Friday, May 31, 2019

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 3 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 11:32PM -0500

Mark Brader:
 
> * Game 1 (2019-05-13), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Two Toronto schools suffered serious damage from fires this week.
> Name either one.
 
Jones Av. Adult Education Centre, York Memorial Collegiate Institute.
 
> 2. The Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a son this week, who becomes
> 7th in line to the throne. What's his name?
 
Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. "Archie" was sufficient.
4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
 
> 3. The two teams who will play in the UEFA Champions League final
> on June 1 got there as giant-killers this week, beating Barcelona
> and Ajax respectively. Name either of the finalists.
 
Liverpool, Tottenham. 4 for Erland (the hard way).
 
> 4. What word was misspelled on the new Australian $50 bill?
 
Responsibility.
 
> 5. Name the Niagara Region MPP who made the news this week by
> reopening the abortion debate and by having a group of librarians
> arrested at his constituency office.
 
Sam Oosterhof.
 
> 6. Former soccer star David Beckham has been given a 6-month
> driving ban after pleading guilty to what?
 
Driving while holding a cellphone. (The penalty points for this
were added to ones he already had for speeding.)
 
> 7. Which actress known for portraying Julie Barnes in "The Mod
> Squad" and Norma Jennings in "Twin Peaks" died on May 11?
 
Peggy Lipton.
 
> 8. Vice-Admiral Mark Norman had breach-of-trust charges against
> him dropped this week. Who is his famous lawyer?
 
Marie Henein.
 
> 9. Name the female 400 m and 800 m runner who has been banned from
> competing unless she lowers her testosterone levels.
 
Caster Semenya. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Joshua.
 
> Cup winner, his pallbearers at Toronto's Holy Rosary Church
> included Eddie Shack, Frank Mahovlich, Lanny McDonald, and
> Darryl Sittler.
 
Leonard "Red" Kelly.
 
He played 13 seasons on defense with the Detroit Red Wings, including
Stanley Cups in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1955. He chose to retire
rather than be traded to New York, but accepted a trade to Toronto,
where he switched to playing center was on Cup-winning teams in 1962,
1963, 1964 and 1967. At that point he retired again, and the Leafs
stopped winning Stanley Cups.
 
You will remember that last year I posted this link to his reminiscence
about the *other* career he had simultaneously with playing for Toronto:
 
http://www.revparl.ca/12/3/12n3_89e_zinterview.pdf
 
 
 
> 1. In English soccer, which team became the first men's team to
> win the domestic triple -- the EFL Trophy, Premier League title,
> and FA Cup?
 
Manchester City. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland.
 
> 2. Which country won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest?
 
Netherlands. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
 
> 3. Name the three-time Formula One Driver's Champion who died on
> May 20 at the age of 70.
 
Niki Lauda. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Joshua.
 
> 4. Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as mayor of one of North America's
> largest cities this week. Which one?
 
Chicago. 4 for Erland and Joshua.
 
> 5. Canadian radio lost an icon and advocate this week. He worked at
> CFNY "The Edge" for over a decade and was influential at
> Indie 88. Who is he?
 
David "Bookie" Bookman.
 
> 6. Which British celebrity chef's empire entered into administration
> (bankruptcy protection), threatening over 1,000 jobs?
 
Jamie Oliver. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland.
 
> 7. 2,500 attendees from 120 countries were in Toronto for
> the world's self-proclaimed fastest-growing tech conference.
> What's its name?
 
Collision.
 
> 8. Which indigenous leader, wrongly convicted of treason for
> inciting the North-West Rebellion, received a formal apology
> from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?
 
Pitikwahanapiwiyin, better known to most of us as Chief Poundmaker
(1842-86).
 
Louis Riel (1844-85) was a reasonable guess. He was a Métis, who
are constitutionally recognized as one of the aboriginal peoples of
Canada; he was involved in inciting the rebeillion and was convicted
and executed for treason in that connection; he is no longer widely
seen as a criminal, and in 2017 Trudeau praised him as "a courageous
and impassioned defender of minority rights". On the other hand,
Poundmaker apparently was not involved in inciting the rebellion at
all; his role was to negotiate for his people (the Cree) and try
*not* to get them involved in battle. Despite this he was found
guilty as described and served a short prison sentence, which may
have impaired his health, as he died shortly afterwards.
 
Anyway, the recent apology was about Poundmaker, not Riel.
 
> 9. Which Hindu nationalist was re-elected Prime Minister of India?
 
Narenda Modi. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 10. Name the Bong Joon-Ho film that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
 
"Parasite". I accepted "Parasites". 4 for Erland.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAMES-> 1 2 TOTALS
Erland Sommarskog 8 24 32
Dan Blum 8 20 28
Joshua Kreitzer 8 16 24
Dan Tilque 0 4 4
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
In the absence of the ability to redirect output and input, a still
clumsier method would have been to require the "ls" command to accept user
requests to paginate its output, to print in multi-column format, and
to arrange that its output be delivered off-line. Actually it would be
surprising, and in fact unwise for efficiency reasons, to expect authors
of commands such as "ls" to provide such a wide variety of output options.
-- Ritchie & Thompson
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 30 04:15AM -0700

On 5/29/19 4:01 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
>> F3. ...has a half-life of approximately 13 minutes?
 
> Neutron. (It's unstable in isolation, but stable within a stable
> nucleus.) 4 for Erland. 3 for Dan Tilque.
 
I'm puzzled about why I didn't get full credit.
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 07:24PM -0500

Mark Brader:
>>> F3. ...has a half-life of approximately 13 minutes?
 
>> Neutron. (It's unstable in isolation, but stable within a stable
>> nucleus.) 4 for Erland. 3 for Dan Tilque.

