Monday, May 31, 2021

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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 30 01:19PM

> that it becomes too soft and sticky when warm, and too hard when
> cold. These disadvantages were partially overcome in 1839 when
> the American inventor Charles Goodyear discovered what process?
 
vulcanization
 
> a shape that it retains. They intended it to be a replacement
> for ivory (for example, in billiard balls), but it proved to have
> far greater application -- including film and fashion. Name it.
 
Bakelite
 
> in everything from lacquer to electrical insulation to billiard
> balls; indeed, this material may be said to define the Art
> Deco style.
 
Bakelite
 
 
> 5. Some common plastics are polyethylene, polypropylene,
> polystyrene... in fact, the whole class of plastics goes by
> the name "polymers". What does the prefix "poly-" mean?
 
many
 
> an opening with a particular cross-section (the die), and
> a continuous shape is formed with a constant cross-section
> similar to that of the orifice.
 
extrusion
 
> * Nomenclature
 
> 7. Polytetrafluoroethylene, used in cookware and clothing, is
> better known by what trade name?
 
Teflon
 
> 8. PVC is a common hard, inflexible plastic whose industrial use
> is ubiquitous -- it appears in everything from tubing to
> ski boots. What does PVC stand for?
 
polyvinyl chloride
 
> 9. Polymethyl methacrylate is a transparent, extremely hard
> substance better known by what trade name?
 
Lucite; Plexiglass
 
> 10. Polystyrene with air injected is better known by what trade
> name?
 
Styrofoam
 
> Bergman, the McGuffin proved to be hidden in a wine bottle --
> but *what* it was caused Hitchcock to attract attention from
> the FBI. What was it?
 
uranium
 
> of film are actually quite obvious. It starred James Stewart
> and was inspired by the real-life murderers Leopold and Loeb.
> What was its title?
 
Rope
 
> was his first American-made movie but was again set in England.
> The third was "The Birds" (1963). Name *either one of the
> first two*.
 
Rebecca
 
> 7. Since the story of "Lifeboat" (1944) takes place entirely
> in the boat, Hitchcock could not play his usual walk-on role.
> How did he manage to get himself into the movie?
 
picture in a newspaper
 
> and in various later movies, Hitchcock was considered to have
> had her in mind when casting Tippi Hedren, Kim Novak, and Eva
> Marie Saint. Name her.
 
Grace Kelly
 
> from start to finish. It takes place in an unnamed European
> country and the title character is played by Dame May Whitty.
> Name the film.
 
The Lady Vanishes
 
> was also a governor-general of Canada, that features Robert
> Donat and Madeleine Carroll and for part of the story has them
> handcuffed together.
 
The Thirty-Nine Steps
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 30 07:57PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:oJKdnSn2rqtmLi_9nZ2dnUU7-
> no points.
 
> 2. What did Cineplex Odeon decide this week to stop showing in
> its cinemas?
 
commercials

> that it becomes too soft and sticky when warm, and too hard when
> cold. These disadvantages were partially overcome in 1839 when
> the American inventor Charles Goodyear discovered what process?
 
vulcanization
 
> a shape that it retains. They intended it to be a replacement
> for ivory (for example, in billiard balls), but it proved to have
> far greater application -- including film and fashion. Name it.
 
cellulose

> in everything from lacquer to electrical insulation to billiard
> balls; indeed, this material may be said to define the Art
> Deco style.
 
cellulose
 
 
> 5. Some common plastics are polyethylene, polypropylene,
> polystyrene... in fact, the whole class of plastics goes by
> the name "polymers". What does the prefix "poly-" mean?
 
many
 
> * Nomenclature
 
> 7. Polytetrafluoroethylene, used in cookware and clothing, is
> better known by what trade name?
 
Teflon
 
> 8. PVC is a common hard, inflexible plastic whose industrial use
> is ubiquitous -- it appears in everything from tubing to
> ski boots. What does PVC stand for?
 
polyvinyl chloride

> 10. Polystyrene with air injected is better known by what trade
> name?
 
Styrofoam

> Bergman, the McGuffin proved to be hidden in a wine bottle --
> but *what* it was caused Hitchcock to attract attention from
> the FBI. What was it?
 
instructions for an atomic bomb
 
> 2. This 1955 movie was Shirley MacLaine's debut and is generally
> considered Hitchcock's funniest. Its McGuffin is the body of
> the title character. What was the title?
 
"The Trouble with Harry"

> of film are actually quite obvious. It starred James Stewart
> and was inspired by the real-life murderers Leopold and Loeb.
> What was its title?
 
"Rope"
 
> was his first American-made movie but was again set in England.
> The third was "The Birds" (1963). Name *either one of the
> first two*.
 
"Rebecca"
 
> Cummings was also in a 1954 movie starring Ray Milland that was
> filmed in 3-D, although not released that way until years later.
> Name *either movie*.
 
"Dial M for Murder"
 
> the necktie. The other appeared in 1976, starred Bruce Dern,
> and included a humorous scene of a runaway car on a California
> mountain road. Name either one.
 
"Frenzy"
 
> 7. Since the story of "Lifeboat" (1944) takes place entirely
> in the boat, Hitchcock could not play his usual walk-on role.
> How did he manage to get himself into the movie?
 
he was shown in a picture in a newspaper advertisement

> and in various later movies, Hitchcock was considered to have
> had her in mind when casting Tippi Hedren, Kim Novak, and Eva
> Marie Saint. Name her.
 
Doris Day (?)
 
> from start to finish. It takes place in an unnamed European
> country and the title character is played by Dame May Whitty.
> Name the film.
 
"The Lady Vanishes"

> was also a governor-general of Canada, that features Robert
> Donat and Madeleine Carroll and for part of the story has them
> handcuffed together.
 
"The 39 Steps"
 
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Sunday, May 30, 2021

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 29 04:36PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-09,
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*)".
 
 
** Game 7, Round 6 - Canadiana Current Events (excerpt)
 
Answer these 1998 questions, too, if you like for fun, but for
no points.
 
1. Normally we wouldn't dare ask you the name of Canada's Prospector
of the Year. But this guy made it to the front page -- probably
because of his better-known son, a Canadian Olympic athlete.
Name him -- their last name is enough.
 
2. What did Cineplex Odeon decide this week to stop showing in
its cinemas?
 
 
I wrote one of these rounds.
 
