- QFTCIBSI Game 007, Rounds 4,6: Bond locations, real spies - 5 Updates
- QFTCIBSI Game 007, Rounds 2-3: Common & Uncommon Bonds - 1 Update
- Calvin's Quiz #433 - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 02 12:25AM -0500 > 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 4 - Geography - James Bond Locations 1. In "Moonraker", Bond engages in a boat chase with the assassin Jaws that ends with Jaws going over Iguassu Falls. This massive cataract with the 6th-highest annual water flow of any waterfall is second only in length and size to Victoria Falls, and is located on the border of *which two South American countries*? 2. After hang-gliding over Iguassu Falls, Bond follows a beautiful woman through the jungle to a secret pyramid. Although in the movie the falls and the pyramid are only a few minutes away from each other, in the real world the pyramid is a part of the ancient Mayan city of Tikal -- which can be found today in what Central American country? 3. In "From Russia With Love", Bond meets with his contact Kerim Bey inside of a large Byzantine structure in Istanbul that has been at one time or another a Greek Orthodox cathedral, a Roman Catholic cathedral, and an imperial mosque. It was the largest cathedral in the world for over 1,000 years, but it's now the second-most-visited museum in Turkey. What is its name? 4. In "The Man With the Golden Gun", James Bond visits MI6's Hong Kong headquarters, located in a a half-sunken shipwreck in Hong Kong harbor. The ship in question was commissioned for the Cunard line and launched in 1939 when it was the largest passenger liner in the world -- a record it would hold at least until it caught fire and sank in 1973. Name the ship. 5. In "Goldfinger", Goldfinger's evil scheme is to irradiate the US gold bullion supply, thus increasing the value of his own gold. This requires a daring raid on the US Gold Bullion Depository located on an army base in *what US state*? 6. The opening sequence in "The World is Not Enough" takes place in Bilbao, Spain -- mostly because the filmmakers wanted to get a shot of James Bond walking by the Frank-Gehry-designed Bilbao branch of *what museum*? 7. Ian Fleming wrote all of the James Bond books at his home, which he named Goldeneye. On *what Caribbean island*, location of the very first James Bond movie, "Dr. No", is Goldeneye located? 8. In "Diamonds are Forever", assassins Wint and Kidd take snapshots as the body of their latest victim Mrs. Whistler is pulled from a river. Says Mr. Kidd, "Mrs. Whistler did want some pictures of the canals for the children". Responds Mr. Wint, "the children will be thrilled". In *which European city* is this scene? 9. This city is currently the only European capital city that sits on a border with two different sovereign nations. (For clarity: the city is the capital of its own country *and* it borders with *two other* countries.) No wonder James Bond used it as a staging point to help Soviet defector Koskov escape Czechoslovakia in 1987's "The Living Daylights". Name this capital city. 10. In "License to Kill", M confronts Bond in the Florida home of a famous author; Bond resigns from the Secret Service and M demands that he hand over his gun. Quips James Bond, "I guess this is a farewell to arms". What *city* are they in? * Game 007, Round 5 - Audio No, you're not getting the audio round this week, but I can't resist posting the preamble to it: The new Bond movie is called "Spectre". The movie is named after that villainous murderous criminal organization, SPECTRE. Here are 10 songs that were produced by that villainous murderous criminal, Phil Spector. (Cf. Game 10, Round 10, of the previous season, question #E2.) * Game 007, Round 6 - History - Real-Life Spies 1. American intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was sentenced to life imprisonment for stealing thousands of documents from the US Navy in the mid-1980s. What country was Pollard spying for? 2. This sublieutenant in Royal Canadian Navy intelligence started selling secret information to the Russian GRU in 2007, and wasn't caught until 2011. In 2013, he was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Name the man. 3. Although not a spy himself, this physicist was the guiding force behind a network which disseminated Pakistani nuclear secrets to nations such as Iran, North Korea, and Libya. Name the man. 4. Rudolf Abel was a KGB agent who was captured by the FBI. Abel was exchanged for an American, on a Berlin bridge in 1962. Name that American, portrayed in a recent movie adaptation by Austin Stowell. There was no question 5 in the round as prepared for the original game, and while the Irregulars did come up with an emergency substitute question after the game started, I'll present the round here without that addition. 