| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 21 12:52AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-02-11, 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 Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 3, Round 4 - Entertainment - Movies about Movies In each cases name the movie described. All are fiction (or fictionalizations), no documentaries. 1. 1952: Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly. Silent-era stars try to make a talkie. 2. 2017: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Jackie Weaver. A behind-the-scenes look at the making of perhaps the worst movie ever. 3. 1994: Johhny Depp, Sarah Jessica Parker. A transvestite movie director works with Bela Lugosi. 4. 1997: Julianne Moore, Mark Wahlberg. The rise and fall of a porn star. 5. 1981: Meryl Streep, Jeremey Irons. A story of a Victorian paleontologist and a troubled young woman is being filmed in the current era -- with an actor and actress whose situation parallels the characters'. 6. 2008: Robert Downey Jr, Jack Black, Tom Cruise cameo. A group of prima-donna actors are making a Vietnam war movie. 7. 2002: Meryl Streep, Nicolas Cage, Chris Cooper. This metafilm was written by Charlie Kaufman, based on a book called "The Orchid Thief". 8. 2013: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks. The story centers on the development of "Mary Poppins" from a book to a movie. Walt Disney meets with P.L. Travers, the author. 9. 1995: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo. A loan shark's muscle man goes to collect a debt from a B-movie producer -- which leads to a movie being produced. 10. 1997: Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Kirsten Dunst. A spin doctor and a Hollywood producer fabricate a war to distract voters, and get more than they bargained for. * Game 3, Round 6 - Canadiana Literature - GG&G Winners We'll tell you the author and the year of the award, and give you a brief synopsis. You name the prize-winning novel. Answers #1-5 are all Governor General's Literary Award winners. 1. Sarah Henstra, 2018: A smart, dark look at rape culture and the extremes to which ideology can go. 2. Michael Ondaatje, 2000: The destruction of innocent lives haunts the title character, driving her to identify the victim and killer. 3. David Gilmour, 2005: A father makes a casual error of judgement, and leaves his 6-year-old son alone for 15 minutes. 4. Nino Ricco, 2008: Set in Montreal in 1986, a researcher is working on his Ph.D., trying to connect Darwin's theories to a greater theory of life. 5. Lina Spalding, 2012: A ex-Quaker family moves to Virginia and buys a slave, setting in motion a chain of events. And #6-10 are all Giller Prize winners. 6. Linden MacIntyre, 2009: A Catholic priest who quickly and quietly resolves church scandals must relocate himself to Cape Breton Island. 7. Austin Clarke, 2002: Set in 1950's Barbados, the novel is a confession of a crime, involving a sugar plantation owner, and a field laborer who is also his mistress. 8. Elizabeth Hay, 2007: The novel chronicles the author's experiences as a CBC Radio journalist, in Yellowknife, NWT. Four friends make a trek across frozen territory. 9. Esi Edugyan, 2018: The story follows the early life of a young man who has escaped from slavery, and his subsequent adventures. 10. Madeleine Thien, 2016: The story follows an extended family in China, through Mao's Cultural Revolution, and those who lived through Tiananmen Square. -- Mark Brader, Toronto / "A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, msb@vex.net / tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 21 12:49AM -0600 Mark Brader: > the Super Bowl on the winning side, then after being traded or > otherwise changing teams, did the same thing the following year > with his new team. Name *any one* of the four. LeGarrette Blount, Chris Long, Ken Norton Jr., Deion Sanders. Norton was the first: with Dallas in 1994, San Francisco in 1995. Sanders was also on that San Francisco team and won with Dallas in 1996. And the other two both were with New England in 2017 and Philadelphia in 2018. (All dates refer to the year of the Super Bowl itself, associated with the previous year's football season.) > 2. The longest span between Super Bowl wins for a player is > 12 seasons. Name him or the team he played for. Ray Lewis, Baltimore Ravens (2001, 2013). > 3. Two teams share the record for the most *losses* in the Super > Bowl game, namely 5 games. Name *either one*. Denver Broncos (1978, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2014), New England Patriots (1986, 1997, 2008, 2012, 2018). 4 for Calvin. > 4. One team holds the record for losses in *consecutive* Super > Bowl games, namely 4. Name them. Buffalo Bills (1991-94). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > previous question. There are two teams that have made the Super > Bowl four times and lost *all four* times. One is Buffalo, > who did it in consecutive years. Name the other. Minnesota Vikings (1970, 1974, 1975, 1977). 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin. > successive occasions when they made it into the game? That is, > over some time period they won 5 times and the other years they > did not reach the Super Bowl at all. San Francisco 49ers (1982, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1995). 4 for Calvin and Dan Tilque. > 7. In 2018 Tom Brady set a new record for the most passing yards > in a Super Bowl game, but his team lost anyway. Within 25 yards, > what was that record? 505 yards (accepting 480-530). Nobody guessed within twice the allowed leeway. > (I'll write SQBs) in the Super Bowl. The youngest SQB to win > the game was 23 years and 340 days old. That was in 2006. > What's his name? Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh). 4 for Pete. > at 40 years 185 days. Now as of 2019 he is also the *oldest > winning* SQB at 41 years 184 days. Who was the previous holder > of that last record? Peyton Manning (Denver). Manning was 39 years 320 days old when Denver won in 2016. Brady was 24 years 183 days old when New England won in 2002. > points scored in the Super Bowl, at 48, scored over four Super > Bowls. He played these games with the San Francisco 49ers and > which other team? Oakland Raiders. (2003 with Oakland; 1989, 1990, 1995 with SF.) 4 for Pete. > For example, if we said "UK: George III in 1760, preceded by who > in 1727?" you would say "George II". > 1. Netherlands: William-Alexander in 2013, preceded by who in 1980? Beatrix. I accepted "Beatrice" and "Neatrix". 4 for Dan Nlum, Erland, Xalvin, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Norway: Harald V in 1991, preceded by who in 1957? Olav V. > 3. UK: Elizabeth II in 1952, preceded by who in 1936? George VI. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 4. Russia: Nicholas II in 1894, preceded by who in 1881? Alexander III. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete. > 5. Sweden: Carl XVI Gustav in 1973, preceded by who in 1950? Gustaf VI Adolf. ("Gustav VI" was sufficient.) 4 for Erland. > 6. Denmark: Margrethe II in 1972, preceded by who in 1947? Frederick IX. 4 for Erland. > 7. Belgium: Phillipe in 2013, preceded by who in 1993? (How'd I miss noticing that? It's Philippe, of course.) Albert II. > 8. Monaco: Albert II in 2005, preceded by who in 1949? Rainier III. > 9. Pre-Napoleonic France, according to the royalists: Louis XVII > in 1795, preceded by who in 1774? Louis XVI. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > hands twice. We'll give you a break on this: name *either one* > of his two most recent predecessors, one in 1871 and the other > in 1888 about 3 months before him. Wilhelm I, (followed by) Friedrich III. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Spo His "Calvin" 15 20 35 Dan Tilque 12 20 32 Erland Sommarskog 0 28 28 Pete Gayde 16 6 22 Dan Blum 4 16 20 Joshua Kreitzer 8 12 20 -- Mark Brader | "I'm surprised there aren't laws about this in the USA..." msb@vex.net | "Of course there are laws about this in the USA. Toronto | Without even reading further to find out what 'this' is." | --Rob Bannister and Evan Kirshenbaum My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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