Thursday, March 17, 2016

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 11 updates in 4 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 16 10:54PM -0700

1 Which country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
2 Goal shooter Mwayi Kumwenda was named player of the tournament at the 2015 Netball World Cup. Which African country did she represent? They finished the tournament in sixth place, narrowly losing the 5th/6th playoff to South Africa.
3 What four words is the injury-treatment mnemonic RICE an abbreviation for?
4 Along with the Vuelta a España and Tour de France, which cycling event makes up the so-called 'Three Grand Tours'?
5 Which musical was based the 1894 fictional memoir 'Tevye and His Daughters'?
6 'The Straits Times' is the highest selling newspaper in which Asian country?
7 What is the name of the 'intelligent personal assistant' which is a part of the operating system on Apple phones and tablets?
8 Which European nation joined the annual Five Nations rugby championship in 2000, making it the Six Nations?
9 In which country in the winter sports resort St Moritz located?
10 Which French rally driver won the World Rally Championship nine consecutive times from 2004-12?
 
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 17 01:10AM -0500

"Calvin":
> 1 Which country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
 
China.
 
> country did she represent? They finished the tournament in
> sixth place, narrowly losing the 5th/6th playoff to South
> Africa.
 
Kenya?
 
> 3 What four words is the injury-treatment mnemonic RICE an
> abbreviation for?
 
Rest, ice, compression, elevation.
 
(I actually started by typing "Rice" for the first one!)
 
> 4 Along with the Vuelta a España and Tour de France, which
> cycling event makes up the so-called 'Three Grand Tours'?
 
Tour of Italy?
 
> 5 Which musical was based the 1894 fictional memoir 'Tevye and
> His Daughters'?
 
"Fiddler on the Roof".
 
> 6 'The Straits Times' is the highest selling newspaper in which
> Asian country?
 
Singapore.
 
> 7 What is the name of the 'intelligent personal assistant'
> which is a part of the operating system on Apple phones and
> tablets?
 
Siri.
 
> 8 Which European nation joined the annual Five Nations rugby
> championship in 2000, making it the Six Nations?
 
France?
 
> 9 In which country in the winter sports resort St Moritz located?
 
Switzerland. Or is your case, Nwitzerland. :-)
 
> 10 Which French rally driver won the World Rally Championship
> nine consecutive times from 2004-12?
 
Johnsoneau. :-)
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Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Mar 17 06:54AM


> 1 Which country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
 
China??
 
> the 2015 Netball World Cup. Which African country did she represent?
> They finished the tournament in sixth place, narrowly losing the
> 5th/6th playoff to South Africa.
 
Uganda??
 
> 3 What four words is the injury-treatment mnemonic RICE an
> abbreviation for?
 
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
 
> 4 Along with the Vuelta a España and Tour de France, which cycling
> event makes up the so-called 'Three Grand Tours'?
 
The Giro d'Italia
 
> 5 Which musical was based the 1894 fictional memoir 'Tevye and His
> Daughters'?
 
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers?
 
> 6 'The Straits Times' is the highest selling newspaper in which Asian
> country?
 
Malaysia
 
> 7 What is the name of the 'intelligent personal assistant' which is a
> part of the operating system on Apple phones and tablets?
 
Siri
 
> 8 Which European nation joined the annual Five Nations rugby
> championship in 2000, making it the Six Nations?
 
Italy (who'll I'll be seeing on Saturday)
 
> 9 In which country in the winter sports resort St Moritz located?
 
Switzerland
 
> 10 Which French rally driver won the World Rally Championship nine
> consecutive times from 2004-12?
 
Carlos Sainz (who is Spanish, but along with the very Scottish [and
somewhat dead] Colin McRae one of two rally drivers I could name).
 
Tough set that one. I reckon I might get 6/10.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 17 08:01AM

> 1 Which country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
 
South Korea
 
> the 2015 Netball World Cup. Which African country did she represent?
> They finished the tournament in sixth place, narrowly losing the 5th/6th
> playoff to South Africa.
 
Zimbabwe
 
> 4 Along with the Vuelta a España and Tour de France, which cycling
> event makes up the so-called 'Three Grand Tours'?
 
Giro d'Italia
 
> 6 'The Straits Times' is the highest selling newspaper in which
> Asian country?
 
