| 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. |
| 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 -- Mark Brader | Does anybody seriously believe that if a bunch of horses Toronto | saw a giant egg broken into pieces, their response would msb@vex.net | be: "Hey! Let's try to reassemble this!"? --Dave Barry My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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