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 men) are trivia contests - 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!!!
(last updated 4-6-11)
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
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 after "TIME" is called.
● 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.
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
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 after "TIME" is called.
● 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."
To give you an idea of what exactly the ladies who compete are up against, below are the questions from a prior competition These questions are on JM's beloved novel, Paradise. The lady who answered the most questions correctly earned the right to call herself Mrs. Matt Farrell!
Matt Farrell Competition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The Toy Department at Bancroft’s was located on what floor of the
department store building?
a) 3rd
b) 2nd
c) 4th
d) 6th
Answer: d) 6th pg. 131 HB
2. While Meredith was at the farm, Parker called her to tell her that he was
going to call Lisa. When was that?
a) Saturday morning
b) Sunday morning
c) Saturday night
d) Sunday night
Answer: b) Sunday morning pg. 319 HB
3. What was Tom Anderson’s work extension?
a) 1114
b) 4141
c) 4114
d) 1441
Answer: c) 4114 pg 432 HB
4. The first reporter to ask a question at the news conference was from where?
a) Chicago Tribune
b) Chicago Sun-Times
c) USA Today
d) CBS
Answer: d) CBS pg. 378 HB
5. The night Meredith introduced herself to Craig she cringed “inwardly at the
________ __________ sound of her voice”.
a) Disgustingly pompous
b) Exuberantly naïve
c) Breathy enthusiastic
d) Desperately pleading
Answer: c) Breathy enthusiastic pg. 261 HB
6. Philip Bancroft felt that there were three divisions of Bancroft Corporation
that “had to be tolerated like a necessary evil”. Which one of these was
NOT listed as one of those three divisions?
a) Legal
b) Personnel
c) Loss Prevention
d) Finance
Answer c) Loss Prevention pg. 143 HB
7. While recovering at the farm, just before Matt “drove into her, plunging
again and again, until they were both wild with wanting…”, Meredith did
three things. Which one of these was NOT one of them?
a) She whispered “Please, Matt.”
b) She ran her fingers through the hair at his nape
c) She lifted her hips
d) She moaned inwardly
Answer: d) She moaned inwardly pg. 314 HB
TRUE/FALSE
1. “Unless you were a regular patron at Landry’s, it was nearly impossible to
reserve a table with less than two weeks notice.”
Answer: True pg. 219 HB
2. According to Lisa, Parker is too much like Meredith, “he’s too methodical,
too steady, too careful”.
Answer: False, the correct answer is “he’s too methodical, too steady, too
cautious”. pg 129 HB
3. According to Meredith, her father was “no more exacting than his
counterparts at Neiman’s or Macy’s or any other large retailer.”
Answer: False, the correct answer is “Saks or Macy’s” pg. 144 HB
4. Just before he said, “You can dispense with reciting the entire wedding
ceremony, Bill”, Stuart Whitmore was “caught somewhere between
annoyance and amusement”.
Answer: True pg. 336 HB
5. “No matter how much money Matthew Farrell made, she thought bitterly,
or how many beautiful, famous women he dated, he would still be what he
had always been – ruthless, arrogant, and vicious.”
Answer: False, the correct answer is….“No matter how much money
Matthew Farrell made, she thought bitterly, or how many beautiful, famous
women he slept with...” pg. 236 HB
6. Caroline Bancroft said to Philip, “…you weren’t like any of the men I’d
known before. You had breeding and class and style.”
Answer: True pg. 436 HB
7. Just after Meredith realized that it was her father that had sent Matt the
telegram about the baby, “Torment was etched in every line of her body,
torment and anger and sorrow.”
Answer: True pg. 265 HB
SHORT ANSWER
1. Matt Farrell said, “I’m beginning to find the notion of marriage in name
only not only _________, but __________.”
Answer: gothic, impractical pg. 79 HB
2. What is the first and last name of the person Meredith asked, “Are you
trying to put Highland Superstores out of business?”?
Answer: Paul Norman, the general merchandising manager in charge of
home products at Bancroft’s pg. 385 HB
3. Mr. Fiorenza was a member of Bancroft’s board of directors. What did his
adult child do for a living?
Answer: State Senator pg. 131 HB
4. Matt told Meredith, “Never, ever put you own money up for a business
deal.” while trying not sound like a/an ____________ _____________.
Answer: irate professor pg. 291 HB
5. Sometimes when Matt was making love to Meredith, she “longed to give
him the same ___________ - ___________ pleasure that he was lavishing
on her.”
Answer: soul-destroying pg. 103 HB
6. Parker Reynolds felt Lisa’s apartment was “like her – daring, _______ ,
____________.
Answer: dazzling, unsettling pg. 407
7. Alone in her apartment, after shutting the door with a hard snap behind
Matt, Meredith realized that “In just a few days Matt had led her this far
along the path of ________ and humiliating _________”.