Dan Tilque:
> I'm puzzled about why I didn't get full credit.
 
So am I. That is, I can't imagine an explanation for that error.
4 for Erland *and* Dan Tilque, then.
 
 
Scores, if there are now no errors:
 
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Sci His Can Spo A+L Ent Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 35 28 50 35 52 40 48 56 281
Dan Tilque 34 40 36 36 20 8 16 44 210
Dan Blum 32 44 39 15 30 27 16 36 208
"Calvin" 16 31 34 8 21 19 28 51 184
Erland Sommarskog 27 24 44 11 4 4 16 32 154
Pete Gayde 13 18 31 7 34 19 -- -- 122
 
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | This is Programming as a True Art Form, where style
msb@vex.net | is more important than correctness... --Pontus Hedman
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 30 04:27AM -0700

On 5/29/19 4:06 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> 3. Picture C.
> 4. Decoy -- picture D.
> 5. Picture E.
 
Daenerys
 
> and Andes.
 
> 1. Name the longest mountain range that is considered to form part
> of the boundary between Europe and Asia.
 
Urals
 
 
> For each of the remaining questions, we name the range and you
> name *any* country that it runs through or borders on.
 
> 2. Atlas Mtns.
 
Morocco
 
> 3. Carpathian Mtns.
 
Rumania
 
> 4. Pamir Mtns.
 
Russia
 
> 5. Altai Mtns.
 
Russia
 
> 6. Zagros Mtns.
 
Croatia
 
> 7. Rwenzori Mtns.
 
Rwanda
 
> 8. Taurus Mtns.
 
Azerbaijan
 
> 9. Alborz Range.
 
Austria
 
> 10. Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri.
 
Pakistan
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 30 09:46AM +0200

> and Andes.
 
> 1. Name the longest mountain range that is considered to form part
> of the boundary between Europe and Asia.
 
Ural Mountains
 
> 2. Atlas Mtns.
 
Morrocco
 
> 3. Carpathian Mtns.
 
Romania
 
> 4. Pamir Mtns.
 
China
 
> 5. Altai Mtns.
 
Russia
 
> 6. Zagros Mtns.
 
Greece
 
> 7. Rwenzori Mtns.
 
South Africa
 
> 8. Taurus Mtns.
 
Turkey
 
> 9. Alborz Range.
 
Algeria
 
> 10. Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri.
 
Pakistan
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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 2 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 29 06:06PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-05-13,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
 
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
 
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 1, Round 2 - Entertainment - One Last "Game of Thrones"
 
Winter is coming, this Sunday. Yeah, I know, that's the last thing you
want to hear in May, but it's the series finale of "Game of Thrones".
Please see the 3-page handout:
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/1-2/got.pdf
 
and name each of these major characters. (First names will suffice!)
 
I have resequenced the round according to the handout. There are
two decoys, which are now interspersed with the others; identify
these characters if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
1. Picture A.
2. Picture B.
3. Picture C.
4. Decoy -- picture D.
5. Picture E.
6. Decoy -- picture F.
7. Picture G.
8. Picture H.
9. Picture I.
10. Picture J.
11. Picture K.
12. Picture L.
 
 
* Game 1, Round 3 - Geography - First, There is a Mountain
 
We're talking mountain ranges, and not your basic Alps, Himalayas,
and Andes.
 
1. Name the longest mountain range that is considered to form part
of the boundary between Europe and Asia.
 
For each of the remaining questions, we name the range and you
name *any* country that it runs through or borders on.
 
2. Atlas Mtns.
3. Carpathian Mtns.
4. Pamir Mtns.
5. Altai Mtns.
6. Zagros Mtns.
7. Rwenzori Mtns.
8. Taurus Mtns.
9. Alborz Range.
10. Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri.
 
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs nal bs lbhe
nafjref jnf whfg gur Pbatb, cyrnfr tb onpx naq gryy hf juvpu bar.
 
--
Mark Brader "Now, let's assume the correct answer will
Toronto eventually be written on this board at the
msb@vex.net coordinates (x,y)..." --Randall Munroe
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 30 12:33AM

> two decoys, which are now interspersed with the others; identify
> these characters if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
> 1. Picture A.
 
Sansa Stark; Arya Stark
 
> 2. Picture B.
 
Bran Stark
 
> 3. Picture C.
 
Brienne of Tarth
 
> 5. Picture E.
 
Daenerys Targaryen
 
> 7. Picture G.
 
Joffrey Lannister
 
> 10. Picture J.
 
Eddard Stark
 
> 11. Picture K.
 
The Night King
 
> 12. Picture L.
 
Tyrion Lannister
 
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Geography - First, There is a Mountain
 
> 1. Name the longest mountain range that is considered to form part
> of the boundary between Europe and Asia.
 
Urals
 
> 2. Atlas Mtns.
 
Morocco
 
> 3. Carpathian Mtns.
 
Romania
 
> 4. Pamir Mtns.
 
Afghanistan
 
> 5. Altai Mtns.
 
Kazakhstan
 
> 6. Zagros Mtns.
 
Iran
 
> 7. Rwenzori Mtns.
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo; Botswana
 
> 8. Taurus Mtns.
 
Algeria
 
> 9. Alborz Range.
 
Portugal
 
> 10. Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri.
 
Pakistan; India
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 30 05:37AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
> two decoys, which are now interspersed with the others; identify
> these characters if you like for fun, but for no points.
 
> 2. Picture B.
 
Jon
 
> 3. Picture C.
 
Jon
 
> 5. Picture E.
 
Daenerys
 
> 7. Picture G.
 
Jon
 
> 9. Picture I.
 
