Sunday, May 31, 2020

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 2 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 30 03:31PM -0700

On Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 4:04:35 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> d'Or, in Montreal's Windsor Hotel in 1969?
 
> 4. Which decorated American war hero pursued a career as a B-movie
> actor, taking the lead role in his own life story?
 
Murphy
 
> under the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto?
 
> 9. Which author of plays featuring the character Vanek also served
> as the first President of the Czech Republic?
 
Havel

 
> 1. Photo A. Site of one of the seven ancient Christian churches
> of Asia, this Roman building was a public library begun in the
> time of Hadrian.
 
Turkey, Syria
 
 
> 3. Photo C (decoy).
 
> 4. Photo D. Built entirely without nails, this Buddhist temple
> was founded in 778. The present buildings date from 1633.
 
Japan, China
 
 
> 9. Photo I. A royal residence from 1732, this building contains
> 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases, all in the Elizabethan Baroque
> style. (No, that is not a typo!)
 
Russia
 
> world, built in the 9th century by the Sailendra dynasty.
 
> 13. Photo M. This church honoring St. George was dug out of the
> living rock, as they say, in the late 12th century.
 
Ethiopia
 
> 14. Photo N (decoy).
 
> 15. Photo O (decoy).
 
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 31 02:58AM -0700

On 5/29/20 11:04 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 1. William Shockley earned wide notoriety in the 1960s and 1970s
> for his racial beliefs. But in 1956 he shared a Nobel Prize
> in Physics for developing what?
 
transistor
 
> d'Or, in Montreal's Windsor Hotel in 1969?
 
> 4. Which decorated American war hero pursued a career as a B-movie
> actor, taking the lead role in his own life story?
 
York
 
 
> 6. Moe Berg gathered intelligence for the OSS, the predecessor of
> the CIA, during World War II. How was he employed in the 1920s
> and early 1930s?
 
baseball player
 
> under the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto?
 
> 9. Which author of plays featuring the character Vanek also served
> as the first President of the Czech Republic?
 
Havel
 
 
> 1. Photo A. Site of one of the seven ancient Christian churches
> of Asia, this Roman building was a public library begun in the
> time of Hadrian.
 
Turkey
 
 
> 3. Photo C (decoy).
 
> 4. Photo D. Built entirely without nails, this Buddhist temple
> was founded in 778. The present buildings date from 1633.
 
Japan
 
 
> 5. Photo E. This stone city was constructed in the 11th century
> was abandoned in the 15th century.
 
Zimbabwe
 
> from fire several times, with the most recent reconstruction
> dating to 1702. The foreign merchants who used this building
> were expelled from the country in 1754.
 
Norway
 
> was designated in its entirety due to its Baroque architecture.
> The municipality was the most populous in Latin America, in
> the 18th century.
 
Bolivia
 
 
> 9. Photo I. A royal residence from 1732, this building contains
> 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases, all in the Elizabethan Baroque
> style. (No, that is not a typo!)
 
Hungary
 
> culture and learning. A legendary city, it was a center for
> the trade in both salt and gold. Remember, we need the name
> of the country.
 
Mali
 
 
> 11. Photo K. This chapel completed in 1215 is part of the monastery
> complex begun by Gregory the Illuminator.
 
Austria
 
 
> 12. Photo L. This is the largest Buddhist temple complex in the
> world, built in the 9th century by the Sailendra dynasty.
 
Sri Lanka
 
 
> 13. Photo M. This church honoring St. George was dug out of the
> living rock, as they say, in the late 12th century.
 
Armenia
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 26 02:04AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-03-02,
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 MI5 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 2019-10-16
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
 
We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
where all three are found.
 
Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
 
1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
 
* Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
 
Here's a round on some of the most memorable characters from the
novels of Charles Dickens. In each case, name the character that
we describe.
 
1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic,
filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
 
2. This character is a thinly-veiled portrait of Dickens's own
father, a feckless but good-hearted scoundrel who gets tossed
into debtors' prison when he fails to pay his creditors.
His advice to David Copperfield: "Annual income twenty pounds,
annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
ought and six, result misery."
 
3. In "Martin Chuzzlewit", we meet this completely alcoholic nurse
and midwife, who creates an imaginary friend Mrs. Harris to
constantly tell her how wonderful she is. She was so popular
among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
ostentation".
 
4. In "Hard Times", he is a wealthy retired hardware merchant and
MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
and emotion.
 
5. In "Bleak House", this woman is mistress of Chesney Wold and
married to Sir Leicester. She is wealthy and revered and has
kept the secret of her illegitimate child throughout her life,
believing the child died at birth. This child, Esther Summerson,
actually survived, and when the truth threatens to come out,
the mother runs away, certain that her husband will hate her.
She dies outside a cemetery.
 
6. This rough and desperate convict escapes from a prison ship
onto the Kent marshes. A young boy named Pip brings him
food and a file to escape his fetters. He is recaptured and
transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
author of his great expectations.
 
7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
night's sleep.
 
8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
"repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
 
9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
 
10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
she is killed by her own pistol.
 
