| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 06 11:32PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-07-11, 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 9, Round 9 - Canadiana History - Trudeaumania These questions are about Pierre Trudeau. (Yes, it's the third Canadiana round in the same game. Not my doing!) 1. In 1949 Trudeau gave a speech on human rights in a Quebec mining town which was suffering through a bitter strike. Name the town. 2. Which influential political journal did Trudeau co-found in 1950? 3. On 1966-04-04, Trudeau was appointed to his first federal cabinet -- in what post? 4. Before entering politics, Trudeau was a law professor at which university? 5. What was the maiden name of Trudeau's mother, Grace? 6. In 1966 he met Margaret, later his wife. What was her maiden name? 7. "If all politicians were like Pierre Trudeau, there would be world peace." Who said this in 1969 after a meeting, in Canada, with the PM? 8. The CBC made """two""" dramas on the life of Pierre Trudeau, "Trudeau" and the prequel "Trudeau 2: A Maverick in the Making". Name either of the two actors who played Trudeau. 9. In 1971 Trudeau mouthed some naughty words beginning with F at opposition MPs in the House of Commons. When asked by reporters about it, he told them he had said what now-famous phrase? 10. During the 1970s FLQ crisis, Trudeau was asked how far he would go to stop the terrorists. What was his response? ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge - Brought to You by the Letter G In each case name the person, place, or whatever that's being described *and* has the initials indicated in each category title. *NOTE*: In each case you must name the person, place, or whatever that's being described *and* has the initials indicated in each category title or preamble. * A. Sports GGs A1. What is the name shared by the athletic teams that represent Queen's University? (The long form, to fit the category.) A2. What is the name shared by the athletic teams that represent the University of Guelph? * B. G-ography: Canadian Towns B1. The Newfoundland town where you'll find streets named after Amelia Earhart, Eddie Rickenbacker, Charles Lindbergh, and Marc Garneau. B2. The Manitoba town where you'll find the largest concentration of Icelanders outside of Iceland. * C. Golly Gee! Cartoon Exclamations These exclamations each contain two or more words, at least two of which begin with the letter G. C1. What exclamation is associated with Perry White, editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet? C2. What exclamation do Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters frequently use? * D. New Wave BGs D1. He sang "Soviet Jewelry (Nyet, Nyet, Soviet)". D2. He was the lead singer for The Boomtown Rats. * E. "Better Known As" GGs E1. 1970s British TV personality Graham Kerr: better known as the...? E2. Elusive Confederate Army commander John Singleton Mosby: better known as the...? * F. Can-Lit GGs These Canadian authors won Governor-General's Awards for fiction, and their last names (but *not* their first names) begin with G as well. F1. Toronto-based TV personality and author of the 2005 GG-award-winning novel "A Perfect Night to Go to China". F2. Paris-based doyenne of Canadian letters and author of the 1981 GG-award-winning short story collection "Home Truths". -- Mark Brader "Elaborative, polysyllabic multipartite agglu- Toronto tinations can obfuscate and become obstructive msb@vex.net to comprehensibility." -- Chris Torek My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 07 05:08AM > ** Game 9, Round 9 - Canadiana History - Trudeaumania > 4. Before entering politics, Trudeau was a law professor at which > university? McGill > 7. "If all politicians were like Pierre Trudeau, there would be > world peace." Who said this in 1969 after a meeting, in Canada, > with the PM? Richard Nixon (admittedly it doesn't sound like him) > B1. The Newfoundland town where you'll find streets named > after Amelia Earhart, Eddie Rickenbacker, Charles Lindbergh, > and Marc Garneau. Gander > * C. Golly Gee! Cartoon Exclamations > C2. What exclamation do Charlie Brown and other Peanuts > characters frequently use? Good grief! > * E. "Better Known As" GGs > E2. Elusive Confederate Army commander John Singleton Mosby: > better known as the...? Grey Ghost -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 07 11:50AM +0100 > ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge - Brought to You by the Letter G > C2. What exclamation do Charlie Brown and other Peanuts > characters frequently use? Good Grief! > D2. He was the lead singer for The Boomtown Rats. Bob Geldof |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 06 08:36PM -0700 On 11/3/21 9:16 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > song to cross over into the pop charts, Bill Haley went further > by recording this song in 1954 -- the first to hit #1 in the > pop charts of both the US and the UK. Which song? Rock Around the Clock > 2. In 1948, what innovation in recorded music did RCA Victor develop > that made recorded music so much more accessible to young fans? 45 rpm record > 5. Breaking away from the Johnnie Johnson Trio, what rock-and-roll > icon made his first solo recording under the name of Charles > Berryn in 1954? Chuck Berry > considered the first major rock-and-roll concert. It ended up > in chaos and the fire department had to close it down. It was > held in a city closely associated with rock and roll. What city? Cleveland > 2. During late pregnancy the hormone relaxin is produced in > concentrations 10 times greater than normal. As its name > suggests, it relaxes something. What? uterus > synthetic replacements for the naturally occurring hormone > oxytocin ["OCK-see-TOE-sin"]. For what purpose is pitocin > administered? induce labor > quite as far as the leathery dura mater ["DUE-ra MAY-ter"] > that protects the spinal fluid and spinal cord. What is the > name of this space? epidura > 5. For a delivery to be considered "pre-term", the delivery must > take place before how many weeks of gestation? 