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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Final Round 3: Arts & Literature
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/9fe95824c2618833?hl=en
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== 1 of 9 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 25 2011 10:12 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer
On Apr 25, 11:43 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Alliteratively Named Choreographers
>
> In each case, name the alliteratively named choreographer.
>
> 1. At 6 feet 6½ inches (1.99 m), this choreographer/director is
> unusually tall for a dancer. Over the course of his career,
> he has won 9 Tony Awards, including two in 1983, one for
> Best Actor in a Musical and one for Best Choreography for
> "My One and Only".
Tommy Tune
> 2. In a single year he choreographed "42nd Street", "Footlight
> Parade", and "Gold Diggers of 1933".
Busby Berkeley
> 3. He was an American choreographer and activist who is
> credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing
> African-American participation. His choreographic masterpiece
> "Revelations" is believed to be the best known and most
> often seen modern dance performance.
Alvin Ailey
> * Top 100 Crime and Mystery Novels
>
> We'll give
> you the title and date of a novel, and its rank on both lists;
> you name the author.
>
> 5. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934): CWA #30, MWA #14.
James M. Cain
> * Plagiarism Controversies
>
> 8. In 1978, this author was sued for plagiarism by Harold
> Courlander, author of the novel "The African". The author
> reportedly paid Mr. Courlander $650,000 in an out-of-court
> settlement. Name the author, or his novel that contained
> the allegedly plagiarized material.
Alex Haley; "Roots"
> 9. This American politician was forced to withdraw from the 1988
> Democratic US Presidential Nominations when it was alleged
> that he had failed a 1965 introductory law school course on
> legal methodology due to plagiarism. This did not impact
> too much on his long-term political career however, as he
> was elected 4 more times to the Senate before having to
> resign his seat to fill his current role. Name him.
Joe Biden
> * 20th Century Painters
>
> In each case, name the painter.
>
> 10.http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/10.jpg
Mondrian
> 11.http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/11.jpg
Picasso
> 12.http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/12.jpg
Picasso
> * Banned Books
>
> 13. Written between 1958 and 1968, the 3-volume work "The Gulag
> Archipelago", a nonfiction account of Soviet forced-labor
> camps, was banned by the Soviet Union, but in 2009 it was
> added to the Russian high school curriculum. Name the author.
Solzhenitsyn
> 14. The 1981 novel "July's People" was banned in apartheid-era
> South Africa but is now part of the school curriculum.
> Name the Nobel-laureate author.
Gordimer
> 15. The 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" was banned by Boston courts
> in 1962 for obscenity, a ruling that was reversed in 1966.
> Name the author.
Burroughs
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
== 2 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 1:08 am
From: Dan Tilque
Mark Brader wrote:
>
> ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Alliteratively Named Choreographers
>
> In each case, name the alliteratively named choreographer.
>
> 1. At 6 feet 6½ inches (1.99 m), this choreographer/director is
> unusually tall for a dancer. Over the course of his career,
> he has won 9 Tony Awards, including two in 1983, one for
> Best Actor in a Musical and one for Best Choreography for
> "My One and Only".
>
> 2. In a single year he choreographed "42nd Street", "Footlight
> Parade", and "Gold Diggers of 1933".
>
> 3. He was an American choreographer and activist who is
> credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing
> African-American participation. His choreographic masterpiece
> "Revelations" is believed to be the best known and most
> often seen modern dance performance.
>
>
> * Top 100 Crime and Mystery Novels
>
> In 1990, the British-based Crime Writers' Association (CWA)
> published its list of the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, and
> in 1995 the US-based Mystery Writers of America (MWA) followed
> suit with its Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time. We'll give
> you the title and date of a novel, and its rank on both lists;
> you name the author.
>
> 4. "The Daughter of Time" (1951): CWA #1, MWA #4.
>
> 5. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934): CWA #30, MWA #14.
>
> 6. "The Mask of Dimitrios" (1939), also known as "A Coffin for
> Dimitrios": CWA #24, MWA #17.
>
>
> * Plagiarism Controversies
>
> 7. In 1892, this author was accused of plagiarizing Margaret
> T. Canby's story "The Frost Fairies" in her short story "The
> Frost King". The author was brought before a tribunal of
> the Perkins Institute for the Blind, where she was acquitted
> by a single vote. Name her.
