Showdown Recap for 10 Apr 2018 at BWW Gibson in ABQ
The team was ready, willing, and disabled at the start of this game. We had only 10 people, but were able to manipulate 15 boxes for this game.
Worn-up Round
1. A periscope is an instrument of: OBSERVATION. 2. Onions, bell peppers, and celery make up the holy trinity of ___ cuisine. CAJUN. 3. A nefarious person is one who is: WICKED. 4. The Dalasi is this country’s official currency: GAMBIA. 5. Which of these is a slang term for an unpopped popcorn kernel? SPINSTER. 6. The Red River forms a small part of the northeast border of: TEXAS. 7. ‘Contact’ is a 1985 science fiction novel by this popular scientist: CARL SAGAN. 8. Pegida is a European political organization centered in: GERMANY. 9. What popular movie actress was known as the ‘Oomph Girl’? ANN SHERIDAN. 10. Oil from the marula tree is a staple in the lives of the people of: SOUTHERN AFRICA. [There were splits or missed calls on #’s 4, 8, and 10.]
Ground-down Round
1. Where would one most likely find a subtonic? MUSICAL SCALE. 2. Which Biblical figure is Abraham’s nephew? LOT. 3. The largest of the United Arab Emirates is: ABU DHABI. 4. ___ is a popular family of software operating systems. LINUX. 5. Francois Rabelais was a noted French writer of the: 16 TH CENTURY. 6. An agelast is a person who never: LAUGHS. 7. It is the oldest military award still given by the U.S. military: PURPLE HEART. 8. Which word is a synonym of antecedent? PREVENIENT. 9. The name of Fred Casely should be familiar to fans of this musical: CHICAGO. 10. Where did Shay’s Rebellion begin in 1786? MASSACHUSETTS. 11. Which business model is also called a recurring revenue business model? SUBSCRIPTION. 12. Glastonbury Tor, an interesting site in England, is a: HILL. [5-way splits on #’s 6 and 9 marred an otherwise perfect round.]
Scatology Round
S1. Rivers of the World v RELIGION The ‘Mishnah’ is considered the first major work of ___ literature. RABBINIC. {DUFF}
S2. Literary characters v CHEMICAL ELEMENTS Which element did French chemist Antoine Lavoisier recognize and name in 1778? OXYGEN. {SCOOTR}
S3. NATIONAL FLAGS v What is it? The national flag of ___ has a carmine field bisected by a horizontal white stripe. LATVIA. {BLZBUB, channeling his inner Sheldon Cooper.}
S4. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS v Rivers of the world This silvery-gray metal resembles iron: MANGANESE. {SCOOTR}
S5. WHAT IS IT? v Literary characters What exactly is a klaxon? ALERTING DEVICE. {SCOOTR}
S6. Religion v NATIONAL FLAGS From 1977 to 2011, this country’s flag was just a plain green rectangle: LIBYA. {BLZBUB} [The team ran the table here, mostly with pre-calls.]
Frightening Round
1. Edi Rama took office as President of ___ in 2013. ALBANIA. 2. Which word contains all five main vowels in alphabetical order? AERIOUS. 3. 2011 marked the launching of the ___ and final American space shuttle mission: 135 TH. 4. Find the line of hair care and skin products among the popular wines: GARNIER FRUCTIS. 5. What country landed its first robotic lander on the Moon in 2013? CHINA. 6. Which singer underwent kidney transplant surgery in the Summer of 2017? SELENA GOMEZ. 7. In baseball slang, an easy fly ball is known as a: CAN OF CORN. [We muffed #1, but got all the rest with ease.]
Py-Ram-It Round
P1. A famous poem by ___ starts with ‘A rock, a river, a tree.’ Choices: A.E Poe; J.K. Rowling; Sylvia Plath; Truman Capote: Maya Angelou A: MAYA ANGELOU. {Two-way split with Plath, but 9 of the 15 boxes went Angelou.}
P2. Like humans, this animal goes through menopause: Choices: Killer whale, Platypus, Chimpanzee, Penguin, Giraffe A: KILLER WHALE {!!!} {We went chimp and got chumped.} PLEASE: DID ANY OF THE TEAMS IN THE MCCARTHY CUP SWEET SIXTEEN GET THIS RIGHT? A HEFTY BET HANGS ON THE OUTCOME OF YOUR ANSWERS.
P3. ‘Belshazzar’s feast’ is a famous 1635 painting by: Choices: Picasso, Bottecelli, Da Vinci, El Greco, Rembrandt A: REMBRANDT. {DUFF}
P4. In 1873, he became a professor at Boston University: Choices: R.W. Emerson, Geo. McClellan, Fred. Remington, A.G Bell, Stephen Foster A: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. {CHILL and DUFF}
P5. Which body of water’s surface is about 470,000 square miles? Choices: Long Island Sound, Black Sea, Hudson Bay, Great Salt Lake, Mediterranean Sea A: HUDSON BAY {Most went with the Med, and upon seeing this was wrong dug into our pockets for our meds.}
The entire team finished with only 3 of 5 correct for this round. ARRGH!
FINAL TRAGEDY Topic: U.S.PRESIDENTS
Which U.S. President graduated from Union College in 1848?
1. William McKinley 2. Andrew Johnson 3. Woodrow Wilson 4. Franklin Pierce 5. Chester Arthur
The order of the eliminations was 3, 1, 4, and 2, leaving #5, CHESTER ARTHUR as the correct answer. Three of the team got a box on this choice right away. Three others went here after about 50 per cent of the points they had wagered decayed off the board.
There were so many helpful clues to this answer embedded in the question. But we couldn’t put them together fast enough for the whole team to benefit. It’s too long a story to tell here.
The top individual scores for the night were 48864, 46908, 45227, 40560, 39259, and 36832 points.
The team’s average score for this game was 42,941 points.
The Ragged Rascals’ systemwide ranking was TENTH Place. But we note with disgust that the #1, 3 and 5 finishers were Borg Collectives. Hey wait, that means we actually finished SEVENTH where it counts.
The wetware-only rankings were: 1. BWW Arlington aka the Grand Slam at 49682, 2. Houlihan’s Westbury, NY @ 46728 3. BWW Kent, OH aka The Fellowship @ 46085 4. BWW Montgomery, AL @ 44998 5. CK’s Tavern, Phoenix, AZ @ 44919 6. T’s Rockin… of Columbus, MI @ 43082 7. The Ragged Rascal, BWW ABQ @ 42941 8. Old Barn, Portland, OR @ 42790 9. BWW Denton, TX @ 42426, and 10. Four Corners of Chapel Hill, NC @ 42363.
Congrats to all. For details of the McCarthy Cup, tune into ANON's write-up.
_________________ }}}--( (x) (x) )---> Oh my gawd, they killed Ken Z. You bastards!
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