- QFTCI16 Game 2, Rounds 7-8: PMs, no thanks - 4 Updates
- QFTCI16 Current Events 5-6 - 1 Update
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 01 01:08PM +0200 > 11. Guvegrra. Che Guevara? But he wasn't from Canada, was he? > in 1958 when the Soviet Union threatened that he wouldn't > be allowed to reenter the country if he went to Stockholm to > receive the award. Who was he? Boris Pasternak > 8. This man was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, jointly > with Henry Kissinger, but refused to accept it -- simply because > Vietnam was not yet, in fact, at peace! Name him. Le Duc Tho > 10. What honor has been declined by all of the following: > David Bowie, Francis Crick, Michael Faraday, Albert Finney, > T.E. Lawrence, Henry Moore, and George Bernard Shaw? Being dubbed "Sir". > gur POR, ohg jr'er ybbxvat sbe n uvture ubabe gung nyy bs gurz > qrpyvarq. Vs lbh zragvbarq gur Beqre bs gur Oevgvfu Rzcver va > nal jnl, qryrgr gung nafjre naq gel ntnva. Hm, seems that my guess for #10 was on target, but too vague to qualify. Oh well. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 01 10:29AM -0500 In article <kaydnYx4vOSjruvKnZ2dnUU7-UnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. In 1971 Marlon Brando declined the Academy Award for Best Actor > in "The Godfather" and sent a representative to give a speech in > his place. What issue was he protesting with this action? U.S. treatmeant of native Americans. > 2. Who declined the Best Actor Oscar the previous year -- the > first person ever to decline an Academy Award? George C. Scott > in the House of Lords -- because, he claimed, remaining in > England during the winter months to fulfill his role as a > working peer was "too much of a price to pay"? John Cleese > in 1958 when the Soviet Union threatened that he wouldn't > be allowed to reenter the country if he went to Stockholm to > receive the award. Who was he? Boris Pasternak > battle possible today on the cultural front is the battle for > the peaceful coexistence of the two cultures, that of the East > and that of the West." Who? Bertrand Russell > 10. What honor has been declined by all of the following: > David Bowie, Francis Crick, Michael Faraday, Albert Finney, > T.E. Lawrence, Henry Moore, and George Bernard Shaw? knighthood -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 01 05:25PM Mark Brader wrote: > 1. In 1971 Marlon Brando declined the Academy Award for Best Actor > in "The Godfather" and sent a representative to give a speech in > his place. What issue was he protesting with this action? Vietnam War > first person ever to decline an Academy Award? > 3. Turning down an Oscar is one thing, but in 1657 this man declined > the British crown when it was offered to him! Name him. Oliver Cromwell > in the House of Lords -- because, he claimed, remaining in > England during the winter months to fulfill his role as a > working peer was "too much of a price to pay"? John Cleese > in 1958 when the Soviet Union threatened that he wouldn't > be allowed to reenter the country if he went to Stockholm to > receive the award. Who was he? Boris Pasternak > battle possible today on the cultural front is the battle for > the peaceful coexistence of the two cultures, that of the East > and that of the West." Who? Jean Paul Sartre > 8. This man was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, jointly > with Henry Kissinger, but refused to accept it -- simply because > Vietnam was not yet, in fact, at peace! Name him. Tho > He said it was because candidates for the prize were supposed > to be "wholesome" novels rather than necessarily those with > literary merit. He did accept the 1930 Nobel Prize, though. Hemingway > 10. What honor has been declined by all of the following: > David Bowie, Francis Crick, Michael Faraday, Albert Finney, > T.E. Lawrence, Henry Moore, and George Bernard Shaw? Knighthood > the CBE, but we're looking for a higher honor that all of them > declined. If you mentioned the Order of the British Empire in > any way, delete that answer and try again. Peter Smyth |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 02 01:00AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:kaydnYx4vOSjruvKnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Robert Borden. > 2. Joe Clark. > 3. Lester Pearson. 5 > 4. Mackenzie Bowell. > 5. Alexander Mackenzie. 20; 14 > picture numbers and identify these prime ministers (and the other > guy) for fun, but for no points. > 11. Guvegrra. Pierre Trudeau > 12. Avargrra. Diefenbaker > 20. Gjragl-sbhe. > 21. Avar. > 22. Fvk. Justin Trudeau > 1. In 1971 Marlon Brando declined the Academy Award for Best Actor > in "The Godfather" and sent a representative to give a speech in > his place. What issue was he protesting with this action? Native American rights > 2. Who declined the Best Actor Oscar the previous year -- the > first person ever to decline an Academy Award? David Niven > 3. Turning down an Oscar is one thing, but in 1657 this man declined > the British crown when it was offered to him! Name him. Oliver Cromwell > and kept him in prison for seven days, and he had to refuse > the prize. The story wasn't over yet, though. The denouement > did not occur until after the war, in 1947. What happened then? He was tried in Nuremberg > in 1958 when the Soviet Union threatened that he wouldn't > be allowed to reenter the country if he went to Stockholm to > receive the award. Who was he? Pasternak > 8. This man was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, jointly > with Henry Kissinger, but refused to accept it -- simply because > Vietnam was not yet, in fact, at peace! Name him. Tho > 10. What honor has been declined by all of the following: > David Bowie, Francis Crick, Michael Faraday, Albert Finney, > T.E. Lawrence, Henry Moore, and George Bernard Shaw? Knighthood > gur POR, ohg jr'er ybbxvat sbe n uvture ubabe gung nyy bs gurz > qrpyvarq. Vs lbh zragvbarq gur Beqre bs gur Oevgvfu Rzcver va > nal jnl, qryrgr gung nafjre naq gel ntnva. Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 01 01:11PM +0200 > "Hey baby, it's a quarter to eight, and I'm feel I'm in the mood. > Hey baby, the hour is late, and I'm feel I'm in the mood." > (And, yes, there is a Canadian connection.) More precisely it's a line from Rush's first hit single "In the Mood". This was before Neil Peart joined the band, which explains the utterly trite lyrics. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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