New Scaratings

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

1. Which of these is a type of hat?_______________________
[Choices: Gauntlet, Tench, Culotte, Homburg, Ceviche ]

2. "Predatory passerine" is a term that best describes this animal:___________________.
[Choices: Shrike, Lamprey, Loris, Gereluk, Ibex ]

3. Passed in 1992, the most recent Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the:__________________.
[Choices: 27th, 51st, 44th, 33rd, 38th ]

4. Which city's harbor is known as Port Jackson?______________________
[Choices: Johannesburg, Lisbon, Sydney, Mumbai, Port of Spain ]

5. What hockey team was victorious in this year's Stanley Cup Finals?_______________________
[Choices: St. Louis Blues, Columbus Blue Jackets, Vegas Golden Knights, Vancouver Canucks, Winnipeg Jets ]

6. What is the main cause of chilblains?_____________________
[Choices: Cold weather, Hardened arteries, Low-fat diet, Lack of sleep, Vitamin B deficiency ]

7. About one in three residents of _____________________ is a millionaire.
[Choices: Belize, Morocco, Monaco, Vatican City, Austria ]

8. Which word is closest in meaning to "unnecessary"?________________________
[Choices: Recondite, Deferent, Contrived, Nascent, Superfluous ]

9. Which of these food items is a smooth, creamy soup?__________________
[Choices: Bisque, Biryani, Babaganoosh, Brulee, Bruschetta ]

10. In which Canadian province will you be able to see the Butchart Gardens?___________________
[Choices: Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario ]




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

11. The Carbuncle Cup is a humorous prize given in the field of:______________________.
[Choices: Rail travel, Zoology, Gardening, Architecture, Music ]

12. In what decade did Henry Kissinger serve as U.S. Secretary of State?_____________________
[Choices: 1990's, 1960's, 1980's, 2000's, 1970's ]

13. Mystery writer Caroline Graham's police detective is named Inspector:________________________.
[Choices: Barnaby, Tragg, Frost, Crane, Ash ]

14. Champion athlete Chael Sonnen, who retired this year, was a:________________________.
[Choices: Soccer goalie, Mixed martial artist, Skateboarder, Tennis player, Surfer ]

15. In which European country is "Lega Nord" a growing political party?_______________________
[Choices: France, Italy, Netherlands, Lithuania, Spain ]

16. The PG-13 rating was the idea of this famous Hollywood director:____________________.
[Choices: Booth Lusteg, George Lucas, Arnold Toynbee, Brian de Palma, Steven Spielberg ]

17. Exactly how many U.S. states share a border with Mexico?____________
[Choices: Six, Four, Three, Five, Two ]

18. ___________________ waves were posited as part of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
[Choices: Tidal, Kelvin, Capillary, Gravitational, Plunging ]

19. Chief Justice, Senator and Secretary of the Treasury, he was on the $10,000 bill:_________________________.
[Choices: Salmon P. Chase, John Diefenbaker, Henry Clay, Howard Taft, John C. Calhoun ]

20. Which phrase refers to an event in which you get pleasure from someone else's pain?___________________________
[Choices: Piece of cake, Another kettle of fish, Cold turkey, Roman holiday, Under the weather ]

21. The only ________________ living in the wild North of the Equator are in the Galapagos Islands.
[Choices: Monitor lizards, Kangaroos, Penguins, Tortoises, Lemurs ]

22. Which nation currently has the most Michelin three-star restaurants?______________________
[Choices: Canada, Japan, Italy, Argentina, Denmark ]




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) Goddesses v COLLEGE NICKNAMES: Which school's nickname is the Cardinal?_____________________
[Choices: Baylor, Memphis, Syracuse, East Carolina, Stanford ]

24.(a) WHAT'S THE WORD? v Ancient history: Which adjective is closest in meaning to "joined together"?____________________
[Choices: Langoustine, Elapine, Hampered, Hircine, Coadunate ]

25.(a) Botany 101 v WIMBLEDON REPORT: A 15-year-old player named _____________________ was a sensation at this year's Wimbledon Tournament.
[Choices: Toto Sauff, Lolo Tauff, Coco Gauff, Popo Lauff, Dodo Hauff ]

26.(a) ANCIENT HISTORY v Goddesses: In ancient Britain, what was a pendragon?_______________________
[Choices: Supreme leader, Sword, Peasant, Mythical beast, Castle ]

