- QFTCIMI515 Game 10, Rounds 2-3: convicts and servants - 4 Updates
- QFTCI5GNM15 Current Events 7-8 - 2 Updates
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Jun 26 07:18PM Mark Brader wrote: > in a Pretoria prison in 1899? > 3. Who was sentenced to 2 years of hard labor at Reading Gaol > ("redding jail") in 1895? Oscar Wilde > 4. Which writer was sent to a sharashka -- an intellectual slave > labor camp -- in 1945? Dostoevsky > 5. Who started refusing food and water in the Maze Prison on > 1981-03-01? Bobby Sands > 7. "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong." Who was sentenced > to 5 years in jail -- which in the end he did not serve -- > for sticking to those sentiments? Muhammad Ali > commit murders and has been imprisoned ever since? > 9. Which newsworthy figure was released from the Federal > Correctional Institution in Miami on 2012-05-04? Martha Stewart > 10. Which newsworthy figure was released from the Federal Prison > Camp in Alderson, West Virginia, at 12:30 am on 2005-03-04? Martha Stewart > 2. In the hilarious works of P.G. Wodehouse, this valet is > incredibly bright and well-spoken, and helps his congenial but > dim master out of many a scrape. Who is this valet? Jeeves > names him Friday, and uses him as a servant. He teaches Friday > English and convinces him that cannibalism is wrong. Who wrote > "Robinson Crusoe"? Daniel Defoe > 10. This character acts as squire to Don Quixote and throughout > the novel provides comments that are a combination of broad > humor, ironic Spanish proverbs, and earthy wit. Name him. Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 26 10:41PM +0200 > 2. In the hilarious works of P.G. Wodehouse, this valet is > incredibly bright and well-spoken, and helps his congenial but > dim master out of many a scrape. Who is this valet? Jeeves > names him Friday, and uses him as a servant. He teaches Friday > English and convinces him that cannibalism is wrong. Who wrote > "Robinson Crusoe"? Defoe -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Jun 26 02:30PM -0700 On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 6:36:20 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 2 - History - Famous Convicts > 1. Who was sentenced to life in prison on 1895-01-05, and sent to > Devil's Island? Papillon? > 1981-03-01? > 6. From which prison were four forgers, two "lunatics", and one > "deviant" aristocrat, the Comte de Solages, suddenly released? The Bastille. > 7. "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong." Who was sentenced > to 5 years in jail -- which in the end he did not serve -- > for sticking to those sentiments? Muhammad Ali > 8. What singer-songwriter, who lived for a time at Beach Boy > Dennis Wilson's house, was convicted in 1971 of conspiracy to > commit murders and has been imprisoned ever since? Charles Manson > 2. In the hilarious works of P.G. Wodehouse, this valet is > incredibly bright and well-spoken, and helps his congenial but > dim master out of many a scrape. Who is this valet? Jeeves > names him Friday, and uses him as a servant. He teaches Friday > English and convinces him that cannibalism is wrong. Who wrote > "Robinson Crusoe"? Daniel DeFoe > 10. This character acts as squire to Don Quixote and throughout > the novel provides comments that are a combination of broad > humor, ironic Spanish proverbs, and earthy wit. Name him. Sancho Panza |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 27 01:58AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 2 - History - Famous Convicts > 1. Who was sentenced to life in prison on 1895-01-05, and sent to > Devil's Island? Dreyfus > 2. Which Boer War correspondent for the London Morning Post landed > in a Pretoria prison in 1899? Churchill > 3. Who was sentenced to 2 years of hard labor at Reading Gaol > ("redding jail") in 1895? Oscar Wilde > 4. Which writer was sent to a sharashka -- an intellectual slave > labor camp -- in 1945? Solzhenitsyn > 5. Who started refusing food and water in the Maze Prison on > 1981-03-01? Mandela > 6. From which prison were four forgers, two "lunatics", and one > "deviant" aristocrat, the Comte de Solages, suddenly released? la Bastille > 7. "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong." Who was sentenced > to 5 years in jail -- which in the end he did not serve -- > for sticking to those sentiments? Cassius Clay > commit murders and has been imprisoned ever since? > 9. Which newsworthy figure was released from the Federal > Correctional Institution in Miami on 2012-05-04? Noriega > 2. In the hilarious works of P.G. Wodehouse, this valet is > incredibly bright and well-spoken, and helps his congenial but > dim master out of many a scrape. Who is this valet? Jeeves > 6. This character is Scarlett O'Hara's childhood nurse in "Gone > with the Wind". She is an old, heavyset slave who is loyal > and well versed in Southern etiquette. Name her. Mammy > names him Friday, and uses him as a servant. He teaches Friday > English and convinces him that cannibalism is wrong. Who wrote > "Robinson Crusoe"? Dafoe > 10. This character acts as squire to Don Quixote and throughout > the novel provides comments that are a combination of broad > humor, ironic Spanish proverbs, and earthy wit. Name him. Sancho Panza -- Dan Tilque |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Jun 26 02:32PM -0700 On Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 8:29:04 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 9. Name the veteran actor who died at the age of 93, who was best > known for playing Dracula, Saruman (in the "Lord of the Rings" > movies), and Count Dooku (in the "Star Wars" prequels). Christopher Lee > 10. Name the actor, best known for playing Uncle Jesse on "Full > House", who was arrested for driving under the influence in > Beverly Hills last Friday. John Stamos |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 27 01:29AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > in Southern Ontario Thursday. > 6. More than 400 people died when the cruise ship Eastern Star > capsized last Monday -- on what body of water? Yangtze River > 8. Within $1, how much is the adult one-way fare on the new train > from Union Station to Pearson Airport, if not using a Presto > card? $3 > 9. Hannah White set a Guinness world record for the fastest what? > 10. Which horse won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, completing > the Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing? American Pharaoh > 7. Name the so-called "technology company" that drew criticism > for charging 5 times its normal rate in some of areas of Toronto > during the subway closure last Monday morning. Uber; Lyft -- Dan Tilque |
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