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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 31 11:37PM -0600

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08,
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*)".
 
 
** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
 
* Poetry
 
In each case, name the poet.
 
1. "Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow."
 
2. "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of
the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes
me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send
to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
 
3. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre,
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..."
 
 
* My Kid Could Do That!
 
Sometimes abstract art hits a public nerve and causes outrage. From
the outrage, name the artist.
 
4. This English artist's diamond-encrusted platinum-cast skull,
titled "For the Love of God", was for sale at £50,000,000.
To be fair, it's got around £14,000,000 worth of jewels on it.
It's only the rest that's for labor.
 
5. "Those are my tax dollars!" In 1989, the National Gallery
bought the painting "Voice of Fire" for $1,800,000. It consists
of three vertical stripes: blue, red, and blue. It's paid off
as an investment, though -- it's now estimated at at least 10
times the cost.
 
6. A massive public artwork called "The Gates" installed 7,500
"gates" hung with saffron-colored fabric in New York's Central
Park. Mayor Bloomberg defended it, but the New York Post said
it looked like a Home Depot ad.
 
 
* Literary Geography
 
7. Which medieval literary characters set out on a journey from
the Tabard Inn, Southwark? (Identify the group, not the
individuals.)
 
8. In which fictional country is the castle of Zenda to be found,
in the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda"?
 
9. Which real-life-based Shakespearean character was known as the
Prince of Tyre?
 
 
* Artisans and their Arts
 
10. Which pottery form takes its name from the Italian words for
"baked earth"?
 
11. What term is given to the painting technique where pigment is
mixed and bound with egg yolk?
 
12. Indonesia leads the world in this art form. First a
dye-resistant wax is applied to selected areas of a cloth;
then the cloth is dyed, creating a pattern between the dyed
and dye-resistant areas.
 
 
* Taking It to the Streets
 
Not all art is displayed within the traditional confines of
a gallery.
 
13. Banksy is the pseudonym of a famous graffiti artist. In 2011,
a documentary about him was nominated for an Academy Award.
Give the film's title.
 
14. In Toronto's 1993 bicentennial, a huge mural was unveiled
on Front St. E., showing 32 vignettes from the city's history.
The mural was removed in 2011 to accommodate an LCBO.
Whose building did it grace the side of?
 
15. Name the title sponsor of Toronto's "Nuit Blanche" art event.
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net C unions never strike!
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
"Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Feb 01 08:55AM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> His house is in the village though;
> He will not see me stopping here
> To watch his woods fill up with snow."
Seuss
> the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes
> me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send
> to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
Hemingway
> titled "For the Love of God", was for sale at £50,000,000.
> To be fair, it's got around £14,000,000 worth of jewels on it.
> It's only the rest that's for labor.
Hirst
> "gates" hung with saffron-colored fabric in New York's Central
> Park. Mayor Bloomberg defended it, but the New York Post said
> it looked like a Home Depot ad.
Christo
 
> 7. Which medieval literary characters set out on a journey from
> the Tabard Inn, Southwark? (Identify the group, not the
> individuals.)
Pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales
> 8. In which fictional country is the castle of Zenda to be found,
> in the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda"?
Ruritania
> 9. Which real-life-based Shakespearean character was known as the
> Prince of Tyre?
Pericles
> dye-resistant wax is applied to selected areas of a cloth;
> then the cloth is dyed, creating a pattern between the dyed
> and dye-resistant areas.
Tie dye
> The mural was removed in 2011 to accommodate an LCBO.
> Whose building did it grace the side of?
 
> 15. Name the title sponsor of Toronto's "Nuit Blanche" art event.
 
 
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 01 12:00PM +0100

> the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes
> me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send
> to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
 
Hemmingway

> 10. Which pottery form takes its name from the Italian words for
> "baked earth"?
 
Terracotta
 
> dye-resistant wax is applied to selected areas of a cloth;
> then the cloth is dyed, creating a pattern between the dyed
> and dye-resistant areas.
 
