Wednesday, March 30, 2016

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 30 02:04AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-09,
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 007, Round 2 - Sports - Common Bonds
 
As we noted in last week's audio round, the new James Bond movie
"Spectre" has just been released. Rounds 2-10 this week will have a
"James Bond" theme throughout -- though not necessarily involving
the character of that name. (But as you know, none of them will
be Canadiana -- this week the Canadiana round was Current Events.)
 
Round 2 is about "Common Bonds". You will be given the names
of three athletes from the same country. Name that country.
Be advised that the country is not necessarily the one where each
athlete was actually born, but is the one that they represent
in competition. Names are written here without diacriticals.
 
1. Samantha Stosur, Ian Thorpe, Ricky Ponting.
2. Retief Goosen, Mark Boucher, Francois Pienaar.
3. Rio Ferdinand, Mo Farah, Chris Hoy.
4. Patrik Elias, Roman Sebrle, Tomas Rosicky.
5. Juan Martin Del Potro, Cristian Simari Birkner, Manu Ginobili.
6. Paul Tergat, Duncan Kibet, David Rudisha.
7. Sergei Martynov, Victoria Azarenka, Darya Domracheva.
8. Kristaps Porzingis, Arturs Irbe, Ernests Gulbis.
9. Roberto Carlos, Leandro Barbosa, Helio Castroneves.
10. Katarina Witt, Dirk Nowitzki, Mario Gotze.
 
 
* Game 007, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Uncommon Bonds
 
Round 2 was about common bonds. Now we move to *uncommon* Bonds
-- semi-famous people with the last name Bond, who you may or may
not have heard about.
 
1. Bond, Eddie Bond. Eddie Bond was a musician who rather
infamously told *which 18-year-old* in 1953 that he should "stick
to driving a truck, because you'll never make it as a singer"?
 
2. Bond, Linda Bond. Between 2011 and 2013, Linda Bond of Canada
served as the 19th General of *which international organization*?
This organization was founded in 1865 in London, England.
 
3. Bond, Larry Bond. Larry Bond is a video game designer whose most
famous games include "Red Storm Rising", a game that he designed
in conjunction with *which author* who wrote a techno-thriller
of the same title in 1986?
 
4. Bond, Frederick Bligh Bond. Frederick Bligh Bond was an English
architect who excavated a monastery in *which town* in Somerset,
synonymous with a 5-day music festival held in August each year?
 
5. Bond, Michael Bond. Michael Bond is a British author, born in
1926, who most famously created *which title character* from
Peru, who first appeared in books in 1958?
 
6. Bond, Shirley Bond. Shirley Bond is a Liberal politician
who served as the Deputy Premier of *which Canadian province*
from 2005 to 2009? She is currently the provincial Minister
of Jobs, Tourism, and Skills Training there, as well as the
Minister responsible for Labour.
 
7. Bond, Julian Bond. Julian Bond was a civil-rights activist
in the United States who was a politician in Georgia from 1967
to 1987 and was the chair of the NAACP from 1998 to 2010.
In 1977, he became the first black political figure to host
*which TV show*?
 
8. Bond, Jason Bond. Jason Bond is a professor of biology who
specializes in spiders. He has discovered two species of
trap-door spiders, one of which he named after Neil Young.
In 2008, Bond named the other species of trap-door spider
after *which late-night host* while appearing on his TV show?
 
9. Bond, Casey Bond. Casey Bond is a retired baseball player who
played for the San Francisco Giants. He is now a Hollywood
actor. Casey Bond played the part of another former baseball
player, relief pitcher Chad Bradford, in *which 2011 movie*?
 
10. Bond, Alan Bond. Alan Bond was an Australian businessman
whose career has in some sense tracked that of Conrad Black -- he
owned media, he went to jail. In 1983, he bankrolled Australia's
success with which sporting trophy? The Australian challenger
was the first one from outside of the US to ever win this trophy.
 
 
--
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 30 01:46AM -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 6 is over and the winner is STEPHEN PERRY. Well done!
 