Jon
 
> 10. Picture J.
 
Jon
 
> 12. Picture L.
 
Tyrion
 
> and Andes.
 
> 1. Name the longest mountain range that is considered to form part
> of the boundary between Europe and Asia.
 
Ural Mountains

> For each of the remaining questions, we name the range and you
> name *any* country that it runs through or borders on.
 
> 2. Atlas Mtns.
 
Morocco
 
> 3. Carpathian Mtns.
 
Romania

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 30 09:46AM +0200

> and Andes.
 
> 1. Name the longest mountain range that is considered to form part
> of the boundary between Europe and Asia.
 
Ural Mountains
 
> 2. Atlas Mtns.
 
Morrocco
 
> 3. Carpathian Mtns.
 
Romania
 
> 4. Pamir Mtns.
 
China
 
> 5. Altai Mtns.
 
Russia
 
> 6. Zagros Mtns.
 
Greece
 
> 7. Rwenzori Mtns.
 
South Africa
 
> 8. Taurus Mtns.
 
Turkey
 
> 9. Alborz Range.
 
Algeria
 
> 10. Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri.
 
Pakistan
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 29 06:01PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
And the Final game is over and the winner is... JOSHUA KREITZER!
Hearty congratulations!
 
 
 
> 1. In 1956 Switzerland was the first country to host the Eurovision
> Song Contest, and also the first to win. Switzerland won again
> in 1988 with the song "Ne Partez pas sans moi". Who sang that?
 
Céline Dion! The *composer* was Swiss. 4 for Erland, Joshua,
and Calvin.
 
> 2. The 1974 contest took place at the seaside resort of Brighton.
> Name the pop group that sang the winning entry.
 
ABBA. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 3. The winning entry in 1970 was sung by a performer named Dana;
> in 1998, by a performer named Dana International. Name the
> country that *either one* of them was representing.
 
Ireland, Israel. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Calvin.
 
 
 
> 4. British SF writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke made a cameo appearance
> sitting on a Washington park bench, in what *sequel* to a
> well-known movie?
 
"2010" (1984 sequel to "2001: A Space Odyssey"). 4 for Erland,
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
I accepted anything with a main title of "2010". Clarke's original
novel was "2010: Odyssey Two", but various subtitles -- or none --
were tried on different releases of the movie.
 
> 5. Julia Roberts plays the title role in this movie, in which
> the real-life person she plays has a cameo role as a waitress.
> Name the movie.
 
"Erin Brockovich". The waitress's name tag reads "Julia".
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Calvin.
 
> 6. Mike Tyson has a small role in which film, demanding the return
> of his pet tiger?
 
"The Hangover". 4 for Joshua and Calvin.
 
 
 
> 7. One of the first films financed by the Canadian Film
> Development Corp. was a 1970 release directed by Donald Shebib,
> about two men from Cape Breton who move to Toronto. Name it.
 
"Goin' Down the Road".
 
> 8. "Mon Oncle Antoine" (1971) was directed by what noted Quebec
> filmmaker who lived 1930-86? In 2016 it was alleged that he
> had sexually abused children.
 
Claude Jutra.
 
> 9. This 1979 David Cronenberg film starred Oliver Reed as an
> unconventional psychotherapist and Samantha Eggar as a patient
> with an... unusual method of childbirth. Name the movie.
 
"The Brood".
 
 
 
> 10. What Canadian literary adaptation, starring Richard Dreyfus
> and Randy Quaid, became the first Canadian film to get a major
> Oscar nomination?
 
"The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" (1974). 4 for Joshua.
 
It was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, but lost to
"The Godfather Part II".
 
> Foreign-Language Film Oscar had a 2003 sequel that became
> the first Canadian movie to win it. Both were directed by
> Denys Arcand. Name *either* title.
 
"Le Déclin de l'empire américain" (1986), "Les Invasions barbares".
("The Decline of the American Empire", "The Barbarian Invasions".)
4 for Joshua.
 
He also wrote or co-wrote both movies, as well as a third one in
2018 called "La chute de l'empire américain" or "The Fall of the
American Empire"; while connected to the earlier movies, this one
was not another actual sequel, and it was not Oscar-nominated.
 
> 12. The first Canadian to win a Best Director Oscar won it for a
> 1997 movie. Name him.
 
James Cameron. ("Titanic".) 4 for Joshua and Calvin.
 
 
 
> In each case, name the movie.
 
> 13. This 1995 pirate adventure starred Geena Davis and was directed
> by her husband. It is estimated to have lost $147,000,000 US.
 
"Cutthroat Island". 4 for Joshua.
 
> the most Golden Raspberry or "Razzie" awards. The financial
> losses are difficult to determine due to fraud regarding the
> movie's budget.
 
"Battlefield Earth". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 15. Even Oprah couldn't save this movie from losing approximately
> $150,000,000 US. Name this adaptation from the novel of the
> same name by Madeleine L'Engle.
 
"A Wrinkle in Time" (2018). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
 
> * A. Nationalities
 
> What is the nationality of...
 
> A1. ...actress Liv Ullmann?
 
Norwegian. 4 for Erland and Joshua.
 
> A2. ...composer Carl Nielsen?
 
Danish. 4 for Erland and Joshua.
 
> A3. ...actor Sam Neill?
 
New Zealander, British, and Irish -- accepting any one. 4 for Joshua.
3 for Calvin.
 
He was born in Northern Ireland, which makes him both a British and an
Irish citizen, to a New Zealander father, and was raised in New Zealand.
In the original game only New Zealander was accepted.
 
 
> * B. Islands
 
> B1. Which island was settled in 1790 by mutineers from the
> Bounty and women from Tahiti?
 
