“Sassy” Stacy Howard entered the match with a singles record of 7-5. Her career accuracy was 58.62%. She represented The Usual Suspects.
Kevin “Good Enough” Smith entered the match with a singles record of 2-0. His career accuracy was 88.24%. He represented The Quirky Mercs.
First Round
Howard missed one question, scoring seven out of a possible eight points. Smith had a perfect round but missed the bonus question, scoring eight out of a possible nine points. The missed question was:
Category: Horror/Thriller
What was the first collaboration between director Steven Spielberg and actor Richard Dreyfuss?
Howard’s Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Correct Answer: Jaws
The score at the end of the first round was 8-7 to Smith.
Second Round
Smith deferred so Howard spun first. She spun Stephen King, elected to spin again, and got Spinner’s Choice. She chose Nora Ephron. She went to multiple-choice twice, answered two of four questions correctly, and earned three of eight possible points.
Smith stole both of Howard’s misses for three points.
The missed questions were:
Who plays Manhattan food writer Rachel Samstat in the Nora Ephron penned film Heartburn?
Multiple Choice: A) Stockard Channing B) Meg Ryan C) Meryl Streep D) Catherine O’Hara
Howards’s Answer: A) Stockard Channing
Smith’s Answer: C) Meryl Streep
Correct Answer: C) Meryl Streep
Which actress appeared in both of these Nora Ephron penned films: When Harry Met Sally and Hanging Up?
Howard’s Answer: Carrie Fisher
Smith’s Answer: Meg Ryan
Correct Answer: Meg Ryan
Smith spun Whoopi Goldberg and elected to stick with it. He went to multiple-choice twice, answered four of four questions correctly, and earned six out of a possible eight points.
The score after round two was 17-10 to Smith.
Third Round
Howard’s two-point question was in the category of Tarantino and she got it correct.
In Inglorious Bastards, what does Lieutenant Aldo Raine order his each of men to collect from 100 Nazis?
Howard’s Answer: Scalps
Correct Answer: Scalps
Howard’s three-point question was in the category of Biopics and she got it correct.
Paul Dano and John Cusack co-star as famed musician Brian Wilson at different points of his life in what 2015 film?
Howards’s Answer: Love and Mercy
Correct Answer: Love and Mercy
Then to avoid the TKO, Howard had to hit this. Her five-point question was in the category of Animated and she got it incorrect.
Which Oscar-winning actor voices the Warden, the no-nonsense head of Metro City Prison, in Megamind?
Howard’s Answer: Morgan Freeman
Correct Answer: JK Simmons
The final score was 17-15 to Smith via TKO.
Other Details
Howard answered 11 out of the 15 questions asked to her correctly for an accuracy of 73.33%. Her record is now 7-6.
Smith answered 13 out of the 14 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 92.86%. His record is now 3-0.