27.(a) Wimbledon report v WHAT'S THE WORD?: An incunabulum is a type of:______________________.
[Choices: Home, Bridge, Book, Map, Insect ]

28.(a) COLLEGE NICKNAMES v Botany 101: Which odd nickname belongs to Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas?_____________________
[Choices: Gothic Knights, Cobbers, Ichabods, Fighting Okra, Blue Hose ]




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. Photoshop, PDF and Acrobat Reader are ___________________ products.
[Choices: Quark, Corel, Capture One Pro, Xara, Adobe ]

30. Lyssophobia, a real medical condition, is the fear of:____________________.
[Choices: Insects, Words, Celebrities, Light, Becoming insane ]

31. Dartmouth College in New Hampshire has a famous ________________ carnival tradition.
[Choices: Summer, Autumn, Fall, Spring, Winter ]

32. Which word means "to confuse"?________________________
[Choices: Noodge, Homologate, Indign, Embrangle, Remise ]

33. What musical group just started the North American leg of its DNA World Tour?____________________
[Choices: 98 Degrees, Tears for Fears, The Chainsmokers, Backstreet Boys, Rolling Stones ]

34. This Italian liqueur is known for its almond flavor:_______________________.
[Choices: Frangelico, Murtado, Amaretto, Pizzacato, Kamora ]

35. What is the title of the "Star Wars" film released in 2017?___________________________
[Choices: The Rise of Skywalker, The Last Jedi, Attack of the Clones, Goblet of Fire, Death Star ]




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. The Campanian, Maddalena and Sulcis archipelagos are located in this body of water:________________________.
[Choices: Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea ]

37. Many of the melodies in the musical "Kismet" are based on works by this Russian composer:__________________________.
[Choices: Igor Stravinsky, Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander Borodin, Piet Mondrian, Vladimir Nabokov ]

38. Which country was officially established on June 3, 2006?_____________________
[Choices: South Sudan, Belarus, Montenegro, East Timor, Latvia ]

39. French in origin, it was the major school of 19th Century U.S. architecture:_________________________.
[Choices: Blobitecture, Art Deco, Bauhaus, Beaux-Arts, Totalitarian ]

40. The Ludovico Technique plays a key role in the plot of this 1962 novel:______________________.
[Choices: Breakfast of Champions, A Clockwork Orange, The Crying of Lot 49, Brave New World, Franny and Zooey ]




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. Which element is named after a city in Sweden?_________________________
[Choices: Strontium, Iodine, Lutetium, Gadolinium, Holmium ]






Answers:

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

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

3. 27th [we Canucks at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON aren't too familiar with the U.S. Constitution, so most of us guessed wrong, except for me (as REACH); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-se ... nstitution ]

4. Sydney [we all went for a wrong call for "Port of Spain", after a wrong pre-call for "Kingston, Jamaica"; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Jackson ]

5. St. Louis Blues [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Stanley_Cup_Finals ]

6. Cold weather [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilblains ]

7. Monaco [I recognized this tax haven for the Uber-wealthy; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco ]

8. Superfluous [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/superfluous ]

9. Bisque [Jean (LESTER) called this one right away; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisque_(food) ]

10. British Columbia [I pre-called this ornamental garden in Victoria, BC; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butchart_Gardens ]




11. Architecture [I called this one, from the ugly appearance of carbuncles; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbuncle and https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Carbuncle_Cup ]

12. 1970's [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger ]

13. Barnaby [Dave (YELDOR, TULADI) called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Barnaby ]

14. Mixed martial arts [we all struck out on this one, losing 800 or more Points; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chael_Sonnen ]

15. Italy [after looking for a Scandinavian country which was not listed, I called for Italy; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lega_Nord ]

16. Steven Spielberg [I lost 107 Points on this one, but others 830 to 1250; see https://www.today.com/popculture/pg-13- ... bna5798549 ]

17. Four [California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas ]

18. Gravitational [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave ]

19. Salmon P. Chase [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_den ... s_currency and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_P._Chase ]

20. Roman holiday [we were all looking for "Schadenfreude", which wasn't one of the Choices listed, so we went with "another kettle of fish" (contrasting "Freude"="Joy" in German with "Schaden"="harm, damage"). But according to the section "Synonyms" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude , "Roman holiday" is used in Byron's poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" in the sense of Roman spectators enjoying themselves watching gladiators hurt and maim themselves. Did any Byron scholars get this right for this reason? I would never have made this connection because Audrey Hepburn deservedly won an Oscar for the 1953 movie "Roman Holiday"; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Holiday . As for "another kettle of fish", see https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-d ... -fish.html ]