>
> 8. In 1978, this author was sued for plagiarism by Harold
> Courlander, author of the novel "The African". The author
> reportedly paid Mr. Courlander $650,000 in an out-of-court
> settlement. Name the author, or his novel that contained
> the allegedly plagiarized material.
Roots
>
> 9. This American politician was forced to withdraw from the 1988
> Democratic US Presidential Nominations when it was alleged
> that he had failed a 1965 introductory law school course on
> legal methodology due to plagiarism. This did not impact
> too much on his long-term political career however, as he
> was elected 4 more times to the Senate before having to
> resign his seat to fill his current role. Name him.
Joe Biden
>
>
> * 20th Century Painters
>
> In each case, name the painter.
>
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/10.jpg
> 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/11.jpg
> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/12.jpg
Grandma Moses
>
>
> * Banned Books
>
> 13. Written between 1958 and 1968, the 3-volume work "The Gulag
> Archipelago", a nonfiction account of Soviet forced-labor
> camps, was banned by the Soviet Union, but in 2009 it was
> added to the Russian high school curriculum. Name the author.
Solzenitzen
>
> 14. The 1981 novel "July's People" was banned in apartheid-era
> South Africa but is now part of the school curriculum.
> Name the Nobel-laureate author.
>
> 15. The 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" was banned by Boston courts
> in 1962 for obscenity, a ruling that was reversed in 1966.
> Name the author.
Truman Capote
--
Dan Tilque
== 3 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 10:27 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)
Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
> * Alliteratively Named Choreographers
> 3. He was an American choreographer and activist who is
> credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing
> African-American participation. His choreographic masterpiece
> "Revelations" is believed to be the best known and most
> often seen modern dance performance.
Alvin Ailey
> * Top 100 Crime and Mystery Novels
> 4. "The Daughter of Time" (1951): CWA #1, MWA #4.
Josephine Tey
> 5. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934): CWA #30, MWA #14.
James Cain
> 6. "The Mask of Dimitrios" (1939), also known as "A Coffin for
> Dimitrios": CWA #24, MWA #17.
Carr
> * Plagiarism Controversies
> 7. In 1892, this author was accused of plagiarizing Margaret
> T. Canby's story "The Frost Fairies" in her short story "The
> Frost King". The author was brought before a tribunal of
> the Perkins Institute for the Blind, where she was acquitted
> by a single vote. Name her.
Helen Keller
> 8. In 1978, this author was sued for plagiarism by Harold
> Courlander, author of the novel "The African". The author
> reportedly paid Mr. Courlander $650,000 in an out-of-court
> settlement. Name the author, or his novel that contained
> the allegedly plagiarized material.
Alex Haley
> 9. This American politician was forced to withdraw from the 1988
> Democratic US Presidential Nominations when it was alleged
> that he had failed a 1965 introductory law school course on
> legal methodology due to plagiarism. This did not impact
> too much on his long-term political career however, as he
> was elected 4 more times to the Senate before having to
> resign his seat to fill his current role. Name him.
Joe Biden
> * 20th Century Painters
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/10.jpg
Mondrian
> 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/11.jpg
Picasso
> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/12.jpg
Marc
> * Banned Books
> 13. Written between 1958 and 1968, the 3-volume work "The Gulag
> Archipelago", a nonfiction account of Soviet forced-labor
> camps, was banned by the Soviet Union, but in 2009 it was
> added to the Russian high school curriculum. Name the author.
Solzhenitsyn
> 15. The 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" was banned by Boston courts
> in 1962 for obscenity, a ruling that was reversed in 1966.
> Name the author.
William S. Burroughs; Henry Miller
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
== 4 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 11:25 am
From: swp
On Apr 26, 12:43 am, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Alliteratively Named Choreographers
>
> In each case, name the alliteratively named choreographer.
>
> 1. At 6 feet 6½ inches (1.99 m), this choreographer/director is
> unusually tall for a dancer. Over the course of his career,
> he has won 9 Tony Awards, including two in 1983, one for
> Best Actor in a Musical and one for Best Choreography for
> "My One and Only".
tommy tune
> 2. In a single year he choreographed "42nd Street", "Footlight
> Parade", and "Gold Diggers of 1933".
no idea
> 3. He was an American choreographer and activist who is
> credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing
> African-American participation. His choreographic masterpiece
> "Revelations" is believed to be the best known and most
> often seen modern dance performance.
alvin ailey
> * Top 100 Crime and Mystery Novels
>
> In 1990, the British-based Crime Writers' Association (CWA)
> published its list of the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, and
> in 1995 the US-based Mystery Writers of America (MWA) followed
> suit with its Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time. We'll give
> you the title and date of a novel, and its rank on both lists;
> you name the author.
