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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 21 11:57PM -0600

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Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 8, Round 4 - Literature - Characters by Description
 
We give the year a book was published and a passage describing
one or more of the characters. In each case, *either* name that
character (or give the collective name of those characters, as
applicable) or else give the title.
 
1. (1954) "The face of <answer 1> was ageless, neither old nor
young, though in it was written the memory of many things
both glad and sorrowful. His hair was dark as the shadows of
twilight, and upon it was set a circlet of silver; his eyes
were grey as a clear evening, and in them was a light like the
light of stars."
 
2. (1897) "Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for
a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot,
without a single speck of colour about him anywhere. He moved
impulsively forward, and holding out his hand grasped mine with
a strength which made me wince, an effect which was not lessened
by the fact that it seemed as cold as ice -- more like the hand
of a dead than a living man."
 
3. (1998) "If the motorbike was huge, it was nothing to the man
sitting astride it. He was almost twice as tall as a normal
man and at least five times as wide. He looked simply too big
to be allowed, and so wild -- long tangles of bushy black hair
and beard hid most of his face, he had hands the size of dustbin
lids and his feet in their leather boots were like baby dolphins.
In his vast, muscular arms he was holding a bundle of blankets."
 
 
4. (1996) "Fifteen years past, when they had ridden forth to
win a throne, the Lord of Storm's End had been clean-shaven,
clear-eyed, and muscled like a maiden's fantasy. Six and a half
feet tall, he towered over lesser men, and when he donned his
armor and the great antlered helmet of his House, he became a
veritable giant. He'd had a giant's strength too, his weapon
of choice a spiked iron warhammer that Ned could scarcely lift.
In those days, the smell of leather and blood had clung to him
like perfume."
 
5. (1962) "These sharps were dressed in the heighth of fashion
too, with purple and green and orange wigs on their gullivers.
Each one not costing less than three or four weeks of those
sharps' wages, I should reckon, and make-up to match (rainbows
round the glazzies, that is, and the rot painted very wide).
Then they had long black very straight dresses, and on the
groody part of them they had little badges of like silver with
different malchicks' names on them -- Joe and Mike and suchlike."
 
6. (1949) "She was a bold-looking girl of about twenty-seven, with
thick dark hair, a freckled face, and swift, athletic movements.
A narrow scarlet sash, emblem of the Junior Anti-Sex League,
was wound several times around the waist of her overalls,
just tighly enough to bring out the shapeliness of her hips."
 
7. (1818) "His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his
features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin
scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath;
his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of
a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more
horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed 'almost of
the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set,
his shrivelled complexion, and straight black lips."
 
8. (1861) "I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had
withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no
brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes. I saw
that the dress had been put upon the rounded figure of a young
woman, and that the figure upon which it now hung loose, had
shrunk to skin and bone."
 
9. (1980) "A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy
balloon of a head. The green earflaps, full of large ears
and uncut hair and the fine bristles that grew in the ears
themselves, stuck out on either side like turn signals indicating
two directions at once. Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the
bushy black moustache and, at their corners, sank into little
folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs."
 
10. (1955) "It was the same child -- the same frail, honey-hued
shoulders, the same silky supple bare back, the same chestnut
head of hair. A polka-dotted black kerchief tied around her
chest hid from my aging ape eyes, but not from the gaze of young
memory, the juvenile breasts I had fondled one immortal day."
 
 
* Game 8, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports - Toronto Maple Leafs 100
 
In recognition that this season is the 100th for the Toronto Maple
Leafs, a round on our hometown team. (Okay, it's been 100 years,
so you might say it's the 101st, but the entire NHL missed the
2004-05 season due to a labor dispute, so really it isn't.)
 
1. From 1927 to the present the team has played as the Toronto
Maple Leafs in the NHL. From 1919 to 1926 they were the Toronto
St. Patricks. What were they called before that?
 
2. The Tragically Hip have memorialized that Bill Barilko scored
the last goal of a playoff championship game in overtime in 1951.
Who were they playing against?
 
3. Who coached the Leafs to 4 Stanley Cup wins, including the last
time they won, in 1967?
 
4. The trophy awarded each year to the Most Valuable Player in
the Stanley Cup Playoffs is named after a former Leafs owner.
Who?
 
