One Hour’s Worth of Radon

Inconceivable! episode 34, posted August 2, 2023.
Game Show episode 210
==Panelists==
* Host: Dan Moren
* Scorekeeper: Jason Snell
====Team 1====
* Kelly Guimont (“She’ll MCU around”)
* Mikah Sargent (“He always knows what time it is because he’s Clockwise”)
* Erika Ensign (“Her pursuits are anything but random”) [Captain]
====Team 2====
* Tony Sindelar (“He doesn’t Mind a good Meld”)
* Annette Wierstra (“we turn to her for direction on all our SMOOCHing”)
* Steve Lutz (“He’s a no-good Low-down Definition”) [Captain]
== Round 1 - This or That ==
Given two names, identify which belongs to each of two categories. Today’s categories: Siege Engines and Peppers
Items 	Answer 	Contestant	Points awarded
Dangjo and Hwacha 	Dangjo - Pepper,Hwacha - Siege Engine 	Kelly 	0
Chiltepin and Springald 	Chiltepin - Pepper,Springald - Siege Engine 	Tony 	10
Sambuca and Dragon’s Breath	Sambuca - Siege Engine,Dragon’s Breath - Pepper	Mikah 	10
Petrary and Madam Jeanette 	Petrary - Siege Engine,Madame Jeanette - Pepper	Annette 	0
Medusa and Helepolis 	Medusa - Pepper,Helepolis - Siege Engine 	Erika 	0
Onager and Fatalii 	Onager - Siege Engine,Fatalii - Pepper 	Steve 	0
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 10
* Team 2: 10
== Round 2 - Fake Off ==
Given a word from a work of speculative fiction (TV, movies, comics etc.) find the correct answer from the three definitions given.
Team 1 answers
Category: Magic Systems
Points wagered: 7
Points lost: 7
Word: Sessat
Reader 	Definition 	Correct Answer	Chosen Answer
Tony 	A sessat is the system of blood magic used by vampire wizards in the Vampire: The Masquerade roll playing game from White Wolf 	 	X
Annette	It is a set of dark magic binding spells that prevent people from telling the truth in Shadow and Bone 	 	
Steve 	Sessat is actually a magical symbol associated with the number six and the qualities of loyalty and social cohesion. It comes from the Rook and Rose series by M. A. Carrick.	X 	
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 3
* Team 2: 10
== Round 3 - Villainy on the Loose ==
Villains have escaped their movies and now wreak havoc in other movies. From the following mashed up plots, decipher the new film that stars the antagonist.
For example “A masked Lord terrorizes a blind woman in her own apartment” would be “Wait Until Darth Vader”
Summary 	Mashup Title 	Contestant	Points awarded
A genetically engineered superman becomes embroiled in murder and corruption in the City of Angels 	L.A. Khan-fidential 	Tony 	10
The daughter of a media mogul falls in love with a man she met in a coffee shop, unaware that he is secretly a maniacal clown	Meet Joker Black 	Kelly 	5
A Franciscan friar investigates a murder at an abbey, his prime suspect a fleet-footed Atlantean 	Namor of the Rose 	Annette 	10
An Apatosaurus and his cave boy team up to take on an evil wizard with a penchant for jewelry 	The Good Dino-Sauron 	Mikah 	10
A retired assassin gets back in the game after a nefarious hag makes good on her canine threat 	John Wicked Witch of the West	Steve 	10
A would-be chef relies on a surprising source to help him cook, but can they win over a sadistic nurse 	Nurse Ratche-touille 	Erika 	10
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 28
* Team 2: 40
== Round 4 - Fake Off: Across the Fakiverse ==
Team 2 answers
Category: Future Tech
Points wagered: 3
Points lost: 3
Word: Schrön Loop
Reader	Definition 	Correct Answer	Chosen Answer	Notes
Kelly 	A Schrön loop is a tiny storage chip that can hold a near infinite amount of data used by couriers. 	X 	 	From Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Mikah 	A Schrön loop is actually a tiny jewel inserted subdermally near your jaw that allows you to receive and sub-vocalize communications.	 	 	Actually from Orson Scott Card’s Ender novels
Erika 	A faster-than-light spacecraft engine for deep space travel. 	 	X 	
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 28
* Team 2: 37
== Round 5 - The Name of the Game ==
Before we landed on Inconceivable! we workshopped many other names for this podcast. From the following punny clues, derive the proposed title of this show.
For example: “Unable to be kept in Europe” would give the name “Incontinent”.
Clue 	Answer 	Contestant	Points awarded
Can’t play one’s Playstation 5 or Xbox X 	Inconsolable (In-console-able) 	Kelly 	10
Impossible to defraud multiple times in a row 	Inconsequential (In-con-sequential) 	Tony 	3
Regret one’s relationship with a certain giant ape	Incongruous (In-Kong-rue-us) 	Mikah 	10
Opposed to hints in a sifter 	Inconclusive (In-con-clue-sieve) 	Annette 	10
Can’t be tumbled by a German philosopher 	Incontrolable (In-Kant-rollable) 	Erika 	10
Has difficulty jumping in a classic NES game 	Incontrovertible (In-Contra-vertible)	Steve 	0
=== Final Standings ===
* Team 1: 58
* Team 2: 50