21. Penguin [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos_penguin ]

22. Japan [Chris CEEZED, KAYZED) guessed this for 1000 Points each on his two tablets, but the rest of us were all looking for "France", which actually has the second largest number of 3-star restaurants, and then I decided for 413 Points that because of the money and the fanaticism of the Japanese, Japan might be the answer. See https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccar ... nfographic ]




23.(a) Stanford [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal (named for the red colour, not the birds or the numbers, according to this article) ]

24.(a) Coadunate [we went with this one, because "co"="together"; see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/coadunate ]

25.(a) Coco Gauff [I think Patrick (MRRED) pre-called "Coco" first; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cori_Gauff ]

26.(a) Supreme leader [I called this one, since King Arthur was the son of Uther Pendragon (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqtS9xyl0f4 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendragon ; we were missing proud Welsh descendant Myfanwy, who might have explained this right away) ]

27.(a) Book [Chris correctly guessed this, but the rest of us needed Clues; see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/incunabulum or https://www.dictionary.com/browse/incunabula ]

28.(a) Ichabods [our luck ran out, all getting less than 500 Points; see the section "Athletics" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washburn_University ]




29. Adobe [Chris pre-called this one; see https://www.adobe.com/ ]

30. Becoming insane [Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED), Dave (YELDOR, TULADI), Patrick (MRRED) and I(REACH) guessed this one; see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lyssophobia ]

31. Winter [this was the most logical guess for a College in New Hampshire, given that both "Autumn" and "Fall" are essentially the same Choices, something that I did not notice during the game itself. So I split my answers on two tablets, guessing wrong as REACH, but right as SPRAJO (Myfanwy's usual handle). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth ... traditions ]

32. Embrangle [Dave and I guessed right on this one; see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/embrangle ]

33. Backstreet Boys [see https://www.backstreetboys.com/splash ]

34. Amaretto [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaretto ]

35. The Last Jedi [Chris pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi . Dave had perfect scores of 7500 Points as both YELDOR and TULADI in this Lightning Round ]




36. Mediterranean Sea [we guessed this from the Italian-looking names; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanian_Archipelago , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddalena_archipelago and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelago_of_Sulcis ]

37. Alexander Borodin [I called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kismet_(musical) , which includes the popular song "Stranger in Paradise" (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0c3od7KynE ) whose melody comes from Borodin's "Polovtsian Dances (see 1:03-3:15, and 6:46-8:20 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mOPkNUVPmI ]

38. Montenegro [we hastily flip-flopped from South Sudan (2006 seemed too early) to East Timor (2006 seemed too late), and then I commented "watch Montenegro"; Chris switched his two tablets to Montenegro in time, but the rest of us struck out. We all knew the breakup of Yugoslavia was earlier, but Montenegro separated from Serbia in 2006; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro . Merde!!!]

39. Beaux-Arts [This was the only reasonable Choice including the French fact; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture ]

40. A Clockwork Orange [Jean pre-called this first; see the section "Plot summary, Part 2: The Ludovico Technique" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(novel)




41. Holmium [I called this for full Points for some of us; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmium . According to this article, "Holmia"="Stockholm" in Latin, but did anyone deduce this from "Holmia" = "Stockholm"? "Stock"="log" ("stick?"). ]



21.

We took both Botany questions, but I didn’t take good enough notes to remember what the full questions were. One of them did refer to “heather”.

The second Goddesses question asked about the Greek goddess of comedy (Thalia).

Special thanks to GOGETEM for joining us last night from California. It was great to see you again!

24. what's the word vs. ANCIENT HISTORY. In 167 BCE, the Macabees revolted against the SELEUCID empire.

25. BOTANY 101 vs. wimbledon report. Ericaceae is part of the HEATHER family.

--Rick Magnus
RickM, Blue Goose

It was my pleasure to join your group for the games. Thanks for the hearty welcome.

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Middle age is when a broad mind and a slim waist exchange places.

23(b): GODDESSES: Identify the Slavic Goddess of Beauty and Fertility: LADA (not Kara).

I walked off after Brainbuster and went to B-52. How badly did the Mallcrawlers miss me? BETH won the quiz, and BWW-MOA finished #2 as a site. Miraculously, the tablet I handed to GREY, which showed a low charge, held up for him to post a nice 55K.