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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 16 05:45AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-11-21, 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 9, Round 9 - Canadiana - Canadian Fiction on Film This round is about works by Canadian authors that have been adapted for film. The directors may or may not also be Canadian. In each case the same title was used for the movie as the original work, and that title is what you have to give. 1. David Bezmozgis directed this 2015 adaptation of his own short story about teenaged cousins. 2. Irishman Alan Gilsenan directed this recently-released film based on Carol Shields's last novel. 3. Australian Bruce Beresford directed this 1991 film adaptation of a historical novel by Brian Moore. Lothaire Bluteau starred. 4. Emma Donoghue wrote a screenplay based on her own novel for this 2015 film. Irishman Lenny Abrahamson directed. 5. Paul Giamatti played the title character in this 2010 film based on a Mordecai Richler novel. Richard J. Lewis directed. 6. The novel was by Paul Quarrington. The 1994 movie, starring Maury Chaykin, was agani directed by Richard J. Lewis. 7. Claude Jutra's 1973 film was based on a historical novel by Anne Hébert. Geneviève Bujold starred. 8. Anthony Minghella adapted and directed this 1996 film based on a novel by Michael Ondaatje. Both book and movie won awards. 9. Poet Anne Michaels wrote the novel. Jeremy Podeswa directed the 2007 release. 10. It was Rohinton Mistry's first novel. Sturla Gunnarson directed the 1998 film adaptation. ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - The Name of the Game Your categories are: A. Game of Thrones B. Game Theory C. The Great Game D. Game Movies E. Game 7 of the World Series F. Canadian Game Shows * A. Game of Thrones A1. Which islands are ruled by the Greyjoys of Pyke? A2. What island does Lady Brienne claim as home? * B. Game Theory B1. What term is used in game theory to describe a situation in which any participant's gain is exactly balanced by a loss to other participants? B2. Long before the term "game theory" was coined, this classic economic theory described a situation in which individuals acting according to their own self-interest impair the greater good by depleting a shared resource. By what term is this scenario known? * C. The Great Game C1. "The Great Game" was the term used to describe the struggle for power in Asia that lasted through much of the 19th century between Great Britain and which other great power? C2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the previous question. Va gur ivrj bs zbfg uvfgbevnaf, gur Terng Tnzr pnzr gb na raq va 1895 jvgu gur svany qrznepngvba bs gur obeqre orgjrra Ehffvn naq gur fgngr gung npgrq nf n ohssre orgjrra Ehffvn naq Oevgvfu Vaqvn. Anzr gung ohssre fgngr. * D. Game Movies D1. Which 1939 Jean Renoir classic depicts the lives of upper-class French society and their servants on the eve of World War I? D2. Name the action-film star who died in 1973, before his film "The Game of Death" had finished shooting. The film was completed using stand-ins and released in 1978. * E. Game 7 of the World Series E1. What was the final score of Game 7 of the 2016 World Series between Chicago and Cleveland? E2. Who was the winning pitcher? * F. Canadian Game Shows F1. Born in New Jersey, he hosted two of Canada's longest-running game shows, "Definition" and "Headline Hunters". Who? F2. Name any of the three "home team" regulars on CHCH-TV's "Party Game". -- Mark Brader "I suppose that the distances from us [to the Toronto stars] vary so much that some are two or three msb@vex.net times as remote as others." -- Galileo My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 16 05:42AM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. There are only 3 European countries that are members of the > Commonwealth of Nations. Two of them are the UK and Malta. > What's the third? Cyprus. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, and Calvin. Yes, I know, Cyprus is located just off the coast of Asia, not Europe. But it belongs to a number of European organizations and is frequently counted as European. > observer *states*. One has had that status since 1964, the > other (under various guises and names) since 1974. Name either > (current name only please). Vatican City (or Holy See), Palestine (State; not PLO). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Marc, and Pete. 2 for Calvin. > states in "free association" with New Zealand. This prevents > them from becoming members of the UN, but they participate in > its organizations and agencies. Name either. Cook Islands, Niue. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Erland, Calvin, and Pete. > 4. In how many of the G7 countries do people normally drive on > the left side of the road? 2. (Japan, UK.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, Marc, Erland, and Calvin. 3 for Pete. 2 for Joshua. > Treaty, and 4 UN member nations that have never signed it. > Name *any one* of the four. (Hint: It's a pretty sure thing > that three of them have nuclear weapons.) India, Israel, Pakistan, South Sudan. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Marc, and Don. 2 for Calvin. > 6. Which OPEC member lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere? Angola. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Erland. 2 for Joshua. > 7. Besides the US and the UK, what other G7 country is also a > permanent member of the UN Security Council? France. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Marc, Don, Erland, Calvin, and Pete. Russia was kicked out of the G8 a while ago, which is why it went back to being the G7. > countries are members of a cultural and educational association > called PALOP, also known as Lusophone Africa. What do they > all have in common that qualifies them for this organization? PALOP means "African Countries of Portuguese Official Language". I scored non-linguistic references to Portugal as almost correct. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Don, Erland, and Calvin. 3 for Marc. As Erland said, the others are Cabo (or Cape) Verde, São Tomé & Príncipe, and Guinea-Bissau. You will all no doubt remember that when I started posting Questions from the Canadian Inquisition, I began on 2008-02-04 with questions from a special non-team game written by the Usual Suspects and played on 2006-01-09. And the very first question (which I wrote, as it happens) was simply: "What is a lusophone?". (Peter Smyth and Stephen Perry got it that time.) > 9. The Arctic Council is composed of 8 countries that have territory > in the Arctic. Three of them are kingdoms. Name one of those > kingdoms. Denmark, Norway, Sweden. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Marc, Don, Erland, Calvin, Pete, and Jason. > 10. At 724 km², which city-state is the smallest signatory of the > Trans Pacific Partnership? Singapore. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Don, Calvin, and Pete. > * Game 9, Round 8 - History of History - Historians > 1. Name the so called "father of history", a Greek born in Turkey > who lived 484-425 BC. Herodotus. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Don, and Calvin. > 2. Which English historian and parliamentarian wrote "The History > of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"? Edward Gibbon. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Marc, Don, and Calvin. > 3. Name the writer of "Origines" ("Origins"), the first recorded > prose history written in Latin. He was a conservative Roman > senator and orator who lived 234-149 BC. Cato (the Elder). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Pete. Two entrants guessed Cicero. He was also a conservative Roman senator and orator, but he lived 106-43 BC: he was a contempoary of Julius Caesar. > 4. Name the Scottish philosopher (1711-1776) who wrote the 6-volume > "History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the > revolution of 1688". David Hume. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 5. Name the American writer, philosopher, and historian (1885-1981) > best known for "The Story of Civilization", an 11-volume work > written in collaboration with his wife. Will Durant. (His wife was Ariel.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Don. > (1694-1778) who helped develop the idea of historiography in > works such as "The Age of Louis XIV" and "The Customs and Spirit > of the Nations". Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet). 4 for Dan Blum and Marc. > 7. Name the politician, statesman, and artist who wrote "A History > of the English-Speaking Peoples", a 4-volume work covering from > Caesar's invasion to World War I. Sir Winston Churchill. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Marc, Don, and Calvin. > Toronto he wrote largely on Canadian Economic History. Also the > developer of the "staples theory", regarding Canada's reliance > on exporting natural resources. Harold Innes. > 9. Name the French diplomat, political scientist, and historian > (1805-59) whose best-known works are "Democracy in America" > and "The Old Regime and the Revolution". Alexis de Tocqueville. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Don, Calvin, and Jason. > 10. Name the English historian and broadcaster (1906-90) who penned > "The Origins of the Second World War" and "The Struggle for > Mastery in Europe". A.J.P. Taylor. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Lit Ent Spo Sci Geo His FOUR Dan Tilque 40 0 24 31 40 20 135 Don Piven 40 0 32 40 20 20 132 Dan Blum 32 28 8 40 28 28 128 Marc Dashevsky 36 16 12 32 23 24 115 Joshua Kreitzer 20 36 4 19 36 20 112 Peter Smyth 8 8 20 23 36 8 87 "Calvin" 14 12 16 12 32 16 78 Stephen Perry 40 35 -- -- -- -- 75 Pete Gayde 20 8 12 20 23 4 75 Erland Sommarskog 22 0 16 7 28 0 73 Bruce Bowler 4 12 12 38 -- -- 66 Jason Kreitzer -- -- 0 15 4 4 23 -- Mark Brader, Toronto Premature generalization is msb@vex.net the square root of all evil. My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Bruce <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Mar 15 03:50PM On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 17:37:14 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > Court" from 