“The Boston Badass” Paige Frabetti entered the match with a singles record of 3-1. Her career accuracy was 86.67%. She represented The Usual Suspects.
“Downtown” Griffin Newman entered the match with a singles record of 4-0. His career accuracy was 88.89%. He represented The Finstock Exchange.
First Round
Frabetti missed four questions, scoring four out of a possible eight points. Newman missed one question, scoring seven out of a possible eight points. The missed questions were:
Category: Directors
Who directed the 1998 conspiracy thriller Snake Eyes starring Nicolas Cage?
Frabetti’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: Brian De PalmaCategory: Remakes & Reboots
Who directed the 2011 remake of Footloose starring Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald?
Frabetti’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: Craig BrewerCategory: Comedies
Barry Sonnenfeld directed this 1995 crime-comedy starring John Travolta as a mobster breaking into the film industry?
Frabetti’s Answer: Be Cool
Correct Answer: Get ShortyCategory: Black Cinema
Which former sitcom actress plays the character of Dominique Lerue in the 1989 crime-comedy Harlem Nights?
Frabetti’s Answer: Lisa
Newman’s Answer: Mabel King
Correct Answer: Jasmine Guy
The score at the end of the first round was 7-4 to Newman.
Second Round
Newman deferred. Frabetti spun Remakes & Reboots and kept it. She went to multiple-choice once, answered three out of four questions correctly, and earned six out of a possible eight points.
Newman was able to steal Frabetti’s miss for one point.
The missed question was:
In the 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes, who played the ape Thade?
Multiple Choice: a) Tim Roth b) Paul Giamatti c) Michael Clarke Duncan d) David Warner
Frabetti’s Answer: b) Paul Giamatti
Newman’s Answer: a) Tim Roth
Correct Answer: a) Tim Roth
Newman spun Jim Henson and kept it. He went to multiple-choice once, answered four out of four questions correctly, and earned seven out of a possible eight points.
The score at the end of the second round was 15-10 to Newman.
Third Round
Frabetti’s two-point question was in the category of Tom Hanks and she got it incorrect.
Tom Hanks plays the role of washed up Jimmy Dugan in what film?
Frabetti’s Answer: Castaway
Correct Answer: A League of Their Own
Frabetti’s three-point question was in the category of Remakes & Reboots and she got it correct.
Who plays Melina, a member of the Resistance and love interested of Colin Farrell’s Quaid, in 2012’s Total Recall?
Frabetti’s Answer: Jessica Biel
Correct Answer: Jessica Biel
Frabetti’s five-point question was in the category of 2000s and she got it incorrect.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, and Mark Ruffalo star in what 2000s romantic comedy?
Frabetti’s Answer: 13 Going On 30
Correct Answer: View from the Top
The final score was 15-13 to Newman via TKO.
Other Details
Frabetti answered 8 out of the 15 questions asked to her correctly for an accuracy of 53.33%. Her record is now 3-2.
Including steal opportunities, Newman answered 12 out of the 13 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 92.31%. His record is now 5-0. He will play William Bibbiani in the semifinals of the singles tournament.
