Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No Clues):/b]
1. Banff National Park, Canada's oldest National Park, is located in:_________________________.
[Choices: Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec ]
2. A person with great insight would be said to be:________________________.
[Choices: Ambidextrous, Clairvoyant, Oleaginous, Pusilanimous, Antediluvian ]
3. Which musical debuted in London in 1986 and on Broadway in 1988?________________________
[Choices: Mary Poppins, Rent, The Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, My Fair Lady ]
4. Remington, Beretta and Winchester are companies that make:____________________.
[Choices: Firearms, Firearms, Airplanes, Roofs, Yachts ]
5. Which verb means "to keep from happening"?_______________________
[Choices: Delineate, Contrive, Procure, Avert, Excoriate ]
6. Lima is the capital of this South American nation:______________________.
[Choices: Peru, Ghana, Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador ]
7. A room designed to let people take off their dirty clothes or footwear is called a:_______________________.
[Choices: Master closet, Mud room, Water closet, Sun room, Pantry ]
8. Which country did NATO bomb with airstrikes in 1999?_____________________
[Choices: Andorra, Yugoslavia, Panama, South Sudan, Cuba ]
9. Countries on all the continents except ___________________ have hosted the Olympics.
[Choices: Australia, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa ]
10. This word, applied to one of the Moon's phases, means "convex or protruding":_________________________.
[Choices: Glebous, Gemmate, Gibbous, Gingham, Gabbro ]
[b]Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds, and with 3 Clues):11. In 1859, miners in the Utah Territory discovered ____________________ in the Comstock Lode.
[Choices: Lead ore, Nickel ore, Silver ore, Copper ore, Platinum ore ]
12. Which country changed its capital city earlier this year?______________________
[Choices: Togo, Nuie, Croatia, Burundi, Nicaragua ]
13. Manatees belong to the Order of:_________________________.
[Choices: Lagomorphs, Rosicrucians, Sirenians, Pholidatas, Chiropterans ]
14. Fine Gael and Fianna Fail are Irish:__________________________.
[Choices: Festivals, Poets, Political parties, Castles, Cities ]
15. One of this movie's taglines was "In deadly danger...because they saw too much":_____________________.
[Choices: The Searchers, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Thelma & Louise, Rear Window, All About Eve ]
16. In the ongoing "DUNE" experiment, the "N" in the acronym stands for:__________________.
[Choices: Neutrino, Nanotech, Normal, Neuro, Nano ]
17. Philip Carey is a literary character created by:__________________________.
[Choices: W. Somerset Maugham, Sylvia Plath, Alexander Pope, Mickey Spillane, William Faulkner ]
18. The average human with black or brown hair has about ___________________ scalp hair follicles.
[Choices: 500,000; 900,000; 300,000; 700,000; 100,000 ]
19. The Anangu are a people indigenous to this continent:___________________.
[Choices: Australia, Antarctica, North America, Africa, South American ]
20. Which Apple product was discontinued in 2014?________________________
[Choices: iPhone, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Touch, iPod Shuffle ]
21. It is one of the nine worlds of Norse mythology:__________________________.
[Choices: Allstedt, Helsingborg, Targaryen, Mors Martel, Niflheim ]
22. Which country gained its independence from Great Britain in 1956?______________________
[Choices: Indonesia, Albania, Morocco, Sudan, Costa Rica ]
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) Nasa space probes v ANCIENT ROME: In what year was Roman Emperor [
sic] Julius Caesar assassinated?____________
[Choices: 55 A.D., 22 A.D., 44 B.C., 77 B.C., 11 B.C. ]
24.(a) Pen names v WORLD NEWS: Hurricane Dorian recently dealt a crushing blow to this island group:____________________.
[Choices: Bahamas, Cayman, Leeward, Virgin, Lesser Antilles ]
25.(a) Native Americans v ZOOLOGY: Arnoux's and Baird's are two varieties of beaked:______________________.
[Choices: Penguins, Squids, Salamanders, Whales, Puffins ]
26.(a) WORLD NEWS v Nasa space probes: More than 80,000 wildfires have taken place this year in:________________________.
[Choices: Norway, Angola, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Brazil ]
27.(a) ZOOLOGY v Pen names: The South American Greater Ani is a type of:______________________.
