Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each,14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No Clues):1. Which word is closest in meaning to "inconsequential"?________________________
[Choices: Caustic, Fastidious, Herbivorous, Nugatory, Blasphemous ]
2. Caber tossing is a sport that got its start in:__________________________.
[Choices: Kenya, Scotland, Russia, Paraguay, Germany ]
3. Which slang term refers to a goal that is unrealistic?________________________
[Choices: Up the creek, Two sheets to the wind, Cold turkey, Kick the bucket, Pie in the sky ]
4. Founded in 1949, NATO is a _____________________ organization.
[Choices: Collector's, Religious, Military, History, Charity ]
5. What is a wok designed to be used for?_____________________________
[Choices: Sleeping, Cooking, Sewing, Reading, Hunting ]
6. A narrow gully found in mountainous terrain is called by this French term:_________________________.
[Choices: Herbe, Auteur, Boulanger, Plombier, Couloir ]
7. Where does Old Mother Hubbard store her dog bones?______________________
[Choices: Sock drawer, Backyard shed, Safe deposit box, Fridge, Cupboard ]
8. Maracas are musical instruments made from:____________________________.
[Choices: Steel drums, Balsa wood, Dried gourds, Tortoise shells, Bell wire ]
9. The lips are pressed together when pronouncing this consonant:_______________.
[Choices: E, T, Q, M, A ]
10. Which of these cities is in Oklahoma?___________________________
[Choices: Amarillo, Joplin, Muskogee, Gallup, Fayetteville ]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds, and with 3 Clues):11. Jon Osterman is the real name of this superhero:_______________________.
[Choices: Doctor Manhattan, Bloodhawk, The Thing, Silver Surfer, Lodestone ]
12. Exactly how many U.S. Presidents were there in the 1980's?_____________
[Choices: One, Two, Five, Four, Three ]
13. What is the normal habitat of the animal known as the Purple Gallinule?__________________________
[Choices: Prairie, Marsh, Tundra, Desert, Mountain ]
14. The Buick ____________________ is a car that began with the 2005 model year.
[Choices: Lotus, Lancia, LaCrosse, Lexus, Lagrange ]
15. In the United States, one cable length equal:_______________________.
[Choices: 120 fathoms, 240 links, 100 hectares, 50 chains, 10 parsecs ]
16. Thoth was one of many ____________________ deities.
[Choices: Slavic, Celtic, Greek, Egyptian, Mayan ]
17. It recently became the first U.S. state to ban the sale of fur products:____________________.
[Choices: Colorado, California, Vermont, Georgia, Alaska ]
18. Rose hips are an excellent source of:_____________________.
[Choices: Turmeric, Amino acids, Fatty lipids, Keratin, Vitamin C ]
19. The Illuminati is a secret society formed in this city in 1776:______________________.
[Choices: Munich, Montreal, Moscow, Milan, Melbourne ]
20. What is nitrogen narcosis also known as?_________________________
[Choices: Sleeping sickness, Epilepsy, The bends, Rapture of the deep, Charley horse ]
21. What exactly is a "Slash 9.9 XO1 AXS"? ________________________________
[Choices: Blender, Spreadsheet, Football play, Lawnmower, Bicycle ]
22. This resinated wine is a Greek specialty:______________________.
[Choices: Ouzo, Retsina, Kambas, Calliga, Naoussa ]
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) U.S. PRESIDENTS v Who wrote it?: Theodore Roosevelt, the first President to leave the country when in office, traveled here:______________________.
[Choices: British Guiana, Haiti, Panama, Mexico, Japan ]
24.(a) Japan v GENERAL SCIENCE: Ryugu is this type of scientific entity:____________________________.
[Choices: Volcano, Asteroid, Dwarf planet, Constellation, Meteorite ]
25.(a) NEW BRUNSWICK v Current movies: The New Brunswick town of Shediac calls itself the ___________________ Capital of the World.