--
Mark Brader | "Ever wonder why they call the screen a vacuum tube?"
Toronto | -- Kent Paul Dolan
msb@vex.net | "Because it's neither rare nor well done."
| -- Peter Moylan, paraphrasing Ernie Kovacs
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 26 08:32PM +0200

> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
 
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Vienna
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Lisboa
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
Mumbai; New Dehli
 
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Karachi
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
 
Copenhagen
 
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
Mexico City
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 27 12:09AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:D-OdnbpRVK_1IlHDnZ2dnUU7-
 
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
 
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Berlin; Munich
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Lisbon; Rio de Janeiro
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
Kolkata; Delhi
 
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul
 
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
 
Chicago
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Cairo
 
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
 
Sydney; Melbourne
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
 
Copenhagen
 
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
San Juan; Mexico City

> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
 
Artful Dodger
 
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
 
Mr. Micawber
 
> transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
> This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
> author of his great expectations.
 
Abel Magwitch

> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
 
Ebenezer Scrooge
 
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
 
Fagin

> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
 
Miss Havisham
 
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
 
Madame Defarge
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 10 updates in 3 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 29 01:04PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-03-02,
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 MI5 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 2019-10-16
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 8, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Multiple Professions
 
These questions are about individuals who achieved recognition,
positive or otherwise, in more than one professional field.
 
1. William Shockley earned wide notoriety in the 1960s and 1970s
for his racial beliefs. But in 1956 he shared a Nobel Prize
in Physics for developing what?
 
2. Which Prime Minister of Poland remains better known as a
concert pianist?
 
3. Which prominent politician opened a supper club, Le Vaisseau
d'Or, in Montreal's Windsor Hotel in 1969?
 
4. Which decorated American war hero pursued a career as a B-movie
actor, taking the lead role in his own life story?
 
5. Martin Luther, a religious reformer, dabbled in music. What was
his greatest musical hit, still in use today in most Protestant
denominations?
 
6. Moe Berg gathered intelligence for the OSS, the predecessor of
the CIA, during World War II. How was he employed in the 1920s
and early 1930s?
 
7. Which Tory MP and ambassador to the Czech Republic first made
headlines in Canada as a figure skater?
 
8. George Bernard Shaw is best remembered as a playwright. But what
profession did he pursue in the late 1880s and early 1890s
under the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto?
 
9. Which author of plays featuring the character Vanek also served
as the first President of the Czech Republic?
 
10. Which defensive end for the New York Giants pursued a media
career on "Good Morning America" and other television shows?
 
 
* Game 8, Round 6 - History - Architectural World Heritage Sites
 
Please see the 2-page handout at:
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-6/whs.pdf
 
Each picture shows a World Heritage Site, or a major part of one;
we will give you some additional details and all you have to do
is name the *modern-day country* where it is found.
 
In the original game the mistake was made of presenting the round in
order of the handout, so I didn't have to re-sort it for you here.
There were 5 decoys, which I've also interspersed with the others
in order of the handout; name those countries if you like for fun,
but for no points.
 
1. Photo A. Site of one of the seven ancient Christian churches
of Asia, this Roman building was a public library begun in the
time of Hadrian.
 
2. Photo B (decoy).
 
3. Photo C (decoy).
 
4. Photo D. Built entirely without nails, this Buddhist temple
was founded in 778. The present buildings date from 1633.
 
5. Photo E. This stone city was constructed in the 11th century
was abandoned in the 15th century.
 
6. Photo F. Begun in the 14th century, this complex has suffered
from fire several times, with the most recent reconstruction
dating to 1702. The foreign merchants who used this building
were expelled from the country in 1754.
 
7. Photo G (decoy).
 
8. Photo H. This colonial mining town and regional capital
was designated in its entirety due to its Baroque architecture.
The municipality was the most populous in Latin America, in
the 18th century.
 
9. Photo I. A royal residence from 1732, this building contains
1,500 rooms and 117 staircases, all in the Elizabethan Baroque
style. (No, that is not a typo!)
 
10. Photo J. This medieval city remains a major center of Islamic
culture and learning. A legendary city, it was a center for
the trade in both salt and gold. Remember, we need the name
of the country.
 
11. Photo K. This chapel completed in 1215 is part of the monastery
complex begun by Gregory the Illuminator.
 
12. Photo L. This is the largest Buddhist temple complex in the
world, built in the 9th century by the Sailendra dynasty.
 
13. Photo M. This church honoring St. George was dug out of the
living rock, as they say, in the late 12th century.
 
14. Photo N (decoy).
 
15. Photo O (decoy).
 
--
Mark Brader | Are governments capable of evil? Yes, of course they are.
Toronto | All institutions are. But they're MORE capable of incompetence.
msb@vex.net | (That's good! I should post that.)
--Sherlock Holmes (Craig Sweeney, "Elementary")
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 29 08:53PM +0200


> 1. William Shockley earned wide notoriety in the 1960s and 1970s
> for his racial beliefs. But in 1956 he shared a Nobel Prize
> in Physics for developing what?
 
Transistor

> 9. Which author of plays featuring the character Vanek also served
> as the first President of the Czech Republic?
 
Vaclav Havel

 
> 1. Photo A. Site of one of the seven ancient Christian churches
> of Asia, this Roman building was a public library begun in the
> time of Hadrian.
 
Turkey

> 4. Photo D. Built entirely without nails, this Buddhist temple
> was founded in 778. The present buildings date from 1633.
 
Thailand

> 5. Photo E. This stone city was constructed in the 11th century
> was abandoned in the 15th century.
 
Peru
 
> from fire several times, with the most recent reconstruction
> dating to 1702. The foreign merchants who used this building
> were expelled from the country in 1754.
 
"This building"? Which of the buildings in the picture are they
referring to?
 
The picture looks like it could be from Norway.
 
> was designated in its entirety due to its Baroque architecture.
> The municipality was the most populous in Latin America, in
> the 18th century.
 