>
> 4. "The Daughter of Time" (1951): CWA #1, MWA #4.
josephine tey
> 5. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934): CWA #30, MWA #14.
james cain
> 6. "The Mask of Dimitrios" (1939), also known as "A Coffin for
> Dimitrios": CWA #24, MWA #17.
eric ambler
... and they are all worth reading!
> * Plagiarism Controversies
>
> 7. In 1892, this author was accused of plagiarizing Margaret
> T. Canby's story "The Frost Fairies" in her short story "The
> Frost King". The author was brought before a tribunal of
> the Perkins Institute for the Blind, where she was acquitted
> by a single vote. Name her.
helen keller (I had no idea until you mentioned the perkins institute
for the blind)
> 8. In 1978, this author was sued for plagiarism by Harold
> Courlander, author of the novel "The African". The author
> reportedly paid Mr. Courlander $650,000 in an out-of-court
> settlement. Name the author, or his novel that contained
> the allegedly plagiarized material.
alex haley ; roots
> 9. This American politician was forced to withdraw from the 1988
> Democratic US Presidential Nominations when it was alleged
> that he had failed a 1965 introductory law school course on
> legal methodology due to plagiarism. This did not impact
> too much on his long-term political career however, as he
> was elected 4 more times to the Senate before having to
> resign his seat to fill his current role. Name him.
joe biden
> * 20th Century Painters
>
> In each case, name the painter.
>
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/10.jpg
pablo picasso
> 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/11.jpg
pablo picasso
> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/12.jpg
pablo picasso
>
> * Banned Books
>
> 13. Written between 1958 and 1968, the 3-volume work "The Gulag
> Archipelago", a nonfiction account of Soviet forced-labor
> camps, was banned by the Soviet Union, but in 2009 it was
> added to the Russian high school curriculum. Name the author.
aleksandr solzhenitsyn
> 14. The 1981 novel "July's People" was banned in apartheid-era
> South Africa but is now part of the school curriculum.
> Name the Nobel-laureate author.
nelson mandela
> 15. The 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" was banned by Boston courts
> in 1962 for obscenity, a ruling that was reversed in 1966.
> Name the author.
bill s burroughs
swp
== 5 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 1:13 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 5. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934): CWA #30, MWA #14.
Dorothy Sayters
> 9. This American politician was forced to withdraw from the 1988
> Democratic US Presidential Nominations when it was alleged
> that he had failed a 1965 introductory law school course on
> legal methodology due to plagiarism. This did not impact
> too much on his long-term political career however, as he
> was elected 4 more times to the Senate before having to
> resign his seat to fill his current role. Name him.
Joe Biden
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/10.jpg
Kandinsky
> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/12.jpg
Gauguin
> 13. Written between 1958 and 1968, the 3-volume work "The Gulag
> Archipelago", a nonfiction account of Soviet forced-labor
> camps, was banned by the Soviet Union, but in 2009 it was
> added to the Russian high school curriculum. Name the author.
Alexander Soljzhenitsyn
> 14. The 1981 novel "July's People" was banned in apartheid-era
> South Africa but is now part of the school curriculum.
> Name the Nobel-laureate author.
Doris Lessing
> 15. The 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" was banned by Boston courts
> in 1962 for obscenity, a ruling that was reversed in 1966.
> Name the author.
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. No it wasn't, but there is a connection!
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 6 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 1:59 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote in message
news:PPudndNAzfQV0CvQnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@vex.net...
> ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Alliteratively Named Choreographers
>
> In each case, name the alliteratively named choreographer.
>
> 1. At 6 feet 6½ inches (1.99 m), this choreographer/director is
> unusually tall for a dancer. Over the course of his career,
> he has won 9 Tony Awards, including two in 1983, one for
> Best Actor in a Musical and one for Best Choreography for
> "My One and Only".
>
> 2. In a single year he choreographed "42nd Street", "Footlight
> Parade", and "Gold Diggers of 1933".
>
> 3. He was an American choreographer and activist who is
> credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing
> African-American participation. His choreographic masterpiece
> "Revelations" is believed to be the best known and most
> often seen modern dance performance.
