| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 07 11:34PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-12, 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 originally wrote one of these rounds, as I mention below. ** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes Each of these lines of dialogue was selected for the American Film Institute's TV special "100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes". *Note*: This was designed as a bonus round in the original game, and I'm adjusting the scoring in this version to reflect this. For each line, there are three things we might ask about: the actor/actress (we'll just say "the performer" from now on), the character, or the movie. *Sometimes we'll ask you for any two of those, sometimes any one, sometimes a specific one. But in all cases, if you give all three parts correctly, you score a 2-point bonus for a possible 6 on each question.* There is *no penalty* if you go for the bonus and get the additional parts wrong. If you give three parts, but not all correctly, you will be scored right (for the usual score) or wrong based on the first one or two parts that you named, as applicable according to what the question asked for. For example, if we gave a line spoken by Nicole Kidman as Marisa Coulter in "The Golden Compass" (2007), then * Kidman, Coulter, "The Golden Compass" would score 6 * "The Golden Compass", Nicole Kidman, Coulter would score 6 * Kidman, Coulter, "The Comedy of Errors" would score 4 * Coulter, "The Golden Compass" would score 4 * Kidman would score 4 or 0 * Kidman, Belacqua would score 3 or 0 * Kidman, Belacqua, "The Wrong Compass" would score 3 or 0 * Belacqua, Kidman, "The Golden Compass" would score 0 The answers where "or 0" is indicated, of course, would score 0 if we asked for any two of the three parts, but 3 or 4 if we asked for any one. Note: On each question you have the usual two guesses *with the usual scoring if you don't get the bonus*: 4 points if you answer once and are right, or twice, both right 3 points if you guess twice and are right only the first time 2 points if you guess twice and are right only the second time *On each guess* you have the option to go for the 2-point bonus by giving three parts. Because of the multi-part answers, please make it explicit if you are taking a second guess, and explicitly repeat any parts that are the same in the two guesses. For example, if guessing twice at a performer name, write "(1) Richards (2) Kidman". 1. Ranked #14 in the list of 100: "The stuff that dreams are made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular score. 2. Ranked #3: "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." Again, give *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular score. 3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the movie. 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the movie. 5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken. For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*. 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score just name the *title*. 7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case, name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular score. 8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular score. 9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any one*: the performer, the character, or the movie. 10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the movie. ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round I designed the category titles in this round as a homage to "Jeopardy!", and can't resist showing off the list as a unit: World Capital 8-Letter Lords Potent POTUSes Business & Infamy Art & Alex Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!" And here we go: * A. World Capital A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden? A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel? * B. 8-Letter Lords B1. This British lord, born in Italy, was Governor-General of Canada from 1872 to 1878. He established the Governor- General's Academic Medals. A major street in Toronto """bears""" his 8-letter name. B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893 to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally, bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters. * C. Potent POTUSes C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States. You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841. He was also notable for siring more children than any other president. How many altogether, within 1? C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term affair with one of his slaves and to be the father of her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA testing left the question open. Name the *slave*. * D. Business & Infamy D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates -- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons! Or so they said. But the company's real source of money was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him. D2. Under President Berisha, this country began endorsing <answer D1 surname> or pyramid schemes as legitimate investments; its citizens had lost about $1,000,000,000 when they collapsed in 1996-97. The riots were so bad, the UN intervened to prevent a civil war. An early election was then called and Berisha was turfed out. Name the country. * E. Art & Alex No, it's not Fleming and Trebek: this pair is about *artists named* Alex. E1. This Canadian artist moved from Toronto to Nova Scotia as a child in 1929. He painted Canadian troops at the Juno Beach landing and later taught at Mt. Allison University. His name is Alex what? E2. This New York City artist was born in 1924. He """uses""" simple, cartoon-like pop-art colors, most often for large portraits of sophisticated women or groups: for example, "Green Cap", "Red Coat", and "Ada in a Pillbox Hat". Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has a museum wing devoted to his paintings. His name """is""" Alex what? * F. Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!" F1. In 2004 Ken Jennings broke the US record and tied the world record for any game show by winning 74 times on "Jeopardy!", but after getting two Daily Doubles wrong so he only had a small lead, he lost his 75th game by going wrong on "Final Jeopardy!". *Either* name the woman who beat him, *or* name the US-based firm most of whose 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year. F2. In 2005 "Jeopardy!" held an "Ultimate Tournament of Champions" to select two opponents for a 3-day final against Ken Jennings. The player who beat Jennings in the final -- thus regaining the game-show money record -- was assured of victory by the time the third "Final Jeopardy!" was reached, but he won in style by being the only one to get it right. *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames are also occupations. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "There are no new ideas, only new msb@vex.net mouths to speak them." -- Linda Burman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 08 09:46AM +0200 > 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score > just name the *title*. "Dirty Harry", Clint Eastwood > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * A. World Capital > A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden? Krona And sadly enough, it is still true. Don't blame me. I voted for the euro. > A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel? Shekel > B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893 > to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally, > bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters. Aberdeen > Or so they said. But the company's real source of money > was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut > down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him. Ponzo > in 1996-97. The riots were so bad, the UN intervened to > prevent a civil war. An early election was then called > and Berisha was turfed out. Name the country. Albania |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 08 12:32AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:6O-dndndOvDA07fCnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Dishonest scoring by a French judge at the 2002 Winter Olympics > led to the awarding of a second set of gold medals in pairs > figure skating. Name *any one* of the four winners. Virtue > 2. Name *any one* of the four clubs penalized in 2006 in Italian > soccer's match-fixing scandal. Be sufficiently specific. Juventus > 4. Name the San Francisco Giants left fielder who was subpoenaed > in 2003 to testify at the BALCO inquiry, after that company > was named as the source of designer steroid THG. Barry Bonds > 5. In 1989, Pete Rose agreed to be banned from Major League Baseball > for life. He later admitted to betting on games involving the > team he played for and managed. Name that team. Cincinnati Reds > at the US National Championships in Detroit. Name her rival > who won the women's title but was later disqualified for her > role in planning the attack. Tonya Harding > specific where applicable. Just to make this more interesting, we're > going to give you the titles in French. > 1. "Notre Dame de Paris"; "L'Homme Qui Rit"; "Quatre-vingt-treize". Zola > 2. "Les Trois mousquetaires"; "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo". Dumas > 3. "Le Rouge et le Noir"; "La Chartreuse de Parme". Zola > 4. "La Comédie humaine" (a novel cycle which includes "Le Père > Goriot" and "La Cousine Bette"). Zola > 5. "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours"; "Vingt mille lieues > sous les mers". Verne > 6. "L'Éducation sentimentale"; "La Tentation de Saint Antoine". Zola > 7. "Bel Ami"; "Pierre et Jean". Zola > 8. "À la recherche du temps perdu". Proust > 9. "Le Fantôme de l'opéra"; "Le Mystère de la chambre jaune". Zola > 10. "Les Faux-monnayeurs"; "L'immoraliste". Zola > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg > fnvq "Qhznf" sbe nal nafjre, be gung anzr gbtrgure jvgu uvf svefg > anzr, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or shyyl fcrpvsvp. Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 07 11:33PM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. Dishonest scoring by a French judge at the 2002 Winter Olympics > led to the awarding of a second set of gold medals in pairs > figure skating. Name *any one* of the four winners. Elena Berezhnaya, Anton Sikharulidze, Jamie Salé, David Pelletier. 