Bolivia

> 9. Photo I. A royal residence from 1732, this building contains
> 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases, all in the Elizabethan Baroque
> style. (No, that is not a typo!)
 
France

> culture and learning. A legendary city, it was a center for
> the trade in both salt and gold. Remember, we need the name
> of the country.
 
Iran
 
> 11. Photo K. This chapel completed in 1215 is part of the monastery
> complex begun by Gregory the Illuminator.
 
Germany
 
> 12. Photo L. This is the largest Buddhist temple complex in the
> world, built in the 9th century by the Sailendra dynasty.
 
Thailand

> 13. Photo M. This church honoring St. George was dug out of the
> living rock, as they say, in the late 12th century.
 
Ukraine
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 29 08:35PM


> 1. William Shockley earned wide notoriety in the 1960s and 1970s
> for his racial beliefs. But in 1956 he shared a Nobel Prize
> in Physics for developing what?
 
transistors
 
> 2. Which Prime Minister of Poland remains better known as a
> concert pianist?
 
Paderewski
 
> 3. Which prominent politician opened a supper club, Le Vaisseau
> d'Or, in Montreal's Windsor Hotel in 1969?
 
Pierre Trudeau
 
> 4. Which decorated American war hero pursued a career as a B-movie
> actor, taking the lead role in his own life story?
 
Audie Murphy
 
> 5. Martin Luther, a religious reformer, dabbled in music. What was
> his greatest musical hit, still in use today in most Protestant
> denominations?
 
A Mighty Fortress is our Lord
 
> 6. Moe Berg gathered intelligence for the OSS, the predecessor of
> the CIA, during World War II. How was he employed in the 1920s
> and early 1930s?
 
baseball player
 
> 9. Which author of plays featuring the character Vanek also served
> as the first President of the Czech Republic?
 
Vaclav Havel
 
> 10. Which defensive end for the New York Giants pursued a media
> career on "Good Morning America" and other television shows?
 
Frank Gifford
 
 
> 1. Photo A. Site of one of the seven ancient Christian churches
> of Asia, this Roman building was a public library begun in the
> time of Hadrian.
 
Turkey
 
> 4. Photo D. Built entirely without nails, this Buddhist temple
> was founded in 778. The present buildings date from 1633.
 
Bhutan; Japan
 
> 5. Photo E. This stone city was constructed in the 11th century
> was abandoned in the 15th century.
 
Zimbabwe
 
> from fire several times, with the most recent reconstruction
> dating to 1702. The foreign merchants who used this building
> were expelled from the country in 1754.
 
Russia; Poland
 
> was designated in its entirety due to its Baroque architecture.
> The municipality was the most populous in Latin America, in
> the 18th century.
 
Bolivia
 
> 9. Photo I. A royal residence from 1732, this building contains
> 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases, all in the Elizabethan Baroque
> style. (No, that is not a typo!)
 
Germany; France
 
> culture and learning. A legendary city, it was a center for
> the trade in both salt and gold. Remember, we need the name
> of the country.
 
Mali
 
> 11. Photo K. This chapel completed in 1215 is part of the monastery
> complex begun by Gregory the Illuminator.
 
France; Germany
 
> 12. Photo L. This is the largest Buddhist temple complex in the
> world, built in the 9th century by the Sailendra dynasty.
 
Thailand
 
> 13. Photo M. This church honoring St. George was dug out of the
> living rock, as they say, in the late 12th century.
 
Israel; Lebanon
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 30 12:39AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:X7SdnUqAO6Az00zDnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 1. William Shockley earned wide notoriety in the 1960s and 1970s
> for his racial beliefs. But in 1956 he shared a Nobel Prize
> in Physics for developing what?
 
transistor

> 2. Which Prime Minister of Poland remains better known as a
> concert pianist?
 
Paderewski
 
> 3. Which prominent politician opened a supper club, Le Vaisseau
> d'Or, in Montreal's Windsor Hotel in 1969?
 
Pierre Trudeau

> 4. Which decorated American war hero pursued a career as a B-movie
> actor, taking the lead role in his own life story?
 
Audie Murphy
 
> 5. Martin Luther, a religious reformer, dabbled in music. What was
> his greatest musical hit, still in use today in most Protestant
> denominations?
 
"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"

> 6. Moe Berg gathered intelligence for the OSS, the predecessor of
> the CIA, during World War II. How was he employed in the 1920s
> and early 1930s?
 
baseball player
 
> 8. George Bernard Shaw is best remembered as a playwright. But what
> profession did he pursue in the late 1880s and early 1890s
> under the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto?
 
music critic

> 9. Which author of plays featuring the character Vanek also served
> as the first President of the Czech Republic?
 
Havel
 
> 10. Which defensive end for the New York Giants pursued a media
> career on "Good Morning America" and other television shows?
 
Michael Strahan

 
> 1. Photo A. Site of one of the seven ancient Christian churches
> of Asia, this Roman building was a public library begun in the
> time of Hadrian.
 
Turkey
 
> 4. Photo D. Built entirely without nails, this Buddhist temple
> was founded in 778. The present buildings date from 1633.
 
Japan
 
> from fire several times, with the most recent reconstruction
> dating to 1702. The foreign merchants who used this building
> were expelled from the country in 1754.
 
Taiwan
 
> was designated in its entirety due to its Baroque architecture.
> The municipality was the most populous in Latin America, in
> the 18th century.
 
Brazil
 
> 9. Photo I. A royal residence from 1732, this building contains
> 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases, all in the Elizabethan Baroque
> style. (No, that is not a typo!)
 
