| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 13 05:19AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-01, 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 8, Round 7 - Literature - Shakespeare This round is on well-known lines from the plays of Shakespeare. We give you the line, you name the *play*. Answers may repeat. 1. "All the world's a stage." 2. "Beware the Ides of March." 3. "Parting is such sweet sorrow." 4. "Now is the winter of our discontent." 5. "This above all: to thine own self be true." 6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths." 7. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" 8. "A plague on both your houses." (Or "a pox", depending on the edition.) 9. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." 10. "'Be not afraid of greatness': 'twas well writ... Some are born great... Some achieve greatness... And some have greatness thrust upon them." * Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana Geography - UNESCO World Heritage Sites """At present""" there are close to 1,000 UNESCO World Heritage Sites (hereafter UHWSs), of which """16""" are wholly or partly in Canada. Here are 10 questions about some of those. 1. Among Canadian UHWSs is this national park which contains a rare example of oceanic crust and mantle rock that has been thrust onto land. Subsequent glaciation has left an impressive landscape of fjords and waterfalls in this area. What is the name of this national park? 2. The Joggins Fossil Cliffs -- sometimes referred to as the Galapagos of the Coal Age -- contain some of the world's most comprehensive collections of terrestrial fossils from the Pennsylvanian Period, between 303 and 318 million years ago. In which province are the Joggins Fossil Cliffs? 3. Located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park is partnered with what adjacent US national park to form a single UNESCO "international peace park"? 4. This canal is North America's best-preserved example of slack-water technology and the only early-19th-century North American canal to remain operational along its original line with most its original structure intact. Name this Canadian UWHS. 5. What is the name of the UWHS in Alberta that was the site of a major bison-hunting area, used by First Nations peoples for nearly 6,000 years? 6. Dating from 1753, this Canadian UWHS is the best preserved planned British colonial settlement in North America. This UWHS is located in what small town? 7. This UWHS is also a national park and contains the only known breeding ground of whooping cranes in the world; but the park is named after another animal. What is this Canadian national park? 8. There are two categories of UHWSs: cultural and natural. Established in 1978, the first Canadian cultural UWHS is what archeological site in Newfoundland and Labrador? 9. Established in 1978, the first Canadian UWHS belonging to the natural category, is this national park in the Territories, famous for a major waterfall and canyons about 1,000 m (3,000 feet) deep. Which park? 10. Another UWHS that is shared by Canada and the US includes four national or provincial parks: Wrangell - St. Elias and Glacier Bay in the US, and Tatshenshini-Alsek and what national park in Canada? -- Mark Brader | "You have seen this incident, based on sworn Toronto | testimony. Can you prove that it didn't happen?" msb@vex.net | -- Ed Wood, Plan 9 from Outer Space My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 13 07:43AM > * Game 8, Round 7 - Literature - Shakespeare > 1. "All the world's a stage." The Tempest > 2. "Beware the Ides of March." Julius Caesar > 3. "Parting is such sweet sorrow." Romeo & Juliet > 4. "Now is the winter of our discontent." Richard III > 5. "This above all: to thine own self be true." Hamlet > 6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths." Macbeth > 7. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless > child!" King Lear > 8. "A plague on both your houses." (Or "a pox", depending on > the edition.) Romeo & Juliet > 9. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are > dreamt of in your philosophy." Hamlet > 10. "'Be not afraid of greatness': 'twas well writ... > Some are born great... Some achieve greatness... > And some have greatness thrust upon them." Julius Caesar > 5. What is the name of the UWHS in Alberta that was the site of > a major bison-hunting area, used by First Nations peoples for > nearly 6,000 years? Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump > 8. There are two categories of UHWSs: cultural and natural. > Established in 1978, the first Canadian cultural UWHS is what > archeological site in Newfoundland and Labrador? L'Anse aux Meadows -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 13 02:17AM -0800 On 12/12/22 21:19, Mark Brader wrote: > This round is on well-known lines from the plays of Shakespeare. > We give you the line, you name the *play*. Answers may repeat. > 1. "All the world's a stage." Hamlet > 2. "Beware the Ides of March." Julius Caesar > 3. "Parting is such sweet sorrow." Romeo and Juliet > 4. "Now is the winter of our discontent." Richard III > 5. "This above all: to thine own self be true." Hamlet > 6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths." MacBeth > 7. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless > child!" King Lear > 8. "A plague on both your houses." (Or "a pox", depending on > the edition.) Romeo and Juliet > 9. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are > dreamt of in your philosophy." Hamlet > 3. Located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Waterton Lakes > National Park is partnered with what adjacent US national park > to form a single UNESCO "international peace park"? Glacier National Park > 5. What is the name of the UWHS in Alberta that was the site of > a major bison-hunting area, used by First Nations peoples for > nearly 6,000 years? Head-Smashed-in Buffalo Jump > 8. There are two categories of UHWSs: cultural and natural. > Established in 1978, the first Canadian cultural UWHS is what > archeological site in Newfoundland and Labrador? L'Anse aux Meadows -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 13 05:17AM Mark Brader: > described as "the trial of the century". > 1. The child heiress of a railroad fortune was the subject of > a sensational custody trial in 1934. What was her name? Gloria Vanderbilt. 