| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 31 05:27AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-03-04, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Night Owls, 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 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". * Game 5, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Who was the actress who tripped and said the F word, while walking to the stage to accept her Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony? 2. The reigning champion of the Honda Golf Classic suddenly withdrew part way through this year's tournament because of a toothache. Who is this #1-rated golfer, who made a sudden exit from the Honda Classic last week? * Game 5, Round 2 - Entertainment - One-Season Wonders This round is about television programs that ran for just one season, or in some cases even less. In each case, give the title. 1. This 1999 show about misfits in a 1980 Michigan high school was run by Judd Apatow and starred Seth Rogen, James Franco, and Jason Segel. 2. This 2003 show was a sequel to a popular movie starring Nia Vardalos. 3. This 2005 show starred Geena Davis as the first woman to become the American president. 4. This 2006 show was about a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show. It starred Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, and Bradley Whitford. 5. This 2002 show was an oddball Western/SF mash-up -- about a crew of bandits working jobs on the frontier of a new solar system. The creative force behind the show was Joss Whedon. 6. This 2009 show was about a special task force in the FBI that investigates after every person on Earth simultaneously blacks out and awakens with a short vision of their future. It was based on the Robert J. Sawyer novel of the same name. 7. This 1982 show was a comedy that starred Leslie Nielsen and had the same puns and sight gags that would be found in the "Naked Gun" movies that followed. 8. This 1966 crime-fighting show starred Van Williams and Bruce Lee. 9. This 1994 show starring Claire Danes looked at the experiences of a teenage girl. This show was run by the same creative team that was behind "thirtysomething". 10. This British-made TV show aired in the UK during the 1967-68 season and in the US in 1968-69, and starred Patrick McGoohan. * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - French Regions And now, the first visual handout round of the season! Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-3/france.png While France replaced the historical provinces with departments during the French Revolution, the provinces have remained the common reference in identifying the various parts of the country. """Today""", modern French "regions", each grouping several departments, replicate many of the old provinces. In French or English, name the modern region indicated by the following numbers on the map. There were 10 decoys; for convenience I've put them in numerical sequence with the 10 regions that were actually used in the round. As usual, answer the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points. Same regions have double-barreled names like "Schleswig-Holstein"; in these cases the first part of the name will be sufficient. 1. (decoy) 2. Name it. 3. Regions 3A and 3B were split from a single region and are named accordingly. Just give the name of the original region before the split. 4. Name it. 5. Name it. 6. (decoy) 7. Name it. 8. Name it. 9. (decoy) 10. Name it. 11. (decoy) 12. (decoy) 13. (decoy) 14. (decoy) 15. (decoy) 16. (decoy) 17. Name it. 18. Name it. 19. (decoy) 20. Name it. -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net Without the threat of frequent new releases of the system to enforce conformity, we have been free to modify and adapt the system to suit our own purposes. ... We feel we are in a relatively advantageous position compared with users of other brands of software. -- John Lions My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 30 10:32PM -0700 On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 12:27:29 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. This 1999 show about misfits in a 1980 Michigan high school > was run by Judd Apatow and starred Seth Rogen, James Franco, > and Jason Segel. "Freaks and Geeks" > 2. This 2003 show was a sequel to a popular movie starring Nia > Vardalos. "My Big Fat Greek Life"; "My Big Fat Greek Family" > 3. This 2005 show starred Geena Davis as the first woman to become > the American president. "Commander in Chief" > 4. This 2006 show was about a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional > sketch-comedy TV show. It starred Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, > and Bradley Whitford. "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" > 5. This 2002 show was an oddball Western/SF mash-up -- about a > crew of bandits