Pitcairn I. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> B2. On which island are the towns of Malia and Sitia?
 
Crete.
 
> B3. Which *two* countries share the island of Hispaniola?
 
Dominican Republic, Haiti. 4 for everyone.
 
This will be the last QFTCI question ever to require a two-part
answer, unless the rules get changed again in the future, or someone
forgets them. There has always been a minority sentiment in the
league to the effect that such questions are ipso facto too hard,
but after the Cellar Rats were so gung-ho about asking them during the
season ending with this game, at the following Captains' Meeting the
sentiment boiled over into a majority vote of 9-4 to prohibit them.
 
 
 
> C1. This movie is about a major volcanic eruption in the
> 19th century, but its title is geographically incorrect.
> Name that title.
 
"Krakatoa: East of Java" (1968). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
 
For the location of Krakatoa see:
http://www.branchcollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1RoyalSocietyMap.jpg
 
> You may still answer by naming the movie that was being
> asked for, but for fun (no extra points), also explain why
> the scene *is not* really an error in it.
 
"The Green Berets" (1968). Supposedly the sunset is wrong because
it is seen from an unspecified coastal point in Vietnam, and the
country is on the east coast of Asia. But in fact southern Vietnam
has well over 100 miles of west-facing coast on the Gulf of Thailand.
4 for Joshua (who knew about the west-facing coast) and Calvin.
 
For the coastline of Vietnam see:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/attachments/maps/VM-map.gif
 
> C3. In the movie "Gladiator", in the "Battle of Carthage
> reenactment" scene in the Colosseum, when one of the chariots
> turns over, what anachronism is plainly visible on it?
 
This gas cylinder and associated hardware:
<http://i.imgur.com/GWjOU.jpg>.
 
 
> * D. On the Wrong Side in World War II
 
> D1. An Irish-American broadcast Nazi propaganda to Britain
> during the war -- under what nickname or pseudonym?
 
Lord Haw Haw. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Calvin.
 
> D2. Iva Toguri d'Aquino was convicted of transmitting Japanese
> propaganda to the Americans in the same manner -- under
> what nickname or pseudonym?
 
Tokyo Rose. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
 
> D3. Who was executed by firing squad at the Akershus fortress
> in Oslo in October 1945?
 
Vidkun Quisling. 4 for everyone.
 
 
> * E. Anagrams
 
> In each case, rearrange the letters to form a single word in English.
 
> E1. Despair.
 
Aspired, diapers, praised. At the original game the expected
answer was only "praised", but "diapers" was given and accepted.
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
 
> E2. Infringe.
 
Refining. 4 for Calvin and Dan Tilque.
 
> E3. Nameless.
 
Lameness, maleness, maneless, salesmen. At the original game
"salesmen" was expected and the question was not used. 4 for Joshua,
Calvin (the hard way), and Dan Tilque.
 
 
 
> What subatomic particle...
 
> F1. ...exists in the following forms? Up, down, top, bottom,
> strange.
 
Quark. There is also a 6th type, charm. 4 for everyone.
 
> F2. ...is the counterpart to the antimatter particle called
> a positron?
 
Electron. 4 for everyone.
 
> F3. ...has a half-life of approximately 13 minutes?
 
Neutron. (It's unstable in isolation, but stable within a stable
nucleus.) 4 for Erland. 3 for Dan Tilque.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Sci His Can Spo A+L Ent Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 35 28 50 35 52 40 48 56 281
Dan Tilque 34 40 36 36 20 8 16 43 209
Dan Blum 32 44 39 15 30 27 16 36 208
"Calvin" 16 31 34 8 21 19 28 51 184
Erland Sommarskog 27 24 44 11 4 4 16 32 154
Pete Gayde 13 18 31 7 34 19 -- -- 122
 
 
And now, on to Unnatural Axxxe's season.
 
--
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Toronto differently in Snooker than in Typography...
msb@vex.net -- Liam Quin
 
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 4 topics

tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 28 02:04PM


> * Game 1 (2019-05-13), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 2. The Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a son this week, who becomes
> 7th in line to the throne. What's his name?
 
Archie
 
> 6. Former soccer star David Beckham has been given a 6-month
> driving ban after pleading guilty to what?
 
DUI
 
> 9. Name the female 400 m and 800 m runner who has been banned from
> competing unless she lowers her testosterone levels.
 
Semenya
 
 
> 1. In English soccer, which team became the first men's team to
> win the domestic triple -- the EFL Trophy, Premier League title,
> and FA Cup?
 
Manchester City
 
> 2. Which country won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest?
 
Netherlands
 
> 3. Name the three-time Formula One Driver's Champion who died on
> May 20 at the age of 70.
 
Nikki Lauda
 
> 4. Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as mayor of one of North America's
> largest cities this week. Which one?
 
Houston; Phoenix
 
> 6. Which British celebrity chef's empire entered into administration
> (bankruptcy protection), threatening over 1,000 jobs?
 
Jamie Oliver
 
> 9. Which Hindu nationalist was re-elected Prime Minister of India?
 
Modi
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
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>: May 28 09:30PM +0200


> 3. The two teams who will play in the UEFA Champions League final
> on June 1 got there as giant-killers this week, beating Barcelona
> and Ajax respectively. Name either of the finalists.
 
Liverpool and Tottenham

> 6. Former soccer star David Beckham has been given a 6-month
> driving ban after pleading guilty to what?
 
Driving drunk

> 9. Name the female 400 m and 800 m runner who has been banned from
> competing unless she lowers her testosterone levels.
 
Castor Semenya
 
 
> 1. In English soccer, which team became the first men's team to
> win the domestic triple -- the EFL Trophy, Premier League title,
> and FA Cup?
 