[Choices: Snake, Bird, Rodent, Tree , Lizard ]
28.(a) ANCIENT ROME v Native Americans: The Praetorian Guard was founded as a personal security detail by this Roman Emperor:____________________.
[Choices: Trajan, Nero, Augustus, Socrates, Virgil ]
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. What city serves as the capital of the Italian island of Sardinia?_______________________
[Choices: Valletta, Perugia, Caligari, Palermo, Ravenna ]
30. Who was the most streamed performing artist on Spotify in 2018?_____________________
[Choices: Jimmy Fallon, Drake, Taylor Swift, Perry Como, Cardi B ]
31. The Yellow Hat is the youngest school of Tibetan:_______________________.
[Choices: Sikhism, Hinduism, Shintoism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism ]
32. What was the middle name of Mickey Mouse creator Walt Disney?_____________________
[Choices: Rogelio, Elias, Donald, Seth, Thomas ]
33. Cesium is a silvery-golden ___________________ metal.
[Choices: Alkali, Radioactive, Platinum, Lanthanide, Halogen ]
34. Travelers to Japan soon learn that "soba" refers to:______________________.
[Choices: Buckwheat noodles, Raw fish, Egg custard, Chicken soup, Baked cheese ]
35. An ochlocracy is a government ruled by:________________________.
[Choices: A mob, Priests, The rich, Intellectuals, Women ]
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. Which animal is native to Southern Africa?_______________________
[Choices: Springbok, Emu, Capybara, Jaguar, Marmoset ]
37. The King of Rome was the title Napoleon Bonaparte gave to his _________________ in 1811.
[Choices: Cousin, Brother, Nephew, Father, Son ]
38. The deepest point of the Mississippi River is located near:______________________.
[Choices: Minneapolis, Memphis, St. Louis, Louisville, New Orleans ]
39. Which Charles Dickens character is an architect?________________________
[Choices: Bob Cratchit, Ernest Defarge, Wilkins Macawber, Alfred Jingle, Seth Pecksniff ]
40. Which of these is classified as a poplar tree?__________________________
[Choices: Apple, Birch, Pine, Cottonwood, Juniper ]
Final Jeopardy Question on INVENTIONS (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 compass was invented in _______________________ more than 2,000 years ago.
[Choices: Spain, Venice, China, Arabia, Greece ]
Answers:1. Alberta [I (REACH) at Whispers Bar, Ottawa ON pre-called this one, perhaps a tad harder for our American friends to distinguish from British Columbia; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park .]
2. Clairvoyant [Dai (BLADOR) pre-called "perspicacious", which was a better answer than "clairvoyant", but not one of the 5 Choices; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/clairvoyant . As for "clairvoyant", Ambrose Bierce's definition is better: "n. A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron, namely, that he is a blockhead"; see
https://www.infoplease.com/devils-dictionary-140 . Note the misspelling of "pusillanimous" in the Choices.]
3. Phantom of the Opera [A pre-call for "Rent" threw us, but we realized 1986 was too early (for 1996) and started on Broadway instead of London, so I suggested Phantom. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phant ... 86_musical) ]
4. Firearms [there was a pre-call for "typewriters", but then a chorus of calls for "Firearms". But which one? (
BOTH Choices 1 & 2 were identical as "Firearms". Most of us stuck with Choice #1, with only six (including GEEK, ITS2, BPBOOM, & GRYFON) getting the 500 Points (750 Points at the end of the game, since the Final Question was a gimme) for Choice #2, amid a loud chorus of boos and hisses. Since 750 Points can be important in a tournament, this was just sloppy proofreading on the part of the Quizmaster. Inexcusable!!! See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Arms ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta , and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wincheste ... ms_Company .
As for the initial pre-call based on Remington Rand, Dai quipped that "nothing is as dangerous as a typewriter in the hands of a journalist". ]
5. Avert [Dai called this first; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/avert ]
6. Peru [Dai pre-called this first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima ]
7. Mud room [Andrew C (GRYFON) pre-called this; Dai pre-called "Vestibule"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entryway and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibule ]
8. Yugoslavia [Dai pre-called "Serbia", but we all recognized that in 1999 Montenegro was still part of Yugoslavia with Serbia; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_bomb ... Yugoslavia ]
9. Africa [despite a pre-call for "Antarctica" which was not one of the 5 Choices, and some confusion over the fact that South Africa hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup, we got this straightened out in time; see the section "List of Summer Olympic Games" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games . Both South America and Africa have not yet hosted the Winter Olympic Games; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games .]
