| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 03 11:53PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-05-11, 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 Five Guys Named Moe, 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 4, Round 9 - Literature - Published Posthumously We give you the year an author died, the title of a book released subsequently (in some cases in incomplete form), and the year that that work was published. You name the author. 1. Died 1940; "The Last Tycoon" published 1941 (and retitled "The Love of the Last Tycoon" in a later revised edition). 2. Died 1870; "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" published 1870. 3. Died 1817; "Northanger Abbey" published 1817. 4. Died 1924; "The Trial" published 1925. 5. Died 1984; "Answered Prayers" published 1986. 6. Died 1938; "You Can't Go Home Again" published 1940. 7. Died 1969; "A Confederacy of Dunces" published 1980. 8. Died 1961; "Islands in the Stream" published 1970. 9. Died 1964; "The Man with the Golden Gun" published 1965. 10. Died 1976; "Sleeping Murder" published 1976. * Game 4, Round 10 - History Challenge Round - The Second World War This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, in May in the European theater of war and in August in the Pacific. All questions in this round are related to the war. A. Nicknames of Generals Which general was nicknamed: A1. ...Ol' Blood and Guts? A2. ...the Desert Fox? B. War Novels B1. Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. used the firebombing of what city as a central event in his novel "Slaughterhouse-Five"? B2. Author Norman Mailer made his debut with what 1948 novel, which follows a platoon fighting for possession of a Japanese-held island? C. Best Picture Oscar Winners In each case, name the movie. They each won Best Picture and other Oscars. C1. This 1946 film, which won 7 Oscars, focuses on three American servicemen struggling to readjust to civilian life after the war. Its cast includes Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell. C2. This 1953 film, which won 8 Oscars, focuses on military men and the women in their lives in Honolulu during the months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The cast includes Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, and Donna Reed. D. Collaborators D1. A hero of the First World War, he headed the Vichy government of France from 1940 to 1944, a regime notorious for collaborating with the Nazis. His postwar death sentence for treason was commuted to life imprisonment by Charles de Gaulle. Name him. D2. From 1942 to 1945, he headed a pro-Nazi puppet government in Norway. His name has come to mean a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Name him. E. Historic Dates In each case, give the exact date: day, month, and year (or yyyy-mm-dd). E1. US President Franklin Roosevelt called it "a date which will live in infamy." When was Pearl Harbor attacked by the Japanese? E2. When was "D-Day", the Allied invasion of Normandy? F. Canada and the War F1. What was the code name for the French beachfront attacked by Canadian troops on "D-Day"? F2. Officially it was Special Training School 103, but what name is more popularly given to the espionage and commando training installation located on the shore of Lake Ontario between Whitby and Oshawa? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "[I] have a will of iron." msb@vex.net | "And a head to match." --Robert B. Parker, "Chance" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 04 05:00AM > * Game 4, Round 9 - Literature - Published Posthumously > 1. Died 1940; "The Last Tycoon" published 1941 (and retitled > "The Love of the Last Tycoon" in a later revised edition). F. Scott Fitzgerald > 2. Died 1870; "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" published 1870. Charles Dickens > 3. Died 1817; "Northanger Abbey" published 1817. Jane Austen > 4. Died 1924; "The Trial" published 1925. Franz Kafka > 6. Died 1938; "You Can't Go Home Again" published 1940. Thomas Wolfe > 7. Died 1969; "A Confederacy of Dunces" published 1980. O'Toole > 8. Died 1961; "Islands in the Stream" published 1970. Ernest Hemingway > 9. Died 1964; "The Man with the Golden Gun" published 1965. Ian Fleming > A. Nicknames of Generals > Which general was nicknamed: > A1. ...Ol' Blood and Guts? Patton > A2. ...the Desert Fox? Rommel > B. War Novels > B1. Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. used the firebombing of what city > as a central event in his novel "Slaughterhouse-Five"? Dresden > B2. Author Norman Mailer made his debut with what 1948 > novel, which follows a platoon fighting for possession > of a Japanese-held island? The Naked and the Dead > collaborating with the Nazis. His postwar death sentence > for treason was commuted to life imprisonment by Charles > de Gaulle. Name him. Petain > D2. From 1942 to 1945, he headed a pro-Nazi puppet government > in Norway. His name has come to mean a person who > collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Name him. Quisling > E1. US President Franklin Roosevelt called it "a date which will > live in infamy." When was Pearl Harbor attacked by the > Japanese? 1941-12-07 > E2. When was "D-Day", the Allied invasion of Normandy? 