Singapore
 
> 8 Which European nation joined the annual Five Nations rugby
> championship in 2000, making it the Six Nations?
 
Belgium
 
> 9 In which country in the winter sports resort St Moritz located?
 
Switzerland
 
> 10 Which French rally driver won the World Rally Championship nine
> consecutive times from 2004-12?
 
Vettel
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 16 10:22PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-02,
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 6, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Prime Ministers
 
Some questions about the prime ministers of this great land of
ours. Some answers may be repeated and table talk is discouraged.
None of the answers is Justin Trudeau.
 
1. If the PMs are listed alphabetically by surname, whose name
is first?
 
2. And whose is last?
 
3. Who was the last PM born outside Canada?
 
4. What was Kim Campbell's first name at birth? It is shared with
a well-known singer.
 
5. Who was PM throughout World War I?
 
6. Who was PM when Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces?
 
7. Who was PM when Newfoundland became a province?
 
8. Charles Tupper was the shortest-serving PM, 68 days in 1896.
Who was second-shortest?
 
9. Which future PM was born in Neustadt, Ontario, in 1895?
 
10. What does the B. stand for in Lester B. Pearson?
 
 
* Game 6, Round 3 - Geography - Churches and Cathedrals
 
Given a brief description, identify the church or cathedral.
 
1. Officially known as the "Cathedral of the Intercession of the
Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat", it was built to commemorate
the capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. It is situated on
Red Square, close to the Kremlin.
 
2. This Gothic Revival church was built in the 1850s. It is
located at 120 King St. E., next to a park of the same name.
In this century, the cathedral was the rallying point for the
city's Occupy movement.
 
3. Construction on this cathedral was started in 1248 and continued
until 1473, leaving it unfinished. In 1880 the construction was
completed to the original plan, making it briefly the tallest
building in the world. It is Germany's most visited landmark,
averaging 20,000 visitors per day.
 
4. Built by Christopher Wren to replace the cathedral destroyed in
the Great Fire. Due to its height and its position atop
Ludgate Hill, it is visible through much of central London.
The church has been the site of many state ceremonies, including
the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.
 
5. Located on the slopes of Mount Royal, it is the largest church
in Canada. Construction started in 1924 and finished in 1967.
It is the main shrine of St. André of Montreal (also known as
Brother André).
 
6. Pope Julius II ordered the demolition of the original church
on this site in 1505, but the famous dome was not completed
until 1590 and the cathedral was not consecrated until 1626.
The initial design was by Bramante, with later contributions
by Sangallo, Michelangelo, Della Porta, and Bernini.
 
7. Built over a cave where Jesus is said to have been born, the
first church on this site was built by St. Helena. The current
church dates to the 6th-century reign of Emperor Justinian I.
Now located in the occupied West Bank, this church is the first
UNESCO world heritage site in Palestine.
 
8. Originally built in the 11th century as the chapel of the Doge,
it has only been the city's cathedral since 1807. Due to its
rich mosaics, the church is known as the Chiesa d'Oro ("Church
of Gold"). Situated on a square of the same name, it is one
of its city's most recognizable landmarks.
 
9. Construction on this church started in 1882, but by the time
of architect Antonio Gaudí's death in 1926, it was only 1/4
complete. The anticipated completion date is 2026. Designed in
an idiosyncratic combination of Gothic and Art Nouveau, it is
one of its city's most recognizable landmarks.
 
10. Officially called the "Cathedral Church of St. Peter and
St. Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington", this cathedral
is the seat of the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Designated by Congress as the "National House of Prayer", it
has been used for the state funerals of presidents Eisenhower,
Reagan, and Ford.
 
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: sbe gur ynfg
nafjre, vs lbh tnir bayl gur pvgl anzr naq n jbeq zrnavat n glcr
bs puhepu, jr arrq zber. Cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl gur erfg.
 
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 17 03:47AM


> * Game 6, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Prime Ministers
 
> 1. If the PMs are listed alphabetically by surname, whose name
> is first?
 
Campbell
 
> 4. What was Kim Campbell's first name at birth? It is shared with
> a well-known singer.
 
Celine
 
> Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat", it was built to commemorate
> the capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. It is situated on
> Red Square, close to the Kremlin.
 
St. Basil's Cathedral
 
> completed to the original plan, making it briefly the tallest
> building in the world. It is Germany's most visited landmark,
> averaging 20,000 visitors per day.
 
