| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 06 10:12PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-09-28, 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup, 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 the Bloor St. Irregulars, 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 2, Round 9 - History - People Who Died in Aviation Accidents 1. Virginia Patterson Hensley was born in 1932 in Gore, Virginia. She was a country music industry pioneer and helped pave the way for women. She died at age 30 in the crash of a Piper Comanche on March 5, 1963. By what name do we know her? 2. Eric Hilliard Nelson was born in 1940 in Teaneck, New Jersey. He was an actor on TV and in movies and a singer. He died with 7 others in the crash-landing and fire of a DC-3 on New Year's Eve 1985. By what name do we know him? 3. He was born in 1929 and served 6 years as a pilot in the US Air Force and later flew as a civilian. He was involved in a 1960 incident that caused the cancellation of a major summit between Khrushchev and Eisenhower. He died in the 1977 crash of a Bell 206 helicopter he was flying for a Los Angeles TV station. What was his name? 4. This baseball catcher was born in 1947 and played his entire 11-year professional baseball career for the Yankees. In 1979, he died at the age of 32 while practicing landing his Cessna Citation. What was his name? 5. He was born in 1925 in Kingston, Texas. He falsified his age to join the US Army in 1942. He went on to appear in over 40 movies. In 1971, he was killed along with five others when an Aero Commander 680 crashed in Virginia. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. His gravesite is the second-most visited one there, after President Kennedy's. What was his name? 6. The Munich air disaster occurred on February 6, 1958, when a British European Airways Airspeed Ambassador crashed on its third attempt to take off from Munich, West Germany. There were 23 fatalities, including 8 players from the same sports team. Which team? 7. In February 1941, this Canadian Nobel laureate died of wounds and exposure following a Lockheed Hudson crash in Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland. He was en route to England to conduct medical tests. What was this man's name? 8. On January 28, 1986, the Challenger launched from Cape Canaveral. Just 73 seconds into its flight, the shuttle broke apart, resulting in the deaths of all 7 crew members. One of them was going to be "the first teacher in space". What was that teacher's name? 9. Born 1900, he was a French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the US National Book Award. In July 1944, he took off in a Lockheed P-38 from an air base on Corsica -- and did not return, vanishing without a trace. What was his name? 10. He was born in the Bronx in 1929. His first movie role was in "Blackboard Jungle", and he starred with Elvis in "Kid Creole". He died on the set of "Twilight Zone: The Movie", along with two child actors, when a Bell UH-1 helicopter crashed on them. What was his name? * Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes In honor of the new of host of "The Apprentice", tonight's challenge round is based on some of our favorite Arnie quotes. Don't worry, none of the questions are actually about Arnold Schwarzenegger. A. "I'll be Bach!" (or: Classical Music) A1. What name did J.S. Bach give in 1722 to the collection of solo keyboard music featuring preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys? A2. C.P.E. Bach was J.S. Bach's son and also a famous composer. What does the C.P.E. stand for? B. "It's Not a Tumor!" (or: Things that are Not Tumors) B1. What name is given to a closed sac where the cells forming the shell of the sac are distinctly abnormal in both appearance and behavior, when compared to surrounding cells for that location? This closed sac may contain air, fluids, or semi-solid material. B2. What two-word informal term is given to aphthous stomatitis, a common condition characterized by the repeated formation of benign and non-contagious mouth ulcers in otherwise healthy individuals? C. "Hasta La Vista, Baby!" (or: Spanish) C1. Annie, from the musical of the same name, would be able to tell you that "mañana" ("man-yah-na") in Spanish means what in English? C2. Also the name of an early search engine and a neighborhood in Ottawa, what is the Spanish phrase for "High View"? D. "Consider That a Divorce!" (or: Famous Divorces) D1. Name the man who, in 1937, married the woman who divorced Earl Spencer in 1927 and Ernest Simpson in 1936. D2. Which man famously divorced the 1948 Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1949? E. "He's Dead Tired!" (or: Cycling) E1. Eddy Merckx won the Tour de France 5 times -- legally! Which country is he from? E2. Miguel Indurain also won the Tour de France 5 times -- consecutively! What country is *he* from? F. "To Be or Not To Be" (or: "Hamlet") F1. Which 1994 movie is based on the plot of "Hamlet" and is the highest-grossing movie of Matthew Broderick's career? F2. In this reworking of "Hamlet", Jax Teller (played by Charlie Hunnan) is Hamlet and Clay Morrow (played by Ron Perlman) is Claudius. Name the *TV show*. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I asked you for a *good* reason, msb@vex.net | not a *terrific* one!" --Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joe <joe@oxtedonline.com>: Feb 07 09:37AM On 2016-02-07 04:12:39 +0000, Mark Brader said: > She was a country music industry pioneer and helped pave the > way for women. She died at age 30 in the crash of a Piper > Comanche on March 5, 1963. By what name do we know her? Patsy Cline > military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. His gravesite > is the second-most visited one there, after President Kennedy's. > What was his name? Audie Murphy > third attempt to take off from Munich, West Germany. There were > 23 fatalities, including 8 players from the same sports team. > Which team? Manchester United > A1. What name did J.S. Bach give in 1722 to the collection of > solo keyboard music featuring preludes and fugues in all > 24 major and minor keys? The Well Tempered Clavier > A2. C.P.E. Bach was J.S. Bach's son and also a famous composer. > What does the C.P.E. stand for? Carl ? Emanuel > C1. Annie, from the musical of the same name, would be able > to tell you that "mañana" ("man-yah-na") in Spanish means > what in English? Tomorrow > C2. Also the name of an early search engine and a neighborhood > in Ottawa, what is the Spanish phrase for "High View"? Alta Vista > D. "Consider That a Divorce!" (or: Famous Divorces) > D1. Name the man who, in 1937, married the woman who divorced > Earl Spencer in 1927 and Ernest Simpson in 1936. Edward VIII > E. "He's Dead Tired!" (or: Cycling) > E1. Eddy Merckx won the Tour de France 5 times -- legally! > Which country is he from? Belgium > E2. Miguel Indurain also won the Tour de France 5 times -- > consecutively! What country is *he* from? Spain -- "To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by withholding your forgiveness until it's too late is to become divinely fucked up." ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Feb 07 10:08AM Mark Brader wrote: > third attempt to take off from Munich, West Germany. There were > 23 fatalities, including 8 players from the same sports team. > Which team? Manchester United > resulting in the deaths of all 7 crew members. One of them > was going to be "the first teacher in space". What was that > teacher's name? McAuliffe > what in English? > C2. Also the name of an early search engine and a neighborhood > in Ottawa, what is the Spanish phrase for "High View"? Altavista > D. "Consider That a Divorce!" (or: Famous Divorces) > D1. Name the man who, in 1937, married the woman who divorced > Earl Spencer in 1927 and Ernest Simpson in 1936. Duke of Windsor > D2. Which man famously divorced the 1948 Academy Award winner > for Best Actress in 1949? Humphrey Bogart > E. "He's Dead Tired!" (or: Cycling) > E1. Eddy Merckx won the Tour de France 5 times -- legally! > Which country is he from? Belgium > E2. Miguel Indurain also won the Tour de France 5 times -- > consecutively! What country is he from? Spain > F2. In this reworking of "Hamlet", Jax Teller (played by Charlie > Hunnan) is Hamlet and Clay Morrow (played by Ron Perlman) > is Claudius. Name the *TV show*. Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 07 12:00PM +0100 > A1. What name did J.S. Bach give in 1722 to the collection of > solo keyboard music featuring preludes and fugues in all > 24 major and minor keys? Toccata > C1. Annie, from the musical of the same name, would be able > to tell you that "mañana" ("man-yah-na") in Spanish means > what in English? Tomorrow > C2. Also the name of an early search engine and a neighborhood > in Ottawa, what is the Spanish phrase for "High View"? Altavista > D1. Name the man who, in 1937, married the woman who divorced > Earl Spencer in 1927 and Ernest Simpson in 1936. Edward VI > E1. Eddy Merckx won the Tour de France 5 times -- legally! > Which country is he from? Belgium > E2. Miguel Indurain also won the Tour de France 5 times -- > consecutively! What country is *he* from? Spain -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 06 10:09PM -0600 Mark Brader: > recording 6 consecutive 20-win seasons and winning the 1971 > Cy Young Award. He was also the first Canadian inducted into > the Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1991. Name him. Ferguson Jenkins. 4 for Marc. > He won the Lou Marsh award in 1998 and won the Tip O'Neill > award as Canada's best baseball player 9 times in his career. > Name him. Larry Walker. > What team did they beat? (The city will do if there is only > one major-league team in that city; if there's more than one, > the team name is required.) Chicago White Sox. > in the world. The company became defunct in 2000, with their > assets being acquired by such behemoths as Coca-Cola and Diageo. > Name the *company*. Seagram's. 4 for Joshua and Marc. 3 for Dan. > and is the architect behind the deals that brought in 2015 > MVP candidate Josh Donaldson and former Cy Young award winners > R.A. Dickey and David Price. Alex Anthopolous. > 6. The Blue Jays have five Canadians who have played in the > 2015 season. Name any one of the five. Andrew Albers, Jeff Francis, Russell Martin, Dalton Pompey, Michael Saunders. > 7. Two Canadians have won MVP awards in the recent past. In 2006 > a Minnesota Twin won the AL award, while in 2010 a Cincinnati > Red won the NL award. Name either player. Justin Morneau, Joey Votto. > the Cy Young award, the second was this closer for the Los > Angeles Dodgers who won the 2003 award and went a perfect > 55-for-55 in save opportunities. Name him. Eric Gagne. > in 1987, hitting 47 home runs and 134 RBIs, but may be most > famous for telling the media that fans could "kiss my big purple > butt" after being booed for a fielding error. Name him. George Bell. > World Series MVP that year -- this Hall of Famer, who played > the majority of his career with the Milwaukee Brewers, amassing > 3,319 hits in his 20-year career. Name him. Paul Molitor. 