10. Gibbous [another pre-call by Dai; see the section "Phases of the Moon" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase and
https://www.universetoday.com/20324/gibbous-moon ]
11. Silver ore [a wrong pre-call for "gold" was corrected by me; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_Lode . I mentioned that Virginia City, Nevada was on the map which catches on fire at the intro to the TV show "Bonanza"; see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StaJmgzZyjk ]
12. Burundi [I pre-called "Indonesia" which was not one of the 5 Choices (its capital has not yet been moved from Jakarta). Dai noted the misspelling of "Niue" as "Nuie", so our attention shifted to a wrong Choice where we lost most of the 1000 Points; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitega and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niue . ]
13. Sirenians [Dai pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manatee ]
14. Political parties [another Dai pre-call; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_p ... of_Ireland ]
15. Rear Window [I guessed this for 889 Points; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Window ]
16. Neutrino [Dai and I called this, but some were sucked into choosing "Neuro" because the first 3 letters (NEU) are the same; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Unde ... Experiment (not "Deep Underground Nutrino Experiment" as mentioned in the factoid which appeared after the Answer was revealed).
I mentioned that the DUNE experiment may be the one in Antarctica, but I had confused this with the IceCube experiment; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IceCube_N ... bservatory . Physicists are still trying to measure any finite lifetime for proton decay; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_decay ]
17. W. Somerset Maugham [I guessed this for 608 Points after "Spillane" was eliminated at the first Clue; Dai guessed this for 1000 Points from the sound of the names in Maugham's characters. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Human_Bondage . Earlier this year I had watched the 1934 movie version which made Bette Davis a star, but I can't remember new names any more (and Leslie Howard's crippled character is a wimp); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Human_ ... (1934_film) ]
18. 100,000 [a quantitative answer where we all guessed wrong until the 3rd Clue, for less than 180 Points. See
https://www.baumanmedical.com/qa/many-hairs-human-head/ and
https://www.aad.org/public/kids/hair/how-hair-grows ]
19. Australia [we wrongly guessed Africa, needing Clues to salvage a couple hundred Points; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anangu ]
20. iPod Classic [Jean (LESTER) and Dai called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iPod_Classic ]
21. Niflheim [another pre-call by Dai; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niflheim ]
22. Sudan [after a wrong pre-call for Ghana, Jean and Andrew C called this one first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan . 1000 Points for BPBOOM (Round Winner), Dave (YELDOR), Chris (CEEZED) and others. The other Choices could be easily eliminated. ]
23.(a) 44 B.C. [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar . Note that Julius Caesar was not an Emperor of Rome (Augustus Caesar being the first Emperor), so the Question was wrongly worded. ]
24.(a) Bahamas [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) pre-called "Hurricane Dorian" immediately after we had chosen the Category "WORLD NEWS"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dorian ]
25.(a) Whales [Dai pre-called this, and Andrew C agreed; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaked_whale . Myfanwy nixed "Penguins" as a Choice, from her knowledge of the different species of the birds. ]
26.(a) Brazil [Andrew C pre-called "Amazon"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Amaz ... _wildfires . For those unaware of world history, Chico Mendes was assassinated in 1988, 31 years ago, for opposing conversion of Amazon rain forest to farmland, usually by fire; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Mendes . As I recall, about 50 years ago, people were dynamiting indigenous Brazilians from airplanes in order to clear them from the forest, part of a sorry history of exploitation and environmental degradation; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_ ... _in_Brazil .
We in North America can also be accused of exploitation and near-genocide; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_ ... us_peoples . If the term "genocide" is to be restricted to complete extinction of a peoples, we know for sure that Newfoundland (which became part of Canada in 1949) has a documented case, for Shanawdithit, who died in 1829, was the last known living member of the Beothuk people; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanawdithit and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beothuk . The Beothuk spread red ochre (iron oxide) over their bodies, a possible origin for the term "redskins" for North American aboriginal peoples; Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) claimed Newfoundland for England in 1497, so this was an early contact.
Ishi, the last Yahi, died in 1916, although arguably related tribes survived in northern California; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishi . An excellent PBS biography in the American Experience series may be available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZB9oKQaCN4 (56:43)
In defense of mainstream Canadians, land claims were partially settled in a series of Numbered Treaties from 1871 to 1921; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_Treaties . Some terms have not been honoured, and some need drastic updates for inflation; according to Treaty 6, "each person immediately received CA$12 and an additional $5 a year" (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_6 ).]