>
>
> * Top 100 Crime and Mystery Novels
>
> In 1990, the British-based Crime Writers' Association (CWA)
> published its list of the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, and
> in 1995 the US-based Mystery Writers of America (MWA) followed
> suit with its Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time. We'll give
> you the title and date of a novel, and its rank on both lists;
> you name the author.
>
> 4. "The Daughter of Time" (1951): CWA #1, MWA #4.
Agatha Christie
> 5. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934): CWA #30, MWA #14.
Agatha Christie
> 6. "The Mask of Dimitrios" (1939), also known as "A Coffin for
> Dimitrios": CWA #24, MWA #17.
Agatha Christie
>
> * Plagiarism Controversies
>
> 7. In 1892, this author was accused of plagiarizing Margaret
> T. Canby's story "The Frost Fairies" in her short story "The
> Frost King". The author was brought before a tribunal of
> the Perkins Institute for the Blind, where she was acquitted
> by a single vote. Name her.
Helen Keller
> 8. In 1978, this author was sued for plagiarism by Harold
> Courlander, author of the novel "The African". The author
> reportedly paid Mr. Courlander $650,000 in an out-of-court
> settlement. Name the author, or his novel that contained
> the allegedly plagiarized material.
>
> 9. This American politician was forced to withdraw from the 1988
> Democratic US Presidential Nominations when it was alleged
> that he had failed a 1965 introductory law school course on
> legal methodology due to plagiarism. This did not impact
> too much on his long-term political career however, as he
> was elected 4 more times to the Senate before having to
> resign his seat to fill his current role. Name him.
Joe Biden
>
> * 20th Century Painters
>
> In each case, name the painter.
>
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/10.jpg
Picasso
> 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/11.jpg
Picasso
> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/12.jpg
Picasso
>
> * Banned Books
>
> 13. Written between 1958 and 1968, the 3-volume work "The Gulag
> Archipelago", a nonfiction account of Soviet forced-labor
> camps, was banned by the Soviet Union, but in 2009 it was
> added to the Russian high school curriculum. Name the author.
>
> 14. The 1981 novel "July's People" was banned in apartheid-era
> South Africa but is now part of the school curriculum.
> Name the Nobel-laureate author.
>
> 15. The 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" was banned by Boston courts
> in 1962 for obscenity, a ruling that was reversed in 1966.
> Name the author.
Peter Smyth
== 7 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 5:08 pm
From: Calvin
On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:43:52 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
Well these aren't getting any easier.
> * 20th Century Painters
>
> In each case, name the painter.
>
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/10.jpg
I should know this dammit.
> 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/11.jpg
> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/12.jpg
Matisse
> * Banned Books
>
> 14. The 1981 novel "July's People" was banned in apartheid-era
> South Africa but is now part of the school curriculum.
> Name the Nobel-laureate author.
Biko?
--
cheers,
calvin
== 8 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 9:16 pm
From: Pete
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:PPudndNAzfQV0CvQnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@vex.net:
> These questions, were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-13,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2010-11-16 companion posting on "Five Guys Named Moe Questions
> from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM)".
>
> All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe,
> and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Alliteratively Named Choreographers
>
> In each case, name the alliteratively named choreographer.
>
> 1. At 6 feet 6½ inches (1.99 m), this choreographer/director is
> unusually tall for a dancer. Over the course of his career,
> he has won 9 Tony Awards, including two in 1983, one for
> Best Actor in a Musical and one for Best Choreography for
> "My One and Only".
Tune
>
> 2. In a single year he choreographed "42nd Street", "Footlight
> Parade", and "Gold Diggers of 1933".
Berkeley
>
> 3. He was an American choreographer and activist who is
> credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing
> African-American participation. His choreographic masterpiece
> "Revelations" is believed to be the best known and most
> often seen modern dance performance.
Ailey
>
>
> * Top 100 Crime and Mystery Novels
>
> In 1990, the British-based Crime Writers' Association (CWA)
> published its list of the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, and
> in 1995 the US-based Mystery Writers of America (MWA) followed
> suit with its Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time. We'll give
> you the title and date of a novel, and its rank on both lists;
> you name the author.
>
> 4. "The Daughter of Time" (1951): CWA #1, MWA #4.
>
> 5. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934): CWA #30, MWA #14.
>
> 6. "The Mask of Dimitrios" (1939), also known as "A Coffin for
> Dimitrios": CWA #24, MWA #17.
