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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 30 03:57PM > 1. During the play of this game you might hear the phrase "Corner > on corn!" The game was inspired by the US Corn Exchange and > was first sold by Parker Brothers in 1904.   Pit   > 2. This game was introduced in 1963: among other objects, the > playing mechanism includes a rickety staircase, a hanging boot, > and a bathtub.   Mouse Trap   > or the movement of a spinner. Some versions have illustrations > that teach morality lessons: good children are rewarded and > misbehaving ones suffer a fall.   Chutes & Ladders   > 4. The playing pieces in a """current""" US version of this game > include a box of McDonald's french fries, a cup of Starbucks > coffee, a Toyota Prius, a cell phone, and a laptop.   Monopoly   > 5. The board for this game, originally published in the UK by > Waddington's in 1948, includes four secret passages.   Clue   > 6. This game was first manufactured by Parker Brothers in 1955, > and was devised by a sociologist. Players attempt to maximize > their fame, happiness, and/or money.   Careers   > 7. This game was first manufactured by Milton Bradley in 1965. > You may run up against a broken heart, writer's cramp, and > butterflies in the stomach.   Operation   > 8. This game for young children was first published by Milton > Bradley in 1949. Be careful: you might find yourself trapped > in Molasses Swamp.   Candyland   > 9. This game dates from the 1860s (yes, really). Players can > graduate from college, get a job, buy a house, and retire.   The Game of Life   The modern version of this is very different from the 19th-century one. I wouldn't call them the same game.   > 10. In this French card game, you can run out of gas or have a > flat tire.   Mille Bornes   > the Orient Express", "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", and > "Curtain". *What country* was he from, before he moved > to England?   Belgium   > Crack'd from Side to Side", "A Murder is Announced", > "Sleeping Murder", and "4.50 from Paddington" (also known > as "Murder She Said"). *What village* did she live in?   St. Mary Mead   > a regular role on the TV series "Doctor Who"? *Note*: > You may either give the originally correct answer or the > current one, but you must say which one you are giving.   current: 13   > B2. Name *any one of the first four* actors to play the Doctor, > i.e. those on the show from 1963 through early 1981.   Pertwee   > * C. Canadian Bays   > C1. Chaleur Bay lies off the coast of what *two* provinces > or territories?   New Brunswick and Nova Scotia   > * E. Ologies   > E1. What word ending in -ology means the study of reptiles?   herpetology   > E2. What word ending in -ology means the study of flags?   vexillology   > * F. Pilots named Yeager   > F1. Chuck Yeager was the first pilot to fly faster than sound. > Within 2, what year was that?   1956   > F2. Jeana Yeager -- no relation to Chuck -- set *what record* > for a nonstop flight together with Dick Rutan in a specially > built plane in December 1986? Exact description required.   first nonstop flight around the world in a human-powered plane   -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 31 01:11AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:P8GdnfuIV4YkktbCnZ2dnUU7-   > 2. This game was introduced in 1963: among other objects, the > playing mechanism includes a rickety staircase, a hanging boot, > and a bathtub.   Mouse Trap   > coffee, a Toyota Prius, a cell phone, and a laptop.   > 5. The board for this game, originally published in the UK by > Waddington's in 1948, includes four secret passages.   Clue     > 8. This game for young children was first published by Milton > Bradley in 1949. Be careful: you might find yourself trapped > in Molasses Swamp.   Candyland     > 9. This game dates from the 1860s (yes, really). Players can > graduate from college, get a job, buy a house, and retire.   Game of Life     > 10. In this French card game, you can run out of gas or have a > flat tire.   Milles Borne   > the Orient Express", "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", and > "Curtain". *What country* was he from, before he moved > to England?   Belgium   > a regular role on the TV series "Doctor Who"? *Note*: > You may either give the originally correct answer or the > current one, but you must say which one you are giving.   12 (Current number, not counting the War Doctor or the "8th" doctor in the movie)     > B2. Name *any one of the first four* actors to play the Doctor, > i.e. those on the show from 1963 through early 1981.   William Hartnell     > * C. Canadian Bays   > C1. Chaleur Bay lies off the coast of what *two* provinces > or territories?   Yukon Territory and Nunaavut   > asked the team to give the player the honor of wearing his > retired number. Name the star who would wear #6 for the > rest of his career.   Baun; Henderson     > * E. Ologies   > E1. What word ending in -ology means the study of reptiles?   Herpetology     > * F. Pilots named Yeager   > F1. Chuck Yeager was the first pilot to fly faster than sound. > Within 2, what year was that?   1948     > F2. Jeana Yeager -- no relation to Chuck -- set *what record* > for a nonstop flight together with Dick Rutan in a specially > built plane in December 1986? Exact description required.   Around the world without landing along the way     Pete Gayde

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RQFTCI07 Game 6 Rounds 8,10: games, challenge round

