Rick “The Ruler” Hong entered the match with a singles record of 0-0. This was his first career First Class League match.
David “The Survivor” Jindoian entered the match with a singles record of 0-0. The was his first career First Class League match.
First Round
Hong missed one question, scoring seven out of a possible eight points. Jindoian missed one question, scoring seven out of a possible eight points. The missed questions were:
Category: Directors
Ava DuVernay directed this 2018 adventure film following a young girl named Meg who is searching for her missing father Mr. Murry played by Chris Pine?
Jindoian’s Answer: Didn’t pull it
Correct Answer: A Wrinkle in Time
Category: Movie Release Dates
In what year did James Cameron release The Abyss, Peter Weird release Dead Poets Society, and Robert Zemeckis release Back to the Future Part II?
Hong’s Answer: 1988
Correct Answer: 1989
The score at the end of round one was 7-7.
Second Round
Hong had prior Schmoedown experience so he got the choice, and he deferred. Jindoian spun 2010s, decided to spin again, and got Spike Lee. He went to multiple-choice three times, answered one out of four questions correctly, and earned one out of a possible eight points.
Hong stole all three of Jindoian’s misses for four points.
The missed questions were:
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Edward Norton star in this 2002 Spike Lee film about a man preparing to go to prison for seven years after dealing drugs?
Multiple Choice: A) Bamboozled B) Inside Man C) 25th Hour D) Clockers
Jindoian’s Answer: A) Bamboozled
Hong’s Answer: C) 25th Hour
Correct Answer: C) 25th Hour
2008’s Miracle at St. Anna follows a group of soldiers during which war?
Multiple Choice: A) World War I B) World War II C) Korean War D) Vietnam War
Jindoian’s Answer: D) Vietnam War
Hong’s Answer: B) World War II
Correct Answer: B) World War II
In 2020’s Da 5 Bloods, directed by Spike Lee, how many Vietnam veterans travel back to the country to recover the remains of their fallen leader?
Jindoian’s Answer: 3
Hong’s Answer: 4
Correct Answer: 4
Hong spun Musicians in Film, decided to spin again, and got 2010s. He went to multiple-choice once, answered three of four questions correctly, and earned five out of a possible eight points.
Jindoian stole Hong’s miss for two points.
The missed question was:
How many installments of the Predator franchise were released in the 2010s?
Hong’s Answer: 3
Jindoian’s Answer: 2
Correct Answer: 2
The score at the end of round two was 16-10 to Hong.
Third Round
Jindoian’s two-point question was in the category of Tom Cruise and he got it correct.
Tom Cruise plays Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, an inexperienced lawyer who is assigned a case involving two Marines accused of murdering a fellow Marine in this 1992 film directed by Rob Reiner?
Jindoian’s Answer: A Few Good Men
Correct Answer: A Few Good Men
Jindoian’s three-point question was in the category of Comedies and he got it correct.
Who plays Olympian Matt Brody, who seeks to join Dwayne Johnson’s team of lifeguards in 2017’s Baywatch?
Jindoian’s Answer: Zac Efron
Correct Answer: Zac Efron
Jindoian’s five-point question was in the category of Spike Lee and he got it correct.
Spike Lee won his first Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for which 2018 film?
Jindoian’s Answer: BlackkKlansman
Correct Answer: BlackkKlansman
Hong’s two-point question was in the category of Denzel Washington and he got it correct.
Who starred alongside Denzel as Michael “Stig” Stigman, an undercover Navy SEAL with the Office of Naval Intelligence in the 2013 action-comedy 2 Guns?
Hong’s Answer: Mark Wahlberg
Correct Answer: Mark Wahlberg
Hong’s three-point question was in the category of 1980s and he got it incorrect.
This 1985 James Bond film was the fourteenth in the series produced by EON Productions and the seventh and final one to star Roger Moore as 007.
Hong’s Answer: Octopussy
Correct Answer: A View To A Kill
Hong’s five-point question was in the category of Steven Spielberg and he got it incorrect.
Steven Spielberg directed two films in 2011. Name both of them.
Hong’s Answer: Minority Report and Artificial Intelligence
Correct Answer: The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse
The final score was 20-18 to Jindoian.
Other Details
Including steal opportunities, Hong answered 14 of the 18 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 77.78%. His record is now 0-1.
Including steal opportunities, Jindoian answered 12 of the 16 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 75%. His record is now 1-0.
