| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 16 02:26PM 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 9 - Miscellaneous - Slogans In this round, we will give you an advertising slogan and you have to name the product or company """using""" it. 1. "Because I'm worth it." 2. "Think outside the bun." 3. "The world's local bank." 4. "The best a man can get." 5. "Does she... or doesn't she?" 6. "The happiest place on Earth." 7. "Reach out and touch someone." 8. "Welcome to the Human Network." 9. "Solutions for a small planet." 10. "It's everywhere you want to be." ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - April Fool * A. What a Fool Believes These two questions are about well-known stock frauds. A1. This Indonesian gold property, which was reported to contain more than 200,000,000 ounces, was said to be the richest gold mine ever. The stock price for this company skyrocketed to a high of $280. At its peak, the company had a market capitalization of $4,400,000,000. In 1997, the gold mine proved to be fraudulent and the stock price crashed. What was the name of this company? A2. The Ponzi scheme that he ran is considered to be the largest financial fraud in US history. He was arrested in 2008. Who """is""" he? * B. A Fool's Paradise These two questions are about the poem "Paradise Lost". B1. Who wrote it? B2. What biblical story is it based on? * C. Fool Me Once These two questions are about movies about frauds or alleged frauds in real life. C1. Name the 2011 movie that suggested that Edward de Vere (the 17th Earl of Oxford), and not William Shakespeare, was the author of what we now know as the collected works of Shakespeare. C2. Name the 2002 movie that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as a man who, after high school, began a short career of impersonating professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and airline pilots. * D. I Pity the Fool In each case, name the trash-talking boxer. D1. He had these words for his opponent Lennox Lewis in 2002: "My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable. And I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his [sic] children. Praise be to Allah." D2. In 1975 he said his opponent Joe Frazier "is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wildlife". Later, in the build-up to the notorious Thrilla in Manila, he said, "It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila." * E. Fool's Gold E1. By American standards, fake gold is anything with a purity below what threshold in karats? Answer within 2 karats. E2. What mineral has a superficial resemblance to gold, and hence the common name "fool's gold"? * F. A Fool to Try These two questions are about famous daredevil families. F1. This tightrope-walking family was prominent from the 1930s to the 1960s. The great-grandson of the family patriarch crossed Niagara Falls on a cable in 2012. Give their family name. F2. This father and son performed stunts in different eras. They both were best known for using motorcycles to jump great distances. Give their family name. -- Mark Brader "I used to think that the name C++ Toronto was a euphemism for D-." msb@vex.net --Peter Moylan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Dec 16 03:05PM -0600 Mark Brader wrote: > In this round, we will give you an advertising slogan and you have > to name the product or company """using""" it. > 1. "Because I'm worth it." L'Oreal > 2. "Think outside the bun." Taco Bell > 3. "The world's local bank." Chase; Bank of America > 4. "The best a man can get." Gillette > 5. "Does she... or doesn't she?" Clairol > 6. "The happiest place on Earth." Disney > 7. "Reach out and touch someone." AT&T > 8. "Welcome to the Human Network." IBM > 9. "Solutions for a small planet." Apple; IBM > 10. "It's everywhere you want to be." Visa > A2. The Ponzi scheme that he ran is considered to be the > largest financial fraud in US history. He was arrested > in 2008. Who """is""" he? Madoff > * B. A Fool's Paradise > These two questions are about the poem "Paradise Lost". > B1. Who wrote it? Dante > B2. What biblical story is it based on? Genesis > C2. Name the 2002 movie that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as a man > who, after high school, began a short career of impersonating > professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and airline pilots. Catch Me If You Can > "My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable. > And I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want > to eat his [sic] children. Praise be to Allah." Tyson > in the build-up to the notorious Thrilla in Manila, he said, > "It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when > I get the gorilla in Manila." Ali > * E. Fool's Gold > E1. By American standards, fake gold is anything with a purity > below what threshold in karats? Answer within 2 karats. 