Cologne Cathedral
 
> Ludgate Hill, it is visible through much of central London.
> The church has been the site of many state ceremonies, including
> the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.
 
St. Paul's Cathedral
 
> until 1590 and the cathedral was not consecrated until 1626.
> The initial design was by Bramante, with later contributions
> by Sangallo, Michelangelo, Della Porta, and Bernini.
 
St. Peter's Basilica
 
> rich mosaics, the church is known as the Chiesa d'Oro ("Church
> of Gold"). Situated on a square of the same name, it is one
> of its city's most recognizable landmarks.
 
St. Mark's Cathedral
 
> Designated by Congress as the "National House of Prayer", it
> has been used for the state funerals of presidents Eisenhower,
> Reagan, and Ford.
 
National Cathedral
 
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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 16 11:04PM -0700

On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 1:22:20 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> * Game 6, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Prime Ministers
 
Pass
 
 
> Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat", it was built to commemorate
> the capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. It is situated on
> Red Square, close to the Kremlin.
 
St Basil's Cathedral
 
> completed to the original plan, making it briefly the tallest
> building in the world. It is Germany's most visited landmark,
> averaging 20,000 visitors per day.
 
Cologne Cathedral
 
> Ludgate Hill, it is visible through much of central London.
> The church has been the site of many state ceremonies, including
> the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.
 
St Paul's Cathedral
 
> until 1590 and the cathedral was not consecrated until 1626.
> The initial design was by Bramante, with later contributions
> by Sangallo, Michelangelo, Della Porta, and Bernini.
 
St Peter's Cathedral
 
> rich mosaics, the church is known as the Chiesa d'Oro ("Church
> of Gold"). Situated on a square of the same name, it is one
> of its city's most recognizable landmarks.
 
Barcelona Cathedral
 
> complete. The anticipated completion date is 2026. Designed in
> an idiosyncratic combination of Gothic and Art Nouveau, it is
> one of its city's most recognizable landmarks.
 
Barcelona Cathedral
 
> Designated by Congress as the "National House of Prayer", it
> has been used for the state funerals of presidents Eisenhower,
> Reagan, and Ford.
 
cheers,
calvin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 16 10:51PM -0700

On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 11:40:01 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 In which country is the resort city of Acapulco?
 
Mexico
 
> 2 Which US Chief Justice led the commission into the assassination of President John F Kennedy?
 
Earl Warren
 
> 3 American Dennis Tito (b. 1940) was the first tourist to travel where?
 
Space
 
> 4 Which British comedian suffered a heart attack and died on live TV in 1984?
 
Tommy Cooper
Just like that
 
> 5 A Scouser is a native of which English city?
 
Liverpool
 
> 6 Tucuman, Rosario and Mendoza are among the largest cities in which country?
 
Argentina
 
> 7 Not to be confused with a Beatles song, which former Moody Blues guitarist was a founding member of the band Wings?
 
Denny Laine
 
> 8 Which substance's three components are saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal?
 
Gunpowder
 
> 9 Who portrayed the young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade'?
 
River Phoenix
 
> 10 Beginning with 'c', which word can mean the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement or, in cycling, the number of revolutions of the crank per minute?
 
Cadence
 
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 430
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 67 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 61 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 64 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 64 Aren Ess
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 59 Joe
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 60 Chris Johnson
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 39 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 47 Bruce Bowler
1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 49 Marc Dashevsky
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 37 Erland S
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 33 Dan Tilque
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 Bjorn Lundin
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
12 9 11 3 7 4 7 10 3 5 71 59%
 
Congratulations Gareth. 12 players is the most we have had for a while :-)
 
cheers,
calvin
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Mar 16 10:06PM +0100

On 2016-03-14 04:32, Mark Brader wrote:
> George Smoot won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006.
> In 2009, he made a cameo appearance -- as himself -- in
> episode 17 of season 2 of which sitcom?
 
Big Bang Theory?
 
> the maternal grandfather of which British-born Australian
> woman who spent 10 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in the
> early 1980s?
 
Kylie Minough?
 
> characterizes important parts of the international
> community". In December 1991, his country ceased to exist.
> Name the man.
 
Gorbatjov
 
> struggle for democracy and human rights" in a country
> that changed its name in 1989. Give either the old or the
> current name of the country.
 
