| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 31 12:43AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-01-20, 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*)". In 2008 I wrote: I think I wrote one of these rounds, but I don't remember for sure. * Game 1, Round 2 - Entertainment - 15 Minutes of Fame You may be familiar with Andy Warhol's statement that "In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." This round is dedicated to some ordinary people who achieved fame or, some will argue, infamy. 1. On 2002-09-11, Jean Chrétien attended a nationally televised memorial ceremony in *what community*? Its townspeople had welcomed thousands of airline crew and passengers diverted there one year earlier. 2. David Letterman invited 494 people from *which upstate New York town* to be his audience on the 2002-11-18 edition of "The Late Show"? 3. Jeanine Deckers was a real-life nun known by the stage names "Soeur Sourire" and "the Singing Nun". Name her *biggest hit*, which spent 5 weeks at #1 on the US charts in 1963. 4. Los del Rio, an unheralded Spanish duo, recorded the original 1993 version of *which song*? It became an international hit three years later when the Bayside Boys' remix with English lyrics was released. 5. This first $1,000,000 winner on TV's "Survivor" shares his first and last name with the actor who played Apollo on "Battlestar Galactica". Who? (As usual, the last name is sufficient.) 6. She married Rick Rockwell on TV's "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" and faced former Olympian Olga Korbut in "Celebrity Boxing 2". Who? 7. This real-life double-amputee World War II veteran won a Best Supporting Actor and an honorary Oscar in addition, for his performance as Homer Parrish in "The Best Years of Our Lives". Who? 8. This Cambodian doctor received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the role of Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields". He was the first non-professional since <answer 7> to win an Academy Award for acting. Who? 9. Nonagenarian Marie Rudisill, formerly best known as a baker, cookbook author, and aunt of Truman Capote, has """lately""" been featured as a guest on "The Tonight Show". Jay Leno """refers""" to her by which nickname? 10. Octogenarian Clara Peller uttered this phrase in a popular series of TV commercials. Walter Mondale even asked the same question when running for the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination against rival Gary Hart. * Game 1, Round 3 - Geography - Largest Islands We name a country, a state, or a province; you name the largest island in it, by area. Some of these islands are in salt water, some are in fresh water. We need their actual names, of course, not nicknames. 1. Michigan. 2. Australia. 3. Japan. 4. Quebec. 5. Greece. 6. Russia. 7. Hawaii. 8. Canada. 9. Ontario. 10. New York (state). -- Mark Brader | "It doesn't have to actually *be* special, but you have Toronto | to make people think it is, and sometimes the easiest way msb@vex.net | to do that is to make it special." -- Peter Reiher My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 31 05:55AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:5u2dnThVu4UEZAHCnZ2dnUU7- > memorial ceremony in *what community*? Its townspeople had > welcomed thousands of airline crew and passengers diverted > there one year earlier. Gander > 3. Jeanine Deckers was a real-life nun known by the stage names > "Soeur Sourire" and "the Singing Nun". Name her *biggest hit*, > which spent 5 weeks at #1 on the US charts in 1963. "Dominique" > 1993 version of *which song*? It became an international hit > three years later when the Bayside Boys' remix with English > lyrics was released. "Macarena" > first and last name with the actor who played Apollo on > "Battlestar Galactica". Who? (As usual, the last name is > sufficient.) Hatch > 6. She married Rick Rockwell on TV's "Who Wants to Marry a > Multi-Millionaire?" and faced former Olympian Olga Korbut > in "Celebrity Boxing 2". Who? Darva Conger > Best Supporting Actor and an honorary Oscar in addition, > for his performance as Homer Parrish in "The Best Years of > Our Lives". Who? Russell > for the role of Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields". He was the > first non-professional since <answer 7> to win an Academy Award > for acting. Who? Ngor > cookbook author, and aunt of Truman Capote, has """lately""" > been featured as a guest on "The Tonight Show". Jay Leno > """refers""" to her by which nickname? the Fruitcake Lady > series of TV commercials. Walter Mondale even asked the same > question when running for the 1984 Democratic presidential > nomination against rival Gary Hart. "Where's the beef?" > some are in fresh water. We need their actual names, of course, > not nicknames. > 