ]
27.(a) Canadian geography v MATH CLASS: The Faroe Islands are located midway between _________________ and Norway.
[Choices: Newfoundland, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, The Aleutian Islands ]
28.(a) U.S. CITIES v The Bible: Born in 1925, Nancy Roman gained fame in the field of:_______________________.
[Choices: Oceanography, Astronomy, Archaeology, Agriculture, Geology ]
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. Who said "How can you govern a country that has 246 varieties of cheese?" _________________________.
[Choices: Napoleon Bonaparte, Benito Mussolini, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Oscar Wilde ]
30. "Hurricane Eye" is a song by this celebrated songwriter:_______________________.
[Choices: Ike Turner, Burt Bacharach, Stephen Sondheim, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon ]
31. Where on Planet Earth are the Yap Islands?___________________________
[Choices: Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, North Sea, South Atlantic, Caribbean Sea ]
32. "I believe in God, The Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth" is the start of the:_________________________.
[Choices: Lord's Prayer, Ecumenical Pledge, Anima Christi, Apostles' Creed, Anglican Rosary ]
33. Fans in ______________________ cheered after their team won this year's NBA championship.
[Choices: Denver, Toronto, Boston, Houston, Milwaukee ]
34. "Fight Club", "Seven" and _____________________ are noted David Fincher films.
[Choices: The Social Network, Noah, The Da Vinci Code, Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan ]
35. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May resigned this month as leader of the ____________________ Party.
[Choices: Conservative, Republican, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green ]
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. Nadine Gordimer penned this 1981 novel set in a future version of South Africa:_________________________.
[Choices: November's Lovers, July's People, September's Children, January's Neighbours, March's Teachers ]
37. This Dupont chemist is credited with the invention of Nylon in the 1930's:________________________.
[Choices: Willis Carrier, Wyatt Clayton, Warren Clement, Wallace Carothers, William Christie ]
38. Who is credited with introducing the pineapple to Europe?_________________________
[Choices: John Cabot, Christopher Columbus, Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh, Henry the Navigator ]
39. The most abundant greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and:_________________________.
[Choices: Lithium acetate, Nitrous oxide, Titanium, Scandium, Cobalt ]
40. Johann Sebastian Bach composed six solo Suites for:___________________________.
[Choices: Oboe, Cello, Trombone, Flute, Harpsichord ]
Final Jeopardy Round on CHARLES DARWIN (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. Charles Darwin was a specialist in the study of these creatures:______________________.
[Choices: Baboons, Earthworms, Trout, Ostriches, Moths ]
Answers:1. Cliff swallows [I (REACH, LESTER) pre-called this one; see the section "Return of the Swallows" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_S ... Capistrano ]
2. Disheartened [Sue (SWIFT) and I suggested "chapfallen" must be similar to "crestfallen"; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/chapfallen ]
3. India ["stan"="home of"; e.g. "Afghanistan"="home of the Afghans". See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan ]
4. Kellogg [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg (and see the sections "Irrigator" and "Masturbation prevention" - you can't make this stuff up!) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Keith_Kellogg ]
5. Temperate [see
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/en ... hical_zone ]
6. Earl [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mont ... f_Sandwich . Woody Allen gave an amusing history of the sandwich (e.g. first he tried a piece of bread on top of another piece of bread, with turkey on top of that, but that failed badly...) in the essay "Yes But Can the Steam Engine Do This?" from "Getting Even", which may be available at
http://www.angelfire.com/blog2/endoveli ... ngEven.txt - if the link doesn't work, Google "woody allen yes but can the steam engine do this". ]
7. Five [a bad pre-call for "two" made this gimme disastrous for some, including me; Dave (YELDOR, TULADI) yelled out the correct answer, but not in time for me to change. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-card_draw ]
8. Gulf of Oman [I pre-called this one; see
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48627014 ]
9. Congo [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinshasa and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville ]
10. Kiss Me, Kate [Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) pre-called this one, having played in his high school production; see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e17Shnz7nzA ]
11. Aviation [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) and Sue guessed right on this one; others (including me), not. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaby_Kennard ]
12. Los Angeles [Myfanwy pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith_Observatory ]
13. The Long Goodbye [I guessed right on this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Goodbye_(novel) ]
14. Texas [we guessed right (from "Palmito") on this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palmito_Ranch , for a battle which took place after the war was officially over. Similarly, slow communication in those days meant the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 was fought after the War of 1812-14 was over.]
