Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No Clues):1. "Fahrenheit ________" is the title of a famous novel by Ray Bradbury.
[Choices: 451, 551, 651, 251, 351 ]
2. Cannon Beach, North Bend and Newport are attractive coastal towns in this state:_______________________.
[Choices: Florida, Tennessee, Oregon, Kansas, Texas ]
3. Coconuts and dates both come from members of the ___________________ tree family.
[Choices: Dogwood, Citrus, Almond, Cypress, Palm ]
4. "You may fire when you are ready, __________________" is a famous quote by George Dewey.
[Choices: Balthazar, Roscoe, Cedric, Kilroy, Gridley ]
5. Romania's Bran Castle is associated, however erroneously, with this horror legend:_______________________.
[Choices: Imhotep, the Mummy; Larry Talbot, Wolfman; Count Dracula; Frankenstein's Monster; The Abominable Snowman ]
6. Which classic TV show celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2019?__________________________
[Choices: Captain Kangaroo, Cheers, Sesame Street, Gunsmoke, Dinosaur Train ]
7. An unpredictable aspect of a phenomenon is the definition of a:___________________________.
[Choices: Venule, Vagary, Voile, Variola, Visor ]
8. Arthropods belong to the same phylum as:___________________________.
[Choices: Birds, Reptiles, Horses, Rodents, Insects ]
9. "Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me" is a lyric made famous by:_________________________.
[Choices: Freddie Mercury, Shania Twain, John Lennon, Celine Dion, Elton John ]
10. The field of Mexico's flag is red, green and:_____________________.
[Choices: Blue, Black, White, Brown, Yellow ]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds, and with 3 Clues):11. Which major U.S. city was first named Trimountaine?___________________________
[Choices: Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas ]
12. By revenue, __________________ is the world's largest telecommunications company.
[Choices: Cricket, AT&T, Japan Mobile, Alphabet, Gazprom ]
13. Which type of shark has a flattened body and resembles a ray?_______________________
[choices: Great white shark, Leopard shark, Mackerel shark, Requiem shark, Angelshark ]
14. The G7 summit was held last month in:______________________.
[Choices: Sierra Leone, Canada, Jamaica, France, Japan ]
15. Which type of memory is also called your primary memory?_________________________
[Choices: Procedural, Involuntary, Short-term, Episodic, Semantic ]
16. What NHL team plays its home games at the PPG Paints Arena?___________________________
[Choices: Senators, Capitals, Coyotes, Wild, Penguins ]
17. "Kowtow" and "Brainwashing" are expressions we borrowed from this language:_________________________.
[Choices: Russian, Chinese, Italian, Arabic, Norse ]
18. Which James Bond movie is *NOT* named after an Ian Fleming story?_______________________
[Choices: Diamonds are Forever, Moonraker, Licence to Kill, Live and Let Die, Casino Royale ]
19. Every good Filipino cook has their own version of the _________________ known as Kare-kare.
[Choices: Corned beef hash, Beef stew, Meat loaf, Meatless casserole, Chicken soup ]
20. "The Deep" is a 1953 painting by:_________________________.
[Choices: Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, John Constable, Winslow Homer, Piet Mondrian ]
21. The use of archaic language is known as:_________________________.
[Choices: Weshery, Tushery, Loshery, Bashery, Cishery ]
22. The Sepoy Mutiny is also known as the ___________________ Rebellion of 1857.
[Choices: Cherokee, Chinese, Zulu, Mongolian, Indian ]
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) NFL preview v WORLD CITIES: What city is the capital of the Australian state of New South Wales?____________________
[Choices: Sydney, Perth, Canberra, Hobart, Wellington ]
24.(a) State name origins v THE BIBLE: In the Bible, Rebekah was the mother of twin sons named Esau and:______________________.
[Choices: Joshua, Cain, Isaac, Jacob, Ezra ]
25.(a) Ariana Grande v CHINESE CULTURE: Which title is that of one of the four great classic novels of China?___________________________
[Choices: The Winding Road, the Tale of Genji, Journey to the West, Ramayana, Popol Vuh ]
26.(a) THE BIBLE v NFL preview: In what book of the Bible does Zaccheus the tax collector appear?________________________
[Choices: Acts of the Apostles, Gospel of St. Luke, Book of Ruth, Gospel of Veronica, Book of Revelation ]
27.(a) Chinese culture v STATE NAME ORIGINS: Minnesota's name is derived from a Dakota Sioux word meaning:________________________.
[Choices: Frigid temperatures, Rich soil, Land of lakes, Cloudy water, Fertile plains ]
28.(a) WORLD CITIES v Ariana Grande: Which city is in the Ruhr area of Germany?_________________________
[Choices: Hamburg, Bern, Kiel, Dortmund, Salzburg ]
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. Administratively speaking, Australia is made up of six states and ________ territories.
