Trivia, my last week

Before I returned to Montana on February 10 I had one last night of trivia Wednesday, February 9.  Most people were again surprised to see me there as every week I had told them this had been my last week at trivia.

I again joined Darrel and Marvin on the SOL team. Darrel was little late as he had locked himself out of his daughter's car that he was driving that night.  Since Darrel was late it was a good thing that I had looked up the bonus question and found its answer.

Bonus: In 1955, from what city did the present day Oakland As baseball team move?

One had to be careful in the answer as in 1955 the Athletics moved from Philadelphia to Kansas City.  Then in 1968 they moved to Oakland.

There were only four teams competing this night as the Brewster team was not there.  Rod, Ed, Mark and Randy were there for the Funkymonks team.

My team was firing on all cylinders.  After the first round we were tied for the lead with the Rivits team.  For the rest of the rounds we led all the other teams.  In the end we won in a blowout having won by 90 points. And that was even after we had doubled down on the round with our lowest score.  We had four rounds where we had eight answers correct and two rounds where we had six answers correct.

4 rounds times 8 correct times 10 points each = 320
1 round  times 6 correct times 10 points each  =   60
1 round  times 6 correct times 10 points each  times 2 (double down) = 120
Bonus question correct = 20
Bonus for first place      = 100
Total points = 620

For the final round the question was:

Name 10 of the top 15 greatest movies as selected in 2007 by the American Film Institute.  The criteria for the selection was based on the film's history, critical acclaim, box office results and video rentals.

We got eight of the ten correct.   Movies 1 through 4, 6, 9, 13, and 15.  I had to argue for Star Wars as neither Darrel or Marvin thought it was top 15 worthy.  They pushed for Titanic based on box office at the number one movie though I had my doubts it qualified on the history or critical acclaim criteria.

Here are a few of the other questions:

1. What is the name of a the traditional male Japanese undergarment similar to a thong?  
2. What U.S. state ends in three vowels?
3. In what U.S. state did the movie Lilo and Stitch take place?
4. What male skater performed a triple jump in the 1952 Olympics?
5. In Morse code for the number 5 how many dots are there?
6. What sport has the term, "ball in the crotch"?
7. What material is in an Etch-a-Sketch?
8. During which U.S. war did sending valentines become popular?
9. True or False?  Shirley Temple earned $1 million by the age of 10.
10. True or False? Jack Nicholson is color blind.
11. Bug's Bunny's arch enemy is who?
12. The car company with the "Power to Surprise"?

Answers:

1. Fundoshi.  (No team got this answer correct).
2. Hawaii
3. Hawaii
4. Dick Button
5. 5
6. Billiards
7. Aluminum
8. Revolutionary War
9. True
10. True
11. Elmer Fudd
12. Kia

We had gotten 1, 6, 7, 8 and 12 wrong.

The week after I left it appears my SOL team had fallen apart. I see they finished in fourth place.  Darrel, what happened?!