I Really Should Have Studied My Dans

Inconceivable! episode 29, posted July 29, 2020.
Game Show episode 136
==Panelists==
* Host: Lex Friedman
* Scorekeeper: Jason Snell
====Team 1====
* Dan Moren (“Introduced first because he also shot first”) [Captain]
* Steve Lutz (“He’s the lowest of Definitions”)
* Cathy Campbell (“When you need a rundown of her day she’ll give you the TikTok”)
====Team 2====
* Erika Ensign (“When she creates Doctor Who content we skarf it down”) [Captain]
* James Thomson (“A man who should never be chopped or minced but will happily get diced”)
* Tony Sindelar (“While James gets dicey, he gets D.C.”)
== Round 1 - Initially, Dan ==
Identify two famous Dan’s who share the same initials from clues for each.
Identify one for four points, both for all 10.
For example: One is the author of The Da Vinci Code and the other is the director of 28 Days Later and Trainspotting, would result in the answer Dan Brown and Danny Boyle.
Clues 	Answer 	Contestant	Points awarded
One first appeared as a puppet on public broadcasting and later as a cartoon character with new versions of old familiar songs, the other was a dad whose penchant for cleaning boarded on obsessive compulsive disorder. 	Daniel Tiger and Danny Tanner 	Dan 	10
A fictional debonair criminal who appears in no fewer than five films, and he wrote Alien after previously working on Star Wars special effects. 	Danny Ocean and Dan O’Bannon 	Erika 	4.11 (0.11 points for guessing Dan O’Whatever)
He’s a rock musician turned movie composer who worked with aliens, elephants and superheroes, and he was a fictional real estate agent, political operative in the executive branch and short-lived host of CBS This Morning	Danny Elfman and Dan Egan 	Steve 	4
An actor who was hired for the long-term job that made him a millionaire when he was just eleven and the co-host of a fictional TV series inspired by ESPN 	Daniel Radcliffe and Dan Rydell 	James 	4
An actor who’s played opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger at least twice and the only actor to win three best actor Academy Awards 	Danny DeVito and Daniel Day-Lewis	Kathy 	10
A fictional journalist who married a fictional Whitehouse Chief of Staff, and one of nine actors to portray the same fictional film character. 	Danny Concannon and Daniel Craig 	Tony 	4.5 (half a point for identifying that Danny Concannon was played by Timothy Busfield (“that guy from Thirtysomething”))
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 24
* Team 2: 12.61
== 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: Star Wars
Points wagered: 10
Points won/lost: 10
Word: Judlie
Reader	Definition 	Correct Answer	Chosen Answer
Erika 	A crude cudgel-like weapon wielded by the Ewoks native to the forest moon of Endor. 	 	
James 	Judlie is the nickname given to the droid JD-L3 by its owner, noted second-tier smuggler Dash Rendar at the time of the galactic civil war. JD-L3 is an R1 series droid.	 	
Tony 	Judlie was one of the five strongpoints constructed by the Freedom's Sons around the Intergalactic Communications Center during the Battle of Praesitlyn. 	X 	X
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 34
* Team 2: 12.61
== Round 3 - Where Are You From? ==
I'll give four words from a work of fiction, one at a time. Tell me where they’re from and get 10 points if you get it from the first word, eight if from the second, 6 if from the third and four if you get it from the easy fourth clue. One guess per word.
Words 	Source 	Contestant	Points awarded
EnteropiaSquampsMagrathia(Beeblebrox) 	Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy	James 	6.42 (0.42 for Erika guessing Beeblebrox as the last clue)
Magorian(Acid PopsDiffindoMudblood) 	Harry Potter 	Steve 	10
D’HoffrynWilliam PrattGlorificusHellmouth 	Buffy the Vampire Slayer 	Tony 	4.42 (0.42 points for James mentioning Buffy after the first word)
ShoboganArtron Energy(AdiposePsychic Paper) 	Doctor Who 	Kathy 	8
Castor / Neolutionist / (*) 	Orphan Black 	Erika 	8
The MindflayerThe Gate(ElevenThe Upside Down)	Stranger Things 	Dan 	8.11 (0.11 points because “Eleven was a character in Stranger Things and ‘The Mindflayer’ that was a tough one”)
(Words in parentheses were not required by the teams to get the answer)* Remaining words not given in the episode
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 60.11
* Team 2: 31.45
== Round 4 - Fake Off 2: Return to Fake Off ==
Team 2 answers
Category: Sci-Fi Food and Drink
Points wagered: 10
Points lost: 10
Word: Bahgol
Reader	Definition 	Correct Answer	Chosen Answer
Dan 	As everybody knows, I like a good piece of fried dough like a funnel cake. A Bahgol is actually pretty similar to that, its a delicacy from the island nation of Sapor, and it’s a fried piece of dough you top with a spicy savory chutney. It’s from Robert Jackson Bennett’s Devine Cities trilogy.	 	
Steve 	A Bahgol is a gigantic salamander-like creature used by the Rigelians as a sort of living oven. They trap these creatures and then they cook local delicacies inside their boiling stomach acid. 	 	X
Kathy 	It’s a Klingon tea-like beverage that is best served warm. 	X 	
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 60.11
* Team 2: 21.45
== Round 5 - Combo Packages ==
I’ve combined the titles of two works of fiction with an overlap in the middle your going to identify the combo title.
For example: “If a group of boys go on a hike to find the dead body of a man with multiple personalities in this Farrelly brothers romp” would be “Stand by Me, Myself & Irene”
Synopsis 	Answer 	Contestant	Points awarded
A pair of crime-solving brothers take down terrorists at the office Christmas party. 	Die Hardy Boys 	Kathy 	10
A modern cop finds himself stuck in the 1970s as he tries desperately to make his case to get into heaven. 	Defending Your Life on Mars 	Tony 	10
An elite United States Air Force Special Operations team defends the US against threats from across the galaxy while dealing with a passive-aggressive tyrannical nurse at the mental institution.	Stargate SG-1 Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest	Steve 	2.3 (2.7 points donated to Team 2)
Everyday is exactly the same after catastrophic climate change leads to a new ice age. 	Groundhog Day After Tomorrow 	James 	10
The wealthy Dashwood sisters must deal with suddenly becoming destitute, but that’s okay one of them can talk to the recently deceased 	Sixth Sense and Sensibility 	Dan 	10
A beautiful bounty hunter sells his soul when he realizes beauty fades. 	The Portrait of Mandalorian Grey 	Erika 	3
=== Final Standings ===
* Team 1: 82.42*
* Team 2: 44.44*
* The final score given for team 2 did not include the 2.7 points donated to Team 2 from round 5 question 3 (Team 1 did not get to keep the points either). Finally, 0.01 points was donated from team 2 to team 1 so team one could finish on 44.44 rather than 44.45.