Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No Clues):1. Which musical instrument would be out of place in the percussion section of an orchestra?_________________________
[Choices: Piccolo, Cymbals, Triangle, Bass drum, Timpani ]
2. What is the name of the young boy in Kipling's "The Jungle Book"?______________________
[Choices: Hadji, Mowgli, Simba, Ariel, Baloo ]
3. It's a noisy quarrel or brawl:________________________.
[Choices: Affray, Knockoff, Nostrum, Epigone, Roux ]
4. Where does the classic board game of Clue take place?______________________
[Choices: College campus, Office building, Mansion, Prison, Hospital ]
5. Washington leads all U.S. states in the production of:________________________.
[Choices: Avocadoes, Apples, Cotton, Lettuce, Maple syrup ]
6. Which of these items would one most likely use to make marmalade?_______________________
[Choices: Salsa, Oranges, Egg whites, Potatoes, Chocolate ]
7. Where did the ancient Etruscan civilization develop?____________________________
[Choices: Greece, Iraq, Pakistan, Italy, South Africa ]
8. A perfect score in this sport is 300:____________________________.
[Choices: Bowling, Gymnastics, Billiards, Swimming, Darts ]
9. Which cartoon animal is famous for his round black ears?_________________________
[Choices: Garfield, Donald Duck, Yogi Bear, Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny ]
10. What exactly is a "zither"?_________________________
[Choices: Gold ring, Musial instrument, Medical procedure, Formal hat, Endangered seabird ]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds, and with 3 Clues):11. This service program was instituted in 1964:_______________________________.
[Choices: CCC, NAACP, SEATO, UNICEF, VISTA ]
12. The largest of the four Lynx species is the _____________________ lynx.
[Choices: Eurasian, Amazonian, Loris, Panther, Gibraltar ]
13. The Rio Tinto flows for just over 60 miles in Southwestern:____________________________.
[Choices: Italy, Spain, France, Algeria, Mexico ]
14. Jedediah Smith was one of the earliest U.S. explorers of the:________________________.
[Choices: Everglades, Northwest Territories, American Far West, Carolina backwoods, Great Lakes ]
15. This fibrous structural protein is found in hair, nails and the dead outer skin layer:____________________.
[Choices: Lysozyme, Keratin, Zwiterion, Ribosome, Thiamine ]
16. Who was named Artist of the Year at last month's American Music Awards?_______________________
[Choices: Taylor Swift, Shawn Mendes, Drake, Cody Bellinger, Kelly Clarkson ]
17. The ______________________ Nihilist movement originated in the 1860's.
[Choices: English, Norwegian, Chinese, Russian, Canadian ]
18. In Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf", the oboe represents the:_________________________.
[Choices: Cat, Rabbit, Otter, Duck, Deer ]
19. The Mennonites are a Protestant group belonging to the ____________________________ denomination.
[Choices: Lutheran, Swedenborgian, Methodist, Anabaptist, Huguenot ]
20. Steve Easterbrook recently got canned from his gig as:__________________________.
[Choices: Chicago Bears head coach, AFL-CIO boss, Governor of Arizona, Ambassador to Ukraine, CEO of McDonald's ]
21. "All My Sons" is a 1947 play by this legendary writer:________________________.
[Choices: Arthur Miller, George Bernard Shaw, Thomas Mann, Noel Coward, Neil Simon ]
22. Where would on most likely find a "skeg"?__________________________
[Choices: Kitchen appliance, Motorcycle helmet, Poem, Precious stone, Boat ]
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) SHAKESPEARE v Famous racehorses: "Cymbeline" is a Shakespeare play about a King of:___________________________.
[Choices: France, Corsica, Italy, Britain, Egypt ]
24.(a) Cities of the world v ASK A BARTENDER: An alcoholic Orange Crush is a ____________________ with Triple Sec added.
[Choices: Hurricane, Kamikaze, Tom Collins, Screwdriver, Pina colada ]
25.(a) DISEASES v Current music: Dilated, restricted and _____________________ are three types of cardiomyopathy.