1944-06-06 > F. Canada and the War > F1. What was the code name for the French beachfront attacked > by Canadian troops on "D-Day"? Sword; Juno -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 04 06:20AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:9_6dnZEin5ApLY3LnZ2dnUU7- > that work was published. You name the author. > 1. Died 1940; "The Last Tycoon" published 1941 (and retitled > "The Love of the Last Tycoon" in a later revised edition). Fitzgerald > 2. Died 1870; "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" published 1870. Dickens > 3. Died 1817; "Northanger Abbey" published 1817. Austen > 4. Died 1924; "The Trial" published 1925. Kafka > 5. Died 1984; "Answered Prayers" published 1986. Capote > 6. Died 1938; "You Can't Go Home Again" published 1940. Wolfe > 7. Died 1969; "A Confederacy of Dunces" published 1980. Toole > 8. Died 1961; "Islands in the Stream" published 1970. Hemingway > 9. Died 1964; "The Man with the Golden Gun" published 1965. Fleming > 10. Died 1976; "Sleeping Murder" published 1976. Christie > A. Nicknames of Generals > Which general was nicknamed: > A1. ...Ol' Blood and Guts? Montgomery; Patton > A2. ...the Desert Fox? Rommel > B. War Novels > B1. Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. used the firebombing of what city > as a central event in his novel "Slaughterhouse-Five"? Dresden > B2. Author Norman Mailer made his debut with what 1948 > novel, which follows a platoon fighting for possession > of a Japanese-held island? "The Naked and the Dead" > servicemen struggling to readjust to civilian life after > the war. Its cast includes Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, > Fredric March, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell. "The Best Years of Our Lives" > months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The cast > includes Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, > Deborah Kerr, and Donna Reed. "From Here to Eternity" > collaborating with the Nazis. His postwar death sentence > for treason was commuted to life imprisonment by Charles > de Gaulle. Name him. Petain > D2. From 1942 to 1945, he headed a pro-Nazi puppet government > in Norway. His name has come to mean a person who > collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Name him. Quisling > E1. US President Franklin Roosevelt called it "a date which will > live in infamy." When was Pearl Harbor attacked by the > Japanese? 1941-12-07 > E2. When was "D-Day", the Allied invasion of Normandy? 1944-06-06 > F. Canada and the War > F1. What was the code name for the French beachfront attacked > by Canadian troops on "D-Day"? Juno -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 04 11:18AM +0200 > * Game 4, Round 9 - Literature - Published Posthumously > 4. Died 1924; "The Trial" published 1925. Franz Kafka > 9. Died 1964; "The Man with the Golden Gun" published 1965. Ian Flemming > B. War Novels > B1. Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. used the firebombing of what city > as a central event in his novel "Slaughterhouse-Five"? Dresden > collaborating with the Nazis. His postwar death sentence > for treason was commuted to life imprisonment by Charles > de Gaulle. Name him. Pétain > D2. From 1942 to 1945, he headed a pro-Nazi puppet government > in Norway. His name has come to mean a person who > collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Name him. Vidkun Quisling > E1. US President Franklin Roosevelt called it "a date which will > live in infamy." When was Pearl Harbor attacked by the > Japanese? 1941-12-09 > E2. When was "D-Day", the Allied invasion of Normandy? 1944-07-06 -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 04 04:50AM -0500 In article <9_6dnZEin5ApLY3LnZ2dnUU7-e2dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > that work was published. You name the author. > 1. Died 1940; "The Last Tycoon" published 1941 (and retitled > "The Love of the Last Tycoon" in a later revised edition). F. Scott Fitzgerald? > 2. Died 1870; "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" published 1870. Charles Dickens > 3. Died 1817; "Northanger Abbey" published 1817. > 4. Died 1924; "The Trial" published 1925. Franz Kafka > 5. Died 1984; "Answered Prayers" published 1986. > 6. Died 1938; "You Can't Go Home Again" published 1940. Thomas Wolfe > 7. Died 1969; "A Confederacy of Dunces" published 1980. John Kennedy Toole > 8. Died 1961; "Islands in the Stream" published 1970. > 9. Died 1964; "The Man with the Golden Gun" published 1965. Ian Fleming > Which general was nicknamed: > A1. ...Ol' Blood and Guts? > A2. ...the Desert Fox? Erwin Rommel > B. War Novels > B1. Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. used the firebombing of what city > as a central event in his novel "Slaughterhouse-Five"? Dresden > servicemen struggling to readjust to civilian life after > the war. Its cast includes Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, > Fredric March, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell. The Best Years of Our Lives > months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The cast > includes Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, > Deborah Kerr, and Donna Reed. From Here To Eternity > D2. From 1942 to 1945, he headed a pro-Nazi puppet government > in Norway. His name has come to mean a person who > collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Name him. Quisling > E1. US President Franklin Roosevelt called it "a date which will > live in infamy." When was Pearl Harbor attacked by the > Japanese? 