Batique

 
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 31 06:28PM +0100

As a participant in Erland's knock-out competition
last year, I though I'd like to host one myself.
 
This time, it is all about dates.
 
I will give an event, that I hope most of you have heard of,
and instead asking for what year it took place, I'll ask for what _date_
it took place.
And with date I mean May 15th. Not May 15th 2012
 
The participant answering the date furthest away will be knocked out.
In case of several knock-out candidates, the one posted last will be
knocked out.
 
In the case the year was a leap year (where it actually makes sense) I
will take that into account,
when counting date differences. And I will use the Gregorian calendar.
 
The year will wrap around, so that if the correct date is Dec 29th
and an answer is Jan 6th the date difference will be
'2012-01-06' - '2011-12-29' = 8 days, instead of '2011-12-29' -
'2011-01-06' = 357 days
where I will use some relevant years
 
Since this is my first hosting, you may have opinions on the rules,
I may have forgotten to mention some vital condition : feel free to
point such flaws out.
 
My ambition is to post answers after one or two days after final answer
comes in.
I will close competitions for new entries 5th of February around 20:00 CET.
 
Since I'm European, I'm used to see dates in certain formats and to me
9/11 looks like November 9th.
Therefore I want dates to be unambiguous, preferably
in the form 'Sep 11'
 
 
 
Since it is knock-out we start with Boxing
 
What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ?
 
 
Happy guessing, because I would think guessing is involved in some of
the questions
 
 
--
Björn
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 31 06:35PM +0100

> Since it is knock-out we start with Boxing
 
> What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ?
 
Not a stinking idea!
 
April 12th
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 31 05:58PM


> Since it is knock-out we start with Boxing
 
> What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ?
 
July 2nd
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
"Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Jan 31 06:06PM

Björn Lundin wrote:
 
 
> What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ?
 
> Happy guessing, because I would think guessing is involved in some of
> the questions
 
October 6 (1987?)
 
Peter Smyth
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 31 12:51PM -0600

Björn Lundin:
> Since it is knock-out we start with Boxing
 
And there I go.

> What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ?
 
I'll guess Apr 30.
 
 
Could I suggest using your last name instead of your first in the
Subject line for future rounds of the contest? Subject lines
containing non-ASCII characters still don't work well on Usenet,
as they split into different versions according to how the
characters get treated on different followups.
--
Mark Brader "After many years of teaching, you get to learn
Toronto quite a lot about how to design a better idiot."
msb@vex.net --Peter Moylan
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 31 02:19PM -0800

On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 3:28:54 AM UTC+10, björn lundin wrote:
> As a participant in Erland's knock-out competition
> last year, I though I'd like to host one myself.
 
Excellent.
 
You might consider, for future questions, giving the year.

> Since it is knock-out we start with Boxing
 
> What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ?
 
10 Oct
 
cheers,
calvin
Russ <rns2XX7@att.net>: Jan 31 04:48PM -0600

On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:28:53 +0100, Björn Lundin
 
>What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ?
 
>Happy guessing, because I would think guessing is involved in some of
>the questions
 
 
November 20th, against Trevor Berbick, 2nd round KO.
 
Russ
"Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Feb 01 10:25AM +1100

> What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ?
 
May 23
 
 
Rob
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jan 31 03:28PM -0800

On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 12:28:54 PM UTC-5, björn lundin wrote:
> Since it is knock-out we start with Boxing
 
> What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ?
 
november 22nd
 
swp
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 31 11:22PM -0600

Björn Lundin:
>> As a participant in Erland's knock-out competition
>> last year, I though I'd like to host one myself.
 
"Calvin":
> Excellent.
> You might consider, for future questions, giving the year.
 