working jobs on the frontier of a new solar > system. The creative force behind the show was Joss Whedon. "Firefly" > 7. This 1982 show was a comedy that starred Leslie Nielsen and had > the same puns and sight gags that would be found in the "Naked > Gun" movies that followed. "Police Squad!" > 8. This 1966 crime-fighting show starred Van Williams and Bruce Lee. "The Green Hornet" > 9. This 1994 show starring Claire Danes looked at the experiences > of a teenage girl. This show was run by the same creative team > that was behind "thirtysomething". "My So-Called Life" > 10. This British-made TV show aired in the UK during the 1967-68 > season and in the US in 1968-69, and starred Patrick McGoohan. "The Prisoner" > 3. Regions 3A and 3B were split from a single region and are > named accordingly. Just give the name of the original region > before the split. Normandie > 4. Name it. Bretagne > 5. Name it. Alsace > 8. Name it. Ile-de-France > 20. Name it. Navarre -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Oct 30 10:33AM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > A1. What comic actor won an honorary Oscar for versatility and > genius in acting, writing, directing, and producing the > silent movie "The Circus"? Harold Lloyd > A2. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture (or as they said > back then, Outstanding Picture)? Wings > "The Body"? > B2. What movie was adapted from W.P. Kinsella's novel > "Shoeless Joe"? Field of Dreams > * C. Geography - At Least There are Subtitles > C1. What country """has won""" the most times for Best Foreign > Language Film? Italy; France > These two questions are about Best Picture winners with sports > themes. > D1. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture for 1981? Chariots of Fire > E1. Two disaster movies from 1972 and 1974 each won a Special > Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects. Name either > one. Poseidon Adventure > E2. What 1995 movie won a Special Achievement Academy Award > for being the first feature-length computer-animated film? Toy Story > * F. Miscellaneous - It's All about the Numbers > F1. Who """holds""" the record for most appearances as host or > co-host of the Academy Awards, at 19? Bob Hope > F2. What British actor has been nominated 8 times for Best Actor, > but """has""" never won? He was presented with an honorary > Oscar in 2002. O'Toole Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 31 05:20AM Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information... > see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". Game 10 is over. Hearty congratulations to DAN BLUM for a close win! > Town Centre. In each case, you have to name the famous Scarberian > being described. Note that some are Scarborough natives while > others were born elsewhere and made their way to Scarborough. Apparently none of them are sufficiently famous, so this round never happened. > during the SARS outbreak of 2003. She later held the position > of Ontario's Medical Officer of Health. She died in 2008 from > a rare form of cancer. Sheela Basrur. > spearheaded a successful campaign to ban commercial whaling. > He later became the ecology specialist for CITY-TV. He died > of prostate cancer in 2005. Bob Hunter. > of the Bochner Eye Institute in Toronto for more than 10 years. > He was one of the first in North America to practice laser > vision correction. Harold Stein. (He died in 2021.) > been""" part of the Canadian music scene since 1976. He is > best known for his 1985 album "Strange Animal" and joined the > rock group Styx in 1999. Lawrence Gowan. (Still alive and probably still true.) > 5. Inducted in 2009, this media personality """is""" best known as > the co-host of CHUM-FM's morning show, and the host of CITY-TV's > "CityLine" program from 1989 to 2008. Marilyn Denis. (Still alive, probably now best known for "The Marilyn Denis Show" on CTV.) > almost 6 hours. Between 1975 and 1982 she swam across the > English Channel 19 times, including 5 two-way crossings, > earning the soubriquet "Queen of the Channel". Cindy Nicholas. (She died in 2016.) As I mentioned in connection with Game 10, Round 6, of the previous season, her first two-way crossing of the Channel was not only the first ever by a woman, but also over 10 hours faster than the previous record. > Famously" and the children's series "Seven Little Monsters". > She """can""" also be seen in "Little Mosque on the Prairie", > playing Mayor Popowicz. Debra McGrath. (Still alive, but "Little Mosque..." ended in 2012.) > Goodman's jazz sextet, with which he toured internationally. > In 1992, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in > recognition of his international renown. Peter Appleyard. (He died in 2013.) > years before he was traded to Boston in 1976, where he scored > a hat-trick in his first-ever game as a Bruin. By 1985 he had > earned his place as captain of the team. He retired in 1988. Rick Middleton. (Still alive.) > inducted into the Terry Fox Hall of Fame in 1997 for his ongoing > contributions to the causes of people with physical disabilities. > """Currently""" he is the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. David Onley. (Still alive, but left the LG position in 2014.) > A1. What comic actor won an honorary Oscar for versatility and > genius in acting, writing, directing, and producing the > silent movie "The Circus"? Charlie Chaplin. 