Monday, January 08, 2018

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 07 10:16PM -0600

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-11-20,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
 
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Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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All questions were written by members of Smith & Guessin' 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 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 9, Round 7 - Entertainment - Top Cult Movies
 
Your question setter has some favorite cult movies of his own, but
he chose 10 from "Entertainment Weekly"'s list of the top 60 cult
movies of all time. We give you EW's ranking, the year of release,
and 2-3 quotes from the movie; you just give us the title.
 
1. Ranked #2, from 1975.
* "Do you have any tattoos, Brad?"
* "So come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab."
 
2. #1, from 1984
* "The Boston gig has been cancelled. I wouldn't worry about
it, though; it's not a big college town."
* "These go to 11."
 
3. #27, from 1985.
* "There's no basement at the Alamo."
* "Large Marge sent me."
* "I wouldn't sell my bike for all the money in the world.
Not for a hundred million trillion billion dollars!"
 
4. #25, from 1971.
* "Old Slugworth would give his false teeth to get inside for
5 minutes."
* "Violet, you're turning violet!"
 
5. #31, from 1977.
* "Well, um, icing happen when the puck come down, bang, you
know, before the other guys, you know. Nobody there, you
know. My arm go comme ça, then the game stop then start up."
* "I got a good deal on those boys. The scouts said they showed
a lot of promise."
 
6. #34, from 1998.
* "That rug really tied the room together, did it not?"
* "You're being very un-dude."
* "You want a Toe? I can get you a toe, believe me."
 
7. #8, from 1983.
* "But for a green card, I'm gonna carve him up real nice."
* "Lesson #2: Don't get high on your own supply."
 
8. #9, from 1982.
* "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.
Time to die."
* "It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?"
* "Have you ever retired a human by mistake?"
 
9. #51, from 1975.
* "Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me
these questions three, ere the other side he see!"
* "'Tis but a scratch!"
 
10. #54, from 1987.
* "He didn't fall? Inconceivable!"
* "They were both poisoned. I've spent the last few years
building up an immunity to iocane powder."
 
 
* Game 9, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Words from Below Sea Level
 
About 1% of all English words are of Dutch origin. In each case,
we'll give the definition and/or the etymology of one of them, and
you provide the word as commonly used in English.
 
1. South African anteater, named for the Cape Dutch words for
"earth" and "pig".
 
2. From the Dutch word for an adventurer who pillages and plunders.
 
3. From the Dutch word "verlof" or permission to leave.
 
4. From the Dutch words for "snack" and "bag".
 
5. From the Dutch word for "froth" or "foam", it refers to the
lowest class of humanity.
 
6. From the Dutch word for "donkey" as used in "painter's donkey"
-- a common reference to a painter's implement.
 
7. From the Dutch word for a ghostly image or appearance.
 
8. From the Dutch and Afrikaans word for a trail or track.
 
9. From the Dutch and Afrikaans word for a wild animal, used to
describe a certain herd animal of the savannah.
 
10. Neighborhood in New York that got its name from the Dutch for
"Rabbit Island".
 
--
Mark Brader | "You're not entitled to a trial."
msb@vex.net | "Anybody's entitled to a trial, damn you!"
Toronto | "That is absolutely true. But you see, you are NOT anybody..."
-- John Brunner, "The Shockwave Rider"
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 08 04:26AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:LbydnZPOJcEGbc_HnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 1. Ranked #2, from 1975.
> * "Do you have any tattoos, Brad?"
> * "So come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab."
 
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show"

> * "The Boston gig has been cancelled. I wouldn't worry about
> it, though; it's not a big college town."
> * "These go to 11."
 
"This Is Spinal Tap"
 
> * "Large Marge sent me."
> * "I wouldn't sell my bike for all the money in the world.
> Not for a hundred million trillion billion dollars!"
 
"Pee-Wee's Big Adventure"

> * "Old Slugworth would give his false teeth to get inside for
> 5 minutes."
> * "Violet, you're turning violet!"
 
"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
 
> know. My arm go comme ça, then the game stop then start up."
> * "I got a good deal on those boys. The scouts said they showed
> a lot of promise."
 
"Slap Shot"

> * "That rug really tied the room together, did it not?"
> * "You're being very un-dude."
> * "You want a Toe? I can get you a toe, believe me."
 