[Choices: Fifteen, Four, Twelve, Nine, Twenty ]
30. "Adelaide's Lament" is a song from this musical that premiered on Broadway in 1950:________________________.
[Choices: South Pacific, Cats, Guys and Dolls, Cabaret, The Phantom of the Opera ]
31. What is the answer to this math problem? (5x4)+(5-4)-(5+4) = ?
[Choices: 18, 36, 12, 24, 45 ]
32. It's a fishing net whose top edge is buoyed by floats:__________________________.
[Choices: Falchion, Drumpf, Seine, Ogham, Gravure ]
33. The Big Four of U.S. banking are Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo and:________________________.
[Choices: Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Sherwin-Williams, Capital One, Barclays ]
34. Who is the frontman of the B-52's?___________________________
[Choices: Paul Morrissey, Fred Schneider, Beck, Scott Stapp, Stiv Bators ]
35. Halley's Comet is expected to return to Earth's vicinity in:_________________________.
[Choices: 2061, 2020, 2033, 2041, 2050 ]
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. Traditionally, Prince of Orange is the title given to the heir to the _____________________ throne.
[Choices: Russian, Turkish, Polish, Dutch, Spanish ]
37. Of these five elements, which has the highest atomic number?___________________
[Choices: Iron, Argon, Phosphorus, Bismuth, Rhodium ]
38. Which area of England borders Scotland?_______________________
[Choices: Plymouth, Bristol, Cumbria, Derby, Peterborough ]
39. In Greek myth, Rhea is the daughter of:__________________________.
[Choices: Ares & Artemis, Zeus & Persephone, Uranus & Gaea, Poseidon & Athena, Romulus & Remus ]
40. "That is no country for old men" begins a famous poem by:______________________________.
[Choices: Jonathan Swift, Norman Mailer, Samuel Coleridge, William Butler Yeats, Dylan Thomas ]
Final Jeopardy Question on NEWSPAPERS (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. The World Association of Newspapers regards a 1605 ____________________ publication as the first newspaper.
[Choices: German, Italian, Dutch, Moroccan, English ]
Answers: 1. 451 [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451 ]
2. Oregon [we at Whispers Bar, Ottawa ON guessed Oregon over Florida and Texas; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_Beach,_Oregon ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Bend,_Oregon and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport,_Oregon (although there are numerous Newports, so this wasn't a discriminator) ]
3. Palm [Dai (ZOETOB) pre-called this one; see the section "Uses" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecaceae ]
4. Gridley [Dai pre-called this one; see the section "Battle of Manila Bay" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Vernon_Gridley ]
5. Count Dracula [I (REACH) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bran_Castle ]
6. Sesame Street [I pre-called this from the 50th anniversary; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street ]
7. Vagary [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/vagaries ]
8. Insects [This was the only right Choice, although the wording of the Question was clumsy ("Insecta" is a Class in Phylum Arthropoda, so
other arthropods (e.g. Crustaceans, spiders, millipedes, centipedes) are in the same Phylum as insects, but different Classes. See the section "Classification" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod .]
9. Freddie Mercury [Deb (GRZLDA) pre-called "Queen"; see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHaqr2b1Jo0 ]
10. White [Dai pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico ]
11. Boston [we mostly messed up this one, trying to decide which city was founded with 3 mountains, and not guessing Boston; see the section "Founding" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Boston ]
12. AT&T [see the section "Global players" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommu ... s_industry ]
13. Angelshark [Andrew C (GRYFON) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelshark ]
14. France [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_G7_summit ]
15. Short-term [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-term_memory ]
16. Penguins [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPG_Paints_Arena ]
17. Chinese [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowtow and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing ]
18. Licence to Kill [a wrong call for "Moonraker" lost us valuable Points; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licence_to_Kill ]
19. Beef stew [another Question with mostly wrong guesses; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kare-kare ]
20. Jackson Pollock [most guessed this from the year (1953); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deep_(painting) ]
21. Tushery [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) guessed this for full Points, others not so much; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tushery ]
22. Indian [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 . This Question was based on the same wikipedia article as one of the BRAINBUSTER Game Questions this evening.]