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 29 09:32PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-26, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.   For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".     I wrote one of these rounds.     ** Game 6, Round 8 - Leisure - Games   These are mostly board games that families might play at home. Name them.   1. During the play of this game you might hear the phrase "Corner on corn!" The game was inspired by the US Corn Exchange and was first sold by Parker Brothers in 1904.   2. This game was introduced in 1963: among other objects, the playing mechanism includes a rickety staircase, a hanging boot, and a bathtub.   3. This game, dating from Victorian times, is played on a square grid; players move their pieces according to the throw of a die or the movement of a spinner. Some versions have illustrations that teach morality lessons: good children are rewarded and misbehaving ones suffer a fall.   4. The playing pieces in a """current""" US version of this game include a box of McDonald's french fries, a cup of Starbucks coffee, a Toyota Prius, a cell phone, and a laptop.   5. The board for this game, originally published in the UK by Waddington's in 1948, includes four secret passages.   6. This game was first manufactured by Parker Brothers in 1955, and was devised by a sociologist. Players attempt to maximize their fame, happiness, and/or money.   7. This game was first manufactured by Milton Bradley in 1965. You may run up against a broken heart, writer's cramp, and butterflies in the stomach.   8. This game for young children was first published by Milton Bradley in 1949. Be careful: you might find yourself trapped in Molasses Swamp.   9. This game dates from the 1860s (yes, really). Players can graduate from college, get a job, buy a house, and retire.   10. In this French card game, you can run out of gas or have a flat tire.     ** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round   * A. Agatha Christie Characters   A1. Christie's best-known male detective was featured in such works as "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", "Murder on the Orient Express", "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", and "Curtain". *What country* was he from, before he moved to England?   A2. Christie's best-known female detective was featured in such works as "The Body in the Library", "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side", "A Murder is Announced", "Sleeping Murder", and "4.50 from Paddington" (also known as "Murder She Said"). *What village* did she live in?     * B. As Doctor Who   B1. Within 1, how many people """have played""" the Doctor as a regular role on the TV series "Doctor Who"? *Note*: You may either give the originally correct answer or the current one, but you must say which one you are giving.   B2. Name *any one of the first four* actors to play the Doctor, i.e. those on the show from 1963 through early 1981.     * C. Canadian Bays   C1. Chaleur Bay lies off the coast of what *two* provinces or territories?   C2. What provincial capital is on the coast very close to Hillsborough Bay?     * D. #6 for the Leafs   D1. In a 1933 game with Boston, this Toronto Maple Leafs star was checked by Eddie Shore so hard that his head hit the ice and his death was feared. He actually lived until 1992, but never played again, and the Leafs retired his sweater #6. Name him.   D2. This Leafs player became "two numbers lighter" in 1968 when <answer D1>, now the Maple Leaf Gardens timekeeper, asked the team to give the player the honor of wearing his retired number. Name the star who would wear #6 for the rest of his career.     * E. Ologies   E1. What word ending in -ology means the study of reptiles? E2. What word ending in -ology means the study of flags?     * F. Pilots named Yeager   F1. Chuck Yeager was the first pilot to fly faster than sound. Within 2, what year was that?   F2. Jeana Yeager -- no relation to Chuck -- set *what record* for a nonstop flight together with Dick Rutan in a specially built plane in December 1986? Exact description required.   -- Mark Brader "How can we believe that?" Toronto "Because this time it's true!" msb@vex.net -- Lynn & Jay: YES, PRIME MINISTER   My text in this article is in the public domain.

Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 30 03:05AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:P8GdnfuIV4YkktbCnZ2dnUU7-   > 1. During the play of this game you might hear the phrase "Corner > on corn!" The game was inspired by the US Corn Exchange and > was first sold by Parker Brothers in 1904.   Pit   > or the movement of a spinner. Some versions have illustrations > that teach morality lessons: good children are rewarded and > misbehaving ones suffer a fall.   Chutes and Ladders > 5. The board for this game, originally published in the UK by > Waddington's in 1948, includes four secret passages.   Cluedo > 7. This game was first manufactured by Milton Bradley in 1965. > You may run up against a broken heart, writer's cramp, and > butterflies in the stomach.   Operation > 8. This game for young children was first published by Milton > Bradley in 1949. Be careful: you might find yourself trapped > in Molasses Swamp.   Candy Land   > 9. This game dates from the 1860s (yes, really). Players can > graduate from college, get a job, buy a house, and retire.   The Game of Life > 10. In this French card game, you can run out of gas or have a > flat tire.   Mille Bornes > the Orient Express", "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", and > "Curtain". *What country* was he from, before he moved > to England?   Belgium   > a regular role on the TV series "Doctor Who"? *Note*: > You may either give the originally correct answer or the > current one, but you must say which one you are giving.   12 (current answer) > B2. Name *any one of the first four* actors to play the Doctor, > i.e. those on the show from 1963 through early 1981.   Tom Baker > * C. Canadian Bays   > C2. What provincial capital is on the coast very close to > Hillsborough Bay?   Tampa ;) > * E. Ologies   > E1. What word ending in -ology means the study of reptiles?   herpetology   > E2. What word ending in -ology means the study of flags?   vexillology > * F. Pilots named Yeager   > F1. Chuck Yeager was the first pilot to fly faster than sound. > Within 2, what year was that?   1949 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 30 12:38PM +0200 > 4. The playing pieces in a """current""" US version of this game > include a box of McDonald's french fries, a cup of Starbucks > coffee, a Toyota Prius, a cell phone, and a laptop.   Monopoly > the Orient Express", "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", and > "Curtain". *What country* was he from, before he moved > to England?   Belgium > C2. What provincial capital is on the coast very close to > Hillsborough Bay?   Halifax? > F1. Chuck Yeager was the first pilot to fly faster than sound. > Within 2, what year was that?   1944

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RQFTCI07 Game 6 Rounds 6-7 answers: capitals, secessions