 
> "The Guermantes Way", "Sodom & Gomorrah", "The Prisoner", "The
> Fugitive", and "Time Regained". These are the 7 volumes of
> which early 20th century novel, one of the longest ever written?
 
"À la recherche du temps perdu" ("In Search of Lost Time" or
"Remembrance of Things Past"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter,
and Stephen. 3 for Calvin.
 
> living through World War II in the body of a child. The book
> is named for Oskar's prized possession, which has to be replaced
> several times over the course of the novel. Name the novel.
 
"Die Blechtrommel" ("The Tin Drum"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Marc, Stephen, and Björn.
 
> Italy in 1957 for publication. He won the 1958 Nobel Prize for
> Literature, but was unable to leave his country to accept it.
> Name the author.
 
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak. ("Dr. Zhivago".) 4 for Joshua, Marc,
Erland, Stephen, and Pete.
 
> won the Prix Goncourt in 1933. During the presidency of
> Charles de Gaulle, he served as France's Minster of Culture.
> Name the author.
 
André Malraux. I accepted "Andre Malrow", as it might be pronounced
the same way. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
 
> for seizing the city of Fiume in 1919 and declaring a short-lived
> republic which was a forerunner of Mussolini's Fascist movement.
> Name this poet, war hero, and Duce of Carnaro.
 
Gabriele d'Annunzio. I scored "Gabe Nunzio" as almost correct.
4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Stephen.
 
> Glass Bead Game". He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946.
> However, his best-known work is the one we referenced in our
> Band Name Origins round in Game 3. Name the author.
 
Herman Hesse. ("Steppenwolf".) 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Blum,
Marc, Stephen, and Pete.
 
> of the One State. Orwell started writing "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
> a few months after reviewing the book. What is the 2-letter
> title of this influential dystopian novel?
 
"My" ("We"). 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Blum, Marc, and Stephen.
 
> However, he is best-known for a 1942 novel in which Meursault
> fails to cry at his mother's funeral and kills an Arab on the
> beach. Name either the Nobel-prizewinning author or that novel.
 
Albert Camus, "L'Étranger" ("The Stranger" or "The Outsider").
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, and Stephen.
 
> was adapted (loosely) into a 1988 movie starring Jeremy Irons,
> Juliette Binoche, and Lena Olin. Name either the Czech author
> or that novel.
 
Milan Kundera, "Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí" ("The Unbearable Lightness
of Being"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, and Stephen.
3 for Björn.
 
("Jeremy Irons"? Would you believe Daniel Day-Lewis? Sorry about
that, chiefs.)
 
> character, a flamboyant older man. The 1964 movie adaptation
> received 7 Academy Award nominations, including one for Anthony
> Quinn as the title character. Name the novel.
 
"Vios ke Politia tou Alexi Zorba" ("Zorba the Greek"). 4 for Joshua,
Jason, Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen, Pete, and Calvin.
 
 
> drug test for cocaine -- as well as his association with
> Paulina Gretzky, his fiancee and mother to his son Tatum.
> Name the Johnson!
 
Dustin Johnson. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. 3 for Peter. 2 for Pete.
 
> biggest are the 2007 Masters and, most recently, the 2015
> British Open title that he won in a 3-way playoff. Who is
> this Johnson?
 
Zach Johnson. 4 for Stephen and Calvin. 2 for Peter and Pete.
 
> who took over lead singer duties of AC/DC from Bon Scott,
> following Scott's untimely death in 1980. Which Johnson
> is it?
 
Brian Johnson. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Peter, Stephen, Björn,
and Calvin.
 
> "Brushfires and Fairytales", and is best known for the songs
> "Upside Down", "Better Together", and "Sitting, Waiting,
> Wishing". Name that Johnson!
 
Jack Johnson. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
 
> is perhaps even more famous as the subject of a biography
> by James Boswell that is widely considered the greatest
> English-language biography ever. Name this Johnson.
 