 
** Game 7, Round 7 - Science - Plastics
 
Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you...
just one word.
Ben Braddock: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Ben Braddock: Yes, sir, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
-- "The Graduate" (1967)
 
* Rubber
 
1. Rubber is naturally elastic but has the serious disadvantages
that it becomes too soft and sticky when warm, and too hard when
cold. These disadvantages were partially overcome in 1839 when
the American inventor Charles Goodyear discovered what process?
 
2. I.G. Farben created a synthetic rubber in the late 1920s that
assumed a great deal of strategic importance for Germany in
World War II. This new material was a copolymer of butadiene
and styrene catalyzed by sodium -- its name derives from two
of these materials, and is one of the """current""" trade names
for synthetic rubber in Germany. What is it?
 
* Early Plastics
 
3. In the late 1860s, two brothers named Hyatt created the first
thermoplastic -- a moldable mass formed by heat and pressure into
a shape that it retains. They intended it to be a replacement
for ivory (for example, in billiard balls), but it proved to have
far greater application -- including film and fashion. Name it.
 
4. The first "true" synthetic material was invented in 1907 by
a Belgian immigrant to the US. It had immediate applications
in everything from lacquer to electrical insulation to billiard
balls; indeed, this material may be said to define the Art
Deco style.
 
* Terminology
 
5. Some common plastics are polyethylene, polypropylene,
polystyrene... in fact, the whole class of plastics goes by
the name "polymers". What does the prefix "poly-" mean?
 
6. What process is this? A melted polymer is forced through
an opening with a particular cross-section (the die), and
a continuous shape is formed with a constant cross-section
similar to that of the orifice.
 
* Nomenclature
 
7. Polytetrafluoroethylene, used in cookware and clothing, is
better known by what trade name?
 
8. PVC is a common hard, inflexible plastic whose industrial use
is ubiquitous -- it appears in everything from tubing to
ski boots. What does PVC stand for?
 
9. Polymethyl methacrylate is a transparent, extremely hard
substance better known by what trade name?
 
10. Polystyrene with air injected is better known by what trade
name?
 
 
** Game 7, Round 8 - Entertainment - The Master: The Films of
Alfred Hitchcock
 
1. In the kinds of stories that Hitchcock told, the major characters
are often contending for control or possession of a particular
item of value to them -- an item that Hitchcock generically
called the McGuffin. In "Notorious" (1946), starring Ingrid
Bergman, the McGuffin proved to be hidden in a wine bottle --
but *what* it was caused Hitchcock to attract attention from
the FBI. What was it?
 
2. This 1955 movie was Shirley MacLaine's debut and is generally
considered Hitchcock's funniest. Its McGuffin is the body of
the title character. What was the title?
 
3. In 1948, Hitchcock made the experiment of a movie intended to
look like one continuous shot -- though the joints required
every 10 minutes or so when the camera was about to run out
of film are actually quite obvious. It starred James Stewart
and was inspired by the real-life murderers Leopold and Loeb.
What was its title?
 
4. Hitchcock made three movies based on the writings of Daphne
du Maurier. The first was a 1939 film with Charles Laughton,
much of its dialogue in the impenetrable dialect of the west
of England. The second, a 1940 film with Laurence Olivier,
was his first American-made movie but was again set in England.
The third was "The Birds" (1963). Name *either one of the
first two*.
 
5. Robert Cummings appeared in two Hitchcock movies. He starred
in a 1942 film which included real-life footage of a ship that
had been destroyed in New York harbor allegedly by criminals,
and which ended with a chase to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
Cummings was also in a 1954 movie starring Ray Milland that was
filmed in 3-D, although not released that way until years later.
Name *either movie*.
 
6. Name either of Hitchcock's last two movies. For one, released
in 1972, he returned to Britain for the first time in 20 years
and cast Barry Foster as a serial killer whose weapon was
the necktie. The other appeared in 1976, starred Bruce Dern,
and included a humorous scene of a runaway car on a California
mountain road. Name either one.
 
7. Since the story of "Lifeboat" (1944) takes place entirely
in the boat, Hitchcock could not play his usual walk-on role.
How did he manage to get himself into the movie?
 
8. This actress was Hitchcock's favorite, starring opposite Ray
Milland, James Stewart, and Cary Grant in different movies;
and in various later movies, Hitchcock was considered to have
had her in mind when casting Tippi Hedren, Kim Novak, and Eva
Marie Saint. Name her.
 
9. Several Hitchcock movies include memorable scenes on trains,
but only one, from 1938, is set almost entirely on a train
from start to finish. It takes place in an unnamed European
country and the title character is played by Dame May Whitty.
Name the film.
 
10. Name the 1935 Hitchcock movie, based on a story whose author
was also a governor-general of Canada, that features Robert
Donat and Madeleine Carroll and for part of the story has them
handcuffed together.
 
--
Mark Brader "By this time I was feeling guilty. No, correction,
Toronto I was feeling that I *should* feel guilty ..."
msb@vex.net -- Jude Devereaux
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 30 10:13AM +0200

> that it becomes too soft and sticky when warm, and too hard when
> cold. These disadvantages were partially overcome in 1839 when
> the American inventor Charles Goodyear discovered what process?
 
Vulcanization

> a shape that it retains. They intended it to be a replacement
> for ivory (for example, in billiard balls), but it proved to have
> far greater application -- including film and fashion. Name it.
 
Celluoid

 
> 5. Some common plastics are polyethylene, polypropylene,
> polystyrene... in fact, the whole class of plastics goes by
> the name "polymers". What does the prefix "poly-" mean?
 
Many

> 7. Polytetrafluoroethylene, used in cookware and clothing, is
> better known by what trade name?
 
Nylon

> 8. PVC is a common hard, inflexible plastic whose industrial use
> is ubiquitous -- it appears in everything from tubing to
> ski boots. What does PVC stand for?
 
Polyvinylechloride
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 29 04:32PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
 
> I wrote one of these three rounds.
 
That was the geography round.
 
 
 
> Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
> 1. She didn't say how she had done it, but what did Jodie Foster
> announce this week that she had done?
 
Become pregnant. Dan Blum got this.
 
> 2. Why has a Nipomo, California, man started getting harassing
> phone calls complaining about the weather?
 
Because of his name: Al Nino.
 
 
> acceptable (Francis, Henry, Philip).
 
> 1. You all know who was boss of Normandy in 1066. Who ruled France
> that year?
 
Philippe I (or the Fair).
 
