| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 14 08:56PM +0100 On 2015-12-13 23:37, Mark Brader wrote: > Mary Stuart, his first cousin, was. And we've seen what happened > to her. So evidently the entrant is a supporter of this papist plot > and needs to be executed for treason as well. :-) Well, yes if I was British. Since I'm not, you cannot call it treason, can you? Hostile - perhaps, but treason? -- -- Björn |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 14 06:31PM -0800 Björn Lundin wrote: > Well, yes if I was British. > Since I'm not, you cannot call it treason, can you? > Hostile - perhaps, but treason? Looks like someone is going to have to "frustrate your popish tricks". Note for those who don't get it: a couplet in the second stanza of "God Save the Queen" originally was "Confound their politics; frustrate their popish tricks" The word "popish" has since been replaced by "knavish". Personally, I liked the original better. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 13 04:45PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-29, 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 10, Round 7 - Entertainment - Science-Fiction Movie Posters Please see the 3-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb//10-7/poster.pdf I've rearranged the round in order by poster number. In each case, we give you the release date and tell you if the movie is a remake, and you just give the title. The *full* title, that is. There were 6 decoys, which I've left interspersed with the others; answer those if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. (decoy) 2. 1927. Hint: it's silent. 3. 1999. 4. (decoy) 5. (decoy) 6. 1973 7. 2005. 8. 1978. It's a remake. 9. 1982. It's a remake. 10. (decoy) 11. 1982. 12. 1973. 13. 1977. 14. 2009. 15. (decoy) 16. (decoy) *Warning*: Note that although the layout of each page suggests that the pictures should be numbered by columns, the round's author actually numbered them by rows to the extent possible. Before posting, please review all your answers and make sure that they actually correspond to the same posters as you intended! * Game 10, Round 8 - Sports - Cy Young / MVP Double Winners Each year, Major League Baseball salutes the top players in the American League and the National League. In both leagues, the Cy Young goes to the best pitcher, while the Most Valuable Player award is open to players in any position. Only 10 pitchers have won both awards in the same season. Name them: 1. Starting pitcher, 1956, Brooklyn Dodgers. 2. Starting pitcher, 1963, Los Angeles Dodgers. 3. Starting pitcher, 1968, Detroit Tigers. 4. Starting pitcher, 1968, St. Louis Cardinals. 5. Starting pitcher, 1971, Oakland Athletics. 6. Relief pitcher, 1981, Milwaukee Brewers. 7. Relief pitcher, 1984, Detroit Tigers. 8. Starting pitcher, 1986, Boston Red Sox. 9. Relief pitcher, 1992, Oakland Athletics. 10. Starting pitcher, 2011, Detroit Tigers. -- Mark Brader "I'm not Richard, either. Toronto Oh, wait: I am! Lucky me!" msb@vex.net --Richard R. Hershberger My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Dec 13 11:04PM > 2. 1927. Hint: it's silent. Metropolis > 3. 1999. The Matrix > 6. 1973 Westworld > 7. 2005. V For Vendetta > 8. 1978. It's a remake. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers > 9. 1982. It's a remake. Nope > 11. 1982. Blade Runner > 12. 1973. Soylent Green? > 13. 1977. Close Encounters of the Third Kind > 14. 2009. District Nine > award is open to players in any position. Only 10 pitchers have > won both awards in the same season. Name them: > 1. Starting pitcher, 1956, Brooklyn Dodgers. Don Newcombe > 2. Starting pitcher, 1963, Los Angeles Dodgers. Sandy Koufax > 3. Starting pitcher, 1968, Detroit Tigers. Oh... the guy who went to prison for coke dealing... Denny McLain > 4. Starting pitcher, 1968, St. Louis Cardinals. Bob Gibson > 5. Starting pitcher, 1971, Oakland Athletics. Catfish Hunter? > 6. Relief pitcher, 1981, Milwaukee Brewers. Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage > 7. Relief pitcher, 1984, Detroit Tigers. Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage > 8. Starting pitcher, 1986, Boston Red Sox. Roger Clemens > 9. Relief pitcher, 1992, Oakland Athletics. Dennis Eckersley > 10. Starting pitcher, 2011, Detroit Tigers. Justin Verlander |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Dec 14 12:18AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:EMadnR12Qs2faPDLnZ2dnUU7- > There were 6 decoys, which I've left interspersed with the others; > answer those if you like for fun, but for no points. > 2. 1927. Hint: it's silent. "Metropolis" > 3. 1999. "The Matrix" > 4. (decoy) "Jurassic Park" > 5. (decoy) "Star Wars" > 6. 1973 "Westworld" > 7. 2005. "V for Vendetta" > 8. 1978. It's a remake. "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" > 9. 1982. It's a remake. "The Thing" > 10. (decoy) "The Omega Man" > 11. 1982. "Blade Runner" > 12. 1973. "Soylent Green" > 13. 1977. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" > 14. 2009. "District 9" > award is open to players in any position. Only 10 pitchers have > won both awards in the same season. Name them: > 2. Starting pitcher, 1963, Los Angeles Dodgers. Sandy Koufax > 3. Starting pitcher, 1968, Detroit Tigers. Denny McLain > 4. Starting pitcher, 1968, St. Louis Cardinals. Bob Gibson > 5. Starting pitcher, 1971, Oakland Athletics. Vida Blue > 6. Relief pitcher, 1981, Milwaukee Brewers. Rollie Fingers > 8. Starting pitcher, 1986, Boston Red Sox. Roger Clemens -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Dec 14 02:41PM On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 16:45:22 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > answer those if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. (decoy) > 2. 