Samuel Johnson. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Marc,
Peter, Stephen, and Calvin.
 
> opens a frightening window on the mysterious kingdom of
> North Korea but one that also excavates the very meaning
> of love and sacrifice."
 
Adam Johnson. 4 for Stephen.
 
 
> D1. Andrew Johnson, the 17th American President, served between
> two other more famous presidents, who were hugely significant
> figures in the US Civil War. Name *both* of these two men.
 
Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant. The surnames were sufficient for
this one. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Marc, Peter,
Stephen, Pete, and Calvin.
 
> this set of policies. He introduced it at an Ohio University
> speech on 1964-05-22; it encompassed such major pieces of
> legislation as the Civil Rights Act and Social Security Act.
 
Great Society. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Marc,
Stephen, and Pete.
 
> in periodicals such as the "Globe" and "Saturday Night".
> Selected publications include "The White Wampum" and
> "Legends of Vancouver". Name this lady Johnson.
 
(Emily) Pauline Johnson.
 
> at the 1988 Summer Olympics. This record lasted all of
> 3 days, until Johnson was disqualified over steroid use.
> What city hosted this infamous race?
 
Seoul. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, Peter, Pete,
Björn, and Calvin.
 
> In 2012, the FDA approved Sirturo (bedaquiline) -- the
> first new medicine in the previous 40 years to fight *what
> infectious disease*?
 
Tuberculosis. 4 for Stephen.
 
> 31,000,000 bottles of Tylenol capsules after 7 individuals
> in the Chicago area died following ingesting pills that
> had been laced with *what toxic substance*?
 
(Potassium) cyanide. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Marc, Peter, and Stephen. 2 for Calvin.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Sci Aud Mis Spo Ent Lit Cha SEVEN
Stephen Perry 6 40 40 32 40 28 40 39 40 271
Joshua Kreitzer 0 24 35 32 12 23 36 36 32 218
Dan Blum 0 24 36 12 20 0 27 32 20 171
Marc Dashevsky 0 20 32 24 8 8 24 28 16 152
"Calvin" 0 16 32 28 12 0 20 7 22 137
Pete Gayde 0 28 0 16 10 36 18 12 16 136
Peter Smyth -- -- 40 28 0 0 12 4 25 109
Bruce Bowler 0 28 36 24 16 -- -- -- -- 104
Dan Tilque 4 12 32 4 20 4 4 4 20 96
Jason Kreitzer -- -- 0 20 4 0 32 12 20 88
Erland Sommarskog 0 16 20 8 16 8 0 8 4 80
Björn Lundin 0 12 32 0 12 0 4 7 8 75
 
--
Mark Brader | You obviously aren't aware of the new definition for "all".
Toronto | Do try to keep up.
msb@vex.net | --Charles Bishop
 
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Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 30 02:51AM

swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> Correct answers are worth 1 point each.
 
> Have fun!
 
> 1. who are the 2 left-handed members of the beatles?
 
Paul and Ringo
 
> 2. they were 1st trained to help with police work about 1900 in
> ghent, belgium.
 
Dogs
 
> 3. what is the currency of liechtenstein, luxembourg
> & andorra
 
Franc
 
> 4. the prime minister of england lives at this street
> address
 
10 Downing Street
 
> 5. feathered friend who lives at 123 1/2 sesame street
> 6. boxer whose life was portrayed in "somebody up there likes me"
 
Rocky Marciano
 
> 7. patti page hit that is the official song of a southern state
> 8. poe's tale of torture in a spanish castle
 
Cask of Amontillado
 
> 9. found in rye bread, these seeds are also the flavoring of kummel
> liqueur
 
Carroway
 
> 10. breeches cut full above the knee that are used for horseback
> riding
> 11. the only day of the week named for a roman god
 
Saturday
 
> 15. jimmy durante would yell it to bring a song to
> a grinding & funny halt
 
> swp, who wishes you each a happy and blessed Easter
 
Pete Gayde
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