[Choices: Hypertrophic, Formal, Aquiescent, Parallel, Venal ]
26.(a) Ask a bartender v SHAKESPEARE: Dogberry, Friar Francis and Ursula are characters in Shakespeare's:___________________________.
[Choices: Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear ]
27.(a) Current music v CITIES OF THE WORLD: Quito and _____________________ are the two largest cities in Ecuador.
[Choices: Duran, Manaus, Guayaquil, Sucre, Asuncion ]
28.(a) Famous racehorses v DISEASES: TDAP vaccine protects children against Tetanus, Diphtheria and:_______________________.
[Choices: Measles, Mumps, Influenza, Whooping cough, The common cold ]
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. The Mississippi River borders or flows through exactly __________ U.S. states.
[Choices: 20, 10, 5, 25, 15 ]
30. Someone who has coulrophobia fears:________________________.
[Choices: Cats, Caskets, Cake, Clowns, Classrooms ]
31. An avid sports fan would know that Jordan Stahl is the Captain of the:________________________________.
[Choices: Carolina Hurricanes, Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Galaxy, Toronto Argonauts, Minnesota Vikings ]
32. The country of Tonga used to be known as the _____________________ Islands.
[Choices: Gilbert, Galapagos, Friendly, Society, Marshall ]
33. Which word means "to make an offer"?________________________
[Choices: Croffer, Proffer, Troffer, Stoffer, Droffer ]
34. Who plays a fishing boat captain in the 2019 film "Serenity"?__________________________
[Choices: Hugh Jackman, Joaquin Phoenix, Matthew McConaughey, Bradley Cooper, Michael Fassbender ]
35. The Greek god Hermes was known for wearing:_____________________________.
[Choices: Winged sandals, Jeweled masks, Utility belts, Giant necklaces, Silver shields ]
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. Physicist Evangelista Torricelli was a student of this even more celebrated teacher:______________________________.
[Choices: Fahrenheit, Machiavelli, Galileo, Savonarola, Kepler ]
37. Madeleine L'Engle wrote "A Wind in the Door" and:____________________________.
[Choices: The Wind in the Willows, A Wrinkle in Time, A Walk on the Wild Side, Pippi Longstocking, Last Exit to Brooklyn ]
38. The mango fruit comes from tropical trees that belong to the _________________ Family.
[Choices: Melon, Almond, Cashew, Durian, Nightshade ]
39. For a short time in the 1960's, it was a state of Malaysia:____________________________.
[Choices: Singapore, East Timor, Hong Kong, Macau, Qatar ]
40. Which element was not discovered until 1937?__________________________
[Choices: Silicon, Dysprosium, Cadmium, Arsenic, Technetium ]
Final Jeopardy Question on AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY (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. If you travel to the Northeast corner of Nigeria, what will you see?_____________________________
[Choices: Lake Chad, Kalahari Desert, Mount Kilimanjaro, Great Rift Valley, Nile River ]
Answers:1. Piccolo [chorus of calls at Whispers Pub, Ottawa ON; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccolo ]
2. Mowgli [pre-call by Dai (BLADOR) first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowgli ]
3. Affray [chorus of calls; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/affray ]
4. Mansion [Andrew C (GRYFON) and Deb (GRZLDA) called this first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluedo ]
5. Apples [after pre-calls for aircraft did not pan out, Andrew C called this; see
https://pickyourown.org/USapplecrop.htm . During another Trivia Contest many years ago, one of the Questions was "What company manufactures the most aircraft annually?" After guesses for "Boeing", etc. I suggested "How about the Piper Cub?", and Andrew R (RADER) immediately said "Cessna" (he has his own pilot's license). According to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna , Cessna airplanes used to be built in Kansas, then in Oregon, but now in China, sad to say. ]
6. Oranges [chorus of calls led by me (REACH); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade ]
7. Italy [Dai, Andrew C and I called this; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_civilization ]
8. Bowling [Andrew C pre-called this first (although 300 is for Ten-pin bowling); see the section "Scoring, World Bowling scoring" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-pin_bowling ]
9. Mickey Mouse [Sue (SWIFT) pre-called this; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse ]
10. Musical instrument [Andrew C pre-called "stringed instrument", and I "musical instrument"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zither . For Anton Karas playing "The Third Man" theme on the zither, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2ZWcwy12lk , and for Sylvia Tyson playing the autoharp on her composition "You Were on My Mind", see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-g203otiYU .]