Russia
 
> culture and learning. A legendary city, it was a center for
> the trade in both salt and gold. Remember, we need the name
> of the country.
 
Mali
 
> 11. Photo K. This chapel completed in 1215 is part of the monastery
> complex begun by Gregory the Illuminator.
 
Georgia; Armenia
 
> 12. Photo L. This is the largest Buddhist temple complex in the
> world, built in the 9th century by the Sailendra dynasty.
 
Cambodia; Thailand
 
> 13. Photo M. This church honoring St. George was dug out of the
> living rock, as they say, in the late 12th century.
 
Greece; Cyprus
 
> 14. Photo N (decoy).
 
Jordan

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 30 04:40AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:X7SdnUqAO6Az00zDnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 1. William Shockley earned wide notoriety in the 1960s and 1970s
> for his racial beliefs. But in 1956 he shared a Nobel Prize
> in Physics for developing what?
 
Transistor
 
 
> 2. Which Prime Minister of Poland remains better known as a
> concert pianist?
 
Paderewski
 
 
> 3. Which prominent politician opened a supper club, Le Vaisseau
> d'Or, in Montreal's Windsor Hotel in 1969?
 
Trudeau
 
 
> 4. Which decorated American war hero pursued a career as a B-movie
> actor, taking the lead role in his own life story?
 
Audie Murphy
 
 
> 5. Martin Luther, a religious reformer, dabbled in music. What was
> his greatest musical hit, still in use today in most Protestant
> denominations?
 
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
 
 
> 6. Moe Berg gathered intelligence for the OSS, the predecessor of
> the CIA, during World War II. How was he employed in the 1920s
> and early 1930s?
 
Baseball player
 
 
> 7. Which Tory MP and ambassador to the Czech Republic first made
> headlines in Canada as a figure skater?
 
Cranston
 
 
> 8. George Bernard Shaw is best remembered as a playwright. But what
> profession did he pursue in the late 1880s and early 1890s
> under the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto?
 
Singer
 
 
> 9. Which author of plays featuring the character Vanek also served
> as the first President of the Czech Republic?
 
Havel
 
 
> 10. Which defensive end for the New York Giants pursued a media
> career on "Good Morning America" and other television shows?
 
Strahan
 
 
> 1. Photo A. Site of one of the seven ancient Christian churches
> of Asia, this Roman building was a public library begun in the
> time of Hadrian.
 
Turkey
 
 
> 2. Photo B (decoy).
 
France
 
 
> 3. Photo C (decoy).
 
Spain
 
 
> 4. Photo D. Built entirely without nails, this Buddhist temple
> was founded in 778. The present buildings date from 1633.
 
Japan
 
 
> 5. Photo E. This stone city was constructed in the 11th century
> was abandoned in the 15th century.
 
United States
 
> from fire several times, with the most recent reconstruction
> dating to 1702. The foreign merchants who used this building
> were expelled from the country in 1754.
 
Denmark
 
 
> 7. Photo G (decoy).
 
Syria
 
> was designated in its entirety due to its Baroque architecture.
> The municipality was the most populous in Latin America, in
> the 18th century.
 
Mexico
 
 
> 9. Photo I. A royal residence from 1732, this building contains
> 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases, all in the Elizabethan Baroque
> style. (No, that is not a typo!)
 
Russia
 
> culture and learning. A legendary city, it was a center for
> the trade in both salt and gold. Remember, we need the name
> of the country.
 
Mali
 
 
> 11. Photo K. This chapel completed in 1215 is part of the monastery
> complex begun by Gregory the Illuminator.
 
Israel
 
 
> 12. Photo L. This is the largest Buddhist temple complex in the
> world, built in the 9th century by the Sailendra dynasty.
 
Indonesia
 
 
> 13. Photo M. This church honoring St. George was dug out of the
> living rock, as they say, in the late 12th century.
 
Ethiopia
 
 
> 14. Photo N (decoy).
 
Jordan
 
 
> 15. Photo O (decoy).
 
Pete Gayde
Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: May 29 12:24PM

On Thu, 28 May 2020 15:17:45 -0700, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which US vehicle company has a bulldog as its symbol?
 
mack trucks
 
> 2 Unlike hypertrophic scars which do not grow beyond the boundaries
of
> the original wound, what abnormal proliferation of scar tissue extends
> beyond the immediate site of the trauma?
 
keyloid
 
> 3 Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous bronze doors, called
> "The Gates of Paradise" by Michelangelo, are located in which Italian
> city?
 
Florence
 
> foxhole and an unexploded land mine?
> 5 "A boy's best friend is his mother" was the tagline to which 1960
> movie?
 
psycho
 
> 6 Which fictional character who appears in both book and film
series was
> originally known as Sméagol?
 
"precious"
 
> 7 Which Major League Baseball team got its nickname from its fans
> avoiding potentially lethal trolley cars on their way to home games?
 
Dodgers
 
> 8 In the game of pool, what colour is the eight ball?
 
Black
 
> 9 In the 1913 novel and various film adaptions, Miss Jane Porter of
> Baltimore, Maryland marries which iconic fictional character?
 
Tarzan
 
> 10 Most commonly used on social media, what five words does the
> abbreviation ICYMI most commonly stand for?
 
in case you missed it
 
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 29 08:39PM +0200

> 4 Which movie, winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in
> 2001, features two opposing soldiers (a Bosnian Serb and a Bosniak), a
> foxhole and an unexploded land mine?
 