27.(a) Bird [Andrew C pre-called "a cuckoo"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_ani . Phil (BSLXPN) wondered if "Ani" was the plural of "Anus". ]
28.(a) Augustus [most of us went with the first Emperor, but there was a call for "Nero" because the Praetorian Guard became agents in the course of history later. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_Guard and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejanus . I mentioned that in the 1976 TV series "I, Claudius", the sinister, cunning plotter Sejanus was played by a young Patrick Stewart; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Claudius_(TV_series) ]
29. Cagliari [after a wrong pre-call for "Palermo" on mistaking "Sicily" for "Sardinia", Dai noted the misspelling of "Cagliari" ("Caligari" appears in the early horror movie "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagliari and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinia ]
30. Drake [There was a wrong pre-call for "Taylor Swift", but I suggested "Drake", so our Answers were split. See
https://mixmag.net/read/spotify-shares- ... -2018-news ]
31. Buddhism [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_shamanism ; we went with the obvious "Buddhism" for "Tibet".]
32. Elias [Dai pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney ]
33. Alkali [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesium ]
34. Buckwheat noodles [Jean (LESTER) called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soba ]
35. A mob [I called this one; see the section "Terminology" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochlocracy and the section "Influence" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius . In Polybius' theory of the cycle of governments, early rule by a good
monarch (king) can end up in a
tyranny by a bad king who can be deposed by a small number of virtuous, knowledgeable, competent men (an
aristocracy ). But over time, power and wealth corrupt, and the aristocracy become an overbearing
oligarchy who fancy themselves a deserving intellectual elite, sheltered from the needs of the ordinary people. Then they must be overthrown by the majority, who run a
democracy. But over time they want more and more free stuff, become corrupted, and end up in mob rule with no consideration for minority rights, an
ochlocracy . Then order must be restored, perhaps after a divisive civil war, with iron rule by a single man, a good king, and the cycle repeats. This cycle may be seen in various revolutions throughout history.
In the second century B.C., Polybius explained that the Roman Republic had a balance of powers to prevent these wide swings in the form of government. There were 2 consuls elected with Executive power, a Senate of influential aristocrats, and tribunes to represent the plebs. The Founding Fathers of the American Republic were well aware of Polybius' theory, explaining why they wanted a separation of powers (after all, they had separated from Britain by armed rebellion against an overseas Tyrant, George III). Polybius did not live to see the Roman Republic replaced by the Roman Empire, headed by an Emperor who could become a tyrant.... Perhaps Polybius' theory ought to be widely taught and discussed, for human "nature" may not have changed much in 2200 years, putting the lie to illusions of progress in human affairs, despite obvious improvements in technology and wealth. ]
36. Springbok [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springbok ]
37. Son [most of us missed this one, going with "Brother"; Neil (LETHE) and his helpers, including Tom (TTHEB) who play downstairs at Whispers Bar, got this right. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_II . Andrew C had said "I thought his brother was the King of Spain"; he was thinking of older brother Joseph (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bonaparte who became King of Naples and Sicily, later King of Spain as well). Dai said "Napoleon had several brothers"; he was thinking of younger brother Louis (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bonaparte , King of Holland). Napoleon Bonaparte's nephew (cousin of Napoleon II) became Napoleon III. A really good Question which separated the most knowledgeable Sites and Players (sadly, not us).]
38. New Orleans [another hard Question that we missed (we went with St. Louis). See the section "Depth" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River .]
39. Seth Pecksniff [I eliminated Bob Cratchit (A Christmas Carol), Ernest Defarge (A Tale of Two Cities), and Wilkins Micawber (David Copperfield - though note the misspelling "Macawber" in the Question). Between Alfred Jingle and Seth Pecksniff, I guessed the more unusual names; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Chuzzlewit . Alfred Jingle is from The Pickwick Papers, something I did not know; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Jingle ]
40. Cottonwood [from the wording, I guessed the poplar tree would be in a unique or specialized situation, so I was ready to pre-call "Cottonwood" trees which grow on the banks of rivers in otherwise dry, flat plains, but there was a call for "Birch" which turned out to be wrong. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus .]
41. China [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_compass ]
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