King Arthur is made up of “King” Kan and “Downtown” Griffin Newman. They entered the match with a record of 2-0. They represented The Finstock Exchange.
Press Room is made up of “The Carpathian” Josh Horowitz and “Scary” Perri Nemiroff. They entered the match with a record of 3-1. They represented The Quirky Mercs.
First Round
Kan missed five questions. Newman missed one question. King Arthur earned ten of a possible sixteen points.
Horowitz missed two questions. Nemiroff missed six questions. Press Room earned eight of a possible sixteen points.
The missed questions were:
Category: Horror/Thriller
Michael Keaton stars in this 2005 supernatural horror film about a man using EVP to receive messages from his recently passed wife?
Nemiroff’s Answer: Frequency
Kan’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: White NoiseCategory: Crime
Who plays the role of Sergeant John O’Mara, a World War II veteran turned cop, in the 2013 film Gangster Squad?
Horowitz’s Answer: Ryan Gosling
Nemiroff’s Answer: Russell Crowe
Correct Answer: Josh BrolinCategory: Romantic Comedies
What 2001 rom-com follows a couple that search for each other years after the night they first met over a pair of cashmere gloves in New York City, fell in love, and separated?
Kan’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Nemiroff’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: SerendipityCategory: Black Cinema
Which actor appeared in the films White Chicks, Fifty Shades of Black, and The Sixth Man?
Kan’s Answer: Damon Wayans
Correct Answer: Marlon WayansCategory: Comedies
Topher Grace stars as a recent MIT graduate who works at Suncoast Video in 1988 in what 2010s film alongside Michael Biehn?
Nemiroff’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Kan’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: Take Me Home TonightCategory: 1990s
What monster movie from director Luis Llosa, and featuring Eric Stoltz, had the tagline “When you can’t breathe, you can’t scream.”?
Newman’s Answer: Below
Horowitz’s Answer: The Fly 2
Kan’s Answer: Mask
Nemiroff’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: AnacondaCategory: Directors
Who directed the following three films: Six Days, Seven Nights, Kindergarten Cop, and Legal Eagles?
Nemiroff’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: Ivan Reitman
The score at the end of the first round was 10-8 to King Arthur.
Second Round
King Arthur deferred. Press Room spun Musicals and kept it. They went to multiple-choice once, answered six out of six questions correctly, and earned eleven out of a possible twelve points.
King Arthur spun John Carpenter and kept it. They went to multiple-choice once, answered six out of six questions correctly, and earned eleven out of a possible twelve points.
The score at the end of the second round was 21-19 to King Arthur.
Third Round
King Arthur spun John Carpenter.
King Arthur bet three points and was correct.
Press Room bet two points and was correct.
The score at the end of the third round was 24-21 to King Arthur.
Fourth Round
King Arthur went first. Kan took the first set of questions, Newman took the second. Both went perfect and King Arthur earned ten points.
Horowitz took the first set of Press Room’s questions, Nemiroff took the second. Horowitz answered three questions correctly and passed on two, and Nemiroff answered one question correctly and passed on four. Press Room earned a total of four points.
The score at the end of the fourth round was 34-25 to King Arthur.
Fifth Round
Press Room’s two-point question was in the category of Remakes & Reboots and Nemiroff got it correct.
Who stars as high school jock turned police officer Greg Jenko in the 2012 film 21 Jump Street?
Nemiroff’s Answer: Channing Tatum
Correct Answer: Channing Tatum
Press Room’s three-point question was in the category of 1990s and Horowitz got it incorrect.
Robert DeNiro starred in how many films from director Martin Scorsese during the 1990s?
Horowitz’s Answer: 2
Correct Answer: 3
The final score was 34-27 to King Arthur via TKO.
Other Details
Passing on six questions, Press Room answered 24 of the 29 questions asked to them correctly for an accuracy of 82.76%. Their record is now 3-2.
King Arthur answered 27 of the 33 questions asked to them correctly for an accuracy of 81.81%. Their record is now 3-0. They will now play Shazam for the Teams Championship at Schmoedown Spectacular on December 4th.
