Defending champion “The Amazing” Mara Knopic entered the match with a record of 6-1. She had a career accuracy in Innergeekdom of 71.43%. She represented The Dungeon.
Challenger Mike “The Killer” Kalinowski entered the match with a record of 10-6. He had a career accuracy in Innergeekdom of 80.58%. He represented KOrruption.
First Round
Knopic missed two questions and earned eight out of a possible ten points. Kalinowski missed two questions and earned eight out of ten points. The missed questions were:
Category: Swashbuckling Adventure
Which film in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise features the line, “You know the feeling you get when standing in a high place, the sudden urge to jump? I don’t have it”?
Kalinowski’s Answer: POTC: Dead Man’s Chest
Correct Answer: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesCategory: Batman
Which Batman film features the line, “Why is there always someone who brings eggs and tomatoes to a speech”?
Knopic’s Answer: Lego Batman Movie
Correct Answer: Batman Returns
Category: Star Trek
In which Star Trek film does Spock say the line, “We will do what we have always done, Jim. We will find hope in the impossible”?
Knopic’s Answer: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Correct Answer: Star Trek Beyond
Category: Dystopian Future & Time Travel
In Back to the Future, what is the name of Marty McFly’s band?
Kalinowski’s Answer: The Pineheads
Correct Answer: The Pinheads
The score at the end of the first round was 8-8.
Second Round
Knopic deferred so Kalinowski went first. He spun DC and kept it. He went to multiple choice twice, answered four of of five questions correctly, and earned seven out of a possible ten points.
Knopic stole Kalinowski’s miss for one point.
The missed question was:
In Shazam, after stopping the woman from being mugged, what does Freddie tell her that Billy’s superhero name is, calling him the hero to the people?
Multiple Choice: a) Red Cyclone b) Thundercrack c) Captain Sparkle Fingers d) Power Boy
Kalinowski’s Answer: c) Captain Sparkle Fingers
Knopic’s Answer: b) Thundercrack
Correct Answer: b) Thundercrack
Knopic spun Transformers and decided to keep it. She went to multiple-choice twice, answered four out of five questions correctly, and earned seven out of a possible ten points.
Kalinowski was unable to steal Knopic’s miss.
The missed question was:
In what year does The Transformers: The Movie take place?
Multiple Choice: a) 2000 b) 2005 c) 2015 d) 2025
Knopic’s Answer: d) 2025
Kalinowski’s Answer: c) 2015
Correct Answer: b) 2005
The score at the end of the second round was 16-15 for Knopic.
Third Round
Knopic spun DC for the category. She bet one point and got the question correct. Kalinowski bet three points and got the question correct.
The score at the end of the third round was 18-17 to Kalinowski.
Fourth Round
Kalinowski decided to go first. He answered all ten questions correctly, earning ten points.
Knopic answered all ten questions correctly, earning ten points.
The score at the end of the fourth round was 28-27 to Kalinowski.
Fifth Round
Knopic went first. Her two-point question was in the category Heroes and she got it correct.
What was the first Marvel Comics superhero that Chris Evans portrayed?
Knopic’s Answer: Johnny Storm
Correct Answer: Johnny Storm
Kalinowski’s two-point question was in the category of Alien and Predator and he got it correct.
Who directed 2018’s The Predator?
Kalinowski’s Answer: Shane Black
Correct Answer: Shane Black
Knopic’s three-point question was in the category of Marvel and she got it correct.
Who provides the voice of Mary Jane in Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse?
Knopic’s Answer: Zoe Kravitz
Correct Answer: Zoe Kravitz
Kalinowski’s three-point question was in the category of Dystopian Future and Time Travel and he got it correct.
In what year was Mad Max released in the United States?
Kalinowski’s Answer: 1980
Correct Answer: 1980
Knopic had to answer her five-point question to stay in the match. It was in the category of Comic Book Movies and she got it incorrect.
Who plays Odin in the film Son of the Mask?
Knopic’s Answer: Didn’t know it
Correct Answer: Bob Hoskins
The final score was 33-32 to Kalinowski.
Other Details
Knopic answered 26 of the 30 questions asked to her correctly for an accuracy of 86.67%. Her record is now 6-2.
Kalinowski answered 25 of the 29 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 86.21%. His record is now 11-6. He is the first competitor to win the Innergeekdom championship three times.
