Sadly, I departed from my usual routine, and did not check that my camcorder was loaded with a memory card, so I'll have to paraphrase the Questions from written notes. Except for Q13, I cannot reconstruct the exact 5 Choices, so you'll have to answer the Questions with pre-calls.
Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & 5 Choices; No Clues):1. Mount Rushmore is located in the ___________ Hills of South Dakota [name the color].
2. Occam's Razor is a ________________ Principle.
3. "Claptrap" can be defined as:____________________.
4. The Springbok is a mammal that is skilled at __________________ [name a distinctive activity].
5. Severus Snape is a character in the __________________ series [name the book series].
6. The world's largest single machine is the LHC, or Large Hadron ___________________.
7. NBA superstar James Harden plays for this team:________________________.
8. The Camorra is a crime syndicate that started in the 17th century in this city:_________________.
9. To obscure or remove text is to:___________________.
10. Jean Sibelius was a ________________ composer [name the nationality].
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds):11. The grain seeds of legumes are known as:_________________.
12. Siva is the husband of:___________________.
13. Which President is *not* buried in Ohio?________________________
[Choices: Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Warren Harding ]
14. The "Martini Effect" is a term for something that occurs in this activity:____________________.
15. To speak or write in great detail is to:_____________________.
16. Adrian Cronauer is famous for this expression:___________________________.
17. What would you do with Liebfraumilch?___________________
18. What leader ended the Holy Roman Empire?__________________________
19. Many geographic features are named "Athabasca" in this country:___________________.
20. Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un most recently met in this country:_________________.
21. Hassanal Bolkiah is also known as:_____________________.
22. What word comes from the Greek for "collection of flowers"?__________________
Category Round (6 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds):23.(a) SCIENCE CLASS: What organism [of 5 Choices] belongs to the Suborder Caridea?_____________________
24.(a) THE TITANIC: What was the last port of call of the Titanic in Ireland before its fateful voyage?________________________
25.(a) WINE REGIONS: The Rioja wine region is located in this country:________________________.
26.(a) SCIENCE CLASS: Lactobacillus bacteria can be described by this name:____________________.
27.(a) WINE REGIONS: The Carneros wine region is located in:________________________.
28.(a) BIBLICAL KINGS: Which Biblical King lost the Battle of Gilboa?_______________________
Lightning Round (7 Questions: 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 Points, but time to read and answer decreases from 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5 to 4 seconds):29. How many bones are in the human hand [within 20%]?___________
30. In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play Elvira Hancock?____________________
31. Haneda Airport is located in this city:______________________.
32. The New England Patriots defeated the L.A. Rams in Super Bowl LIII by a score of:_________________ [within 20% in each of the two scores].
33. Andy Warhol suffered from this medical condition:______________________.
34. What is the first sign of the zodiac?_________________
35. In 1985, Grace Jones had a hit with "Slave to the __________________".
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 = 16 seconds; No clues):36. The Panhellenic Games included the Nemean, Pythian, Isthmian and ____________________ Games.
37. Which European city has approx. 2500 Bridges?____________________
38. Which animal [of 5 Choices] is classified as a Gastropod?____________________
39. Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia became the first dictator of this country in 1814:_____________________.
40. Mrs. Malaprop is a character in this 1775 play by Richard Sheridan:___________________.
Final Jeopardy Question on CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES (50% Bonus if Right Immediately; Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds; 50% Deduction if Final Choice is Wrong):41. What is the most populous country of the Caribbean?_______________________
Answers:1. Black [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hills ]
2. Problem-solving [I (REACH, LESTER) at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON pre-called "philosophical, logical", and first called for "Metaphysical" (Choice 2), but then on further reading saw Choice 4 or 5 (Problem-solving) as the better answer. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor .]
3. Insincere talk [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/claptrap ]
4. Jumping [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springbok ]
5. Harry Potter [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Snape ]
6. Collider [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider ]
7. Houston Rockets [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harden ]
8. Naples [Dave (YELDOR, TULADI) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camorra ]
9. Redact [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/redact ]
10. Finnish [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Sibelius . For a version of his "Finlandia" with English words sung by the chorus at the end, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE0RbPsC9uE (8:11) . For Finnish words sung at the end, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOSaT6U4e-8 . For now-controversial English words sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the end (3:26), see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3cqNgcXWSc . For an instrumental-only version of "Finlandia", see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6P3cIJHWjw .]
