Inconceivable!:Spies, Pies, and Electronics

Game Show episode 57, posted March 23, 2017.
Inconceivable! episode 14
==Panelists==
*Host: Dan Moren
*Scorekeeper: Dan Moren
====Team 1====
*Christopher Husberg (“We hope we finish in time for him to catch Duskfall”)
*K.C. Alexander (“In any race with her it’s always neck and Necrotech”) [Captain]
*Adam Rakunas (“He’s going to play this game Like A Boss”)
====Team 2====
*Juliette Capra (“If we actually had intro music we guess that she’d be queueing up Ride of the Valkyries”)
*Curtis C. Chen (“He’s a writer, coder, boardgame geek and he packs a kick like a Kangaroo Too”) [Captain]
*Wendy N. Wagner (“She’ll take this game on at high speed - Lightspeed in fact”)
== Round 1 - These Acronyms Really Do Import Significance == 
For 5 five points, expand the following abbreviation and for an additional five points give the property of its origin.
Question 	Answer 	Origin 	Contestant	Points awarded
STAR Labs	Scientific and Technological Advanced Research Laboratory 	DC Comics 	Chris 	5
THAC0 	To Hit Armor Class Zero 	Dungeons and Dragons	Juliette 	10
AIVAS 	Artificial Intelligence Voice Address System 	Dragonriders of Pern	K.C. 	3
SPECTRE 	Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion	James Bond 	Curtis 	6
VISOR 	Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement 	Star Trek 	Adam 	6
MODOK 	Mental/Mobile/Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing 	Marvel Comics 	Wendy 	5
===Standings===
* Team 1: 14
* Team 2: 21
==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: Fantasy Creatures
Points wagered: 10
Points won/lost: 10
Word: Grick
Reader 	Definition 	Correct Answer	Chosen Answer
Juliette	Grick is a fantasy creature who lives in shadows who comes out and attacks and is a tentacled and beaked monster in Dungeons and Dragons 	X 	X
Curtis 	Grick is actually the name of the alien character that Laura Derby is playing in Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi 	 	
Wendy 	A Grick is a race of lizard-like beings that were written about by the legendary fantasist Lord Dunsany and it was a major influence for H.P. Lovecraft’s deep ones.	 	
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 24
* Team 2: 21
==Round 3 - One of These Things Is Not Like The Others ==
Identify the odd-one-out and why.
Terms 	Difference 	Reason 	Contestant	Points awarded
TatooineDantooineMantooineKlatooine 	Tatooine 	The only one seen on screen (in the movies) 	Juliette 	2
Rio GrandeOrinocoAmazonGanges 	Amazon 	The others were all Runabouts in Deep Space Nine 	Chris 	10
LakeMountainForestSwamp 	Lake 	The others are basic lands in Magic the Gathering 	Curtis 	5
Janet Van DyneBruce BannerTony StarkSteve Rogers 	Steve Rogers 	Steve is not an original Avenger 	K.C. 	10
Scale of DragonRoot of MandrakeGall of GoatEye of Newt 	Mandrake root 	Spell ingredients from Macbeth 	Wendy 	10
Lance HenriksenSteven AmellSimone MissickMellisa BenoistRiz Ahmed	Melissa Benoist	The others have all played characters named for chess pieces	Adam 	2
===Standings===
* Team 1: 46
* Team 2: 38
== Round 4 - Fake Off: The Revenge ==
Team 2 answers
Category: Fantasy and Science-Fiction Arts and Crafts
Points wagered: 9
Points lost: 9
Word: Tand
Reader	Definition 	Correct Answer	Chosen Answer
Adam 	Tand is a kind of woven scarf worn by characters in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea 	 	X
K.C. 	A sceptre from the Willow sequel Shadow Moon 	 	
Chris 	A tand is a sculpture made of rods and wire and it’s created by individuals who are part of a mysterious ascetic order. Part of Jack Vance’s The Dragon Masters book.	X 	
=== Standings ===
* Team 1: 46
* Team 2: 29
== Round 5 - Movie Mashups - Peak TV Edition ==
From the following mashed up plots, give the name of the TV show meets movie.
For example: “A pair of secret agents aim to protect the world from extra-terrestrial threats, while exploring the more subtle and sinister impact of technology on out society” would be “Men in Black Mirror”
Clue 	Answer 	Contestant	Points awarded
A reformed neo-nazi tries to prevent his younger brother from joining up with a band of misfits with superpowers. 	American History X-men 	Chris 	10
A parent and kid switch bodies, which only amps up the drama around the local high school football team. 	Freaky Friday Night Lights 	Juliette 	10
A rag-tag group of survivors is trying to stay one step ahead of the shambling corpses with help from their latest member: a wisecracking mercenary. 	The Walking Deadpool 	K.C. 	10
A motley crew of time-traveling superheroes takes on a mogul who wants to control the news in this installment of the long-running spy franchise. 	The Legends of Tomorrow Never Dies	Curtis 	10
Two slackers hiding from a zombie outbreak barricade themselves and their friends in a saloon in an old west mining town. 	Shaun of the Deadwood 	Adam 	10
A local town government department peopled with colorful characters seems to get no work done but maybe that because they are fleeing resurrected dinosaurs.	Jurassic Parks and Recreation 	Wendy 	10
=== Final Standings ===
* Team 1: 76
* Team 2: 59