15. Gold [I guessed right as REACH on this one; others went with Platinum. See
https://www.bonappetit.com/story/hersheys-gold ]
16. Japan [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_G20_Osaka_summit ]
17. Wrongous [I and some others guessed this seemingly made-up word, by eliminating the other Choices; see
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrongous ]
18. Blue [Sue (SWIFT) lost 1000 Points and the lead when her tablet spontaneously logged off on this easy Question (so annoying!); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delftware ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadet_grey ,
http://www.seasky.org/solar-system/uranus-menu.html (the planet Uranus is blue-green in colour), and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_blue ]
19. Marjorie Post [I guessed this as REACH ("Mar-"="Marjorie"); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago ]
20. Flugelhorn [expecting to see "Saxophone" which wasn't one of the Choices, we were confused and guessed wrong until the 3rd Clue; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugelhorn ]
21. Mozambique [Phil (BSLXPN) pre-called this one (working for External Affairs, he noted a heads-up on this day); see the section "Independence (1975)" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique ]
22. Florida [Myfanwy pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_10 ]
23.(a) Friedrich Wohler [I pre-called "Emil Fischer" who worked on sugars/carbohydrates, but called "Wohler" once the Choices appeared. Wohler chemically synthesized urea, an organic compound present in urine, from an inorganic compound, ammonium cyanate; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wohler_synthesis , the section "History" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_chemistry ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urea and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wohler . For Emil Fischer, see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Fischer . ]
24.(a) Shania Twain [I pre-called this one, even though we picked the Category "Current TV"; see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZRA-Dwv86E ]
25.(a) 5000 [I pre-called this one, even though we picked the Category "Canadian Geography"; see the section "Size" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_legion ]
26.(a) Kit Kat [I pre-called "Coffee Crisp", and then "Kit Kat" when I recalled that Coffee Crisp is not normally sold in the USA. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Kat ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Crisp and for an old TV commercial, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXTyLAymlVE . We had picked the Category "Pulitzer Prizes".]
27.(a) Iceland [I pre-called "Scotland", and when it was not listed as a Choice, called "Iceland"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands .]
28.(a) Astronomy [We had picked the Category "U.S. Cities", and needed 3 Clues to get this right; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Roman ]
29. Charles de Gaulle [a pre-call for "Winston Churchill" threw all of us under the bus, except for Joe (DR LUV) who called "de Gaulle" , and Patrick (MRRED) . We should have remembered the attribution "Cheese-eating surrender monkeys" for the French.]
30. Paul Simon [Phil (BSLXPN) and Dave (as TULADI) guessed this right; the rest of us got it wrong. See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyPD-N5PaeE .]
31. Western Pacific [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yap . I reminded the others of the large stones used as currency on Yap - see the section "Stone money". ]
32. Apostles' Creed [Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) pre-called "Nicene Creed", which was close enough. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostles'_Creed ]
33. Toronto [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_NBA_Finals ]
34. The Social Network [Phil (BSLXPN) and I as REACH guessed right on this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher ]
35. Conservative [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May ]
36. July's People [we all missed this one, guessing "September's Children" for people in the future world; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer ]
37. Wallace Carothers [I called this one after the Choices appeared; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Carothers , especially the section on his suicide by cyanide poisoning ]
38. Christopher Columbus [Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) got this one; the rest of us guessed Francis Drake, assuming the pineapple came from the Pacific during a circumnavigation of the Earth. See the section "History" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple and
https://www.levins.com/pineapple.html ]
39. Nitrous oxide [I pre-called this one, but on typing up the Question noticed that all the other Choices were obviously wrong, as they are all solids, not gases. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxide .
Some readers may know that nitrous oxide is called "laughing gas" because in the early days of chemistry, it was used to get intoxicated at parties; it is still sometimes used by dentists as an anesthetic (novocaine is a form of cocaine). Nitrous oxide may be used in making soft ice cream (see
https://patents.google.com/patent/US4659575 and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_serve ).
Although, like helium, nitrous oxide may be inhaled from balloons in small amounts, it is dangerous to suck the gas directly from a tube attached to a cylinder without a regulator; see
https://dancesafe.org/nitrous-oxide and
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest ... -festivals . Unregulated gas flow can decrease oxygen delivery to the brain, with the danger of falling unconscious and hitting one's head hard against an unyielding surface. Not mentioned in articles I have seen is an incident in Ottawa ON from around 1974: a high school student working at a Dairy Queen decided to have some fun by sucking nitrous oxide from a tube directly from a cylinder; the rapidly expanding gas cooled so fast (the opposite of the temperature rise when one does work in compressing a gas into a cylinder) that his lips froze to the tube and he literally blew up his lungs, winning a Darwin Award. ]
40. Cello [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cello_Suites_(Bach) . For the Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prweT95Mo0 ]
41. Earthworms [I pre-called "Barnacles", but since it was not one of the Choices, I quickly called for "Earthworms". See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forma ... n_of_Worms and the section "History of taxonomy" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Crustacea, and not Phylum Mollusca).
The order of elimination at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON was: Trout, Ostriches, Baboons, leaving only Earthworms and Moths as the remaining Choices. I would like to know if any Sites ended up with only Baboons and Earthworms as the remaining Choices, which might have sucked some Sites in, because Darwin was really interested in including Humans as part of his theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, and he had written about the Expression of the Emotions in Man and the Animals, seeing a biological connection. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expre ... nd_Animals and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desce ... ion_to_Sex .
Field studies of baboon behaviour in the wild (and not in restrictive cages or zoos) were first documented by Eugene Marais; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Marais . Marais committed suicide in 1936, and his work was published as "The Soul of the Ape" only in 1969; see
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/419 ... of-the-ape .]
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