No man's land
 
> 8 In the game of pool, what colour is the eight ball?
 
Black
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 30 04:23AM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
> 3 Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous bronze doors, called
> "The Gates of Paradise" by Michelangelo, are located in which Italian
> city?
 
Florence
 
> Bosniak), a foxhole and an unexploded land mine?
> 5 "A boy's best
> friend is his mother" was the tagline to which 1960 movie?
 
Psycho
 
> 6 Which
> fictional character who appears in both book and film series was
> originally known as Sméagol?
 
Gollum
 
> 7 Which Major League Baseball team
> got its nickname from its fans avoiding potentially lethal trolley
> cars on their way to home games?
 
Dodgers
 
> 8 In the game of pool, what colour is the eight ball?
 
Black
 
> iconic fictional character?
> 10 Most commonly used on social media,
> what five words does the abbreviation ICYMI most commonly stand for?
 
In case you missed it
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete Gayde
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 29 01:02PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> where all three are found.
 
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in their primary form.
 
In the original game they were provided in the equivalent of ASCII,
so I've given you a little extra help here.
 
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Vienna. 4 for Calvin, Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona. 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua,
Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Lisbon. 4 for Erland and Pete. 3 for Joshua.
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
Delhi (accepting New Delhi). 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque.
3 for Calvin. 2 for Erland and Joshua.
 
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
In proper Turkish writing, both instances of I in this question
are dotless.
 
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
 
Chicago. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
 
Since Chicago mostly names its stations after cross streets and
allows the names to repeat on different lines, it actually has
four Pulaski stations and two Jackson stations.
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Tehran. 4 for Pete.
 
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
 
Sydney. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua and Pete.
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
 
Copenhagen. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
Santiago.
 
 
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
 
Jack Dawkins (or the Artful Dodger; in "Oliver Twist"). 4 for Calvin,
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
 
One of the pubs where the Canadian Inquisition plays is named the
Artful Dodger. Accordingly, one of the current teams in the league,
as you've seen, is named Bill Psychs, and they replaced a previous
team that was named All Over Twisted.
 
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
 
Wilkins Micawber. (In "David Copperfield", of course.) 4 for Calvin
and Joshua.
 
> among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
> referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
> ostentation".
 
Sarah Gamp. 4 for Calvin.
 
> MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
> school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
> and emotion.
 
Thomas Gradgrind. 4 for Calvin.
 
> actually survived, and when the truth threatens to come out,
> the mother runs away, certain that her husband will hate her.
> She dies outside a cemetery.
 
Lady Dedlock. 4 for Calvin.
 
> transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
> This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
> author of his great expectations.
 
Abel Magwitch. (Yes, in "Great Expectations".) 4 for Joshua.
 
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
 
Ebenezer Scrooge. (In "A Christmas Carol", as if you didn't know.)
4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
 
Fagin. ("Oliver Twist" again.) 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Pete.
 
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
 
Miss Havisham. ("Great Expectations" again.) 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum,
and Joshua.
 
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
 
Therese Defarge. (In "A Tale of Two Cities".) 4 for Dan Blum
and Joshua. 3 for Pete.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Lit
Joshua Kreitzer 24 28 52
Pete Gayde 31 15 46
"Calvin" 11 32 43
Dan Blum 12 20 32
Dan Tilque 24 4 28
Erland Sommarskog 22 0 22
 
--
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Toronto | "Do you ever think about things that you *do* think about?"
msb@vex.net | --Inherit the Wind, Lawrence & Lee
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 29 01:05PM -0500

Sorry, for the answers see my previous posting in the thread, where
I forgot to change the subject line.
 
I'll just repeat the table of scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Lit
Joshua Kreitzer 24 28 52
Pete Gayde 31 15 46
"Calvin" 11 32 43
Dan Blum 12 20 32
Dan Tilque 24 4 28
Erland Sommarskog 22 0 22
--
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Toronto | can also be dismissed without evidence."
msb@vex.net | --Christopher Hitchens
 
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Friday, May 29, 2020

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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 28 03:17PM -0700

1 Which US vehicle company has a bulldog as its symbol?
2 Unlike hypertrophic scars which do not grow beyond the boundaries of the original wound, what abnormal proliferation of scar tissue extends beyond the immediate site of the trauma?
3 Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous bronze doors, called "The Gates of Paradise" by Michelangelo, are located in which Italian city?
4 Which movie, winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001, features two opposing soldiers (a Bosnian Serb and a Bosniak), a foxhole and an unexploded land mine?
5 "A boy's best friend is his mother" was the tagline to which 1960 movie?
6 Which fictional character who appears in both book and film series was originally known as Sméagol?
7 Which Major League Baseball team got its nickname from its fans avoiding potentially lethal trolley cars on their way to home games?
8 In the game of pool, what colour is the eight ball?
9 In the 1913 novel and various film adaptions, Miss Jane Porter of Baltimore, Maryland marries which iconic fictional character?
10 Most commonly used on social media, what five words does the abbreviation ICYMI most commonly stand for?
 
 
cheers,
calvin
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 28 10:31PM


> 3 Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous bronze doors, called "The Gates of Paradise" by Michelangelo, are located in which Italian city?
 
Florence
 
> 5 "A boy's best friend is his mother" was the tagline to which 1960 movie?
 
Psycho
 
> 6 Which fictional character who appears in both book and film series was originally known as Sm??agol?
 
Gollum
 
> 7 Which Major League Baseball team got its nickname from its fans avoiding potentially lethal trolley cars on their way to home games?
 
