| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 05 02:34AM > * Game 7, Round 2 - Entertainment - The Films of Dennis Hopper > 1. Hopper kicked off his movie career playing opposite James Dean > in what 1955 classic? On the Waterfront > 2. Hopper was twice nominated for Oscars, though he never won. > His first nomination came in 1969 for Best Original Screenplay. > For which movie? Easy Rider > as a crazed acolyte of Marlon Brando's Captain Kurtz. Hopper's > profession in the movie matched one of his real-life passions. > What was his character's profession? demolitions expert > 5. Hopper's portrayal of the sadistic Frank Booth in this 1986 > movie ranked 36th on AFI's "Top 50 Movie Villains of All Time" > list. Name the movie. Blue Velvet > 9. Hopper could always be relied on to play a good maniac. He was > back to his old nutty tricks as an urban extortionist in this > 1994 thriller about a runaway bus. Speed > * Game 7, Round 3 - Geography - Swiss Cities > 1. Interlaken. L; H > 2. Luzern. J; G > 3. Kreuzlingen. (Hint: it's a suburb of Konstanz.) F > 4. Montreux. C; K > 5. Geneva. I > 6. Bern. E; G > 7. Basel. M; N > 8. Neuch?tel. N; K > 9. Z?rich. D > 10. Lugano. O; P -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 11 12:35AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-06-27, 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 7, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Anne of Green Gables A Canadian icon if there ever was one. 1. Name the Canadian author of "Anne of Green Gables". 2. She's "Anne" of Green Gables, but what is her last name? 3. In the Canadian TV-movie and miniseries first seen in 1985, who played Anne? 4. Name the long-running (1990-1996), very popular spin-off TV series created by Kevin Sullivan. It featured many characters from the books, but not Anne. 5. Anne is adopted by a PEI family who were actually expecting a boy to help with the farm work. Who is the female head of that family? (First *or* last name.) 6. Who is Anne's nemesis, then her boyfriend, and eventually her husband? (First *or* last name.) 7. <answer 6> was played in the 1985 miniseries by the actor son of a former Toronto politician. Who was this actor? 8. <answer 1> wrote several Anne sequels; what was the last Anne book to be published (although not the last in order of internal chronology)? 9. A musical version of Anne has been presented at the Charlottetown Festival every year since 1965. Which Canadian comic actor wrote the book and lyrics? 10. The Japanese have a mania for Anne. In 1979 they produced "Akage no An", an animated TV series about her. Translate the title into English. * Game 7, Round 8 - Arts & Literature - Artists in Exile For each artist, writer, or performer, we will tell you when and for how long he lived in exile, and maybe some other information as well. In each case, you name the person involved. 1. This writer and historian wrote about the horrors of the Soviet gulag. He was expelled and lived in exile from 1974 to 1994. 2. This Romantic composer and pianist was in Vienna in 1831 when the Polish uprising against Russia was crushed. Unable to return, he remained in exile until his death in 1849. 3. He was an author, playwright, poet, and human-rights campaigner, one of France's great literary figures. He was exiled in 1851 for 19 years for declaring Napoleon III a traitor to France. 4. This comedic actor and film director was barred from reentering the US in 1952 due to suspicion of Communist leanings. He lived in exile until 1972, when he returned to the US to receive a special Academy Award. 5. In the year 8, Emperor Augustus banished him from Rome to Tomis in what is now Romania. In exile until his death 9 years later, this poet wrote collections of poetry such as "Tristia" and "Epistulae ex Ponto". However, he is best known for "Metamorphoses". 6. While visiting Rome in 1301, this poet's political rivals took control of Florence and sentenced him in absentia to death for various unpaid fines. This sentence was rescinded by city council 700 years later. Who was the guilty poet? 7. This playwright left Nazi Germany in 1933. While in the US, he wrote "Life of Galileo", "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", and the screenplay for the Hollywood movie "Hangmen Also Die!" He returned to Germany the day after appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee. 8. This American singer, actor and political activist called it his "exile", although he was *forbidden* to leave the US, not required to. From 1950 to 1958, his passport was revoked because of his Soviet sympathies and for speaking out against mistreatment of black Americans. 9. After the trauma of World War I, this writer began his self-imposed exile, leaving his native England in 1919 and returning only twice for a visit. He and his wife traveled around the world until his death in 1930; during this time, he wrote "The Plumed Serpent" and "Mornings in Mexico", among many others. 10. He left Czechoslovakia in 1968 after the Soviet invasion and came to Canada. He wrote a number of books including "The Bass Saxophone" as well as "The Engineer of Human Souls", which won the Governor-General's Award. He received the Order of Canada in 1992. -- Mark Brader "Outside of nearly having two head-on collisions, msb@vex.net we found driving in England to be fairly easy." Toronto -- Cher Classick My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Oct 10 09:26PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > Undeterred, the diplomat published it in the "New York Times". > Miffed, the administration exposed his wife as a CIA operative. > Name either the diplomat or his wife. Plame > 2. Which US private was arrested in May 2010 for passing classified > documents to Wikileaks? Manning > Times" in 1969, demonstrating that the Johnson administration > had systematically lied to the public and to Congress about > the Vietnam War. What are these documents called? Pentagon Papers > anonymous note to Army Criminal Investigations, exposing > violations of the Geneva Convention, including torture and > abuse -- at *which Iraqi prison*? Abu Ghraib > 5. Mark Felt came out of the whistleblower's closet in 2005, > 30 years after leaking secrets about Nixon's involvement in > the Watergate scandal. In that context, how was he better known? Deep Throat > of his country's clandestine nuclear weapons program in 1986. > He was arrested and spent 18 years in prison, 11 of them in > solitary. Which country did he tattle on? Israel > in the New York Times that led to a commission to investigate > the allegations. He survived a gunshot wound to the face, and > eventually retired to northern New York State. Who """is""" he? Serpico > | Gamay | Riesling > 1. The basic grape for Cognac and Armagnac. Also known as > Trebbiano, and used under that name in many Italian white wines. Mourvèdre > 2. The white grape predominant in Bordeaux. Grown also in the > Loire Valley, where, for example, it is used in Pouilly-Fumé. Chardonnay; Sauvignon Blanc > 3. White wine, Rhone Valley grape, used to make Condrieu. Chardonnay; Sauvignon Blanc > 4. Known as a temperamental grape, sensitive to many diseases. > The dominant red-wine grape of Burgundy. Germany is its second > home, where it is known as Spätburgunder. Merlot > 5. In France found almost exclusively in Alsace. Dominant in > Rhine and Mosel wines; used to make ice wine as well. Known also > as Johannisberg, after Schloss Johannisberg in Germany. Riesling > 6. Great white wine grape of Burgundy; used to make Pouilly-Fuissé; > also used for Champagne. Chenin; Chardonnay > 7. In France, cultivated mainly in the northern Rhone area. > Among competing theories of its origin: a crusader brought it > back from Iran (Persia). Syrah > 8. Dominant grape used in Médoc; around the world, the most > widespread red wine grape after Merlot. Cabernet Sauvignon > 9. This white wine grape goes by the name Fendant in Switzerland, > where it covers 30% of the country's vineyards. Sylvaner > Tavel Rosé. It ripens late, so it needs hot, dry conditions such > as those found in Spain, the south of France, and California's > San Joaquin Valley. Sauvignon Blanc Pete Gayde |
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