| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 18 01:02AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-01-27, 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 did not write these rounds. * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Movie Characters We'll give you the names of a number of characters from a movie, and the year it was released; you name the movie. All of the answers were taken from the Internet Movie Database's list of 250 top films as it stood on 2003-01-26. 1. Name the 1994 movie at #3 on the list, behind only the first "Godfather" and the second "Lord of the Rings". Two memorable characters are Andy Dufresne and "Red" Redding. 2. 13th on the list is a 1975 movie featuring characters Randle Patrick McMurphy and Mildred Ratched. Name it. 3. A 1954 movie comes in at #14. In which film will you find L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries, Lisa Carol Fremont, Lars Thorwald, and a character whose name we never learn, but who is referred to as Miss Lonelyheart? 4. A 1995 movie scores #17. Where would you find Dean Keaton, Dave Kujan ["KOO-yan"], Fred Fenster, and Mr. Kobayashi? 5. #42 is a 1941 movie with characters Brigid O'Shaughnessy, Kasper Gutman, and Miles Archer. Name this classic movie. 6. Right behind it at #43 is a 1974 movie, and we hope you can identify it from these two characters: Jake Gittes and Evelyn Cross Mulwray. What film is this? 7. 56th on the list is a second 1995 movie. In which film will you find William Somerset, David Mills, Tracy Mills, and John Doe? 8. Movie #88 goes all the way back to 1933, but who could forget Rufus T. Firefly, Mrs. Gloria Teasdale, and Ambassador Trentino of Sylvania? In which movie would you find them? 9. The 112th movie on the list is from 1957. Two of its characters are Antonius Block... and Death. Name it. 10. In a 1966 movie, coming in at #180, the main characters have simple names: Martha, George, Nick, and Honey. Tell us the name of this film. * Game 2, Round 8 - Literature - Robert Burns This round celebrates Robert Burns, the Scottish poet who was born on 1759-01-25. 1. Identify the work by Burns excerpted below. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. 2. Name the Burns poem that begins: Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! 3. This dish is customarily served at a Burns Day dinner. Burns himself called it "Great chieftain o' the puddin' race." By which name do we know it? 4. <Answer 3> is traditionally accompanied by "neeps and tatties". Give either food's name in English. 5. In which city's George Square was a statue of Robert Burns dedicated in 1877, on the anniversary of his birth? 6. The first statue of Robert Burns *outside* of Scotland, by John Robert Steell, was unveiled in 1880 in which city? 7. Name the title character of a narrative poem by Burns who lends his name to a hat. It is a round woolen cap with a flat baggy top much wider than the headband, typically with a pom-pom in the centre. 8. This American fashion designer, who """claims""" to be a descendant of Burns's family, combined plaid shirts with kilts in his fall 1999 menswear collection. 9. This Scottish nationalist song was titled "Robert Bruce's March to Bannockburn" by Burns, but it's better known by this name. 10. Another famous song by Burns was sung by Sheena Wellington for the reopening of Scottish Parliament in 1999. Give the title. -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 18 01:01AM -0600 Mark Brader: > 1. The traditional Indian dress for the lower part of the body, > consisting of a piece of unstitched cloth draped over the hips > and legs. Dhoti. 4 for Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. > 2. A high-quality fabric, usually silk and wool, often dyed black > and used for mourning. Bombazine. 3 for Dan Blum. > 3. A form of Indonesian tie-dying. Ikat. 4 for Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. > 4. A woman's small triangular shawl for the neck and shoulders. Fichu. > 5. Fabric with a pattern woven into it. Jacquard. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. The original use of punch cards was to control a Jacquard loom mechanically so that the patterns could be woven automatically. Here they are visible inside the left side of the loom's frame, near the center of the photo: http://i0.wp.com/ageofrevolution.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Loom-smaller.jpg > 6. A delicate lace. Alencon. 