Monday, November 26, 2018

Correct, unique: 2 points

Correct, repeated: 1 point

Incorrect: 0 points

Player doubled the category

In 1962, Andy Warhol presented at MoMA thirty-two painted canvasses, known collectively as Campbell's Soup Cans, depicting thirty-two varieties of soup. Removing non-specific terms like "vegetables," "broth," or "chili," as well as adjectives like "old fashioned," "Italian style" and prepositions like "of" or "with," there are eighteen specific and distinct ingredients named on the soup cans in Warhol's paintings indicating the variety of soup. Ten appear only once; one as many as seven different times. Name these specific food items.
	Rob	Mike	Josh	Not given
	water	clam chowder	chicken	bean; rice; turkey; asparagus; bacon; barley; celery; cheddar cheese; ham; pepper
	cream of mushroom [cream, mushroom]	tomato	noodle
	potato	split pea	basil
	corn	onion	beef
ROUND 1	2	8	6

While in Los Angeles, Andy partook in an O'Brien's Pub Quiz game written and hosted by Jackie Fox - the second round of which was focused on the television series Twin Peaks. Name a character, or the actor or actress who portrayed them, who appeared in twenty-five or more episodes of the television series Twin Peaks, including both the original series and the 2017 revival. In case of an actor playing multiple characters or a character with multiple identities, appearances are combined.
	Mike	Josh	Rob	Not given
	Dale Cooper [Mr. C, Dougie Jones/Kyle MacLachlan]	Dale Cooper [Mr. C, Dougie Jones/Kyle MacLachlan]	Sherilyn Fenn [Audrey Horne]	Tommy "Hawk" Hill/Michael Horse; Ben Horne/Richard Beymer; Lucy Brennan/Kimmy Robertson; Andy Brennan/Andy Goaz; Bobby Briggs/Dana Ashbrook; Norma Jennings/Peggy Lipton; James Hurley/James Marshall; Dr. Will Hayward/Warren Frost; Nadine Hurley/Wendy Robie; Laura Palmer, Maggie Ferguson, Carrie Page/Sheryl Lee; Pete Martell/Jack Nance; Leo Johnson/Eric Da Re
	Leland Palmer [Ray Wise]	Leland Palmer [Ray Wise]	Piper Laurie [Catherine Martell]
	Sheriff Harry S. Truman [Michael Ontkean]	Sheriff Harry S. Truman [Michael Ontkean]	Mädchen Amick [Shelly Johnson]
	Lara Flynn Boyle [Donna Hayward]	Lara Flynn Boyle [Donna Hayward]	The Log Lady (Margaret Lanterman) [Catherine E. Coulson]
ROUND 2	12	3	12
TOTAL	20	9	14

There are twenty-two islands with a population greater than five million people. Name a UN member state whose territory includes, in whole or in part, any of these twenty-two islands.
	Josh	Rob	Mike	Not given
	Japan	Indonesia	Philippines	China; Brunei; Dominican Republic; Haiti; India; Ireland; Singapore; Italy
	Australia	Greece	Madagascar
	United Kingdom	United States	Papua New Guinea
	Malaysia	Sri Lanka	Cuba
ROUND 3	6	6	8
TOTAL	15	20	28

IN WHAT YEAR…	Correct year	Rob	Mike	Josh
was the film Spartacus first released?	1960	1961	1960	1955
did the first episode of the television series Saved by the Bell first air?	1989	1989	1990	1988
did Hank Williams Sr. release his debut single?	1947	1955	1945	1943
did Lake Placid, New York first host the Winter Olympics?	1932	1932	1932	1961
was Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help first published?	2009	2010	2010	2005
did the United Kingdom return control of Hong Kong to China?	1997	1994	2000	1997
was Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau born?	1971	1970	1970	1971
did Morocco and Tunisia gain their independence from France?	1956	1949	1955	1904
HALFTIME		5½	7	4½
TOTAL		25½	35	19½

Name a feature film, not part of either the Star Wars or Indiana Jones franchises, directed or produced by George Lucas. This does not include TV movies or direct-to-video releases, and executive producer credits count.
	Rob	Mike	Josh	Not given
	American Graffiti	Howard the Duck	American Graffiti	Kagemusha; Body Heat; Twice Upon a Time; Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters; Latino; Powaqqatsi; Tucker: The Man and His Dream; The Land Before Time; Red Tails; Strange Magic
	Willow	THX 1138	THX 1138
	Labyrinth	More American Graffiti	More American Graffiti
	Legend	Radioland Murders	Radioland Murders
ROUND 4	6	8	4
TOTAL	31½	43	23½

Name a country that the United States currently has a free trade agreement with, according to the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration.
	Mike	Josh	Rob	Not given
	Canada	Mexico	United Kingdom	Bahrain; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Israel; Jordan; Morocco; Oman; Peru; Singapore
	Australia	South Korea	Brazil
	Panama	Japan	Japan
	Guatemala	Argentina	Belize
ROUND 5	8	4	0
TOTAL	51	27½	31½

The Preamble to the United States Constitution contains thirteen nouns - two of which are proper names, and eleven of which are common nouns (though most of these common nouns are capitalized). Name the nouns the make up the basic ideas behind the U.S. Constitution, from the Preamble.
	Josh	Rob	Mike	Not given
	People	Union	Justice	United States (as distinct from "United States of America"); Order; Blessings; Constitution
	Tranquility	truths	defence
	Welfare	earth	Liberty
	(United States of) America	land	Posterity
ROUND 6	16	2	8
TOTAL	43½	33½	59

GRAND FINALE

Category: Math History Listener-submitted by Matt Carberry.
In 1995, mathematician Sir Andrew Wiles published the first conclusive proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. How many years elapsed between Pierre de Fermat formulating the theorem and the publication of Wiles's proof?
Answer and bounds	Rob	Josh	Mike
393 358 323	343	160	350
WAGER	16	16	1
FINAL SCORE	49½	27½	60
Winner: Mike Cameron