11. Vista [I called this one after a bit of a delay; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmeriCorps_VISTA ]
12. Eurasian [Andrew C pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx ]
13. Spain [Andrew C called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Tinto_(river) ]
14. American Far West [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Smith ; I had jokingly pre-called "Springfield?" - see
https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Jebediah_Springfield for details ]
15. Keratin [chorus of pre-calls led by me; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratin ]
16. Taylor Swift [my call; see
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/201 ... f-the-year ]
17. Russian [my call; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_nihilist_movement ]
18. Duck [my call; see the section "Instrumentation" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_the_Wolf . "A Duck" was also the right answer in the Monty Python skit "She's a witch!" - see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g ]
19. Anabaptist [despite an early call for "Lutheran", Andrew C called "Anabaptist" and I backed him up - see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennonites ]
20. CEO of McDonald's [despite a wrong pre-call for "Coach" by someone else, I recognized this after a slight delay; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Easterbrook . Patrick (MRRED) quipped Easterbrook lost his job "for giving an employee his special sauce". ]
21. Arthur Miller [Andrew C pre-called this one, echoed by Chris (CEEZED); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_My_Sons ]
22. Boat [pre-called by Andrew C, and explained in precise detail in a pre-call by Dave (YELDOR, TULADI). See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeg ]
23.(a) Britain [pre-called by Andrew C; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbeline ]
24.(a) Screwdriver [Dai pre-called "vodka", and Patrick or Kevin (our server) called "screwdriver"; see
http://simple-cocktails.com/2013/05/screwdriver/ and
https://www.howsweeteats.com/2018/06/orange-crush/ ]
25.(a) Hypertrophic [Dai called this first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiomyopathy ]
26.(a) Much Ado About Nothing [eventually deduced by eliminating the other Choices by ? and then Dai; see the section "Characters" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_Ado_About_Nothing ]
27.(a) Guayaquil [pre-called by Dave (TULADI, YELDOR); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guayaquil ]
28.(a) Whooping cough [Andrew C pre-called "Pertussis", and then explained it's also known as whooping cough; see
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/p ... _fs_en.pdf ]
29. 10 [most of us guessed this; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River ,which lists the states as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana .]
30. Clowns [Andrew C called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_clown ]
31. Carolina Hurricanes [Dave pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Staal ]
32. Friendly [we missed this one, guessing "Society"; see the section "Etymology" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga ]
33. Proffer [a chorus of calls; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/proffer ]
34. Matthew McConaughey [pre-call by Dave; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_(2019_film) ]
35. Winged sandals [Dai pre-called "a helmet", and I "a winged helmet", before seeing the Choices and calling "winged sandals" - see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes ]
36. Galileo [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelista_Torricelli . Torricelli's name lives on in the pressure unit the "Torr"="1 mm Hg" for his invention of the mercury barometer. The space above the mercury column in a sealed glass tube in a mercury barometer is mainly empty space (with a few atoms of mercury vapour moving around in it); this disproved the contention from Aristotle's day that "Nature abhors a vacuum" so a vacuum was believed practically impossible. ]
37. A Wrinkle in Time [pre-call by Dai; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_L'Engle ]
38. Cashew [Andrew C called this one, but I and some others wrongly went with "Almond"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango .]
39. Singapore [pre-call by Dai; see the sections "Merger with Malaysia" and "Republic of Singapore" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore ]
40. Technetium [my pre-call; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technetium . ]
6-way tie in this Round at Whispers Pub, with 5-out-of-5 Right.
41. Lake Chad [We quickly eliminated the other Choices; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chad ]
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