5. The Captain of the Maple Leafs from 1957 to 1969 was nicknamed
"the Chief". What was his name?
 
6. Which goalie was nicknamed "the China Wall"?
 
7. What former Leafs player had the nickname Superman?
 
8. Darryl Sittler holds an NHL record that has been unbroken
since 1976. What record? Say what it's for doing and include
the numerical value.
 
9. For much of its existence from NHL has either been a single
division or has consisted of divisions with geographical names.
But from 1974 to 1993 the league consisted of divisions and
conferences named in a different style. And in 1981 there was a
realignment within that system. Choose the time period before
or after the realignment and name either the division or the
conference that the Leafs then played in. That is, you must
either say 1974-81 or 1981-93 *and* give either a division or
a conference name.
 
10. Considered to be one of the best-ever Maple Leaf players,
and the team captain from 1969 to 1975, this man refused to
attend the commemorative ceremony for the last game at the
Gardens in 1999 because of personal conflicts with past and
present team ownership. He publicly stated that the new
ownership was no different than Harold Ballard. Give his name.
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "If we gave people a choice, there would be chaos."
msb@vex.net | -- Dick McDonald
 
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Dec 22 06:16AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:d_WdnTOtw-4zA6HHnZ2dnUU7-
> Then they had long black very straight dresses, and on the
> groody part of them they had little badges of like silver with
> different malchicks' names on them -- Joe and Mike and suchlike."
 
"A Clockwork Orange"
 
> A narrow scarlet sash, emblem of the Junior Anti-Sex League,
> was wound several times around the waist of her overalls,
> just tighly enough to bring out the shapeliness of her hips."
 
"1984"

> horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed 'almost of
> the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set,
> his shrivelled complexion, and straight black lips."
 
"Frankenstein"
 
> that the dress had been put upon the rounded figure of a young
> woman, and that the figure upon which it now hung loose, had
> shrunk to skin and bone."
 
"Great Expectations"
 
> two directions at once. Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the
> bushy black moustache and, at their corners, sank into little
> folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs."
 
"A Confederacy of Dunces"

> head of hair. A polka-dotted black kerchief tied around her
> chest hid from my aging ape eyes, but not from the gaze of young
> memory, the juvenile breasts I had fondled one immortal day."
 
"Lolita"
 
> so you might say it's the 101st, but the entire NHL missed the
> 2004-05 season due to a labor dispute, so really it isn't.)
 
> 7. What former Leafs player had the nickname Superman?
 
Clark Kent
 
> conference that the Leafs then played in. That is, you must
> either say 1974-81 or 1981-93 *and* give either a division or
> a conference name.
 
1981-93: Campbell Conference;
1981-93: Prince of Wales Conference

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Dec 22 06:55AM

> twilight, and upon it was set a circlet of silver; his eyes
> were grey as a clear evening, and in them was a light like the
> light of stars."
 
Elrond
 
> a strength which made me wince, an effect which was not lessened
> by the fact that it seemed as cold as ice -- more like the hand
> of a dead than a living man."
 
Dracula
 
> and beard hid most of his face, he had hands the size of dustbin
> lids and his feet in their leather boots were like baby dolphins.
> In his vast, muscular arms he was holding a bundle of blankets."
 
Hagrid
 
> of choice a spiked iron warhammer that Ned could scarcely lift.
> In those days, the smell of leather and blood had clung to him
> like perfume."
 
King Robert Baratheon
 
> Then they had long black very straight dresses, and on the
> groody part of them they had little badges of like silver with
> different malchicks' names on them -- Joe and Mike and suchlike."
 
A Clockwork Orange
 
> A narrow scarlet sash, emblem of the Junior Anti-Sex League,
> was wound several times around the waist of her overalls,
> just tighly enough to bring out the shapeliness of her hips."
 
1984
 
> horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed 'almost of
> the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set,
> his shrivelled complexion, and straight black lips."
 
Frankenstein's Monster
 
> that the dress had been put upon the rounded figure of a young
> woman, and that the figure upon which it now hung loose, had
> shrunk to skin and bone."
 
Miss Haversham
 
> two directions at once. Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the
> bushy black moustache and, at their corners, sank into little
> folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs."
 
Forrest Gump??
 
> head of hair. A polka-dotted black kerchief tied around her
> chest hid from my aging ape eyes, but not from the gaze of young
> memory, the juvenile breasts I had fondled one immortal day."
 