"The Big Lebowski"
 
> 7. #8, from 1983.
> * "But for a green card, I'm gonna carve him up real nice."
> * "Lesson #2: Don't get high on your own supply."
 
"Scarface"

> Time to die."
> * "It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?"
> * "Have you ever retired a human by mistake?"
 
"Blade Runner"
 
> * "Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me
> these questions three, ere the other side he see!"
> * "'Tis but a scratch!"
 
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

> * "He didn't fall? Inconceivable!"
> * "They were both poisoned. I've spent the last few years
> building up an immunity to iocane powder."
 
"The Princess Bride"
 
> you provide the word as commonly used in English.
 
> 1. South African anteater, named for the Cape Dutch words for
> "earth" and "pig".
 
aardvark

> 2. From the Dutch word for an adventurer who pillages and plunders.
 
buccaneer (?)

> 3. From the Dutch word "verlof" or permission to leave.
 
furlough

> 5. From the Dutch word for "froth" or "foam", it refers to the
> lowest class of humanity.
 
dregs

> 6. From the Dutch word for "donkey" as used in "painter's donkey"
> -- a common reference to a painter's implement.
 
easel

> 7. From the Dutch word for a ghostly image or appearance.
 
doppelganger

> 8. From the Dutch and Afrikaans word for a trail or track.
 
trek

> 9. From the Dutch and Afrikaans word for a wild animal, used to
> describe a certain herd animal of the savannah.
 
wildebeest
 
> 10. Neighborhood in New York that got its name from the Dutch for
> "Rabbit Island".
 
Coney Island
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 08 04:44AM


> 1. Ranked #2, from 1975.
> * "Do you have any tattoos, Brad?"
> * "So come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab."
 
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
 
> * "The Boston gig has been cancelled. I wouldn't worry about
> it, though; it's not a big college town."
> * "These go to 11."
 
This is Spinal Tap
 
> * "Large Marge sent me."
> * "I wouldn't sell my bike for all the money in the world.
> Not for a hundred million trillion billion dollars!"
 
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
 
> * "Old Slugworth would give his false teeth to get inside for
> 5 minutes."
> * "Violet, you're turning violet!"
 
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
 
> * "That rug really tied the room together, did it not?"
> * "You're being very un-dude."
> * "You want a Toe? I can get you a toe, believe me."
 
The Big Lebowski
 
> 7. #8, from 1983.
> * "But for a green card, I'm gonna carve him up real nice."
> * "Lesson #2: Don't get high on your own supply."
 
Scarface
 
> Time to die."
> * "It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?"
> * "Have you ever retired a human by mistake?"
 
Blade Runner
 
> * "Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me
> these questions three, ere the other side he see!"
> * "'Tis but a scratch!"
 
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
 
> * "He didn't fall? Inconceivable!"
> * "They were both poisoned. I've spent the last few years
> building up an immunity to iocane powder."
 
The Princess Bride
 
> * Game 9, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Words from Below Sea Level
 
> 1. South African anteater, named for the Cape Dutch words for
> "earth" and "pig".
 
aardvark
 
> 2. From the Dutch word for an adventurer who pillages and plunders.
 
freebooter
 
> 5. From the Dutch word for "froth" or "foam", it refers to the
> lowest class of humanity.
 
scum
 
> 6. From the Dutch word for "donkey" as used in "painter's donkey"
> -- a common reference to a painter's implement.
 
easel
 
> 7. From the Dutch word for a ghostly image or appearance.
 
spook
 
> 9. From the Dutch and Afrikaans word for a wild animal, used to
> describe a certain herd animal of the savannah.
 
wildebeest
 
> 10. Neighborhood in New York that got its name from the Dutch for
> "Rabbit Island".
 
Harlem
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 07 10:13PM -0600

Mark Brader:
> the Shakespearean play. In a few cases we will tell you who is
> speaking, or provide a stage direction.
 
> 1. [To soothsayer] "The Ides of March are come."
 
"Julius Caesar". (Caesar speaking. The reply is: "Ay, Caesar,
but not gone.") 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Dan Tilque,
Pete, and Jason.
 
> The day is hot, the Capulets abroad.
> And if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl,
> For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring."
 
"Romeo and Juliet". (Benvolio speaking.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
Peter, Marc, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Jason.
 
> Whisper her ear and tell her, I and Ursley
> Walk in the orchard, and our whole discourse
> Is all of her."
 
