“The Wise Guy” Gerald Battoglia entered the match with a singles record of 1-0. His career accuracy was 92.31%.
Jared “Too Smooth” Haibon entered the match with a singles record of 1-0. His career accuracy was 84.62%.
First Round
Battoglia had a perfect round and hit the bonus question, scoring nine out of a possible nine points. Haibon missed three questions, scoring five out of a possible eight points. The missed questions were:
Category: Action/Adventure
Who stars as Lara Croft in the 2018 reboot of Tomb Raider?
Haibon’s Answer: Not Angelina Jolie
Correct Answer: Alicia Vikander
Category: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
This 2014 Luc Besson film features Scarlet Johansson as the titular character who gains psychokinetic abilities when a nootropic, psychedelic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream?
Haibon’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: Lucy
Category: Animated
Who voices James. P. “Sulley” Sullivan in the Monsters Inc films?
Haibon’s Answer: Billy Crystal
Correct Answer: John Goodman
The score at the end of the first round was 9-5 to Battoglia.
Second Round
Battoglia elected to spin first. He spun 2000s and kept it. He answered four out of four questions correctly and earned eight out of a possible eight points.
Haibon spun The Chrises, decided to spin again, and landed on Charlize Theron. He went to multiple-choice once, answered three out of four questions correctly, and earned six out of a possible eight points.
Battoglia was able to steal Haibon’s miss for one point.
The missed question was:
Who co-stars alongside Charlize Theron as MI-6 agent David Percival in Atomic Blonde?
Multiple Choice: a) James McAvoy b) Ryan Gosling c) Ewan McGregor d) Luke Evans
Haibon’s Answer: d) Luke Evans
Battoglia’s Answer: a) James McAvoy
Correct Answer: a) James McAvoy
The score at the end of round two was 18-11 to Battoglia.
Third Round
Haibon’s two-point question was in the category of 2010s and he got it correct.
This 2019 psychological thriller directed by Todd Phillips garnered Joaquin Phoenix a Best Actor Oscar for playing the titular role?
Haibon’s Answer: Joker
Correct Answer: Joker
Haibon’s three-point question was in the category of Action/Adventure and he got it correct.
This actor plays US Navy pilot and hotshot Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun?
Haibon’s Answer: Tom Cruise
Correct Answer: Tom Cruise
Haibon’s five-point question was in the category of Directors and he got it incorrect.
Who directed 1988’s Coming to America although he did not return for the sequel?
Haibon’s Answer: Spike Lee
Correct Answer: John Landis
The final score was 18-16 to Battoglia via TKO.
Other Details
Haibon answered 10 of the 15 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 66.67%. His record is now 1-1.
Including steal opportunities, Battoglia answered 14 out of the 14 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 100%. His record is now 2-0.