>
>
> * Plagiarism Controversies
>
> 7. In 1892, this author was accused of plagiarizing Margaret
> T. Canby's story "The Frost Fairies" in her short story "The
> Frost King". The author was brought before a tribunal of
> the Perkins Institute for the Blind, where she was acquitted
> by a single vote. Name her.
>
> 8. In 1978, this author was sued for plagiarism by Harold
> Courlander, author of the novel "The African". The author
> reportedly paid Mr. Courlander $650,000 in an out-of-court
> settlement. Name the author, or his novel that contained
> the allegedly plagiarized material.
Haley
>
> 9. This American politician was forced to withdraw from the 1988
> Democratic US Presidential Nominations when it was alleged
> that he had failed a 1965 introductory law school course on
> legal methodology due to plagiarism. This did not impact
> too much on his long-term political career however, as he
> was elected 4 more times to the Senate before having to
> resign his seat to fill his current role. Name him.
Biden
>
>
> * 20th Century Painters
>
> In each case, name the painter.
>
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/10.jpg
Kandinsky
> 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/11.jpg
Picasso
> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/12.jpg
Gauguin
>
>
> * Banned Books
>
> 13. Written between 1958 and 1968, the 3-volume work "The Gulag
> Archipelago", a nonfiction account of Soviet forced-labor
> camps, was banned by the Soviet Union, but in 2009 it was
> added to the Russian high school curriculum. Name the author.
Solzhenitsyn
>
> 14. The 1981 novel "July's People" was banned in apartheid-era
> South Africa but is now part of the school curriculum.
> Name the Nobel-laureate author.
Mandela
>
> 15. The 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" was banned by Boston courts
> in 1962 for obscenity, a ruling that was reversed in 1966.
> Name the author.
>
Pete
== 9 of 9 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 9:21 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <PPudndNAzfQV0CvQnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Alliteratively Named Choreographers
>
> In each case, name the alliteratively named choreographer.
>
> 1. At 6 feet 6=3F inches (1.99 m), this choreographer/director is
> unusually tall for a dancer. Over the course of his career,
> he has won 9 Tony Awards, including two in 1983, one for
> Best Actor in a Musical and one for Best Choreography for
> "My One and Only".
>
> 2. In a single year he choreographed "42nd Street", "Footlight
> Parade", and "Gold Diggers of 1933".
Busbee Berkeley
> 3. He was an American choreographer and activist who is
> credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing
> African-American participation. His choreographic masterpiece
> "Revelations" is believed to be the best known and most
> often seen modern dance performance.
Alvin Ailey
> * Top 100 Crime and Mystery Novels
>
> In 1990, the British-based Crime Writers' Association (CWA)
> published its list of the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, and
> in 1995 the US-based Mystery Writers of America (MWA) followed
> suit with its Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time. We'll give
> you the title and date of a novel, and its rank on both lists;
> you name the author.
>
> 4. "The Daughter of Time" (1951): CWA #1, MWA #4.
>
> 5. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934): CWA #30, MWA #14.
>
> 6. "The Mask of Dimitrios" (1939), also known as "A Coffin for
> Dimitrios": CWA #24, MWA #17.
>
>
> * Plagiarism Controversies
>
> 7. In 1892, this author was accused of plagiarizing Margaret
> T. Canby's story "The Frost Fairies" in her short story "The
> Frost King". The author was brought before a tribunal of
> the Perkins Institute for the Blind, where she was acquitted
> by a single vote. Name her.
Helen Keller (it must be)
> 8. In 1978, this author was sued for plagiarism by Harold
> Courlander, author of the novel "The African". The author
> reportedly paid Mr. Courlander $650,000 in an out-of-court
> settlement. Name the author, or his novel that contained
> the allegedly plagiarized material.
Alex Haley
> 9. This American politician was forced to withdraw from the 1988
> Democratic US Presidential Nominations when it was alleged
> that he had failed a 1965 introductory law school course on
> legal methodology due to plagiarism. This did not impact
> too much on his long-term political career however, as he
> was elected 4 more times to the Senate before having to
> resign his seat to fill his current role. Name him.
Joe Biden
> * 20th Century Painters
>
> In each case, name the painter.
>
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/10.jpg
> 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/11.jpg
> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/12.jpg
Usually I surprise myself about how many of the artworks I can identify.