[Choices: Doll, Egg, Quilting, Lobster, Salmon ]
26.(a) General science v U.S. PRESIDENTS: Exactly how many U.S. Presidents have died in office?_________________________
[Choices: 10, 2, 8, 6, 4 ]
27.(a) CURRENT MOVIES v Japan: Who plays the title role in "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil"?__________________________
[Choices: Dakota Fanning, Angelina Jolie, Emma Watson, Judi Dench, Uma Thurman ]
28.(a) Who wrote it? v NEW BRUNSWICK: What is New Brunswick's largest city in terms of population?_______________________
[Choices: Charlottetown, Saint John, Halifax, Moncton, Fredericton ]
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. Typhoon Hagibis dealt this country a devastating blow last month:____________________.
[Choices: Haiti, Japan, Bangladesh, Peru, New Zealand ]
30. A disingenuous person is one who is:________________________.
[Choices: Insincere, Inviting, Innate, Insouciant, Inflappable ]
31. Astronomers announced last month the discovery of 20 new moons around:_________________________.
[Choices: Mercury, Saturn, Titan, Mars, Sirius ]
32. Blackpink is a popular musical girl group from:_________________________.
[Choices: South Korea, Germany, Sierra Leone, Scotland, Peru ]
33. Which country does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through?_______________________
[Choices: Portugal, Ghana, Indonesia, Cuba, Paraguay ]
34. The clownfish is also known as the:_________________________.
[Choices: Cucumberfish, Abalonefish, Conchfish, Urchinfish, Anemonefish ]
35. The mythical city of Agrabah is the setting for this Disney classic:______________________.
[Choices: Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Pocahontas, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid ]
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. "We are Seven" and "Lucy Gray" are famous lyric poems by this writer born in 1770:_______________________.
[Choices: Andrew Marvell, T.S. Eliot, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Donne, William Wordsworth ]
37. The __________________ is a spongy part of a bone found in the human ear.
[Choices: Calcaneus, Radius, Hamate, Modiolus, Lunate ]
38. The "See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil" monkeys are __________________ in origin.
[Choices: Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Scandinavian, Vietnamese ]
39. Which of these five rivers is the longest?__________________________
[Choices: Lena, Rio Grande, Yukon, Niger, Susquehanna ]
40. The 1629 Edict of Restitution was passed during this series of conflicts:________________________________.
[Choices: The Crusades, Wars of the Roses, Thirty Years' War, Hundred Years' War, Napoleonic Wars ]
Final Jeopardy Question on UNITS OF MEASURE (50% Bonus if Right Immediately; Points decrease rapidly form 4 to 20 seconds, and with 3 Clues; 50% Deduction if Final Choice is Wrong):41. Which of these is a measuring unit of Solar radiation?__________________________
[Choices: Forbath, Ampere, Ohm, Langley, Tesla ]
Answers: 1. Nugatory [Chorus of calls at Whispers Pub, Ottawa ON; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/nugatory ]
2. Scotland [Chorus of pre-calls headed by Andrew C (GRYFON); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caber_toss ]
3. Pie in the sky [Andrew C called this first; see
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pie+in+the+sky ]
4. Military [I (REACH) pre-called "Defense", then called this after the Choices appeared; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO ]
5. Cooking [Chorus of pre-calls; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wok ]
6. Couloir [Chorus of calls; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couloir ]
7. Cupboard [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mother_Hubbard ]
8. Dried gourds [Dai (BLADOR) called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraca ]
9. M [I called this first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_consonant (Dai explained "Bilabial") ]
10. Muskogee [Pre-call by Dai, from "Okie from Muskogee"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskogee,_Oklahoma and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4AgZST_TG8 ]
11. Doctor Manhattan [Patrick (MRRED) called this one, I think; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Manhattan ]
12. Three [Phil (BSLXPN) called this one (Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush) ]
13. Marsh [Dai pre-called "swamp"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_purple_gallinule ]
14. LaCrosse [Patrick called this one, I think (my camcorder records faint voices from the far end of the table, and from the other table in the room; my apologies to anyone I mistakenly miss in identification); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_LaCrosse ]
15. 120 fathoms [a wrong call for 66 ft (a chain; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_(unit) ) doomed us to miss most of the Points on this Question; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_length ]
16. Egyptian [my pre-call; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth ]
17. California [pre-call by Myfanwy as an educated guess; see
