"I greatly fear the world will call
you DreadNaughts."
~Judith McNaught
![Text Box: When more than one lady is interested in claiming the same man, we have what we call Hero Competitions. In order to determine which lucky lady will get to be the lucky bride, a competition is held to determine which lady knows the most about the man in question. These competitions (much like tournaments in the days of old, except now it is the women proving themselves worthy of the man--lol) are trivia contests of sorts -- the trivia coming from the book that said man was in. If he is in more than one book, the Ladies of MACC will determine which book the trivia will be from. Obviously whoever wins the contest WINS THE MAN!!!
Competition Rules
There will be three categories in the competition: Multiple Choice, True/False, and Short Answer/Fill In The Blank. Each category will have 7 questions.
Each competitor will be given 45 seconds to both read and answer the question. You may change your answer within the 45 second timeframe. However, NO answer can be changed or will be accepted after "TIME" has been posted by MACC.
For the Multiple Choice and True/False questions, your last answer is your final answer.
For example, if you answer: T F T (in a True/False question) before "TIME" is called, we will go with your last answer, T for ‘TRUE’.
For the Short Answer/Fill In The Blank questions, where the correct answer is more than one word, MACC will exercise discretion as regards to whether or not it is necessary for you to clarify your answer.
For example, if you are asked: "Judith McNaught is a _______ _______." and your answer is "wonderful writer.... author" - although we understand that you do not mean that she is a "writer author", and that you were changing "writer" to "author" - we may give you the opportunity to clarify your answer.
Your final answer is limited to the answers you had already posted within the 45 seconds. No new answers will be accepted.
Incorrect answers are incorrect, however, we will make allowances for typos and may give you the opportunity to clarify answers within typographical error parameters .
For example; We will accept 'peach' from 'pesch', but not 'peach' from 'peers'.
If you are asked for a clarification, please do so immediately
You must challenge a correct/incorrect ruling before the next question is posted. Failure to do so waives your right to a challenge or appeal. . MACC will halt the competition until a ruling is made. The MACC decision is final.
All the competitors are given the same set of questions. We do our best to make sure that the questions are straight-forward and not ambiguous. Please read the question CAREFULLY prior to answering as we will generally not suspend the 45- second time limit in order to respond to any clarification requests/queries regarding a competition question.
Each of the questions in the True/False and Multiple Choice categories will be worth 4 points. Each question in the Short Answer/Fill in the Blank category will be worth 6 points. In this category, partial credit will be given for partially correct answers.
The contestant with the most points at the end of the competition wins the hero.
In the event of a tie, the tiebreaker questions will be conducted in sudden death rounds. A person is eliminated if she misses a tiebreaker question. If each contestant misses the same question, everyone will be reinstated and will advance to the next question, until only one person correctly answers a tiebreaker question.
One final note: During the competition, MACC relies on the honor system to govern the conduct of all Dreadnaughts. We know that some ladies put together study teams to help them study and prepare for the competition and we encourage everyone to get involved and help out fellow Dreadnaughts.
HOWEVER, please remember that although competitors may refer to their books and notes during the competition, each competitor is expected to rely solely on their own knowledge and ability when answering the questions.
The intent of claiming game competitions has always been: "The woman who knows the hero best, wins the right to his name."
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Below we've listed the questions from a prior competition competition so that you can have a better idea of what the ladies who compete are up against. These questions are from Every Breath You Take and the lady who answered the most correctly earned the right to call herself Mrs. Mitchell Wyatt!
Want to know what kind of questions had to answer in order to call herself Mrs. Mitchell Wyatt? Well, look no further. Here they are!
Mitchell Competition
Multiple Choice
How many bartenders usually manned the bar at Donovan’s on Thursday nights?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
ANS: D (pg 261)
While waiting to hear from Mitchell regarding Danny’s ransom money, MacNeil was in Kate’s apartment standing at the window overlooking a sidewalk that “was packed with" all of these things but one. Which one?
reporters
concerned citizens
curiosity seekers
police officers
ANS: D (pg 295)
What was the first thing Kate said to Mitchell, after he told her that the only sounds he wanted to hear from her were “moans of delight and the words ‘yes’, ‘more’, and ‘please’”?
Mitchell
Stop it
Please
No
ANS: B (pg 146)
When Mitchell Wyatt first entered Danny’s room, he noticed that trucks were everywhere. Which one of these vehicles was not specifically mentioned?
