| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 20 12:03AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-17, 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 wrote one of these rounds. * Game 5, Round 2 - Entertainment - The Films of Humphrey Bogart We'll describe 10 Humphrey Bogart movies, in chronological order. In each case, you must name the title. 1. In this 1936 movie Humphrey Bogart plays Duke Mantee, a gangster who takes hostage the occupants of an Arizona restaurant, one of them played by Leslie Howard. They had acted the same roles on stage and Howard insisted that Bogie be cast in the film version. It made him a star, but also led to him being typecast in a series of criminal roles that continued until "High Sierra" 5 years later. 2. "The Maltese Falcon" and "Casablanca" would be the next two usual suspects, but we'll pass right over them and on to 1944, for the first of Bogie's five movies with Lauren Bacall. This is the one where she says to him, "You know how to whistle, don't you? Just put your lips together and... blow." 3. In this 1947 movie with Lauren Bacall, the star spends the first half-hour with his head in bandages as he recovers from plastic surgery. Only then do we see the face of Humphrey Bogart. 4. Walter Huston and Tim Holt join Humphrey Bogart in Mexico, where the lure of gold tears friendships apart. John Huston directed. 5. Bogart also made five movies with Edward G. Robinson. The last of these is set in Florida, where the characters weather a hurricane. 6. Humphrey Bogart. Katharine Hepburn. Enough said. 7. In this 1952 movie, Bogie plays a newspaper editor who sets out to expose a mob leader... while his paper is in danger of being taken over and shut down. 8. The cast of this quirky and lighthearted 1953 movie includes Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Jennifer Jones, and Gina Lollobrigida as well as Humphrey Bogart, all conniving for the rights to an African mine as their ship is detained for repairs at a small Italian port. 9. Bogart played one more criminal role in 1955 in this movie about what today we would call a "home invasion". Fredric March plays the man of the house. 10. Bogart's last movie was made in 1956. He plays boxing writer Eddie Willis, who takes a job as a press agent and comes to realize that he really doesn't care for the boxing business. * Game 5, Round 3 - History - Holidays and Observances Unless otherwise specified, give the name of the occasion. 1. This day was first observed on 1910-06-19 in Spokane, Washington. It was created to honor William Smart, a widower who raised five children. 2. Name the successor to Wiarton Willie, who """is""" supposed to predict the weather on Groundhog Day in Wiarton, Ontario. 3. Dr. Maulana Karenga, an African studies professor, created this cultural holiday in 1966. 4. Which holiday commemorates the Mexican victory at Puebla in 1862 over the invading French army? 5. What name is given to the first day of Lent? 6. What is the traditional Ukrainian name for an Easter egg? 7. This holiday is a 5-day Hindu festival that occurs in October or November in the Western calendar. The celebration is often referred to as the Festival of Lights. 8. Name this other Festival of Lights; it is a celebration of the victory of the Maccabees and the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple. 9. Purim is a Jewish holiday recounted in a book telling the story of which Biblical queen? 10. The Netherlands """celebrates""" Queens Day on April 30. Two queens are honored on this day; name either the one whose birthday is celebrated, or the one whose coronation is commemorated. *Note*: For this question you must give the original correct answer. -- Mark Brader "It really was quite easy; it was the Toronto explanations and banter that took msb@vex.net all the time." --Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 20 11:25AM +0100 > * Game 5, Round 3 - History - Holidays and Observances > 5. What name is given to the first day of Lent? The Swedish name translats to "Ash Wednesday", but that may not be the English name. > 7. This holiday is a 5-day Hindu festival that occurs in October > or November in the Western calendar. The celebration is often > referred to as the Festival of Lights. Diwali > 9. Purim is a Jewish holiday recounted in a book telling the story > of which Biblical queen? Salome > whose birthday is celebrated, or the one whose coronation > is commemorated. *Note*: For this question you must give the > original correct answer. Beatrix Chance has it that the Swedish king also has it birthday on this date. However, the day is not really thought of as King's Day, but rather his birthday is overshadowed by the Valborg festivities which includes lightning bonfires to celebrate the advent of spring. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 20 12:01AM -0600 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*)". Game 4 is over and the winner is DAN BLUM! Hearty congratulations, eh? > I wrote two pairs in the challenge round. Those were A and B. > -- either in the question or the answer. > 1. Name the Scottish Booker Prize winner who wrote the novel > "Black Dogs". Ian McEwen. > 2. Who wrote the children's novel "Black Beauty"? Anna Sewell. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 3. What 19th-century French novelist wrote "The Red and the Black"? > His novels cover the period during and just after the Napoleonic > Wars. Stendhal (Henri Beyle). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 4. Who wrote the memoir and exposé "Black Like Me"? John Howard Griffin. 4 for Joshua. > 5. "Black's" is the name of the standard dictionary in which > profession? Law. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 6. What book on a then recent military event, since made into a movie, > did journalist Mark Bowden publish in 1999? "Black Hawk Down". 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > 7. Name the Quebec premier whose biography Conrad Black published > in 1977. Maurice Duplessis. > 8. What novelist and essayist wrote the autobiographical book > "Black Boy"? Richard Wright. 4 for Joshua. > 9. "The Souls of Black Folk", published in 1903, is a major study > of black history and culture in the US. Name the academic and > activist who wrote it. W.E.B. DuBois. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > 10. Name the James Ellroy novel that retells the 1947 murder of > a Hollywood actress. The title mentions the flower that was > her nickname. "The Black Dahlia". 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > A. Legendary Maple Leafs > A1. Who scored the game-5 overtime goal against the Canadiens > to win the 1951 Stanley Cup? Bill Barilko. > A2. Irvine "Ace" Bailey's playing career was ended by a hit > from which Bruins defenseman? Eddie Shore. 4 for Pete. When written, these questions were about the only two Maple Leafs whose player numbers had ever been retired. That's because the Leafs' policy was to do this only in case of a career-ending injury. Barilko (#5) was killed in a plane crash before the following season began. Bailey, as mentioned in RQFTCI07 Game 6 Round 10, was knocked down in a 1933 game and his head hit the ice -- there were no helmets in those days -- and his #6 was the first retired number in the NHL. Although near death, Bailey recovered and lived until 1992, working for years as the timekeeper at Leafs home games. Again as mentioned in that game, This gave him the opportunity for an unusual tribute to a player he admired: in 1968 he asked for his to be temporarily unretired and given to Ron Ellis, who wore it for the rest of his career. When the team changed the policy in 2016, they simultaneously retired 11 more numbers to honor 17 players who had worn them. > mean a population of at least 500,000 (in 2003, not 2020). > B1. Of major cities that are on the Rhine -- including its > Dutch distributaries -- name the one nearest its mouth. Rotterdam. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > B2. Name the major city nearest the mouth of the Rhône. Marseille or Marseilles. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque. "Marseilles" is the traditional spelling in English, like "Moscow" for Moskva, but less used today. Not that I was marking for spelling anyway. > * C. Melancholic Literature > C1. Who wrote a medical treatise called "The Anatomy of > Melancholy"? Robert Burton. > C2. Who wrote a poem in English called "Il Penseroso", addressed > to the goddess of melancholy? John Milton. > * D. Hot Lips > D1. Give the last name of the jazz and blues trumpeter and > vocalist whose nickname was Hot Lips. (Oran Thaddeus) Page. > D2. Give the first and last names of the "MASH" character > nicknamed Hot Lips. Margaret Houlihan (novel and TV) or O'Houlihan (movie). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > consonants right. > E1. Name this movie, released in 2001. It is shot entirely in > Inuktitut and is also known as "The Fast Runner". "Atanarjuat". 4 for Joshua. > E2. Name this movie, released in 1983. It is considered an > experimental movie and has no plot. It is subtitled "Life > out of Balance". "Koyaanisqatsi". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > F1. Rev. John Foote was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing > and ministering to the wounded in August 1942... where? > (The country is not specific enough.) Dieppe. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > F2. Three World War I Victoria Cross winners -- Leo Clarke, > Fred Hall, and Robert Shankland -- all lived on Pine St., > since renamed Valour Rd., in which Canadian city? Winnipeg. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 8 9 7 10 BEST TOPICS-> Can Mis Sci Spo His Ent Lit Cha SIX Dan Blum 4 28 30 12 36 39 24 20 177 Joshua Kreitzer 4 36 12 24 36 16 32 12 156 Pete Gayde 6 20 27 32 22 4 12 16 129 Dan Tilque 24 20 6 12 36 12 4 16 120 Erland Sommarskog -- -- 8 8 8 0 0 8 32 -- Mark Brader, Toronto / "There are three types of software documentation: msb@vex.net / tutorial, mnemonic and misleading." --Larry Colen My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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