Manchester CIty

> 2. Which country won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest?
 
Wasn't it Portugal?
 
> 3. Name the three-time Formula One Driver's Champion who died on
> May 20 at the age of 70.
 
Niki Lauda

> 4. Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as mayor of one of North America's
> largest cities this week. Which one?
 
Chicago
 
> 6. Which British celebrity chef's empire entered into administration
> (bankruptcy protection), threatening over 1,000 jobs?
 
James Oliver
 
> 9. Which Hindu nationalist was re-elected Prime Minister of India?
 
Modi
 
> 10. Name the Bong Joon-Ho film that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
 
Parasites
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 29 05:24AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:9Iydncdm9O5aVnHBnZ2dnUU7-
 
> * Game 1 (2019-05-13), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 2. The Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a son this week, who becomes
> 7th in line to the throne. What's his name?
 
Archie

> 7. Which actress known for portraying Julie Barnes in "The Mod
> Squad" and Norma Jennings in "Twin Peaks" died on May 11?
 
Julie Lipton

> 9. Name the female 400 m and 800 m runner who has been banned from
> competing unless she lowers her testosterone levels.
 
Caster Semenya

> * Game 2 (2019-05-27), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 2. Which country won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest?
 
Netherlands
 
> 3. Name the three-time Formula One Driver's Champion who died on
> May 20 at the age of 70.
 
Niki Lauda

> 4. Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as mayor of one of North America's
> largest cities this week. Which one?
 
Chicago
 
> 8. Which indigenous leader, wrongly convicted of treason for
> inciting the North-West Rebellion, received a formal apology
> from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?
 
Riel

> 9. Which Hindu nationalist was re-elected Prime Minister of India?
 
Modi
 
--
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 29 01:30AM -0700

On 5/27/19 10:48 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> inciting the North-West Rebellion, received a formal apology
> from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?
 
> 9. Which Hindu nationalist was re-elected Prime Minister of India?
 
Modi
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 29 09:33AM +0200

I said that I would score this quiz tomorrow, but for technical reasons,
I'm delaying this until Friday 31st.
 
Entries are still welcome!
 
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 28 05:01PM -0700

On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 7:44:45 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> "Calvin":
> > I believe I should get some points for this question.
 
> You were over 1,000 years off!
 
Ah, so I was :-)
 
 
 
> > And this one.
 
> Sorry about that. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete, as before, *and
> 2 for Calvin*.
 
thanks,
calvin
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 28 05:01PM -0700

On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 7:36:19 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> >> In each case, rearrange the letters to form a single word in English.
 
> "Calvin":
> > Are players allowed to use pen and paper in the original game?
 
I had hoped so :-)
 
thanks,
calvin
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 3 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 28 12:48AM -0500

And now it's time for more current events.
 
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to
give the answers that were correct on that date.
 
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
 
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of
current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting of
other rounds. For further information see my 2019-01-22 companion
posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 1 (2019-05-13), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. Two Toronto schools suffered serious damage from fires this week.
Name either one.
 
2. The Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a son this week, who becomes
7th in line to the throne. What's his name?
 
3. The two teams who will play in the UEFA Champions League final
on June 1 got there as giant-killers this week, beating Barcelona
and Ajax respectively. Name either of the finalists.
 
4. What word was misspelled on the new Australian $50 bill?
 
5. Name the Niagara Region MPP who made the news this week by
reopening the abortion debate and by having a group of librarians
arrested at his constituency office.
 
6. Former soccer star David Beckham has been given a 6-month
driving ban after pleading guilty to what?
 
7. Which actress known for portraying Julie Barnes in "The Mod
Squad" and Norma Jennings in "Twin Peaks" died on May 11?
 
8. Vice-Admiral Mark Norman had breach-of-trust charges against
him dropped this week. Who is his famous lawyer?
 
9. Name the female 400 m and 800 m runner who has been banned from
competing unless she lowers her testosterone levels.
 
10. Which hockey legend was buried this week? An 8-time Stanley
Cup winner, his pallbearers at Toronto's Holy Rosary Church
included Eddie Shack, Frank Mahovlich, Lanny McDonald, and
Darryl Sittler.
 
 
* Game 2 (2019-05-27), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. In English soccer, which team became the first men's team to
win the domestic triple -- the EFL Trophy, Premier League title,
and FA Cup?
 
2. Which country won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest?
 
3. Name the three-time Formula One Driver's Champion who died on
May 20 at the age of 70.
 
4. Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as mayor of one of North America's
largest cities this week. Which one?
 
5. Canadian radio lost an icon and advocate this week. He worked at
CFNY "The Edge" for over a decade and was influential at
Indie 88. Who is he?
 
6. Which British celebrity chef's empire entered into administration
(bankruptcy protection), threatening over 1,000 jobs?
 
7. 2,500 attendees from 120 countries were in Toronto for
the world's self-proclaimed fastest-growing tech conference.
What's its name?
 
8. Which indigenous leader, wrongly convicted of treason for
inciting the North-West Rebellion, received a formal apology
from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?
 
9. Which Hindu nationalist was re-elected Prime Minister of India?
 
10. Name the Bong Joon-Ho film that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "If any form of pleasure is exhibited, report
msb@vex.net | to me and it will be prohibited." --DUCK SOUP
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 20 11:19PM +0200


> This is kind of an odd answer. "Taiga" as far as I know refers to a
> TYPE of forest, it's not the name of any particular forest. There are
> also plenty of taiga regions in North America.
 
I am not going to argue, but rather admit that it felt a little wrong.
But I entered it, as I could not think of anything else.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 20 11:28PM +0200

> ** Final, Round 4 - History
 
> * Ancient Rome
 
> 1. Which Roman emperor ordered the invasion of Britain in 43?
 