But that would break the cyclicity of dates. If the true answer was
December 17 and someone said January 17, they'd be 334 or 335 days
off instead of 31 as under the present rules.
--
Mark Brader "I'm not good in groups. It's difficult to
Toronto work in a group when you're omnipotent."
msb@vex.net "Deja Q", ST:TNG, Richard Danus
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 01 05:48AM

=?UTF-8?B?QmrDtnJuIEx1bmRpbg==?= <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> wrote in
> the questions
 
> --
> Björn
 
July 4
 
Pete
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 31 10:34PM -0800

Björn Lundin wrote:
 
> What date did Mike Tyson win his first WBC belt ?
 
Apr 6
 
--
Dan Tilque
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jan 31 03:16PM -0800

On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 9:54:11 AM UTC-5, Dan Blum wrote:
> controversy in both cases. He was also one of the first two
> senators elected from California and was the first Republican
> candidate for president.
 
fremont
 
> 2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features
> prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
 
amontillado
 
> a large volcanic eruption (followed by other smaller ones)
> turned more than half of the island into an uninhabited and
> little-visited "exclusion zone."
 
montserrat
 
> living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close
> second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is
> far behind at 51.28%).
 
montana
 
> The Morey Amsterdam Show, Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, and
> The Ernie Kovacs Show. It was the first network to have shows
> starring an Asian American and an African American woman.
 
dumont?
 
> 6. One of the main characters in Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses.
> He has been portrayed by John Malkovich and Colin Firth, among
> others.
 
monty python (because you left it out)
 
> 7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by
> me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival
> in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva.
 
montreau
 
> 8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival
> is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz.
 
monterey
 
> of people suffered injuries. The documentary Gimme Shelter, which
> covers the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, includes much footage shot
> there.
 
altamont
 
> which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region
> is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise
> earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily).
 
piedmont
 
 
swp
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 31 10:17PM -0800

Dan Blum wrote:
> controversy in both cases. He was also one of the first two
> senators elected from California and was the first Republican
> candidate for president.
 
Frémont
 
> a large volcanic eruption (followed by other smaller ones)
> turned more than half of the island into an uninhabited and
> little-visited "exclusion zone."
 
Montserrat
 
> living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close
> second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is
> far behind at 51.28%).
 
Vermont
 
> The Morey Amsterdam Show, Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, and
> The Ernie Kovacs Show. It was the first network to have shows
> starring an Asian American and an African American woman.
 
Dumont
 
 
> 7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by
> me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival
> in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva.
 
Montreaux
 
 
> 8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival
> is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz.
 
Montreal ?
 
> of people suffered injuries. The documentary Gimme Shelter, which
> covers the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, includes much footage shot
> there.
 
Altamont
 
> which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region
> is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise
> earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily).
 
Piedmont
 
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 01 06:30AM

> candidate for president.
 
> 2. For the love of God, tell me what kind of sherry features
> prominently in a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
 
The Cask of Amontillado
 
> a large volcanic eruption (followed by other smaller ones)
> turned more than half of the island into an uninhabited and
> little-visited "exclusion zone."
 
Montserrat
 
> living in rural areas, but in the 2010 census it is a very close
> second place: 61.1%, with the "winner" at 61.34% (third place is
> far behind at 51.28%).
 
Montana
 
> The Morey Amsterdam Show, Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, and
> The Ernie Kovacs Show. It was the first network to have shows
> starring an Asian American and an African American woman.
 
Dumont
 
 
> 6. One of the main characters in Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses.
> He has been portrayed by John Malkovich and Colin Firth, among
> others.
 
Count of Monte Cristo
 
 
> 7. Switzerland is not usually associated with jazz (at least by
> me, and it's my quiz), but the second-largest annual jazz festival
> in the world is held in this town on Lake Geneva.
 
Montreux
 
 
> 8. And while we're on the subject, the largest annual jazz festival
> is held in a much larger city which also fits the theme of this quiz.
 
