msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 07 06:21AM
Mark Brader:
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> I wrote 6 of the 12 pairs in this set.
In Round 7, I wrote pairs B, C, and E; in Round 8, pairs A, B, and D.
> ** Final, Round 7 - Literature
In the original game, the current-events round was the easiest and
this one was next-easiest.
> Last", which dealt with his experiences in World War II.
> His later work was influenced by more experimental writers
> such as Roland Barthes. Name him.
Italo Calvino. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen.
> published in 1955? One of his best-known films is "The
> Gospel According to St. Matthew". He died in violent and
> never-explained circumstances in 1975.
Pier Paolo Pasolini. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> In 1897 the "Sun" received a letter reading in part, "Papa
> says 'If you see it in the Sun, it's so'". What question
> did the writer want answered?
Is there a Santa Claus? (Anything along these lines is fine.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, and Stephen.
> In 1835 the "Sun" ran a series of 6 articles detailing
> discoveries supposely made by Sir John Herschel using a
> new telescope. What did they say he had discovered?
People living on the Moon. (Also plants, animals, colossal buildings,
etc. Anything along these lines is fine.) 4 for Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Stephen. 2 for Joshua.
> C1. See: http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/gfr7/dark-C1.jpg
> Which national capital city has a daily newspaper whose
> motto is "Democracy Dies in Darkness"?
Washington. (The "Post".) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Pete, and Stephen.
> C2. See: http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/gfr7/dark-C2.jpg
> Which national capital city has a daily newspaper whose
> motto is "Fair Play and Daylight"?
Ottawa. (The "Citizen".) 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen.
> of all places. One of his best-known books is 2001's
> "The Global Soul", a meditation on cultural globalization.
> Name him.
Pico Iyer. 4 for Stephen.
> "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon" is Dame Rebecca West's
> over-1,000-page account of a trip to which country in 1937?
> The country no longer exists.
Yugoslavia. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen.
> robots ran amok. Asimov decided it would be more interesting
> to write about robots with built-in ethical principles --
> principles that he called what?
The Three Laws of Robotics. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Pete, and Stephen.
Fun fact: at the time, he thought "robotics" was an existing word.
Thanks to his stories, now it is. But not a sufficiently specific
answer for this question by itself.
> What fictional technology did Asimov's robots use to
> accomplish reasoning? On "Star Trek: The Next Generation",
> Commander Data used the same technology.
Positronic brain. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Stephen.
Fun facts:
The top photo is from the 2004 movie "I, Robot". That title was
taken from a well-known book collection of a number of Asimov's robot
stories, but the movie's plot was not derived from any of them;
indeed, part of the movie involves robots running amok, although
this is eventually worked into a Three Laws of Robotics context.
In any case the title of the book was not Asimov's in the first place;
it was chosen by the publisher over his objections, as it had been
previously used for yet another unrelated story, by Eando Binder.
By the time the movie appeared, Binder's story had been adapted
twice into episodes of different versions of "The Outer Limits".
> face weird or surrealistic quandaries and incomprehensible
> entanglements with bureaucracy. He died in 1924 from
> tuberculosis.
Franz Kafka. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
> writers in English literature. His most famous work was
> inspired by a time years before, when he lived in Africa
> and served on a steamer going up and down the Congo River.
Joseph Conrad. ("Heart of Darkness".) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Stephen.
> * A. The Ones Before
> A1. Before the US adopted its constitution in 1789, there were
> 14 presidents of the Continental Congress. Name *any one*.
Elias Boudinot (1782-83), Nathaniel Gorham (1786-87), Cyrus Griffin
(1788), John Hancock (1775-77 and 1785-86), John Hanson (1781-82),
Samuel Huntington (1779-81), John Jay (1778-79), Henry Laurens
(1777-78), Richard Henry Lee (1784-85), Thomas McKean (1781),
Henry Middleton (1774), Thomas Mifflin (1783-84), Peyton Randolph
(1774 and 1775), Arthur St. Clair (1787). 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> A2. Before the Norman conquest under William I in 1066, there
> were 19 men who are sometimes considered kings of England.
> Name *any one*; his first name will be sufficient.
Æthelbald [pronounce Æ like E] (ruled 858-60), Æthelbert (860-66),
Æthelred (I, 866-71; II or the Unready, 978-1016), Æthelwulf (839-58),
Alfred the Great (871-99), Athelstan (924-39), Canute (1016-35),
Eadred (946-55), Eadwig (955-59), Edgar (959-75), Edmund (939-46),
Edward (the Confessor, 1042-66; the Martyr, 975-78; the Elder,
899-924), Egbert (827-39), Harold (I, 1035-40; II, 1066), Harthacanute
(1040-42). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
2 for Pete.
> B1. The European Union now has 27 member countries. Within 1,
> in 1957, how many countries formed what was then called
> the European Common Market?
6 (accepting 5-7). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> B2. The United Nations now has 193 member countries. Within 5,
> how many member countries were there when it was formed
> in 1945?
50 (accepting 45-55). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Stephen.
> post-war welfare state. Though he lost his own seat,
> running as a Liberal, in 1945, the newly-elected Labour
> government largely implemented the program he had set out.
William Beveridge. 4 for Stephen.
> until 2017. She now holds a fellowship with the Atkinson
> Foundation and researches workers and technology. She is
> a frequent contributor to the "Toronto Star" and the CBC.
Armine Yalnizyan.
> the Arctic Archipelago to Canada, and Edward (Ned) Hanlan
> became the first Canadian world champion in any sport,
> which, of course, was rowing. What year was it?
1880. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Joshua.
> go to what is now the company's main building in Toronto,
> you will see several signs mentioning the date of founding.
> What year was it?
1670. 4 for Stephen.
("The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into
Hudson's Bay.") See:
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> York University. He was known for his writings on modern
> European history, including "Postwar", concerning Europe
> after 1945. He died of ALS in 2010.
Tony Judt ["jut"].
> suggested that, rather than by direct orders from the top,
> the Third Reich operated mostly by officials implementing
> policies that the leader would approve of.
Ian Kershaw. 3 for Stephen.
> * F. Colonial Powers
> F1. In Africa, which country colonized what are now Benin
> and Mali?
France. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Pete, and Stephen.
> F2. Which country colonized what is now Angola, in Africa,
> as well as Macau, which is now part of China?
Portugal. 4 for everyone.
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Mis Spo Sci Lit His FOUR
Stephen Perry 44 48 43 36 48 39 183
Dan Blum 36 24 7 24 40 16 124
Joshua Kreitzer 30 32 16 28 30 27 120
Dan Tilque 24 20 8 28 24 20 96
Erland Sommarskog 24 16 0 23 8 16 79
Pete Gayde 28 23 -- -- 12 10 73
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Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "...but I could be wromg." --Rodney Boyd
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