Burma
 
 
 
--
--
Björn
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 16 10:20PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
Game 10 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has returned to whomp the field.
Hearty congratulations!
 
 
 
> 1. 1950s: An ingenue insinuates herself in to the company of an
> established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater
> friends.
 
"All About Eve" (1950). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen,
Marc, and ArenEss.
 
> 2. 1930s: A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with
> his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
 
"Cimarron" (1931). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and ArenEss.
 
> 3. 1930s: A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a
> woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
 
"You Can't Take It With You" (1938). 4 for Joshua, Stephen,
and ArenEss.
 
> 4. 1980s: Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her
> daughter's family problems.
 
"Terms of Endearment" (1983). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen,
Marc, and ArenEss.
 
> 5. 1950s: A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have
> given up on the idea of love, meet at a dance and fall in love.
 
"Marty" (1955). 4 for Joshua, Pete, Jason, Stephen, Marc,
and ArenEss.
 
> 6. 2010s: A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival
> of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions.
 
"The Artist" (2011). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, Marc,
and ArenEss.
 
> 7. 1980s: The accidental death of the older son of an affluent
> family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother,
> the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.
 
"Ordinary People" (1980). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Jason,
Stephen, Calvin, Marc, and ArenEss.
 
> 8. 1950s: Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich
> playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic
> friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long.
 
"Gigi" (1958). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, Marc,
and ArenEss.
 
> 9. 1990s: A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life
> crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
 
"American Beauty" (1999). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen,
Calvin, Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 10. 1940s: Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to
> discover that they and their families have been irreparably
> changed.
 
"The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946). 4 for Joshua, Pete, Jason,
Stephen, Marc, and ArenEss.
 
 
> * Game 5, Round 10 - A Nobel-Prizewinning Challenge Round
 
(The formal names used here for the six prizes are the official
ones in English as used on http://www.nobelprize.org.)
 
> a museum where you will find a stuffed dog that once belonged
> to the 1904 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine.
> Name the man.
 
Ivan Pavlov. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Erland, Stephen, Calvin,
Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque.
 
> A2. In 2007, one of the 1962 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology
> or Medicine became the first person to receive his own
> personal genome map. Name the man.
 
James Watson. 4 for Stephen and Marc. 3 for Peter. 2 for Dan Blum
and Calvin.
 
Watson's research and writing partner, Francis Crick, had died
in 2004.
 
> George Smoot won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006.
> In 2009, he made a cameo appearance -- as himself -- in
> episode 17 of season 2 of which sitcom?
 
"The Big Bang Theory". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Peter, Stephen,
Calvin, ArenEss, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
 
Another TV appearance by Smoot was on "Are You Smarter than a 5th
Grader?", where he won the $1,000,000 top prize and was therefore
allowed to answer the title question in the affirmative.
 
Oliver Smoot, whose use as a unit of measurement in 1958 survives
to this day and who later was had the top job at both ANSI and ISO,
is indeed related to George Smoot, but not closely.
 
> the maternal grandfather of which British-born Australian
> woman who spent 10 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in the
> early 1980s?
 
Olivia Newton-John. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Peter, Stephen, Calvin,
Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
> C1. The only man to have won two individual Nobel Prizes was
> a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954
> and the Peace Prize in 1962. Name the man.
 
Linus Pauling. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Marc, ArenEss,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> C2. The 1911 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry died in 1934.
> In 1935, that laureate's daughter also won a Nobel Prize
> in Chemistry. What last name did they share?
 
Curie. (Marie Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie.). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
Pete, Jason, Erland, Stephen, Calvin, Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque.
 
> D. The Nobel Prize in Literature
 
> D1. The only man to have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize
> in Literature was a man who won the Nobel in 1925. Name him.
 
George Bernard Shaw. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Stephen, Calvin,
and ArenEss.
 
The Oscar was as coauthor of "Pygmalion" (1937).
 
> D2. Due to injuries suffered in two plane crashes in Africa,
> which man was unable to personally accept his 1954 Nobel
> Prize in Literature?
 
Ernest Hemingway. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Stephen, and ArenEss.
 
The US ambassador to Sweden accepted it on Hemingway's behalf.
 