4 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum. > A2. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture (or as they said > back then, Outstanding Picture)? "Wings". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > * B. Literature - From the Page > B1. What movie was adapted from Stephen King's novella > "The Body"? "Stand by Me" (1986). 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > B2. What movie was adapted from W.P. Kinsella's novel > "Shoeless Joe"? "Field of Dreams" (1989). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > * C. Geography - At Least There are Subtitles > C1. What country """has won""" the most times for Best Foreign > Language Film? Italy. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Pete. At the time of the original game Italy was beating France 10-9, with no other country having more than 4; now it's 11-9, and the category has been renamed to Best International Feature Film. The 11 Italian winners are: "La strada" (1956), "Nights of Cabiria" ["Le notti di Cabiria"] (1957), "8½" (1963), "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" ["Ieri, oggi, domani"] (1964), "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" ["Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto"] (1970), "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" ["Il giardino dei Finzi Contini"] (1971), "Amarcord" (1974), "Cinema Paradiso" ["Nuovo cinema Paradiso"] (1989), "Mediterraneo" (1991), "Life is Beautiful" ["La vita è bella"] (1998), and "The Great Beauty" ["La grande bellezza"] (2013). Before the Best Foreign Language Film category existed, special or honorary Oscars were sometimes given, but this does not affect the answer since Italy and France are tied on those. > C2. What is the name of the 2003 Canadian movie that won for > Best Foreign Language Film and is the sequel to the "The > Decline of the American Empire"? "The Barbarian Invasions" or "Les Invasions barbares". 4 for Joshua. > These two questions are about Best Picture winners with sports > themes. > D1. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture for 1981? "Chariots of Fire" (track). 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete. > D2. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture for 2004? "Million Dollar Baby" (boxing). 4 for Joshua. > E1. Two disaster movies from 1972 and 1974 each won a Special > Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects. Name either > one. "The Poseidon Adventure", "Earthquake". 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. 2 for Dan Tilque. > E2. What 1995 movie won a Special Achievement Academy Award > for being the first feature-length computer-animated film? "Toy Story". 4 for everyone. > * F. Miscellaneous - It's All about the Numbers > F1. Who """holds""" the record for most appearances as host or > co-host of the Academy Awards, at 19? Bob Hope. (Still true.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. The years (of the movies honored, the ceremonies being the year after) were 1939-42, 1944-45, 1952, 1954, 1957-61, 1964-67, 1974, and 1977. Billy Crystal has done it the most times after Hope, in two senses of "after": 9 times altogether, 1989-92, 1996-97, 1999, 2003, and 2011. > F2. What British actor has been nominated 8 times for Best Actor, > but """has""" never won? He was presented with an honorary > Oscar in 2002. Peter O'Toole. (He died in 2013 and never won.) 4 for Joshua and Pete. He was nominated for "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962); "Becket" (1964); "The Lion in Winter" (1968); "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1969); "The Ruling Class" (1972); "The Stunt Man" (1980); "My Favorite Year" (1982); and "Venus" (2006). Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 10 BEST TOPICS-> Ent Geo His Lei Lit Sci Cha FIVE Dan Blum 28 22 40 34 40 40 34 188 Joshua Kreitzer 40 27 32 31 40 32 40 184 Dan Tilque 0 28 40 36 36 36 10 176 Erland Sommarskog 0 12 24 20 16 20 -- 92 Pete Gayde -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 31 -- Mark Brader | "...most people who borrow over $1,000,000 from a bank Toronto | would at least remember the name of the bank." msb@vex.net | -- Judge Donald Bowman, Tax Court of Canada My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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