6. In one of the biggest spy scandals in the UK, War Secretary John Profumo resigned in disgrace after it was discovered that the showgirl he was seeing was also seeing GRU agent Yevgeni Ivanov. Name the showgirl who brought down Profumo. 7. Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated on a London street in 1978. The cause of death was a micro-engineered pellet containing ricin, but what was the unusual delivery mechanism? 8. In another assassination, fugitive Russian FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko was killed by KGB agents who served him poisoned tea. With what radioactive element was it poisoned? 9. At 6'2", this American woman was too tall to serve in the regular forces so she joined the OSS during World War II and served in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and later in China. Her first TV show had its debut on PBS and ran for ten years. Name this OSS agent, better known to us from books and TV, and depicted in a 2009 movie. 10. This British agent served in Germany and Russia during World War I. During the Russian Revolution, he was responsible for an attempted coup against the Bolsheviks, for which he was executed by the OGPU in 1925. He was the inspiration for James Bond and for a 1983 miniseries starring Sam Neill. Name this "ace of spies". -- Mark Brader "I like to think of [this] as self-explanatory." Toronto "I hope *I* think of [it] that way." msb@vex.net -- Donald Westlake: "Trust Me On This" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 02 05:30AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:bfOdnZVlzr5LymLLnZ2dnUU7- > cataract with the 6th-highest annual water flow of any waterfall > is second only in length and size to Victoria Falls, and is > located on the border of *which two South American countries*? Brazil & Paraguay; Brazil & Venezuela > from each other, in the real world the pyramid is a part of the > ancient Mayan city of Tikal -- which can be found today in what > Central American country? Guatemala > Catholic cathedral, and an imperial mosque. It was the largest > cathedral in the world for over 1,000 years, but it's now the > second-most-visited museum in Turkey. What is its name? Hagia Sophia > US gold bullion supply, thus increasing the value of his > own gold. This requires a daring raid on the US Gold Bullion > Depository located on an army base in *what US state*? Kentucky > in Bilbao, Spain -- mostly because the filmmakers wanted to > get a shot of James Bond walking by the Frank-Gehry-designed > Bilbao branch of *what museum*? Guggenheim Museum > which he named Goldeneye. On *what Caribbean island*, location > of the very first James Bond movie, "Dr. No", is Goldeneye > located? Jamaica > a river. Says Mr. Kidd, "Mrs. Whistler did want some pictures of > the canals for the children". Responds Mr. Wint, "the children > will be thrilled". In *which European city* is this scene? Venice; Amsterdam > as a staging point to help Soviet defector Koskov escape > Czechoslovakia in 1987's "The Living Daylights". Name this > capital city. Bratislava > of a famous author; Bond resigns from the Secret Service > and M demands that he hand over his gun. Quips James Bond, > "I guess this is a farewell to arms". What *city* are they in? Key West > 1. American intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was sentenced > to life imprisonment for stealing thousands of documents from the > US Navy in the mid-1980s. What country was Pollard spying for? Israel > Abel was exchanged for an American, on a Berlin bridge in 1962. > Name that American, portrayed in a recent movie adaptation by > Austin Stowell. Powers > John Profumo resigned in disgrace after it was discovered that > the showgirl he was seeing was also seeing GRU agent Yevgeni > Ivanov. Name the showgirl who brought down Profumo. Christine Keeler; Mandy Rice-Davies > 7. Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated on a London > street in 1978. The cause of death was a micro-engineered pellet > containing ricin, but what was the unusual delivery mechanism? umbrella > 8. In another assassination, fugitive Russian FSB agent Alexander > Litvinenko was killed by KGB agents who served him poisoned tea. > With what radioactive element was it poisoned? polonium > Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and later in China. Her first TV show had its > debut on PBS and ran for ten years. Name this OSS agent, better > known to us from books and TV, and depicted in a 2009 movie. Julia Child -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 02 10:55AM +0200 > cataract with the 6th-highest