Abi “The Crusader” Corinne entered the match with a singles record of 0-0. This was her first career First Class League match.
Jared “Too Smooth” Haibon entered the match with a singles record of 0-0. This was his first career First Class League match.
First Round
Corinne missed three questions, scoring five out of a possible eight points. Haibon missed one question, scoring seven out of a possible eight points. The missed questions were:
Category: Action/Adventure
This 1996 Michael Bay film about a renegade general taking hostages at Alcatraz stars Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, and Ed Harris?
Corinne’s Answer: Con Air
Correct Answer: The Rock
Category: Directors
Ryan Coogler has directed Michael B. Jordan in three films: Fruitvale Station, Black Panther, and what?
Haibon’s Answer: No Answer
Correct Answer: Creed
Category: Famous Actors & Actresses
In 1997’s action/thriller Air Force One, what actor plays President James Marshall who is taken hostage by Communist radicals?
Corinne’s Answer: Jack Nicholson
Correct Answer: Harrison Ford
Category: Franchises
What is the subtitle for the sixth installment in the Misson: Impossible franchise, which was released in 2018?
Corinne’s Answer: No Answer
Correct Answer: Fallout
The score at the end of the first round was 7-5 to Haibon.
Second Round
Haibon spun first, got Directors, and stuck with it. He went to multiple-choice twice, answered three out of four questions correctly, and earned five out of a possible eight points.
Corinne was not able to steal Haibon’s miss.
The missed question was:
How many films did Martin Scorsese direct in the 1990s?
Multiple Choice: A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8
Haibon’s Answer: A) 5
Corinne’s Answer: C) 7
Correct Answer: B) 6
Corinne spun Spinner’s Choice and chose Middle Earth. She answered three out of four questions correctly and earned six out of a possible eight points.
Steph Sabraw accidentally revealed the answer to Corinne’s missed question before Haibon had a chance to steal, so Haibon was given a different question. He was able to answer the question for a steal of two points.
The missed question was:
Ian Holm portrayed Bilbo Baggins in how many of the Middle Earth films?
Corinne’s Answer: 3
Correct Answer: 4
Haibon’s Replacement Question
The Fellowship of the Ring was released in what year?
Haibon’s Answer: 2001
Correct Answer: 2001
The score at the end of the second round was 14-11 to Haibon.
Third Round
Corinne went first. Her two-point question was in the category of Denzel Washington and she got it incorrect.
Denzel Washington has won two Academy Awards for acting. Name the film for which he won Best Supporting Actor.
Corinne’s Answer: Training Day
Correct Answer: Glory
It was time for Corinne’s three-point question. It was in the category of Tom Cruise and she got it incorrect.
This 1989 Oliver Stone film stars Tom Cruise as a Vietnam War vet who is paralyzed and later becomes an anti-war activist?
Corinne’s Answer: Forrest Gump
Correct Answer: Born on the Fourth of July
Corrine then had to answer her five-point question to stay in the match and avoid the TKO. It was in the category of Keanu Reeves and she got it incorrect.
In what 1991 film does Keanu Reeves play an FBI agent who infiltrates a surfer gang who moonlights as bank robbers?
Corinne’s Answer: Raising Arizona
Correct Answer: Point Break
The final score was 14-11 to Haibon via TKO.
Other Details
Including steal opportunities, Corinne answered 8 out of the 16 questions asked to her correctly for an accuracy of 50%. Her record is now 0-1.
Including steal opportunities, Haibon answered 11 out of the 13 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 84.62%. His record is now 1-0.