23.(a) Sydney [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales ]
24.(a) Jacob [I pre-called this one; see the section "The deception of Isaac" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca ]
25.(a) Journey to the West [Dai recognized the title, although he had no idea what the other 3 titles were; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West . We could have deduced this by eliminating the other Choices: Jean (LESTER) mentioned that "Tales of Genji" was Japanese (by Lady Murasaki), Dai mentioned that Popol Vuh was Aztec (actually, Mayan), I knew that Ramayana was Indian (South Asian), and Sue (SWIFT) said that "The Winding Road" was by the Beatles (and Andrew C immediately replied that the title wasn't Long enough). I wondered to myself whether the title of Hermann Hesse's strange book "Journey to the East" had any connection to "Journey to the West" (I haven't bothered to check; but see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_East ). ]
26.(a) Gospel of St. Luke [because Matthew was a tax collector, there were pre-calls for the Gospel of St. Matthew, which did not show up as one of the Choices. Dai then called "Gospel of St. Luke"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacchaeus ]
27.(a) Cloudy water [we went with "Land of lakes", losing most of the Points for this Question. In the section "Etymology" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota , the name "Minnesota" comes from one of two words in the Dakota language "clear blue water" or "cloudy water", which appear to be opposites (and the words in Dakota appear to be transliterated to the same or similar pronunciation). Therefore a bad Question.]
28.(a) Dortmund [there were pre-calls for "Essen", and when this did not appear as a Choice, Dai called for "Dortmund"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund ]
Note: One of the Categories was THE BIBLE and Phil (BSLXPN) joked that one of the Questions should have been on "Cheeses of Nazareth" (sorry).
29. Nine [We all blew this one, guessing "Four" since there are only 2 mainland territories (Australian Capital Territory, and Northern Territory). As soon as the Answer appeared, I realized that there must be a lot of Pacific islands called Territories - see the section "States and territories" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia which states that there are seven external territories (Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Jervis Bay Territory) ]
30. Guys & Dolls [Joe (BLADOR) recognized Adelaide as a character in Guys & Dolls; see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLdCahQz5tY ]
31. 12 [I called this one. Now that school is back, how many readers can do the arithmetic for 8/2(2+2) = ? Now check the answer with an electronic calculator. Depending on the programming, you will get one of two possible answers, 16 or 1. The right answer is 16, but it is possible for humans or computer programs to calculate 1, showing that electronic computers really do not "understand" math, but can only follow rules blindly, producing answers biased by the assumptions of the human programmers. For a long, heated argument on both sides of this issue, see
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/08/07/ ... late-that/ .]
32. Seine [Dai called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seine_fishing ]
33. Bank of America [we went with a wrong call for "Goldman Sachs", although Sue said that her 3 American guests said the right answer was "Bank of America" (and we ran out of time in the 7 seconds for this Question). See
https://www.thebalance.com/the-big-4-us-banks-315130 . Sue's brother plays for the Philadelphia Orchestra. ]
34. Fred Schneider [I think Andrew C called this one, and I agreed. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B-52's ]
35. 2061 [Phil said "1986 plus 76", and I quickly called "2061" as closest to 2062; the reappearance of Halley's Comet is not precisely predictable because of gravitational interactions with the planets, particularly Jupiter and Saturn, in addition to the Sun, and so-called "non-Newtonian forces" (as ice heats up, water vapour and other gases are produced that thrust the body of the comet in unpredictable directions). See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley's_Comet ]
36. Dutch [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Orange . Phil commented "Prince of Orange - Donald Trump?" We all had a good laugh, but tried to reassure our American guests we were not against them - and they responded that they were not Trump supporters and took no offense. In our own group we have strong Trump supporters as well as Trump detractors, but generally try not to let political differences get bitter and destroy friendships and good teamwork.]
37. Bismuth [early wrong calls for Rhodium distracted me - it takes me several seconds to consider arguments for wrong answers before rejecting them on logic - before I concluded that bismuth is in the bottom row of the Periodic Table whereas rhodium is in the second row of Transition metals and therefore must have a smaller atomic number (even the third row of transition metals is in the same row as bismuth, with bismuth to the right, and therefore with a higher atomic number than lanthanum to mercury). Bismuth is atomic number 83, lanthanum 57, mercury 80, and rhodium is only 45, between yttrium 39 and cadmium 48. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodium . Sadly, my late call meant only Andrew C, Deb, Chris and I ended up with 5 out of 5 Right in the Pyramid Round.]
38. Cumbria [I think Dai pre-called this one, and Sue said she and her brother were born there; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria ]
39. Uranus & Gaea [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_(mythology) . The old joke was dredged up: "What is the same about toilet paper and the Starship Enterprise?" Answer: They both circle Uranus searching for Klingons.]
40. William Butler Yeats [Dai suggested this as a pre-call, and Myfanwy (our Welsh expert) said it wasn't Dylan Thomas; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_to_Byzantium .]
41. German [most went with the first guess of "German", but a wrong call for "Italian" cost some of us mucho Points. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Carolus and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_o ... publishing ]
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