4 for Joshua and Pete. Gloria was 10 at the time. Custody of her was assigned to her aunt, Gertrude Whitney, in place of her mother, also named Gloria. > murdering 14-year-old Bobby Franks. They were convicted in > a lurid trial, also in 1934. One was Nathan Leopold; what was > his partner's name? Richard Loeb. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. The movie "Compulsion" (1959) was based on this trial. Other movies inspired by the case have included "Rope" (1948), "Swoon" (1992), and "Murder by Numbers" (2002). > Lyon", was extradited from Bolivia in 1984 and tried in 1987. > He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, and > died in prison 4 years later. What was his name? Klaus Barbie. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 4. In Tennessee in 1926, a teacher was tried for teaching evolution, > which was prohibited there at the time. Name the defendant. John Scopes. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete. He was convicted and fined $100. On appeal, the law was upheld as constitutional, but Scopes was acquitted on a procedural technicality. The play and 1960 movie "Inherit the Wind" are based on the case. > Lindbergh's 20-month-old son was called by journalist > H.L. Mencken "the greatest story since the Resurrection". > Who was tried for the kidnapping and murder? Bruno Richard Hauptmann. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. He was convicted and executed, but some feel the verdict was wrong. In the novel and movies (1974 and 2017) "Murder on the Orient Express", the (fictional) crime that provided the backstory for the (fictional) title murder was based on this case. > tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, establishing > the principles of these offenses. The trials are referred to > by the name of the city where they were held. Which city? Nuremberg (or in German, Nürnberg). 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete. The movie "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961) was based on one of these trials. > 7. This leader of a Slavic nation was extradited and tried by > an international tribunal in the Hague in 2002 for war crimes. > He died in 2006 just as the trial was winding up. Who was he? Slobodan Milosevic. (Yugoslavia.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete. > prompted the coining of the term "playboy", killed the lover > of his wife, model and chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit. The victim > was a famous architect: who was he? Stanford White. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. Thaw's first trial produced a hung jury; on retrial he was found to have been insane, and spent some time in an asylum. This murder forms a major plot element in the novel and 1981 movie "Ragtime". > 9. The murder trial of O.J. Simpson in 1995 gripped the attention > of the world. Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife > Nicole and her friend. Who was this other murder victim? Ronald Goldman. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. Simpson was acquitted, but later found civilly liable (a verdict that requires a lower burden of proof). > suspected anarchists who were convicted for murdering two men > during a robbery attempt of a shoe factory. Who was Sacco's > co-defendant? Bartolomeo Vanzetti. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete. The movie "Sacco & Vanzetti" (1971, also titled "Sacco & Vanzetti") was based on this case. > professional tours. Answers may repeat. *Note*: I am not > going to attempt to update this round. Only the answers that > were correct in 2013 will be accepted. And this was the hardest round in the original game. > 1. Who has won the most career singles titles in professional > men's tennis, at 109? Jimmy Connors. 2 for Dan Tilque. > the Grand Slam in singles: winning all four majors in the same > calendar year. Two of them are Don Budge in 1938 and Maureen > Connolly in 1953. Name any one of the other three. Rod Laver (1969), Margaret Smith Court (1970), Steffi Graf (1988). 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Pete. > 3. Which female professional tennis player has won more French > Open singles titles than anyone else? Chris Evert (7 times from 1974 to 1986). > 4. Who has won the most career singles titles in professional > women's tennis at 167? Martina Navratilova. 4 for Joshua. 2 for Pete. > 5. Who is the only men's professional tennis player to win at > least 90% of his matches in a given year, in four separate years? Ivan Lendl. 2 for Dan Blum. > 6. Who is the only woman to win all four Grand Slam singles titles > at least 4 times each? Steffi Graf. > 7. Who was the first tennis player from an Iron Curtain country > to win the US Open in 1972? Ilie Nastase. > 8. In 1999, who became only the fifth man to win all four major > tournaments -- completing a "career Grand Slam"? Andre Agassi. 3 for Pete. > 9. In 1985, what 17-year old tennis phenomenon beat Kevin Curren > to win his first Wimbledon title? Boris Becker. 4 for Joshua and Erland. > 10. In 1997, at age 16, who became one of the youngest women > singles champions ever at Wimbledon? Martina Hingis. 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Sci His Spo Joshua Kreitzer 36 32 40 16 124 Pete Gayde 36 6 36 9 87 Dan Blum 11 28 32 2 73 Erland Sommarskog 16 38 8 8 70 Dan Tilque 4 40 16 2 62 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "It's the almost correct solutions that msb@vex.net are the most dangerous..." -- Dave Eisen My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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