Buccaneer Bowl XIX Results

Awesome game all around, and so, so close!

First Place and New Reigning Champs: But We Look Good
Vin Copperfield, Eleanor Roundfield, Maxx Serendipity, Celeste Wisent

best team smartass:
[10:14:17] Lette Ponnier: What was the name of the 19th century Royal Navy vessel discovered in Mercy Bay, Canada this week?
[10:14:26] Celeste Wisent: pinafore

best team typo:
[10:13:06] Lette Ponnier: What city, the Netherlands' third largest, is the *seat of government* (not Amsterdam)?
[10:13:12] Vin Copperfield: the ahge=

Second Place: Voracious Viridians
Cygnoir Blanc, Leyna Brandenburg, Olmstead Fanshaw, Browman Griffith

best team smartass:
[11:06:41] Lette Ponnier: What is the capital of Mali?
[11:06:48] Cygnoir Blanc: mali city

best team typo:
[10:37:25] Lette Ponnier: What ancient Greek playwright wrote "The Clouds", a comedy in which Strepsiades enrolls his son in "The Thinkery"?
[10:37:33] Olmstead Fanshaw: sarixstopnbnes

Third Place: The Fauviators
Starla Gurbux, Catherine Resch, Alanna Robbiani, Orchide Vita

best team smartass:
[11:25:36] Lette Ponnier: What is being studied if one is a cytologist?
[11:25:42] Alanna Robbiani: bicycles

Fourth Place: The Grey Matters
Jeanette Avedon, bo Cardoso, tattiescone Doghouse, Eilish Fenwick

best team typo:
[11:42:59] Lette Ponnier: What well known personality was arrested in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, for allegedly smoking marijuana during the 2010 FIFA World Cup match between Brazil and the Netherlands?
[11:43:07] tattiescone Doghouse: hikltoin

Fifth Place (tie): Frivolous Corsairs
Sparka Milo, Lou Netizen, Shale Nightfire, Rain Ninetails

best team smartass:
[10:58:47] Lette Ponnier: What do sufferers of blennophobia fear that should give them pause about applying for a job with Ghostbusters?
[10:58:54] Sparka Milo: siphillis

Fifth Place (tie): Trumpton Trivials
Cully Andel, Liriel Garnet, Igpay Morpork, Maggie Sewell

best team smartass:
[11:29:29] Lette Ponnier: What band did Wyclef Jean, who recently announced he will run for president of Haiti, make his musical breakthrough in?
[11:29:41] Liriel Garnet: the who?

best team typos:
[11:22:40] Lette Ponnier: What country that signed the Warsaw Pact in 1955 is missing from the following list: The Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Albania, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania.
[11:22:49] Cully Andel: cancada
[11:22:53] Cully Andel: poands
[11:22:57] Cully Andel: frances

best, um... gosh, i wish i knew:
[10:19:34] Lette Ponnier: What are The "Calaveras de Azucar," which are specially prepared for the Dia de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, better known as in English?
[10:19:37] Igpay Morpork: cthainginv

Seventh Place: Boombrancirceschism
Chaddington Boomhauer, Nina Brandenburg, JoshuaStephen Schism

best team smartass:
[11:03:45] Lette Ponnier: Who assumed the office of Prime Minister of Japan on June 8th, 2010, succeeding Yukio Hatoyama ?
[11:04:05] Chaddington Boomhauer: unagi

Eighth Place: The JOB Squad
Juke Badger, Mondrian Magic, Hilda Static, Sal Zulaman

best team smartass:
[11:44:12] Lette Ponnier: In the New Testament's Mark 6:29, whose headless body was collected by his disciples and laid in a tomb?
[11:44:54] Juke Badger: Alfredo Garcia

best team typo:
[11:55:13] Lette Ponnier: A Rusty Nail is made with Scotch and what honey and herb flavored liqueur?
[11:55:21] Sal Zulaman: brmbuie