> * Banned Books
>
> 13. Written between 1958 and 1968, the 3-volume work "The Gulag
> Archipelago", a nonfiction account of Soviet forced-labor
> camps, was banned by the Soviet Union, but in 2009 it was
> added to the Russian high school curriculum. Name the author.
Solzhenitsyn
> 14. The 1981 novel "July's People" was banned in apartheid-era
> South Africa but is now part of the school curriculum.
> Name the Nobel-laureate author.
>
> 15. The 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" was banned by Boston courts
> in 1962 for obscenity, a ruling that was reversed in 1966.
> Name the author.
William Burroughs
--
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TOPIC: Results Re: Rotating Quiz #12, April 20, The Magnificent Seven
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/605abf7d47f3b27c?hl=en
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 1:44 am
From: "Chris F.A. Johnson"
> 1-7 Name the actors who played the Seven
Charles Bronson
Yul Brynner
Horst Buchholz
James Coburn
Brad Dexter
Steve McQueen
Robert Vaughn
5 for John Masters, Marc Dashevsky, swp
4 for Calvin, Rob Parker
> 8 Name the actor who led the outlaws
Eli Wallach
1 for John Masters, Calvin (I'm being lenient), Rob Parker, swp
> 9 Name the director of The Magnificent Seven
John Sturges
1 for John Masters, swp
> 10 The Magnificent Seven is an Americanization of a film by what
foreign director?
Akira Kurosawa
1 for John Masters, Marc Dashevsky, Rob Parker
John Masters 5 1 1 1 8
Marc Dashevsky 5 0 1 1 7
Rob Parker 4 1 1 1 7
swp 5 1 1 0 7
Calvin 4 1 0 0 5
Over to John for the next round.
--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com>
Author: =======================
Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 10:27 am
From: John Masters
On 2011-04-26 09:44:09 +0100, Chris F.A. Johnson said:
> John Masters 5 1 1 1 8
> Marc Dashevsky 5 0 1 1 7
> Rob Parker 4 1 1 1 7
> swp 5 1 1 0 7
> Calvin 4 1 0 0 5
>
> Over to John for the next round.
I'm fairly new to this group. Are there any ground rules I should know about?
== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 11:37 am
From: swp
On Apr 26, 1:27 pm, John Masters <johnmast...@me.com> wrote:
> On 2011-04-26 09:44:09 +0100, Chris F.A. Johnson said:
>
> > John Masters 5 1 1 1 8
> > Marc Dashevsky 5 0 1 1 7
> > Rob Parker 4 1 1 1 7
> > swp 5 1 1 0 7
> > Calvin 4 1 0 0 5
>
> > Over to John for the next round.
>
> I'm fairly new to this group. Are there any ground rules I should know about?
post a slate of questions, try not to be obscene, attempt to have a
sense of hummor, attempt to have a theme, start numbering with 1 or 0
if you are bold (but the ecumenical choice of 1/2 is not an option),
and a good quiz will have every question answered by at least one
person but none by everyone.
oh, and look at the previous titles. you'll see a pattern there.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/
good luck!
swp
== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 11:38 am
From: swp
On Apr 26, 4:44 am, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 1-7 Name the actors who played the Seven
>
> Charles Bronson
> Yul Brynner
> Horst Buchholz
> James Coburn
> Brad Dexter
> Steve McQueen
> Robert Vaughn
>
> 5 for John Masters, Marc Dashevsky, swp
> 4 for Calvin, Rob Parker
>
> > 8 Name the actor who led the outlaws
>
> Eli Wallach
>
> 1 for John Masters, Calvin (I'm being lenient), Rob Parker, swp
>
> > 9 Name the director of The Magnificent Seven
>
> John Sturges
>
> 1 for John Masters, swp
>
> > 10 The Magnificent Seven is an Americanization of a film by what
>
> foreign director?
>
> Akira Kurosawa
>
> 1 for John Masters, Marc Dashevsky, Rob Parker
>
> John Masters 5 1 1 1 8
> Marc Dashevsky 5 0 1 1 7
> Rob Parker 4 1 1 1 7
> swp 5 1 1 0 7
> Calvin 4 1 0 0 5
>
> Over to John for the next round.
>
> --
> Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com>
> Author: =======================
> Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
> Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
what was my answer to the last one again?