Montreal
 
> of people suffered injuries. The documentary Gimme Shelter, which
> covers the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, includes much footage shot
> there.
 
Altamont
 
> which like Sardinia was controlled by the House of Savoy. The region
> is today one of the official 20 regions of Italy (not with its precise
> earlier borders); it is the second-largest in area (after Sicily).
 
Piedmont
 
 
Pete
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jan 31 02:35PM +0100

On 2015-01-30 21:19, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European country?
Switzerland
> 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967 Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale?
Vivaldi
> 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968?
> 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain?
Clint Eastwood
> 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in Test Cricket?
Shawn whatever
> 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch?
Cherry
> 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second largest French-speaking city in the world?
Montreal
> 8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La Mancha?
> 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located?
Berlin
> 10 Which Oscar-winning David Lean film was based on the 1922 book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom?
Seven
 
 
--
--
Björn
"Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Jan 31 11:17PM

Calvin wrote:
 
 
> 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European
> country?
Switzerland
> 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for
> the 1967 Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale?
JS Bach
> 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968?
Alan Sugar
> 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger,
> Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain?
Ang Lee
> 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in
> Test Cricket?
Dennis Lillee
> 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch?
Cherry
> 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second
> largest French-speaking city in the world?
Montreal
> 8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La
> Mancha?
Don Quixote
> 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located?
Berlin
> 10 Which Oscar-winning David Lean film was based on the 1922 book The
> Seven Pillars of Wisdom?
 
 
Peter Smyth
"Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Feb 01 10:21AM +1100

> 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European country?
 
Switzerland
 
> 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for the 1967 Procol
> Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale?
 
JS Bach
 
> 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in 1968?
 
Allan Sugar
 
> 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden
> Dragon and Brokeback Mountain?
 
Ang Lee
 
> 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian to take 300 wickets in Test
> Cricket?
 
Dennis Lillee
 
> 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch?
 
cherries
 
> 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the second largest
> French-speaking city in the world?
 
Quebec (?)
 
> 8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La Mancha?
 
Don Quixote
 
> 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located?
 
Berlin
 
> 10 Which Oscar-winning David Lean film was based on the 1922 book The
> Seven Pillars of Wisdom?
 
Lawrence of Arabia
 
 
Rob
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 01 05:46AM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 Toblerone chocolate is traditionally produced in which European
> country?
 
Switzerland
 
> 2 Which classical composer's work inspired the melody for
> the 1967 Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale?
 
Bach
 
> 3 Who founded the Amstrad electronics and computer company in
> 1968?
 
Amdahl
 
> 4 Which Oscar-winning director's films include Crouching
> Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain?
 
Ang Lee
 
> 5 In 1981 who became the first Australian
> to take 300 wickets in Test Cricket?
 
Bradman
 
> 6 What fruit is traditionally used to make the liqueur kirsch?
 
Cherry
 
> 7 With a population of almost four million, what is the
> second largest French-speaking city in the world?
 
Port au Prince
 
> 8 Which literary character inspired the musical Man of La Mancha?
 
Don Quixote
 
> 9 In which European city is the Brandenburg Gate located?
 
Berlin
 
> 10 Which Oscar-winning David Lean film was based on the 1922 book
> The Seven Pillars of Wisdom?
 
Lawrence of Arabia
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 31 11:31PM -0600

Mark Brader:
 
> These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by
> their real name. What names were they respectively better known by?
 
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
 
Ho Chi Minh. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Bruce, Erland,
Dan Tilque, Rob, and Calvin.
 
> 2. Saloth Sar.
 
Pol Pot. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland, and Rob.
3 for Calvin.
 
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
 
Joseph Stalin. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Björn, Bruce, Erland,
Rob, Calvin, and Jason.
 
 
 
> 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon...
> who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that
> is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time."
 
St. Patrick. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Bruce, Erland, Dan Tilque,
and Calvin.
 
