| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 08 02:56PM > made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two* > of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular > score. Hunmphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre > 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. Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront > 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. Mae West > 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one* > for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the > movie. James Cagney > 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*. In the Heat of the Night > 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score > just name the *title*. Dirty Harry > 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. Greta Garbo in Ninotchka > 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. Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho > 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. Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in Animal Crackers > 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. Network > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * A. World Capital > A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden? krone > 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 > 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? 8; 12 > 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*. Sally Hemings > 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. Ponzi > 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 > 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. H & R Block > *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts > who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames > are also occupations. Brad Rutter -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Aug 08 09:41PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Ea-dnXtJHu_vtrPCnZ2dnUU7- > made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two* > of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular > score. Humphrey Bogart, "The Maltese Falcon," Sam Spade > 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. Marlon Brando, "On the Waterfront," Terry Malloy > 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. Mae West > 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one* > for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the > movie. James Cagney > 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*. "In the Heat of the Night," Sidney Poitier, Virgil Tibbs > 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score > just name the *title*. "Sudden Impact," Clint Eastwood, Harry Callahan > 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. Greta Garbo, "Grand Hotel" > 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. "Psycho," Anthony Perkins, Norman Bates > 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. Groucho Marx, "Animal Crackers," Captain Spalding > 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. "Network," Peter Finch, Howard Beale > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * A. World Capital > A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden? krone > A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel? shekel > 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? 16 > 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*. Sally Hemings > 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. Ponzi > 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. H&R Block; Nancy Zerg > *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts > who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames > are also occupations. Brad Rutter; Carpenter and Cooper -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 09 03:07AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Ea-dnXtJHu_vtrPCnZ2dnUU7- > 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. Marlon Brando, "On the Waterfront" > 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. Mae West > 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one* > for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the > movie. James Cagney > 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*. A Raisin in the Sun > 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score > just name the *title*. Dirty Harry > 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. Greta Garbo, Ninotchka > 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. Anthony Perkins, Psycho > 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. Groucho Marx > 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. Finch > And here we go: > * A. World Capital > A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden? Krona > A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel? Shekel > 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? 12; 15 > 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*. Hemings > 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. Ponzi > 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. H&R Block > *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts > who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames > are also occupations. Brad Rutter Pete Gayde |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 08 10:33AM -0700 On 8/7/20 9:33 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > 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. But I didn't choose the wrong one, yet got penalized anyway. Was it because I didn't put in the accent mark or something? -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 08 11:31AM -0700 On 8/8/20 10:33 AM, Dan Tilque wrote: >> and then picked the wrong one. > But I didn't choose the wrong one, yet got penalized anyway. Was it > because I didn't put in the accent mark or something? Looking at others' answers, Dan Blum chose the wrong one and Joshua chose the right one. Looks like you got something backwards. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 08 04:59PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> 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. Erland Sommarskog: > 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? I have no interest in soccer (football would be another matter) and no idea. It didn't affect the scoring here anyway. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "If disapproval we will drawback." msb@vex.net --seen on a box of cookies |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 08 05:04PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> 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. Dan Tilque: > Looks like you got something backwards. Whoops, so I did. The scores on this question should be: 4 for *Joshua and Dan Tilque*. 3 for *Dan Blum*, Bruce, and Pete. So if there are now no errors, we have: 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 19 122 Joshua Kreitzer 40 12 8 20 19 32 111 Dan Tilque 40 4 12 32 16 12 100 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 | "It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. Toronto | By definition, there are already enough people to do that." msb@vex.net | --G.H. Hardy My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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