The first plane was chartered by Ernest and Mary Hemingway for a
sightseeing flight over Murchison Falls. 2 days after it crashed,
they boarded a plane to Kampala for medical treatment, only to
crash again on takeoff, incurring significantly greater injuries.
Hemingway was at first reported as dead, and it's possible that this
contributed to the Nobel committee's decision to give him the prize
that year.
 
> characterizes important parts of the international
> community". In December 1991, his country ceased to exist.
> Name the man.
 
Mikhail Gorbachev. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Jason, Peter, Erland, Stephen,
Calvin, Marc, ArenEss, and Björn. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
> struggle for democracy and human rights" in a country
> that changed its name in 1989. Give either the old or the
> current name of the country.
 
Burma, Myanmar. (Aung Sun Suu Kyi.) 4 for Joshua (the hard way),
Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Calvin, ArenEss, Dan Tilque,
and Björn.
 
> the Big Ten Conference, but left the conference in 1946.
> Name the university. Hint: its intercollegiate sports
> teams are known as the Maroons.
 
U. of Chicago. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, ArenEss,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> first intercollegiate football game in 1869, and whose
> intercollegiate sporting teams are known as the Tigers.
> Name the university.
 
Princeton U. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
2 for Calvin.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His Lit Sci Lei Mis Can Ent Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 40 36 36 40 27 40 48 244
Joshua Kreitzer 28 26 24 8 32 16 40 44 194
Dan Blum 24 24 26 40 22 12 24 32 170
"ArenEss" -- -- 28 12 36 4 40 40 160
"Calvin" 28 32 20 12 27 0 8 32 151
Pete Gayde 28 0 28 16 24 8 20 20 136
Marc Dashevsky 28 8 20 16 16 12 32 24 136
Peter Smyth 32 0 14 16 28 8 0 27 125
Dan Tilque 32 8 20 16 16 4 4 32 124
Erland Sommarskog 36 0 24 4 16 0 0 16 96
"Joe" 20 40 16 16 -- -- -- -- 92
Björn Lundin 32 0 20 12 8 0 0 12 84
Bruce Bowler -- -- 24 24 24 10 -- -- 82
Jason Kreitzer 0 8 4 12 8 0 24 20 76
 
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 16 10:22PM -0500

Reposting with the correct subject line.
 
Mark Brader:
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
Game 10 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has returned to whomp the field.
Hearty congratulations!
 
 
 
> 1. 1950s: An ingenue insinuates herself in to the company of an
> established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater
> friends.
 
"All About Eve" (1950). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen,
Marc, and ArenEss.
 
> 2. 1930s: A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with
> his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
 
"Cimarron" (1931). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and ArenEss.
 
> 3. 1930s: A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a
> woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
 
"You Can't Take It With You" (1938). 4 for Joshua, Stephen,
and ArenEss.
 
> 4. 1980s: Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her
> daughter's family problems.
 
"Terms of Endearment" (1983). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen,
Marc, and ArenEss.
 
> 5. 1950s: A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have
> given up on the idea of love, meet at a dance and fall in love.
 
"Marty" (1955). 4 for Joshua, Pete, Jason, Stephen, Marc,
and ArenEss.
 
> 6. 2010s: A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival
> of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions.
 
"The Artist" (2011). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, Marc,
and ArenEss.
 
> 7. 1980s: The accidental death of the older son of an affluent
> family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother,
> the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.
 
"Ordinary People" (1980). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Jason,
Stephen, Calvin, Marc, and ArenEss.
 
> 8. 1950s: Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich
> playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic
> friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long.
 
"Gigi" (1958). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, Marc,
and ArenEss.
 
> 9. 1990s: A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life
> crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
 
"American Beauty" (1999). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen,
Calvin, Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 10. 1940s: Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to
> discover that they and their families have been irreparably
> changed.
 
"The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946). 4 for Joshua, Pete, Jason,
Stephen, Marc, and ArenEss.
 
 
> * Game 5, Round 10 - A Nobel-Prizewinning Challenge Round
 
(The formal names used here for the six prizes are the official
ones in English as used on http://www.nobelprize.org.)
 
> a museum where you will find a stuffed dog that once belonged
> to the 1904 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine.
> Name the man.
 
Ivan Pavlov. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Erland, Stephen, Calvin,
Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque.
 
> A2. In 2007, one of the 1962 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology
> or Medicine became the first person to receive his own
> personal genome map. Name the man.
 