34 > 8. What is the concentrated substance that comprises many infants' > first meal? It is produced before breast milk, and is high in > antibodies and protein. colostrum -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 06 11:29PM -0500 Mark Brader: > song to cross over into the pop charts, Bill Haley went further > by recording this song in 1954 -- the first to hit #1 in the > pop charts of both the US and the UK. Which song? "Rock Around the Clock". 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 2. In 1948, what innovation in recorded music did RCA Victor develop > that made recorded music so much more accessible to young fans? 45 rpm records. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > before opening his own label in 1952. This record label would > eventually feature big names such as Elvis, Carl Perkins, > and Johnny Cash. What was the name of the record label? Sun. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > developed much of the hardware and techniques that define rock > and roll -- solid-body guitars, multi-track recording, reverb > and echo effects. Who was this innovator? Les Paul. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 5. Breaking away from the Johnnie Johnson Trio, what rock-and-roll > icon made his first solo recording under the name of Charles > Berryn in 1954? Chuck Berry. 4 for everyone. > considered the first major rock-and-roll concert. It ended up > in chaos and the fire department had to close it down. It was > held in a city closely associated with rock and roll. What city? Cleveland. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete. > '40s. He is also called the "Grandfather of Rock and Roll", > and was the subject of the hit musical "Five Guys Named Moe". > Who was he? Louis Jordan. 4 for Erland. > recording, this song was released in 1951. Ike Turner wrote > and performed this tribute to his beloved Oldsmobile with his > Kings of Rhythm band. Name the song. "Rocket 88". 4 for Joshua. > magazine chose Elvis's first commercial single for Sun Records > as the really, truly, honestly first rock-and-roll recording. > What was its name? "That's All Right". 4 for Joshua. > later be disgraced in the payola scandals of the late '50s. > Later still, he was among the first inductees of the Rock and > Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. Who was he? Alan Freed. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > * Game 9, Round 8 - Science - Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery In the original game, this was the hardest round in the entire season. > resulting in dark patches on the face known scientifically > as melasma or chloasma. What is the common name for this > phenomenon? The mask of pregnancy. > 2. During late pregnancy the hormone relaxin is produced in > concentrations 10 times greater than normal. As its name > suggests, it relaxes something. What? Joints (or specifically, pelvic ligaments). > synthetic replacements for the naturally occurring hormone > oxytocin ["OCK-see-TOE-sin"]. For what purpose is pitocin > administered? To induce labor. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > quite as far as the leathery dura mater ["DUE-ra MAY-ter"] > that protects the spinal fluid and spinal cord. What is the > name of this space? The epidural space. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 5. For a delivery to be considered "pre-term", the delivery must > take place before how many weeks of gestation? 37. > 6. In utero, fetuses develop a downy layer of hair. Some babies > are born with patches of this, but will shed it soon afterward. > What is it called? Lanugo ["La-NEW-go"]. > 7. Fetal skin is protected by a waxy substance that is often still > present at birth, especially in the underarms. Its name means > "varnish" in Latin. Name it. Vernix. > 8. What is the concentrated substance that comprises many infants' > first meal? It is produced before breast milk, and is high in > antibodies and protein. Colostrum (or "beestings", "bisnings", or "first milk"). 4 for Dan Tilque. > 9. 25-50% of infants are born with temporary red marks or "bites" > caused by a capillary malformation. What is the popular name > for these? Stork bites. > of infants of East Asian descent have them, and they are also > common among Native Canadians, Polynesians, and East Africans. > After which Asian country are they named? Mongolia. ("Mongolian spots". In Mongolia they are simply known as blue spots.) Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Can Geo Spo Can Ent Sci FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 8 34 36 0 36 0 114 Dan Blum 0 24 32 10 20 8 86 Pete Gayde 2 23 12 11 22 4 68 Dan Tilque 4 12 20 0 16 12 60 Erland Sommarskog 0 20 16 0 12 0 48 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Those who cannot Google the past are destined to msb@vex.net | repost it." -- Huey Callison, after Santayana My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 06 11:31PM +0100 This quiz is over and Stephen W Perry is the winner! Yours are the glory and setter of the rec.games.trivia playlist for the next 24 hours. All hail Stephen. There were only three entrants, and I am not entirely surprised given the narrow them of the quiz. What did surpsrise me, though, was that all entries were really good! There was not a single stumper. Here is the scoreboard: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total -------------------------------------------------------- Stephen W P 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 10 5 10 10 10 140 Joshua K 10 10 10 10 - 10 10 10 10 - 10 - 10 10 10 120 Pete G 10 10 10 - 10 10 10 10 10 10 - 10 10 10 8 128 And here are the answers: 1. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/01.mp3 This is from one of the most famous classical works you can find, although the clip is not from the very famous part of this work. a) Name the composer. (5p.) b) Name the work. (5p.) Ludvig van Beethoven, Symphony no.9 ("Ode to Joy"). This is the opening of the second movement, but the movement was not required. 2. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/02.mp3 This is the opening from an album from the height of the fusion era, and this song has become a standard well beyond the fusion style, recorded by many artists. a) Name the band. (5p.) b) Name either the tune or the album. (5p.) Band: Weather Report. Album: Heavy Weather. Tune: Birdland. 3. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/03.mp3 This is the opening from the first album of this classic heavy-metal band. Since the the band, the album and the song all have the same name, there is only one question. a) Give that name. (10p.) Black Sabbath. Those in the know, presumably knew the answer before listening to the clip. 4. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/04.mp3 Steeleye Span are known as a folk-rock band, but here they are tackling a song from musical play from the first half of the 20th century. On the Steeleye Span album, they use an alternate title which you can hear in the clip. a) Give the title normally used (and which is also is the name of the character singing the song in the play) or give the name of the play itself. (5p.) Song: Pirate Jenny. Play: Threepenny Opera. b) Give one of i) The composer ii) The author of the original lyrics or iii) or the translator of the English version. (5p.) Composer: Kurt Weill. Lyrics: Bertold Brecht. Translation: Marc Blitzstein. 5. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/05.mp3 This piece of music is the oldest in this quiz. It is also one of these really famous works that everyone knows about. a) Name the composer. (5p.) b) Name the work. (5p.) Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons. More precisely this is from the first movement of the Winter concerto, but that was not required. 6. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/06.mp3 This is a song with the Swedish singer Kal P. Dal named "Kungens Knall". It is a cover with Swedish lyrics loosely drawn from the original, recorded by a Canadian band. Although Kal P. Dal does not retain the most famous gimmick in the original, you may still be able to spot the song. a) Name that Canadian band. (5p.) b) Give the original English title. (5p.) Bachmann Turner Overdrive, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet. 7. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/07.mp3 This is from a album released just a few months back with duets for cello and piano. Some of these pieces were originally written for that format, while others have been rearranged. Beethoven is the dominating composer, but this is a piece from 1967. a) Give the composer. (5p.) b) Give the name of the piece. (5p.) Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze 8. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/08.mp3 A classic from the big-band era. Beware that I've cut out about 15 seconds from the clip, which is quite long enough anyway. a) Give the band or the band leader. (5p.) b) Give the name of the song. (5p.) Glenn Miller (Band), Chattanooga Cho-Cho I recently picked up a greatest hits album with Glenn Miller, and my original idea was to use "In the Mood", which I have another recording of. But was I amazed when I heard this song that I recognized - it might be forty years sinc last time I heard it! The clip was long, because I wanted to include the intro with the train simulation, the main theme, and "Teneesee" in the vocals. 9. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/09.mp3 This artist was known for assuming several different personas, and the title of this song is exactly the name of maybe the most well-known of these personas. a) Name the artist (5p.) b) Give the name of the song and the persona. (5p.) David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust. 10. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/10.mp3 This is the end of a popular orchestra piece which repeats the same melody a number times with a crescendo for each repetition until this leads to the very quick breakdown that you hear in the clip. a) Name the composer. (5p.) b) Give the name of this work. (5p.) Maurice Ravel, Bolero 11. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/11.mp3. This is a song with Donna Summer called "Protection". It is not one of her big hits, but maybe you can still spot the song-writer, who is one of the most famous artists of our days - but certainly not as a disco artist. To my knowing, this is the only song that the artist wrote for summer. You can also hear this artist on the solo guitar towards the end of the clip. a) Name the song-writer. (10p.) Bruce Springsteen (giggle for Springstein!) I have always thought that it sounds very much like Springsteen, even this is a discp-type album, produced by Quincy Jones. Beides The Boss, Roy Bittan from the E Street Band is also sitting in. 12. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/12.mp3 This is a home recording, so don't try to identify the band. But once the moped has faded away you will hear a well-known melody. a) Name the composer. (5p.) b) Give the name of the piece or the work it is drawn from. (5p.) Edvard Grieg. In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt. Peer Gynt is a stage play by Henrik Ibsen for which Grieg wrote the incidental music. 13. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/13.mp3 Everybody knows this band. This is just one of their many hits. a) Name the band. (5p.) b) Name the song. (5p.) The Beatles, Day Tripper. 14. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/14.mp3 Save for a short piano introduction, this is the opening from a very classic jazz album. Note that the artist, composer and band leader has yet to join in on the tune when the clip ends. a) Name this artist and band leader. (5p.) b) Name the album or just the song. (5p.) Artist: Miles Davis. Album: Kind of Blue. Tune: So What. 15. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/15.mp3 This song was written in 1931, but it was its inclusion in a film that this recording is taken from that made the song immortal. a) Name the song. (4p.) As Time Goes By. b) Name the film. (4p.) Casablanca. c) Name the actor singing (2p.) Doolie Wilson. |
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