| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 22 11:36PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-04-09, 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*)". ** Final, Round 7 - Sports * Olympians Turned Politicians 1. Bob Mathias served as a Republican representing California for four terms from 1967 to 1975. And back in 1948 and 1952, he also won two Olympic gold medals -- in what event? 2. Bill Bradley served as a Democrat representing New Jersey in the Senate for three terms, from 1979 to 1997. He was also a member of the 1964 gold-medal-winning team in what sport? 3. Before serving in the British Parliament as a Conservative for 5 years in the 1990s and leading the successful bid to gain London the 2012 Olympics, Sebastian Coe won Olympic gold at the Moscow and Los Angeles Olympics in which track-and-field event? * Pump-Up Speeches We will give you the actor's name, the year, and the dialogue. In each case you name the movie. 4. 1986, Gene Hackman: "Forget about the crowds, the size of the school, their fancy uniforms, and remember what got you here... If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're going to be winners." 5. 2006, Matthew McConaughey: "When you take that field today, you've got to lay that heart on the line, men. From the soles of your feet, with every ounce of blood you've got in your body, lay it on the line until the final whistle blows. And if you do that -- if you do that -- we cannot lose. We may be behind on the scoreboard at the end of the game, but if you play like that we cannot be defeated." 6. 2004, Kurt Russell: "Great moments are born from great opportunity. And that's what you have here, tonight, boys. That's what you've earned here tonight. One game. If we played 'em 10 times, they might win 9. But not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay with them. And we shut them down, because we can. Tonight, *we* are the greatest hockey team in the world." # * The Ancient Olympics 7. Within 1, in what *century* does tradition state that the first Olympic games were played at Olympia on the Peleponnesian peninsula? 8. In the 300s BC, Cynisca of Sparta was banned from even watching the games, despite having won two events as owner of the winning 4-horse chariot team. Why? 9. Leonidas of Rhodes won 12 first-place awards in foot racing in the ancient games -- a lifetime record not beaten in any sport in the modern games until 2016. Who did it then? * Wheaties Name these athletes who appeared on the Wheaties box. 10. In 1977 and 2012, a male track-and-field star. 11. The male professional athlete who holds the record for most appearances on the box, starting in 1988. 12. The NFL player who was on the box in 2004, but was disgraced by scandal in 2007. * Celebrity Team-Owners In each case either the team name or the city will suffice unless it would be ambiguous. 13. In 2009, Gloria Estefan became a minority owner of what NFL team? 14. In 1989, George W. Bush bought a percentage of what major-league baseball team? 15. In 2011, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith bought a percentage of what NBA team? ** Final, Round 8 - Arts & Literature * Autobiographies 1. Which actor wrote the autobiography "The Moon's a Balloon"? 2. Which athlete wrote the autobiography "Open"? 3. Which singer/songwriter wrote the autobiography "Chronicles"? * Novels by Last Lines 4. The author of this novel came up with two endings. These are the last lines of one of them. Name the novel. "I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her." 5. Which novel ends as follows? "Now what the hell do you suppose is eatin' them two guys?" 6. Which novel ends as follows? "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." * Russian Literature In each case name the author. 7. "The Brothers Karamazov", a murder mystery where one of four brothers is responsible for their father's death. 8. "Mother", written in 1906, describes provincial life in Czarist Russia. It influenced the Bolshevik revolution. 9. Also in Czarist Russia, "Anna Karenina" is a novel about adultery among the aristocracy. * Spies in Non-Fiction In each case name the book. 10. This 1964 book by James Donovan, relating to the spies Rudolf Abel and Gary Powers, served as source material for a movie dramatization starring Tom Hanks. The book's title was partly similar to that movie and partly similar to an earlier, completely unrelated novel and movie. 11. This book by Ben Macintyre describes the true story of British agents rescuing their asset Oleg Gordievsky from the USSR. 12. This book by FBI agent Eric O'Neill describes the author's role in the arrest, conviction, and imprisonment of fellow FBI agent Robert Hanssen for spying for Russia. * Lost Paintings 13. "Man at the Crossroads" was a mural painted in 1933 on a lobby wall of 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. When the artist refused Nelson Rockefeller's demand to remove the image of Lenin from the painting, Rockefeller had the mural destroyed. Name the artist. 14. In 1954, artist Graham Sutherland painted a world leader's portrait for his 80th birthday, but the man's wife ordered it destroyed. Which leader? 15. Director Henri-Georges Clouzot, known as the French Hitchcock, had a painter create 20 original works for a documentary on his technique. They were painted on glass before a camera and then destroyed. Who was the painter? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | The real trouble with this world of ours is... that msb@vex.net | it is nearly reasonable, but not quite. --Chesterton My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 23 05:03AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:XN-dneRXobOvvnvBnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Bob Mathias served as a Republican representing California > for four terms from 1967 to 1975. And back in 1948 and 1952, > he also won two Olympic gold medals -- in what event? decathlon > 2. Bill Bradley served as a Democrat representing New Jersey in > the Senate for three terms, from 1979 to 1997. He was also a > member of the 1964 gold-medal-winning team in what sport? basketball > 5 years in the 1990s and leading the successful bid to gain > London the 2012 Olympics, Sebastian Coe won Olympic gold at the > Moscow and Los Angeles Olympics in which track-and-field event? 1500 meters > potential, to be the best that you can be, I don't care what > the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're > going to be winners." "Hoosiers" > Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay > with them. And we shut them down, because we can. Tonight, > *we* are the greatest hockey team in the world." "Miracle" > 7. Within 1, in what *century* does tradition state that the first > Olympic games were played at Olympia on the Peleponnesian > peninsula? 8th century BCE > 8. In the 300s BC, Cynisca of Sparta was banned from even watching > the games, despite having won two events as owner of the winning > 4-horse chariot team. Why? she was a woman > 9. Leonidas of Rhodes won 12 first-place awards in foot racing in > the ancient games -- a lifetime record not beaten in any sport > in the modern games until 2016. Who did it then? Michael Phelps > * Wheaties > Name these athletes who appeared on the Wheaties box. > 10. In 1977 and 2012, a male track-and-field star. Bruce Jenner (?) > 11. The male professional athlete who holds the record for most > appearances on the box, starting in 1988. Michael Jordan > it would be ambiguous. > 13. In 2009, Gloria Estefan became a minority owner of what > NFL team? Miami Dolphins > 14. In 1989, George W. Bush bought a percentage of what major-league > baseball team? Texas Rangers > 15. In 2011, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith bought a percentage > of what NBA team? Philadelphia 76ers > ** Final, Round 8 - Arts & Literature > * Autobiographies > 1. Which actor wrote the autobiography "The Moon's a Balloon"? David Niven > 2. Which athlete wrote the autobiography "Open"? Andre Agassi > 3. Which singer/songwriter wrote the autobiography "Chronicles"? Bob Dylan > the forge, so the evening mists were rising now, and in all > the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw > no shadow of another parting from her." "Great Expectations" > 6. Which novel ends as follows? "The creatures outside looked > from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; > but already it was impossible to say which was which." "Animal Farm" > In each case name the author. > 7. "The Brothers Karamazov", a murder mystery where one of four > brothers is responsible for their father's death. Dostoyevsky > 9. Also in Czarist Russia, "Anna Karenina" is a novel about adultery > among the aristocracy. Tolstoy > movie dramatization starring Tom Hanks. The book's title was > partly similar to that movie and partly similar to an earlier, > completely unrelated novel and movie. "Bridge of Spies" (?) > artist refused Nelson Rockefeller's demand to remove the image > of Lenin from the painting, Rockefeller had the mural destroyed. > Name the artist. Rivera > 14. In 1954, artist Graham Sutherland painted a world leader's > portrait for his 80th birthday, but the man's wife ordered > it destroyed. Which leader? Winston Churchill > had a painter create 20 original works for a documentary on > his technique. They were painted on glass before a camera and > then destroyed. Who was the painter? Picasso -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 22 11:32PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". In case you wondered why the Subject line said "Rounds 4-6" and not "Rounds 4,6" and yet you didn't get a Round 5, it's because there *was* no Round 5 in the original game: the audio round was canceled due to technical difficulties. It was a 9-round Final for a 9-game season. > ** Final, Round 4 - History This round was the easiest in the original game. > * Ancient Rome > 1. Which Roman emperor ordered the invasion of Britain in 43? Claudius. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum. 2 for Joshua and Calvin. > 2. In a significant action, what did Julius Caesar cross in 49 BC? The border of Italy, namely the Rubicon river. With his army, which was not allowed into Italy. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, and Calvin. 3 for Pete. > 3. What collective name is used for the three wars fought between > Rome and Carthage? Punic Wars. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, and Calvin. > * Battles > 4. Who did the Viet Minh defeat in 1954 at the Battle of Dien > Bien Phu? France. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, and Calvin. > 5. Which *two* countries fought the Battle of Rocroi in 1643? France (yes, again), Spain. > 6. The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement which took place > in 1571. The Venetian republic and the Spanish Empire inflected > a major defeat on who? Ottoman Empire. 4 for everyone. > after the Wall was constructed, one became the best known because > non-Germans were allowed to use it. What name was given to it > by the western allies? Checkpoint Charlie. 