| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 16 11:13PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-09-26, 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 Misplaced Modifiers 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". ** Game 2, Round 9 - Entertainment - Pumping Jeremy Irons 2016-09-19 was the birthday of actor Jeremy Irons, who has had a long and diverse career in various performance media. The following questions concern his body of work in film and TV. 1. The role that brought Irons fame was that of Charles Ryder, in a 1981 British television adaptation of an Evelyn Waugh novel. Name the novel. 2. Also in 1981, he had his first major role in a film, based on the John Fowles novel of the same title, opposite Meryl Streep. Give that title. 3. In another appearance on the small screen, Irons performed in the TV series "The Borgias", playing the role of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia. By what title is Rodrigo Borgia better known in history? 4. Name the 1988 thriller/horror film, directed by David Cronenberg, where Irons plays a dual role as identical-twin gynecologists -- one of them with a penchant for using bizarre gynecological instruments. 5. Irons played the Spanish Jesuit priest Father Gabriel opposite Robert De Niro in *which film* set in 18th-century South America? 6. In the third film of this franchise, Irons played antagonist Simon Gruber (brother of the villainous Hans Gruber, who was played by Alan Rickman in the original film). Name the franchise or the specific movie. 7. Irons is one of only 22 actors to win the so-called "Triple Crown of Acting" -- an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony. Name *any* of the works he won for. (Just the title will do.) 8. In 1998, Irons played a musketeer alongside John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, and Gabriel Byrne in the movie "The Man in the Iron Mask". What was his character's name? 9. In this 2011 film about the financial crisis of 2007-8, Irons plays John Tuld, the Chairman and CEO of a Wall St. investment bank -- who, on being informed that the bank holds potentially worthless toxic securities, says: "So, what you're telling me is that the music is about to stop, and we're going to be left holding the biggest bag of odorous excrement ever assembled in the history of capitalism." Name the film. 10. Irons has also done voice work in animated movies. He provided the voice of the villainous brother Scar in a 1994 Disney movie. Name the film. After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur guveq dhrfgvba, vs lbh fnvq ur jnf gur cbcr, jr arrq obgu gur cncny anzr naq gur ahzore. Tb onpx naq fhccyl gurz vs arprffnel. ** Game 2, Round 10 - Fall Challenge Round In honor of the new season, your categories are: A. Geography Falls B. Literature Falls C. History of Falls D. Fall TV and Movies E. Fall Science F. Sports Falls * A. Geography Falls A1. Really a great big rapids, the greatest waterfall by volume is Inga Falls, of which Livingstone Falls is the most famous part. On which river can you find them? A2. There is no standard way to measure waterfall height, but most experts agree that Angel Falls is the tallest in the world. In which country can you find it? * B. Literature Falls B1. Who was "Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, with hideous ruin and combustion down, to bottomless perdition"? B2. Which literary character seemed to have met his doom by being cast off a cliff into Reichenbach Falls, but was later revived by the author due to public pressure? * C. History of Falls C1. Name William Shirer's 1960 best-selling historical work about Germany. C2. Name Edward Gibbon's historical masterpiece, published in the late 18th century. * D. Fall TV and Movies D1. Fall TV: Who plays DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC Drama "The Fall", set in Northern Ireland? D2. Fall Movie: Who plays the patriarch of the Ludlow clan in the 1994 epic drama "Legends of the Fall"? * E. Fall Science E1. The longer nights of fall are caused by the fact that the Earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plane of its orbit around the Sun, but is tilted -- by how much, plus or minus 1½°? E2. At which point of the compass does the Sun set on the evening of the fall equinox, as seen from every point on the globe? * F. Sports Falls F1. At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, barefoot South African runner Zola Budd may or may not have caused an American runner to fall during the women's 3,000 m event. Name the American runner. F2. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, TV viewers in North America could see Yugoslavian Vinko Bogotaj ["BO-ga-tie"] fall horrifically every week. What show were they watching? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "The problem is that tax lawyers are msb@vex.net | amazingly creative." -- David Sherman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 17 05:23AM > 2. Also in 1981, he had his first major role in a film, based on > the John Fowles novel of the same title, opposite Meryl Streep. > Give that title. Sophie's Choice > the TV series "The Borgias", playing the role of patriarch > Rodrigo Borgia. By what title is Rodrigo Borgia better known > in history? Pope Sixtus IV > 5. Irons played the Spanish Jesuit priest Father Gabriel opposite > Robert De Niro in *which film* set in 18th-century South America? The Mission > Simon Gruber (brother of the villainous Hans Gruber, who was > played by Alan Rickman in the original film). Name the franchise > or the specific movie. Die Hard > 8. In 1998, Irons played a musketeer alongside John Malkovich, > G?rard Depardieu, and Gabriel Byrne in the movie "The Man in > the Iron Mask". What was his character's name? Athos; Aramis > 10. Irons has also done voice work in animated movies. He provided > the voice of the villainous brother Scar in a 1994 Disney movie. > Name the film. The Lion King > A1. Really a great big rapids, the greatest waterfall by > volume is Inga Falls, of which Livingstone Falls is the > most famous part. On which river can you find them? Congo > A2. There is no standard way to measure waterfall height, but > most experts agree that Angel Falls is the tallest in > the world. In which country can you find it? Venezuela > B1. Who was "Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, > with hideous ruin and combustion down, to bottomless > perdition"? Lucifer > B2. Which literary character seemed to have met his doom by > being cast off a cliff into Reichenbach Falls, but was > later revived by the author due to public pressure? Sherlock Holmes > * C. History of Falls > C1. Name William Shirer's 1960 best-selling historical work > about Germany. The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany > C2. Name Edward Gibbon's historical masterpiece, published in > the late 18th century. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire > * D. Fall TV and Movies > D2. Fall Movie: Who plays the patriarch of the Ludlow clan in > the 1994 epic drama "Legends of the Fall"? Anthony Hopkins > Earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plane of its > orbit around the Sun, but is tilted -- by how much, plus > or minus 1??? 23 degrees > E2. At which point of the compass does the Sun set on the evening > of the fall equinox, as seen from every point on the globe? west > F2. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, TV viewers in North > America could see Yugoslavian Vinko Bogotaj ["BO-ga-tie"] > fall horrifically every week. What show were they watching? Wide World of Sports -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Dec 17 05:26AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:uOWdnYGQlaMSVMnFnZ2dnUU7- > 1. The role that brought Irons fame was that of Charles Ryder, > in a 1981 British television adaptation of an Evelyn Waugh novel. > Name the novel. "Brideshead Revisited" > 2. Also in 1981, he had his first major role in a film, based on > the John Fowles novel of the same title, opposite Meryl Streep. > Give that title. "The French Lieutenant's Woman" > where Irons plays a dual role as identical-twin gynecologists > -- one of them with a penchant for using bizarre gynecological > instruments. "Dead Ringers" > 5. Irons played the Spanish Jesuit priest Father Gabriel opposite > Robert De Niro in *which film* set in 18th-century South America? "The Mission" > Simon Gruber (brother of the villainous Hans Gruber, who was > played by Alan Rickman in the original film). Name the franchise > or the specific movie. "Die Hard with a Vengeance" > 7. Irons is one of only 22 actors to win the so-called "Triple > Crown of Acting" -- an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony. Name *any* > of the works he won for. (Just the title will do.) "Reversal of Fortune" > 8. In 1998, Irons played a musketeer alongside John Malkovich, > Gérard Depardieu, and Gabriel Byrne in the movie "The Man in > the Iron Mask". What was his character's name? D'Artagnan; Athos > 10. Irons has also done voice work in animated movies. He provided > the voice of the villainous brother Scar in a 1994 Disney movie. > Name the film. "The Lion King" > A1. Really a great big rapids, the greatest waterfall by > volume is Inga Falls, of which Livingstone Falls is the > most famous part. On which river can you find them? Zambezi > A2. There is no standard way to measure waterfall height, but > most experts agree that Angel Falls is the tallest in > the world. In which country can you find it? Venezuela > B1. Who was "Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, > with hideous ruin and combustion down, to bottomless > perdition"? Satan (?) > B2. Which literary character seemed to have met his doom by > being cast off a cliff into Reichenbach Falls, but was > later revived by the author due to public pressure? Sherlock Holmes > * C. History of Falls > C1. Name William Shirer's 1960 best-selling historical work > about Germany. "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" > C2. Name Edward Gibbon's historical masterpiece, published in > the late 18th century. "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" > * D. Fall TV and Movies > D2. Fall Movie: Who plays the patriarch of the Ludlow clan in > the 1994 epic drama "Legends of the Fall"? Anthony Hopkins > runner Zola Budd may or may not have caused an American > runner to fall during the women's 3,000 m event. Name the > American runner. Mary Decker Slaney > F2. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, TV viewers in North > America could see Yugoslavian Vinko Bogotaj ["BO-ga-tie"] > fall horrifically every week. What show were they watching? "Wide World of Sports" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 17 12:48AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > the TV series "The Borgias", playing the role of patriarch > Rodrigo Borgia. By what title is Rodrigo Borgia better known > in history? Pope Alexander VI > 10. Irons has also done voice work in animated movies. He provided > the voice of the villainous brother Scar in a 1994 Disney movie. > Name the film. The Lion King > A1. Really a great big rapids, the greatest waterfall by > volume is Inga Falls, of which Livingstone Falls is the > most famous part. On which river can you find them? Nile > A2. There is no standard way to measure waterfall height, but > most experts agree that Angel Falls is the tallest in > the world. In which country can you find it? Venezuela > B1. Who was "Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, > with hideous ruin and combustion down, to bottomless > perdition"? Satan > B2. Which literary character seemed to have met his doom by > being cast off a cliff into Reichenbach Falls, but was > later revived by the author due to public pressure? Sherlock Holmes > * C. History of Falls > C1. Name William Shirer's 1960 best-selling historical work > about Germany. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich > C2. Name Edward Gibbon's historical masterpiece, published in > the late 18th century. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire > Earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plane of its > orbit around the Sun, but is tilted -- by how much, plus > or minus 1½°? 23 1/2 degrees > E2. At which point of the compass does the Sun set on the evening > of the fall equinox, as seen from every point on the globe? due west > F2. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, TV viewers in North > America could see Yugoslavian Vinko Bogotaj ["BO-ga-tie"] > fall horrifically every week. What show were they watching? ABC's Wide World of Sports (I thought his name was Agony of de Feet...) -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 17 11:30AM +0100 > 2016-09-19 was the birthday of actor Jeremy Irons, who has had a > long and diverse career in various performance media. The following > questions concern his body of work in film and TV. Never heard of him, but I can make some wild guesses. > Simon Gruber (brother of the villainous Hans Gruber, who was > played by Alan Rickman in the original film). Name the franchise > or the specific movie. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly > 8. In 1998, Irons played a musketeer alongside John Malkovich, > Gérard Depardieu, and Gabriel Byrne in the movie "The Man in > the Iron Mask". What was his character's name? D'Artagnan > is that the music is about to stop, and we're going to be left > holding the biggest bag of odorous excrement ever assembled in > the history of capitalism." Name the film. Exit Call (I've a certain film in mind that I have seen, but now I cannot remember the title exactly and have to make it up to make this a doubly wild guess. Oh well.) > A1. Really a great big rapids, the greatest waterfall by > volume is Inga Falls, of which Livingstone Falls is the > most famous part. On which river can you find them? Upper Nile > A2. There is no standard way to measure waterfall height, but > most experts agree that Angel Falls is the tallest in > the world. In which country can you find it? Venezuela > B1. Who was "Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, > with hideous ruin and combustion down, to bottomless > perdition"? Dante > B2. Which literary character seemed to have met his doom by > being cast off a cliff into Reichenbach Falls, but was > later revived by the author due to public pressure? Sherlock Holmes > C2. Name Edward Gibbon's historical masterpiece, published in > the late 18th century. The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire > Earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plane of its > orbit around the Sun, but is tilted -- by how much, plus > or minus 1½°? 23° > E2. At which point of the compass does the Sun set on the evening > of the fall equinox, as seen from every point on the globe? W -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 17 11:42AM +0100 > (I've a certain film in mind that I have seen, but now I cannot remember > the title exactly and have to make it up to make this a doubly wild > guess. Oh well.) Had to check IMDB. Yes, the film was right. The title was not. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 16 11:11PM -0600 Mark Brader: > * Game 2, Round 7 - History - Oh Boycotts! > 1. When is "International Buy Nothing Day" in the US and Canada? > Be sufficiently specific. The day after US Thanksgiving. 