4 for Joshua. > the title building to discover gruesome and fascinating sights. > But what's behind that 7th door? Don't answer that; just name > the opera. "Duke Bluebeard's Castle" ("Kekszakallu Herceg Vara"). "Duke" was not required. 4 for Dan and Joe. > the greedy Wotun. Wotun uses a ring of magic fire to encircle > his daughter Brunnhilde, one of the title characters who take > a famous "ride" in one piece from this opera. "The Valkyrie" ("Die Walküre"). 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Joe, and Erland. 3 for Björn. > just a cigarette factory worker who seduces the police officer > Don Jose before dumping him for the bullfighter Escamillo. > Don Jose, in a jealous rage, kills her. "Carmen". 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Björn, Joe, Erland, and Calvin. > Swiss people to bow to a hat on a pole, but the title character > is having none of that. As a result, he is sentenced to death > unless he can shoot an apple off his son's head. "William Tell" ("Guglielmo Tell", "Guillaume Tell"). 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Joe, Calvin, and Jason. 3 for Björn and Erland. > other's boyfriend Crown, and that latter title character > runs away to New York with the dope peddler Sportin. Life. > That first title character then leaves Catfish Row to find her. "Porgy and Bess". 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Joe, Erland, and Calvin. > is discovered that he was born on February 29. He also falls > in love with Mabel, the daughter of a "modern Major General" > who has "knowledge vegetable, animal, and mineral". "The Pirates of Penzance". 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Joe, Calvin, and Jason. > "La Dame aux camélias", Alfredo falls in love with the courtesan > Violetta Valéry, despite his father's resistance. Oh yeah, > she's also dying of consumption. "La Traviata" ("The Fallen Woman"). 4 for Joshua, Marc, Björn, Joe, and Calvin. > of the evil jailer Rocco. But never fear, his wife Leonore > cross-dresses as the title character to save him! This was > Beethoven's only opera. "Fidelio" or, "Leonore, oder der Triumph der Ehelichen Liebe" ("The Triumph of Married Love"). 4 for Joshua, Joe, and Calvin. > challenges her to guess his name. The often-excerpted aria > "Nessun Dorma" is from this opera, which remained unfinished > upon Puccini's death. "Turandot". 4 for Joe and Calvin. > Papageno and his silver bells. Hide your glasses during the > Act 2 aria "Der Hölle Rache Kocht In Meinem Herzen" when the > Queen of the Night hits an F6. "The Magic Flute" ("Zauberflote"). 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Björn, Joe, Calvin, and Jason. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Ent Geo Sci Mis Can Art FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 40 19 20 40 8 32 132 Marc Dashevsky 36 28 24 40 8 28 132 "Calvin" 32 31 21 36 0 32 131 Bruce Bowler 20 32 40 36 -- -- 128 Dan Blum 24 22 27 36 3 28 115 Pete Gayde 28 32 8 36 -- -- 104 Peter Smyth 28 24 8 28 -- -- 88 Jason Kreitzer 28 4 4 28 0 12 72 Erland Sommarskog 0 20 4 12 0 15 51 Björn Lundin 4 12 8 12 0 18 50 Dan Tilque -- -- 16 31 -- -- 47 "Joe" -- -- -- -- 0 40 40 -- Mark Brader | "Do UNIX users ever think about the fact that most of Toronto | their financial dealings are processed in languages that msb@vex.net | they wouldn't be caught dead in?" -- Carol Osterbrock My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 06 10:59PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > in the world. The company became defunct in 2000, with their > assets being acquired by such behemoths as Coca-Cola and Diageo. > Name the *company*. Seagram > World Series MVP that year -- this Hall of Famer, who played > the majority of his career with the Milwaukee Brewers, amassing > 3,319 hits in his 20-year career. Name him. Olerud > the greedy Wotun. Wotun uses a ring of magic fire to encircle > his daughter Brunnhilde, one of the title characters who take > a famous "ride" in one piece from this opera. The Valkyries > Swiss people to bow to a hat on a pole, but the title character > is having none of that. As a result, he is sentenced to death > unless he can shoot an apple off his son's head. William Tell (hi-yo silver! away!) > other's boyfriend Crown, and that latter title character > runs away to New York with the dope peddler Sportin. Life. > That first title character then leaves Catfish Row to find her. Porgy and Bess > is discovered that he was born on February 29. He also falls > in love with Mabel, the daughter of a "modern Major General" > who has "knowledge vegetable, animal, and mineral". Pirates of Penzance -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 07 03:15AM -0600 If Dan Tilque's answers had been posted on time, he would have scored 4 on Round 7 and 16 on Round 8. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "One thing that has not changed much in recent years msb@vex.net | is gravity." --David D. Dunlap, N.Y. Times |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 07 11:55AM +0100 >> unless he can shoot an apple off his son's head. > "William Tell" ("Guglielmo Tell", "Guillaume Tell"). 4 for Dan, > Joshua, Marc, Joe, Calvin, and Jason. 3 for Björn and Erland. From what I can tell Wilhelm Tell was from a place they spoke German, and thus, it seems reasonable to assume that Wilhelm was his name, not any of the forms given above, and thus it seems funny to reducing the credit for us who used the correct form of the name. Nevermind that the Italian composer did not use it - but nor did he use William. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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