4 for everyone. > the boundary between western Europe and and Communist bloc. > That term was used to describe the division between Communist > China and the west? Bamboo Curtain. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, Erland, and Calvin. > Southeast Asia. One on side were the US, France, and other > western nations; on the other, the USSR, Communist China, > and their allies. But what city hosted the conference? Geneva. > Name them. > 10. All foreign tourists in Russia had to use what travel agency > there? Intourist. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Erland. > 11. Russians used to joke that "In the Truth there is no news, > and in the News there is no truth". If the "Truth" was "Pravda", > what newspaper was the "News"? Izvestia. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Erland. > 12. What was the Soviets' official news agency? TASS (Telegrafnoye Agentstvo Sovyetskovo Soyuza). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, and Calvin. > * Leaders of Countries > What countries did the following people lead in the years indicated? > 13. Tomas Masaryk, 1918-35? Czechoslovakia. 4 for Joshua and Erland. 3 for Dan Blum. > 14. Heng Samrin, 1981-92? Cambodia. 4 for Joshua and Erland. > 15. Ian Smith, 1964-79? Rhodesia (accepting Southern Rhodesia or Zimbabwe). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, and Calvin. > * The Territories > 1. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. Name all the > territories. Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, duh. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete and Erland. > 2. Please decode the rot13 only after completing the previous > question. The capital of Nunavut is Iqaluit, but what was its > name from 1942 until the traditional name was restored in 1987? Frobisher Bay. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. > 3. The federal government has a ceremonial representative in each > territory -- known by what title? Commissioner. > * Confederation > 4. Name the act passed in 1867 by the British Parliament providing > for the confederation of Canada. British North America Act, duh. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > 5. What were the four original provinces when Confederation was > established in 1867? Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, duh. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Erland. The conference where the arrangements for Confderation were more or less finalized was held in P.E.I., but then they decided not to join at that time. > question. Name the Montreal lawyer who brought Quebec into > Confederation as well as negotiating Canada's acquisition of > Manitoba, the North-West Territories, and British Columbia. Sir George-Étienne Cartier. (Think Highway 401. If Wikipedia is correct, he was "George" and not "Georges" because he was named after King George III.) > * Early Days and Explorers > 7. The remains of a Viking settlement in Newfoundland are now a > World Heritage Site. What's the name of the place? L'Anse aux Meadows. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. > 8. Within 2 years, when did explorer Giovanni Caboto, who you might > know better as John Cabot, arrive at what is now eastern Canada? 1497 (accepting 1495-1499). 4 for Dan Tilque. > 9. The name Canada comes from the Iroquoian word "kanata", meaning > "village". Who was the first explorer to hear the word? Jacques Cartier. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. It isn't known for sure whether the two Cartiers in this round were related, but Sir George-Étienne claimed they were. > 10. Territorial rights in what is now Canada were first guaranteed > to Indians, as they were called, through a proclamation in 1763 > by what British king? George III. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, and Calvin. > 11. They were stil called Indians in 1982. In the language of the > Constitution Act, 1982, the aboriginal peoples of Canada include > the Indians, the Métis, and who else? Inuit. (It's a plural. I scored "Inuits" as almost correct.) 4 for Joshua and Erland. 3 for Dan Blum. > 12. In what year did Canada apologize to aboriginal students who > were forced to attend "residential schools"? 2008. > * Acquiring Canadian Citizenship > 13. Within $20, what is the current fee for an adult to apply for > Canadian citizenship? $630 (accepting $610-$650). Erland came closest but was still off by more than $200. That's $100 for citizenship (refunded if your application is refused) and $530 for proessing the application. Curiously, no tax is charged on top of these amounts. > 14. You must take a test if you apply for Canadian citizenship > when you are at least 18 and at most what age? 54. No, I don't know why. > 15. At the citizenship ceremony, a new Canadian citizen may either > swear or affirm their allegiance. What is the difference? Swearing involves religion; affirmation doesn't. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Geo Sci His Can Joshua Kreitzer 35 28 50 35 148 Dan Tilque 34 40 36 36 146 Dan Blum 32 44 39 15 130 Erland Sommarskog 27 24 44 11 106 "Calvin" 16 31 34 8 89 Pete Gayde 13 18 31 7 69 -- Mark Brader | "Do I look stupid?" Toronto | "Yes, actually, a little. It's one of your msb@vex.net | greatest professional assets." | -- Spider Robinson, "Lady Slings the Booze" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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