4 for Gareth, Joshua, and Pete. > 2. In which play by Aristophanes do the women withhold sex with > their men until they negotiate a peace with the Spartans? "Lysistrata". 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, Gareth, and Joshua. (Yes, a literature question in a history round.) > 3. The US Gymnastics Federation International Invitational, > and the Liberty Bell Classic, were both organized in protest > as alternatives to what? Be sufficiently specific. The 1980 Olympics in Moscow. 4 for Peter, Gareth, and Joshua. I did not accept "the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics", as this is essentially the opposite of the correct answer. > 4. Within 1 year, when was Rosa Parks arrested, leading to a bus > boycott among the black residents of Montgomery? 1955 (accepting 1954-1956). 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, Gareth, Marc, Joshua, and Pete. > 5. In 1977, this company became the target of an international > boycott for promoting its baby formula as preferable to breast > milk. Which company? Nestlé. 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Peter, Dan Blum, Erland, Gareth, Marc, Joshua, and Pete. > was inextricably linked to the late 1960s boycott on California > grapes and the fight for better wages and conditions for farm > workers. Who was he? Cesar Chavez. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Gareth, Marc, Joshua, and Pete. > 7. Who called for a boycott of the "Teletubbies" on the grounds > that Tinky-Winky was gay? Jerry Fallwell. 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, Dan Blum, Gareth, Marc, and Pete. > 8. In 1985, Artists United Against Apartheid, a cooperation of > over 40 top pop musicians of the time, all swore that they > "ain't gonna play" *what*? Sun City. (A major resort casino in South Africa.) 4 for Peter, Gareth, and Joshua. > 9. The BDS movement works to end support for supposedly oppressive > Israeli tactics. What do the initials stand for? Boycott, divestment, sanctions. All three words were required. 4 for Marc and Joshua. > products had to use special paper to show that an additional > tax had been paid. What was the name of the act that introduced > this tax? Stamp Act. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Gareth, Marc, Joshua, and Pete. > 3%, 4%, 5%, 7%, 8%, 11%, 13%, 18%, 28%, 40%, 48% > But note that *answers may repeat*. > 1. Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge liqueur. 40%. > 2. Mike's Hard Lemonade. 5%. 3 for Gareth. 2 for Joshua. > 3. Luxardo Amaretto di Saschira. 28%. 4 for Erland and Marc. 3 for Gareth. 2 for Joshua. > 4. Laphroaig Quarter Cask Single Malt Scotch. 48%. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. 2 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 5. Martini Dry Vermouth. 18%. 4 for Erland. 3 for Gareth. 2 for Joshua. > 6. Wolf Blass Yellow Label Sauvignon Blanc. 13%. 4 for Marc. 3 for Gareth. 2 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 7. Bottega Vino dei Poeti Prosecco. 11%. 4 for Marc. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Gareth. > 8. Stolichnaya Vodka. 40%. 4 for Dan Tilque and Erland. 3 for Gareth, Joshua, and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum. > 9. Gabbiano Chianti Classico. 13%. 4 for Marc. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Gareth and Joshua. > 10. Heineken Lager Beer. 5%. 4 for Erland, Gareth, and Marc. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Spo Lit Can His Sci FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 35 28 28 0 36 21 127 Gareth Owen 28 27 32 0 36 23 123 Dan Blum 28 21 34 0 24 11 107 Dan Tilque 32 16 20 4 24 8 92 Marc Dashevsky 19 24 8 0 24 20 87 Pete Gayde 18 28 12 3 24 6 82 Peter Smyth 24 16 12 0 16 0 68 Erland Sommarskog 31 8 8 0 12 16 67 "Calvin" 23 24 -- -- -- -- 47 Bruce Bowler 12 20 -- -- -- -- 32 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Neither a follower nor a leader be." msb@vex.net --Steve Summit (after Shakespeare) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 17 11:18AM +0100 >> 8. Stolichnaya Vodka. > 40%. 4 for Dan Tilque and Erland. 3 for Gareth, Joshua, and Pete. > 2 for Dan Blum. This was a round was mainly a matter of making intelligent guesses for me (and I suspect for other entrants). However, this was the one I knew the answer of. To wit, I recalled a joke that I learnt in the seventies. The story is that the last tsar and Leonid Brezhniev meet in hell, and Nilokai II interrogates Brezhiev how things are in Mother Russia in these days (i.e. the 1970s). "Are people still oppressed?". "Yes", says Brezhiev. And the tsar goes on asking questions of all sorts of bad things from his days. I've forgotten the exact questions, but for each and everyone Brezhievs answers in the affirmative. Until the tsar comes to the last question: "And the vodka is still at 38%?". "No", says Brezhiev, "it's 40% these days". This causes the tsar to exclaim "Was it really necessary to make a revolution for the sake of 2%?" -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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