Inconceivable!:Serious Nerdery

Game Show episode 1, posted February 9, 2015.
Inconceivable! episode 1
To launch the show, we handpicked a roster of some of our favorite Incomparable panelists to compete for your amusement. Join Scott McNulty, Georgia Dow, Lisa Schmeiser, Tony Sindelar, Erika Ensign, and, of course, Jason Snell as they identify arcane jargon, test their knowledge of classic books of fantasy and sci-fi, and explore the colliding worlds of mashed-up movies. (episode page)
== Panelists ==
* Host: Dan Moren
* Scorekeeper: Lex Friedman
* Team 1:
** Scott McNulty
** Lisa Schmeiser
** Jason Snell (captain)
* Team 2: (Winners)
** Georgia Dow
** Tony Sindelar
** Erika Ensign (captain)
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=== Round 1 - The Jargon File ===
For 5 points identify the universe or franchise, and for another 5, explain the term.
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Term 	Universe 	Purpose 	Contestant	Points awarded
Tibanna gas 	Star Wars 	Blasters and other tech 	Scott 	6Universe: 5, Amusing answer: 1
Knut 	Harry Potter 	Currency: bronze, 29 knuts per silver sickle	Georgia 	0
Pattern buffer 	Star Trek 	Part of the transporter 	Lisa 	10
Centon 	Battlestar Galactica	Measure of time, equivalent to a minute 	Tony 	0
Cosmic treadmill 	DC Comics 	Time travel device used by the Flash 	Jason 	10
Narya, Nenya, Vilya	Lord of the Rings 	The three Elven rings of power 	Erika 	10
==== Standings ====
* Team 1 - 26
* Team 2 - 10
=== Round 2 - Fake Off ===
Identify the liar. Bid between 1 and 10 points, based on your knowledge of the category:
Star Trek characters
Team 1 answers
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Points wagered: 10
Points won: 10
Which of the following was NOT an Enterprise crewmember killed in the original series of Star Trek?
* I'm Security Officer Grant, and in the episode Friday's Child I was killed for the crime of reaching for my phaser.
* I'm Engineer Watson and in the episode Elaan of Troyius I found someone sabotaging the warp drive, so he snapped my neck.
* I'm Crewman Hunter, and in the episode The Galileo Seven, I was exposed to fatal amounts of radiation and perished.
==== Standings ====
* Team 1 - 36
* Team 2 - 10
=== Round 3 - In the beginning ===
Given the first line of a well-known speculative fiction book, identify the book and author for 5 points each.
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Line 	Book 	Author 	Contestant	Points awarded
The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. 	Snow Crash 	Neal Stephenson 	Georgia 	10
The late twentieth century has witnessed a scientific gold rush of astonishing proportions: the headlong and furious haste to commercialize genetic engineering.	Jurassic Park 	Michael Crichton 	Scott 	0
Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston. 	The Stand 	Stephen King 	Tony 	10
His name was Gaal Dornick and he was just a country boy who had never seen Trantor before. 	Foundation 	Isaac Asimov 	Lisa 	10
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. 	Neuromancer 	William Gibson 	Erika 	10
We should start back, Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them. 	A Game of Thrones	George R.R. Martin	Jason 	0
==== Standings ====
* Team 1 - 46
* Team 2 - 40
=== Round 4 - Fake Off, Part II: The Fakening ===
Category: Star Wars characters
Team 2 answers
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Points wagered: 7
Points won: 7
Which of the following was NOT an Ewok seen on screen in 1983's Return of the Jedi? 
* I'm Teebo, a friend of Wicket's, and the apprentice to our village's shaman! 
* I'm Erpham, Wicket's grandfather and the most respected elder and warrior of our village.
* I am Chirpa, the chief of the tribe that helped the Rebels bring about victory over the Empire.
==== Standings ====
* Team 1 - 46
* Team 2 - 47
=== Round 5 - Movie Mash-ups ===
We've combined two movies by a word they have in common: the last word of one movie leads into the first word of the next. As a clue, we'll give you the mashed up plot of the movie.
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Plot 	Movie 	Contestant	Points awarded
Aliens attempt to stop humanity from creating a doomsday weapon by resurrecting the dead; the only hope for mankind is four aging test pilots who need to fix a Soviet satellite. 	Plan 9 From Outer Space Cowboys 	Scott 	5 - Space Cowboys
A farmboy turned pirate needs to save his true love from being turned into a mate for a mad scientist's hideous abomination. 	The Princess Bride of Frankenstein 	Georgia 	10
A small enclave of scientists experiments on zombies under the protection of a time-traveling killer robot out to prevent the end of the world. 	Terminator 2: Judgment Day of the Dead 	Lisa 	10
Inside a massive greenhouse ship, a botanist cares for Earth's remaining trees, all while competing on a reality TV show where failure means death. 	Silent Running Man 	Tony 	10
In a distant future where water is scarce, a band of buccaneers tries to return cursed treasure that renders them immortal. 	The Ice Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl	Jason 	10
The fate of the all existence rests upon a diminutive hero, his steadfast companion, and the unlikely team of a stubborn ruler and English schoolmistress attempting to discover how a robot could have committed murder.	The Return of the King and I, Robot 	Erika 	10
==== Standings ====
* Team 1 - 71
* Team 2 - 77
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