| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 28 10:11PM -0600 > 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 8, Round 7 - Entertainment - When Two Names Aren't Enough Sometimes actors and actresses need a little something extra to be noticed and remembered. In the case of these notable people, it's either a three-word name, or at least an initial in addition to a first and last name. Again, I've sorted the questions into picture order on the handout; and again, no decoys. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-7/3.pdf In each case, name the person. Note: In this round, you must answer with the *full name* (as usually used), not just the surname. 1. The actor in picture A is best known for his roles alongside Will Ferrell, but he also stole scenes in "Chicago", "Gangs of New York", and "The Hours". 2. The woman in B has been a standout in films like "Miller's Crossing" and "The First Wives Club", and was nominated for a Supporting Actress Oscar for "Pollock". 3. The guy in photo C has had roles all the way back to "Cool Hand Luke". Our favorite film of his was "Repo Man", with "Paris, Texas" close behind. 4. The actress in picture D appeared in "Fried Green Tomatoes", "The West Wing", and "Angels in America". But she's best known for the cable series "Weeds". Name her. 5. Picture E. While Sally Field played Mary Todd Lincoln in "Lincoln", this actress played her in "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". She also has 2/3 of the same name as one of our other answers. (That may be above or below, since I rearranged the questions.) 6. The guy in picture F was a child star in "The Bad News Bears" and "Breaking Away", and staged a comeback in recent years -- including an Oscar nomination -- after resorting to delivering pizza for a living. 7. Picture G. Just name him. 8. The Picture H actor starred in "Goon", the greatest hockey film this side of "Slap Shot", but he'll always be remembered as Stifler from "American Pie". 9. Picture I is one of the great character actors. One of his few starring roles was in the Coen Brothers' "Blood Simple". But his CV includes "Reds", "Blade Runner", "Silkwood", "Raising Arizona", and "The Pope of Greenwich Village". He's another guy who uses an initial. Name him. 10. Picture J. Her films include "Scarface", "The Color of Money", "The Abyss", and "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves". * Game 8, Round 8 - Sports and Leisure Miscellany 1. In golf, what is an albatross? 2. Le Fédération Internationale de Peche Sportive Mouche is the international body for tournaments in which popular outdoor recreational sport? Be specific. 3. Which competitive sport takes place in a venue called a "salle" on an area called a "piste"? 4. What is the best hand in a game of standard poker? Be specific. 5. Which card game takes its name from the Spanish word for basket? 6. Which tile game derives its name from the Chinese word for sparrow? 7. "A Walk in the Woods" is a best-selling book by Bill Bryson about a hiking adventure on which popular hiking route? 8. If you are toxophilic, what sport is your passion? 9. How many blank tiles are there in a game of Scrabble? 10. How many players, in total, compete in an official beach volleyball match? -- Mark Brader "It is considered a sign of great {winnitude} Toronto when your Obs are more interesting than other msb@vex.net people's whole postings." --Eric Raymond My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 29 01:55AM -0600 In article <ffydnXWTe4sSST3JnZ2dnUU7-VudnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. The actor in picture A is best known for his roles alongside > Will Ferrell, but he also stole scenes in "Chicago", "Gangs of > New York", and "The Hours". John C. Reilly > 2. The woman in B has been a standout in films like "Miller's > Crossing" and "The First Wives Club", and was nominated for a > Supporting Actress Oscar for "Pollock". Marcia Gay Harden (great work in MYSTIC RIVER) > 3. The guy in photo C has had roles all the way back to "Cool > Hand Luke". Our favorite film of his was "Repo Man", with > "Paris, Texas" close behind. Harry Dean Stanton > 4. The actress in picture D appeared in "Fried Green Tomatoes", > "The West Wing", and "Angels in America". But she's best known > for the cable series "Weeds". Name her. Mary Louise Parker > and "Breaking Away", and staged a comeback in recent years -- > including an Oscar nomination -- after resorting to delivering > pizza for a living. Jackie Earle Haley > 7. Picture G. Just name him. Phillip Seymour Hoffman > But his CV includes "Reds", "Blade Runner", "Silkwood", > "Raising Arizona", and "The Pope of Greenwich Village". > He's another guy who uses an initial. Name him. Emmet M. Walsh > "The Abyss", and "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves". > * Game 8, Round 8 - Sports and Leisure Miscellany > 1. In golf, what is an albatross? 3 under par on a hole > 2. Le Fédération Internationale de Peche Sportive Mouche is > the international body for tournaments in which popular > outdoor recreational sport? Be specific. bass fishing > 3. Which competitive sport takes place in a venue called a "salle" > on an area called a "piste"? Jai Alai > 4. What is the best hand in a game of standard poker? Be specific. A K Q J 10 of the same suit. > 5. Which card game takes its name from the Spanish word for basket? Canasta > 6. Which tile game derives its name from the Chinese word for > sparrow? mah jong > 7. "A Walk in the Woods" is a best-selling book by Bill Bryson > about a hiking adventure on which popular hiking route? Appalachian Trail > 8. If you are toxophilic, what sport is your passion? > 9. How many blank tiles are there in a game of Scrabble? 2 > 10. How many players, in total, compete in an official beach > volleyball match? 4 |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 28 10:08PM -0600 Mark Brader: > published; in fact, older favorites are often included. Recently > the show was moderated by an allegedly disgraced CBC host whose > name we shall not speak tonight, but we still like the contest. Well, *we* don't. Even in a Canadian league, in the original game this was the hardest round except for the audio round; and in the entire season it was the fifth-hardest, excluding two audio rounds. And here in the newsgroup, if Calvin hadn't known one answer the round wouldn't've counted in this game. > "fictionalizes the lives of the immigrants whose contributions > to building Toronto in the early 1900s never became part of > the city's official history". Name the book. "In the Skin of a Lion". > 2. In 2003, Justin Trudeau's pick didn't win, but it's still > a good read. It was Wayne Johnston's 1998 work of historical > fiction based on the life of Joey Smallwood. Name the book. "The Colony of Unrequited Dreams". > 19th-century American and Canadian West, also including > titles "The Englishman's Boy" and "A Good Man". Name the > Saskatchewan-based *author*. Guy Vanderhaeghe. > to victory ("Oryx and Crake"). But neither could Molly Johnson > and Rufus Wainwright succeed with "Beautiful Losers", the 1966 > work of *which author/musician*? Leonard Cohen. 