Round Winner at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON: Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED), Dave (YELDOR, TULADI), Patrick (MRRED) and me (REACH, LESTER) with 5000 Points on each tablet. We 4 were the only team members who made it this week.
11. Pulses [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume ]
12. Devi [I split my votes between Devi and Kali, going with Devi as REACH because Kali is a frightening-looking goddess; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali . According to the Wikipedia article on Kali, she is the "destroyer of evil forces....often portrayed standing or dancing on her consort, the Hindu god Shiva....", so Kali may be the more accurate answer to this Question, with Devi a generic goddess who could still be considered to have Shiva as husband. See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva .]
13. Benjamin Harrison [We guessed wrong on this one, losing most of the 1000 Points; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison (grave in Indianapolis, Indiana). ]
14. Scuba diving [We guessed right on this one, assuming tiny gas bubbles were involved, but according to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_narcosis the effect may be more like the dulling of the mental faculties with acute alcohol poisoning with many martinis (according to comedians Wayne & Shuster, is one glass a "martinus"?).]
15. Expatiate [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/expatiate ]
16. Good morning, Vietnam [I think Patrick (MRRED) or maybe Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Cronauer ]
17. Drink it [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebfraumilch ]
18. Napoleon Bonaparte [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire and
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/en ... man-empire ]
19. Canada [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca,_Alberta and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Athabasca ]
20. Vietnam [see
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47366398 ]
21. Sultan of Brunei [We went with splits, but mostly missed the Points on this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassanal_Bolkiah ]
22. Anthology [I first called for something like "congregation" ("con"="together", but in Latin) which was Choice 1 or 2, but then on further reading, saw Choice 4 or 5 was better (Anthology). See the section "Etymology" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthology ; I recognized that the "anther" is part of a plant (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamen ) and "chrysanthemum"="gold flower" in Greek (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemum ).]
23.(a) Shrimp [I wrongly called for "Cockroach" which is of Order Blattodea (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach ) instead of the other Arthropod of the 5 Choices (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caridea ) ]
24.(a) Queenston [We needed Clues for this one, losing about half the Points; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic for Queenston ("now Cobh") .]
25.(a) Spain [Dave (YELDOR, TULADI) pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rioja_(Spain) ]
26.(a) Acidophilus [I called this one, since "Acidophilus"="likes acid" which I assumed might be associated with lactic acid related to Lactobacilli ; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactobacillus_acidophilus ]
27.(a) Northern California [We guessed wrong on this one; see
https://www.carneros.com/ ]
28.(a) Saul [It was between Saul and Jeroboam, and since I had never heard of the Battle of Gilboa, went wrongly with Jeroboam; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa and the section "war with Judah" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeroboam . We didn't have enough tablets to split our votes, and Dave had trouble with one or both of his tablets freezing from time to time (Chris too had trouble with one of his tablets).
29. 27 [We went with the largest number, since each hand has 4 fingers, each with 4 bones (total 16) and a thumb with 3 bones (total 19) + some in the wrist; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand ]
30. Scarface [We missed Points on this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_(1983_film) ]
31. Tokyo [We went with Tokyo because "Ha-ne-da" looks Japanese; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haneda_Airport ]
32. 13-3 [We couldn't remember the exact score for a pre-call, but knew it was low-scoring, and then recognized 13-3 as the correct Choice; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_LIII ]
33. Hypochondria [I split my guesses, going with "Hypochondria" as REACH; see
https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/ ... 244/340497 ]
34. Aries [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aries_(astrology) ]
35. Rhythm [Most of us missed this one for 2000 Points; Patrick (MRRED) might have got this in time; see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0XLzIswI2s ]
36. Olympic [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhellenic_Games ]
37. Hamburg [We guessed wrong, going with Helsinki or Paris or Stockholm(?); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_b ... in_Hamburg ]
38. Whelk [A gastropod is of the Phylum Mollusca, more precisely a snail; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whelk and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastropoda ]
39. Paraguay [Patrick (MRRED) called this one; see the section "Independence and rule of Francia: at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay ]
40. The Rivals [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rivals ]
41. Cuba [We pre-called this one, so we all got 50% Bonus Points; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_C ... population ]