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SHOWDOWN Date: Oct 19. 2010

WARMUP
1. Gourmet food is served in casual settings in a:
GASTROPUB (3)
2. They study the interrelationships between organisms and their environment:
ECOLOGISTS (1)
3. Fulgencio Batista was a dictator overthrown by the forces of:
FIDEL CASTRO (4)
4. This member of the mint family is known for the fragrant oil in its leaves:
PATCHOULI (5)
5. Famine in ____ from 1980 to 1985 was the reason for the 1985 Live Aid concert.
AFRICA (3)
6. Which word means to corrupt, contaminate and damage?
VITIATE (4)
7. CIDP is an ailment closely related to ____ syndrome.
GUILLIAN-BARRE (3)
8. Mustafa Kemal is best known for this honorary title he adopted:
ATATURK (3)
9. Thomas Pasatieri has been doing this since the age of 10:
COMPOSING MUSIC (2)
10. The 'I Ching,' often regarded as the world's oldest book, is also known as:
THE BOOK OF CHANGES (3)

COUNTDOWN
1. An ester results from the interaction between an acid and a/an:
ALCOHOL (2)
2. The Epworth League is a youth organization of the United ____ Church.
METHODIST (4)
3. 'The Black Book' and 'The Alexandria Quartet' are major works by:
LAWRENCE DURRELL (3)
4. Which world leader just elevated his youngest son to the status of likely successor?
KIM JONG-IL (1)
5. Romansch, a cluster of closely related dialects, is spoken in:
SWITZERLAND (2)
6. Which musician was just nominated for the first time for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
JON BON JOVI (5)
7. William Shakespeare wrote a play about this legendary misanthrope:
TIMON OF ATHENS (3)
8. Which Spanish ruler married Mary I of England and conquered Portugal?
PHILIP II (1)
9. In 1958, William Anderson crossed the North Pole under ice in a submarine named the:
NAUTILUS (2)
10. The late Arthur Penn directed this acclaimed film of the 1960's:
BONNIE AND CLYDE (5)
11. In ancient Greece, this aromatic evergreen shrub was sacred to Aphrodite:
MYRTLE (3)
12. Which U.K. political party was founded at the very beginning of the 20th century?
LABOUR (2)

CATEGORY
1. IN BUSINESS over SOUTH AMERICA
Which budget airline is buying Air Tran Airways?
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (5)
2. ANIMAL WORLD over COMPOSERS
Common and Hairy-nosed are the two types of this marsupial:
WOMBAT (1)
3. INVENTIONS over MYSTERY NOVELISTS
Spain's Juan de la Cierva invented this aircraft:
AUTOGYRO (2)
4. ANIMAL WORLD over IN BUSINESS
Pentatomoidea is a superfamily which includes these pests now in the news:
STINKBUGS (5)
5. COMPOSERS over MYSTERY NOVELISTS
Ferde Grofe composed 'The Mississippi Suite' and 'The ____ Suite.'
GRAND CANYON (4)
6. INVENTIONS over SOUTH AMERICA
Napalm was invented and used during this war:
WORLD WAR II (3)

LIGHTNING
1. 'Sartorial' refers to these professionals and their trade:
TAILORS (3)
2. Which film star died September 29th, 2010 at the age of 85?
TONY CURTIS (5)
3. The portion of New Orleans on the west bank of the Mississippi River is called:
ALGIERS (1)
4. Varicosity is a condition of a lymphatic vessel or a/an:
VEIN (2)
5. The 1831 uprising led by ____ is considered the largest U.S. slave revolt.
NAT TURNER (4)
6. Neap, diurnal and spring are all types of:
TIDES (2)
7. Diana, Deborah, Pamela, Jessica, Nancy and Unity were the U.K.'s celebrated ____ sisters.
MITFORD (3)

PYRAMID
1. Alfred Russel Wallace is remembered for his theory of:
EVOLUTION (4)
2. The variations in the Earth's rotational speed are classified as periodic, irregular and:
SECULAR (5)
3. Soto and Renzai are the two main schools of:
ZEN BUDDHISM (1)
4. Gliese 581 ia a/an:
STAR (2)
5. Alain Robbe-Grillet, Michel Butor and Claude Simon exemplify this French literary school:
NOUVEAU ROMAN (1)

FINAL SHOWDOWN
Category: MILITARY HISTORY
Q: The 1187 Battle of Hattin was won by forces under:
1. TAMERLANE
2. JOAN OF ARC
3. SALADIN
4. AKBAR
5. SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT

Wipeout Order: 1, 4, 2, 5


BLUMAX

I thought they were done using player handles as joke answers in the premium games. Not that I'm not flattered...

I'd assumed they meant this guy

... but this is Buzztime. You might be right!

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BUBBA
Blue Goose Sports Cafe

That's crazy talk.

Not to mention that Tamerlane is also known as TIMUR............

Alternatives:

2. COMPOSERS
This composer wrote symphony #1 "Nordic" and symphony #2 "Romantic"
HOWARD HANSON*

3. MYSTERY NOVELISTS
Which novel is by Canadian-American Ross Macdonald?:
THE IVORY GRIN

4. IN BUSINESS
Walmart is planning to buy Massmart, allowing it to expand into:
AFRICA


* A little bit of Hanson's "Romantic" symphony can be heard at the end of the movie "Alien", when Ripley is settling into her pod after blowing the alien out of the escape module.