4 for Calvin. > K. Samson, lead singer of the Winnipeg band the Weakerthans, > won the contest for which author's recent novel "A Complicated > Kindness"? Miriam Toews ("Taves"). > recent debut novel about a "12-year-old protagonist named > Baby who lives with her heroin-addicted, frequently-moving > father Jules". Name the book. "Lullabies for Little Criminals". > 7. The 2008 contest-winning book was written by a former Canadian > Inquisition member -- Paul Quarrington. It was a comic novel > about an aging retired hockey player. Give the title. "King Leary". > have a book of his own nominated. The 2012 contest included his > 1998 non-fiction, partly autobiographical work "On a Cold Road: > Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock". Who? Dave Bidini. > debut novel "Three Day Road", and now his work "The Orenda" > has won the 2014 competition. But it was the *other* book of > this trilogy that took the Giller Prize, in 2008. Name it. "Through Black Spruce". > and a more recent (2009) novel. This last one was advocated > by Stephen Lewis for its environmental theme, and its storyline > is connected to that of "Oryx and Crake". Name it. "The Year of the Flood". > Name that municipality! > 1. What city in the Canadian North was formerly known as Frobisher > Bay? Iqaluit. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich? Windsor. > 3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger > municipality? Cambridge. > 4. The settlement of Rat Portage was the subject of a boundary > dispute between Ontario and Manitoba. Later its name was > changed. What is it called today? Kenora. > 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in > just 15 minutes? Driving, that is. Pennsylvania. 4 for Marc, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Dan Blum. > 6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take > around an hour -- in what Canadian province? Newfoundland and Labrador. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Björn. The hint in the following question may have helped. I should've used rot13, but didn't think of it. > 7. Paradise is a suburb of St. John's; but what similarly sized > Canadian city has Saanich as a suburb? Victoria. > 8. Name *both* of the cities that were amalgamated in 1971 to form > Thunder Bay. Fort William, Port Arthur. > 9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916, > for obvious reasons? Kitchener. 4 for Pete. 2 for Dan Blum. > 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name > to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title > of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town. Truth or Consequences. 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Mis Can Geo Dan Blum 20 24 0 14 58 "Calvin" 20 24 4 4 52 Pete Gayde 16 24 0 12 52 Marc Dashevsky 12 16 0 8 36 Bruce Bowler 0 20 -- -- 20 Erland Sommarskog 12 8 -- -- 20 Dan Tilque -- -- 0 16 16 Björn Lundin -- -- 0 4 4 -- Mark Brader | (Monosyllables being forbidden to doctors of philosophy, Toronto | such truths are called "invariants" in the trade.) msb@vex.net | -- Jeff Prothero My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Dec 28 07:27PM -0800 On Monday, December 22, 2014 10:45:53 PM UTC-5, swp wrote: > This is Rotating Quiz 164. Entries must be posted by Sunday, > December 28th, 2014 at 10 PM (Eastern Standard Time). if this seemed hard, it just goes to show that having all the money in the world isn't really such a great thing. I myself have the largest collection of sea shells on earth, which I keep on the beaches all over the world... the answers: 1. who is the world's richest man according to forbes magazine? bill gates 2. tied at #6 on forbes list are 2 brothers who are (in)famous for their extracurricular political activities. what is their family name? koch 3. at #5 on the forbes list is the founder of oracle. name him. larry ellison 4. the youngest billionaire on forbes list is bobby murphy, founder of snapchat, along with co-founder evan spiegel. how old are they? 24. which makes me feel like I should have done more by now. 5. david rockefeller, sr., is the oldest billionaire on the list. how old is he? 99. which makes me feel like I have more time to get there. 6. the only world leader on the list is the president of chile. name him. sebastian pinera 7. how many of the top 20 billionaires on forbes list made their money from technology? 6. 8. the founder of 'virgin galactic' is richard branson. within 10, how far down the forbes list does he rank? 302. so accepting 292-312 9. theo albrecht jr made his money from aldi and trader joes. What nation is he from? germany. I never think of trader joes as a german company. nor aldi. 10. the world's billionaires have an aggregate net worth of .. how much? $6.4 trillion. to put that in perspective, the u.s. national debt is just over $18 trillion as I write this. [see http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ or for a more confusing look at it in 'real time' see http://www.usdebtclock.org/] scores: name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 total ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----- Dan B 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Marc D 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Erland 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 Calvin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Pete 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Rob P 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----- totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Parker got the harder question (#7) correct, and wins by a narrow tie-breaker margin over Pete. Congratulations Rob!! Well done, young man. You may now host RQ #165 in a manner of your choosing. thank you all for playing. swp |
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