Answer: utter, capitulation pg. 397 HB
1. The Toy Department at Bancroft’s was located on what floor of the
department store building?
a) 3rd
b) 2nd
c) 4th
d) 6th
Answer: d) 6th pg. 131 HB
2. While Meredith was at the farm, Parker called her to tell her that he was
going to call Lisa. When was that?
a) Saturday morning
b) Sunday morning
c) Saturday night
d) Sunday night
Answer: b) Sunday morning pg. 319 HB
3. What was Tom Anderson’s work extension?
a) 1114
b) 4141
c) 4114
d) 1441
Answer: c) 4114 pg 432 HB
4. The first reporter to ask a question at the news conference was from where?
a) Chicago Tribune
b) Chicago Sun-Times
c) USA Today
d) CBS
Answer: d) CBS pg. 378 HB
5. The night Meredith introduced herself to Craig she cringed “inwardly at the
________ __________ sound of her voice”.
a) Disgustingly pompous
b) Exuberantly naïve
c) Breathy enthusiastic
d) Desperately pleading
Answer: c) Breathy enthusiastic pg. 261 HB
6. Philip Bancroft felt that there were three divisions of Bancroft Corporation
that “had to be tolerated like a necessary evil”. Which one of these was
NOT listed as one of those three divisions?
a) Legal
b) Personnel
c) Loss Prevention
d) Finance
Answer c) Loss Prevention pg. 143 HB
7. While recovering at the farm, just before Matt “drove into her, plunging
again and again, until they were both wild with wanting…”, Meredith did
three things. Which one of these was NOT one of them?
a) She whispered “Please, Matt.”
b) She ran her fingers through the hair at his nape
c) She lifted her hips
d) She moaned inwardly
Answer: d) She moaned inwardly pg. 314 HB
TRUE/FALSE
1. “Unless you were a regular patron at Landry’s, it was nearly impossible to
reserve a table with less than two weeks notice.”
Answer: True pg. 219 HB
2. According to Lisa, Parker is too much like Meredith, “he’s too methodical,
too steady, too careful”.
Answer: False, the correct answer is “he’s too methodical, too steady, too
cautious”. pg 129 HB
3. According to Meredith, her father was “no more exacting than his
counterparts at Neiman’s or Macy’s or any other large retailer.”
Answer: False, the correct answer is “Saks or Macy’s” pg. 144 HB
4. Just before he said, “You can dispense with reciting the entire wedding
ceremony, Bill”, Stuart Whitmore was “caught somewhere between
annoyance and amusement”.
Answer: True pg. 336 HB
5. “No matter how much money Matthew Farrell made, she thought bitterly,
or how many beautiful, famous women he dated, he would still be what he
had always been – ruthless, arrogant, and vicious.”
Answer: False, the correct answer is….“No matter how much money
Matthew Farrell made, she thought bitterly, or how many beautiful, famous
women he slept with...” pg. 236 HB
6. Caroline Bancroft said to Philip, “…you weren’t like any of the men I’d
known before. You had breeding and class and style.”
Answer: True pg. 436 HB
7. Just after Meredith realized that it was her father that had sent Matt the
telegram about the baby, “Torment was etched in every line of her body,
torment and anger and sorrow.”
Answer: True pg. 265 HB
SHORT ANSWER
1. Matt Farrell said, “I’m beginning to find the notion of marriage in name
only not only _________, but __________.”
Answer: gothic, impractical pg. 79 HB
2. What is the first and last name of the person Meredith asked, “Are you
trying to put Highland Superstores out of business?”?
Answer: Paul Norman, the general merchandising manager in charge of
home products at Bancroft’s pg. 385 HB
3. Mr. Fiorenza was a member of Bancroft’s board of directors. What did his
adult child do for a living?
Answer: State Senator pg. 131 HB
4. Matt told Meredith, “Never, ever put you own money up for a business
deal.” while trying not sound like a/an ____________ _____________.
Answer: irate professor pg. 291 HB
5. Sometimes when Matt was making love to Meredith, she “longed to give
him the same ___________ - ___________ pleasure that he was lavishing
on her.”
Answer: soul-destroying pg. 103 HB
6. Parker Reynolds felt Lisa’s apartment was “like her – daring, _______ ,
____________.
Answer: dazzling, unsettling pg. 407
7. Alone in her apartment, after shutting the door with a hard snap behind
Matt, Meredith realized that “In just a few days Matt had led her this far
along the path of ________ and humiliating _________”.
Answer: utter, capitulation pg. 397 HB
