| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 11 05:10AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-03, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Cellar Rats, 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 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Sunday, Pope Francis released two doves as a symbol of peace. They were immediately attacked by two other birds. What kind? Name either one. 2. It was reported Monday that in order to study their immune responses, US government scientists were squirting what up the noses of volunteers? Again, be specific. * Game 4, Round 2 - Entertainment - Drugs on Film Movies featuring drug use. In questions #1-2 the drugs are fictional, and in the remaining questions they're real ones. 1. Name this 1984 sci-fi movie that stars Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides, who consumes "spice" or "melange". 2. Name this 2006 movie about addiction to "Substance D", starring Keanu Reeves, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, and Robert Downey Jr. Adapted from a novel by Philip K. Dick. 3. Name this 1978 movie loosely based on the experiences of American college student Billy Hayes in a Turkish prison, where he was sent for attempting to smuggle hash. The title is prison slang for attempting escape. 4. In the 1970 rock documentary "Woodstock", what specific drug were people warned not to take? 5. Name this 1975 rock opera movie that features Tina Turner performing "Acid Queen". 6. Name this 1983 movie about multiple drugs, most famously cocaine. Famous quote: "Say hello to my little friend." 7. Name this 1996 British movie, set in Scotland, about heroin and urban poverty. Stars Ewan MacGregor and Johnny Lee Miller. Voted Best Scottish Film of All Time. 8. Name this 1995 movie starring Leonardo di Caprio, about escalating drug use including cocaine and heroin, as well as high school sports. 9. Name this 2003 movie starring Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, and Evan Rachel Wood. Written by Nikki Reed along with director Catherine Hardwicke, it is the story of a "good girl" trying to fit in with the titularly young fast crowd. Multiple drug use including aerosol inhalants. 10. This 1998 stoner comedy movie stars Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, and Laura Silverman. The group tries to sell medical marijuana in order to spring a friend from prison. Warning: contains scenes of massive junk-food consumption. * Game 4, Round 3 - Sports - Past Super Bowls All dates in questions and answers refer to the year of the Super Bowl game itself, not the year of the regular season that led up to it. In all cases where a team is asked for, you must give the full name, including the city or whatever, as it was at the relevant date, e.g. "Toronto St. Patricks". 1. Which team was the first team to win 5 Super Bowls? 2. Name *any one* of the 4 """current""" NFL teams that have never played in a Super Bowl. 3. Which team """is""" the only team to appear in four consecutive Super Bowls? 4. Who were the first wild-card team to win the Super Bowl? 5. Which team """has played in four Super Bowls but has never led""" at any point during these games? 6. """Which player has won""" the Super Bowl MVP award 3 times? 7. """Who is the only player""" to score 3 touchdowns in a Super Bowl game *twice*? 8. In the 3rd quarter of this Super Bowl, an interception was returned 49 yards for a touchdown. The ensuing kickoff was returned 97 yards for a touchdown. The following kickoff was returned 84 yards for *another* touchdown -- with the converts, a total of 21 points in 36 seconds of play. Name *either* team, *or* identify the game either by number or year (for which, see the preamble). 9. Which future Super-Bowl-winning head coach caught a touchdown pass from Roger Staubach in Super Bowl VI in 1972? 10. """Which head coach has taken his team to the Super Bowl the most times?""" -- Mark Brader | "[Your orders are] to figure out what I would have ordered msb@vex.net | you to do, if I really understood the situation ... [and] Toronto | to follow those orders I hypothetically would have given." -- Shan (John Barnes, "Earth Made of Glass") My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 10 11:21PM -0800 On 3/10/23 21:10, Mark Brader wrote: > and in the remaining questions they're real ones. > 1. Name this 1984 sci-fi movie that stars Kyle MacLachlan as Paul > Atreides, who consumes "spice" or "melange". Dune > American college student Billy Hayes in a Turkish prison, > where he was sent for attempting to smuggle hash. The title > is prison slang for attempting escape. Midnight Express > 4. In the 1970 rock documentary "Woodstock", what specific drug > were people warned not to take? LSD > 5. Name this 1975 rock opera movie that features Tina Turner > performing "Acid Queen". Tommy > 7. Name this 1996 British movie, set in Scotland, about heroin > and urban poverty. Stars Ewan MacGregor and Johnny Lee Miller. > Voted Best Scottish Film of All Time. Train Spotting > 1. Which team was the first team to win 5 Super Bowls? > 2. Name *any one* of the 4 """current""" NFL teams that have never played > in a Super Bowl. Indianapolis Colts > 4. Who were the first wild-card team to win the Super Bowl? > 5. Which team """has played in four Super Bowls but has never led""" at > any point during these games? Minnesota Vikings -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 11 11:16AM +0100 > American college student Billy Hayes in a Turkish prison, > where he was sent for attempting to smuggle hash. The title > is prison slang for attempting escape. Midnight Express > 4. In the 1970 rock documentary "Woodstock", what specific drug > were people warned not to take? LSD > 7. Name this 1996 British movie, set in Scotland, about heroin > and urban poverty. Stars Ewan MacGregor and Johnny Lee Miller. > Voted Best Scottish Film of All Time. Trainspotting > * Game 4, Round 3 - Sports - Past Super Bowls Nope. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 11 05:08AM 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 3 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER is the winner. Hearty congratulations! > We give you the name of the high school in a movie, the year of > the film, and a clue. And you give us the movie title. > 1. Rydell High, 1978. "Tell me more!" "Grease". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 2. Eastside High, 2003. "Getcher head in the game!" "High School Musical". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 3. Dawson High School, 1955. "They called me chicken!" "Rebel Without a Cause". 4 for Joshua. > 4. Shermer High School, 1985. A brain, an athlete, a basket case... "The Breakfast Club". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 5. Padua High School, 1999. Loosely based on "The Taming of > the Shrew". "10 Things I Hate about You". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 6. Beverly Hills High School, 1995. Loosely based on Jane Austen's > "Emma". "Clueless". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 7. Westerberg High School, 1988. A volatile student body, in a > myriad of ways. "Heathers". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 8. North Quay Secondary School, 1967. Song lyric: "How do you > thank someone who's taken you from crayons to perfume?" "To Sir, with Love". 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. > "Your parents are probably wondering where you are." > "Nah... I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans > could I get into? "Juno". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > "How will they ever graduate?" > "Graduate? They just get to be 18. Then they throw them out > to make room for more of the same kind." "Blackboard Jungle". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. There have been a couple of movies titled "The Concrete Jungle", but they were about prisons, not schools. > Toronto Blue Jays game in 1977 and the last game at the > original Yankee Stadium in 2008. Give his first name > or nickname. Edward, "Whitey". 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > A2. Ford Field """is""" home to what major-league sports team? > Full name required, like "Toronto Raptors". Detroit Lions (NFL). (Still true.) 4 for Joshua and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. The home of Detroit's other feline-named major-league team, the Tigers, is Comerica Park. > In each case, name the place. > B1. This is a county in Ireland's sunny southeast, and a city > there known for china and crystalware. Waterford. 4 for everyone. > B2. This city on the Connecticut River prospered from the > firearms industry in the 19th century, and the insurance > industry in the 20th. Hartford. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > to produce and market it. You can still find Kingsford > brand products in grocery and hardware stores. What does > Kingsford make? Charcoal. 4 for everyone. > C2. Henry Ford had an interest in industrial uses of agricultural > products. He worked with George Washington Carver to > develop paints and plastics derived from what crop? Soybeans. > Actor in "Pocketful of Miracles". He had a supporting > role in "Superman" (1978) as Superman's adoptive father, > Jonathan Kent. Give his first name. Glenn. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > D2. John Ford holds the record for winning the most Best > Director Oscars. Name any one of the 4 movies he won for. "The Informer" (1935), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), "How Green was My Valley" (1941), "The Quiet Man" (1952). 4 for Joshua. "Stagecoach" was indeed Oscar-nominated, but that came out in 1939 and had to compete against "Gone with the Wind"; Victor Fleming won. "The Searchers" (1956) was not nominated for any Oscars. > * E. American History Fords > E1. This Ford shot the outlaw Jesse James in the back in 1882. > Give his first name. Robert. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > E2. Before becoming vice-president (and then president), Gerald > Ford was a congressman for 25 years -- representing what > state? Michigan. 4 for everyone. > serves as the executive chairman of Ford Motor Company? > *Note:* If the position has changed, you may name the > current holder only if that person is related to Henry Ford. William (Bill) Clay Ford Jr. (Still true. "Clay" was required, but not "Jr.") 4 for Joshua and Pete. > industrialist whose products were sold with Ford's cars. > He frequently vacationed with Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. > Who was he? Harvey Firestone. 