| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 14 01:22PM > > my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the > > Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > Game 7 is over and the winner is DAN BLUM. Hearty congratulations, sir! Thank you! I believe I owe it to actually having a vague memory of the first time the Canadian Supreme Court questions were posted. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 14 02:55PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > Game 7 is over and the winner is DAN BLUM. Hearty congratulations, sir! Dan Blum: > Thank you! You're welcome. > I believe I owe it to actually having a vague memory of the > first time the Canadian Supreme Court questions were posted. Easily disproved. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Professor, I think I have a counterexample." msb@vex.net | "That's all right; I have two proofs." |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Sep 14 12:38PM On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:52:35 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > incorporated into the Israel Defense Forces. > 5. Israel declared independence in 1948. Name its first president > or first prime minister -- you don't have to say which one you mean. Ben-Gurion > 6. The Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped by Israeli > agents in 1961 and later executed. In what country did they find > him? Brazil; Argentina > 1977-11-19? > 8. At which airport did Israel launch a raid in July 1976 to rescue > the passengers of a hijacked airliner? Entebee > 9. In what year did the Six-Day War take place? 1967; 1969 > 10. Where did Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem > Begin negotiate an accord providing a framework for peace between the > two countries? It was signed on 1978-09-17. Camp David > foiling an IRA attack in London, was a prequel to "The Hunt for Red > October". It became a sequel in the 1992 movie adaptation, as > Harrison Ford replaced the younger Alec Baldwin. Name it. Patriot Games > in 1986. The first book and movie is "Jean de Florette"; name the > second, in French or English. In English the title was changed > slightly for the movie. Manon of the springs > 6. Walter Tevis wrote "The Hustler", and in 1961 Paul Newman > starred in the movie. The sequel was filmed in 1986 with Newman and > Tom Cruise; name it. The Color of Money > who played Queen Akasha had died in a plane crash. The movie > shortened the novel's title slightly by dropping the first word, > "The". Name that sequel. Queen of the Damned |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 14 01:26PM > political Zionism is generally considered to be a Viennese > journalist who published a pamphlet called "The Jewish State" > in 1896. Who was he? Herzl > 2. A 1917 declaration by the British Foreign Secretary, though > ambiguously worded, was taken by Zionists as indicating British > support for their cause. What was this statement called? Balfour Declaration > an area corresponding to what are """now""" Israel, Jordan, > and the Palestinian territories, was set up in 1922 under the > auspices of what world body? League of Nations > a split, forming a third militia. Name any of these groups, > all of which were eventually incorporated into the Israel > Defense Forces. Irgun > 5. Israel declared independence in 1948. Name its first president > or first prime minister -- you don't have to say which one > you mean. Ben-Gurion > 6. The Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped by Israeli > agents in 1961 and later executed. In what country did they > find him? Argentina > 7. Which world leader addressed the Israeli parliament on > 1977-11-19? Jimmy Carter > 8. At which airport did Israel launch a raid in July 1976 to rescue > the passengers of a hijacked airliner? Entebbe > 9. In what year did the Six-Day War take place? 1967 > 10. Where did Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem > Begin negotiate an accord providing a framework for peace > between the two countries? It was signed on 1978-09-17. Camp David > foiling an IRA attack in London, was a prequel to "The Hunt for > Red October". It became a sequel in the 1992 movie adaptation, > as Harrison Ford replaced the younger Alec Baldwin. Name it. Patriot Games > 2. What was the first sequel to "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's > Stone"? Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets > 4. "The Evening Star" was the sequel to what Larry McMurtry book? > The movie versions of both books starred Shirley MacLaine and > Jack Nicholson. Terms of Endearment > 5. What original was "Be Cool" the sequel to? Both novels were > by Elmore Leonard; both movies starred John Travolta. Get Shorty > 6. Walter Tevis wrote "The Hustler", and in 1961 Paul Newman > starred in the movie. The sequel was filmed in 1986 with > Newman and Tom Cruise; name it. The Color of Money > and 1989, with Glenda Jackson first playing one of the Brangwen > sisters and then their mother. What was the title of the second > novel and the first movie? Women in Love > the young singer who played Queen Akasha had died in a plane > crash. The movie shortened the novel's title slightly by > dropping the first word, "The". Name that sequel. Queen of the Damned > 9. "The Road Back" was a loose sequel, filmed in 1937, to what > novel of World War I, filmed in 1930? The books were written > in German, but we want the English title. All Quiet on the Western Front > was filmed, again, the the first word of the title was dropped. > But this was a sequel. What identical title did Loos's original > novel and movie have? Gentlemen Prefer Blondes -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 14 11:17AM -0700 On 9/13/20 10:52 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. A 1917 declaration by the British Foreign Secretary, though > ambiguously worded, was taken by Zionists as indicating British > support for their cause. What was this statement called? Balfour Declaration > an area corresponding to what are """now""" Israel, Jordan, > and the Palestinian territories, was set up in 1922 under the > auspices of what world body? League of Nations > 5. Israel declared independence in 1948. Name its first president > or first prime minister -- you don't have to say which one > you mean. Golda Meir > 6. The Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped by Israeli > agents in 1961 and later executed. In what country did they > find him? Argentina > 7. Which world leader addressed the Israeli parliament on > 1977-11-19? Pope Paul VI > 8. At which airport did Israel launch a raid in July 1976 to rescue > the passengers of a hijacked airliner? Entebbe > 9. In what year did the Six-Day War take place? 1967 > 10. Where did Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem > Begin negotiate an accord providing a framework for peace > between the two countries? It was signed on 1978-09-17. Camp David, Maryland > foiling an IRA attack in London, was a prequel to "The Hunt for > Red October". It became a sequel in the 1992 movie adaptation, > as Harrison Ford replaced the younger Alec Baldwin. Name it. Patriot Games > 6. Walter Tevis wrote "The Hustler", and in 1961 Paul Newman > starred in the movie. The sequel was filmed in 1986 with > Newman and Tom Cruise; name it. The Color of Money > the young singer who played Queen Akasha had died in a plane > crash. The movie shortened the novel's title slightly by > dropping the first word, "The". Name that sequel. The Vampire Lestat > was filmed, again, the the first word of the title was dropped. > But this was a sequel. What identical title did Loos's original > novel and movie have? Gentlemen Prefer Blondes -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 14 08:33PM +0200 > an area corresponding to what are """now""" Israel, Jordan, > and the Palestinian territories, was set up in 1922 under the > auspices of what world body? League of Nations > 5. Israel declared independence in 1948. Name its first president > or first prime minister -- you don't have to say which one > you mean. Ben-Gurioon > 6. The Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped by Israeli > agents in 1961 and later executed. In what country did they > find him? Argentina > 7. Which world leader addressed the Israeli parliament on > 1977-11-19? Anwar Sadat, Egypt > 8. At which airport did Israel launch a raid in July 1976 to rescue > the passengers of a hijacked airliner? Entebbe > 9. In what year did the Six-Day War take place? 1967 > 10. Where did Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem > Begin negotiate an accord providing a framework for peace > between the two countries? It was signed on 1978-09-17. Somwhere in Ohio > 6. Walter Tevis wrote "The Hustler", and in 1961 Paul Newman > starred in the movie. The sequel was filmed in 1986 with > Newman and Tom Cruise; name it. The Colour of Money > was filmed, again, the the first word of the title was dropped. > But this was a sequel. What identical title did Loos's original > novel and movie have? Gentlement Prefer Blondes |
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