1927. Hint: it's silent. Metropolis > 3. 1999. The Matrix > 4. (decoy) Jurassic Park > 5. (decoy) Star Wars > 6. 1973 West World > 7. 2005. V for Vendetta > 8. 1978. It's a remake. Invasion of the Body Snatchers > 9. 1982. It's a remake. The Thing > 10. (decoy) > 11. 1982. Blade Runner > 12. 1973. Soylent Green > 13. 1977. Close Encounters of the Third Kind > 14. 2009. District 9 > 15. (decoy) Attack of the 50 Foot Woman > 16. (decoy) The Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 14 06:14PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:EMadnR12Qs2faPDLnZ2dnUU7- > answer those if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. (decoy) > 2. 1927. Hint: it's silent. Metropolis > 3. 1999. The Matrix > 4. (decoy) > 5. (decoy) > 6. 1973 Westworld > 7. 2005. > 8. 1978. It's a remake. Invasion of the Body Snatchers > 9. 1982. It's a remake. > 10. (decoy) > 11. 1982. Blade Runner > 12. 1973. Soylent Green > 13. 1977. Close Encounters of the Third Kind > award is open to players in any position. Only 10 pitchers have > won both awards in the same season. Name them: > 1. Starting pitcher, 1956, Brooklyn Dodgers. Newcombe > 2. Starting pitcher, 1963, Los Angeles Dodgers. Koufax > 3. Starting pitcher, 1968, Detroit Tigers. Denny McLain > 4. Starting pitcher, 1968, St. Louis Cardinals. Bob Gibson > 5. Starting pitcher, 1971, Oakland Athletics. Hunter > 6. Relief pitcher, 1981, Milwaukee Brewers. Fingers > 7. Relief pitcher, 1984, Detroit Tigers. Hernandez > 8. Starting pitcher, 1986, Boston Red Sox. Roger Clemens > 9. Relief pitcher, 1992, Oakland Athletics. Eckersley > 10. Starting pitcher, 2011, Detroit Tigers. Verlander Pete |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 14 09:11PM +0100 On 2015-12-13 23:45, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. (decoy) > 2. 1927. Hint: it's silent. > 3. 1999. Matrix > 4. (decoy) > 5. (decoy) Star Wars : The Empire strikes back > 6. 1973 > 7. 2005. V for Vendetta > 9. 1982. It's a remake. > 10. (decoy) > 11. 1982. Blade Runner > 14. 2009. > 15. (decoy) > 16. (decoy) The planet of the Apes (remake) -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 13 05:05PM -0600 Gareth Owen: > Here are the plot summaries of 20 English-language movies from 2015, > along with one or more of the stars. Give the title of each film. Oh gawd, we just had this in the Canadian Inquisition Final, except it was movies that aren't "Spectre". At least there it was only for three questions there. Let's see now... > 1. A young photographer develops a relationship with an older woman > (Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara) "The Bridges of Lesbian County". > 2. A young Irish woman moves to the USA (Saoirse Ronan) "Brooklyn". > 3. Deckard Shaw seeks revenge on the people responsible for his > brother, Owen, being in a coma (Vin Diesel) "Coma: The Sequel". > 4. An art dealer tries to obtain a work by Goya (Johnny Depp) "Francisco and Johnny". > 5. A woman and her lawyer try and recover a Klimt painting, stolen > from her family by the Nazis (Ryan Reynolds) "A Kiss Before Suing". > 6. A commitment-averse woman begins a relationship with a sports doctor > (Amy Schumer, LeBron James) "Friday Night Loves". > 7. An aging singer-songwriter receives a letter from John Lennon, 40 > years after it was sent (Al Pacino) "Dear John II". > 8. An ingenue becoms involved with a domineering businessman (Dakota > Johnson) "Non-Working Girl". > 9. An earthling discovers she is transhuman-alien royalty (Mila Kunis) "The Alien Diaries". > 10. A man is taken to The Hotel, where he must either become involved in > a relationship, or be transformed into an animal of his choice > (Colin Farrell) "Weird Movie or (the Unexpected Virtue of Staying Home)". > 11. Ethan Hunt assembles his team for one more go-round (Tom Cruise) "Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation". > 12. Earth is attacked by PacMan, Space Invaders and other retro video > game characters (Adam Sandler) "The Lego Movie". > 13. The story of the rap group N.W.A. (O'Shea Jackson Jr, Paul Giamatti) "The World of Northwest Orient". > 14. A young EDM DJ comes of age in LA (Zac Efron) "Wayne Gretzky's World". > 15. A young woman running a fashion house employs an older man in a junior > position (Anne Hathaway) "What Women Want at Work." > 16. A principled lawyer defends a Soviet agent and later negotiates a > prisoner exchange (Tom Hanks) "Bridge of Spies". > 17. James Bond does James Bond stuff, Blofeld does Blofeld stuff. > (Daniel Craig) "Spectre". > 18. A former boxer's son pursues his dream to become a professional > himself (Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone) "Creed". > 19. In 1823, hunter left for dead returns seeking vengeance on those > who deserted him (Leonardo di Caprio) "27,000 Hours". > 20. Journalists on the Boston Globe uncover corruption in the Catholic > Church (Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams) "Spotlight". Hmph, you couldn't've used "Ex Machina"? -- Mark Brader | "Now I feel stupid. Well, I guess it's not bad Toronto | if that happens once a decade or so." msb@vex.net | --Al Fargnoli My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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