Dump trucks
Tow trucks
Moving vans
Car haulers
ANS: A (pg 299)
The moment that Kate knew it was over between her and Evan, she “watched him and understood the reasons he’d appealed to her from the beginning”. Which one of these was NOT specifically listed as one of those reasons?
his ability to go right to the heart of the matter and see it from both sides
his intelligence and self-assurance
his kindness and compassion
his ability to keep his head when everyone else was losing theirs
ANS: C (pg. 192)
Just before saying "Let's get complicated, Kate", Mitchell watched Kate on the Balcony of his suite at the Enclave and described some of her attributes in succession. Which one of these was NOT listed?
“passionate and sweet”
“proud and unpredictable”
“honest and intelligent”
“beautiful and courageous”
ANS. D (pg. 145)
After Kate spilled the Bloody Mary on Mitchell’s white shirt she did several things. Out of these four, which one did she do first?
She doused his silk shirt with water
She grabbed a cloth napkin
She told the waiter to bring her some club soda
She reached for a waiter’s towel
ANS: B (pg. 38)
True/False
Donovan’s opened for lunch at 11:00am
FALSE: they opened for lunch at 11:30am (pg 260)
Kate took a seat at one of the “high stools” at the bar inside the Sandbar, and “looped the canvas straps of the green bag over the back of her stool and ordered a salad and a glass of tomato juice for lunch.”
TRUE (pg 33)
At the Children’s Hospital Benefit, Kate’s hair “had been styled into smooth waves and swept back on one side, held in place with an antique amethyst-and-diamond comb borrowed from Evan’s mother”.
TRUE (pg. 232)
On the night that Mitchell and Calli arrived at Donovan’s they discussed Joe O’Hara’s driving style. Mitchell stated, “A Jeep behind us nearly broadsided a truck when they both tried to get out of his way.”
FALSE: Calli said the quote, not Mitchell and it was a “pickup”, not a truck (pg 297)
The carpeting in the Presidential Suite at The Enclave, where Mitchell took Kate, “was the same shade of blue as the sea, the furnishings predominantly white, with huge vases of lush tropical flowers providing splashes of color”.
FALSE: it was "the same shade of aqua as the sea" (pg. 133)
“The private elevator’s lobby was on the second floor of the [Founders] club, and was an eight-sided rotunda with an elaborate wrought-iron railing around it that guided new arrivals toward a sweeping staircase that curved gracefully downward to the first floor”.
TRUE (pg 228)
The dark blue file that Kate went through in Gray’s office “contained mostly school transcripts, some letters and statements from those teachers who remembered [Mitchell] and were still employed at the boarding schools he’d attended, and copies of school newspaper articles or yearbook pages that mentioned him”.
FALSE: it was “copies of any pages from school periodicals or yearbooks that mentioned him” (pg 272)
Fill in the Blank/Short Answer
While dining at the Island Club, Mitchell ordered the prawn and avocado sandwich for both himself and Kate and red snapper served with ............ ............. and fresh asparagus for himself.
ANS: pine nuts (pg. 71)
While in Gray’s office, Kate tells him that she is pregnant with Mitchell Wyatt’s baby while wearing “a sleeveless empire-waisted …………. …………..”
ANS: turquoise jumper (pg. 267)
When Kate came face to face with Mitchell for the first time since leaving St. Maarten three weeks earlier, she threatened to throw “another drink” at Mitchell. His comment to that was “That would be inexcusably …………. …………...”
ANS: middle class (pg. 238)
The sink in the luxurious bathroom/dressing room in Kate’s suite was described as being made of …………. ………….. ”.
ANS: hammered brass (pg 57)
After Mitchell and Kate have dinner, they head back to her room. When he eventually decides to leave, Kate asks him “why?” He states “if we sleep together on the first date, one of us will decide tomorrow that our behavior tonight reeked of …………. ………….. sex.”
ANS: tacky, indiscriminate (pg. 102)
While dancing with Mitchell in her suite, Kate mentally commented to herself that she "had to understand why he could evoke this combustible combination of heady desire and …………. ………….. in her within a few hours of meeting him."
ANS. warm friendship (pg. 84)
Just before Kate left his suite at the Enclave to break up with Evan, it stated that as Mitchell watched Kate “brush her glossy red hair, he couldn’t remember ever feeling as …………. …………. and content as he felt at that moment”.
ANS: utterly lighthearted (pg. 179)](http://www.geocities.com/jmbb_macc/Hero_Competitions_files/image001.gif)
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