(and I still concede the round to john masters regardless)
swp
== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 1:15 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
swp (stephen.w.perry@gmail.com) writes:
> post a slate of questions, try not to be obscene, attempt to have a
> sense of hummor, attempt to have a theme,
Or just take 10 question of assorted subjects. The idea is that answers
should be given without research.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 1:18 pm
From: John Masters
On 2011-04-26 21:15:16 +0100, Erland Sommarskog said:
> swp (stephen.w.perry@gmail.com) writes:
>> post a slate of questions, try not to be obscene, attempt to have a
>> sense of hummor, attempt to have a theme,
>
> Or just take 10 question of assorted subjects. The idea is that answers
> should be given without research.
That I knew. Wasn't sure if the questions had to be set from memory.
== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 1:37 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
John Masters (johnmasters@me.com) writes:
> That I knew. Wasn't sure if the questions had to be set from memory.
The quizmaster is of course permitted to look things up. It might
even help! (I did the first rotating quiz, and included two questions
inspired by Jesus Christ Superstar I had listened to the same day. One
of the questions was quite of the mark, since Webber & Rice had gone
beyond the Bible.)
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Final Round 2 answers: Science
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/1ed136d11249418e?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 5:46 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> > 5. In July 1999, this American Air Force colonel became the
> > first female pilot and first female commander of a Space
> > Shuttle. Name her.
>
> Eileen Collins. Sorry, no points for "Eileen someone". 4 for
> Stephen.
Incidentally, she was mentioned in a question on Jeopardy! last
night... after everyone who was going to enter this round had
already done so.
--
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msb@vex.net remove any viruses from your signature.
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #13, April 26
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3d1048954e452b8e?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 1:13 pm
From: John Masters
Continuing with the theme of Seven I present Rotating Quiz #13, April 26
Post your answers in this thread, based only on your own knowledge.
You have 5 days from the instant of posting to answer.
Please place each answer on a separate line after quoting the
corresponding question.
1. Which German mathematician & astronomer was born in 1777?
2.Who directed the film "Se7en"?
3. In which year was "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" published? I will accept
either of two answers and a year either side of each.
4. Which artist, probably best known as a singer/songwriter, published
in 1972 a collection of poetry entitled "Seventh Heaven"?
5.Of the seven Greek Muses which is the muse of comedy?
6. Which heavy metal band recorded the album "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"?
7. What was the nickname of the hair obsessed parking valet in "77
Sunset Strip"?
8. Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Pride. What's missing?
9. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Colossus of
Rhodes is a statue of which Greek God?
10. Which Roman legend was the basis of a short story by Stephen
Vincent Benét which itself formed the basis of the film "Seven Brides
for Seven Brothers"?
--
John
== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 1:18 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
John Masters (johnmasters@me.com) writes:
> 1. Which German mathematician & astronomer was born in 1777?
Gauss
> 2.Who directed the film "Se7en"?
Tarantino
> 3. In which year was "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" published? I will accept
> either of two answers and a year either side of each.
1936
> 8. Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Pride. What's missing?
Anger
> 9. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Colossus of
> Rhodes is a statue of which Greek God?
Zeus
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 1:38 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
John Masters:
> 1. Which German mathematician & astronomer was born in 1777?
Gauss.
> 2.Who directed the film "Se7en"?
Fincher?
> 5.Of the seven Greek Muses which is the muse of comedy?
Calliope?
> 8. Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Pride. What's missing?
Wrath.
> 9. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Colossus of
> Rhodes is a statue of which Greek God?
Apollo?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "The last time I trusted you, we had Mark."
msb@vex.net -- Jill, "Home Improvement" (B.K. Taylor)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 1:53 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"
"John Masters" <johnmasters@me.com> wrote in message
news:2011042621135328188-johnmasters@mecom...
> Continuing with the theme of Seven I present Rotating Quiz #13, April
> 26
>
> Post your answers in this thread, based only on your own knowledge.
>
> You have 5 days from the instant of posting to answer.
>
> Please place each answer on a separate line after quoting the
> corresponding question.
>
> 1. Which German mathematician & astronomer was born in 1777?
Kepler
> 2.Who directed the film "Se7en"?
>
> 3. In which year was "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" published? I will
> accept either of two answers and a year either side of each.
>
> 4. Which artist, probably best known as a singer/songwriter, published
> in 1972 a collection of poetry entitled "Seventh Heaven"?
Bob Dylan
> 5.Of the seven Greek Muses which is the muse of comedy?
>
> 6. Which heavy metal band recorded the album "Seventh Son of a Seventh
> Son"?
