msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 19 05:07AM
Mark Brader:
> In 1991 he left an estate valued at roughly $500,000,000.
> His birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the date for National
> Read Across America Day. Name this author.
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> the 1961 Canadian Children's Book of the Year award, but the
> author has stated that it was not intended as a children's book.
> Give the title.
"The Incredible Journey" (by Sheila Burnford). 4 for Joshua
and Dan Blum.
> and Nietzsche. And the character also has a street named after
> him in Warsaw (Ulica Kubusia Puchatka) and another in Budapest
> (Micimackó utca). Name the character.
Winnie-the-Pooh (by A.A. Milne). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
> time. One feature of this book is the wealth of detail in the
> illustrations. The entire story takes place in a single room.
> Give the title of this book.
"Goodnight Moon" (by Margaret Wise Brown). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
> for Canadian children's writers. The award """has been presented
> annually""" since 1963. In 2012 it was awarded to Paul Yee.
> Name the award.
Vicky Metcalf Award. (Still true, at least as of 2021.)
> in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. In many
> of the tales, animals speak and have human characteristics.
> Name this alleged author.
Aesop. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> the work, in spite of the cruelty and violence in the original
> versions of some of the tales that were sanitized. Name the
> *men who collected* these folk tales.
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. I accepted "Grimm" alone, although it
seems to name only one of them. So, 4 for everyone -- Joshua,
Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> celebrated the British landscape and country life. The titles
> of most of her books begin with "The Tale of" or "The Story of".
> Who was this author?
Beatrix Potter. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> is the author's best-known work. The first book is "The Lion,
> The Witch, and The Wardrobe"; the second is "Prince Caspian:
> The Return to Narnia". Name *any one* of the remaining 5 books.
"The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", "The Silver Chair", "The Horse and
His Boy", "The Magician's Nephew", "The Last Battle". 4 for Joshua,
Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
The movie adaptations of 2005-10 covered the first three of the
series.
> Looking Glass and What Alice Found There", "The Hunting of the
> Snark", "A Tangled Tale", and other works. Lewis Carroll was
> his nom de plume. What was this author's *real* name?
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Canadiana Entertainment - Toronto-Born Actors/Actresses
This was the easiest round in the original game.
> cash in the award-winning 1980 movie "Atlantic City", starring
> Burt Lancaster. In 2001 he died during open-heart surgery.
> Who was he?
Al Waxman.
> 2. Born in Toronto in 1953, this comedic actor """is""" most famous
> for portraying one of the Mackenzie Brothers. (The other
> Mackenzie brother was born in St. Catharines.) Who is he?
Rick Moranis. (Still alive.)
Personally, I would have said he was most famous for his movie work,
such as the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Ghostbusters" movies.
> the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Before she
> died in 1979 she became a dual Canadian-American citizen.
> Who was this actress?
Mary Pickford. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> similar to an American actor whose real name was Marion Robert
> Morrison. What was the stage name of the Canadian actor,
> who died in 1990? First and last name required exactly.
Johnny Wayne. 4 for Joshua.
> of Zenda" and "A Matter of Life and Death" (or "Stairway to
> Heaven"). He is best known for portraying the TV character
> Dr. Gillespie. Who was he?
Raymond Massey. (On "Dr. Kildare".)
> 6. This actor who was born in Toronto in 1883, and won an Oscar
> for Best Supporting Actor in for a 1948 movie directed by
> his son. He died in 1950. Who was he?
Walter Huston. ("The Treasure of the Sierra Madre".) 4 for Joshua.
> 7. Born in Toronto in 1916, this comedic actor was a cousin of
> one of the co-creators of Superman. He died in 2002. Who was
> this actor?
Frank Shuster (cousin of Joe Shuster and longtime comedy partner of
<answer 4>). 4 for Joshua.
> 8. At the age of 82, at the Academy Awards presentation for 2011,
> this Toronto-born actor became the oldest actor ever to win
> an Oscar. Who """is""" he?
Christopher Plummer. (He died in 2021; he won Best Supporting Actor
for "Beginners".) 4 for Joshua and Pete.
> 9. Born March 14, 1968, this Toronto-born actress """is""" best
> known for her role of Anne Shirley in the 1985 CBC mini-series
> "Anne of Green Gables".
Megan Follows. (Still alive.) 4 for Joshua.
> role in "The Road to Avonlea". In 1991, at the age of 12,
> she caused controversy by wearing a peace sign at an awards
> ceremony, to protest the first Gulf War. Who """is""" she?
Sarah Polley. (Still alive.) 4 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci Geo His Spo Lit Can FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 16 34 32 28 36 28 130
Dan Blum 28 16 16 8 36 4 96
Dan Tilque 16 36 16 20 20 0 92
Pete Gayde 4 20 14 28 28 8 90
Erland Sommarskog 16 40 20 0 8 0 84
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