> 2. Remember George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan"? Which king did
> Joan manage to get crowned?
 
Charles VII. 4 for Dan Blum.
 
> 3. During the Commonwealth period, which French king gave refuge
> to the would-be English king Charles II?
 
Louis XIV. 4 for Joshua and Erland.
 
"Would-be" in two senses. He would have already been the King of
England if Parliament hadn't abolished the monarchy, and he would
become king when they reversed that action.
 
> 4. And which French king was given refuge in England in 1848?
 
Louis Philippe. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland.
 
> 5. Who was King of France in 1534 when Cartier landed in what is
> now Canada?
 
François I.
 
> 6. Who was King of France in 1759 when Quebec fell to the British?
 
Louis XV. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland.
 
> 7. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at
> the end of World War I.
 
Raymond Poincaré; Georges Clemençeau. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland.
 
> 8. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at
> the beginning of World War II.
 
Albert Lebrun; Edouard Daladier.
 
> 9. Before she was married to Henry II of England, Eleanor of
> Aquitaine was married to which French king?
 
Louis VII.
 
> 10. Mary Queen of Scots was married to which French king?
 
François II.
 
 
> the country where the artist was active (note, this is not always
> their country of birth). For each question, you name the artist.
> Of course, signatures have been removed.
 
This was one of four rounds all tied for being the hardest of the season.
 
 
> their paintings.
 
> 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/A.jpg
 
> "Bathers". Circa 1884, France.
 
Auguste Renoir.
 
> 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/B.jpg
 
> "Igor Stravinsky". 1920, France.
 
Pablo Picasso.
 
> 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/C.jpg
 
> "Self-Portrait with Demons". 1898, Belgium.
 
James Ensor.
 
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/D.jpg
 
> "The Large Bathers". Circa 1898, France.
 
Paul Cézanne.
 
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/E.jpg
 
> "Solitude". 1917, Italy.
 
Giorgio di Chirico. 4 for Dan Blum.
 
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/F.jpg
 
> "Sleeping Woman". 1921, Mexico.
 
Diego Rivera. 4 for Dan Blum.
 
> 7. (Not for the squeamish, this one.)
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/G.jpg
 
> "This is Worse". 1810-20, Spain.
 
Francisco Goya. (From his series "The Horrors of War".)
4 for Dan Blum.
 
> caricatures, collages, and illustrations.
 
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/H.jpg
 
> "Fit for Active Service". 1918, Germany.
 
George Grosz.
 
"KV" is short for "kriegsverwendungsfahig", which translates to the
drawing's title.
 
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/I.jpg
 
> "Man Picking Wheat". Circa 1940, US.
 
Ben Shahn.
 
> 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/J.jpg
 
> "Self-Portrait". 1924, Germany. This artist was known mostly
> for her drawings.
 
Käthe Kollwitz.
 
 
> The original handout included four decoys. Name these artists as
> well if you like, for fun, but for no points.
 
Nobody tried these.
 
> 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/K.jpg
 
Henri Matisse ("Still Life with Fruit and Flowers", 1947).
 
> 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/L.jpg
 
Aubrey Beardsley ("Ali Baba", 1894).
 
> 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/M.jpg
 
Paul Gauguin ("Standing Tahitian Nude", circa 1894).
 
> 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/N.jpg
 
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ("Yvette Guilbert", 1894).
 
 
> in various shorelines. They're all pretty much the same thing,
> but some of them are called bays, some are gulfs, and some are seas.
 
> 1. What *two* Canadian provinces have coastline on Chaleur Bay?
 
Quebec, New Brunswick. 4 for Dan Tilque.
 
Between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia is the Bay of Fundy, as
mentioned on "Jeopardy!" yesterday. Between Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland is the Cabot Strait.
 
> 2. Lake Huron and Lake Michigan each have one large bay on their
> western side. Name *either* bay.
 
Saginaw Bay, Green Bay. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern
> coast of what country?
 
Australia. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 4. What bay lies at the north end of the Davis Strait, between
> Canada and Greenland?
 
This was a decoy in Game 4, Round 3, remember? It's Baffin Bay.
 
> 5. The White Sea is subject to freezing. What country does all of
> its coastline belong to?
 
Russia. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Joshua.
 
In the original game QMs were warned: "if USSR is given, call
it wrong. Enough time has passed now."
 
> 6. This sea lies mainly between China and South Korea, and connects
> the East China Sea to Korea Bay. Name it.
 
Yellow Sea. 4 for Erland.
 
> 7. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the indentation in Europe's Atlantic
> coast that France and Spain border on?
 
Bay of Biscay. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland,
and Dan Tilque.
 
In 2009 "Biscayne" was tried, and I scored it as almost correct.
That's only true lexically and not geographically, as Biscayne Bay
is actually off Miami, Florida!
 
> 8. To travel from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, you must traverse
> what gulf, located mainly between Yemen and Somalia?
 
Gulf of Aden. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland.
 
> 9. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the arm of the Mediterranean between
> Italy and such countries as Croatia?
 
Adriatic Sea. 4 for everyone.
 
> 10. In the TV show "Baywatch"... what bay """are""" they watching?
 
Santa Monica Bay, near Los Angeles. Yeah, I know, not really
a geography question. Incidentally, essentially the same question
was asked on "Jeopardy!" on 2008-12-18, while I was preparing these
games for newsgroup posting the first time.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Art Geo
Dan Blum 16 12 20 48
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 24 40
Joshua Kreitzer 8 0 22 30
Dan Tilque 0 0 24 24
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Yes, you're very smart. Shut up."
msb@vex.net --The Princess Bride
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 30 10:05AM +0200

>> 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern
>> coast of what country?
 
> Australia. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
 
Tha name of the bay did not ring a bell at all. But there are not
that many countries with a distinct north coast. And not all of them
has a distinct gulf.

>> 4. What bay lies at the north end of the Davis Strait, between
>> Canada and Greenland?
 
> This was a decoy in Game 4, Round 3, remember? It's Baffin Bay.

Yes, I remembered that the bay appeared in an earlier quiz. But I
did not remember the name.
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Friday, May 28, 2021

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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 27 08:30PM +0200

> * Game 7, Round 2 - History - French Rulers
 
> 1. You all know who was boss of Normandy in 1066. Who ruled France
> that year?
 
Louis IV

> 3. During the Commonwealth period, which French king gave refuge
> to the would-be English king Charles II?
 