1981 to 1993. He hosted the show after retiring as an > actual judge. Last week he died at the age of 97. > Who was he? Wapner > 2. Travis Kalanick admitted he needs "leadership help" after a video > made public showed him arguing with and disparaging an employee. > Kalanick is the CEO of which company? Uber > valued at about $33,000,000,000 US after it began trading on the New > York Stock Exchange. One analyst called the valuation "patently > crazy". What is the name of the company's popular app? Snapchat > 7. US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos raised eyebrows when she > said these types of educational institutions were pioneers of "school > choice". What type of educational institutions was she referring to? Traditionally black universities > 1. Nike announced that it has specially developed an article of > clothing that will assist the performances of some female athletes. > What article of clothing? Bra > 3. *Which Nordic country* has announced a law that will require > any company with 25 or more employees to prove it gives equal pay for > work of equal value? Sweden > a jury in closing arguments that his client's car spontaneously > combusted. As he was speaking, something unexpected happened to him. > What was it? His pants caught fire ("Liar Liar Pants on fire") > 7. The new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency is back > in the news. In an interview with CNBC, Scott Pruitt made what > comment about carbon dioxide emissions? Not a proximate cause of global warming, and that we couldn't measure them precisely enough. > 8. In his first speech as head of Housing and Urban Development, > Dr. Ben Carson raised eyebrows when he spoke about people shipped to > the US as slaves. What did he call them? Immigrants |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 15 04:07PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Court" from 1981 to 1993. He hosted the show after retiring > as an actual judge. Last week he died at the age of 97. > Who was he? Judge Wapner > 2. Travis Kalanick admitted he needs "leadership help" after a video > made public showed him arguing with and disparaging an employee. > Kalanick is the CEO of which company? Uber > valued at about $33,000,000,000 US after it began trading on > the New York Stock Exchange. One analyst called the valuation > "patently crazy". What is the name of the company's popular app? Snap, Inc. > said these types of educational institutions were pioneers of > "school choice". What type of educational institutions was > she referring to? historically black colleges > 1. Nike announced that it has specially developed an article of > clothing that will assist the performances of some female > athletes. What article of clothing? hijab > history. Down 4-0 to Paris St. Germain after the first leg, > this storied team won the second game 6-1 to move on to the > quarter-finals. Name the team. Barcelona > 3. *Which Nordic country* has announced a law that will require > any company with 25 or more employees to prove it gives equal > pay for work of equal value? Denmark; Sweden > a jury in closing arguments that his client's car spontaneously > combusted. As he was speaking, something unexpected happened > to him. What was it? pants caught on fire (that's also his Politifact rating :) > 7. The new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency is back > in the news. In an interview with CNBC, Scott Pruitt made what > comment about carbon dioxide emissions? that they aren't the cause of global warming > 8. In his first speech as head of Housing and Urban Development, > Dr. Ben Carson raised eyebrows when he spoke about people > shipped to the US as slaves. What did he call them? immigrants -- Dan Tilque |
| ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: Mar 15 05:29PM -0500 On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 19:01:58 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote: >1 Rival gangs the Bloods and the Crips are primarily found in which US city? Los Angeles >2 What is the name of the largest Russian news agency, also the fourth largest in the world? TASS >3 The chemical basis of which fifth taste was discovered by Japanese biochemist Kikunae Ikeda in 1909? Savory? >4 Introduced in 1912, what name was given to the first true plastic (i.e. synthetic polymer)? Bakelite? >5 Which poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson is loosely based on the Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat? >6 A reference to its colour and value, what is the more common name for the iron sulphide with the chemical formula FeS2? Fools Gold? >7 According to Johnny Preston's 1960 hit single, who did Running Bear love? >8 Yogi Bear and Boo Boo are residents if which fictional national park? Jellystone Park >9 Larry Wilcox and Eric Estrada co-starred in which US TV series? CHiPS! >10 Which fictional character has been portrayed in film by Linda Hamilton, Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke? Sarah Connor? >cheers, >calvin ArenEss |
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