| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 29 12:17AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-06-20, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Misplaced Modifiers, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". * Game 6, Round 7 - Canadiana - Summer Theater The questions are about plays being performed """this summer""" in Southern Ontario. Most """will be""" found at Stratford, but some offerings of the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake and one of Toronto's Soulpepper Company are featured as well. (*Note*: although the information about 2011 is no longer current, only the answers from that year will be accepted.) 1. Jeeves never had to go as far as the admirable Crichton, a butler forced to take command when his employers are shipwrecked. Who wrote the play "The Admirable Crichton" ("""at Shaw from June 22""")? 2. You'll find "The Homecoming" """at Stratford from July 26""". Which playwright wrote the parts between the pauses? 3. Her kingdom for a horse. Which Shakespearean role """is""" Seana McKenna essaying at Stratford? 4. This Stratford play, like the John Steinbeck novel from which it is adapted, takes its title from "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". By what name do we know the story of the Joad family's migration to, and tribulations in, California? 5. "Hosanna"'s """at Stratford from July 26""", and we're not referring to "Jesus Christ Superstar". Who wrote the play "Hosanna", about a Liz Taylor impersonator? 6. Viola, Olivia, Malvolio, Feste, and Orsino all appear, not to mention Sir Toby Belch, but there is no title character in this Shakespearean comedy, """at Stratford from June 26""". Name the play. 7. "Social critic meets social butterfly in a sparkling comedy of manners widely hailed as Moličre's masterpiece." Name the play, """at Stratford from July 31""". 8. The title refers to Maggie, whose problem is that she wants to conceive a child by a man who can't stand her. Name the Tennessee Williams play """now""" in performance at Shaw. 9. The Shaw Festival calls this play Shaw's "epic masterpiece." The alliterative title derives from the domicile of Captain Shotover. What is the play? 10. This """is""" the third year in a row that Soulpepper is staging "Billy Bishop Goes to War". Eric Peterson, as well as starring, has had a hand in the writing; but who is the principal author? * Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Special "Effects" We describe a phenomenon, and you give its name, chosen from the following list. Much thanks to wordspy.com. For example, we say: "The increase in sales and perceived prestige of Apple products based on the massive popularity of Apple's iPod music player." And you say: "the iPod halo effect." | birthplace effect | ground effect | placebo effect | Bradley effect | Hall effect | Slashdot effect | bullwhip effect | heat-island effect | spotlight effect | butterfly effect | house-money effect | Streisand effect | Casimir effect | iPod-halo effect | Stroop effect | CNN effect | January effect | Wal-mart effect | CSI effect | lake effect | watercooler effect | decline effect | lipstick effect | wealth effect | Doppler effect | Lucifer effect | white-coat effect | driveway effect | Mozart effect | Zeigarnik effect | Goldilocks effect | Nascar effect | greenhouse effect | Oprah effect 1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence of a physician. 2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home, so they can hear the end of it. 3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are. 4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits large amounts of snow on the leeward shore. 5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation in the city and the types of building materials used there. 6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no more than about half a wingspan. 7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the recommendation of a particularly influential media personality. 8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching and lower when it is receding. 9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best ideas when they are grouped informally. 10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial condition can result in large differences to a later state. Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher. -- Mark Brader | "Forgive me if I misunderstood myself, but Toronto | I don't think I was arguing in favour of that..." msb@vex.net | -- Geoff Butler My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 29 03:14AM -0700 On 9/28/21 10:17 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > Which playwright wrote the parts between the pauses? > 3. Her kingdom for a horse. Which Shakespearean role """is""" > Seana McKenna essaying at Stratford? Richard III > is adapted, takes its title from "The Battle Hymn of the > Republic". By what name do we know the story of the Joad > family's migration to, and tribulations in, California? The Grapes of Wrath > to mention Sir Toby Belch, but there is no title character in > this Shakespearean comedy, """at Stratford from June 26""". > Name the play. Love's Labor Lost > 1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by > being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence > of a physician. white-coat effect > 2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes > listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home, > so they can hear the end of it. driveway effect > 3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer > attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are. lipstick effect > 4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits > large amounts of snow on the leeward shore. lake effect > 5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas > and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation > in the city and the types of building materials used there. heat island effect > 6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies > extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no > more than about half a wingspan. ground effect > 7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the > recommendation of a particularly influential media personality. Oprah effect > 8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching > and lower when it is receding. Doppler effect > 9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best > ideas when they are grouped informally. watercooler effect > 10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial > condition can result in large differences to a later state. > Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher. butterfly effect -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 29 12:16AM -0500 Mark Brader: > we'll give you the fancy name, you give us the colloquial term. > Questions #1-5 refer to parts of the body. > 1. Ulnar nerve. Funnybone. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 2. Laryngeal prominence. Adam's apple. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 3. Deciduous teeth. Baby (or milk) teeth. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 4. Sudoriferous glands. Sweat glands. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 5. Coccyx ["KOK-six"]. Tailbone. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > Questions #6-10 refer to physical conditions. > 6. Rhinorrhea. Runny (or stuffy) nose. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 7. Periorbital hematoma. Black eye. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 8. Alopecia. Balding. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 9. Medial tibial stress syndrome. Shin splints. > 10. Pes planus. Flat feet. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > | Germany | Portugal > 1. Krupnikas is made from grain alcohol, honey, and over 50 herbs. > Where? Lithuania. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > 2. It's made from a small shrub much like a cranberry. Where is > Murtado from? Chile. 2 for Joshua. > 3. A cream liqueur, Amarula is made from the fruit of the Marura > tree, locally called the elephant tree or the marriage tree. > In which country? South Africa. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 4. Flavoured with the resin of the mastica tree, the aptly named > Chios Mastiha is from which country? Greece. 3 for Joshua. > 5. Becherovka is a herbal bitters flavored with anise seeds, > cinnamon, and other herbs. Where is it made? 2011 answer: Czech Republic. 2021 answer: Czechia. 3 for Joshua. > 6. Bajtra is a sweet liqueur made from prickly pear. Made where? Malta. > 7. A concoction of rum and tangerine essence. Avrum's gold color > comes from the addition of locally grown saffron. Which country? Italy. > 8. Manzana is made from wild apples. Hugely popular, particularly > in the north of this country. Spain. 4 for Erland. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum. > 9. Pisang Ambon is a banana and tropical fruit liqueur based on > an old Indonesian recipe. It is made now in which country? Netherlands. > 10. Ginjinha is a sour-cherry-infused liqueur served locally in > shot glasses with the fruit in the bottom. In which country? Portugal. 4 for Erland and Dan Blum. 3 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Ent Sci Geo Joshua Kreitzer 4 36 36 22 98 Dan Blum 0 31 36 14 81 Pete Gayde 8 32 12 4 56 Dan Tilque 0 8 28 0 36 Erland Sommarskog -- -- 4 16 20 -- Mark Brader | "...it's a characteristic ... of organizations that try Toronto | to anticipate every possible failure: they easily msb@vex.net | come to believe that they *have*..." --Henry Spencer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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