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 29 09:30PM -0500 Mark Brader: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-26, > and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct > answers in about 3 days.   Oops, I seem to be a day late. Sorry about that. > (For example, #50 is Washington.) 48 of them are US state > capitals, and we're going to ask you about 10 of those.   > In each case, simply give the correct city number.   In the original game, the current-events round was the easiest one and this was the second-easiest.   > 1. St. Paul.   #28 (Minnesota). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.   > 2. Nashville.   #56 (Tennessee). 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque.   > 3. Santa Fe.   #13 (New Mexico). 4 for everyone.   > 4. Olympia.   #3 (Washington). 4 for everyone.   > 5. Boise.   #7 (Idaho). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.   > 6. Boston.   #47 (Massachusetts). 4 for everyone.   > 7. Baton Rouge.   #53 (Louisiana). 4 for everyone.   > 8. Sacramento.   #5 (California). 4 for everyone.   > 9. Albany.   #44 (New York). 4 for everyone.   > 10. Trenton.   #48 (New Jersey). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete.   > 11. If you want to show off, for fun but for no points, then give > the *number and name* for any or all of the 6 capitals marked > that are *not* in the US or Canada.   Dan Tilque got 4 of the 6.   The complete list is: USA | 33. Indianapolis IN | 61. Richmond VA 3. Olympia WA | 34. Frankfort KY | 62. Tallahassee FL 4. Salem OR | 35. Columbus OH | 5. Sacramento CA | 36. Charleston WV | Canada 6. Carson City NV | 40. Montpelier VT | 1. Edmonton AB 7. Boise ID | 41. Augusta ME | 2. Victoria BC 8. Salt Lake City UT | 43. Concord NH | 10. Regina SK 9. Helena MT | 44. Albany NY | 18. Winnipeg MB 12. Phoenix AZ | 45. Hartford CT | 37. Toronto ON 13. Santa Fe NM | 46. Providence RI | 38. Ottawa (ON) 14. Denver CO | 47. Boston MA | 39. Quebec QC 15. Cheyenne WY | 48. Trenton NJ | 42. Fredericton NB 16. Pierre SD | 49. Harrisburg PA | 17. Bismarck ND | 50. Washington (DC) | Mexico 23. Austin TX | 51. Annapolis MD | 11. Mexicali, B.C. 24. Oklahoma City OK | 52. Dover DE | 19. Hermosillo, Son. 25. Topeka KS | 53. Baton Rouge LA | 20. Chihuahua, Chih. 26. Lincoln NE | 54. Jackson MS | 21. Saltillo, Coah. 27. Des Moines IA | 55. Little Rock AR | 22. Monterrey, N.L. 28. St. Paul MN | 56. Nashville TN | 29. Madison WI | 57. Montgomery AL | Bahamas 30. Jefferson City MO | 58. Atlanta GA | 63. Nassau 31. Springfield IL | 59. Columbia SC | 32. Lansing MI | 60. Raleigh NC |     > name all the US state capitals and Canadian provincial (not > territorial) capitals that are *not* on the map. You must give > the complete list to be counted as correct.   Dan Tilque got this. There are 5:   USA Honolulu HI Juneau AK Canada Charlottetown PE Halifax NS St. John's NL       > Confederate States of America, and 4 others quickly joined them. > For most of the ensuing 4 years, what was the CSA's capital city? > You can give its name *or* just give its number on the map.   Richmond (Virginia), #61. Yes, that close to the enemy capital! 4 for everyone.   This question was why I changed the order of the rounds -- it was so that both rounds using the handout would come up in the same set.   > 2. One of the Confederate states had seceded from its parent country > once before, in 1836. Still earlier it had been Spanish and > then French territory. Name the state.   Texas (seceded from Mexico first; joined the US in 1845). 4 for everyone.   > 3. Which territory with capital Grozny was eventually recaptured > by Russia after several years of de facto independence in > the 1990s?   Chechnya. 4 for everyone.   > (1) Abkhazia; (2) Nagorno-Karabakh; (3) Transnistria, also called > Pridnestrovie. Name *any one* of the three *parent* countries; > you don't have to say which secessionist territory it goes with.   Georgia, Azerbaijan, Moldova (respectively). (All still true at least to some extent, but Nagorno-Karabakh is now named Artsakh.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland.   > a generally unrecognized, but de facto independent, country > ever since. Meanwhile the parent country joined the European > Union in 2005. Name the parent country.   Cyprus. (Seceding: the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Still true.) 4 for Joshua, Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque.   > 6. The next two questions are about Africa. The secession of this > country """has""" left Ethopia landlocked; name it.   Eritrea. (Still true.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque.   > rich in oil but needed to import food, and a Nigerian blockade > starved it into submission. We need the name adopted by the > secessionist area.   Biafra. 4 for everyone.   > *parent* country to be lengthened by inserting a 9th word. > Both countries have the same predominant language; name the > one that *seceded*.   Ireland (accepting Republic of Ireland, Éire, Irish Free State, or even Southern Ireland; parent The United Kingdom of Great Britain and -- now -- *Northern* Ireland). 4 for everyone.   > 9. """Last year""", what became the last of the former Yugoslavian > republics to separate from what is now called Serbia?   Montenegro. 4 for everyone.   > 10. Czechoslovakia separated into two countries on January 1 of > what year, within 2?   1993 (accepting 1991-95). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete.     Scores, if there are no errors:   GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 9 6 7 BEST TOPICS-> Ent Sci Lit Mis Geo His FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 20 32 24 35 40 40 147 Dan Blum 12 32 32 15 40 36 140 Pete Gayde 24 16 0 27 40 35 126 Dan Tilque 0 32 8 12 36 40 120 Erland Sommarskog 0 16 0 4 32 39 91 Bruce Bowler 8 36 -- -- -- -- 44   -- Mark Brader | "And don't forget there were five separate computers msb@vex.net | in those days." Toronto | -- Bob NE20G3018 (Ira Levin, "This Perfect Day")   My text in this article is in the public domain.

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RQFTCI07 Game 6 Rounds 6-7: capitals, secessions

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 27 10:50PM +0200 > Erland Sommarskog: >> In order: Georgia, Armenia, Moldova   > Now he can't count to one.   Given all questions where I have not entered a single answer where I was supposed to give at least one, I'm still below average.   > I will score this as two guesses of Georgia and Armenia.   Which will give me way too many points, given that my attempt to show off includes a embarrassing error.

Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 27 09:25PM -0700 On 8/25/20 9:18 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > capitals, and we're going to ask you about 10 of those.   > In each case, simply give the correct city number.   > 1. St. Paul.   28   > 2. Nashville.   56   > 3. Santa Fe.   13   > 4. Olympia.   3   > 5. Boise.   7   > 6. Boston.   47   > 7. Baton Rouge.   53   > 8. Sacramento.   5   > 9. Albany.   44   > 10. Trenton.   52     > 11. If you want to show off, for fun but for no points, then give > the *number and name* for any or all of the 6 capitals marked > that are *not* in the US or Canada.   11 Mexicali 19 Hermosillo 20 Chihuahua 63 Nassau, Bahamas   > name all the US state capitals and Canadian provincial (not > territorial) capitals that are *not* on the map. You must give > the complete list to be counted as correct.   Juneau (Alaska) Honolulu (Hawaii) Halifax (Nova Scotia) Charlottetown (PEI) St John's (Newfoundland & Labrador)   > Confederate States of America, and 4 others quickly joined them. > For most of the ensuing 4 years, what was the CSA's capital city? > You can give its name *or* just give its number on the map.   Richmond VA     > 2. One of the Confederate states had seceded from its parent country > once before, in 1836. Still earlier it had been Spanish and > then French territory. Name the state.   Texas     > 3. Which territory with capital Grozny was eventually recaptured > by Russia after several years of de facto independence in > the 1990s?   Chechnya   > (1) Abkhazia; (2) Nagorno-Karabakh; (3) Transnistria, also called > Pridnestrovie. Name *any one* of the three *parent* countries; > you don't have to say which secessionist territory it goes with.   Moldova   > a generally unrecognized, but de facto independent, country > ever since. Meanwhile the parent country joined the European > Union in 2005. Name the parent country.   Cyprus     > 6. The next two questions are about Africa. The secession of this > country """has""" left Ethopia landlocked; name it.   Eritria   > rich in oil but needed to import food, and a Nigerian blockade > starved it into submission. We need the name adopted by the > secessionist area.   Biafra   > *parent* country to be lengthened by inserting a 9th word. > Both countries have the same predominant language; name the > one that *seceded*.   Ireland     > 9. """Last year""", what became the last of the former Yugoslavian > republics to separate from what is now called Serbia?   Montenegro     > 10. Czechoslovakia separated into two countries on January 1 of > what year, within 2?   1992   -- Dan Tilque