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Can Art S+L His Sci Art Ent Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 11 18 24 36 20 28 40 44 192 Dan Blum 4 12 12 36 28 32 32 27 167 Pete Gayde 6 5 -- -- 11 30 4 32 88 Dan Tilque 0 0 8 20 36 4 4 16 88 Erland Sommarskog -- -- 0 12 30 16 -- -- 58 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Asteroid Nearly Misses Earth" msb@vex.net | --Washington Post, June 24, 2002 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 10 09:12PM +0100 This quiz is over and undisputed winner is Stephen W Perry! He well deserves the awe from the rest of us in this newsgroup for the next 24 hours! Congratulations! Here is the full score table: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total ---------------------------------------------------- Stephen P - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 10 Dan T 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - - 7 Joshua K 1 1 1 - 1 - - - - 1 - - 5 Pete G - - 1 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 5 Dan B 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 1 - - 4 Mark B 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 1 - - 4 Here are the answers: > 1. Chaco is a geographic natural region that spans over several countries. > Name any of them. Argenina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. The largest part of Chaco is in Argentina, but it's a much more defining part of Paraguay, since about half of the country is covered by Chaco. I once travelled by bus on the south-western fringe of Chaco in Argentina and I was completely amazed. It was like nothing I had seen before. Flat with dense but low vegeation. > 2. Which controversial organisation was founded by Hassan al-Banna in > 1928? Muslim Brotherhood. > 3. "Rosebud" is an important word in which classic movie? "Citizen Kane". Everyone knew this. > 4. Who is Olaf Scholtz? The current Chancellor of Germany. > 5. Rurik is a mythic legendary figure who was the ancestor of the > rulers in several state formations. Name any of these. Novgorod, Kievan Rus, The Grandy Duchy of Moscow and Russia are the most significant. In the course of history, there were also splinters from Kievan Rus that were practically independent. According to the Primary Chronicle, written in Kiev in the second half of the 11th century and completed in the 1110s, four Slavic tribes around of what would become Novgorod called on Rurik, a Swedish viking, saying: "We can't keep peace, so come rule over us". This is said to have happened around 200 years before the Chronicle was written, so we need to take this with some grains of salt. Rurik himself only ruled over Novgorod, which is supposedly founded. His successors took Kiev and establised the family there. > finds it ways to the continental shores where it travel upstreams into > sweetwater lakes and lives for many years, before eventually returning > to the middle of the ocean to reproduce and die. What creature is this? Eel. > 7. In the field of energy production, what does SMR stand for? Small Modular Reactor. And that is a nuclear reactor. The idea is that these would be mass- produced, and you would buy an SMR from a manufacturor like you buy a car. This way they would be cheaper and not the mass investments like the current monoliths are. But we are not really there yet. > 8. Armenian is most closely related to which of the following languages: > Georgian, Hebrew, Hungarian, Kurdish or Turkish? Kurdish. Armenian and Kurdish are the only two Indo-European languages in the pack. In the IE family, Armenian constitutes its own group, while Kurdish belong to the Indo-Iranian languages. > 9. In the novel "The Nine Tailors" by Dorothy Sayers, Lord Peter Whimsey > concludes that he was himself involved in killing the victim. How? Wimsey arrives in a small town and has some car problem. He is invited to participate in ringing "The Nine Tailors", stepping in for a person who has caught the flu. It later turns out that this person had tied up the victim in the bell chamber. Not with the intent to kill him, but only to get that person out of the way. Wimsey finally concludes that the it was the ringing that killed the person. > http://privat.sommarskog.se/NZ2018/00-Intro/Stor-0310_IMG_0424-en.html > And while this bird also has a four-letter name, it is not a kiwi. Give > the name, or if you don't know, explain why this cannot be a kiwi. As noted by everyone, big goof on my side here. Anyway, the idea was not really that should know that this is a weka, but that it can't be a kiwi, since the picture is taken in daylight, and kiwis are nocturnal. My plan was to approve anything that was not apparently unreasonable, like a kiwi having four legs, so even with the correct link, it might very well have been a point for everyone. > 11. This week, on Wednesday 8th, sees the global celebration of what? Internnational Women's Day. Everyone knew "Citizen Kane". Only one entrant knew this one. Seriously? OK, this is a trivia newsgroup, but nevertheless... > reknowned acts in fusion music. After that he continued as a solo > artist and also as a leader for a quartet that bore his own name. Who > am I talking about? Wayne Shorter. The group is most associated with is Weather Report, which he led together with Joe Zawinul. Thanks to everyone for playing! |
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