Louis XIV

> 4. And which French king was given refuge in England in 1848?
 
Louis Philppe

> 5. Who was King of France in 1534 when Cartier landed in what is
> now Canada?
 
Louis X

> 6. Who was King of France in 1759 when Quebec fell to the British?
 
Louis XV

> 7. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at
> the end of World War I.
 
Poincaré

> 8. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at
> the beginning of World War II.
 
Clemenceau
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 27 08:39PM +0200

I failed to observe that there rounds. I saw the top of one entrant's
answer slate, so I skip the first two questions (which I wouldn't
have known anyway.)
 
> * Game 7, Round 4 - Geography - Bay Watch
 
> 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern
> coast of what country?
 
Australia

 
> 5. The White Sea is subject to freezing. What country does all of
> its coastline belong to?
 
Russia

> 6. This sea lies mainly between China and South Korea, and connects
> the East China Sea to Korea Bay. Name it.
 
Yellow Sea
 
> 7. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the indentation in Europe's Atlantic
> coast that France and Spain border on?
 
Biscaya

> 8. To travel from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, you must traverse
> what gulf, located mainly between Yemen and Somalia?
 
Gulf of Aden

> 9. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the arm of the Mediterranean between
> Italy and such countries as Croatia?
 
Adriatic

> 10. In the TV show "Baywatch"... what bay """are""" they watching?
 
Frisco Bay?
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 27 01:42PM -0500

Erland Sommarskog:
> I failed to observe that there rounds. I saw the top of one entrant's
> answer slate, so I skip the first two questions (which I wouldn't
> have known anyway.)
 
Thanks, good recovery.
--
Mark Brader "I would love to make it, more than
Toronto anything else I've not written."
msb@vex.net --William Goldman
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 27 06:52PM -0700

On 5/26/21 12:48 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> acceptable (Francis, Henry, Philip).
 
> 1. You all know who was boss of Normandy in 1066. Who ruled France
> that year?
 
Louis II
 
 
> 2. Remember George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan"? Which king did
> Joan manage to get crowned?
 
Charles V ??
 
 
> 3. During the Commonwealth period, which French king gave refuge
> to the would-be English king Charles II?
 
> 4. And which French king was given refuge in England in 1848?
 
Louis XVIII
 
 
> 5. Who was King of France in 1534 when Cartier landed in what is
> now Canada?
 
> 6. Who was King of France in 1759 when Quebec fell to the British?
 
Louis XVI
 
> in various shorelines. They're all pretty much the same thing,
> but some of them are called bays, some are gulfs, and some are seas.
 
> 1. What *two* Canadian provinces have coastline on Chaleur Bay?
 
Quebec and New Brusnwick
 
 
> 2. Lake Huron and Lake Michigan each have one large bay on their
> western side. Name *either* bay.
 
Green Bay
 
 
> 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern
> coast of what country?
 
Australia
 
> Canada and Greenland?
 
> 5. The White Sea is subject to freezing. What country does all of
> its coastline belong to?
 
Russia
 
> the East China Sea to Korea Bay. Name it.
 
> 7. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the indentation in Europe's Atlantic
> coast that France and Spain border on?
 
Biscay
 
> what gulf, located mainly between Yemen and Somalia?
 
> 9. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the arm of the Mediterranean between
> Italy and such countries as Croatia?
 
Adriatic
 
 
> 10. In the TV show "Baywatch"... what bay """are""" they watching?
 
Now that's a mistake. The actual name of the show is "Babewatch".
They're not watching a body of water at all. Certainly the viewers aren't.
 
--
Dan Tilque
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Thursday, May 27, 2021

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 26 02:48PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-09,
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*)".
 
 
The Canadiana round in this game was a second Current Events round,
so I won't be including it, except for a couple of questions for
you to try for fun. With only 7 usable rounds, I'm going to do
them in three sets -- Rounds 2-4 this time, then Rounds 7-8 and
9-10 paired as usual in the next two sets -- and of course your
best 5 scores will be counted.
 
I wrote one of these three rounds.
 
 
* Game 7, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
 
Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
1. She didn't say how she had done it, but what did Jodie Foster
announce this week that she had done?
 
2. Why has a Nipomo, California, man started getting harassing
phone calls complaining about the weather?
 
 
* Game 7, Round 2 - History - French Rulers
 
In all applicable cases, anglicized versions of royal names were
acceptable (Francis, Henry, Philip).
 
1. You all know who was boss of Normandy in 1066. Who ruled France
that year?
 
2. Remember George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan"? Which king did
Joan manage to get crowned?
 
3. During the Commonwealth period, which French king gave refuge
to the would-be English king Charles II?
 
4. And which French king was given refuge in England in 1848?
 
5. Who was King of France in 1534 when Cartier landed in what is
now Canada?
 
6. Who was King of France in 1759 when Quebec fell to the British?
 
7. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at
the end of World War I.
 
8. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at
the beginning of World War II.
 
9. Before she was married to Henry II of England, Eleanor of
Aquitaine was married to which French king?
 
10. Mary Queen of Scots was married to which French king?
 
 
* Game 7, Round 3 - Arts - Modern Masters: Drawings and Lithographs
 
For each picture we will give you the title and date, and tell you
the country where the artist was active (note, this is not always
their country of birth). For each question, you name the artist.
Of course, signatures have been removed.
 
 
The first 7 artists, in questions #1-7, are better known for
their paintings.
 
1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/A.jpg
 
"Bathers". Circa 1884, France.
 
2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/B.jpg
 
"Igor Stravinsky". 1920, France.
 
3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/C.jpg
 
"Self-Portrait with Demons". 1898, Belgium.
 
4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/D.jpg
 
"The Large Bathers". Circa 1898, France.
 
5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/E.jpg
 
"Solitude". 1917, Italy.
 
6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/F.jpg
 
"Sleeping Woman". 1921, Mexico.
 
7. (Not for the squeamish, this one.)
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/G.jpg
 
"This is Worse". 1810-20, Spain.
 
The next two artists, in questions #8-9, are best known for
caricatures, collages, and illustrations.
 
8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/H.jpg
 
"Fit for Active Service". 1918, Germany.
 
9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/I.jpg
 
"Man Picking Wheat". Circa 1940, US.
 
10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/J.jpg
 
"Self-Portrait". 1924, Germany. This artist was known mostly
for her drawings.
 
 
The original handout included four decoys. Name these artists as
well if you like, for fun, but for no points.
 