Lolita
 
 
> 3. Who coached the Leafs to 4 Stanley Cup wins, including the last
> time they won, in 1967?
 
Don Cherry
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 22 02:37AM -0600

In article <d_WdnTOtw-4zA6HHnZ2dnUU7-evNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> twilight, and upon it was set a circlet of silver; his eyes
> were grey as a clear evening, and in them was a light like the
> light of stars."
Elrond
 
> a strength which made me wince, an effect which was not lessened
> by the fact that it seemed as cold as ice -- more like the hand
> of a dead than a living man."
Count Dracula
 
> Then they had long black very straight dresses, and on the
> groody part of them they had little badges of like silver with
> different malchicks' names on them -- Joe and Mike and suchlike."
A Clockork Orange
 
> horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed 'almost of
> the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set,
> his shrivelled complexion, and straight black lips."
Frankenstein's monster
 
> two directions at once. Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the
> bushy black moustache and, at their corners, sank into little
> folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs."
Ignatius J. Reilly
 
> head of hair. A polka-dotted black kerchief tied around her
> chest hid from my aging ape eyes, but not from the gaze of young
> memory, the juvenile breasts I had fondled one immortal day."
Lolita
 
 
 
 
 
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Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Dec 21 01:48PM -0800

On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 12:53:31 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> back at those interesting times.
 
> 1. Name the Russian czar who was forced to abdicate in the first
> 1917 revolution. (Name and number required if applicable.)
Nicolas II
> of various revolutionary movements in Russia, as well as a
> parliament. The Russian name of that parliament is also the name
> of the lower house of Russia's current parliament -- what is it?
Ducha?
> fight Germany in World War I. Name the lawyer (and <answer 2>
> member) who was the key member of that government, which lasted
> only 8 months.
Kerensky?
> 4. Czar <answer 1> and his family were executed in July 1918 in
> what is now Russia's 4th-largest city. Name it.
St. Petersburg?
> ensuing civil war was originally a wing of a revolutionary
> Marxist political party. Their Russian name's literal meaning
> refers to "the majority" -- what is it?
Bolshevik
> 6. In April 1917 <answer 5> leader Vladimir Lenin returned to
> Russia, crossing Germany by a special train. In what neutral
> country had he been living?
Switzerland?
> What city?
 
> 8. Perhaps the best-known account of the <answer 5> revolution
> was written by American journalist John Reed. Name the book.
"Ten Days That Shook the World"
> ultimate victory is largely credited to the founder and commander
> of the Red Army. He was born Lev Bronstein, but what did he
> change his name to?
Leon Trotsky
 
> 5. The Isthmus of Suez is located on a peninsula with the same
> name as the canal that runs through it. But what *year* was
> the Suez Canal opened, within 2?
1956?
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 21 11:53PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> back at those interesting times.
 
> 1. Name the Russian czar who was forced to abdicate in the first
> 1917 revolution. (Name and number required if applicable.)
 
Nikolai (Nicholas) II. 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Joshua,
Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Erland, Gareth, Calvin, and Jason.
 
> of various revolutionary movements in Russia, as well as a
> parliament. The Russian name of that parliament is also the name
> of the lower house of Russia's current parliament -- what is it?
 
Duma. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Erland, Gareth,
and Calvin. 3 for Jason.
 
> fight Germany in World War I. Name the lawyer (and <answer 2>
> member) who was the key member of that government, which lasted
> only 8 months.
 
Alexander Kerensky. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Jason.
 
> 4. Czar <answer 1> and his family were executed in July 1918 in
> what is now Russia's 4th-largest city. Name it.
 
Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk in USSR days; accepting either).
4 for Joshua and Erland. 3 for Calvin.
 
> ensuing civil war was originally a wing of a revolutionary
> Marxist political party. Their Russian name's literal meaning
> refers to "the majority" -- what is it?
 
Bolshevik. 4 for everyone.
 
> 6. In April 1917 <answer 5> leader Vladimir Lenin returned to
> Russia, crossing Germany by a special train. In what neutral
> country had he been living?
 
Switzerland. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Peter, Erland, Gareth,
Calvin, and Jason.
 
> signing a treaty with Germany and its allies. The treaty is
> named after the city, now in Belarus, where it was signed.
> What city?
 