Dodgers
 
> 8 In the game of pool, what colour is the eight ball?
 
black
 
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
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): May 28 06:14PM -0500

"Calvin":
> 1 Which US vehicle company has a bulldog as its symbol?
 
Mack.
 
> 2 Unlike hypertrophic scars which do not grow beyond the
> boundaries of the original wound, what abnormal proliferation of
> scar tissue extends beyond the immediate site of the trauma?
 
Keloid?
 
> 3 Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous bronze doors,
> called "The Gates of Paradise" by Michelangelo, are located in
> which Italian city?
 
Florence?
 
> in 2001, features two opposing soldiers (a Bosnian Serb and a
> Bosniak), a foxhole and an unexploded land mine?
 
> 5 "A boy's best friend is his mother" was the tagline to which 1960 movie?
 
"Psycho".
 
> 6 Which fictional character who appears in both book and film
> series was originally known as Sméagol?
 
Gollum.
 
> 7 Which Major League Baseball team got its nickname from its fans
> avoiding potentially lethal trolley cars on their way to home
> games?
 
L.A. Dodgers.
 
> 8 In the game of pool, what colour is the eight ball?
 
Black.
 
 
--
Mark Brader | "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
Toronto | "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have
msb@vex.net | come here. This is, after all, a Bridge Club."
| -- Ray Lee (after Lewis Carroll)
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: May 28 05:49PM -0700

On Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 6:17:46 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which US vehicle company has a bulldog as its symbol?
 
mack truck
 
> 2 Unlike hypertrophic scars which do not grow beyond the boundaries of the original wound, what abnormal proliferation of scar tissue extends beyond the immediate site of the trauma?
 
keloid
 
> 3 Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous bronze doors, called "The Gates of Paradise" by Michelangelo, are located in which Italian city?
 
florence, italy
 
> 4 Which movie, winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001, features two opposing soldiers (a Bosnian Serb and a Bosniak), a foxhole and an unexploded land mine?
 
no man's land
 
> 5 "A boy's best friend is his mother" was the tagline to which 1960 movie?
 
psycho
 
> 6 Which fictional character who appears in both book and film series was originally known as Sméagol?
 
gollum
 
> 7 Which Major League Baseball team got its nickname from its fans avoiding potentially lethal trolley cars on their way to home games?
 
dodgers
 
> 8 In the game of pool, what colour is the eight ball?
 
black
 
> 9 In the 1913 novel and various film adaptions, Miss Jane Porter of Baltimore, Maryland marries which iconic fictional character?
 
tarzan
 
> 10 Most commonly used on social media, what five words does the abbreviation ICYMI most commonly stand for?
 
in case you missed it
 
swp
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: May 28 10:39PM -0400

On 2020-05-28, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which US vehicle company has a bulldog as its symbol?
 
Mack
 
> 2 Unlike hypertrophic scars which do not grow beyond the boundaries of the original wound, what abnormal proliferation of scar tissue extends beyond the immediate site of the trauma?
 
hypotrophic
 
> 3 Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous bronze doors, called "The Gates of Paradise" by Michelangelo, are located in which Italian city?
 
Florence
 
> 4 Which movie, winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001, features two opposing soldiers (a Bosnian Serb and a Bosniak), a foxhole and an unexploded land mine?
> 5 "A boy's best friend is his mother" was the tagline to which 1960 movie?
 
Psycho
 
> 6 Which fictional character who appears in both book and film series was originally known as Sm??agol?
 
Gollum
 
> 7 Which Major League Baseball team got its nickname from its fans avoiding potentially lethal trolley cars on their way to home games?
 
Dodgers
 
> 8 In the game of pool, what colour is the eight ball?
 
Black
 
> 9 In the 1913 novel and various film adaptions, Miss Jane Porter of Baltimore, Maryland marries which iconic fictional character?
 
Tarzan
 
> 10 Most commonly used on social media, what five words does the abbreviation ICYMI most commonly stand for?
 
In case you missed it
 
 
--
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=========================== Author: ===============================
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 28 08:22PM -0700

On 5/28/20 3:17 PM, Calvin wrote:
> 3 Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous bronze doors, called "The Gates of Paradise" by Michelangelo, are located in which Italian city?
> 4 Which movie, winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001, features two opposing soldiers (a Bosnian Serb and a Bosniak), a foxhole and an unexploded land mine?
> 5 "A boy's best friend is his mother" was the tagline to which 1960 movie?
 
Psycho
 
> 6 Which fictional character who appears in both book and film series was originally known as Sméagol?
 
Gullum
 
> 7 Which Major League Baseball team got its nickname from its fans avoiding potentially lethal trolley cars on their way to home games?
 
Los Angeles Dodgers (although they acquired the name when they were in
Brooklyn)
 
> 8 In the game of pool, what colour is the eight ball?
 
black
 
> 9 In the 1913 novel and various film adaptions, Miss Jane Porter of Baltimore, Maryland marries which iconic fictional character?
 
Tarzan
 
> 10 Most commonly used on social media, what five words does the abbreviation ICYMI most commonly stand for?
 
I see you mean it
 
--
Dan Tilque
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 28 03:12PM -0700

On Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 10:15:47 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Built between 1705 and 1725 for the Duke of Marlborough, which palace is situated near the Oxfordshire village of Woodstock?
 
Blenheim Palace
 
> 2 What informal two-word term for a university derisively refers to the intellectual pursuits of its academics, as disconnected from the practicalities of everyday life?
 
