“The Party Crasher” Robert Montano entered the match with a singles record of 3-0. His career accuracy was 97.87%.
Vanessa Fitzsimmons entered the match with a singles record of 2-1. Her career accuracy was 93.75%.
First Round
Montano missed one question, scoring seven out of a possible eight points. Fitzsimmons missed three questions, scoring five out of a possible eight points. The missed questions were:
Category: Directors
This 2015 comedy starring Bill Murray, Kate Hudson, and Zooey Deschanel is the most recent film directed by Barry Levinson?
Fitzsimmons’s Answer: Kasbah
Montano’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: Rock the KasbahCategory: Franchises
This comedy franchise features the following characters: High Tower, Tackleberry, Zed, and Proctor?
Fitzsimmons’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: Police AcademyCategory: Comedies
What is the subtitle to the 1987 sequel to the 1984 hit comedy, Revenge of the Nerds?
Fitzsimmons’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: Nerds in Paradise
The score at the end of the first round was 7-5 to Montano.
Second Round
Montano deferred. Fitzsimmons spun Matt & Ben, decided to spin again, and got Holiday Films. She answered three out of four questions correctly and earned six out of a possible eight points.
Montano was unable to steal Fitzsimmons’s miss.
The missed question was:
Who provides the voice of Bob Crachit in the 2009 Robert Zemeckis version of A Christmas Carol?
Fitzsimmons’s Answer: Jim Carrey
Montano’s Answer: Tobey Maguire
Correct Answer: Gary Oldman
Montano spun 1980s and kept it. He went to multiple-choice twice, answered three out of four questions correctly, and earned five out of a possible eight points.
Fitzsimmons stole Montano’s miss for one point.
The missed question was:
This 1984 biographical drama won eight Academy Awards out of the eleven it was nominated for including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director?
Multiple Choice: a) Chariots of Fire b) Silkwood c) Amadeus d) Elephant Man
Montano’s Answer: b) Silkwood
Fitzsimmons’s Answer: c) Amadeus
Correct Answer: c) Amadeus
The score at the end of the second round was 12-12.
Third Round
Fitzsimmons’s two-point question was in the category of Martial Arts films and she got it incorrect.
Who starsw as Li Mu Bai opposite Michelle Yeoh in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?
Fitzsimmons’s Answer: Didn’t have it
Correct Answer: Chow Yun-fat
Montano’s two-point question was in the category of Action/Adventure and he got it correct.
Name one of two actors who played brothers resisting a Soviet Union invasion of America in 1984’s Red Dawn?
Montano’s Answer: Patrick Swayze
Correct Answer: Patrick Swayze or Charlie Sheen
Fitzsimmons’s three-point question was in the category of Keanu Reeves and she got it correct.
In this 1997 film Keanu and Charlize Theron play a couple who moves to Manhattan from Florida when a high end law firm offers him a job?
Fitzsimmons’s Answer: The Devil’s Advocate
Correct Answer: The Devil’s Advocate
Montano’s three-point question was in the category of Harrison Ford and he got it correct.
Harrison Ford plays Jack Trainer alongside Melanie Griffith and Alec Baldwin in this 1988 Mike Nichols romantic dramedy?
Montano’s Answer: Working Girl
Correct Answer: Working Girl
Fitzsimmons’s five-point question was in the category of Musicals and she got it correct.
What musical sequel set in 1961 features the songs “We’ll Be Together”, “Score Tonight”, and “Charades”?
Fitzsimmons’s Answer: Grease 2
Correct Answer: Grease 2
Montano’s five-point question was in the category of Ed Harris and he got it incorrect.
In addition to A Beautiful Mind, Ed Harris featured in two movies in 2001. Name both of them.
Montano’s Answer: Appaloosa and A History of Violence
Correct Answer: Enemy at the Gates and Buffalo Soldiers
The final score was 20-17 to Fitzsimmons.
Other Details
Including steal opportunities, Montano answered 12 out of the 16 questions asked to him correctly for an accuracy of 75%. His record is now 3-1.
Including steal opportunities, Fitzsimmons answered 11 out of the 16 questions asked to her correctly for an accuracy of 68.75%. Her record is now 3-1.
