FCL Match Report: Travis Fishburn (2-0) vs James Shimo (2-1)

Travis “The Travesty” Fishburn entered the match with a singles record of 2-0. His career accuracy was 96.55%.

“Sinister” James Shimo entered the match with a singles record of 2-1. His career accuracy was 84.44%.

First Round

Fishburn has a perfect round but missed the bonus question, scoring eight out of a possible nine points. Shimo missed two questions, scoring six out of a possible eight points. The missed questions were:

Category: New Releases
Russell Crowe stars as a mentally unstable man who chases after a young woman following a road rage incident in what 2020 thriller?
Shimo’s Answer: Unsane
Correct Answer: Unhinged

Category: Directors
Who directed the following films: Ghosts of Missisippi, The American President, and Misery?
Shimo’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: Rob Reiner

Category: Bonus
Who co-stars alongside Jodie Foster as Dr. Jerome “Jerry” Lovell in 1994’s Nell?
Fishburn’s Answer: Woody Harrelson
Correct Answer: Liam Neeson

The score at the end of the first round was 8-6 to Fishburn.

Second Round

Fishburn decided to go first.  He spun Star Wars and kept it.  He answered four out of four questions correctly and earned eight out of a possible eight points.

Shimo spun Famous Actors & Actresses, decided to spin again, and got Jennifer Lopez.  He went to multiple-choice twice, answered four out of four questions correctly, and earned six out of a possible eight points.

The score at the end of the second round was 16-12 to Fishburn.

Third Round

Shimo’s two-point question was in the category of Ed Harris and he got it incorrect.

Ed Harris and Susan Sarandon play Luke and Jackie Harrison, a divorced New York CIty couple struggling to co-parent their children alongside his girlfriend, played by Julia Roberts, and Jackie’s terminal diagnosis in what film?
Shimo’s Answer: No Answer
Correct Answer: Stepmom

Shimo’s three-point question was in the category of Directors and he got it incorrect.

Who directed the following films: 12 Monkeys, Brazil, and The Zero Theorem?
Shimo’s Answer: Roman Polanski
Correct Answer: Terry Gilliam

Shimo’s five-point question was in the category of 1980s and he got it correct.

This 1989 family film starred Fred Savage, Beau Bridges, and Christian Slater, and followed three children as they traveled to California to compete in a video game tournament?
Shimo’s Answer: The Wizard
Correct Answer: The Wizard

Fishburn’s two-point question was in the category of Oscars and he got it correct.

Who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying Judy Garland in 2019’s Judy?
Fishburn’s Answer: Renée Zellweger
Correct Answer: Renée Zellweger

The final score was 18-17 to Fishburn.

Other Details

Shimo answered 11 out of the 15 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 73.33%.  His record is now 2-2.

Fishburn answered 13 of the 14 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 92.86%.  His record is now 3-0.