4 for Dan Blum. > 7. The coat of a newborn lamb, or cloth made to resemble the same. Astrakhan. > 8. A skullcap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics. Zucchetto. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 9. A high laced boot. Buskin. 4 for Pete. > 10. A Chinese dress with a slit skirt and mandarin collar. Cheongsam. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. Here are definitions of the other terms, which were chosen so as to include one red herring for each the correct answers. babushka (not #3) - a headscarf tied under the chin buckram (not #8) - coarse cloth stiffened with glue or paste, used as interfacing chasuble (not #7) - a sleeveless outer garment worn by a priest at mass crepe de chine (not #10) - a fine silk fabric cretonne (not #5) - a heavy fabric used in upholstery gaiters (not #9) - leg covering worn below the knee jabot (not #4) - an ornamental frill or ruffle of lace below the neck kurta (not #1) - a loose shirt or tunic worn mostly in India linsey-woolsey (not #6) - a coarse fabric of wool, linen, cotton or some combination of these pashmina (not #2) - the Persian name for the fine wool often called cashmere pelisse - a woman's cloak puggaree - light scarf tied around a sun helmet raglan - a coat or sweater without shoulder seams, or a sleeve of this sort reticule - a woman's drawstring bag scapular - an ecclestiastical garment worn around the shoulders snood - a band or bag for a woman's hair trilby - a soft felt hat with an indented crown vicuna - cloth made from the wool of this mammal And by the way, one of them just came up on a Sporcle quiz: http://www.sporcle.com/games/WillieG/catholic-mass-items > title for Canada at the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships. > He became a Tory MP and held cabinet posts including Minister > of National Revenue. Otto Jelinek. (He moved back to the Czech Republic, now Czechia, in 1994, and was the Canadian ambassador there for a while. His sister is Maria.) > 2. She was born in Israel in 1965. This cellist """has""" won five Juno > Awards for best classical album or instrumentalist. Ofra Harnoy. (Still alive.) > 3. This filmmaker was born in India in 1950. She directed > "Bollywood/Hollywood", which opened the Perspective Canada > series at the Toronto Film Festival in 2002. Deepa Mehta. (Still alive.) > Saskatchewan and later joined the National Research Council > in Ottawa. In 1971, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for > molecular spectroscopy. Gerhard Herzberg. (He died in 1999.) > 5. Born in Russia in 1913, he was Canadian Ambassador to NATO and > the United Nations. In 1980, he was appointed Chancellor of > the University of Toronto, which named a theater in his honor. George Ignatieff. (He died in 1989.) His son Michael became leader of the Liberal Party in 2008, but resigned the position after the party's electoral disaster of 2011. > 6. He was born in Yugoslavia in 1935. Best known for his work > at the "Toronto Star", he won first prize in the World Press Photo > Competitions in 1966. Boris Spremo. (He died in 2017.) > Ballet of Canada. She won an International Emmy Award in 1999 > for writing and producing the TV special "Karen Kain: Dancing > in the Moment". Veronica Tennant. (Still alive.) > 8. Born in Pakistan in 1945, he became a professional at the Skyline > Racquet Club in Toronto in 1968. He won the North American > Squash Championship 12 times. Sharif Khan. (Still alive.) > 9. She was born in the United States in 1935. This novelist, > playwright, and professor won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction > in 1995. Carol Shields. (She died in 2003.) > 10. Born in Trinidad in 1941, she opened a Vancouver family medical > practice. She became a Liberal MP in 1993 and served 1996-2002 > as Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Status of Women. Hedy Fry. (Not only still alive in 2020, but still an MP.) Since nobody scored on this round, it never happened. This game will now be scored on your best 5 rounds out of 7. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 TOTALS TOPICS-> Spo Geo Mis Dan Blum 32 21 25 78 Pete Gayde 23 31 20 74 Dan Tilque 28 28 4 60 Joshua Kreitzer 24 26 8 58 Erland Sommarskog 20 36 -- 56 Bruce Bowler 28 0 -- 28 -- Mark Brader | "Some societies define themselves by being open to new Toronto | influences, others define their identity by resisting. msb@vex.net | In either case, they take the consequences." --Donna Richoux My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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