Iron Maiden
> 7. What was the nickname of the hair obsessed parking valet in "77
> Sunset Strip"?
>
> 8. Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Pride. What's missing?
Wrath
> 9. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Colossus of
> Rhodes is a statue of which Greek God?
Zeus
> 10. Which Roman legend was the basis of a short story by Stephen
> Vincent Benét which itself formed the basis of the film "Seven Brides
> for Seven Brothers"?
Peter Smyth
== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 5:12 pm
From: Calvin
On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:13:53 +1000, John Masters <johnmasters@me.com>
wrote:
> Continuing with the theme of Seven I present Rotating Quiz #13, April 26
>
> Post your answers in this thread, based only on your own knowledge.
>
> You have 5 days from the instant of posting to answer.
>
> Please place each answer on a separate line after quoting the
> corresponding question.
>
> 1. Which German mathematician & astronomer was born in 1777?
>
> 2.Who directed the film "Se7en"?
>
> 3. In which year was "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" published? I will accept
> either of two answers and a year either side of each.
1972
> 4. Which artist, probably best known as a singer/songwriter, published
> in 1972 a collection of poetry entitled "Seventh Heaven"?
Bob Dylan?
> 5.Of the seven Greek Muses which is the muse of comedy?
>
> 6. Which heavy metal band recorded the album "Seventh Son of a Seventh
> Son"?
Led Zeppelin
> 7. What was the nickname of the hair obsessed parking valet in "77
> Sunset Strip"?
>
> 8. Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Pride. What's missing?
Wrath
> 9. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Colossus of Rhodes
> is a statue of which Greek God?
Zeus
> 10. Which Roman legend was the basis of a short story by Stephen Vincent
> Benét which itself formed the basis of the film "Seven Brides for Seven
> Brothers"?
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #120 - ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e75ed79e7e4aa490?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 4:53 pm
From: Calvin
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:12:42 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
> Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries
> (and no others)?
>
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India
Pakistan
8/9
> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa
Namibia
5/9
The only tough one as it turns out
> 3 Senegal
"The" Gambia
8/9
> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia
Finland
9/9
> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon
Syria
9/9
> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia
Panama
8/9
> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus
Lithuania
8/9
The Russian border (the enclave of Kaliningrad) didn't stump as many as I
had hoped.
> 8 France, Spain
Andorra
9/9
> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia
Libya
9/9
> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
Paraguay
9/9
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 120
0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 Chris Johnson
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Erland S
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Joshua Kreitzer
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 Rob Parker
8 5 8 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 82 TOTAL
91%
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #121
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/13cc157c0e0b74e4?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 5:03 pm
From: Calvin
1 Who played Magnum PI in the 1980s TV series of that name?
2 To the nearest 10 million, what is the population of Germany?
3 Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd co-starred in which 1999 thriller?
4 St Basil's Cathedral is located in which European capital city?
5 Who co-starred with Robert Culp in the 1960s TV series I Spy?
6 Which Middle Eastern country's national sporting teams regularly compete
in the European zone?
7 Which Hindu deity is often depicted as being blue and having four arms?
8 Who is the apparent successor to Kim Jong-Il in North Korea?
9 In which 1995 Oscar winning film was the title character played by more
than 40 different cast members?
10 Which Austrian painted the 1908 work The Kiss?
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Apr 26 2011 6:00 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
> 1 Who played Magnum PI in the 1980s TV series of that name?
Selleck.
> 2 To the nearest 10 million, what is the population of Germany?
You have been told previously that this wording is unclear. Please
don't use it again.
I'll say 70,000,000.
> 3 Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd co-starred in which 1999 thriller?
"Double Jeopardy".
> 4 St Basil's Cathedral is located in which European capital city?
Moscow.
> 5 Who co-starred with Robert Culp in the 1960s TV series I Spy?
Bill Cosby.
> 6 Which Middle Eastern country's national sporting teams regularly
> compete in the European zone?
Israel?
> 7 Which Hindu deity is often depicted as being blue and having four arms?
Vishnu?
> 8 Who is the apparent successor to Kim Jong-Il in North Korea?
Arrrrgh. Kim Il Sung?
> 9 In which 1995 Oscar winning film was the title character played by
> more than 40 different cast members?
"Orlando"?
> 10 Which Austrian painted the 1908 work The Kiss?
Klimt.
--
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msb@vex.net | world *to rise above*." -- The African Queen
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