Week 2 Protests
- Round 1:Q5
- Chris of the Frayed Naughts protested
"$2.50" for 2 pts, and "$1.50" (instead of "$1.25" for tax
increase per carton of cigarettes). Protest DENIED; we have a
smoker on our team who verified the correct answer.
- Round 2:Q2
- Craig or the Cellar Rats protested
Copeland for 2pts, and Ruby for 1pt ("They are in the
same office"). Protest DENIED; although Copeland
practises law out of the same office, Ruby is the
famous one (and Copeland is primarily a criminal lawyer
rather than a civil liberties specialist).
- Round 6:Q10
- Someone at Kilgours protested Dr.
Zhivago and Lara for 2pts.
Ditto for John W. (I think) of M.I.5.
Also Richard of Frayed Naughts for 2pts.
And Debbie of Forza Azzurri.
Protests GRANTED; begrudgingly as the question
referred to Doctor Zhivago. A more specific Yuri is a
superior answer.
- Round 8:Q3
- Brian of Unnatural Axxe protested "Lord
Kitchener" for 2pts and "Elliot" for 1pt. (for "first
Governor-General of India").
Protest DENIED. Warren Hastings was the first G-G of India.
Bob of the Misplaced Modifiers protested "Warren Hastings".
Protest GRANTED (typing error on question sheet).
- Round 8:Q6
- Marjorie of M.I.5 protested "Hill Towns"
(for "Hill Stations") for 2pts. Protest DENIED. No one refers
to those places as Hill Towns; they are Hill Stations.
- Round 8:Q7
- John of the Cellar Rats protested "Prison
for Soldiers" (for "Prison where British were held") for
2pts. Protest GRANTED; again, the inference from the question
is that a "Black Hole" would be a prison. We wanted the
discerning feature that British subjects were held there.
- Round 9:Q3
- Mike of the Cellar Rats protested "Indian
tiger" for 2pts, and "Bengal Tiger" for 1pt (instead of
"Siberian Tiger"). Protest DENIED. Bengal Tigers have not
been stable; they have been in decline.
- Round 9:Q6
- Jim of Forza Azzurri protested
"Leatherback" (instead of "Leatherneck") for 2pts. Protest
GRANTED. This was a typing error.