Thursday, September 21, 2017

Correct, unique: 2 points

Correct, repeated: 1 point

Incorrect: 0 points

Player doubled the category

Name a Best Picture Oscar-winning film whose title contains the name of a person, real or fictional. (The title must contain a proper name; a generic noun, such as The Artist, does not count.)
	Evan	Jamie	Robert	Not given
	Marty	Rocky	Amadeus	The Great Ziegfield; The Life of Emile Zola; Mrs. Miniver; Hamlet; All About Eve; Gigi; Ben-Hur; Lawrence of Arabia; Tom Jones; Patton; Annie Hall; Schindler's List; Shakespeare in Love (Several people wrote in to Andy afterward that Dances with Wolves is also a correct response in this category.)
	Rebecca	Forrest Gump	Driving Miss Daisy
	Oliver!	Oliver!	Kramer vs. Kramer
	Gandhi	Gandhi	Gandhi
ROUND 1	16	6	7

Name any of the gifts given on the Twelve Days of Christmas.
	Jamie	Robert	Evan	Not given
	(a) partridge in a pear tree	(five) golden rings	(eight) maids-a-milking	(none)
	two turtle doves	(four) calling birds	(twelve) drummers drumming
	(ten) lords-a-leaping	(three) French hens	(nine) ladies dancing
	(eleven) pipers piping	(seven) swans-a-swimming	(six) geese-a-laying
ROUND 2	16	16	8
TOTAL	22	23	24
(The numbers associated with each item are those from Frederic Austin's 1909 arrangement, which introduced the standard tune associated with the song.)

Name a chemical element whose atomic number is twelve or lower.
	Robert	Evan	Jamie	Not given
	hydrogen	helium	oxygen	flourine; magnesium
	boron	carbon	neon
	beryllium	lithium	argon
	nitrogen	sodium	nitrogen
ROUND 3	8	8	5
TOTAL	31	32	27

IN WHAT YEAR…	Correct year	Evan	Jamie	Robert
was the movie The Wizard of Oz first released?	1939	1939	1939	1939
did the famous final episode (the "snow globe" episode) of St. Elsewhere air?	1988	1986	1985	1985
did Elvis Presley die?	1977	1976	1977	1978
did Athens, Greece, most recently host an Olympic Games?	2004	2004	2000	2004
was Rachel Carson's Silent Spring first published, launching an environmentalist movement?	1962	1965	1955	1968
was the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, dealing with Congressional pay raises, ratified?	1992	1990	1964	1993
were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union?	1953	1950	1946	1957
did the Wright Brothers make their first successful flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?	1903	1902	1903	1904
HALFTIME		6	4	6
TOTAL		38	31	37

Tim Hortons is the largest restaurant chain, in terms of number of locations, that did not originate in the U.S. Name any restaurant chain with more worldwide locations than Tim Hortons.
	Evan	Jamie	Robert	Not given
	McDonald's	Starbucks	Subway	Dunkin' Donuts; Baskin Robbins; Hunt Brothers Pizza; Hardee's; Orange Julius; Little Caesars; Papa John's
	Burger King	KFC	Wendy's
	Pizza Hut	Taco Bell	Denny's
	Domino's	Dairy Queen	Domino's
ROUND 4	8	8	5
TOTAL	46	39	42

As per the 2010 United States Census, Moore is the 16th most popular last name in the United States. Name a surname more popular than Moore.
	Jamie	Robert	Evan	Not given
	Smith	Johnson	Jones	Miller; Garcia; Wilson; Taylor; Thomas
	McDonald	Rodriguez	Williams
	Carter	Hernandez	Davis
	Martinez	Anderson	Brown
ROUND 5	4	8	8
TOTAL	43	50	54

Nolan Ryan, George Brett, and Robin Yount were all first-ballot Baseball Hall of Famers in 1999. Name anyone who has been a first-ballot Baseball Hall of Famer since.
	Robert	Evan	Jamie	Not given
	Ken Griffey Jr.	Cal Ripken (Jr.)	Cal Ripken (Jr.)	Kirby Puckett; Dave Winfield; Ozzie Smith; Eddie Murray; Dennis Eckersley; Paul Molitor; Tony Gwynn; Frank Thomas; Tom Glavine
	Randy Johnson	Greg Maddux	Don Mattingly
	Ivan Rodriguez	Rickey Henderson	Pedro Martinez
	John Smoltz	Wade Boggs	Wade Boggs
ROUND 6	8	8	4
TOTAL	58	62	47

GRAND FINALE

Category: Mountains
To the nearest foot, what is the height of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America?
Answer and bounds	Jamie	Robert	Evan
22,341 20,310 18,279	9,000	24,421	20,000
WAGER	10	5	12½
FINAL SCORE	37	53	74½
Winner: Evan Berofsky