"Much Ado About Nothing". (Hero speaking.) 4 for Joshua
and Dan Blum.
 
> 4. Solanio: "Now, what news on the Rialto?"
> Salarino: "Why, yet it lives there unchecked that Antonio hath
> a ship of rich landing wrecked on the narrow seas..."
 
"The Merchant of Venice". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
 
> It should not stand in thy posterity,
> But that myself should be the root and father
> Of many kings."
 
"Macbeth". (Banquo speaking.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc,
Dan Tilque, Pete, and Jason.
 
> Make me revenger. Bear the King's son's body
> Before our army. Thy Pacorus, Orodes,
> Pays this for Marcus Crassus."
 
"Antony and Cleopatra". (Ventidius speaking.) 4 for Joshua,
Dan Blum, Peter, and Dan Tilque.
 
> rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn
> brake our tiring-house; and we will do it in action, as we will
> do it before the Duke."
 
"A Midsummmer Night's Dream". (Bottom and Quince speaking.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 8. [as Cambio] "Fiddler, forbear; you grow too forward, sir.
> Have you so soon forgot the entertainment
> Her sister Katherine welcome'd you withal?"
 
"The Taming of the Shrew". (Lucentio speaking.) 4 for Joshua
and Dan Blum.
 
> Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
> Grating so harshly all his days of quiet
> With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?"
 
"Hamlet". (King Claudius speaking.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Marc.
 
> Gentleman: "One minded like the weather, most unquietly."
> Kent: "I know you. Where's the King?"
> Gentleman: "Contending with the fretful elements..."
 
"King Lear". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
 
 
> What you must do, of course, is name the composer. *Warning*:
> Answers may repeat.
 
> 1. "Worthy is the Lamb" (1741).
 
George Frideric Handel (from "Messiah"). 4 for Pete. 3 for Erland.
 
> 2. "Ah Holy Jesus" (1727).
 
Johann Sebastian Bach (from "The St. Matthew Passion"). You had to
be more specific than "Bach". 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. 3 for Erland.
 
> 3. "The Wonder of His Works" (1797).
 
Joseph Haydn (from "The Creation"). 4 for Pete.
 
> 4. "Ode to Joy" (1824).
 
Ludwig van Beethoven (from his 9th Symphony). 4 for everyone --
Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Jason.
 
> 5. "For the Love of Jesus" (1865).
 
John Stainer (from "The Crucifixion").
 
> 6. "Blessed Are" (1865).
 
Johannes Brahms (from "Requiem").
 
> 7. "Requiem Aeternam" (1791).
 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (from *his* "Requiem"). ("Aeternam" means
"eternal".) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete.
 
> 8. "Thanks Be to God" (1846).
 
Felix Mendelssohn (from "Elijah"). 4 for Pete.
 
> 9. "Zadok the Priest" (1727).
 
Handel again. 4 for Peter and Pete.
 
> 10. "Jerusalem" (1916).
 
Sir Hubert Parry. 4 for Peter.
 
 
> questions on the Canadian Football League championship.
 
> 1. What team holds the record for consecutive Grey Cup titles,
> namely 5, from 1978 to 1982?
 
Edmonton Eskimos. 3 for Pete.
 
> 2. What team has the most Grey Cup victories, namely 16?
 
Toronto Argonauts. It's 17 now (gloat), from 1914 to 2017.
"Argonauts" wasn't required in the original game, but I'm requiring
it; three other Toronto teams have been Grey Cup winners, two between
1909 and 1930 when the field of teams was rather different than today,
and one in 1942 when the game was restricted to military teams.
 
> 3. What current CFL team has gone the longest without winning the
> Grey Cup, their last title coming in 1990?
 
Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
 
> 4. The Grey Cup attendance record dates back to 1977, when more
> than 68,000 fans attended the game in which city?
 
Montreal. (Olympic Stadium.) 2 for Dan Blum.
 
> 5. Where will next Sunday's game be played?
 
Ottawa. In fairly heavy snow, as it turned out. Whee! 4 for Pete.
 
> 6. Who won last year's Grey Cup?
 
Ottawa Redblacks. (They beat Calgary 39-33 in overtime.) "Redblacks"
was required.
 
> 7. Name the quarterback who holds the record of 4 touchdown passes
> in a Grey Cup game (in 1969), and shares the record of 8 career
> Grey Cup TD passes.
 