11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/K.jpg
12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/L.jpg
13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/M.jpg
14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/N.jpg
 
 
* Game 7, Round 4 - Geography - Bay Watch
 
This round is all about areas where water extends to fill a concavity
in various shorelines. They're all pretty much the same thing,
but some of them are called bays, some are gulfs, and some are seas.
 
1. What *two* Canadian provinces have coastline on Chaleur Bay?
 
2. Lake Huron and Lake Michigan each have one large bay on their
western side. Name *either* bay.
 
3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern
coast of what country?
 
4. What bay lies at the north end of the Davis Strait, between
Canada and Greenland?
 
5. The White Sea is subject to freezing. What country does all of
its coastline belong to?
 
6. This sea lies mainly between China and South Korea, and connects
the East China Sea to Korea Bay. Name it.
 
7. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the indentation in Europe's Atlantic
coast that France and Spain border on?
 
8. To travel from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, you must traverse
what gulf, located mainly between Yemen and Somalia?
 
9. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the arm of the Mediterranean between
Italy and such countries as Croatia?
 
10. In the TV show "Baywatch"... what bay """are""" they watching?
 
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 27 01:45AM


> * Game 7, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
 
> 1. She didn't say how she had done it, but what did Jodie Foster
> announce this week that she had done?
 
gotten pregnant
 
> * Game 7, Round 2 - History - French Rulers
 
> 1. You all know who was boss of Normandy in 1066. Who ruled France
> that year?
 
Louis II; Louis III
 
> 2. Remember George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan"? Which king did
> Joan manage to get crowned?
 
Charles VII
 
> 3. During the Commonwealth period, which French king gave refuge
> to the would-be English king Charles II?
 
Louis XIII
 
> 4. And which French king was given refuge in England in 1848?
 
Louis-Philippe
 
> 5. Who was King of France in 1534 when Cartier landed in what is
> now Canada?
 
Henry IV
 
> 6. Who was King of France in 1759 when Quebec fell to the British?
 
Louis XV
 
> 7. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at
> the end of World War I.
 
Clemenceau
 
> 8. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at
> the beginning of World War II.
 
Leon Blum
(no relation)
 
> 9. Before she was married to Henry II of England, Eleanor of
> Aquitaine was married to which French king?
 
Louis III; Charles II
 
> 10. Mary Queen of Scots was married to which French king?
 
Charles IX
 
> * Game 7, Round 3 - Arts - Modern Masters: Drawings and Lithographs
 
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/E.jpg
 
> "Solitude". 1917, Italy.
 
de Chirico
 
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/F.jpg
 
> "Sleeping Woman". 1921, Mexico.
 
Rivera
 
> 7. (Not for the squeamish, this one.)
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/G.jpg
 
> "This is Worse". 1810-20, Spain.
 
Goya
 
> * Game 7, Round 4 - Geography - Bay Watch
 
> 1. What *two* Canadian provinces have coastline on Chaleur Bay?
 
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador
 
> 2. Lake Huron and Lake Michigan each have one large bay on their
> western side. Name *either* bay.
 
Green Bay
 
> 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern
> coast of what country?
 
Turkey
 
> 5. The White Sea is subject to freezing. What country does all of
> its coastline belong to?
 
Russia
 
> 6. This sea lies mainly between China and South Korea, and connects
> the East China Sea to Korea Bay. Name it.
 
Sea of Japan
 
> 7. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the indentation in Europe's Atlantic
> coast that France and Spain border on?
 
Bay of Biscay
 
> 8. To travel from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, you must traverse
> what gulf, located mainly between Yemen and Somalia?
 
Gulf of Aden
 
> 9. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the arm of the Mediterranean between
> Italy and such countries as Croatia?
 
Adriatic Sea
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 27 05:16AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:yNOdnc_fGNJnODP9nZ2dnUU7-
 
> * Game 7, Round 2 - History - French Rulers
 
> 3. During the Commonwealth period, which French king gave refuge
> to the would-be English king Charles II?
 
Louis XIV
 
> 4. And which French king was given refuge in England in 1848?
 
Louis-Philippe
 
> 5. Who was King of France in 1534 when Cartier landed in what is
> now Canada?
 
Henri IV

> * Game 7, Round 3 - Arts - Modern Masters: Drawings and Lithographs
 
No answers.
 
> in various shorelines. They're all pretty much the same thing,
> but some of them are called bays, some are gulfs, and some are seas.
 
> 1. What *two* Canadian provinces have coastline on Chaleur Bay?
 
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
 
> 2. Lake Huron and Lake Michigan each have one large bay on their
> western side. Name *either* bay.
 
Green Bay
 
> 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern
> coast of what country?
 
Australia

> 5. The White Sea is subject to freezing. What country does all of
> its coastline belong to?
 
Finland; Russia
 
> 6. This sea lies mainly between China and South Korea, and connects
> the East China Sea to Korea Bay. Name it.
 
Sea of Japan
 
> 7. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the indentation in Europe's Atlantic
> coast that France and Spain border on?
 
Bay of Biscay

> 8. To travel from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, you must traverse
> what gulf, located mainly between Yemen and Somalia?
 
Gulf of Aden
 
> 9. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the arm of the Mediterranean between
> Italy and such countries as Croatia?
 
Adriatic Sea

> 10. In the TV show "Baywatch"... what bay """are""" they watching?
 
Malibu Bay
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 26 02:42PM -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*)".
 
 
Game 6 is over and, if there are no errors, JOSHUA KREITZER has won
by just 4 points! Hearty congratulations!
 
 
> I wrote several questions in one of these rounds.
 
In the challenge round I believe I wrote B1 and maybe B2, pair C,
maybe D1, and possibly D2.
 
 
> ** Game 6, Round 9 - Canadiana Literature - Authors: The Young(er) Ones
 
> This round gives a brief description of these Canadian writers.
> In each case, name the writer.
 
See, we said they were "young(er)": all of them are still alive
in 2021.
 
> 1. This author burst onto the literary scene in 1989 with "Runaway:
> Diary of a Street Kid", a gritty account of her time working
> as a prostitute in Vancouver. She was born in 1971.
 
Evelyn Lau.
 
> in Germany. He """has written""" several well-known novels, and
> popularized the term "Generation X." """His latest novel is"""
> "Girlfriend in a Coma".
 
Douglas Coupland. (His latest is now "Worst. Person. Ever.")
4 for Joshua.
 
