“The Scream Queen” Kalyn Corrigan entered the match with a singles record of 0-0. This was her first career First Class League match.
“Sinister” James Shimo entered the match with a singles record of 0-0. This was his first career First Class League match.
First Round
Corrigan missed two questions, scoring six out of a possible eight points. Shimo missed one question, scoring seven out of a possible eight points. The missed questions were:
Category: Directors
Who directed the Academy Award-nominated 2010 drama The Social Network?
Shimo’s Answer: Darren Aronofsky
Correct Answer: David Fincher
Category: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman star in this 1997 Luc Besson film set in the 23rd century revolving around a strange woman and an unwitting cab driver who get entangled in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil at bay?
Corrigan’s Answer: Not Shown (she used two JTEs on this question, and having previously used one, was now out of JTEs after the fifth question of the match.)
Correct Answer: The Fifth Element
Category: Franchises
Which famous wrestler appears as Thunderlips, a wrestling champion who fights Rocky Balboa in a charity event in 1982’s Rocky III?
Corrigan’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: Hulk Hogan
The score at the end of the first round was 7-6 to Shimo.
Second Round
Shimo spun first. He spun Horror, decided to spin again, and got Musicians in Film. He answered four out of four questions correctly and earned eight out of a possible eight points.
Corrigan spun Horror and kept it. She answered four out of four questions correctly and earned eight out of a possible eight points.
The score after the second round was 15-14 to Shimo.
Third Round
Corrigan went first. Her two-point question was in the category of Biopics and she got it correct.
This 2015 biopic features Ice Cube’s real-life son O’Shea Jackson Jr. playing the rapper as it documents the rise and fall of the NWA.
Corrigan’s Answer: Straight Outta Compton
Correct Answer: Straight Outta Compton
Shimo’s two-point question was in the category of Oscars and he got it incorrect.
Which movie won the very first Oscar for Best Animated Film?
Shimo’s Answer: Finding Nemo
Correct Answer: Shrek
Shimo’s three-point question was in the category of Harrison Ford and he got it correct.
What is the proper name of Indiana Jones?
Shimo’s Answer: Dr. Henry Jones, Jr
Correct Answer: Henry Jones Jr.
Corrigan’s three-point question was in the category of Horror and she got it correct.
Based on a short story by Clive Barker, this 1992 supernatural horror film stars Tony Todd as the titular character who is the ghost of an artist and son of a slave who was murdered in the late 19th century who forms a relationship with the daughter of a wealthy white man.
Corrigan’s Answer: Candyman
Correct Answer: Candyman
Shimo’s five-point question was in the category of Tom Cruise and he got it incorrect.
Who plays Rowdy Burns, the arch-rival driver of Cole Trickle, played by Cruise, in 1990’s Days of Thunder?
Shimo’s Answer: Val Kilmer
Correct Answer: Michael Rooker
The final score was 19-18 to Corrigan.
Other Details
Shimo answered 12 of the 15 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 80.00%. His record is now 0-1.
Corrigan answered 12 of the 15 questions asked to her correctly for an accuracy of 80.00%. Her record is now 1-0.