Russ Jackson. (Ottawa Rough Riders.)
 
> 8. The first Grey Cup game was played in 1909 in which upscale
> Toronto neighborhood?
 
Rosedale. (U of T Varsity Blues beat Toronto Parkdale 26-6 at
Rosedale Field.)
 
> his assistant coach, who then won 5 as a head coach with
> four other clubs. The third record-holder won his 5 with two
> different teams. Name *any one* of the three.
 
Hugh Campbell (Edmonton Eskimos); Don Matthews (B.C. Lions, Baltimore
Stallions, Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes); Wally Buono
["BWON-oh"] (Calgary Stampeders, B.C. Lions).
 
> 10. Name either of the 2 head coaches who have led Grey-Cup-winning
> teams and also led American football teams to the Super Bowl
> (though they did not win that).
 
Bud Grant (4 Grey Cups with Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 4 Super Bowl
losses with Minnesota Vikings); Marv Levy {"LEE-vee"] (2 Grey Cups
with Montreal Alouettes, 4 Super Bowl losses with Buffalo Bills).
4 for Pete.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 BEST
TOPICS-> His Geo Lit Aud Can THREE
Joshua Kreitzer 38 28 40 4 0 106
Dan Blum 31 24 40 8 2 95
Dan Tilque 36 32 24 8 0 92
Pete Gayde 28 22 16 28 11 78
Marc Dashevsky 28 19 16 4 0 63
Erland Sommarskog 32 16 0 14 0 62
Peter Smyth 20 12 16 12 0 48
Jason Kreitzer 24 0 12 4 0 40
Bruce Bowler 18 20 -- -- -- 38
 
--
Mark Brader "I am taking what you write in the spirit in
Toronto which it is intended. That's the problem."
msb@vex.net -- Tony Cooper
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jan 07 05:12PM -0800

On Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 5:52:34 AM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote:
> Quiz concludes in 7 days on 08-Jan-2018.
 
> 1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
> as governor of California?
 
Schwarzenegger
 
> 2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the
> Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
 
IBM, Apple
 
> 3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
 
India
 
> 4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
> the 1890s?
 
Basketball
 
> on or about 12 March 1951?
 
 

> 6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
> Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
 
Hadrian's Wall

> 7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
 
De Niro, Brando
 
> 8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
 
Charles Dickens
 
> 9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
 
Free kick (assuming you mean soccer), 5 yard penalty (if NFL)
 
> 10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
> produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
 
Cervantes
 
> 11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
> be elected governor of a US state?
 
The Last Boy Scout

> 12. Who was he?
 
Schwarzenegger
 
 
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 07 01:20PM -0800

New Years SALE!!! -- Everything must GO!! -- only ONE DAY left!!
================================================================
 
Just a reminder there's only one day left for this quiz.
 
 
Happy New Year and welcome to Rotating Quiz #278. Hope there's more
participation than the last RQ.
 
This quiz may look like it's just a random collection of questions. Well
it is, but it does have a theme. However it's not like the usual themes
for RQs. There's no pattern or commonality in the answers, but rather
there's something unusual about the questions. You won't get any points
for finding the theme, but that could get you more points than otherwise.
 
Like Mark's Canadian Inquisition quizzes, you can give two answers for
each question, but unlike them, there's no penalty for giving wrong
answers. One point for every right answer and the usual rules apply.
Quiz concludes in 7 days on 08-Jan-2018.
 
 
1. Which actor-turned-politician was Jerry Brown's immediate predecessor
as governor of California?
 
2. What was the first NASDAQ-traded stock to be included in the
Dow-Jones Industrial Average?
 
3. Hyderabad, a city of over 1 million people, is located in which country?
 
4. What Olympic sport was invented at a western Massachusetts YMCA in
the 1890s?
 
5. What artist created the character Dennis The Menace, first published
on or about 12 March 1951?
 
6. What defensive wall, named for an emperor, was built by the Roman
Empire on the northern border of Roman Britain?
 
7. Who won an Academy Award for playing the role of Vito Corleone?
 
8. What famous person was born on 12 February 1809?
 
9. What is the penalty for an offside violation in football?
 
10. He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever
produced, and he died on or about 23 April 1616. Who was he?
 
11. What 1987 action-adventure movie featured an actor who would later
be elected governor of a US state?
 
12. Who was he?
 
 
Have fun, everybody.
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
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