4 for Joshua (the hard way). > 2. Name *any one* of the four clubs penalized in 2006 in Italian > soccer's match-fixing scandal. Be sufficiently specific. Juventus, Fiorentina, Lazio, AC Milan (both words needed). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete. 3 for Joshua. > 3. Name the Vancouver Canuck who was selected for Canada's 2006 > Olympic men's hockey team despite pleading guilty to assault > in a 2004 on-ice attack on Steve Moore. Todd Bertuzzi. > 4. Name the San Francisco Giants left fielder who was subpoenaed > in 2003 to testify at the BALCO inquiry, after that company > was named as the source of designer steroid THG. Barry Bonds. 4 for Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 5. In 1989, Pete Rose agreed to be banned from Major League Baseball > for life. He later admitted to betting on games involving the > team he played for and managed. Name that team. Cincinnati Reds. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 6. Name the assistant coach of the Phoenix Coyotes who was suspended > by the NHL in 2006, after being implicated in an illegal sports > gambling ring. Rick Tocchet. > tactics. Name the German who took out both himself and his > closest rival, Damon Hill, thus securing the Formula One Drivers' > Championship. Michael Schumacher. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Bruce. > at the US National Championships in Detroit. Name her rival > who won the women's title but was later disqualified for her > role in planning the attack. Tonya Harding. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 9. Name the female golfer who played in the 2003 PGA Colonial > tournament under a sponsor's exemption, despite protests from > some of her male opponents. Annika Sorenstam. > 10. Name the golfer who successfully sued the PGA Tour in 2001 > for the right to use a motorized golf cart, under the Americans > with Disabilities Act. Casey Martin. 4 for Dan Tilque. This article from a few years ago about a non-sporting sort of cheating may be interesting: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/07/the-cheating-problem-in-professional-bridge > specific where applicable. Just to make this more interesting, we're > going to give you the titles in French. > 1. "Notre Dame de Paris"; "L'Homme Qui Rit"; "Quatre-vingt-treize". Victor Hugo. [Titles in English: "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"; "The Man Who Laughs", "Ninety-Three".] 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > 2. "Les Trois mousquetaires"; "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo". Alexandre Dumas (père, or Sr., which you had to give for full marks). ["The Three Musketeers"; "The Count of Monte Cristo".] 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Pete. I decided that since I had decided to accept "Dumas" alone as almost correct, I would not penalize people who got as far "Alexandre Dumas" and then picked the wrong one. > 3. "Le Rouge et le Noir"; "La Chartreuse de Parme". Stendahl (Marie-Henri Beyle). ["The Red and the Black"; "The Charterhouse of Parma".] 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 4. "La Comédie humaine" (a novel cycle which includes "Le Père > Goriot" and "La Cousine Bette"). Honoré de Balzac. ["The Human Comedy"; "Father Goriot"; "Cousin Bette".] 4 for Dan Blum. > 5. "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours"; "Vingt mille lieues > sous les mers". Jules Verne. ["Around the World in 80 Days"; "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Incidentally, these French leagues were 4 km long, not 3 of any sort of mile.] 4 for everyone. > 6. "L'Éducation sentimentale"; "La Tentation de Saint Antoine". Gustave Flaubert. ["Sentimental Education"; "The Temptation of St. Anthony".] 4 for Joshua. > 7. "Bel Ami"; "Pierre et Jean". Guy de Maupassant. 4 for Joshua. > 8. "À la recherche du temps perdu". Marcel Proust. ["In Search of Lost Time" or "Remembrance of Things Past".] 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 9. "Le Fantôme de l'opéra"; "Le Mystère de la chambre jaune". Gaston Leroux. ["The Phantom of the Opera"; "The Mystery of the Yellow Room".] 4 for Joshua. > 10. "Les Faux-monnayeurs"; "L'immoraliste". André Gide. ["The Counterfeiters"; "The Immoralist".] Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Can Sci His Spo Lit FOUR Dan Blum 40 0 24 39 12 20 123 Joshua Kreitzer 40 12 8 20 19 31 110 Dan Tilque 40 4 12 32 16 11 100 Bruce Bowler 36 0 32 8 16 7 92 Pete Gayde 40 2 12 16 16 11 84 Stephen Perry 40 32 -- -- -- -- 72 Erland Sommarskog 40 0 3 8 12 4 64 "Calvin" -- -- 0 35 -- -- 35 -- Mark Brader | "...as many as my brain could handle Toronto | off the top of its head..." msb@vex.net | --Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 08 09:34AM +0200 >> soccer's match-fixing scandal. Be sufficiently specific. > Juventus, Fiorentina, Lazio, AC Milan (both words needed). > 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete. 3 for Joshua. Now I need to know: Milan as a football club is normally referred to just that. You don't see the AC prefix very often. But apparently "Milan" alone opens for a confusion risk in a Toronto pub. With what? |
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