Tiberius
 
> 2. In a significant action, what did Julius Caesar cross in 49 BC?
 
Rubicon
 
 
> 3. What collective name is used for the three wars fought between
> Rome and Carthage?
 
Punic
 
> 6. The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement which took place
> in 1571. The Venetian republic and the Spanish Empire inflected
> a major defeat on who?
 
Ottoman Empire
 
> after the Wall was constructed, one became the best known because
> non-Germans were allowed to use it. What name was given to it
> by the western allies?
 
Checkpoint Charlie

> the boundary between western Europe and and Communist bloc.
> That term was used to describe the division between Communist
> China and the west?
 
Bamboo curtain

> Southeast Asia. One on side were the US, France, and other
> western nations; on the other, the USSR, Communist China,
> and their allies. But what city hosted the conference?
 
Manila

> 10. All foreign tourists in Russia had to use what travel agency
> there?
 
Intourist

> 11. Russians used to joke that "In the Truth there is no news,
> and in the News there is no truth". If the "Truth" was "Pravda",
> what newspaper was the "News"?
 
Izvestia
 
> 12. What was the Soviets' official news agency?
 
TASS
 
 
> 13. Tomas Masaryk, 1918-35?
 
Czechoslovakia
 
> 14. Heng Samrin, 1981-92?
 
Cambodia
 
> 15. Ian Smith, 1964-79?
 
Rhodesia
 
 
> * The Territories
 
> 1. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. Name all the
> territories.
 
Yukon, Northwest, Nunavuk
 
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after completing the previous
> question. Gur pncvgny bs Ahanihg vf Vdnyhvg, ohg jung jnf vgf
> anzr sebz 1942 hagvy gur genqvgvbany anzr jnf erfgberq va 1987?
 
Churchill

> 5. What were the four original provinces when Confederation was
> established in 1867?
 
Ontario, Québec, Novia Scotia, New Brunswick

> 11. They were stil called Indians in 1982. In the language of the
> Constitution Act, 1982, the aboriginal peoples of Canada include
> the Indians, the Métis, and who else?
 
Inuit

> 13. Within $20, what is the current fee for an adult to apply for
> Canadian citizenship?
 
420

> 14. You must take a test if you apply for Canadian citizenship
> when you are at least 18 and at most what age?
 
75
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Monday, May 27, 2019

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 12 updates in 3 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 26 03:56PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-04-09,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
 
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
 
All questions were written by members of the Cellar Rats and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
** Final, Round 9 - Entertainment
 
* Eurovision Song Contest
 
1. In 1956 Switzerland was the first country to host the Eurovision
Song Contest, and also the first to win. Switzerland won again
in 1988 with the song "Ne Partez pas sans moi". Who sang that?
 
2. The 1974 contest took place at the seaside resort of Brighton.
Name the pop group that sang the winning entry.
 
3. The winning entry in 1970 was sung by a performer named Dana;
in 1998, by a performer named Dana International. Name the
country that *either one* of them was representing.
 
 
* Cameos in Movies
 
4. British SF writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke made a cameo appearance
sitting on a Washington park bench, in what *sequel* to a
well-known movie?
 
5. Julia Roberts plays the title role in this movie, in which
the real-life person she plays has a cameo role as a waitress.
Name the movie.
 
6. Mike Tyson has a small role in which film, demanding the return
of his pet tiger?
 
 
* Canadian Directors
 
7. One of the first films financed by the Canadian Film
Development Corp. was a 1970 release directed by Donald Shebib,
about two men from Cape Breton who move to Toronto. Name it.
 
8. "Mon Oncle Antoine" (1971) was directed by what noted Quebec
filmmaker who lived 1930-86? In 2016 it was alleged that he
had sexually abused children.
 
9. This 1979 David Cronenberg film starred Oliver Reed as an
unconventional psychotherapist and Samantha Eggar as a patient
with an... unusual method of childbirth. Name the movie.
 
 
* Canadians at the Oscars
 
10. What Canadian literary adaptation, starring Richard Dreyfus
and Randy Quaid, became the first Canadian film to get a major
Oscar nomination?
 
11. The first Canadian movie to be nominated for the Best
Foreign-Language Film Oscar had a 2003 sequel that became
the first Canadian movie to win it. Both were directed by
Denys Arcand. Name *either* title.
 
12. The first Canadian to win a Best Director Oscar won it for a
1997 movie. Name him.
 
 
* Box-Office Flops
 
In each case, name the movie.
 
13. This 1995 pirate adventure starred Geena Davis and was directed
by her husband. It is estimated to have lost $147,000,000 US.
 
14. In 2000, John Travolta starred in this adaptation of a sci-fi
novel by L. Ron Hubbard. It set a record at the time for
the most Golden Raspberry or "Razzie" awards. The financial
losses are difficult to determine due to fraud regarding the
movie's budget.
 
15. Even Oprah couldn't save this movie from losing approximately
$150,000,000 US. Name this adaptation from the novel of the
same name by Madeleine L'Engle.
 
 
** Final, Round 10 -- Challenge Round
 
* A. Nationalities
 
What is the nationality of...
A1. ...actress Liv Ullmann?
A2. ...composer Carl Nielsen?
A3. ...actor Sam Neill?
 
 
* B. Islands
 
B1. Which island was settled in 1790 by mutineers from the
Bounty and women from Tahiti?
 
B2. On which island are the towns of Malia and Sitia?
 
B3. Which *two* countries share the island of Hispaniola?
 
