“Mad Max” Maxwell Haddad entered the match with a singles record of 0-0. This was his first career First Class League match.
Just Daggers entered the match with a singles record of 0-0. This was his first career First Class League match.
First Round
Haddad had a perfect round and hit the bonus question, scoring nine out of a possible nine points. Daggers missed five questions, scoring three out of a possible eight points. The missed questions were:
Category: New Releases
Who directed and starred as scientist Augustine Lofthouse in 2020’s The Midnight Sky alongside Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, and Kyle Chandler?
Daggers’ Answer: didn’t have one
Correct Answer: George Clooney
Category: Directors
Who directed Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World?
Daggers’ Answer: didn’t have one
Correct Answer: Peter Weir
Category: Movie Release Dates
What year saw the release of Black Swan, Shutter Island, and Toy Story 3?
Daggers’ Answer: 2011
Correct Answer: 2010
Category: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
This 2000 film features Samuel L. Jackson and Robin Wright, and stars Bruce Willis as David Dunn, who is the lone survivor of a train crash which leads him to discover he has superhuman powers?
Daggers’ Answer: Invincible
Correct Answer: Unbreakable
Category: 1970s
Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman play famous journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in what 1976 political thriller directed by Alan Pakula?
Daggers’ Answer: didn’t have one
Correct Answer: All the President’s Men
The score at the end of the first round was 9-3 to Haddad.
Second Round
Haddad deferred so Daggers went first. He spun Kevin Smith and kept it. He answered four out of four questions correctly and earned eight out of a possible eight points.
Haddad spun Spinner’s Choice and chose PT Anderson. He went to multiple-choice once, answered three out of four questions correctly, and earned six out of a possible eight points.
Daggers stole Haddad’s miss for one point.
The missed question was:
How many times was Paul Thomas Anderson nominated for Best Original Screenplay?
Multiple Choice: a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 0
Haddad’s Answer: c) 3
Daggers’ Answer: b) 2
Correct Answer: b) 2
The score at the end of the second round was 15-12 to Haddad.
Third Round
Daggers’ two-point question was in the category of Directors and he got it correct.
Who directed Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, and Robin Hood: Men In Tights?
Daggers’ Answer: Mel Brooks
Correct Answer: Mel Brooks
Daggers’ three-point question was in the category of Tom Hanks and he got it correct.
Tom Hanks plays FBI Agent Carl Hanratty in this 2002 Steven Spielberg film.
Daggers’ Answer: Catch Me If You Can
Correct Answer: Catch Me If You Can
Haddad’s two-point question was in the category of Matt & Ben and he got it correct.
Ben Affleck stars as an alcoholic ironworker who is recruited to coach basketball at his alma mater in which 2020 film directed by Gavin O’Connor?
Haddad’s Answer: The Way Back
Correct Answer: The Way Back
Haddad’s three-point question was in the category of Denzel Washington and he got it correct.
Denzel Washington has been directed by Tony Scott on five separate occasions. Name 2 of them.
Haddad’s Answer: Deja Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123
Correct Answers: Deja Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123, Crimson Tide, Man on Fire, Unstoppable
Daggers’ five-point question was in the category of 2010s and he got it incorrect.
Who stars as Jordan Turner, a 911 operator who receives a call from a teenage girl who has been kidnapped by a serial killer in 2013’s The Call?
Daggers’ Answer: didn’t have one
Answer: Halle Berry
The final score was 20-17 to Haddad.
Other Details
Including steal opportunities, Daggers answered 10 of the 16 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 62.50%. His record is now 0-1.
Haddad answered 14 of the 15 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 93.33%. His record is now 1-0.
