Inconceivable!:Sorcerel Realism

Game Show episode 40, posted July 6, 2016.
Inconceivable! episode 11
==Panelists==
*Host: Dan Moren
*Scorekeeper: Lex Friedman
*Team 1:
**Steven Schapansky (“He’s focused on hard facts not those hockey feels”)
**Erika Ensign (“She’s a Verityable expert on a variety of subjects”) [captain]
**Tony Sindelar (“He’s Batman”)
*Team 2:
**Kat Griffiths (“We hear she’s a fan of the creepy Crowleys”) [Captain]
**Monty Ashley (“His Pursuits are anything but Trivial”)
**Liz Myles (“She fought the Game of Thrones and the thrones won”)
===Round 1 - Classy Actors===
Find the rhyming actor name mashed up with a class from D&D.
For example, “this pickpocket was neither good, nor ugly” you would think “Lee Van Thief”
Clue 	Answer 	Contestant	Points awarded
Conquering the arcane arts is tough, even more so when dealing with an unexpected teenage pregnancy 	Ellen Mage (Page)† 	Steven 	10
After abandoning his partner, the world’s greatest detective, this British actor decided to turn over a new leaf. Literally.	Druid (Jude) Law 	Kat 	10
He gets no respect, probably because he keeps forgetting to mark his quarry 	Rodney Rangerfield (Dangerfield)	Erika 	10
Having played more than one detective, this trademark schlub decided to try the other side of the law 	Donal Rogue (Logue) 	Monty 	0
This motorcycle riding law man turned holy warrior is one cool cat 	Cleric (Erik) Estrada 	Tony 	10
This British comedian has clearly master Tasha’s Hideous Laughter 	Eddie Wizard (Izzard) 	Liz 	10
(† Recorded prior to Elliot's transition in December 2020)
====Standings====
*Team 1: 30
*Team 2: 20
===Round 2 - Fake Off===
(This time the word was given ahead of bidding points, not the category.)
Identify the correct definition for the given word. Bid between 1 and 10 points.
Team 1 answers
Word: Seetee
Points wagered: 10
Points won: 10
Reader	Definition 	Correct Answer	Chosen Answer
Liz 	The Headquarters/Control Tower from the British TV show Star Cops. 	 	
Monty 	An abbreviated name for a world devouring Cthulhu from a Norman Spinrad book about space hippies.	 	
Kat 	An old word for antimatter. 	X 	X
====Standings====
*Team 1: 21
*Team 2: 14
===Round 3 - This and That===
(Inspired by Antony Johnston)
Iain M. Bank’s series of Culture novels are known for their super wacky ship names, the video game Destiny is known for its super wacky weapon names. I’m going to give you two names, you need to tell me which is from the Culture novels and which is from Destiny.
Names 	Categories 	Contestant	Points awarded
Pocket InfinityIrregular Apocalypse 	Culture: Irregular ApocalypseDestiny: Pocket Infinity 	Kat 	10
Nervous EnergyBad Juju 	Culture: Nervous EnergyDestiny: Bad Juju 	Steven 	10
Just Read the InstructionsSuper Good Advice	Culture: Just Read the InstructionsDestiny: Super Good Advice	Monty 	10
Dramatic ExitBackhanded Compliment 	Culture: Dramatic ExitDestiny: Backhanded Compliment 	Erika 	10
Secret HandshakeCongenital Optimist 	Culture: Congenital OptimistDestiny: Secret Handshake 	Liz 	10
Corrective MeasureAttitude Adjuster 	Culture: Attitude AdjusterDestiny: Corrective Measure 	Tony 	0
====Standings====
*Team 1: 60
*Team 2: 50
===Round 4 - Fake Off: I Want to Take His Fake, Off===
Word: Kaiidth
Team 2 answers
Points wagered: 10
Points won: 10
Reader	Definition 	Correct Answer	Chosen Answer
Steven	A Vulcan expression meaning “what is, is”. 	X 	X
Erika 	A dwarf tool used for mining (Mithril, probably) 	 	
Tony 	A glave weapon from the D&D Dark Sun setting. It looks kind of like a ninja star made out of bone.	 	
====Standings====
*Team 1: 60
*Team 2: 60
===Round 5 - Everybody's a Critic===
Identify a classic work of literature from a 1-star Amazon review. Trade half the available points for the name of a more obscure title by the same author.
Review 	Answer 	Contestant	Points awarded
Don’t Believe the Hype by Amazon CustomerI’m sure that I’ll have people wanting my blood for this, but I have to be honest. This book is horrible, absolutely horrible from start to finish. The writing is grade-schoolish, the plot moves too slowly and is so far fetched that one can’t lose one’s suspension of disbelief not matter how hard the read tries. And frankly the monster itself is sleep inducing.Don’t bother with this book. For that matter don’t bother with the movies either. [Blank] the book and all things spawned from this book is the single most overrated work in literature.Alternate Work: The Last Man 	Frankenstein 	Steven 	10
Terrible and Overrated by Poomasterflex[Blank] is boring. It has no point. It’s only about magic and wands and secret passages. Also, the characters are all stupid. I think some of the characters are put in just to make it longer. The book is also very long. Everything is described very well but the description isn’t needed. You might like [Blank] if you believe in ghosts, goblins magic and bad guys who kill people with magic. You should not read this book. It will be a waste of the month it takes you to read it. Thank you for taking your time to read my review, I just saved you a month of misery and reading.Alternate Work: The Cuckoo’s Calling 	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Kat 	10
An unholy work by Harry Graham PotterAs far as the mechanics, one cannot hold anything against the work. Nor will I comment on anything further than the first chapter, which I could not complete. I found it filled with actual witchery and sorcerel realism. It became a threat to my soul and poisoned my imagination. The rest of the work, I imagine, is filled with the demonic. Christian, if you own a copy, do not sell it, (spreading the evil) rather destroy it like I did, and boldly tear it to pieces lest it weave its spell over you. (I did however enjoy the TV miniseries in which interestingly her wizards seem more like our priests.Alternate Work: Four Ways to Forgiveness	A Wizard of Earthsea 	Erika 	0
Jibberish by Lyndsey MertzI made it a quarter of the way through the book when i had to put it down. The paragraph in particular referenced a million gallon vat of custard and i couldn't get past it. Even in science fiction, a million gallon vat of custard just isn't believable. Belief cannot be suspended with this book.Alternate Work: (Not Specified) 	The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 	Monty 	10
Don’t judge a book by its cover by Aaron FoxThis book is pretentious, obsolete and worth no ones effort. Frankly just outright stupid. If any book deserves to be burned it’s this one.Alternate Work: (Not Specified) 	Fahrenheit 451 	Tony 	10
Incredibly Hard to Read by Andrew ChildThis book was written like a text book, it has no plot and no character development it just tells the entire history of [Blank]. The story spans several ages so you read about many different generations of families. The bad part about this is that for whatever reason all of the male characters have almost the same name thus making it not only boring to read but difficult to understand. It’s like reading a history book about that time period in Prussia where every who ruled was named Frederick except you’re reading it for fun and not a class grade.Alternate Work: Tree and Leaf 	The Silmarillion 	Liz 	5
====Final Standings====
*Team 1: 80
*Team 2: 85