1941-12-07 > E2. When was "D-Day", the Allied invasion of Normandy? 1944-06-06 -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 04 12:53PM +0200 On 2015-10-04 06:53, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Died 1940; "The Last Tycoon" published 1941 (and retitled > "The Love of the Last Tycoon" in a later revised edition). > 2. Died 1870; "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" published 1870. Edgar Allan Poe > 3. Died 1817; "Northanger Abbey" published 1817. Mary Shelley > 4. Died 1924; "The Trial" published 1925. Kafka > 7. Died 1969; "A Confederacy of Dunces" published 1980. > 8. Died 1961; "Islands in the Stream" published 1970. > 9. Died 1964; "The Man with the Golden Gun" published 1965. Ian Flemming > 10. Died 1976; "Sleeping Murder" published 1976. Agatha Christie (though I thought it was Curtain) > A. Nicknames of Generals > Which general was nicknamed: > A1. ...Ol' Blood and Guts? MacArthur A2. ...the Desert Fox? Rommel > B. War Novels > B1. Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. used the firebombing of what city > as a central event in his novel "Slaughterhouse-Five"? Dresden > collaborating with the Nazis. His postwar death sentence > for treason was commuted to life imprisonment by Charles > de Gaulle. Name him. Petain > D2. From 1942 to 1945, he headed a pro-Nazi puppet government > in Norway. His name has come to mean a person who > collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Name him. Vidkun Quisling > E1. US President Franklin Roosevelt called it "a date which will > live in infamy." When was Pearl Harbor attacked by the > Japanese? 1941-12-07 > E2. When was "D-Day", the Allied invasion of Normandy? 1944-06-06 > F. Canada and the War > F1. What was the code name for the French beachfront attacked > by Canadian troops on "D-Day"? Juno -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 03 11:43PM -0500 Mark Brader: > And give us the numbers corresponding to these villages, towns, > and cities: > 1. Stornoway. #9. 4 for Peter. > 2. Inverness. #11. 4 for Peter and Dan Tilque. > 3. Stromness. #7. > 4. Kirkwall. #3. 4 for Peter and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. > 5. Glasgow. #15. 4 for Marc, Peter, Björn, Erland, Calvin, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum. > 6. Dundee. #18. 4 for Peter. 3 for Dan Blum. > 7. Aberdeen. #14. 4 for Marc and Peter. 2 for Calvin and Pete. > 8. Edinburgh. #20. 4 for Marc, Peter, Björn, Erland, Calvin, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 9. Fort William. #13. 4 for Peter. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 10. Port of Ness. #4. > them are quite small places, but here they are. Decode the rot13 > if you want to try them for fun, but for no points. > 11. Durness. #5. > 12. Ayr. #17. Peter got this. > 13. Lerwick. #2. Peter got this. > 14. Peterhead. #12. Yes, Peter did get this. > 15. New Abbey. #19. > 16. Brae. #1. > 17. Wick. #8. Peter got this. > 18. Leirinmore. #6. > 19. Lonmore. #10. > 20. Fishtown of Usan. #16. > Line 4: Sheppard > In each case, simply name the station between the two that we > give you. This was the easiest round in the original game and the fifth-easiest of the entire season -- but nobody in the newsgroup even tried it, so for our purposes here, it never happened and this game will be scored on your best 5 of the other 7 rounds. You folks really need to visit Toronto more often, though! :-) > 1. Rosedale, St. Clair (Line 1). Summerhill. > 2. Sherbourne, Broadview (Line 2). Castle Frank. > 3. Ossington, Bathurst (Line 2). Christie. > 4. St. Patrick, St. Andrew (Line 1). Osgoode. > 5. Lawrence West, Eglinton West (Line 1). Glencairn. > 6. Lawrence East, Midland (Line 3). Ellesmere. > 7. Bayview, Leslie (Line 4). Bessarion. > 8. Woodbine, Victoria Park (Line 2). Main Street ("Main" was sufficient). Apparently the TTC put "Street" explicitly in the station name, unlike all others in Toronto, because they thought "main" might be misunderstood as describing the station. The Main St. in question is by no means a main street of Toronto, just a locally important one. It was once the main street of the suburban town of East Toronto, until 1908 when that town was amalgamated into Toronto. > 9. Jane, High Park (Line 2). Runnymede. > 10. Sheppard-Yonge, Finch (Line 1). North York Centre. The full name was required. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 BEST TOPICS-> Sci Ent Spo Mis Geo THREE Joshua Kreitzer 18 36 0 31 7 85 Marc Dashevsky 40 20 7 24 12 84 Dan Blum 27 22 3 23 12 72 Dan Tilque 32 12 0 24 12 68 Peter Smyth 20 12 -- -- 32 64 Pete Gayde 19 8 11 21 14 54 Gareth Owen 17 28 -- -- -- 45 Björn Lundin 24 4 0 12 8 44 Erland Sommarskog 24 4 -- -- 8 36 "Calvin" -- -- 0 10 13 23 Jason Kreitzer 8 12 0 0 -- 20 -- Mark Brader | It sure does have some pretty colors. True, the film is... Toronto | a failure in nearly every other department, but you can't msb@vex.net | deny that those colors look great. --Stephen Silver My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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