Brendan “The Kid” Meyer entered the match with a singles record of 6-5. His career accuracy was 82.46%. He represented The Quirky Mercs.
Adam “The Coyote” Collins entered the match with a singles record of 8-2. His career accuracy was 93.26%. He represented KOrruption.
First Round
Meyer had a perfect round and hit the bonus question, earning nine of a possible nine points. Collins had a perfect round but missed the bonus question, earning eight of a possible nine points. The missed question was:
Category: Bonus
How many films in the Fast and Furious franchise has Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson appeared in?
Collins’s Answer: 4
Correct Answer: 5
The score at the end of the first round was 9-8 to Meyer.
Second Round
Meyer deferred. Collins spun Bruce Willis and kept it. He went to multiple-choice once, answered four out of four questions correctly, and earned seven of a possible eight points.
Meyer spun David Lynch and kept it. He answered four out of four questions and earned eight out of a possible eight points.
The score at the end of the second round was 17-15 to Meyer.
Third Round
Collins’s two-point question was in the category of Disney and he got it correct.
Name one of the actresses that portrayed Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, or Mrs. Who in the film A Wrinkle in Time?
Collins’s Answer: Reese Witherspoon
Correct Answer: Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, or Oprah Winfrey
Meyer’s two-point question was in the category of 1980s and he got it correct.
Which 1980s Best Picture winner stars Robert Redford and Meryl Streep?
Meyer’s Answer: Out of Africa
Correct Answer: Out of Africa
Collins’s three-point question was in the category of Coming of Age and he got it correct.
Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr, and Kat Dennings star in what 2008 dramedy from director Jon Pull about a wealthy teenager who was expelled from several private academies?
Collins’s Answer: Charlie Bartlett
Correct Answer: Charlie Bartlett
Meyer’s three-point question was in the category of Steven Spielberg and he got it correct.
Who was the first person to win an acting Oscar for a Spielberg film which was achieved in the 2010s?
Meyer’s Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis
Correct Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis
Collins’s five-point question was in the category of Julia Roberts and he got it incorrect.
Who played Martin, the unhinged husband of Julia Roberts’s character in the 1991 film Sleeping with the Enemy?
Collins’s Answer: Tom Selleck
Correct Answer: Patrick Bergen
The final score was 22-20 to Meyer.
Other Details
Collins answered 14 of the 16 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 87.50%. His record is now 8-3.
Meyer answered 15 of the 15 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 100%. His record is now 7-5. He advanced to the third round of the tournament where he will play either Paul Oyama or The Barbarian.
