| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 17 12:37AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-01-26, 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 round in this set. * Game 1, Round 4 - Geography - Siamese Twin Cities Each city named in this round has been disputed by rival claimants or warring states. Each party to the dispute has given a different name to the city, usually in its own language. One of the names will be given, along with a clue. You must give the other name. (Some of these cities may have a third or even a fourth name; the question will specify which name we want.) 1. World War II began in the city that the Germans call Danzig. Later, Lech Walesa started the Solidarity movement there. What """do""" the Poles call this city? 2. Irish republicans """call""" this city Derry. What name did the English give it in 1613? 3. Russia """is""" still holding onto a city that it took from Germany at the end of World War II. It is a naval base on the Baltic Sea, and is in an exclave cut off from the rest of Russia by the three Baltic states. Its German name is Königsberg. What """is""" its Russian name? 4. Jerusalem is the third-holiest city for Muslims. What is its Arabic name? 5. The Egyptians today call this large city by the Arabic name Iskandaria. What did the ancient Greeks name it? 6. The Turks say Istanbul. What do (and did) the Greeks say? 7. This Palestinian city contains a small enclave of militant Israeli settlers protected by soldiers and fences. One of these settlers massacred a large number of Muslims praying at a mosque in the early 1990s. The Palestinians call the city al-Khalil. Canadian newspapers use the city's Hebrew name. What is that? 8. The Bible says that King David captured a city called Rabbat-Ammon. Much later the Greeks captured it and called it Philadelphia. It is now the capital city of a rather small country. What is its modern Arabic name? 9. Around the year 800, Charlemagne made a city in the Rhineland his capital. He also built a church there that still contains his throne. The city is called Aachen in German. What is its full name in French? 10. The city of Nizza ["NEET-sa"] is where the hero of Italian unification, Garibaldi, was born; but the Italians traded it to France in 1860 for, ah, future considerations. What is its French name? * Game 1, Round 6 - History - The Titanic 1. You may have heard of the latest film about the sinking of the RMS Titanic, which was released on this continent """last""" December 19. You may be interested to know that the *first* movie about the sinking premiered on May 14, 1912. So what was the date, as kept aboard the ship, when it sank -- within 10 days? (Include the year.) 2. The Titanic was the second of three sister ships. The first received major safety improvements after the disaster and remained in service into the 1930s; but the third was diverted to become a hospital ship in the First World War and sunk by a mine or perhaps a torpedo. Name either one of the other two ships. 3. What company owned these ships? (The direct owner, not the company that owned it in turn.) 4. Name *either* the president of <answer 3> at the time of the Titanic's sinking, who was on board and survived, or the American financier who controlled it. 5. You won't see it in the """recent""" movie, but another ship had stopped nearby for the night due to the ice hazard. Although some dispute the story, it is generally accepted that the sinking Titanic and its distress rockets were visible from this ship; yet its radioman was not awakened and no action was taken until dawn. This ship had a geographical name relating to the US. Name *either* it or its captain. 6. On another ship, the radio call was heard and the captain responded at once. The ship sped toward the Titanic for four hours, keeping a special lookout for icebergs and dodging six of them. It could not arrive in time, but it did collect all the survivors from the lifeboats. This ship also had a geographical name, but relating to Europe. Again, name *either* it or its captain. 7. Passengers intending to cross the Atlantic boarded the Titanic at three ports and were bound for a single port on this side of the ocean. Name *any two* of the four ports. 8. Within 10% of the correct number, how many people were killed? 9. *Of those killed*, how many percent were adult males? Please answer by giving the nearest multiple of 10%, i.e. 40%, 50%, 60%, etc. 10. Within 25% of the correct number, how many *more* people could the lifeboats have carried according to their rated capacity? Give the actual number, not a percentage. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "It is almost always wrong to strive for msb@vex.net gilt by association." --Martin Ambuhl My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 17 12:20AM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I wrote one round in this set. That was the entertainment round. > * Game 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) > Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. The current-events round that included these questions was the 3rd-easiest round of the entire season. > 1. Who is the prosecutor investigating allegations that Bill Clinton > persuaded Monica Lewinsky to commit perjury by urging her to > lie in a deposition concerning their supposed affair? Kenneth Starr, who eventually prosecuted Clinton for committing perjury himself. Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua got this. > 2. Why did Oprah Winfrey appear in a US federal court this week? She allegedly slandered the Texas beef industry. Joshua more or less got this. > rule book... except that we've changed the labels. Please identify > the following signals. You need only give the appropriate letter, > from A to Z. 2019 is the current rule book because there was no 2020 season. A schedule has been published for a full 2021 season, but it's not yet a sure thing whether it will even start. > 1. No yards. K (Swami on the field). 3 for Dan Blum. > 2. Offside. G (Pants falling down). 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque. > 3. Penalty declined. Y (Lorena Bobbitt on the field). 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum. > 4. Field goal. A (Illegal use of deodorant). 4 for Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum. Yes, this is also the signal for a touchdown. > 5. Roughing the kicker. V (See doctor and get a cast on that leg). 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque. > 6. Delay of game. T (Hiding two footballs). > 7. Ineligible receiver. N (Illegal use of bird). > 8. Clipping. M (Illegal use of toilet paper). 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque. > 9. Time out. F (Illegal bondage). 4 for Pete. > 10. Illegal substitution. O (Illegal slogan on baseball cap). > the rot13 to see a list of the 17 decoys, and just give the real > meaning of each signal: > 11. B (Insufficient use of deodorant). Facemasking. Pete got this. > 12. C (Illegal praying for victory). Safety touch. Pete got this. > 13. D (Wrongfully giving the finger). Single point. > 14. E (Hailing a cab). Forward pass behind line of scrimmage. > 15. H (Vomiting on opponent). Illegal procedure. Pete more or less got this. > 16. I (Boxing without gloves). Unnecessary roughness. > 17. J (Biting the hand that feeds you). Reset the snap-clock time count. > 18. L (Half a swami on the field). Illegal pass. > 19. P (Throwing your baseball cap at the football). Intentional grounding. > 20. Q (High winds). Too many players on the field. > 21. R (Unfashionable shoulder pads). Player illegally downfield on a kick. > 22. S (Hiding the football). Objectionable conduct. > 23. U (Breaking opponent's wrist). Holding. Pete got this. > 24. W (Amputating opponent's hand). Spearing. > 25. X (Fascist on the field). Time-count violation. > 26. Z (Stop in the name of the law). Illegal contact on a receiver. > 27. Omega (Too late to stop her). Cancel the flag on the play. > 1. In a movie that was highly topical, Charlie Chaplin played > "a Jewish barber" and which title character? Give either the > character name or the actual title. Adenoid Hynkel, "The Great Dictator" (1940). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua (the hard way). > 2. In a 1997 comedy, the same Toronto-born actor played both > the title character and his arch-enemy Dr. Evil. Give the > title character's first and last name. Austin Powers (Mike Myers in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" -- and subsequently in two sequels). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > informative: a 4-word sentence telling us about a deception > used against the Nazis. M.E. Clifton-James played both title > characters. What was the original title? "I was Monty's Double". (Clifton-James played himself and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.) 4 for Joshua. The other title was apparently an American expression referring to the uncertainties of war. > 4. Who played identical twins Sharon and Susan in "The Parent Trap" > (1961), as well as a series of TV-movie sequels? Hayley Mills. 4 for Pete and Joshua. > 5. And who, in a 1993 comedy with a very short title, played both > the title character and the President of the US? Kevin Kline (in "Dave"). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 6. In 1996, it was Jack Nicholson who played both the President > of the US and another character in the same movie. Which movie > was that? "Mars Attacks!" (He was also Art Land, the Las Vegas developer.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 7. And in what classic movie did Peter Sellers play the President > of the US, and the title character, and a third character from > a third country? "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb". ("Dr. Strangelove" alone or anything close to the full title was sufficient. The third character was the British Group Captain Mandrake.) 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > including the title character, and several others played double > roles -- these notably including a group of three characters > seen mostly together. Name the movie. "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. Morgan also played Prof. Marvel, the gatekeeper, the carriage driver, and the guard. The group of three characters were the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion: the same actors played farmhands in Kansas. > several times, such as by Jack Lemmon in a double role in "The > Great Race" (1965). What was the identical title of the other > six movies? "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1913, 1915, 1922, 1937, 1952, and 1979). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 1979 is still the most recent live-action cinematic version. > 10. Finally, Alec Guinness played no fewer than eight roles in > which 1949 British movie? "Kind Hearts and Coronets". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. They were all heirs to a fortune until they died, most of them murdered by the same character. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Ent Joshua Kreitzer 4 40 44 Pete Gayde 24 20 44 Dan Blum 9 32 41 Dan Tilque 20 4 24 Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pedantic and msb@vex.net that's just as good." -- D Gary Grady My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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