Ivory Tower
 
> 3 Reflected in the correct pronunciation of place names such as Whangarei and Whakatane, in the Maori language the letters "Wh" at the start of a word should be pronounced as if they were which English consonant?
 
F
 
> 4 Which American racehorse was the subject of a 2003 film earning 7 Oscar nominations?
 
Seabiscuit
 
> 5 What is the full name of the Indian state often referred to as "J&K"? It is subject of a territorial conflict between China, India and Pakistan.
 
Jammu and Kashmir
 
> 6 Which cricketing term refers to over from which no runs are scored?
 
Maiden
 
> 7 Chemically speaking, reduction occurs when a molecule, atom or ion gains one or more electrons during a chemical reaction. What is the term for the opposite process, where electrons are lost?
 
Oxidation
 
> 8 In the traditional RYB colour model, what is the complementary colour to green?
 
Red
 
> 9 What are the first two words in the technological abbreviation RFID?
 
Radio Frequency
 
> 10 What was the appropriate title of Gloria Gaynor's autobiography?
 
I Will Survive
 
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 600
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 27 Mark Brader
1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 21 Chris Johnson
0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 22 Dan Tilque
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 23 Dan Blum
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 14 Pete Gayde
0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 10 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 5 2 33 55%
 
 
Congratulations Mark.
 
 
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 28 04:26AM -0700

On 5/26/20 12:04 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
 
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Vienna
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Rio de Janiero
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
Delhi
 
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul
 
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
 
Boston
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Cairo
 
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
 
Sydney
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
 
Copenhagen
 
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
Mexico City
 
 
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
 
Scrooge
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 26 03:42PM


> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
 
> 1. Sch?nbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Berlin
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estaci?, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Rio de Janeiro
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
Mumbai; Kolkata
 
> 5. G?ztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul
 
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
 
Chicago
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Cairo
 
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
 
London
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, ?restad, Trianglen.
 
Stockholm; Oslo
 
> 10. Crist?bal Col?n, San Jos? de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
Madrid; Mexico City
 
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
 
The Artful Dodger
 
> among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
> referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
> ostentation".
 
Bumbershoot
 
> MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
> school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
> and emotion.
 
Uriah Heep
 
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
 
Ebenezer Scrooge
 
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
 
Fagin
 
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
 
Miss Havisham
 
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
 
Madame de Farge
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 26 08:32PM +0200

> * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
 
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Vienna
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Lisboa
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
Mumbai; New Dehli
 
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Karachi
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
 
Copenhagen
 
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
Mexico City
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 27 12:09AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:D-OdnbpRVK_1IlHDnZ2dnUU7-
 
> We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
> where all three are found.
 
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Berlin; Munich
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Lisbon; Rio de Janeiro
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
Kolkata; Delhi
 
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul
 
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
 
Chicago
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Cairo
 
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
 
Sydney; Melbourne
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
 
Copenhagen
 
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
San Juan; Mexico City

> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
 
Artful Dodger
 
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
 
Mr. Micawber
 
> transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
> This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
> author of his great expectations.
 
Abel Magwitch

> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
 
Ebenezer Scrooge
 
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
 
Fagin

> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
 
Miss Havisham
 
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
 
Madame Defarge
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 27 12:28AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:D-OdnbpRVK_1IlHDnZ2dnUU7-
 
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
 
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Vienna
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
 
Lisbon
 
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
New Delhi
 
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Istanbul
 
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
 
Chicago
 
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
 
Tehran
 
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
 
Sydney; Melbourne
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
 
Stockholm
 
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
Madrid
 
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
 
Artful Dodger
 
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
 
Uriah Heep
 
 
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
 
Ebenezer Scrooge
 
 
> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
 
Fagin
 
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
 
Madame LaFarge
 
 
Pete Gayde
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 26 02:04AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-03-02,
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 MI5 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 2019-10-16
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station
 
We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city
where all three are found.
 
Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
 
1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
 
* Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens
 
Here's a round on some of the most memorable characters from the
novels of Charles Dickens. In each case, name the character that
we describe.
 
1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic,
filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
 
2. This character is a thinly-veiled portrait of Dickens's own
father, a feckless but good-hearted scoundrel who gets tossed
into debtors' prison when he fails to pay his creditors.
His advice to David Copperfield: "Annual income twenty pounds,
annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
ought and six, result misery."
 
3. In "Martin Chuzzlewit", we meet this completely alcoholic nurse
and midwife, who creates an imaginary friend Mrs. Harris to
constantly tell her how wonderful she is. She was so popular
among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
ostentation".
 
4. In "Hard Times", he is a wealthy retired hardware merchant and
MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
and emotion.
 
5. In "Bleak House", this woman is mistress of Chesney Wold and
married to Sir Leicester. She is wealthy and revered and has
kept the secret of her illegitimate child throughout her life,
believing the child died at birth. This child, Esther Summerson,
actually survived, and when the truth threatens to come out,
the mother runs away, certain that her husband will hate her.
She dies outside a cemetery.
 
6. This rough and desperate convict escapes from a prison ship
onto the Kent marshes. A young boy named Pip brings him
food and a file to escape his fetters. He is recaptured and
transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
author of his great expectations.
 
7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
night's sleep.
 
8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
"repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
 
9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by
a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
 
10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French
Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
she is killed by her own pistol.
 
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| -- Peter Moylan, paraphrasing Ernie Kovacs
 
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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 26 02:56AM -0700

On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 5:04:14 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some
> cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form.
 