1. Michigan. Isle Royale > 2. Australia. Tasmania > 3. Japan. Honshu > 5. Greece. Crete > 6. Russia. Sakhalin > 7. Hawaii. Hawaii > 8. Canada. Baffin > 10. New York (state). Long Island -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 31 10:38AM +0100 > * Game 1, Round 3 - Geography - Largest Islands > 2. Australia. Tasmania > 3. Japan. Honshu > 5. Greece. Crete > 6. Russia. Sakhalin > 8. Canada. Baffin Island > 10. New York (state). Long Island |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 31 12:40AM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information... > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". The Final game is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won. Hearty congratulations! Due to the continuing absence of new content, next I will proceed to the season that in 2008 I posted here next after this one -- the season that the Usual Suspects wrote *before* this one, 4 years earlier. Same rules apply. > I wrote one triple and two other questions in Round 9, and > 4 of the 6 triples in Round 10. I wrote questions #2-6 and Round 10 triples C-F. > * "The Second World War, A Complete History" > * "The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy" > * "Churchill, A Life" (Sir) Martin Gilbert. 4 for Joshua. > * "The Ancestor's Tale" > * "The Blind Watchmaker" > * "Climbing Mount Improbable" Richard Dawkins. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > English Dictionary" > * "The Professor and the Madman" (British title "The Surgeon > of Crowthorne") Simon Winchester. > * Magic Words > 4. If you're Harry Potter, what do you say to make your wand give > off light? "Lumos". 4 for Pete. > 5. If you're in the Fellowship of the Ring, what do you say to get > into the Mines of Moria? Answer in either English or Elvish. "Friend" / "mellon". And then you have to press Enter. :-) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > if you do -- probably because Superman once again tricked you > into saying it -- you'll be instantly transported back to the > fifth dimension? "Kltpzyxm" -- your name backwards. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 7. In 1936 George Orwell was commissioned to write about poverty > among the working class in northern England. What book was > the result? "The Road to Wigan Pier". > animal that he did not want to shoot, simply because he had to in > order to maintain his position of authority. What kind of animal > was involved (its name appears in the title of the essay)? Elephant. ("Shooting an Elephant", 1936.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > 9. In which book does Orwell give a somewhat fictionalized account > of his experiences living as a menial worker and later as > a tramp? "Down and Out in Paris and London" (1933). 4 for Joshua. > artist. You name the artist. > 10. "The Sleeping Gypsy"; "The Snake Charmer"; "The Repast of > the Lion". Henri Rousseau. > 11. "The Burial of Count Orgaz"; "The Disrobing of Christ"; > "Opening of the Fifth Seal". El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos). 3 for Dan Blum. > 12. "The Hay Wain"; "Dedham Vale"; "The Cornfield". (*Hint*: > it's not Hieronymous Bosch.) John Constable. 4 for Dan Blum. > columns under the pseudonym Myles na Gopaleen, also wrote novels > such as "The Third Policeman", "At Swim-Two-Birds", and "The > Poor Mouth" under a second pen name. What was that name? Flann O'Brien. 4 for Dan Blum. > Abbey Theatre and spent many years collecting Irish folklore. > He is known for such plays as "Riders to the Sea" and "The > Playboy of the Western World". John Millington Synge. 4 for Joshua. > the IRA and went to prison for attempted murder. He wrote > plays such as "The Quare Fellow" and "The Hostage", and a novel, > "Borstal Boy". Brendan Behan. Behan had a close friend here in Toronto and spent some time living here late in his life. > A. Brothers in Fiction and Religion > A1. "Four Brothers" is a 2005 film directed by John Singleton. > Name *any* actor who played one of the four Mercer brothers. Andre Benjamin, Tyrese Gibson, Garrett Hedlund, Mark Wahlberg. 4 for Joshua. > A2. Adam and Eve had Cain, Abel, and this third son who is > mentioned in Genesis 4:25. Name him. Seth. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > A3. This novel has three brothers named Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei, > and possibly a fourth, illegitimate brother named Pavel. > Name it. "The Brothers Karamazov" (by Dostoyevsky). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > a "butcher's", is to have a look. > B1. The 1970s punk band the Monks sang "shame about the boat > race". What were they referring to by the term "boat race"? Face. 4 for Pete, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > B2. Sometimes characters on the long-running British soap > "Coronation Street" get in trouble for telling "porkies". > What are porkies? Lies. (From "porky pies".) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > American, "Can't be too careful nowadays, y'know? Lot of tea > leaves about, know what I mean?". So, what did he mean by > "tea leaves"? Thieves. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Bruce. > C. The Early Modern Olympics > C1. In the 1896 Olympics, what was awarded for winning an event? A silver medal and a laurel wreath (either part was sufficient). Gold medals were introduced in 1904. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Bruce. > the distance covered by the competitors changed with each new > Olympics through 1924, when the present standard was adopted. > What event? Marathon. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 2 for Dan Blum. The standard distance used starting in Paris in 1924 had also been used once before, in London in 1908. Apparently 1908 was also when people *first started talking about* standardizing the distance and that was the reason the 1908 distance was chosen when they finally decided to do it. > C3. What was the first non-leap year when the modern Olympic > games were held? 1900. It's a calendar question and a sports question! 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Bruce. > the """last 10 years""". All of the original signs showing > its name were removed or covered over by signs with the > present name. Give the *original* name. 2007 answer: Sheppard (now Sheppard-Yonge since it became an interchange in 2002). 2020 answer: There's now one more, also on Sheppard Av.: Downsview (now Sheppard West since a little before the extension to Vaughan opened in 2017). The third one is supposed to be Eglinton West, which they say will become Cedarvale when the Line 5 streetcar-subway along Eglinton opens (originally scheduled for 2016, although, to be fair, that was before they postponed the *start* of construction). > D2. """One""" Toronto subway station was constructed on an > existing tunnel section and opened more than 10 years after > the stations on each side of it. Name it. North York Centre. (York Mills to Finch opened 1974, station added 1987. Still true.) > excavated for the streetcar station, and what would have > been the interchange passages are used """today""" by > pedestrians inside the subway station. Name it. Queen. (The passages are the ones connecting the northbound and southbound sides of the station near the Queen Street entrances. Still true.) From time to time over the years there have been proposals to build an east-west subway or streetcar-subway that would use that space -- the current proposal is called the Ontario Line. But as with the other plans, so far nobody has actually committed themselves to building it. > part described by a simple pun or an unrelated meaning of the word. > Here's an example of how it works. We ask: "Singer Johnny and > actor Grant." And you say: "Cash and Cary (carry)". (Yeah, I know, not really trivia, but we thought it was fun.) > E1. You find it on a duck and not in your home. Down and out. (Cf. question #9 in the previous round!) 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > E2. Sir John A. Macdonald and the Minister of Public Safety. Knight and Day. Stockwell Day, that is. Bill Blair now holds the Public Safety portfolio but I don't think he makes a quasi-related pair with Sir John A., so only the 2007 answer was acceptable. > E3. It's a penalty for someone who maybe drives too fast and > someone who maybe cares too much about how his clothes look. Fine and dandy. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > F. Tricky Southernmost Points > F1. The southernmost point of mainland Africa is not the Cape > of Good Hope, but it's fairly near there. What is it? Cape Agulhas (about 90 miles or 150 km away). 4 for Bruce. > F2. The southermost point of land in Canada is not on Pelee > Island, but it's near there. Where is it? Middle Island (3 miles or 5 km away). 4 for Dan Tilque. > F3. The southernmost point of Great Britain (the main island) > is not Land's End, but it's near there. What is it? The Lizard (or Lizard Point; 25 miles or 40 km away). 4 for Bruce. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Ent Geo Sci Can His Spo A+L Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 52 56 27 19 40 48 24 40 263 Dan Blum 26 42 28 19 39 12 23 34 192 Dan Tilque -- -- 44 16 40 36 16 32 184 Bruce Bowler -- -- 44 16 20 33 0 48 161 Erland Sommarskog 4 44 31 0 16 8 0 16 119 Pete Gayde 6 43 15 4 -- -- 8 24 100 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "But I want credit for all the words msb@vex.net I spelled *right*!" -- BEETLE BAILEY My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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