James Watson. 4 for Stephen and Marc. 3 for Peter. 2 for Dan Blum
and Calvin.
 
Watson's research and writing partner, Francis Crick, had died
in 2004.
 
> George Smoot won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006.
> In 2009, he made a cameo appearance -- as himself -- in
> episode 17 of season 2 of which sitcom?
 
"The Big Bang Theory". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Peter, Stephen,
Calvin, ArenEss, Dan Tilque, and Björn.
 
Another TV appearance by Smoot was on "Are You Smarter than a 5th
Grader?", where he won the $1,000,000 top prize and was therefore
allowed to answer the title question in the affirmative.
 
Oliver Smoot, whose use as a unit of measurement in 1958 survives
to this day and who later was had the top job at both ANSI and ISO,
is indeed related to George Smoot, but not closely.
 
> the maternal grandfather of which British-born Australian
> woman who spent 10 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in the
> early 1980s?
 
Olivia Newton-John. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Peter, Stephen, Calvin,
Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
> C1. The only man to have won two individual Nobel Prizes was
> a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954
> and the Peace Prize in 1962. Name the man.
 
Linus Pauling. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, Marc, ArenEss,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> C2. The 1911 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry died in 1934.
> In 1935, that laureate's daughter also won a Nobel Prize
> in Chemistry. What last name did they share?
 
Curie. (Marie Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie.). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
Pete, Jason, Erland, Stephen, Calvin, Marc, ArenEss, and Dan Tilque.
 
> D. The Nobel Prize in Literature
 
> D1. The only man to have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize
> in Literature was a man who won the Nobel in 1925. Name him.
 
George Bernard Shaw. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Stephen, Calvin,
and ArenEss.
 
The Oscar was as coauthor of "Pygmalion" (1937).
 
> D2. Due to injuries suffered in two plane crashes in Africa,
> which man was unable to personally accept his 1954 Nobel
> Prize in Literature?
 
Ernest Hemingway. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Stephen, and ArenEss.
 
The US ambassador to Sweden accepted it on Hemingway's behalf.
 
The first plane was chartered by Ernest and Mary Hemingway for a
sightseeing flight over Murchison Falls. 2 days after it crashed,
they boarded a plane to Kampala for medical treatment, only to
crash again on takeoff, incurring significantly greater injuries.
Hemingway was at first reported as dead, and it's possible that this
contributed to the Nobel committee's decision to give him the prize
that year.
 
> characterizes important parts of the international
> community". In December 1991, his country ceased to exist.
> Name the man.
 
Mikhail Gorbachev. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Jason, Peter, Erland, Stephen,
Calvin, Marc, ArenEss, and Björn. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
> struggle for democracy and human rights" in a country
> that changed its name in 1989. Give either the old or the
> current name of the country.
 
Burma, Myanmar. (Aung Sun Suu Kyi.) 4 for Joshua (the hard way),
Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Calvin, ArenEss, Dan Tilque,
and Björn.
 
> the Big Ten Conference, but left the conference in 1946.
> Name the university. Hint: its intercollegiate sports
> teams are known as the Maroons.
 
U. of Chicago. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, ArenEss,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> first intercollegiate football game in 1869, and whose
> intercollegiate sporting teams are known as the Tigers.
> Name the university.
 
Princeton U. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
2 for Calvin.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His Lit Sci Lei Mis Can Ent Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 40 36 36 40 27 40 48 244
Joshua Kreitzer 28 26 24 8 32 16 40 44 194
Dan Blum 24 24 26 40 22 12 24 32 170
"ArenEss" -- -- 28 12 36 4 40 40 160
"Calvin" 28 32 20 12 27 0 8 32 151
Pete Gayde 28 0 28 16 24 8 20 20 136
Marc Dashevsky 28 8 20 16 16 12 32 24 136
Peter Smyth 32 0 14 16 28 8 0 27 125
Dan Tilque 32 8 20 16 16 4 4 32 124
Erland Sommarskog 36 0 24 4 16 0 0 16 96
"Joe" 20 40 16 16 -- -- -- -- 92
Björn Lundin 32 0 20 12 8 0 0 12 84
Bruce Bowler -- -- 24 24 24 10 -- -- 82
Jason Kreitzer 0 8 4 12 8 0 24 20 76
 
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msb@vex.net besides killing and threatening to kill."
Toronto --Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon
 
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