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RQFTCI07 Game 6 Rounds 6-7: capitals, secessions

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 26 01:32PM > * Game 6, Round 6 - Geography - State Capitals   > 1. St. Paul.   28   > 2. Nashville.   56   > 3. Santa Fe.   13   > 4. Olympia.   3   > 5. Boise.   7   > 6. Boston.   47   > 7. Baton Rouge.   53   > 8. Sacramento.   5   > 9. Albany.   44   > 10. Trenton.   48   > Confederate States of America, and 4 others quickly joined them. > For most of the ensuing 4 years, what was the CSA's capital city? > You can give its name *or* just give its number on the map.   Richmond   > 2. One of the Confederate states had seceded from its parent country > once before, in 1836. Still earlier it had been Spanish and > then French territory. Name the state.   Texas   > 3. Which territory with capital Grozny was eventually recaptured > by Russia after several years of de facto independence in > the 1990s?   Chechnya   > (1) Abkhazia; (2) Nagorno-Karabakh; (3) Transnistria, also called > Pridnestrovie. Name *any one* of the three *parent* countries; > you don't have to say which secessionist territory it goes with.   Azerbaijan   > a generally unrecognized, but de facto independent, country > ever since. Meanwhile the parent country joined the European > Union in 2005. Name the parent country.   Turkey   > 6. The next two questions are about Africa. The secession of this > country """has""" left Ethopia landlocked; name it.   Eritrea   > rich in oil but needed to import food, and a Nigerian blockade > starved it into submission. We need the name adopted by the > secessionist area.   Biafra   > *parent* country to be lengthened by inserting a 9th word. > Both countries have the same predominant language; name the > one that *seceded*.   Ireland   > 9. """Last year""", what became the last of the former Yugoslavian > republics to separate from what is now called Serbia?   Montenegro   > 10. Czechoslovakia separated into two countries on January 1 of > what year, within 2?   1993   -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Aug 26 08:46PM +0200 > In each case, simply give the correct city number.   > 1. St. Paul.   17   > 2. Nashville.   56   > 3. Santa Fe.   13   > 4. Olympia.   3   > 5. Boise.   9   > 6. Boston.   47   > 7. Baton Rouge.   53   > 8. Sacramento.   5   > 9. Albany.   44   > 10. Trenton.   48     > Confederate States of America, and 4 others quickly joined them. > For most of the ensuing 4 years, what was the CSA's capital city? > You can give its name *or* just give its number on the map.   61 > 2. One of the Confederate states had seceded from its parent country > once before, in 1836. Still earlier it had been Spanish and > then French territory. Name the state.   Texas > 3. Which territory with capital Grozny was eventually recaptured > by Russia after several years of de facto independence in > the 1990s?   Chechnia > (1) Abkhazia; (2) Nagorno-Karabakh; (3) Transnistria, also called > Pridnestrovie. Name *any one* of the three *parent* countries; > you don't have to say which secessionist territory it goes with.   In order: Georgia, Armenia, Moldova > a generally unrecognized, but de facto independent, country > ever since. Meanwhile the parent country joined the European > Union in 2005. Name the parent country.   Cyprus > 6. The next two questions are about Africa. The secession of this > country """has""" left Ethopia landlocked; name it.   Eritrea > rich in oil but needed to import food, and a Nigerian blockade > starved it into submission. We need the name adopted by the > secessionist area.   Biafra > *parent* country to be lengthened by inserting a 9th word. > Both countries have the same predominant language; name the > one that *seceded*.   Ireland > 9. """Last year""", what became the last of the former Yugoslavian > republics to separate from what is now called Serbia?   Montenegro > 10. Czechoslovakia separated into two countries on January 1 of > what year, within 2?   1993

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 26 02:46PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > Name *any one* of the three *parent* countries...   Erland Sommarskog: > In order: Georgia, Armenia, Moldova   Now he can't count to one.   I will score this as two guesses of Georgia and Armenia. -- Mark Brader "The spaghetti is put there by the designer of Toronto the code, not the designer of the language." msb@vex.net -- Richard Minner

Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 26 11:06PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:fsadnQL1m8k4f9jCnZ2dnUU7- > capitals, and we're going to ask you about 10 of those.   > In each case, simply give the correct city number.   > 1. St. Paul.   28   > 2. Nashville.   56   > 3. Santa Fe.   13   > 4. Olympia.   3   > 5. Boise.   7   > 6. Boston.   47   > 7. Baton Rouge.   53   > 8. Sacramento.   5   > 9. Albany.   44   > 10. Trenton.   48   > Confederate States of America, and 4 others quickly joined them. > For most of the ensuing 4 years, what was the CSA's capital city? > You can give its name *or* just give its number on the map.   Richmond, Virginia     > 2. One of the Confederate states had seceded from its parent country > once before, in 1836. Still earlier it had been Spanish and > then French territory. Name the state.   Texas     > 3. Which territory with capital Grozny was eventually recaptured > by Russia after several years of de facto independence in > the 1990s?   Chechnya   > (1) Abkhazia; (2) Nagorno-Karabakh; (3) Transnistria, also called > Pridnestrovie. Name *any one* of the three *parent* countries; > you don't have to say which secessionist territory it goes with.   Georgia   > a generally unrecognized, but de facto independent, country > ever since. Meanwhile the parent country joined the European > Union in 2005. Name the parent country.   Cyprus     > 6. The next two questions are about Africa. The secession of this > country """has""" left Ethopia landlocked; name it.   Djibouti   > rich in oil but needed to import food, and a Nigerian blockade > starved it into submission. We need the name adopted by the > secessionist area.   Biafra   > *parent* country to be lengthened by inserting a 9th word. > Both countries have the same predominant language; name the > one that *seceded*.   Republic of Ireland     > 9. """Last year""", what became the last of the former Yugoslavian > republics to separate from what is now called Serbia?   Montenegro     > 10. Czechoslovakia separated into two countries on January 1 of > what year, within 2?   1993; 1998     Pete Gayde

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RQFTCI07 Game 6 Rounds 6-7: capitals, secessions