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/13/us/calif ... index.html ]
18. Vitamin C [pre-call by Dai; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_hip ]
19. Munich [called by Phil or from the other table in the room; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati ]
20. Rapture of the deep [almost everyone lost 250 Points on this one, picking "The bends" (Choice 3); I was suspicious of Choice 4 (Rapture of the deep) because "narcosis" is similar to a drug-induced effect on the brain, and high pressures can force gases to dissolve more in the blood, interfering with neural function. The bends involves bubbles of dissolved gases coming out of solution when external pressure is lowered, not the same thing. I switched for a couple hundred Points after the 3rd Clue. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_narcosis and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness ]
21. Bicycle [I think Jean (LESTER) called this first; see
https://www.trekbikes.com/ca/en_CA/bike ... s/p/30494/ ]
22. Retsina [Pre-call by Dai; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retsina ]
23.(a) Panama [Pre-call by Myfanwy, from the Panama Canal construction; see the section "United States, Takeover" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_o ... nama_Canal ]
24.(a) Asteroid [Jean called this one, but some others went for "Volcano" first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162173_Ryugu ]
25.(a) Lobster [Pre-called by Myfanwy & Andrew; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shediac ]
26.(a) 8 [Phil originally pre-called "6" (4 assassinations + Harding & Roosevelt), but once the Choices appeared, remembered Harrison, which made at least 7, so we switched to "8" after losing a couple hundred Points; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_p ... _in_office ]
27.(a) Angelina Jolie [Myfanwy & Dai called this first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maleficen ... ss_of_Evil ]
28.(a) Moncton [Pre-called by Dai; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncton (population of greater city = 145,000). Saint John has been surpassed in population; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick (population of greater city = 126,000). The capital city, Fredericton, is quite small in population. ]
29. Japan [Pre-call by Myfanwy (the Rugby World Cup was just held in Japan, and she is a loyal Welsh rugby fan); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Hagibis_(2019) ]
30. Insincere [I pre-called "lying"; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/disingenuous ]
31. Saturn [Jean pre-called "Saturn or Jupiter"; see
https://www.space.com/saturn-20-newfoun ... ntest.html ]
32. South Korea [Pre-call by Dai, from reading "The Economist"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpink ]
33. Paraguay [Andrew called this first; see the map at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Capricorn ]
34. Anemonefish [I called this from the symbiosis of clownfish and anemones; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiprioninae ]
35. Aladdin [Pre-call by Patrick, Chris or Paul (WLDCAT) at the other table; see
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/0 ... l-location ]
36. William Wordsworth [Called by Dai, from "1770" (Shelley was born in 1792); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_Seven ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Gray ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth (1770-1850) , and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley (1792-1822) ]
37. Modiolus [our table wrongly went with Calcaneus (the heel bone), but the other table (CRAXER, WLDCAT, BGRETR, BPBOOM, ITS2 & others) guessed right on this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modiolus_(cochlea) ]
38. Japanese [we went with a confident wrong call for "Chinese"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Wise_Monkeys ]
39. Lena [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_by_length and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_River . Lena is #9 in length (4400 km), Niger is #14 (4200 km), Yukon is #23 (3185 km), Rio Grande is #28 (3057 km), and the Susquehanna is only 715 km in length (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susquehanna_River ]
40. Thirty Years' War [Pre-called first by the other table; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Restitution ]
41. Langley [I called #1. Forbath or #4. Langley, and most of us guessed Langley. Forbath was eliminated at Whispers by the 2nd Clue; Google search for "Forbath" yielded Kai Forbath, a placekicker in the NFL, whereas Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor (of the bolometer, which measures infrared "heat" radiation and therefore temperature), and aviation pioneer; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langley_(unit) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pierpont_Langley ]
After botching so many Questions, we didn't expect much, so were very surprised by our #2 Site score, just behind (no surprise) The Fellowship at Red Fox Sports. Congrats to The Fellowship, who might entertain us by reviewing their wrong Answers.
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