6; 9 > E2. What mineral has a superficial resemblance to gold, and > hence the common name "fool's gold"? Pyrite > to the 1960s. The great-grandson of the family patriarch > crossed Niagara Falls on a cable in 2012. Give their > family name. Wallenda > F2. This father and son performed stunts in different eras. > They both were best known for using motorcycles to jump > great distances. Give their family name. Knievel Pete Gayde |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 16 10:32PM > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Slogans > 1. "Because I'm worth it." L'Oreal > 2. "Think outside the bun." Taco Bell > 4. "The best a man can get." Gillette > 5. "Does she... or doesn't she?" Clairol > 6. "The happiest place on Earth." Disney World > 7. "Reach out and touch someone." AT&T > 10. "It's everywhere you want to be." Visa > A2. The Ponzi scheme that he ran is considered to be the > largest financial fraud in US history. He was arrested > in 2008. Who """is""" he? Bernie Madoff > * B. A Fool's Paradise > B1. Who wrote it? John Milton > B2. What biblical story is it based on? Adam & Eve > C2. Name the 2002 movie that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as a man > who, after high school, began a short career of impersonating > professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and airline pilots. Catch Me If You Can > * E. Fool's Gold > E1. By American standards, fake gold is anything with a purity > below what threshold in karats? Answer within 2 karats. 14; 10 > E2. What mineral has a superficial resemblance to gold, and > hence the common name "fool's gold"? pyrite > to the 1960s. The great-grandson of the family patriarch > crossed Niagara Falls on a cable in 2012. Give their > family name. Wallenda > F2. This father and son performed stunts in different eras. > They both were best known for using motorcycles to jump > great distances. Give their family name. Knievel -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Dec 17 11:27AM +0100 > A2. The Ponzi scheme that he ran is considered to be the > largest financial fraud in US history. He was arrested > in 2008. Who """is""" he? Marsden (My mind is not really able to find the exact name. I believe that is actually the name of a rock'n'roller. But I can at least try it.) > "My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable. > And I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want > to eat his [sic] children. Praise be to Allah." Mick Tyson > in the build-up to the notorious Thrilla in Manila, he said, > "It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when > I get the gorilla in Manila." Muhammed Ali > * E. Fool's Gold > E1. By American standards, fake gold is anything with a purity > below what threshold in karats? Answer within 2 karats. 14 |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 16 02:25PM Mark Brader: > 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." "As You Like It" (Jaques; Act II, Scene VII). 4 for Joshua. > 2. "Beware the Ides of March." "Julius Caesar" (the soothsayer; Act I, Scene II). 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. > 3. "Parting is such sweet sorrow." "Romeo and Juliet" (Juliet, Act II, Scene II). 4 for everyone. > 4. "Now is the winter of our discontent." "Richard III" (Richard, Duke of Gloucester; Act I, Scene I, opening line). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 5. "This above all: to thine own self be true." "Hamlet" (Polonius; Act I, Scene III). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. 2 for Pete. > 6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths." "Julius Caesar" (Caesar; Act II, Scene II). 3 for Pete. > 7. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless > child!" "King Lear" (Lear; Act I, Scene IV). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 8. "A plague on both your houses." (Or "a pox", depending on > the edition.) "Romeo and Juliet" (Mercutio; Act III, Scene I). 4 for everyone. > 9. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are > dreamt of in your philosophy." "Hamlet" (Hamlet; Act I, Scene V). 4 for everyone. > 10. "'Be not afraid of greatness': 'twas well writ... > Some are born great... Some achieve greatness... > And some have greatness thrust upon them." "Twelfth Night" (Malvolio; Act III, Scene IV). > """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. As of mid-2022 when I checked this round for possible updating, there are now 1,154 UHWSs altogether, of which 20 are wholly or partly in Canada. Nothing affecting the round has changed. > 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? Gros Morne (Newfoundland & Labrador). > comprehensive collections of terrestrial fossils from the > Pennsylvanian Period, between 303 and 318 million years ago. > In which province are the Joggins Fossil Cliffs? Nova Scotia. I never heard of them either. > 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 (Montana). 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete. > 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. Rideau Canal (Ottawa-Kingston, Ontario). > 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. (They hunted them by herding them into falling down a cliff.) 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 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? Lunenburg (Nova Scotia). > 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? Wood Buffalo (Alberta). (Not bison.) > 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. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 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? Nahanni (Northwest Territories). > national or provincial parks: Wrangell - St. Elias and Glacier > Bay in the US, and Tatshenshini-Alsek and what national park > in Canada? Kluane (Yukon). Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Ent Sci His Spo Lit Can FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 36 32 40 16 32 8 140 Pete Gayde 36 6 36 9 21 4 102 Dan Blum 11 28 32 2 28 8 99 Dan Tilque 4 40 16 2 28 12 96 Erland Sommarskog 16 38 8 8 -- -- 70 -- 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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