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 25 11:18PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-26, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.   For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".     I wrote both of these rounds.     * Game 6, Round 6 - Geography - State Capitals   http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6/caps.png   Please consult the handout at the above URL. *Every* city on the map is a capital -- either state, provincial, or national. (For example, #50 is Washington.) 48 of them are US state capitals, and we're going to ask you about 10 of those.   In each case, simply give the correct city number.   1. St. Paul. 2. Nashville. 3. Santa Fe. 4. Olympia. 5. Boise. 6. Boston. 7. Baton Rouge. 8. Sacramento. 9. Albany. 10. Trenton.   11. If you want to show off, for fun but for no points, then give the *number and name* for any or all of the 6 capitals marked that are *not* in the US or Canada.   12. A further question for fun, but for no points, if you like: name all the US state capitals and Canadian provincial (not territorial) capitals that are *not* on the map. You must give the complete list to be counted as correct.     * Game 6, Round 7 - History - Secession and Separation   This round is about territories that have declared or negotiated their independence. We will describe this indifferently as seceding or separating, although in many cases their respective parent countries would not admit either term. In some cases the seceding territories were eventually recognized as independent countries; in others they lost a war and were reabsorbed, or to put it another way, they never left the parent country. There are also some in-between cases, where the secessionist authorities have retained power as a de-facto independent country, but have not been officially recognized as one, or have been recognized only by some countries.   *Note*: By "parent country" we mean the one originally existing, whose area was diminished if the attempted separation was successful. In some cases we will ask for the parent country, in others the seceding one, or other information.   1. Go back to that map handout for one more question. In 1861, 7 states declared their secession from the US and formed the Confederate States of America, and 4 others quickly joined them. For most of the ensuing 4 years, what was the CSA's capital city? You can give its name *or* just give its number on the map.   2. One of the Confederate states had seceded from its parent country once before, in 1836. Still earlier it had been Spanish and then French territory. Name the state.   3. Which territory with capital Grozny was eventually recaptured by Russia after several years of de facto independence in the 1990s?   4. Again in the former Soviet Union, a number of regions """today have""" de facto independence from various republics, although none of them """is""" officially recognized. Each of these territories has seceded from a different former Soviet republic: (1) Abkhazia; (2) Nagorno-Karabakh; (3) Transnistria, also called Pridnestrovie. Name *any one* of the three *parent* countries; you don't have to say which secessionist territory it goes with.   5. This Mediterranean country was invaded in 1974 and its northern region was occupied. In 1983, with the support of the occupier, that region declared its independence and it """has been""" a generally unrecognized, but de facto independent, country ever since. Meanwhile the parent country joined the European Union in 2005. Name the parent country.   6. The next two questions are about Africa. The secession of this country """has""" left Ethopia landlocked; name it.   7. This region attempted to secede from Nigeria in 1967. It was rich in oil but needed to import food, and a Nigerian blockade starved it into submission. We need the name adopted by the secessionist area.   8. For the last three questions we return to Europe. The secession of this country in, oh, about 1920 caused the full name of its *parent* country to be lengthened by inserting a 9th word. Both countries have the same predominant language; name the one that *seceded*.   9. """Last year""", what became the last of the former Yugoslavian republics to separate from what is now called Serbia?   10. Czechoslovakia separated into two countries on January 1 of what year, within 2?   -- Mark Brader | "But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, econ- Toronto | omists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of msb@vex.net | Europe is extinguished for ever." --Edmund Burke, 1790   My text in this article is in the public domain.

Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 26 04:47AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:fsadnQL1m8k4f9jCnZ2dnUU7- > capitals, and we're going to ask you about 10 of those.   > In each case, simply give the correct city number.   > 1. St. Paul.   28   > 2. Nashville.   56   > 3. Santa Fe.   13   > 4. Olympia.   3   > 5. Boise.   7   > 6. Boston.   47   > 7. Baton Rouge.   53   > 8. Sacramento.   5   > 9. Albany.   44   > 10. Trenton.   48 > Confederate States of America, and 4 others quickly joined them. > For most of the ensuing 4 years, what was the CSA's capital city? > You can give its name *or* just give its number on the map.   Richmond   > 2. One of the Confederate states had seceded from its parent country > once before, in 1836. Still earlier it had been Spanish and > then French territory. Name the state.   Texas > 3. Which territory with capital Grozny was eventually recaptured > by Russia after several years of de facto independence in > the 1990s?   Chechnya   > (1) Abkhazia; (2) Nagorno-Karabakh; (3) Transnistria, also called > Pridnestrovie. Name *any one* of the three *parent* countries; > you don't have to say which secessionist territory it goes with.   Georgia   > a generally unrecognized, but de facto independent, country > ever since. Meanwhile the parent country joined the European > Union in 2005. Name the parent country.   Cyprus   > 6. The next two questions are about Africa. The secession of this > country """has""" left Ethopia landlocked; name it.   Eritrea > rich in oil but needed to import food, and a Nigerian blockade > starved it into submission. We need the name adopted by the > secessionist area.   Biafra   > *parent* country to be lengthened by inserting a 9th word. > Both countries have the same predominant language; name the > one that *seceded*.   Ireland   > 9. """Last year""", what became the last of the former Yugoslavian > republics to separate from what is now called Serbia?   Montenegro > 10. Czechoslovakia separated into two countries on January 1 of > what year, within 2?   1995   -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com

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RQFTCI07 Game 6 Rounds 4,9 answers: Will, Oscar