> next two. The second patron saint of Ireland may be the
> personification of a pagan Celtic deity. This saint's symbol
> is a distinctive cross that is woven from rushes or straw.
 
St. Brigit or Brigid. 4 for Dan Tilque.
 
> 6. This navigator saint's legend tells of a journey with companions
> to several islands in the Atlantic Ocean, leading to modern
> myths that he discovered America.
 
St. Brendan. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Rob.
 
 
> by small Soviet-built torpedo boats. This skirmish was the
> pretext for the Vietnam War. It's sometimes called the USS
> Maddox incident; give its other name.
 
Gulf of Tonkin incident. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Dan Tilque,
Rob, and Jason.
 
> 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
> sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898.
> What war ensued?
 
Spanish-American War. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland,
Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Jason.
 
> 9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy
> pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him.
 
Francis Gary Powers. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Dan Tilque,
Rob, and Calvin.
 
 
> of the relevant law.
 
> 10. The White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 banned interstate transport
> of females for immoral purposes.
 
Mann Act. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Jason.
 
> 11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932.
 
Lindbergh Law. 4 for Bruce, Erland, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Jason.
 
> 12. The National Prohibition Act, passed in 1919 and repealed
> in 1933.
 
Volstead Act. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.
 
The 18th amendment to the US constitution is wrong -- it authorized
Congress to pass an act enforce prohibition, and the question was
about that act.
 
 
 
> 13. Name the boat that carried Fidel Castro and 81 other rebels
> to Cuba in 1956. The newspaper of the Central Committee of
> the Cuban Communist Party is named for it.
 
Granma. 4 for Joshua.
 
> 14. The airport in Havana is named which Cuban national hero who
> was also a famous literary figure? One of his poems was adapted
> into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera".
 
José Martí. 4 for Joshua.
 
> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
 
Argentina. 4 for Joshua, Björn, Erland, Rob, and Calvin.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
ROUNDS-> 2
TOPICS-> His
Joshua Kreitzer 52
Bruce Bowler 36
Dan Tilque 36
Rob Parker 32
Dan Blum 32
"Calvin" 31
Erland Sommarskog 28
Jason Kreitzer 20
Peter Smyth 12
Björn Lundin 8
--
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Toronto | largest herds of free-roaming pedants, thundering majestically
msb@vex.net | across the virtual plains..." -- Michael Wojcik
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Feb 01 05:38AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:AICdnTr6QsenX1TJnZ2dnUU7-c-
 
> These 20th-century political leaders weren't generally known by
> their real name. What names were they respectively better known by?
 
> 1. Nguyen Sinh Cung.
 
Kim Il Sung
 
> 2. Saloth Sar.
 
Pol Pot
 
> 3. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili.
 
Stalin
 
 
> 4. This saint wrote: "My father was Calporinus. He was a deacon...
> who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was there, and that
> is where I was taken prisoner. I was 16 at the time."
 
St Patrick
 
> by small Soviet-built torpedo boats. This skirmish was the
> pretext for the Vietnam War. It's sometimes called the USS
> Maddox incident; give its other name.
 
Gulf of Tonkin incident
 
 
> 8. More than 260 lives were lost when the battleship Maine
> sank in Havana's harbor after a mysterious explosion in 1898.
> What war ensued?
 
Spanish-American
 
 
> 9. The U2 incident didn't involve Bono at all. In 1960 a US spy
> pilot was shot down and captured by the Soviets. Name him.
 
Gary Powers
 
> of the relevant law.
 
> 10. The White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 banned interstate transport
> of females for immoral purposes.
 
Mann
 
 
> 11. The Federal Kidnapping Act, passed in 1932.
 
Lindbergh
 
> into the lyrics for the song "Guantanamera".
 
> 15. The second-most-famous figure in the Cuban Revolution, Che
> Guevara, wasn't even Cuban. Where was he born?
 
Argentina; Bolivia
 
 
Pete
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