 
* C. Movie Errors
 
C1. This movie is about a major volcanic eruption in the
19th century, but its title is geographically incorrect.
Name that title.
 
C2. In the original game this question asked for the "colorful"
title of the John Wayne movie "where the viewer is treated
to the astronomical anomaly of the Sun setting in the east".
You may still answer by naming the movie that was being
asked for, but for fun (no extra points), also explain why
the scene *is not* really an error in it.
 
C3. In the movie "Gladiator", in the "Battle of Carthage
reenactment" scene in the Colosseum, when one of the chariots
turns over, what anachronism is plainly visible on it?
 
 
* D. On the Wrong Side in World War II
 
D1. An Irish-American broadcast Nazi propaganda to Britain
during the war -- under what nickname or pseudonym?
 
D2. Iva Toguri d'Aquino was convicted of transmitting Japanese
propaganda to the Americans in the same manner -- under
what nickname or pseudonym?
 
D3. Who was executed by firing squad at the Akershus fortress
in Oslo in October 1945?
 
 
* E. Anagrams
 
In each case, rearrange the letters to form a single word in English.
 
E1. Despair.
E2. Infringe.
E3. Nameless.
 
 
* F. Subatomic Particles
 
What subatomic particle...
 
F1. ...exists in the following forms? Up, down, top, bottom,
strange.
 
F2. ...is the counterpart to the antimatter particle called
a positron?
 
F3. ...has a half-life of approximately 13 minutes?
 
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My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 27 12:08AM +0200


> 1. In 1956 Switzerland was the first country to host the Eurovision
> Song Contest, and also the first to win. Switzerland won again
> in 1988 with the song "Ne Partez pas sans moi". Who sang that?
 
Celine Dion

> 2. The 1974 contest took place at the seaside resort of Brighton.
> Name the pop group that sang the winning entry.
 
ABBA

> 3. The winning entry in 1970 was sung by a performer named Dana;
> in 1998, by a performer named Dana International. Name the
> country that *either one* of them was representing.
 
Israel

 
> 4. British SF writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke made a cameo appearance
> sitting on a Washington park bench, in what *sequel* to a
> well-known movie?
 
2010
 
> 6. Mike Tyson has a small role in which film, demanding the return
> of his pet tiger?
 
Rocky

 
 
> * A. Nationalities
 
> What is the nationality of...
> A1. ...actress Liv Ullmann?
 
Norwegian
 
> A2. ...composer Carl Nielsen?
 
Danish
 
> * B. Islands
 
> B1. Which island was settled in 1790 by mutineers from the
> Bounty and women from Tahiti?
 
Pitcairn

> B3. Which *two* countries share the island of Hispaniola?
 
Haïti and Domincan Republic
 
> * D. On the Wrong Side in World War II
 
> D3. Who was executed by firing squad at the Akershus fortress
> in Oslo in October 1945?
 
Vidkun Quisling

 
> What subatomic particle...
 
> F1. ...exists in the following forms? Up, down, top, bottom,
> strange.
 
Quark

> F2. ...is the counterpart to the antimatter particle called
> a positron?
 
Electron

> F3. ...has a half-life of approximately 13 minutes?
 
Neutron
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 26 10:08PM


> 4. British SF writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke made a cameo appearance
> sitting on a Washington park bench, in what *sequel* to a
> well-known movie?
 
2010: The Year We Make Contact
 
> 5. Julia Roberts plays the title role in this movie, in which
> the real-life person she plays has a cameo role as a waitress.
> Name the movie.
 
Erin Brockovich
 
 
> In each case, name the movie.
 
> 13. This 1995 pirate adventure starred Geena Davis and was directed
> by her husband. It is estimated to have lost $147,000,000 US.
 
Pirate Island
 
> the most Golden Raspberry or "Razzie" awards. The financial
> losses are difficult to determine due to fraud regarding the
> movie's budget.
 
Battlefield Earth
 
> 15. Even Oprah couldn't save this movie from losing approximately
> $150,000,000 US. Name this adaptation from the novel of the
> same name by Madeleine L'Engle.
 
A Wrinkle in Time
 
 
> * A. Nationalities
 
> What is the nationality of...
> A1. ...actress Liv Ullmann?
 
Swedish
 
> A2. ...composer Carl Nielsen?
 
Norwegian
 
> A3. ...actor Sam Neill?
 
American
 
> * B. Islands
 
> B1. Which island was settled in 1790 by mutineers from the
> Bounty and women from Tahiti?
 
Pitcairn
 
> B2. On which island are the towns of Malia and Sitia?
 
Corsica; Sardinia
 
> B3. Which *two* countries share the island of Hispaniola?
 
Haiti and Dominican Republic
 
 
> C1. This movie is about a major volcanic eruption in the
> 19th century, but its title is geographically incorrect.
> Name that title.
 
Krakatoa: East of Java
 
> * D. On the Wrong Side in World War II
 
> D1. An Irish-American broadcast Nazi propaganda to Britain
> during the war -- under what nickname or pseudonym?
 
Lord Haw-Haw
 
> D2. Iva Toguri d'Aquino was convicted of transmitting Japanese
> propaganda to the Americans in the same manner -- under
> what nickname or pseudonym?
 
Tokyo Rose
 
> D3. Who was executed by firing squad at the Akershus fortress
> in Oslo in October 1945?
 
Quisling
 
> * E. Anagrams
 
> In each case, rearrange the letters to form a single word in English.
 
> E1. Despair.
 
diapers
 
 
> What subatomic particle...
 