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 25 11:16PM -0500 Mark Brader: > begin with the letters WILL.   > 1. "Junkie" (1953); "The Soft Machine" (1961); "Nova Express" > (1964).   William Burroughs. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.   > 2. "The Sound and the Fury" (1929); "Light in August" (1932); > "Absalom, Absalom!" (1936).   William Faulkner. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.   > 3. "The Recognitions" (1955); "J.R." (1975); "Carpenter's Gothic" > (1985).   William Gaddis. 4 for Joshua.   > 4. "Mona Lisa Overdrive" (1988); "Virtual Light" (1993); "Pattern > Recognition" (2003).   William Gibson. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.   > 5. "The Inheritors" (1955); "The Pyramid" (1967); "Darkness Visible" > (1979).   William Golding.   > 6. "Set This House on Fire" (1960); "The Confessions of Nat Turner" > (1967); "Sophie's Choice" (1979).   William Styron. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.   > 7. "Great Apes" (1997); "How the Dead Live" (2000); "The Book of > Dave" (2006).   Will Self. 4 for Dan Blum.   > 8. "Legs" (1983); "Ironweed" (1983); "Roscoe" (2002).   William Kennedy. 4 for Dan Blum.   > 9. "The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq." (1844); "Vanity Fair" > (1848); "The History of Henry Esmond" (1852).   William Makepeace Thackeray. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.   > 10. "O Pioneers!" (1913); "The Song of the Lark" (1915); "Death > Comes for the Archbishop" (1927).   Willa Cather. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.       > 1. Who was the first actor to play Oscar Madison in the original > Broadway production of "The Odd Couple", which started its run > in 1965?   Walter Matthau. 4 for Pete. 3 for Joshua.   > 2. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's first collaboration > was an adaptation of a play called "Green Grow the Lilacs". > What was the title of the resulting Broadway musical?   "Oklahoma!". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.   > 3. Which Oscar, an American light-middleweight boxer, won a gold > medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics?   Oscar de la Hoya. 4 for Joshua.   > 4. Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated on 1980-03-24, after > speaking out about human rights abuses in *which Central > American country*?   El Salvador. 4 for Joshua and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum.   > 5. In *what city* was meat-production company Oscar Mayer founded, > in the late 1800s?   Chicago. 4 for Joshua and Pete.   > 6. Who is the subject of the documentary film "In the Key of Oscar"?   Oscar Peterson. 4 for Pete.   > but he was orange for the first year the show was on the air. > Within 2 years, in what year did "Sesame Street" and Oscar make > their television debut?   1969 (accepting 1967-71). 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete.   > 8. The American pianist and composer Oscar Levant was known for > his witticisms. He once said of a certain actress that he knew > her "before she was a virgin". Who was he referring to?   Doris Day. 4 for Joshua and Pete.   > It's about a boy named Oskar, a musician of sorts, who decides > to stop growing at the age of 3, and thereafter casts an acerbic > eye on German society in the World War II and postwar era.   "The Tin Drum" ("Die Blechtrommel"). 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum.   > 10. Who was recognized by Israel as one of the "Righteous Among > Nations", or a "righteous Gentile", on 1967-07-18?   Oskar Schindler. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.     Scores, if there are no errors:   GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 9 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Sci Lit Mis Joshua Kreitzer 20 32 24 35 111 Dan Blum 12 32 32 15 91 Pete Gayde 24 16 0 27 67 Dan Tilque 0 32 8 12 52 Bruce Bowler 8 36 -- -- 44 Erland Sommarskog 0 16 0 4 20   -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "He is even more important than my cat, msb@vex.net | which is saying something." --Flash Wilson   My text in this article is in the public domain.

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Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 24 10:22PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Y_SdnRHAv6GOdtzCnZ2dnUU7- > companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".   > I'm doing the rounds out of order in this game because I wanted to change > which ones are paired together for posting. These two are thematically   > 1. Who was the first actor to play Oscar Madison in the original > Broadway production of "The Odd Couple", which started its run > in 1965?   Walter Matthau     > 2. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's first collaboration > was an adaptation of a play called "Green Grow the Lilacs". > What was the title of the resulting Broadway musical?   State Fair     > 3. Which Oscar, an American light-middleweight boxer, won a gold > medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics?   Benavides     > 4. Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated on 1980-03-24, after > speaking out about human rights abuses in *which Central > American country*?   El Salvador     > 5. In *what city* was meat-production company Oscar Mayer founded, > in the late 1800s?   Chicago     > 6. Who is the subject of the documentary film "In the Key of Oscar"?   Oscar Peterson   > but he was orange for the first year the show was on the air. > Within 2 years, in what year did "Sesame Street" and Oscar make > their television debut?   1969; 1974     > 8. The American pianist and composer Oscar Levant was known for > his witticisms. He once said of a certain actress that he knew > her "before she was a virgin". Who was he referring to?   Doris Day   > eye on German society in the World War II and postwar era.   > 10. Who was recognized by Israel as one of the "Righteous Among > Nations", or a "righteous Gentile", on 1967-07-18?   Schindler     Pete Gayde

Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 24 10:13PM -0700 On 8/22/20 9:05 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > (1985).   > 4. "Mona Lisa Overdrive" (1988); "Virtual Light" (1993); "Pattern > Recognition" (2003).   Gibson     > 8. "Legs" (1983); "Ironweed" (1983); "Roscoe" (2002).   > 9. "The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq." (1844); "Vanity Fair" > (1848); "The History of Henry Esmond" (1852).   Thackeray     > 2. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's first collaboration > was an adaptation of a play called "Green Grow the Lilacs". > What was the title of the resulting Broadway musical?   Oklahoma   > but he was orange for the first year the show was on the air. > Within 2 years, in what year did "Sesame Street" and Oscar make > their television debut?   1971   > eye on German society in the World War II and postwar era.   > 10. Who was recognized by Israel as one of the "Righteous Among > Nations", or a "righteous Gentile", on 1967-07-18?   Schindler     -- Dan Tilque

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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 23 05:05PM > * Game 6, Round 4 - Literature - Writing with a Will   > 1. "Junkie" (1953); "The Soft Machine" (1961); "Nova Express" > (1964).   William Burroughs   > 2. "The Sound and the Fury" (1929); "Light in August" (1932); > "Absalom, Absalom!" (1936).   William Faulkner   > 4. "Mona Lisa Overdrive" (1988); "Virtual Light" (1993); "Pattern > Recognition" (2003).   William Gibson   > 6. "Set This House on Fire" (1960); "The Confessions of Nat Turner" > (1967); "Sophie's Choice" (1979).   William Styron   > 7. "Great Apes" (1997); "How the Dead Live" (2000); "The Book of > Dave" (2006).   Will Self   > 8. "Legs" (1983); "Ironweed" (1983); "Roscoe" (2002).   William Kennedy   > 9. "The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq." (1844); "Vanity Fair" > (1848); "The History of Henry Esmond" (1852).   William Makepeace Thackeray   > 10. "O Pioneers!" (1913); "The Song of the Lark" (1915); "Death > Comes for the Archbishop" (1927).   Willa Cather     > 1. Who was the first actor to play Oscar Madison in the original > Broadway production of "The Odd Couple", which started its run > in 1965?   Jack Klugman   > 2. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's first collaboration > was an adaptation of a play called "Green Grow the Lilacs". > What was the title of the resulting Broadway musical?   Oklahoma   > 4. Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated on 1980-03-24, after > speaking out about human rights abuses in *which Central > American country*?   El Salvador; Guatemala   > 5. In *what city* was meat-production company Oscar Mayer founded, > in the late 1800s?   Cincinnati; St. Louis   > 6. Who is the subject of the documentary film "In the Key of Oscar"?   Oscar Levant   > but he was orange for the first year the show was on the air. > Within 2 years, in what year did "Sesame Street" and Oscar make > their television debut?   1964   > 8. The American pianist and composer Oscar Levant was known for > his witticisms. He once said of a certain actress that he knew > her "before she was a virgin". Who was he referring to?   Audrey Hepburn; Marilyn Monroe   > It's about a boy named Oskar, a musician of sorts, who decides > to stop growing at the age of 3, and thereafter casts an acerbic > eye on German society in the World War II and postwar era.   The Tin Drum   > 10. Who was recognized by Israel as one of the "Righteous Among > Nations", or a "righteous Gentile", on 1967-07-18?   Oskar Schindler   -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