> won the Governor-General's Award for "Three in the Back, Two
> in the Head." """His latest""" play, "Patience", """is opening
> in Toronto this week""".
 
Jason Sherman. (His latest is now "Copy That".)
 
> 4. This Toronto playwright """is""" best known for his 1995 play
> "Riot", which focused on the reaction of blacks in Toronto to
> the L.A. riots. """His latest play is""" "Oui".
 
Andrew Moodie. (His latest that I could find is "Toronto the Good".)
 
> 1992's well-reviewed "Amnesia") was one of the first novels
> from a major publisher to be serialized on the Internet as it
> was being written. It was published on paper in 1997.
 
Douglas Cooper.
 
> 6. This Toronto-based writer gained a great deal of notoriety for
> """her latest""" book, "Paul's Case", which takes as its subject
> the Bernardo/Homolka killings.
 
Lynn Crosbie. (Her latest is now "Chicken".)
 
> writer. """He's won""" many awards, including the Nebula for
> "The Terminal Experiment". """His latest novel is""" "Illegal
> Alien" (1997).
 
Robert Sawyer. (His latest is now "The Oppenheimer Alternative".)
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
 
Incidentally, Sawyer was himself a Canadian Inquisition player at
one time before I joined the league. His 1990 novel "Golden Fleece"
includes a scene, set in the year 2177, where a character talks about
playing in the league, mentioning it and its two divisions by name.
 
> Remains and the True Nature of Love", later made into a movie
> by Denys Arcand. """His latest play is""" "Martin Yesterday"
> (1997).
 
Brad Fraser. (His latest appears to be "Kill Me Now".)
 
> 9. This playwright was born in Northern Manitoba. Cree was his
> first language; English came later. He """is""" best known for
> "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing" (1986).
 
Tomson Highway.
 
> General's Award for his novel "Man Descending" in 1982.
> His novel "The Englishman's Boy" won the G-G Award again in
> 1996 and was shortlisted for the Giller.
 
Guy Vanderhaeghe.
 
 
> ** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round
 
This was one of four rounds all tied for being the hardest of the season.
 
 
> A1. Who was the last British monarch to be proclaimed King
> of France in the coronation ceremony, and to include the
> fleur-de-lys in the royal coat of arms?
 
King George III. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
 
> A2. What Queen of England never set foot in England?
 
Queen Berengaria (of Navarre), wife of King Richard I (the Lionheart).
4 for Dan Blum.
 
 
> * B. Movie Directors
 
> B1. Who directed "His Girl Friday" (1940), "Sergeant York"
> (1941), and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953)?
 
Howard Hawks. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> B2. Who directed "Stranger than Paradise" (1984), "Down by Law"
> (1986), and "Mystery Train" (1989)?
 
Jim Jarmusch. 4 for Joshua.
 
 
> be used; each of these """is""" shared with a different
> province. Name any one of the three codes. Just give the
> 3 digits.
 
403 (AB, YT, old code for western NT); 819 (northern QC, old code
for eastern NT); 867 (new code for YT and NT, and in 2021 also NU).
 
> a different first letter that """is""" used for all their
> postal codes. Name both of these letters, *and* you must
> say which letter goes with which territory.
 
X = NT (and in 2021 also NU), Y = YT. (Still true.)
 
 
> * D. Rejected Astronomical Names
 
> D1. In 1781, when William Herschel discovered the planet later
> called Uranus, what did he decide to call it?
 
Georgium Sidus (George's Star, i.e. <answer A1>'s Star; anything
with a form of George was sufficient). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> D2. During a competition to name Canada's first artificial
> satellite, later known as Alouette 1, Leonard Cohen suggested
> it be called what?
 
Ralph.
 
 
> * E. Toronto Cooks
 
> E1. What chef """cooks""" in the fancy restaurant above the
> Royal Ontario Museum?
 
Jamie Kennedy. (Still alive, but no longer working in restaurants.)
 
> E2. What former Toronto chef was """recently""" charged with
> selling alcohol without a license in his country restaurant?
 
Michael Stadtländer.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci His Ent Spo Ent Geo Can Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 12 28 32 0 40 40 8 16 168
Dan Blum 20 40 28 0 36 28 4 12 164
Dan Tilque 36 40 4 8 28 36 4 8 156
Pete Gayde 14 8 24 4 20 32 0 0 102
Erland Sommarskog 24 28 -- -- 0 20 -- -- 72
Bruce Bowler -- -- 0 16 -- -- -- -- 16
 
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 25 04:37AM -0700

On 5/23/21 12:15 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> writer. """He's won""" many awards, including the Nebula for
> "The Terminal Experiment". """His latest novel is""" "Illegal
> Alien" (1997).
 
Sawyer
 
 
> A1. Who was the last British monarch to be proclaimed King
> of France in the coronation ceremony, and to include the
> fleur-de-lys in the royal coat of arms?
 
George III
 
 
> A2. What Queen of England never set foot in England?
 
Matilda
 
 
> * D. Rejected Astronomical Names
 
> D1. In 1781, when William Herschel discovered the planet later
> called Uranus, what did he decide to call it?
 
Georgium Sidus
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 25 08:24PM +0200

> No, "British monarch" was not a clue to the date. It would include
> monarchs of England or Scotland as well as of the UK.
 
Yeah, that's why I said "kind of".
 
I don't know for sure, but I think one of the guys that Dan mentioned
was the first to actually be crowned as King of France, although he was
certainly not the first to claim it.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 25 10:14PM


> I don't know for sure, but I think one of the guys that Dan mentioned
> was the first to actually be crowned as King of France, although he was
> certainly not the first to claim it.
 
Having now looked this up: Henry VI is the only British monarch to
actually be considered King of France by any reasonable person, but
the title continued to be claimed until 1801.
 
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 24 09:15PM +0200

>> of France in the coronation ceremony, and to include the
>> fleur-de-lys in the royal coat of arms?
 
> Henry VI; Henry V
 
I did not answer this question(*), because despite I know the year
the claim was abandoned, I had no clue who was King at the time. But I
know this much that was not any of these guys. (After all, there is a kind
of a clue in the quesstion that they don't qualify.)
 
(*) And nor did know any of the other, so I didn't enter at all.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 25 03:10AM

> the claim was abandoned, I had no clue who was King at the time. But I
> know this much that was not any of these guys. (After all, there is a kind
> of a clue in the quesstion that they don't qualify.)
 
