ROUND 44

Heather Elenbaas

Phase Two - Vintage - Products & Progress

What non-barbiturate sedative started its climb to bestseller status in 1933?

Heather says "Valium"

Correct!

Phase One - Young Players UK - Natural World

Do Newfoundland dogs have webbed toes?

Heather says "Yes"

Correct!

Ronda DeMarse

Phase Two - War & Victory

What date in 1941 did the Japanese attack the Philippines?

Ronda says "December 8"

Correct!

Phase One - Lord of the Rings DVD - Evil Characters

Which Fellowship member escapes a hungry Orc by kicking him in the face?

Ronda says "Don't bother asking me Lord of the Rings questions"

I'll take that under advisement

Correct answer is "Merry"

Steve Wisener

Phase Two - RPM - Cover Notes

What's the parenthetical title of Sue Norman's Sad Movies?

Steve says "(Here's a Tissue)"

Correct answer is "(Make Me Cry)"

Phase One - TV - Classics

What role on The Beverly Hillbillies was played with great aplomb by Stretch?

Steve says "Rufus, the family dog"

Correct answer is "Duke, the bloodhound"

Ron DeMarse

Phase Three - Silver Screen - Production

What two actors have each played Frankenstein's monster, The Mummy and Doctor Fu Manchu?

Ron says "Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee"

Correct! +1 point

My proudest trivia moment. Lee was the British Karloff, playing the villains in most of the Hammer horror films. He was also The Man with the Golden Gun, Count Dooku in the Star Wars series, and some stupid wizard in Lord of the Rings.

Phase One - 1993 Y.I.R. - Around the World

What two countries finally began to discuss prisoner exchanges from an 8-year war in the 1980s?

Ron says "Iran, Iraq"

Correct!

Dan Welk

Phase One - Sports UK - Rugby & Cricket

What is another name for the position of fly-half?

Dan says "Fuck-off"

Correct answer is "Stand-off half, or outside half"

This is Dan's second consecutive Sports UK - Rugby & Cricket question (a category from which no player has ever correctly answered a question). What are the odds of such a draw? I'm glad you asked. 1-in-282,867

Coincidentally, it happens in the same round that Ron makes one of his all-too-common late runs.

Matt Craft

Phase One - Totally '80s - Headlines

What country's émigré shrimpers sparked Ku Klux Klan demonstrations on the Texas coast in 1981?

Matt says "Haiti's"

Correct answer is "Vietnam's"