Game of 01/27/20

Team ID	Team Name	Game Score	Rank	TBA
725	Yung Pervs	88	1	1.000
127	CATS for Best Picture, You Cowards	82	2	0.909
1111	Late But Great	81	3	0.818
729	Bitches	81	3	0.818
732	The Ford PInto Spoiler Alert	80	5	0.636
722	On the Trophy	79	6	0.545
742	Madea Lost to Billie Eilish at the Grammys	76	7	0.455
726	There's A Soft Spot In My Heart for the Old Floor	75	8	0.364
128	And Don't Call Me Surly Goat	74	9	0.273
7	Office Group	72	10	0.182
109	Jame Dudy Jench	68	11	0.091
129	Jesus Is Coming Back	8 (DNF)	12	0.000

Round 1 - Grab Bag​

1. What state’s nickname is “The Bluegrass State”?
2. Pablo Picasso was a pioneer of what avant-garde art movement in the early 1900s? (example shown)
   
3. What is the capital city of Vietnam?
   
4. Prior to their 1997 rebranding as the Wizards, Washington, D.C.’s NBA team went by what name?
5. A serial killer active in the late 1960s that sent ciphers to three San Francisco newspapers and is still unidentified called himself by what name?
   
6. The solid, waxy, flammable gray substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales and valued by perfumers is called what? (social media free answer)
   
7. What phrase is inscribed on the reverse (back) of most US coins?
   (except for the recent Presidential dollar coins, which place this answer, year, and “mint mark” on the edge)
   
8. During this Sunday’s Super Bowl, Sam Elliot and Lil Nas X will appear in an ad for what company?
   
9. What did Robert Ballard famously discover in 1985?
   
10. Czech writer Karel Čapek introduced what word to the English language with his 1921 play titled “R.U.R”, or “Rossum’s Universal ______" what?
    

Round 2 - Common Bond
Ten film clips that are all connected in some way. Identify each film and then write the thing that connects them all.

​Round 3 - The "Rat" Pack
All answers will contain the letters "r-a-t".

1. What is a French stewed vegetable dish that makes a prominent appearance in a 2007 Academy Award winning film?
2. Though James Bond favors the “chemin-de-fer” variant, “punto banco” is the most widespread version of what casino card game?
3. ​Mesopotamia means “[land] between rivers”, referring to the Tigris and what other river?
4. What model and actress gained fame after appearing topless in the music video for Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”?
   
5. The mathematical constant π is an example of what type of number, which is so-called because it is not representable as a fraction of two integers?
   
6. In the 1989 film, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, which historical figure do Bill and Ted retrieve from the year 410 BC?
   
7. The investigation into the college admission and testing bribery scandal involving Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman was given what nickname?
   
8. Introduced in 2001, Yasmin, Cloe, Jade and Sasha were the original four from what product line of fashion dolls and associated merchandise and media?
   
9. Derived from the Greek word meaning “castanet”, the genus Crotalus contains the reptiles we more commonly know by what name?
   
10. Throughout the “Harry Potter” series, what subject did Professor Minerva McGonagall teach?
    

Round 4 - Musicians
Given their birth name, identify each of one-named musicians.

1. ​Michael Peter Balzary
   
2. Alecia Beth Moore
   
3. Paul David Hewson
   
4. Melissa Viviane Jefferson
   
5. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
   
6. Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor
   
7. Aubrey Graham
   
8. Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn
   
9. Ashley Nicolette Frangipane
   
10. Christopher Brian Bridges
    
11. Henry Olusegun Adeola Samue

Round 5 - The Academy​
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is made up of over 7000 members divided across 17 “branches”.There are 25 categories for the Oscars, but not all branches are represented equally - some branches have no awards while the Actors branch is allocated four of the 25 awards.

List the other 16 branches of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.