| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 17 11:42PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-02-13, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, 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 4, Round 7 - Literature - Adult Magazines No date for Valentine's Day? Well, just curl up on the couch with your favourite adult magazine! 1. Within 1 year, in what year was the first issue of "Playboy" magazine published? 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous question. Jub tenprq gur pragresbyq bs gung svefg vffhr, choyvfurq va Qrprzore bs avargrra svsgl-guerr? 3. Gene Simmons could tell you that this Newfie girl was Playmate of the Month for November 1981. Who? 4. Name the daughter of "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner who became head of the "Playboy" empire in 1988, holding that position until she stepped down in 2009. First name required if the surname is Hefner. 5. Name the publisher of "Hustler" magazine who """has fought""" several prominent legal battles involving the First Amendment, and """has unsuccessfully run""" for public office. 6. Name the men's magazine founded in 1969 by Bob Guccione that """combines""" urban lifestyle articles and soft-core pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into hard-core. 7. Name the 1979 US-produced Italian pornographic biographical film, starring Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole, that was produced by Bob Guccione. 8. Born in Ladysmith, BC, in 1967, this Canadian girl """has graced""" more "Playboy" covers than any other person. Who? 9. It has been said that this adult magazine, first published in 1973, """may have""" a larger following among gay men than among heterosexual women. Name it. 10. Although not an adult magazine, what publication received huge publicity when Burt Reynolds appeared naked in their April 1972 edition? * Game 4, Round 8 - Geography - Connecting States We give you the names of two US states and you provide the state that borders both of them. For example, we say Washington and California; you say Oregon. Note: States meeting at a single point do *not* count as bordering. 1. Arkansas and Iowa. 2. South Carolina and Florida. 3. Vermont and Maine. 4. New York and Ohio. 5. Texas and Arizona 6. Louisiana and Alabama. 7. Nevada and Colorado. 8. North Dakota and Idaho. 9. Indiana and Tennessee. 10. Michigan and Minnesota. -- Mark Brader | The situation will continue to deteriorate until we [get] msb@vex.net | an effective governing authority... When that wonderful Toronto | day finally comes, we will once again resent the stupid | laws [they] will inevitably hold over us. --Mark Crispin My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 17 11:41PM -0600 Mark Brader: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/04-04/premier.pdf > We will provide you with a picture number, and you name the past > premier of one of the 10 provinces. Nobody tried these, so this round never happened. Scores for this game will now be based on your best 5 out of 7 rounds. > The first 5 were premiers of provinces from Ontario westward: > 1. #1. Peter Lougheed (PC, Alberta, 1971-85). > 2. #4. Tommy Douglas (CCF, Saskatchewan, 1944-61; later federal NDP leader, 1961-71). > 3. #5. Ed Schreyer (NDP, Manitoba, 1969-77; later governor-general, 1979-84). > 4. #10. John Robarts (PC, Ontario, 1961-71). > 5. #18. Ernest Manning (Social Credit, Alberta, 1943-68). > And the other 5 were premiers of provinces from Quebec eastward: > 6. #3. Robert Stanfield (PC, Nova Scotia, 1956-67; later federal PC leader, 1967-76). > 7. #7. Richard Hatfield (PC, New Brunswick, 1970-87). > 8. #8. Robert Bourassa (Liberal, Quebec, 1970-76 and 1985-94). > 9. #12. René Lévesque (PQ, Quebec, 1976-85). > 10. #17. Joey Smallwood (Liberal, Newfoundland [as it then was], 1949-72). > Here are the decoys in rot13. If you like, give the picture numbers > for fun, but for no points. > 11. W.A.C. Bennett. #2 (Social Credit, BC, 1952-72). > 12. Allan Blakeney. #13 (NDP, Saskatchewan, 1971-82). > 13. Bill Davis. #15 (PC, Ontario, 1971-85). > 14. Don Getty. #11 (PC, Alberta, 1985-92). > 15. Joe Ghiz. #9 (Liberal, PEI, 1986-93). > 16. Louis Robichaud. #16 (Liberal, NB, 1960-70). > 17. Duff Roblin. #14 (PC, Manitoba, 1958-67). > 18. Brian Tobin. #6 (Liberal, Newfoundland, 1996-2000; later federal cabinet minister, 2000-02). > * Game 4, Round 6 - Entertainment - TV Spinoffs > We name the spinoff, and you give us the original program. > 1. "The Jeffersons". "All in the Family". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 2. "Angel". "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 3. "Mama's Family". "The Carol Burnett Show". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 4. "Frasier". "Cheers". 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 5. "The Facts of Life". "Diff'rent Strokes". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 6. "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service". "JAG". I scored "Jaguar" as almost correct. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. As mentioned in the answers to Round 3 of this game, the spin-off originally had a pleonastic "Navy" at the start of its title, and now is known simply as "NCIS". > 7. "A Different World". "The Cosby Show". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 8. "Phyllis". "Mary Tyler Moore Show". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 9. "The Ropers". "Three's Company". I scored "Man About the House" as almost correct; it's complicated. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 10. "The Simpsons". "The Tracey Ullman Show". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Mis Spo Ent Joshua Kreitzer 23 40 40 103 Dan Blum 18 16 36 70 Dan Tilque 20 28 8 56 Pete Gayde 18 36 -- 54 Erland Sommarskog 12 0 -- 12 -- Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as msb@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past, Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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