- QFTCICR19 Game 8, Rounds 9-10: women and challenge - 2 Updates
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- Calvin's Quiz #561 - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 02 12:35AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-03-25, 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 8, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Women In honor of International Women's Day... 1. A UN report in 2015 showed that women earn what percentage of men's wages? Answer within 3 percentage points. 2. Which French intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist and feminist wrote "The Second Sex", published in 1949? 3. Who was the first and so far only female Prime Minister of Canada, holding office in 1993? 4. Which Asian country has the longest average female life expectancy at 86.8 years? 5. Which family of sisters was instrumental in the British movement for women's suffrage, including militant tactics such as window breaking? In prison they resorted to hunger strikes which led to violent force-feeding. Give their surname. 6. Betty Friedan published which book in 1963 that is widely credited with sparking second-wave feminism in the US? 7. In 1916, women in which Canadian province became the first to win both the right to vote and to hold provincial office? 8. Women in which Canadian province were the *last* to be granted federal voting rights, in 1940? 9. She was the first woman to be CEO of a Fortune 500 company. She led her family's newspaper, becoming CEO in 1972. Name her or the newspaper. 10. Name the political party that organized the first Women's Day in 1909. ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round * A. Bridget Jones A1. What birthday does Bridget Jones describe in her diary? A2. Bridget Jones's diary mentions two actors who would star in the movie version of the book. Name either of the actors. * B. Leading Roles B1. Robert Donat, Kenneth More, and Robert Powell have all played the leading role in different versions of which movie? B2. Charles Laughton, Anthony Quinn, and Anthony Hopkins have all played the leading role in different versions of which movie? (One of them was a TV version.) * C. The Last British Governor Who was the last British governor of... C1. Hong Kong? C2. India? * D. Islanders On what islands were these people born? D1. Napoleon Bonaparte. D2. Freddie Mercury, the singer. * E. Flowers E1. What flower gets its name for the Turkish or Persian word for a turban? E2. What would you find in an anther or stamen? * F. Winds F1. The sirocco is a hot, dry wind which blows from which desert? F2. The pampero is a cold wind which blows over which mountains? -- Mark Brader | "Some societies define themselves by being open to new Toronto | influences, others define their identity by resisting. msb@vex.net | In either case, they take the consequences." --Donna Richoux My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 02 02:20AM -0700 On 5/1/19 10:35 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > In honor of International Women's Day... > 1. A UN report in 2015 showed that women earn what percentage of > men's wages? Answer within 3 percentage points. 75% > activist and feminist wrote "The Second Sex", published in 1949? > 3. Who was the first and so far only female Prime Minister of > Canada, holding office in 1993? Kim Campbell > 4. Which Asian country has the longest average female life > expectancy at 86.8 years? Singapore > or the newspaper. > 10. Name the political party that organized the first Women's Day > in 1909. IWW > * C. The Last British Governor > Who was the last British governor of... > C1. Hong Kong? Chris Patten > C2. India? Lord Mountbatten > * D. Islanders > On what islands were these people born? > D1. Napoleon Bonaparte. Corsica > E1. What flower gets its name for the Turkish or Persian word > for a turban? > E2. What would you find in an anther or stamen? pollen > * F. Winds > F1. The sirocco is a hot, dry wind which blows from which desert? Sahara > F2. The pampero is a cold wind which blows over which mountains? Andes -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 02 12:33AM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. 1974: The story of an acerbic 1960s comic whose groundbreaking, > no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed > by the Establishment as too obscene for the public. "Lenny", Bob Fosse. 4 for Joshua. > 2. 1971: Shot in black-and-white and set in a dying Texas town, > this was the film debut of Cybill Shepherd, who the director > had discovered; they went on to have an 8-year relationship. "The Last Picture Show", Peter Bogdanovich. 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Pete. > 3. 1974: This Italian-American director made the first sequel ever > to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. "The Godfather Part 2", Francis Ford Coppola. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan, Pete, and Calvin. > 4. 1973: Set in the world of small-time New-York hoodlums and > gangsters was this director's first of many collaborations with > Robert De Niro. "Mean Streets", Martin Scorsese. 4 for Joshua. > 5. 1975: At nearly 3 hours, this movie features a huge cast of > 24 main characters. It's set in the South in the "capital of > country music". "Nashville", Robert Altman. 4 for everyone. > 6. 1974: A neo-film-noir mystery, nominated for 11 Academy Awards, > was this director's last movie made in the US before he fled the > country to avoid being imprisoned for unlawful sex with a minor. "Chinatown", Roman Polanski. 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Pete. > all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, > Actress in Lead Role, Director and Screenplay). It was this > Czech director's second movie made in the US. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", Milos Forman. 4 for Joshua and Calvin. > became the first R-rated movie to win the Academy Award for > Best Picture. Two years later, the same person would direct > one of the most famous horror movies of all time. "The French Connection", William Friedkin. ("The Exorcist".) 4 for Joshua. > 9. 1976: A political drama based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the > same name by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two journalists > investigating the Watergate scandal for the "Washington Post". "All the President's Men", Alan J. Pakula. 4 for Joshua. > use of drugs that suppress emotions. This was the director's > debut. He later founded a company using part of the same name, > to assure high-quality audio in movie theaters. "THX 1138", George Lucas. 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Pete. > * Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana History - Dates in Canadian History. > In case case, tell us what happened that day. Where applicable, > be specific. There will be some leniency in scoring. Yes, this was the second round *this season* on the same topic -- and it included questions on three of the same events as the first one. As you will remember from my posting on 2019-01-13, that round was a bit easier, with some information other than the bare dates given. > 1. 1982-03-29. Patriation of the constitution. > 2. 1885-11-07. Last spike driven in the Canadian Pacific Railway. (See specially selected non-random signature quote.) > 3. 1967-04-27. Opening of the Montreal world's fair, Expo 67. 4 for Joshua. > 4. 1919-05-15. Winnipeg General Strike begins. (Accepting any reference to the strike as long as Winnipeg is mentioned.) In the original game the date given was 1919-05-26 and the expected answer was just the strike. As far as I can tell, that was not the date of any important event during the strike. > 5. 1917-04-09. Battle of Vimy Ridge begins. > 6. 1988-09-22. Prime Minister Mulroney issues an apology, and announces compensation, for the internment of Japanese-Canadians during World War II. > 7. 1970-10-16. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau imposes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis. > 8. 1972-09-28. End of the hockey "summit series" between Team Canada and the USSR. 4 for Pete. > 9. 1976-07-17. Opening of the Montreal Olympics, the first hosted in Canada. 4 for Joshua. > 10. 1995-10-30. Quebec holds its second referendum calling for independence. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Lit Geo Sci Spo Ent Can FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 32 40 16 20 40 8 132 "Calvin" 24 27 8 28 12 0 91 Pete Gayde 0 16 8 32 20 4 76 Dan Blum 15 18 20 7 20 0 73 Erland Sommarskog 0 32 3 36 -- -- 71 -- Mark Brader "All I can say is that the work Toronto has been done well in every way." msb@vex.net --William C. Van Horne, 1885-11-07 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 01 06:52PM > 1 What 1961 film was written by Arthur Miller and starred his then wife Marilyn Monroe? The Seven-Day Itch > 3 Somewhat incongruously, what is the first movement in Gustav Holst's Planet Suite? The Sun > 4 With a population of c. 12 million, what is the largest non-capital city located entirely within Europe? St. Petersburg > 5 Which species of kangaroo is the largest? red kangaroo > 6 Peter O'Toole was twice nominated for an Oscar (in two separate movies) for portraying which English king? Henry VIII > 8 Which rays were discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895? X-Rays > 9 Scrooge McDuck and Smaug top which Forbes magazine list? richest fictional characters > 10 Who created the animated characters Wallace and Gromit? Nick Park -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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