| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Dec 29 11:54AM > 2. "Into Thin Air"; "Into the Wild"; "Where Men Win Glory: The > Odyssey of Pat Tillman". John Krakauer > 3. "Liar's Poker"; "Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World"; > "Flash Boys". Michael Lewis > the title of a retelling of a classic from a different character's > point of view, and you give us the title of the famous original. > 4. "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead", by Tom Stoppard. Hamlet > 5. "Grendel", by John Gardner. Beowulf > 6. "The Penelopiad", by Margaret Atwood. The Odyssey > they find flying lizards that can teleport themselves anywhere > almost instantly. They genetically engineer them into huge, > ridable dragons. Pern > Empire, this planet was built up many levels deep over almost > its entire surface. After the empire's collapse, it returned to > being an agrarian society, with its metal sold for scrap. Coruscant > One was "A Study in Scarlet", the tale that introduced Holmes > to readers, and another was "The Hound of the Baskervilles". > Name *either* of the other two. The Sign Of Four? > 11. Holmes refers to her as "*the* woman", the only female character > to outwit him. Name the character *or* the short story she is > featured in. Irene Adler ("Scandal in Bohemia") > of Crime", Professor James Moriarty. Name *either* the place > where their fatal confrontation took place *or* the short story > which featured it. The Reichenbach Falls ("The Final Problem") > 13. First published in 1938, this book is George Orwell's personal > account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish > Civil War. Name the book. Homage to Catalonia |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 29 09:03PM +0100 > (2) the oil referred to is vegetable-derived; (3) they were making oil > chemically from the sort of synthetic materials we now make *from* oil; > or (4) this was an error on Asimov's part. My interpretation is that is simlpy a sign of the times. Asimov probably wanted an allegory of what how the these worlds retarded and he took the technology that was on the frontline at the time and compared it to the current mainstream. And that is certainly not inappropriate, as the first half of trilogy can be read as a future version of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. (When drags in the Mule and advanced physchohistorians of the Second Foundation, the story takes a different turn.) So if you like just replace "nuclear power" with the top technology of the Empire in its last days, and replace "oil" with what came before. But taking his words at face value, it certainly is funny. If they would be using nuclear power at that time, the idea that they would suddenly don't know to handle it, is like man of today suddenly would not know how to make fire. Of course, it's not unlikely that nuclear power based on fission would be completely unheard of that time in the future, simply because there would be superior alternatives, but that's another story. And there is also fusion power. When it comes to oil, it does seem perceivable that people would use oil to some extent. As you point out in the part I did not quote, it is likely to be available locally on any planet with suitable conditions for humans. And oil can be useful for many things of which fuel is one. But given the assumption that at the time nuclear power (or whatever) would be entirely dominating, the seems unlikely that oil would be used to produce power or drive vehicles at all. Thus, if they would no long were able to deal with nuclear power, they would need to develop technology to be able to use the oil. That requires skills. But in a soceity that is walking backwards so massively, where would that skill come from? -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 29 10:25PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:QPednQA-Ksc2eR3LnZ2dnUU7-f- > the title of a retelling of a classic from a different character's > point of view, and you give us the title of the famous original. > 4. "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead", by Tom Stoppard. Hamlet > 5. "Grendel", by John Gardner. Beowulf > 6. "The Penelopiad", by Margaret Atwood. Iliad > magazine. (Herr also contributed to the narration for > "Apocalypse Now" and co-wrote the screenplay for the film > "Full Metal Jacket".) Name the book. Pete |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Dec 29 11:49AM Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> writes: Sorry about the delay. The holiday season got the better of me. > along with one or more of the stars. Give the title of each film. > 1. A young photographer develops a relationship with an older woman > (Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara) Carol > 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) (Fast and) Furious Seven > 4. An art dealer tries to obtain a work by Goya (Johnny Depp) Mortdecai [a monumental bomb] > 5. A woman and her lawyer try and recover a Klimt painting, stolen > from her family by the Nazis (Ryan Reynolds) The Woman In Gold > 6. A commitment-averse woman begins a relationship with a sports doctor > (Amy Schumer, LeBron James) Trainwreck > 7. An aging singer-songwriter receives a letter from John Lennon, 40 > years after it was sent (Al Pacino) Danny Collins [inspired by true story of folksinger Steve Tilston] > 8. An ingenue becoms involved with a domineering businessman (Dakota > Johnson) 50 Shades Of Gray > 9. An earthling discovers she is transhuman-alien royalty (Mila > Kunis) Jupiter Ascending > 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) The Lobster > 11. Ethan Hunt assembles his team for one more go-round (Tom Cruise) Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation [I accepted MI:5] > 12. Earth is attacked by PacMan, Space Invaders and other retro video > game characters (Adam Sandler) Pixles > 13. The story of the rap group N.W.A. (O'Shea Jackson Jr, Paul > Giamatti) Straight Outta Compton > 14. A young EDM DJ comes of age in LA (Zac Efron) We Are Your Friends > 15. A young woman running a fashion house employs an older man in a junior > position (Anne Hathaway) The Intern > 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 [Stallone reprises his role as Rocky, Jordan plays Apollo Creed's son] > 19. In 1823, hunter left for dead returns seeking vengeance on those > who deserted him (Leonardo di Caprio) The Revenant > 20. Journalists on the Boston Globe uncover corruption in the Catholic > Church (Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams) Spotlight Scores: Dan Blum: 13 Marc Dashevsky: 2 Mark Brader: 6 - with several excellent gag answers swp: 9 Dan Blum is the winner, congratulation Dan |
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