Brest-Litovsk (now Brest; accepting either). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
Peter, and Erland.
 
> 8. Perhaps the best-known account of the <answer 5> revolution
> was written by American journalist John Reed. Name the book.
 
"Ten Days that Shook the World". 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Jason.
 
> ultimate victory is largely credited to the founder and commander
> of the Red Army. He was born Lev Bronstein, but what did he
> change his name to?
 
Leon Trotsky. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Gareth, Calvin,
and Jason.
 
> and October Revolutions of 1917 actually took place in March
> and November according to our current calendar -- the Gregorian
> calendar. What calendar was in use in Russia in 1917?
 
Julian. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Erland,
Gareth, and Calvin.
 
 
> * Game 8, Round 3 - Geography - It's Isthmus Time
 
> An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land
> masses.
 
This was tied for being the hardest round in the original game.
 
> 1. Canada has three isthmuses. The Isthmus of Chignecto connects
> which *two* provinces?
 
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum,
Marc, and Erland.
 
As Dan Tilque was the first to note, that first sentence was rather
an understatement. Canada has three isthmuses *that Wikipedia's
list of isthmuses in the world currently knows about*. There are
lots of others, of course; it's a big country. For what it's worth,
the other two on that list are the Sechelt Isthmus, where the town
of the same name in BC is, and the Isthmus of Avalon, which extends
south from Come By Chance, NL.
 
> 2. The Isthmus of Darien in Central America is better known by
> what other name?
 
Isthmus of Panama. Not "Panama Canal Zone" (which no longer
exists anyway) or "Darien Gap", which are only parts of it.
4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Gareth, and Calvin.
 
> 3. The Isthmus of Perekop is a strategic strip of land connecting
> mainland Ukraine to a much-fought-over peninsula.
> What peninsula?
 
Crimea. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Erland,
and Gareth.
 
> 4. The Isthmus of Kra forms the narrowest part of which peninsula
> located in Asia?
 
Malay(an). (Not "Malaysian"; Malaysia is a country partly on the
peninsula and partly on islands.) 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Erland.
 
> 5. The Isthmus of Suez is located on a peninsula with the same
> name as the canal that runs through it. But what *year* was
> the Suez Canal opened, within 2?
 
1869 (accepting 1867-71). 3 for Joshua.
 
> 6. Clear Island, or Cape Clear Island, is the southermost inhabited
> island of Ireland and is divided by an isthmus called the Waist.
> What *county* is it located in?
 
Cork. 4 for Dan Tilque and Calvin. 3 for Peter.
 
> 7. The word "isthmus" comes from the ancient Greek word for neck.
> In Greece, then, what is the name of the isthmus that connects
> the mainland to the Peloponnese or Peloponnesian Peninsula?
 
Isthmus of Corinth. 4 for Dan Tilque.
 
> 8. The Karelian Isthmus is a stretch of land where what *two*
> northern European countries are connected?
 
Finland, Russia. (It's not their whole border, of course -- just the
southwestern bit of it, between Lake Ladoga and the sea. But it's one
of the bits they fought two wars over, as side conflicts during WW2.)
4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Marc, and Erland.
 
> Australian state*? One was the infamous penal colony of
> Port Arthur, so chosen to make escape especially difficult.
> Name the state.
 
Tasmania. 4 for Peter and Calvin.
 
> 10. This isthmus forms part of an area disputed between Spain and
> Great Britain. Name the isthmus.
 
Isthmus of Gibraltar. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Marc, Peter, Erland,
Gareth, and Calvin.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Geo
Joshua Kreitzer 40 19 59
Erland Sommarskog 36 20 56
Dan Tilque 24 28 52
Dan Blum 32 16 48
"Calvin" 27 16 43
Peter Smyth 24 19 43
Marc Dashevsky 12 24 36
Gareth Owen 24 12 36
Jason Kreitzer 27 0 27
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "This is, I am told, progress.
msb@vex.net But I beg leave to doubt it." --Frimbo
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 21 04:25PM -0800

On Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 3:17:40 PM UTC+10, Gareth Owen wrote:
> > week of January. Merry Christmas all.
 
> Merry Christmas Calvin (*grits teeth* and congratulations to your
> cricketers, who seem better than ours in every facet of the game)
 
Thanks. We know how to win at home, but away alas is another matter. Bangladesh anyone?
 
best,
calvin
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