I Can Hear the Screams in My Head

Inconceivable! episode 33, posted February 1, 2023.
Game Show episode 197
==Panelists==
* Host: Dan Moren
* Scorekeeper: Lex Friedman
====Team 1====
* Glenn Fleishman (“He’s a font of all knowledge”) [Captain]
* Shelly Brisbin (“She’s well versed in the classics”)
* Steve Lutz (“He’s always got the Lowdown Definition”)
====Team 2====
* Kathy Campbell (“When she’s playing we know we’ll have a wheely good time”)
* Monty Ashley (“He’s well versused in movies”)
* Annette Wierstra (“She’s only here because she thought that round 2 was a bake off round”) [Captain]
== Round 1 - Sobriquet, So Bought It ==
Long sobriquets are a staple of much genre work. I’m going to give you a series of titles for a character one by one. If you can identify the character after the first title you get the full 10 points, each additional title will cost you around 2 points.
Titles 	Character 	Contestant	Points awarded
Prince of Stories(Lord of the DreamworldMonarch of the Sleeping MarchesHis Darkness, Dream of the Endless) 	Dream (from the Sandman series) 	Glenn 	10
CluefinderWebcutter(Ring WinnerLuck WearerHe who walks unseenBarrel rider) 	Bilbo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)	Kathy 	8
Commander of the Order of the Grey CloakSometime Mortal Champion of Queen MabMagusEsquire of the Court of Queen Titania 	Harry Dresden (Harry Dresden) 	Shelly 	0
Daughter of the Fifth HouseHolder of the Sacred Chalice of RixxHeir to the Holy Rings of Betazed 	Lwaxana Troi (Star Trek: TNG) 	Monty 	0
General of the Ravenous LegionsEater of our Enemy’s FleshThe Venerable Monarch of PyleaPrelate of the Sacrificial Blood Rites and Sovereign Proconsul of Death	Cordelia Chase (from Angel) 	Steve 	0
The Great Grandiose Dictator for LifeThe Ruler SupremeThe Fearless, the Brave, the Held-High-in-Esteem 	Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) 	Annette 	0
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 10
* Team 2: 8
== 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: Fantastic Creatures
Points wagered: 6
Points lost: 6
Word: Cruben
Reader 	Definition 	Correct Answer	Chosen Answer
Kathy 	Cruben is a walrus that has been genetically engineered with a protective metal exoskeleton and photon flippers. 	 	X
Monty 	It’s like a manatee but huge. It’s like a scaled whale with a single horn on its forehead and it symbolizes Imperial power.	X 	
Annette	This is what everybody wants. It’s a tiny crab that if you eat it raw will give you temporary psychic powers. 	 	
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 4
* Team 2: 8
== Round 3 - What Doesn’t Fit ==
For five points identify the item in a list that doesn’t belong, for another five explain why.
Items 	Odd One Out 	Reason 	Contestant	Points awarded
Rachel GarrettJohn HarrimanEdward JellicoWilliam Riker 	William Riker 	Riker was only temporarily captain of an Enterprise, the others were all Captain of an Enterprise at one time. 	Kathy 	0
BrassBronzeSteelSilver 	Steel 	There is no steel dragon in Dungeons and Dragons 	Glenn 	0
X-WingY-WingB-WingU-Wing 	Y-Wing 	The Y-Wing does not have moving S-foils (wings) 	Monty 	1 (Awarded for a technically correct answer: U-Wing was not in the original trilogy)
Kevin BaconMelissa McCarthyElon MuskMegan Thee Stallion	Melissa McCarthy	The others have all played themselves in a Marvel property, Melissa McCarthy played an Asgard in Thor: Love and Thunder 	Shelly 	5
Sean ConneryAlec GuinnessPeter O’TooleJohn Rhys-Davies 	Peter O'Toole 	Peter O’Toole never played a character of middle-eastern descent. (John Rhys-Davies was Salah in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sean Connery was Ramirez in Highlander, Alec Guinness was Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia)	Annette 	5
ChampionHeroSilverTornado 	Champion 	The other horses belong to masked men. (Silver is the Lone Ranger’s, Tornado is Zorro’s, Hero is the Phantom’s) 	Steve 	1 (For identifying the list as horses)
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 10
* Team 2: 14
== Round 4 - Fake Off: A Knives Out Mystery ==
Team 2 answers
Category: Future Tech
Points wagered: 10
Points lost: 10
Word: Slamhound
Reader	Definition 	Correct Answer	Chosen Answer	Notes
Glenn 	“Gee you smell terrific” is what the assassination robot thought to itself as it tracked your pheromones to kill you. That’s what a Slamhound is. It’s a robot that’s designed to track people by how the pheromones.	X 	 	From William Gibson's Count Zero
Shelly	A Slamhound is a device deployed by fleets of autonomous space vehicles to protect against objects or other items that could be a collision hazard. 	 	 	
Steve 	A Slamhound, as we all know, is a computer virus that’s used to plunge a country’s populace into chaos by causing all of its network connected appliances to malfunction simultaneously. 	 	X 	
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 10
* Team 2: 4
== Round 5 - Musical Movie Mashups ==
From the following mashed up plot synopsis see if you can determine the movie and musical that we have combined.
For example: If I gave you the plot “Dragons awaken from centuries of slumber and struggle to adapt to their roles in talkies” the answer would be “Singing in the Rain of Fire”
Clue 	Answer 	Contestant	Points awarded
On one day every hundred years you can stumble into a distant world 	BrigaDune 	Glenn 	10
A professor by day, wolf by night tries to instruct a woman in the art of elocution and falconry 	My Fair Ladyhawke 	Kathy 	10
She’s from an immigrant family, he’s a killer android, will this star-crossed couple ever find love	Westworld Side Story 	Shelly 	10
An American nurse must confront her own prejudices while fighting off interdimensional creatures 	South Pacific Rim 	Monty 	10
An alien arrives on Earth to sell large quantities of musical instruments in exchange for water 	The Music Man Who Fell to Earth 	Steve 	10
A hungry victorian orphan discovers he’s the hero the multiverse needs 	Oliver!ything Everywhere All At Once	Annette 	10 (Accepted "Everything Everywhere Oliver! Once")
=== Final Standings ===
* Team 1: 40
* Team 2: 34