I see the clue now, but that's particularly stubborn even for the
English. I naively assumed they would be slightly more sensible.
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: May 24 10:36PM -0500

Mark Brader wrote:
> of France in the coronation ceremony, and to include the
> fleur-de-lys in the royal coat of arms?
 
> A2. What Queen of England never set foot in England?
 
Mary Stuart
 
 
> D2. During a competition to name Canada's first artificial
> satellite, later known as Alouette 1, Leonard Cohen suggested
> it be called what?
 
Hallelujah
 
> Royal Ontario Museum?
 
> E2. What former Toronto chef was """recently""" charged with
> selling alcohol without a license in his country restaurant?
 
Pete Gayde
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 25 01:33AM -0500

Erland Sommarskog:
> > (After all, there is a kind
> > of a clue in the quesstion that they don't qualify.)

Dan Blum:
> I see the clue now, but that's particularly stubborn even for the
> English. I naively assumed they would be slightly more sensible.
 
No, "British monarch" was not a clue to the date. It would include
monarchs of England or Scotland as well as of the UK.
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Monday, May 24, 2021

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 23 02:15PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-02,
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 several questions in one of these rounds.
 
 
** Game 6, Round 9 - Canadiana Literature - Authors: The Young(er) Ones
 
This round gives a brief description of these Canadian writers.
In each case, name the writer.
 
1. This author burst onto the literary scene in 1989 with "Runaway:
Diary of a Street Kid", a gritty account of her time working
as a prostitute in Vancouver. She was born in 1971.
 
2. This author was born in 1961 at a Canadian military base
in Germany. He """has written""" several well-known novels, and
popularized the term "Generation X." """His latest novel is"""
"Girlfriend in a Coma".
 
3. This Toronto-based playwright, who was born in 1962 in Montreal,
won the Governor-General's Award for "Three in the Back, Two
in the Head." """His latest""" play, "Patience", """is opening
in Toronto this week""".
 
4. This Toronto playwright """is""" best known for his 1995 play
"Riot", which focused on the reaction of blacks in Toronto to
the L.A. riots. """His latest play is""" "Oui".
 
5. Born in 1960 in Toronto, this writer """is""" a publishing
pioneer of sorts: his sophomore book "Delirium" (following
1992's well-reviewed "Amnesia") was one of the first novels
from a major publisher to be serialized on the Internet as it
was being written. It was published on paper in 1997.
 
6. This Toronto-based writer gained a great deal of notoriety for
"""her latest""" book, "Paul's Case", which takes as its subject
the Bernardo/Homolka killings.
 
7. This prolific writer, born in Ottawa in 1960, """describes"""
himself as Canada's only native-born full-time science-fiction
writer. """He's won""" many awards, including the Nebula for
"The Terminal Experiment". """His latest novel is""" "Illegal
Alien" (1997).
 
8. This playwright """is""" best known for "Unidentified Human
Remains and the True Nature of Love", later made into a movie
by Denys Arcand. """His latest play is""" "Martin Yesterday"
(1997).
 
9. This playwright was born in Northern Manitoba. Cree was his
first language; English came later. He """is""" best known for
"Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing" (1986).
 
10. Born in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, in 1951, he won the Governor-
General's Award for his novel "Man Descending" in 1982.
His novel "The Englishman's Boy" won the G-G Award again in
1996 and was shortlisted for the Giller.
 
 
** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round
 
* A. The British Monarchy
 
A1. Who was the last British monarch to be proclaimed King
of France in the coronation ceremony, and to include the
fleur-de-lys in the royal coat of arms?
 
A2. What Queen of England never set foot in England?
 
 
* B. Movie Directors
 
B1. Who directed "His Girl Friday" (1940), "Sergeant York"
(1941), and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953)?
 
B2. Who directed "Stranger than Paradise" (1984), "Down by Law"
(1986), and "Mystery Train" (1989)?
 
 
* C. The Codes of the Territories
 
C1. The Yukon and Northwest Territories have been given a
"""new""" telephone area code. They share it with each
other, but not with any provinces. """For the next few
weeks""", their two old area codes """can""" also still
be used; each of these """is""" shared with a different
province. Name any one of the three codes. Just give the
3 digits.
 
C2. The Yukon and Northwest Territories each """have"""
a different first letter that """is""" used for all their
postal codes. Name both of these letters, *and* you must
say which letter goes with which territory.
 
 
* D. Rejected Astronomical Names
 
D1. In 1781, when William Herschel discovered the planet later
called Uranus, what did he decide to call it?
 
D2. During a competition to name Canada's first artificial
satellite, later known as Alouette 1, Leonard Cohen suggested
it be called what?
 
 
* E. Toronto Cooks
 
E1. What chef """cooks""" in the fancy restaurant above the
Royal Ontario Museum?
 
E2. What former Toronto chef was """recently""" charged with
selling alcohol without a license in his country restaurant?
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "I may be ranting, but I'm right!"
msb@vex.net -- Wojeck: Out of the Fire
 
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 23 07:56PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
> in Germany. He """has written""" several well-known novels, and
> popularized the term "Generation X." """His latest novel is"""
> "Girlfriend in a Coma".
 
Coupland
 
> writer. """He's won""" many awards, including the Nebula for
> "The Terminal Experiment". """His latest novel is""" "Illegal
> Alien" (1997).
 
Sawyer

 
> A1. Who was the last British monarch to be proclaimed King
> of France in the coronation ceremony, and to include the
> fleur-de-lys in the royal coat of arms?
 
George III

> * B. Movie Directors
 
> B1. Who directed "His Girl Friday" (1940), "Sergeant York"
> (1941), and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953)?
 
Hawks

> B2. Who directed "Stranger than Paradise" (1984), "Down by Law"
> (1986), and "Mystery Train" (1989)?
 
Jarmusch

> * D. Rejected Astronomical Names
 
> D1. In 1781, when William Herschel discovered the planet later
> called Uranus, what did he decide to call it?
 
Georgian Star
 
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 24 04:23AM

> writer. """He's won""" many awards, including the Nebula for
> "The Terminal Experiment". """His latest novel is""" "Illegal
> Alien" (1997).
 
Robert J. Sawyer
 
 
> A1. Who was the last British monarch to be proclaimed King
> of France in the coronation ceremony, and to include the
> fleur-de-lys in the royal coat of arms?
 
