Six teams participated, sending one champion apiece. After the team representatives had lined up, they were peppered with diverse topics. Each player had about 5 seconds apiece to name an item that fit the topic, then it was the next person's turn. As soon as any player was unable to provide another answer, the topic was closed, and the next topic began immediately with the next person. Whenever a player ended a topic, their team got an "X." The players who ended the fewest topics received the highest scores.
However, there was a five-way tie for first, with each player missing twice. One player missed three times.
Here are the topics, along with some of the more "obvious" answers people did NOT give. Of course, the structure of this challenge was designed to make the obvious more elusive, and therefore painful.
Movies in Which Adam Sandler Appears:
4 correct answers.
Not given: The Wedding Singer; 9 others available.
Words That Rhyme with "If":
5 correct answers.
Not given: cliff; sniff; stiff; whiff; 8 others available.
Characters in "Beetle Bailey":
2 correct answers.
Not given: All, except Sarge & Beetle Bailey (15 others available).
Shakespeare Characters Whose Names Are in the Title:
10 correct answers, the most of the challenge.
Not given: Antony and Cleopatra probably the biggest leftovers. (9 others available.)
U.S. Vice Presidents Who Became President:
3 correct answers.
Not given: Richard Nixon; Teddy Roosevelt; Harry Truman; Lyndon Johnson; Gerald Ford; 6 others.
The NBA's Top 10 Players in Most Points Scored:
3 correct answers (Jordan, Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar).
Not given: 7 players available.
The Last 10 "Best Picture" Oscar Winners:
0 correct answers, the only shutout topic.
Not given: "Titanic," "Braveheart," "Schindler's List," "Forrest Gump," "Gladiator," and 5 more remained. (The first guess was "Dances with Wolves," which DID win Best Picture, but was 1 or 2 years too old.)
Animals with 3-Letter Names:
Many correct answers.
Not given: many more available. No one said "cat" or "dog."
Countries Whose Names Contain the Word "Land":
4 correct answers.
Not given: Switzerland; Thailand; the Netherlands; 1 other.
Superman's Powers:
8 correct answers.
Not given: Super-hearing; 2 others.
Languages Spoken by 75 Million People (or More):
10 correct answers, also the most of the challenge.
Not given: Japanese; Korean; 1 other.
U.S. States Named After a Specific Person:
4 correct answers.
Not given: Pennsylvania; Louisiana; 4 others.
Presidents of Williams College NOT Named "Schapiro":
2 correct answers (Garfield and Vost).
Not given: 14 others available.
Answers Given by the Magic 8-Ball:
1 correct answer.
Not given: 19 available. The only correct answer was "YES." (The second person tried "NO," was told their answer was incomplete, and couldn't come up with "MY SOURCES SAY NO" or "MY REPLY IS NO.")
FINAL SCORES: 5-5-5-5-5-3 (frighteningly even)