- Rare Entries Contest OQ-01 Results - 2 Updates
- QFTCIMI515 Game 6, Rounds 4,6: HBO, chess - 2 Updates
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: May 01 05:19PM Dr Nick wrote: > keyboard. Find five films, each of which then passes a particular > gate? That's not something I know I can pull an poor-but-not-wrong > answer out of the air to. My thoughts were similar, however I decided to just name a random opera, hoping that if I picked something fairly famous it would probably have been used in films at some point. Peter Smyth |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 01 10:33PM -0700 On Friday, May 1, 2015 at 12:20:11 PM UTC-5, Peter Smyth wrote: > My thoughts were similar, however I decided to just name a random > opera, hoping that if I picked something fairly famous it would > probably have been used in films at some point. I knew how I wanted to research the question, but doing so didn't pan out the way I had hoped. My plan was: 1. Go to the IMDb page of a famous opera composer. 2. Choose one of the composer's operas and look for that title in the composer's Soundtrack credits. 3. Check the Box Office/Business page for each film using that opera on the soundtrack to confirm that at least five of them grossed at least $25 million. Unfortunately, a lot of the films I found during those searches weren't listed as grossing at least $25 million. (And for films prior to the 1980s, not only were box office results usually not available, but relatively few of them would have grossed at least $25 million anyway.) Also, in some cases the IMDb soundtrack listings only lists an aria by title without indicating the opera it came from, and it would take additional work to associate the arias with their respective operas. In addition, it wasn't clear from the question whether grosses outside North America counted. For example, "Benvenuti al nord" (2012) uses "Die Walküre" on the soundtrack, and it grossed EURO 26,994,950 in Italy. The euro is worth more than the U.S. dollar, so that's equivalent to more than $25 million (USD) ... but would that have counted? The film was never released in the U.S., so it never grossed anything *in* U.S. dollars. So I went with "Lohengrin," because the Bridal Chorus from that is so famous that I figured I could find five eligible films that qualified. (Five $25 million-plus grossers that used music from "Lohengrin": "Muppets Most Wanted," "Bride Wars," "In Her Shoes," "Wedding Crashers," and "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps.") But even after seeing the list of answers, I can't necessarily find five $25 million+ films for each. For example, I don't know what films could be used for "The Pirates of Penzance" besides "The Wild Thornberrys Movie," "Kate & Leopold," and "Chariots of Fire." I'd like to see a list of qualifying films for each of the operas that showed up among the correct answers. -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| "Rob Parker" <robpparker@NOSPAM.optusnet.com.au.FOR.ME>: May 01 11:13PM +1000 > * Game 6, Round 4 - Entertainment - HBO TV Series > 10. Matt Lucas, David Walliams (comedy). Little England > * Game 6, Round 6 - Leisure - Chess > 1. The queen is the strongest of the pieces. Which is the > second-strongest? rook > 2. It is common in the first dozen moves for the king and rook to > cross each other on the first rank in order to protect the king. > What is this move called? castling > 3. The game can be drawn in a few ways. What circumstance applies > if a player's only possible move would expose the king to check? stalemate > 4. What is the most popular opening move for White? Answer in > either descriptive or algebraic notation. P-K4 > 5. What name is given to an opening in which a player sacrifices > material early in order to gain a positional advantage? gambit > 6. The Polish-born Argentinian Miguel Najdorf played 45 opponents > simultaneously in São Paulo in 1947, with the result of 39 wins, > 4 draws, and 2 losses. What made this even more impressive? played blindfold > 7. Who did Bobby Fischer defeat in the 1972 World Championship > match in Reykjavik? Boris Spassky > 9. C-DO4 be p5 vf gur zbfg cbchyne naq ntterffvir erfcbafr gb > Juvgr'f bcravat C-X4 be r4. Jung vf guvf qrsrapr? Uvag: > fbzr znl svaq gur fbhaq bs gur anzr guerngravat. Sicilian Defence > 10. Anzr gur bccbarag gung orng Tneel Xnfcnebi 3½-2½ va n > jryy-choyvpvmrq 1997 erzngpu. Deep Blue Rob |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: May 01 08:46PM -0700 On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 4:26:26 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-23, > and should be interpreted accordingly. noted > names and sometimes the genre, and in each case you name the show. > For questions #1-6, the names we give you are characters on the show: > 1. Lieutenants Richard Winters and Lewis Nixon. band of brothers > 2. Officers Rust Cohle and Martin Hart. true detective > 3. Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, Chalky White (historical drama). boardwalk empire > 4. Omar Little, Detective William "Bunk" Moreland (crime drama). the wire > 5. Al Swearengen, Doc Cochran (historical drama). deadwood > 6. Nate Fisher, Brenda Chenowith (family drama). six feet under > For #7-10, we give you two cast members: > 7. Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier. entourage > 8. Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin. tru blood > 9. Jermaine Clement, Bret McKenzie (comedy). ... > 10. Matt Lucas, David Walliams (comedy). ... > * Game 6, Round 6 - Leisure - Chess > 1. The queen is the strongest of the pieces. Which is the > second-strongest? rook > 2. It is common in the first dozen moves for the king and rook to > cross each other on the first rank in order to protect the king. > What is this move called? castling > 3. The game can be drawn in a few ways. What circumstance applies > if a player's only possible move would expose the king to check? stalemate > 4. What is the most popular opening move for White? Answer in > either descriptive or algebraic notation. 1. e4 > 5. What name is given to an opening in which a player sacrifices > material early in order to gain a positional advantage? sacrifice > 6. The Polish-born Argentinian Miguel Najdorf played 45 opponents > simultaneously in São Paulo in 1947, with the result of 39 wins, > 4 draws, and 2 losses. What made this even more impressive? he was blindfolded > 7. Who did Bobby Fischer defeat in the 1972 World Championship > match in Reykjavik? boris spassky > 8. Which former world chess champion entered the Russian > presidential race in 2007? gary kasparov > 9. P-QB4 or c5 is the most popular and aggressive response to > White's opening P-K4 or e4. What is this defence? Hint: > some may find the sound of the name threatening. dutch defense > 10. Name the opponent that beat Garry Kasparov 3½-2½ in a > well-publicized 1997 rematch. deep blue swp |
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