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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 25 02:51AM -0600

*Note*: In order not to have to delay the end of Game 6 until
I return from an upcoming trip, I'm starting Rounds 9-10 early.
This set is running concurrently with Rounds 7-8 for the next
day or so as I write.
 
 
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-10-27,
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.
 
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 6, Round 9 - Entertainment - The Lives of Brian
 
Underrepresented as they may be among popes, kings and, emperors,
there are nevertheless some famous Brians. This round is dedicated
to Axxxe's own Brian.
 
1. The original famous Brian who got it all started, High King
of Ireland and founder of the O'Brien line. In April 2014 we
celebrated the 1,000th anniversary of his great victory and
death at the Battle of Clontarf. Brian who?
 
2. There has only been one Canadian Prime Minister Brian. Name him.
 
3. Remember the Battle of the Brians? "South Park" asked the
musical question "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" -- but *we*
ask who is the other Brian, also a Canadian?
 
4. The most-capped international rugby union player of all time
retired in 2014, and he is a Brian. This all-time Irish
rugby great is often known by his initials BOD, as in
"In BOD we trust". Name him.
 
5. Who discovered the Beatles in 1961 and managed them until his
death in 1967?
 
6. A founding member of the Rolling Stones, expelled from the band
in 1969, he tragically drowned in his swimming pool soon after.
Who?
 
7. "Blessed are the cheesemakers". Biggus Dickus. "Always Look
on the Bright Side of Life". Which of the Pythons portrayed
Brian in the movie of his Life?
 
8. Also titled "Life of Brian", a TV-series episode saw character
Brian Griffin run over by a car and killed. The series is called
"Family Guy" -- which family member is Brian?
 
9. Name the director whose movies include "Carrie" and "Scarface".
 
10. And finally a Bryan with a Y, to show that we don't
discriminate. Who played Walter White on "Breaking Bad"?
 
 
* Game 6, Round 10 - Halloween Challenge Round
 
A. History: Famous Ghosts
 
A1. The ghost of this person, who was executed in 1536 for
treason, is said to haunt London's St. Peter ad Vincula,
where she is buried. Her apparition is often reported to
be carrying her head in her hand. Who is she?
 
A2. This president's ghost reportedly haunts the White House.
Winston Churchill said he'd emerged from a bath naked save
for a cigar when he encountered him, and said: "Good evening,
Mr. President. You seem to have me at a disadvantage."
Name that spectral President.
 
B. Literature: Famous Ghosts
 
B1. In "Macbeth", Act 3, Scene 4, Macbeth is haunted at a banquet
by the ghost of which character?
 
B2. Only one of the four ghosts in Dickens's "A Christmas Carol"
has a name, rather than a description. Who?
 
C. Science: The Pathology of Fear
 
C1. Sleep paralysis -- a disorder for which hallucinations are
listed among its side effects -- has been suggested as a
rational explanation for persistent myths like demons and
succubi. Since World War II, it is also the suspected
explanation for a new, widely-reported other-worldly
phenomenon. What?
 
C2. In debunking a still-popular instrument of spiritualism,
19th-century physicist Michael Faraday discovered the
ideometer effect -- in which the power of suggestion causes
our muscles to move unconsciously. What parlor "game" was
he investigating?
 
D. Entertainment: The Men Behind the Masks
 
We'll name the actors who played certain screen bogeymen. You name
*either* the character or the movie/series.
 
D1. Robert Englund.
 
D2. Kane Hodder is the most famous of the 9 people who've played
this character.
 
E. Geography: Famous Ghost Towns
 
E1. Once a city of 50,000, Pripyat is now an uninhabited tourist
attraction -- although for safety reasons, you're only
allowed to visit for a few hours. In which country is
Pripyat?
 
E2. Prior to 1974, the resort city of Famagusta was one of
the most popular tourist destinations in the Mediterranean.
Now it's uninhabited and in ruins. Where is it?
 
F. Canadiana: Canadian Scream Queens
 
F1. The most famous screamer in screen history, this actress was
born in rural Alberta on 1907-09-15. Her screamy character's
name was Ann Darrow, and her leading man was a bit of
a beast. Name her.
 
F2. Born 1922-09-01 in Vancouver, her career in stage, screen,
and television spanned six decades. But she's best known
as the ghoulish matriarch on TV's "The Munsters". Name her.
 
--
Mark Brader | "...it's a characteristic ... of organizations that try
Toronto | to anticipate every possible failure: they easily
msb@vex.net | come to believe that they *have*..." --Henry Spencer
 
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 24 07:41AM -0800

Mark Brader wrote:
> the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
> tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
> and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
 
Wildcards
 
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
 
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
 
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
> who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
> this one's been made into two movies.
 
Judge Dredd
 
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
 
V for Vengeance
 
 
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
 
Sandman
 
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
 
Steve Largent
 
 
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
 
Bradley
 
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
 
Kemp
 
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
 
Coe
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Nov 24 04:12PM

On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:23:11 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain,
> Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
 
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
 
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One, who
> declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually, this one's
> been made into two movies.
 