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RQFTCI07 Game 6 Rounds 4,9: Will, Oscar

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 22 11:05PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-26, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.   For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".     I'm doing the rounds out of order in this game because I wanted to change which ones are paired together for posting. These two are thematically connected. I did not write either one of them.     * Game 6, Round 4 - Literature - Writing with a Will   Please name the novelist from a listing of three of their works. As usual the surname WILL suffice, but all of their first names begin with the letters WILL.   1. "Junkie" (1953); "The Soft Machine" (1961); "Nova Express" (1964).   2. "The Sound and the Fury" (1929); "Light in August" (1932); "Absalom, Absalom!" (1936).   3. "The Recognitions" (1955); "J.R." (1975); "Carpenter's Gothic" (1985).   4. "Mona Lisa Overdrive" (1988); "Virtual Light" (1993); "Pattern Recognition" (2003).   5. "The Inheritors" (1955); "The Pyramid" (1967); "Darkness Visible" (1979).   6. "Set This House on Fire" (1960); "The Confessions of Nat Turner" (1967); "Sophie's Choice" (1979).   7. "Great Apes" (1997); "How the Dead Live" (2000); "The Book of Dave" (2006).   8. "Legs" (1983); "Ironweed" (1983); "Roscoe" (2002).   9. "The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq." (1844); "Vanity Fair" (1848); "The History of Henry Esmond" (1852).   10. "O Pioneers!" (1913); "The Song of the Lark" (1915); "Death Comes for the Archbishop" (1927).     * Game 6, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - The Oscars   No, not *those* Oscars. We already had entertainment in Round 2, remember? This is a miscellaneous round, and it's actually about real people and fictional characters named Oscar (or sometimes Oskar).   1. Who was the first actor to play Oscar Madison in the original Broadway production of "The Odd Couple", which started its run in 1965?   2. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's first collaboration was an adaptation of a play called "Green Grow the Lilacs". What was the title of the resulting Broadway musical?   3. Which Oscar, an American light-middleweight boxer, won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics?   4. Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated on 1980-03-24, after speaking out about human rights abuses in *which Central American country*?   5. In *what city* was meat-production company Oscar Mayer founded, in the late 1800s?   6. Who is the subject of the documentary film "In the Key of Oscar"?   7. Oscar the Grouch is one of "Sesame Street"'s memorable muppet characters (he has an Israeli counterpart named Moyshe the Complainer). For most of his career, he's been green, but he was orange for the first year the show was on the air. Within 2 years, in what year did "Sesame Street" and Oscar make their television debut?   8. The American pianist and composer Oscar Levant was known for his witticisms. He once said of a certain actress that he knew her "before she was a virgin". Who was he referring to?   9. Name Günter Grass's best-known novel, published in 1959. It's about a boy named Oskar, a musician of sorts, who decides to stop growing at the age of 3, and thereafter casts an acerbic eye on German society in the World War II and postwar era.   10. Who was recognized by Israel as one of the "Righteous Among Nations", or a "righteous Gentile", on 1967-07-18?   -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "Volts are like proof." --Steve Summit   My text in this article is in the public domain.

Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 23 04:32AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Y_SdnRHAv6GOdtzCnZ2dnUU7- > begin with the letters WILL.   > 1. "Junkie" (1953); "The Soft Machine" (1961); "Nova Express" > (1964).   Burroughs > 2. "The Sound and the Fury" (1929); "Light in August" (1932); > "Absalom, Absalom!" (1936).   Faulkner   > 3. "The Recognitions" (1955); "J.R." (1975); "Carpenter's Gothic" > (1985).   Gaddis > 6. "Set This House on Fire" (1960); "The Confessions of Nat Turner" > (1967); "Sophie's Choice" (1979).   Styron > 9. "The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq." (1844); "Vanity Fair" > (1848); "The History of Henry Esmond" (1852).   Thackeray   > 10. "O Pioneers!" (1913); "The Song of the Lark" (1915); "Death > Comes for the Archbishop" (1927).   Cather   > 1. Who was the first actor to play Oscar Madison in the original > Broadway production of "The Odd Couple", which started its run > in 1965?   Walter Matthau; Art Carney   > 2. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's first collaboration > was an adaptation of a play called "Green Grow the Lilacs". > What was the title of the resulting Broadway musical?   "Oklahoma!"   > 3. Which Oscar, an American light-middleweight boxer, won a gold > medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics?   Oscar De La Hoya > 4. Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated on 1980-03-24, after > speaking out about human rights abuses in *which Central > American country*?   El Salvador > 5. In *what city* was meat-production company Oscar Mayer founded, > in the late 1800s?   Chicago   > but he was orange for the first year the show was on the air. > Within 2 years, in what year did "Sesame Street" and Oscar make > their television debut?   1969   > 8. The American pianist and composer Oscar Levant was known for > his witticisms. He once said of a certain actress that he knew > her "before she was a virgin". Who was he referring to?   Doris Day > It's about a boy named Oskar, a musician of sorts, who decides > to stop growing at the age of 3, and thereafter casts an acerbic > eye on German society in the World War II and postwar era.   "The Tin Drum" > 10. Who was recognized by Israel as one of the "Righteous Among > Nations", or a "righteous Gentile", on 1967-07-18?   Oskar Schindler   -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com

Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 23 11:07AM +0200 > 4. Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated on 1980-03-24, after > speaking out about human rights abuses in *which Central > American country*?   Guatemala > 8. The American pianist and composer Oscar Levant was known for > his witticisms. He once said of a certain actress that he knew > her "before she was a virgin". Who was he referring to?   Marilyn Monroe > It's about a boy named Oskar, a musician of sorts, who decides > to stop growing at the age of 3, and thereafter casts an acerbic > eye on German society in the World War II and postwar era.   The Tin Drum

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RQFTCI07 Game 6 Rounds 2-3 answers: NYC clubs, recently extinct

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 22 11:03PM -0500 Mark Brader:   > * Game 6, Round 2 - Entertainment - New York City Clubs   > In each case, name the club. Except as noted, *full names* > are required.   This was the hardest round in the original game.   > 1973-2006. Many famous punk and new wave acts played there, > including the Talking Heads, Blondie, and the Ramones. The short > name is okay.   CBGB (Country, Blue Grass and Blues). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.   > with Lou Reed there. It was home base for the short-lived > glitter rock scene, and also one of the birthplaces of punk > rock in the 70s.   Max's Kansas City.   > 3. 254 W. 54 St. Open 1977-86, it was operated by Steve Rubell. > Previously a radio and TV soundstage, it was the model for the > club featured in the movie "The Last Days of Disco".   Studio 54. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Pete.   > open since 1935. Over a hundred jazz albums have been recorded > at the venue, including ones by Bill Evans and John Coltrane > in 1961.   Village Vanguard. 4 for Pete.   > featuring performances by all the major jazz artists of the day. > In the '60s, it helped launch the careers of artists such as > Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, and the Jackson 5.   Apollo Theater. (Still there.) 4 for Joshua, Bruce, and Pete.   > but a revival began in 1986. The name of the club comes from > the nickname of a jazz musician who headlined there, and itself > occurs in the titles of at least two jazz standards.   Birdland. (After Charlie Parker; "Birdland" by Weather Report; "Lullaby of Birdland" by George Shearing.) 4 for Joshua and Pete.   > 1974-2003. Many major musical acts including Bruce Springsteen > played there, and it had a reputation for premiering new talent. > Lou Reed recorded the album "Live: Take No Prisoners" there.   The Bottom Line.   > before the war. Billie Holiday and many other famous jazz acts > sang there; it closed in 1948. Its name comes from a nickname > for the "beautiful people".   Cafe Society.   > 9. An upscale restaurant and nightclub on the 65th floor of > the GE Building at Rockefeller Center. It first opened on > 1934-10-03, and was originally conceived as a formal supper club.   Rainbow Room. (Still there.)   > the era, such as Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, it generally > denied admission to blacks. A movie of the fictionalized > history of the club was directed by Francis Ford Coppola.   Cotton Club. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.     > the front part of the body only. The last wild one was probably > shot in the late 1870s, and the last specimen in captivity died > on 1883-08-12.   Quagga. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Erland, and Dan Tilque.   See: http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/thisdayintech/2009/08/quagga.jpg But in recent years there has been an attempt to revive the species by breeding of zebras. See: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/25/africa/quagga-project-zebra-conservation-extinct-south-africa/index.html and, of course, the 2015-02-12 episode of "Elementary".   > only flightless, but in fact wingless. They reached up to > 10 feet (3 m) in height and weighed 550 pounds (250 kg). > They are thought to have become extinct around 1500.   Moa. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Pete.   See: http://i.redd.it/dnebr9bnk8h31.jpg   > 3. This was a flightless bird 3 feet (1 m) high that lived on the > islands of Mauritius. It's been extinct since the mid-to-late > 17th century.   Dodo. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Pete.   See: http://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/5133/image   > were as many as 5,000,000,000 of them at the time of the > European conquest. The last one, named Martha, died in the > Cincinnati Zoo on 1914-09-01.   Passenger pigeon. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Pete.   See: http://images.theconversation.com/files/318167/original/file-20200302-18279-p48l9c.jpg   > hunted to extinction in the North Atlantic; the last specimen > died around 1852. Many types of birds of this family survive; > we need the specific term for this extinct type.   Great auk. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Bruce.   See: http://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/12/21/science/21OBS-AUKS1-inyt/04TB-AUKS1-superJumbo.jpg   > Europe. They are depicted in many paleolithic cave paintings > there. The last recorded live specimen, a female, died in 1627 > in Poland's Jaktorów Forest.   Aurochs. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.   See: http://www.eurowildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/european-wildlife-aurochs-brehm-large-herbivores-wild-cattle-ungulate-color-1200x826.jpg In recent years there's been an attempt to revive this one too, by breeding cattle. See: http://www.eurowildlife.org/news/the-aurochs-is-coming-back-to-european-forests-and-grasslands/   > centuries, in 1979 the World Health Organization certified the > eradication of this disease in the wild (though some labs still > have specimens).   Smallpox. 4 for everyone.   See: http://www.sciencemag.org/sites/default/files/styles/article_main_image_-_1280w__no_aspect_/public/cc_SciSource_E00099_16x9.jpg   > Nigeria. There were under 2,000 cases worldwide in 2005, > where there used to be epidemics affecting tens of thousands. > Name the disease. The short name is okay.   Polio(myelitis). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Erland, and Dan Tilque.   See: http://owqo93fpiuc4633lp1zthz57-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/12/ca0911polio_tem_192123.jpg   > This is attributed to climate change due to global warming. > The toad has many names, but we want the most common one, > which refers to its color.   Golden toad. Anything with "golden" was acceptable. 4 for Bruce.   See: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/photos/000/243/24389.ngsversion.1422033157926.adapt.1900.1.jpg   > an endangered species, but at the end of the 20th century had > widely been considered extinct. This iconic bird is a symbol > of lost southern bayous and swamps. The short name is okay.   Ivory-bill(ed woodpecker), also known as the Lord God bird. 4 for Bruce and Dan Tilque.   See: http://media.conservationjobs.co.uk/2017/01/ivory-billed-woodpecker-e1485773799421.jpg     Scores, if there are no errors:   GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Sci Joshua Kreitzer 20 32 52 Bruce Bowler 8 36 44 Dan Blum 12 32 44 Pete Gayde 24 16 40 Dan Tilque 0 32 32 Erland Sommarskog 0 16 16   -- Mark Brader | "Earthmen learned how to send ships through space, and msb@vex.net | so initiated human history, though I suppose there was Toronto | previous history on Earth." -- Jack Vance, "Emphyrio"   My text in this article is in the public domain.

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