annual water flow of any waterfall > is second only in length and size to Victoria Falls, and is > located on the border of *which two South American countries*? Argentina and Brazil > from each other, in the real world the pyramid is a part of the > ancient Mayan city of Tikal -- which can be found today in what > Central American country? Guatemala Yeah, there are not many pyramides around down there. And not much jungle either. Well, just around the falls where there are national parks on both sides, the vegetation is quite dense. But for the rest, at least on the Argentinian side, the forest consists of fast-growing trees being planted in strict regiment and the soil in between is kept from other vegetation that could compete. > Catholic cathedral, and an imperial mosque. It was the largest > cathedral in the world for over 1,000 years, but it's now the > second-most-visited museum in Turkey. What is its name? Haga Sofia > US gold bullion supply, thus increasing the value of his > own gold. This requires a daring raid on the US Gold Bullion > Depository located on an army base in *what US state*? Kentucky > in Bilbao, Spain -- mostly because the filmmakers wanted to > get a shot of James Bond walking by the Frank-Gehry-designed > Bilbao branch of *what museum*? Guggenheim > which he named Goldeneye. On *what Caribbean island*, location > of the very first James Bond movie, "Dr. No", is Goldeneye > located? Bahamas > a river. Says Mr. Kidd, "Mrs. Whistler did want some pictures of > the canals for the children". Responds Mr. Wint, "the children > will be thrilled". In *which European city* is this scene? Venice > as a staging point to help Soviet defector Koskov escape > Czechoslovakia in 1987's "The Living Daylights". Name this > capital city. Bratislava > of a famous author; Bond resigns from the Secret Service > and M demands that he hand over his gun. Quips James Bond, > "I guess this is a farewell to arms". What *city* are they in? Miami > that villainous murderous criminal organization, SPECTRE. Here are > 10 songs that were produced by that villainous murderous criminal, > Phil Spector. !!!! That was a good one! > 1. American intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was sentenced > to life imprisonment for stealing thousands of documents from the > US Navy in the mid-1980s. What country was Pollard spying for? USSR > 7. Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated on a London > street in 1978. The cause of death was a micro-engineered pellet > containing ricin, but what was the unusual delivery mechanism? Umbrella > 8. In another assassination, fugitive Russian FSB agent Alexander > Litvinenko was killed by KGB agents who served him poisoned tea. > With what radioactive element was it poisoned? Polonium -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 02 02:12AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > cataract with the 6th-highest annual water flow of any waterfall > is second only in length and size to Victoria Falls, and is > located on the border of *which two South American countries*? Argentina and Brazil > from each other, in the real world the pyramid is a part of the > ancient Mayan city of Tikal -- which can be found today in what > Central American country? Guatemala > Catholic cathedral, and an imperial mosque. It was the largest > cathedral in the world for over 1,000 years, but it's now the > second-most-visited museum in Turkey. What is its name? Hagia Sophia > the Cunard line and launched in 1939 when it was the largest > passenger liner in the world -- a record it would hold at least > until it caught fire and sank in 1973. Name the ship. Queen Elizabeth > US gold bullion supply, thus increasing the value of his > own gold. This requires a daring raid on the US Gold Bullion > Depository located on an army base in *what US state*? Kentucky > in Bilbao, Spain -- mostly because the filmmakers wanted to > get a shot of James Bond walking by the Frank-Gehry-designed > Bilbao branch of *what museum*? Guggenheim > which he named Goldeneye. On *what Caribbean island*, location > of the very first James Bond movie, "Dr. No", is Goldeneye > located? Jamaica > a river. Says Mr. Kidd, "Mrs. Whistler did want some pictures of > the canals for the children". Responds Mr. Wint, "the children > will be thrilled". In *which European city* is this scene? Venice > as a staging point to help Soviet defector Koskov escape > Czechoslovakia in 1987's "The Living Daylights". Name this > capital city. Bratislava > of a famous author; Bond resigns from the Secret Service > and M demands that he hand over his gun. Quips James Bond, > "I guess this is a farewell to arms". What *city* are they in? Miami > 1. American intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was sentenced > to life imprisonment for stealing thousands of documents from the > US Navy in the mid-1980s. What country was Pollard spying for? Israel > 7. Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated on a London > street in 1978. The cause of death was a micro-engineered pellet > containing ricin, but what was the unusual delivery mechanism? umbrella > 8. In another assassination, fugitive Russian FSB agent Alexander > Litvinenko was killed by KGB agents who served him poisoned tea. > With what radioactive element was it poisoned? polonium > Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and later in China. Her first TV show had its > debut on PBS and ran for ten years. Name this OSS agent, better > known to us from books and TV, and depicted in a 2009 movie. Julia Child -- Dan Tilque |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Apr 02 11:24AM +0200 On 2016-04-02 07:25, Mark Brader wrote: > cataract with the 6th-highest annual water flow of any waterfall > is second only in length and size to Victoria Falls, and is > located on the border of *which two South American countries*? Brazil and Argentina > from each other, in the real world the pyramid is a part of the > ancient Mayan city of Tikal -- which can be found today in what > Central American country? Mexico; Honduras > Catholic cathedral, and an imperial mosque. It was the largest > cathedral in the world for over 1,000 years, but it's now the > second-most-visited museum in Turkey. What is its name? Hagia Sofia > the Cunard line and launched in 1939 when it was the largest > passenger liner in the world -- a record it would hold at least > until it caught fire and sank in 1973. Name the ship. Britannia > US gold bullion supply, thus increasing the value of his > own gold. This requires a daring raid on the US Gold Bullion > Depository located on an army base in *what US state*? Kentucky > in Bilbao, Spain -- mostly because the filmmakers wanted to > get a shot of James Bond walking by the Frank-Gehry-designed > Bilbao branch of *what museum*? Guggenheim > which he named Goldeneye. On *what Caribbean island*, location > of the very first James Bond movie, "Dr. No", is Goldeneye > located? St Kitts > a river. Says Mr. Kidd, "Mrs. Whistler did want some pictures of > the canals for the children". Responds Mr. Wint, "the children > will be thrilled". In *which European city* is this scene? Amsterdam ? > as a staging point to help Soviet defector Koskov escape > Czechoslovakia in 1987's "The Living Daylights". Name this > capital city. Bratislava > of a famous author; Bond resigns from the Secret Service > and M demands that he hand over his gun. Quips James Bond, > "I guess this is a farewell to arms". What *city* are they in? Key West > 1. American intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was sentenced > to life imprisonment for stealing thousands of documents from the > US Navy in the mid-1980s. What country was Pollard spying for? Russia; DDR > 7. Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated on a London > street in 1978. The cause of death was a micro-engineered pellet > containing ricin, but what was the unusual delivery mechanism? an umbrella > 8. In another assassination, fugitive Russian FSB agent Alexander > Litvinenko was killed by KGB agents who served him poisoned tea. > With what radioactive element was it poisoned? Polonium? -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 02 12:22AM -0500 Mark Brader: > "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.) The original game was just "Game 7" of the season. But once I thought of it -- about 30 seconds before I was going to post this set of rounds! -- adding the "00" was irresistible. > 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. In the original game this was the second-hardest round after the audio round, even though #10 was the easiest question in the game. > 1. Samantha Stosur, Ian Thorpe, Ricky Ponting. Australia. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Peter, Erland, Calvin, Stephen, and Björn. 2 for Dan Blum. > 2. Retief Goosen, Mark Boucher, Francois Pienaar. South Africa. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Peter, Calvin, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 3. Rio Ferdinand, Mo Farah, Chris Hoy. Accepting Great Britain or United Kingdom. (But not England.) 4 for Peter, Erland, and Stephen. 2 for Calvin. > 4. Patrik Elias, Roman Sebrle, Tomas Rosicky. Czech Republic. (Not Czechoslovakia.) 4 for Pete, Peter, and Erland. 3 for Joshua. > 5. Juan Martin Del Potro, Cristian Simari Birkner, Manu Ginobili. Argentina. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Erland, Calvin, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > 6. Paul Tergat, Duncan Kibet, David Rudisha. Kenya. 4 for Peter, Calvin, and Stephen. > 7. Sergei Martynov, Victoria Azarenka, Darya Domracheva. Belarus. 4 for Peter, Erland, Calvin, and Stephen. 3 for Joshua. > 8. Kristaps Porzingis, Arturs Irbe, Ernests Gulbis. Latvia. 4 for Marc, Pete, Peter, Erland, and Stephen. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum. > 9. Roberto Carlos, Leandro Barbosa, Helio Castroneves. Brazil. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Peter, Erland, and Stephen. > 10. Katarina Witt, Dirk Nowitzki, Mario Gotze. Germany. (Not East Germany.) 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Marc, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Jason, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin. > 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"? Elvis Presley (the first or last name was sufficient). 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Marc, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Calvin, Stephen, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Björn. > 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. Salvation Army. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Erland, and Stephen. > 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? Tom Clancy. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Björn. > 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? Glastonbury. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, and Stephen. As Gareth popped in to say: June, not August. In fact the festival that's now counted as the first in the series was in September 1970, but all the later ones have been in June or in June and July. Where someone got August from, I don't know. > 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? Paddington Bear. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, and Stephen. > 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. British Columbia. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Pete and Calvin. > 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*? "Saturday Night Live". I'm reluctantly accepting "SNL". 4 for Joshua, Marc, Pete, Peter, Calvin, and Stephen. > 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? Stephen Colbert ("kole-bear"). > 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*? "Moneyball". 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, and Stephen. > 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. The America's Cup. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Marc, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Calvin, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 007 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Spo Mis Stephen Perry 36 32 68 Peter Smyth 40 28 68 Joshua Kreitzer 29 24 53 Pete Gayde 28 22 50 "Calvin" 24 26 50 Dan Blum 12 31 43 Erland Sommarskog 32 4 36 Marc Dashevsky 8 20 28 Dan Tilque 12 12 24 Bruce Bowler 4 8 12 Jason Kreitzer 4 8 12 Björn Lundin 4 8 12 -- Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as msb@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past, Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: Apr 01 11:21AM -0500 On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:00:31 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote: >1 Who produced and directed the 1993 musical comedy film 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights'? Mel Brooks >2 Which animal appears on the logo of the Dutch banking company ING? Lion >3 What three-word term denotes the music production formula developed by Phil Spector in the 1960s? The dense aesthetic created by having a number of electric and acoustic instrumentalists perform the same parts in unison appears on tracks as diverse as Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run' and The Beach Boys' 'Wouldn't It Be Nice'? Wall of Sound >4 On which city is the original US version of Monopoly based? Atlantic City, NJ >5 The right bower is the highest ranked card in which card game? >6 Which virus, closely related to rabies and usually fatal to humans, is commonly found in Australian bats? Hendra Virus >7 In baseball, which team always bats in the first-half or 'top' of each inning? The visiting team >8 Scottish surgeon and lecturer Dr Joseph Bell (1837-1911) was the inspiration for which literary character? Sherlock Holmes >9 'Brent' and 'West Texas Intermediate' are the two major benchmarks for which commodity? Crude Oil >10 Which word can mean an indentation on a bottle, a shallow boat or a kick? >cheers, >calvin ArenEss |
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