Judge Dredd
 
 
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks and
> is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
 
Bill Bradley
 
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a Congressman
> from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's vice-presidential
> candidate in the 1996 election.
 
Jack Kemp
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 24 06:26PM +0100

On 2014-11-23 11:27, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
>> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
 
> And not a single one by Hegré? What a shame.
 
No. No European comics at all.
They differ quite a bit from the American Marvel ones,
in that they seldom have super powers.
 
 
--
Björn
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 24 01:06PM -0600

Erland Sommarskog:
> > And not a single one by Hegré? What a shame.
 
No doubt it would also be shameful to misspell his name, then.
 
Björn Lundin:
> No. No European comics at all.
 
Many people consider Britain to be part of Europe.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama."
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 24 09:13PM +0100

On 2014-11-24 20:06, Mark Brader wrote:
> Björn Lundin:
>> No. No European comics at all.
> Many people consider Britain to be part of Europe.
 
yes - funny how that works ...
 
Actually, yes, I stand corrected.
--
Björn
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 24 02:38PM -0800

On Sunday, November 23, 2014 4:23:12 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
 
> In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any
> more, they're graphic novels.
 
Sure they are.
 
 
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
 
Oakley?
 
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
 
Pacquaio
 
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
 
Klitschko
 
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
 
Coe
 
cheers,
calvin
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 25 05:47AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:VIqdnfLbc8vS4OzJnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
 
300
 
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
 
Zorn
 
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
 
Watt
 
 
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
 
Bradley
 
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
 
Kemp
 
 
> 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
> seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
> Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
 
Dryden
 
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
 
Pacquiao
 
 
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
 
Klitschko
 
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
 
Coe
 
 
Pete
"David B" <askforemail@gmail.com>: Nov 24 12:49PM

1 Which organisation has the motto: Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity?
 
The FBI?
 
2 What was the capital city of West Germany?
 
Bonn.
 
3 Jonathan Rhys Meyers played King Henry VIII in which HBO TV series?
 
The Tudors.
 
4 What is the name of the light sensitive membrane which is the inner lining
of the wall of the eyeball?
 
The retina.
 
5 What is the official language of Colombia?
 
Spanish?
 
6 What word describes the bending of light from one medium to another?
 
Refraction.
 
7 Which author wrote the eighteenth century novel The Life and Opinions of
Tristram Shandy, Gentleman?
8 How long did the Arab/Israeli war of 1967 last?
9 What foodstuff is used in tempera painting?
 
Egg yolk.
 
10 By knocking out Ingermar Johansson in 1960, who became the first boxer to
regain the heavyweight world title?
 
 
 
--
David
Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Nov 24 04:16PM

On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:53:04 -0800, Calvin wrote:
 
> Well hello
 
> 1 Which organisation has the motto: Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity?
 
FBI
 
> 2 What was the capital city of West Germany?
 
Bonn
 
> 3 Jonathan Rhys Meyers played King Henry VIII in which HBO TV series?
> 4 What is the name of the light sensitive membrane which is the inner
> lining of the wall of the eyeball?
 
Retina
 
> 5 What is the official language of Colombia?
 
Spanish
 
> 6 What word describes the bending of light from one medium to
> another?
 
Refraction
 
> 7 Which author wrote the eighteenth century novel The Life and
> Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman?
> 8 How long did the Arab/Israeli war of 1967 last?
 
6 days?
 
> 9 What foodstuff is used in tempera painting?
 
Egg White
 
> 10 By knocking out Ingermar Johansson in 1960, who became the first
> boxer to regain the heavyweight world title?
 
Floyd Patterson
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 24 08:19AM -0800

Calvin wrote:
> Well hello
 
> 1 Which organisation has the motto: Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity?
> 2 What was the capital city of West Germany?
 
Bonn
 
> 3 Jonathan Rhys Meyers played King Henry VIII in which HBO TV series?
> 4 What is the name of the light sensitive membrane which is the inner lining of the wall of the eyeball?
 
retina
 
> 5 What is the official language of Colombia?
 
Spanish
 
> 6 What word describes the bending of light from one medium to another?
 
refraction
 
> 7 Which author wrote the eighteenth century novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman?
 
Swift ??
 
> 8 How long did the Arab/Israeli war of 1967 last?
 
6 days
 
> 9 What foodstuff is used in tempera painting?
 
egg
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 25 04:30AM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> Well hello
 
> 1 Which organisation has the motto: Fidelity, Bravery and
> Integrity?
 
FBI
 
> 2 What was the capital city of West Germany?
 
Bonn
 
> series?
> 4 What is the name of the light sensitive membrane which
> is the inner lining of the wall of the eyeball?
 
Cornea
 
> 5 What is the official language of Colombia?
 
Spanish
 
> 6 What word describes the bending of light from one medium to
> another?
 
Refraction
 
> 7 Which author wrote the eighteenth century novel The Life and
> Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman?
> 8 How long did the Arab/Israeli war of 1967 last?
 
6 days
 
> 9 What foodstuff is used in tempera painting?
 
Egg
 
> 10 By knocking out Ingermar Johansson in 1960, who became the
> first boxer to regain the heavyweight world title?
 
Floyd Patterson
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete
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