Henry VI; Henry V
 
> A2. What Queen of England never set foot in England?
 
Berengaria
 
> * B. Movie Directors
 
> B1. Who directed "His Girl Friday" (1940), "Sergeant York"
> (1941), and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953)?
 
Hawks
 
> * D. Rejected Astronomical Names
 
> D1. In 1781, when William Herschel discovered the planet later
> called Uranus, what did he decide to call it?
 
George
 
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 23 02:13PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
 
 
> I wrote one of these rounds.
 
In 2009 I wrote:
| The geography round was mine. I created the handouts by checking
| a book of clip-art (freely reusable) maps out of the library;
| spending an hour or two at Kinko's doing photocopying, cutting,
| and taping; and finally adding the *'s with a typewriter. These
| days, of course, I'd've used maps from the CIA World Factbook and
| manipulated them online.
 
Since I had to recreate the handouts this time, I used the online
method. Only I ended up using d-maps.com (with one exception) and
not the CIAWF, which, as I should have remembered, does not provide
*blank* outline maps. Compare:
 
http://d-maps.com/m/europa/italia/italie/italie30.gif
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/69f8dd151fe263b7dd1133228eed0d2c/IT-map.jpg
 
In fact it took *more* time to put it together this way than on paper,
but it was still fun, and I hope you enjoyed solving it too!
 
 
> performer, producer, and director from the late 1950s onward.
> The """current""" Muppet/animatronics production companies
> bear his name. He died of pneumonia in 1990. Name him.
 
Jim Henson. (Some Muppets now belong to the Disney company.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> He """is""" also a prominent Hollywood director, whose
> """latest""" films include "The Indian in the Cupboard" and
> "In & Out". Name him.
 
Frank Oz. (Still alive and still working; his latest work as a
director is now the 2020 documentary "In & Of Itself".) 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> Sarah's younger brother has been stolen by the Goblin King,
> and she must rescue him before midnight, or he will become
> a Goblin... Name the movie.
 
"Labyrinth". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> on a world under the control of the evil Skekses ["SKEK-seez"].
> Jen, the last of the Gelfings, starts his dangerous quest to
> break their rule... Name the movie.
 
"The Dark Crystal". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
 
> <answer 1> Associates, and HBO. Doc and his dog Sprocket
> have a hole in their wall, behind which live little furry
> creatures... Give the title.
 
"Fraggle Rock". 4 for Joshua.
 
> 6. This TV situation comedy (1991-94) revolved around the Sinclairs,
> a lovable prehistoric working-class family of creatures faced
> with modern worries. What creatures, as named in the title?
 
"Dinosaurs". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
 
 
> 7. The Electric Mayhem is a rock band, whose members include Floyd
> Pepper (Guitar), Zoot (Sax), Janice (Vocals), and the bandleader
> pictured here. Name him.
 
Dr. Teeth. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> 8. Who are the two old guys in the balcony in "The Muppet Show"?
> Hint: they are named after old New York hotels.
 
Statler and Waldorf. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> 9. No one is sure what species of animal this Muppet is -- he's
> known as a "whatever". He has an -- um -- *fondness* for
> chickens.
 
Gonzo. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> 10. The drummer for the Electric Mayhem, he was the mascot for
> the US snowboarding team at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. (No,
> really!)
 
Animal. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
 
 
> 1. The country reaching out to almost touch letter B, near the
> map of Argentina. This is an island country. I say again,
> what we need is the letter that corresponds to north on that map.
 
A. (New Zealand, capital Wellington.) 4 for everyone -- Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> 2. The other country near letter B, next to the last one.
> This country is adjacent to India.
 
C. (China, capital Beijing.) 4 for everyone.
 
> 3. The country nearest letter E. Only the main part of the country
> is shown here; this includes some coastline on the Mediterranean.
 
E. (France, capital Paris.) 4 for everyone.
 
As well as Corsica, which would be just far enough from the main or
"metropolitan" part of the country to bump into the next map, France
includes a number of exclaves at greater distance.
 
> 4. The country nearest letter F. This country did not exist
> """10 years ago""".
 
C. (Croatia, capital Zagreb.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
 
So not only is the country shaped like its first letter, so is
the answer! This actually happened accidentally, as I changed
the letter assignments when reconstructing the handouts.
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo6/8/Z.png
 
> 5. The country nearest letter W. This country, too, is adjacent
> to India.
 
W. (Pakistan, capital Islamabad.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Dan Blum.
 
> 6. The country nearest letter X. The equator passes through
> this country.
 
Y. (Democratic Republic of the Congo, capital Kinshasa.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> 7. The country nearest letter Y. English is the most common native
> language in this country.
 
S. ([Republic of] Ireland, capital Dublin.) 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete.
 
> 8. The country nearest letter T. The dotted lines near the center
> of this map should tell you what country this is.
 
Z. (Panama, capital Panama City; the Pacific Ocean is *south* of the
country. No dotted lines since 1999!) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
 
I had to draw the dotted lines in manually when reconstructing the
handout; I couldn't find an online outline map that showed the Canal
Zone any more.
 
> 9. The rather similar-shaped country near letter S. This country
> is adjacent to China.
 
X. (Vietnam, capital Hanoi.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland,
and Pete.
 
> than the others. That's because I got it from a different
> source, which I had to do because it's not a country like the
> others, but a *state of the USA*. But which way is north?
 
X. (New Jersey, capital Trenton.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> 11. That leaves three decoys, which are near A, G, and U on the
> handouts. If you like, for fun but no extra points, identify
> the three countries and in each case tell which way is north.
 
Near A: Ukraine (capital Kyiv), north = D. This map shows the Crimean
Peninsula as still part of the country; take it up with the Russians
and the Ukrainians if you want to disagree with that.
 
Near G: Bangladesh (capital Dhaka), north = C.
 
Near U: Turkey (capital Ankara), north = V.
 
Joshua and Dan Tilque got all three. Erland got Ukraine. Pete got
Turkey.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci His Ent Spo Ent Geo FOUR
Dan Tilque 36 40 4 8 28 36 140
Joshua Kreitzer 12 28 32 0 40 40 140
Dan Blum 20 40 28 0 36 28 132
Pete Gayde 14 8 24 4 20 32 90
Erland Sommarskog 24 28 -- -- 0 20 72
Bruce Bowler -- -- 0 16 -- -- 16
 
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msb@vex.net | done; done; done; done" --Steve Summit
 
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