> 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse.
 
Vienna
 
> 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya.
 
Barcelona
 
> 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz.
> 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place.
 
New Delhi, Mumbai
 
> 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli.
 
Berlin, Munich
 
> 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson.
> 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam.
> 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood.
 
London
 
> 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen.
 
Stickholm
 
> 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo.
 
Lisbon, Rio
 
 
> filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes
> much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals
> every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables.
 
Dawkins
 
> annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness.
> Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds
> ought and six, result misery."
 
Micawber
 
> among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially
> referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular
> ostentation".
 
Sarah Gamp or possibly Gemp. A great character!
 
> MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model
> school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination
> and emotion.
 
Gradgrind
 
> actually survived, and when the truth threatens to come out,
> the mother runs away, certain that her husband will hate her.
> She dies outside a cemetery.
 
Lady Dedlock
 
> transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer.
> This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and
> author of his great expectations.
 
Name won't come...
 
> 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed
> to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed
> night's sleep.
 
Scrooge

> 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose
> "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely
> negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism.
 
Fagin
 
> a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped
> the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in
> her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe.
 
Haversham
 
> Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she
> condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel,
> she is killed by her own pistol.
 
nope
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 26 02:02AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
Game 7 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won it. Hearty
congratulations!
 
 
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Literature - The State of the Novel
 
> We'll name three novels; you just tell us the US state in which
> all three are primarily set.
 
This was the easiest round in the original game.
 
> 1. "The Outsiders", "True Grit", "The Grapes of Wrath".
 
Oklahoma. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
 
> 2. "The Help", "The Sound and the Fury", "The Quiet Game".
 
Mississippi. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua.
 
> 3. "No Country for Old Men", "Lonesome Dove", "News of the World".
 
Texas. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 4. "East of Eden", "The Big Sleep", "The Joy Luck Club".
 
California. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 5. "The Cider House Rules", "Olive Kitteridge", "Empire Falls".
 
Maine. 4 for Joshua.
 
> 6. "The Yearling", "Tourist Season", "92 in the Shade".
 
Florida. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 2 for Pete.
 
> 7. "The Shining", "Plainsong", "The Song of the Lark".
 
Colorado. 4 for Joshua.
 
> 8. "The Scarlet Letter", "Mystic River", "Love Story".
 
Massachusetts. 4 for everyone.
 
> 9. "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle
> Stop Cafe", "Looking for Alaska".
 
Alabama. 4 for Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 10. "Interview with the Vampire", "A Confederacy of Dunces",
> "All the King's Men".
 
Louisiana. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
> to Tahiti to acquire something to be transported to British
> possessions in the West Indies. What cargo was the Bounty
> supposed to acquire?
 
Breadfruit. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
 
> A2. In 1787, there was a mutiny on the Bounty. The mutineers,
> led by acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, later moored
> the ship at *what island* and burned it?
 
Pitcairn I. 4 for everyone.
 
 
 
> B1. This marvelous chocolate bar is made of creamy peanut butter
> mixed with light rice crisps and delicious caramel covered
> with rich Cadbury milk chocolate.
 
Wunderbar.
 
> B2. Within the Cadbury chocolate factory, there is a vault
> which contains the secret recipe for this classic Canadian
> chocolate bar.
 
Caramilk. 4 for Dan Blum.
 
 
 
> C1. Name the O. Henry story, written in 1905, about a young
> husband and wife who deal with the challenges of buying
> secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.
 
"The Gift of the Magi". I accepted it with "Gifts". 4 for Dan Blum,
Pete, and Joshua.
 
> C2. Porter had 14 stories published under various pseudonyms,
> of which O. Henry was the most popular, between 1898-03-25
> and 1901-07-24. What else was he doing at the time?
 
Serving a prison sentence for embezzlement. 4 for Joshua.
3 for Dan Blum.
 
It was a 5-year sentence, but he got time off for good behavior.
 
 
> * D. Science, or "Mars"
 
> D1. The tallest mountain known in the solar system is found
> on Mars. Name it.
 
Olympus Mons. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
> D2. Planum Boreum and Planum Australe are found on Mars.
> What are they? Be sufficiently specific.
 
The polar ice caps, or the plains where they're located. 4 for
Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
> drug and alcohol overdose while recovering from a concussion.
> His parents unsuccessfully sued the NHL and the players'
> union over his death. Name him.
 
Derek Boogaard.
 
> Trophy in 2009 and the Stanley Cup with the Bruins in
> 2011, and as of the start of the 2019-20 season, he was
> the tallest and oldest player in the NHL. Name him.
 
Zdeno Chara. 4 for Pete.
 
 
> * F. Entertainment, or "Smarties"
 
> F1. What genius did Benedict Cumberbatch play in the 2014 movie
> "The Imitation Game"?
 
Alan Turing. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua.
 
> F2. What genius did Eddie Redmayne play in the 2014 movie
> "The Theory of Everything"?
 
Stephen Hawking. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Ent Spo Mis Sci Lit Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 22 4 36 29 26 12 40 28 181
Dan Blum 28 4 24 8 34 22 24 31 163
Dan Tilque 32 4 0 8 28 24 24 20 136
Pete Gayde 29 0 16 36 -- -- 22 28 131
"Calvin" 30 0 0 0 27 8 -- -- 65
Erland Sommarskog 28 0 -- -- -- -- 8 4 40
Bruce Bowler 12 0 24 0 -- -- -- -- 36
 
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