| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 11 12:05AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-16, 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 and one question in the other. * Game 8, Round 7 - Entertainment - Total Losers These are movies that were nominated for all four major Academy Awards -- by which we mean Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress in a Leading Role, and Best Director -- and lost all four. (They may or may not have won Oscars in other categories.) In each case we give you the year (of the film's release in Los Angeles, not the ceremony) and the actor, actress, and director nominees in that order; and you give us the title. 1. 1937, Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, William Wellman. 2. 1945, Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Leo McCarey. 3. 1950, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Billy Wilder. 4. 1958, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Brooks. 5. 1961, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Robert Rossen. 6. 1967, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Arthur Penn. 7. 1970, Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Arthur Hiller. 8. 1974, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Roman Polanski. 9. 1981, Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Louis Malle. 10. 1993, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Ivory. There have only been """two""" other movies that were nominated for all four major Oscars and lost all four. So here are the other """two""" in case you'd like to try them -- for fun, but for no points. 11. 1946, Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Clarence Brown. 12. 1974, Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Bob Fosse. As of 2021 there have now been three. This last one is now the only time it's happened in more than 25 years! Again, no points for this. 13. 2013, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, David O. Russell. * Game 8, Round 8 - Sports Literature - Baseball Books Some of these books are nonfiction about baseball; some are fiction. In each case name the author, or *any one* author if there are more than one. 1. "The Science of Hitting". 2. "The Art of Pitching". 3. "Tomorrow I'll be Perfect". 4. "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball". 5. "The Boys of Summer". 6. "The Iowa Baseball Confederacy". 7. "The Natural". 8. "Catch: A Major League Life". 9. "Season Ticket". 10. "The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle in Baseball History". -- Mark Brader "Never re-invent the wheel unnecessarily; Toronto yours may have corners." msb@vex.net -- Henry Spencer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 11 12:02AM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. The four major components of blood are plasma, red blood cells, > white blood cells, and what cells (or technically fragments) > responsible for clotting? Platelets or thrombocytes. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. > 2. Red blood cells are formed in the bone marrow at a rate of > about 2,000,000 per second, while the same number of cells are > destroyed in two other organs. Name either of those. Liver, spleen. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 3. In the ABO blood type system, what blood type is the "universal > recipient", so called because a person with this blood can be > transfused with any other type? AB. (Specifically AB+, but we're only asking about the ABO system, not the Rh factor.) Type O (specifically O-) is the "universal donor". 4 for Erland and Dan Blum. 2 for Pete. The ABO system was mentioned on the latest episode of "Jeopardy!". They just asked what it's used to compare types of, and this was answered correctly on the first try. > 4. The blood component called the Rh ["R.H."] factor consists of > certain genetically-determined types of protein on the surface > of red blood cells. What does Rh stand for? Rhesus (the type of monkey where it was first detected). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 5. What is the name of the artery leading away from the heart > where oxygenated blood is sent to the body? Aorta. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 6. There are two major veins leading into the heart that return > deoxygenated blood to it. Their names are the superior and > inferior what? Vena cava (or the plural, venae cavae). 4 for Dan Blum. > 7. What scientist discovered the circulation of the blood? > He lived 1578-1657. William Harvey. 4 for Joshua. > 8. Hemoglobin, the protein that transports oxygen through the blood, > consists of a smaller protein (globin) plus a molecule called > heme. Each molecule of heme includes one atom of what metal? Iron. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. > heard a lot about T-lymphocytes, one type of white blood > cell. The T stands for the body part where they are formed. > What is it? Thymus (gland). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 10. One type of white blood cells is phagocytes, which destroy > bacteria and cell fragments in the blood. What does the prefix > phago- mean? Eat. (They eat the bacteria.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > * Game 8, Round 6 - Literature - Modern Latin American Writing This was one of two rounds tied for 6th-hardest of the season. > 1. Name the author of "Kiss of the Spider Woman", which later > became a movie and a Broadway musical. Manuel Puig. 4 for Joshua. > is a semi-autobiographical story of a young writer who marries > an older relative. It was made into a 1990 film starring Keanu > Reeves and Barbara Hershey. Name the novel (in English). "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" (not "Tune in Tomorrow", an alternate title for the movie). 4 for Joshua. > 3. One of Gabriel García Márquez's novellas is about a murder that > everyone in town knows is going to happen, except the intended > victim. Name it (in English). "Chronicle of a Death Foretold". > 4. Octavio Paz's "Labyrinth of Solitude" is a long meditation on > what it means to be a native of what country? Mexico. > 5. Name the Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician who wrote > "Canto General" and "Memorial de Isla Negra" and won the 1971 > Nobel Prize for Literature. Pablo Neruda. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > 6. A well-known 1966 British-Italian film directed by Michelangelo > Antonioni was loosely based on a short story by Argentinian > writer Julio Cortázar ["Kor-TASS-ar"]. Name the film. "Blow-Up". 4 for Joshua. > 7. Name the Brazilian writer who is the author of "Dona Flor and > her Two Husbands", which became a 1978 movie starring Sonia > Braga. Jorge Amado. > 8. Name the Guatemalan and 1967 Nobel Prize winner who wrote the > political novel "El Señor Presidente". Miguel Angel Asturias. > Cuban revolution -- that is, the first one -- in which he died in > 1895. One of his poems became the popular song "Guantanamera". > Havana's airport is named after him. Who was he? José Martí. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > 10. Name the Chilean author and journalist, who left the country > in 1975, and who wrote "The House of the Spirits", "Eva Luna", > and "Of Love and Shadows". Isabel Allende (niece of Salvador Allende). 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Geo Sci Lit Joshua Kreitzer 8 35 28 24 95 Erland Sommarskog 28 28 28 8 92 Dan Blum 4 28 32 8 72 Pete Gayde 16 20 14 0 50 Dan Tilque 0 16 24 0 40 Bruce Bowler 0 28 -- -- 28 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Big programs are a bug." msb@vex.net -- Geoff Collyer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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