| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 02 02:39AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-16, 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 4 days. All questions were written by members of What She Said 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 8, Round 7 - Leisure - Board-Game Cities Many board game designers choose to theme their game designs around the history or development of existing cities (or other places with a small area). We've given you a handout http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-7/games.pdf showing the box covers of various games which are named in this way. In each case we'll tell you the place name that we've obscured on the handout; you tell us which number game it is. 1. Timbuktu. 2. Bombay. 3. Bruges. 4. London. 5. Carson City. 6. Macao. 7. Vanuatu. 8. Toledo ["Toh-LAY-doh"]. 9. Istanbul. 10. Madeira. And if you like, please decode the rot13 and identify the 8 decoys for fun, but for no points. 11. Pnepnffbaar. 12. Mnamvone. 13. Fgenfobhet. 14. Qrnqjbbq. 15. Znegvavdhr. 16. Fna Whna. 17. Ongnivn. 18. Onepryban. * Game 8, Round 8 - Entertainment - Non-Disney Animation It seems like almost every season there's a category about Disney's animated movies, so here's one about animated films *not* made by Disney or Pixar. In each case, name the movie. 1. Released in 1973, this adaptation of E.B. White's book of the same name was so popular that when it was rereleased on video in 1993, it was one of that year's best-sellers. 2. This 1982 release, about a unicorn transformed into a young woman and her quest, featured vocal performances from Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, and Jeff Bridges. 3. Also made in 1982: the first theatrical release directed by animation legend (and Disney refugee) Don Bluth, adapted from a 1971 children's book by Robert C. O'Brien about intelligent rats. 4. Bluth's next feature film was in 1986: a story about an unusual immigrant. Songs in the film included "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" and "Somewhere Out There." 5. 20th Century Fox hired Bluth in the 1990s to run their animation unit; his first film with them was extremely successful, and featured the songs "A Rumor in St. Petersburg" and "Once upon a December." 6. This Biblical epic was the first hand-drawn animated film to be released by Dreamworks Animation; it included the songs "Deliver Us", "Through Heaven's Eyes", and "When You Believe." 7. This 1999 film about a boy and his robot was a box-office failure but has since become regarded as one of the classics of modern animation. 8. This 2001 Hayao Miyazaki film is the only hand-drawn film to win Best Animated Feature at the Oscars, and is still the highest-grossing movie in Japanese history. 9. This French-Canadian co-production, a surreal comedy about cycling, music-hall theater, and the Mob, won the Genie for Best Picture of 2004, although it was released in 2003 in France. 10. This 2007 film, an adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's graphic-novel memoir by the same title, won the Jury Prize at Cannes. -- Mark Brader | "Well, in difficult circumstances, sacrifices do Toronto | have to be made -- especially by ordinary people." msb@vex.net | --Sir Humphrey ("Yes, Prime Minister" (2013), Lynn & Jay) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 02 02:10AM -0500 Mark Brader: > you'll be given two or more collective nouns that apply to the same > type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they > all apply to. This was the hardest round in the original game. > 1. Shrewdness, troop. Apes. (Specific apes are not acceptable, as "shrewdness" is not used with them.) > 2. Colony, cloud. Bats. > 3. Unkindness, conspiracy. Ravens. 4 for Dan Blum. > 4. Parliament, stare. Owls. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 5. Team, passel, drift, parcel. Hogs (accepting pigs). > 6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble. Butterflies. 4 for Dan Blum. > 7. Bale, nest, turn, dole. Turtles. > 8. Labor, company, movement. Moles. 4 for Dan Blum. > 9. Bask, float, congregation. Crocodiles. > 10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water, > or a waddle, if they are on land. Penguins. 4 for Dan Tilque. > The things, you say, > Your purple prose just gives you away, > The things, you say... EMF. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > I was alive and I waited, waited, > I was alive and I waited for this, > Right here, right now... Jesus Jones. 4 for Joshua. > I wish I was little bit taller, > I wish I was a baller, > I wish I had a girl who looked good... Skee-Lo. 4 for Joshua. > Jump, jump, > The Mac Dad will make you jump, jump, > A Daddy Mac will make you jump, jump... Kris Kross. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > Back in your own world, > Stay with me, stay with me, > Stay with me, stay with me... Shakespear's Sister. 4 for Joshua. > I know who I want to take me home, > I know who I want to take me home, > I know who I want to take me home... Semisonic. 4 for Joshua. > What if God was one of us? > Just a slob like one of us, > Just a stranger on the bus... Joan Osborne. 4 for Joshua. > I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, > I'm a child, I'm a mother, > I'm a sinner, I'm a saint... Meredith Brooks. 4 for Joshua. > I'm not sick but I'm not well, > And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in Hell, > I'm not sick but I'm not well... Harvey Danger. 4 for Joshua. > Love me, love me, > Say that you love me, > Fool me, fool me... The Cardigans. 4 for Joshua. > universe, have been described as "New York during the day" > and "New York at night" -- which also serves to explain the > characters who famously reside in them. Name *both*. Metropolis, Gotham City (respectively). (DC Comics and many screen adaptations.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > in Maine. One is the setting of "Cujo", "Stand By Me", and > "The Dead Zone" among others; the other is the setting of "It", > "Insomnia", and "11/22/63". Name *either* town. Castle Rock, Derry (respectively). 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. > 3. This town in Middle-Earth, just outside the Shire, is known > for being home to both men and hobbits alike. Bree. ("The Lord of the Rings: The Followship of the Ring".) 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 4. This town in Massachusetts appears in many of H.P. Lovecraft's > short horror stories. Arkham. 4 for Dan Blum. > 5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this, > the largest and most diverse city on the Disc. Ankh-Morpork. 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Dan Tilque. > 6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent > or guardian to visit this small town located near their school. Hogsmeade. 4 for Pete and Joshua. > 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town. Lake Wobegon. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Joshua. > 8. Stephen Leacock modeled the setting for many of his stories > after Orillia, Ontario, but named it this instead. Mariposa. > 9. Fans have calculated that the murder rate of this seaside town > in Maine, the setting for the TV show "Murder, She Wrote", > is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras. Cabot Cove. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. > 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive > of scum and villainy". Mos Eisley. ("Star Wars", the original movie.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 3 4 5 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Sci Aud L+E Joshua Kreitzer 28 0 40 24 92 Dan Blum 27 16 8 24 75 Dan Tilque 16 8 0 23 47 Pete Gayde 4 0 0 8 12 Erland Sommarskog 4 -- -- -- 4 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "X-ray of girl shows bureaucratic mentality" msb@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, January 18, 1988 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 01 08:08PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Parnassus was the sacred mountain home of the muses and which > Greek god? Athena > 2 Michel Platini represented which country in football > (soccer)? France > 3 Which American singer released the 2016 concept album > 'Lemonade'? Katy Perry > 4 Who presented the popular 1980s TV documentary > 'Cosmos: A Personal Voyage'? Sagan > late 1880s? > 6 Which city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on > 27th May 1703? Yekaterinburg > 7 In 1954 which internal organ was the first to be > successfully transplanted between humans? Kidney > 8 Michael Caine has won > two Best Supporting Actor Oscars- name either film. Ipcress File > 9 Which > British rock band released a 1983 compilation album titled 'Strange > Brew'? Cream > 10 Which is the only national capital in South America that > is adjacent to the Pacific Ocean? Santiago |
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