> F1. ...exists in the following forms? Up, down, top, bottom,
> strange.
 
quark
 
> F2. ...is the counterpart to the antimatter particle called
> a positron?
 
electron
 
> F3. ...has a half-life of approximately 13 minutes?
 
muon
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 27 03:17AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ha2dnXxZHcviYHfBnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 1. In 1956 Switzerland was the first country to host the Eurovision
> Song Contest, and also the first to win. Switzerland won again
> in 1988 with the song "Ne Partez pas sans moi". Who sang that?
 
Celine Dion
 
> 2. The 1974 contest took place at the seaside resort of Brighton.
> Name the pop group that sang the winning entry.
 
ABBA

> 3. The winning entry in 1970 was sung by a performer named Dana;
> in 1998, by a performer named Dana International. Name the
> country that *either one* of them was representing.
 
Israel

 
> 4. British SF writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke made a cameo appearance
> sitting on a Washington park bench, in what *sequel* to a
> well-known movie?
 
"2010"
 
> 5. Julia Roberts plays the title role in this movie, in which
> the real-life person she plays has a cameo role as a waitress.
> Name the movie.
 
"Erin Brockovich"

> 6. Mike Tyson has a small role in which film, demanding the return
> of his pet tiger?
 
"The Hangover"
 
 
> 10. What Canadian literary adaptation, starring Richard Dreyfus
> and Randy Quaid, became the first Canadian film to get a major
> Oscar nomination?
 
"The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz"

> Foreign-Language Film Oscar had a 2003 sequel that became
> the first Canadian movie to win it. Both were directed by
> Denys Arcand. Name *either* title.
 
"The Decline of the American Empire"
 
> 12. The first Canadian to win a Best Director Oscar won it for a
> 1997 movie. Name him.
 
James Cameron

 
> In each case, name the movie.
 
> 13. This 1995 pirate adventure starred Geena Davis and was directed
> by her husband. It is estimated to have lost $147,000,000 US.
 
"Cutthroat Island"

> the most Golden Raspberry or "Razzie" awards. The financial
> losses are difficult to determine due to fraud regarding the
> movie's budget.
 
"Battlefield Earth"
 
> 15. Even Oprah couldn't save this movie from losing approximately
> $150,000,000 US. Name this adaptation from the novel of the
> same name by Madeleine L'Engle.
 
"A Wrinkle in Time"

 
> * A. Nationalities
 
> What is the nationality of...
> A1. ...actress Liv Ullmann?
 
Norwegian
 
> A2. ...composer Carl Nielsen?
 
Danish
 
> A3. ...actor Sam Neill?
 
New Zealand

> * B. Islands
 
> B1. Which island was settled in 1790 by mutineers from the
> Bounty and women from Tahiti?
 
Pitcairn Island
 
> B3. Which *two* countries share the island of Hispaniola?
 
Haiti and Dominican Republic

 
> C1. This movie is about a major volcanic eruption in the
> 19th century, but its title is geographically incorrect.
> Name that title.
 
"Krakatoa, East of Java"
 
> You may still answer by naming the movie that was being
> asked for, but for fun (no extra points), also explain why
> the scene *is not* really an error in it.
 
"The Green Berets"
(the scene takes place in the far south part of Vietnam which has a
western coast?)

> * D. On the Wrong Side in World War II
 
> D1. An Irish-American broadcast Nazi propaganda to Britain
> during the war -- under what nickname or pseudonym?
 
Lord Haw-Haw

> D2. Iva Toguri d'Aquino was convicted of transmitting Japanese
> propaganda to the Americans in the same manner -- under
> what nickname or pseudonym?
 
Tokyo Rose
(as you probably know already, there is considerable doubt as to whether
d'Aquino was the woman who made the Tokyo Rose broadcasts)
 
> D3. Who was executed by firing squad at the Akershus fortress
> in Oslo in October 1945?
 
Quisling

> * E. Anagrams
 
> In each case, rearrange the letters to form a single word in English.
 
> E1. Despair.
 
diapers
 
> E3. Nameless.
 
maneless

 
> What subatomic particle...
 
> F1. ...exists in the following forms? Up, down, top, bottom,
> strange.
 
quark
 
> F2. ...is the counterpart to the antimatter particle called
> a positron?
 
electron
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 26 10:33PM -0700

On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 6:56:37 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 1. In 1956 Switzerland was the first country to host the Eurovision
> Song Contest, and also the first to win. Switzerland won again
> in 1988 with the song "Ne Partez pas sans moi". Who sang that?
 
Celine Dion
 
> 2. The 1974 contest took place at the seaside resort of Brighton.
> Name the pop group that sang the winning entry.
 
ABBA
 
> 3. The winning entry in 1970 was sung by a performer named Dana;
> in 1998, by a performer named Dana International. Name the
> country that *either one* of them was representing.
 
Israel
 

 
> 5. Julia Roberts plays the title role in this movie, in which
> the real-life person she plays has a cameo role as a waitress.
> Name the movie.
 
Erin Brokovitch
 
> 6. Mike Tyson has a small role in which film, demanding the return
> of his pet tiger?
 
The Hangover
 
> Denys Arcand. Name *either* title.
 
> 12. The first Canadian to win a Best Director Oscar won it for a
> 1997 movie. Name him.
 
James Cameron
 
 
> the most Golden Raspberry or "Razzie" awards. The financial
> losses are difficult to determine due to fraud regarding the
> movie's budget.
 
Battlefield Earth
 
 
> * A. Nationalities
 
> What is the nationality of...
> A1. ...actress Liv Ullmann?
 
USA, UK
 
> A2. ...composer Carl Nielsen?
 
German, French
 
> A3. ...actor Sam Neill?
 
New Zealander, Australian
Both I suspect

> * B. Islands
 
> B1. Which island was settled in 1790 by mutineers from the
> Bounty and women from Tahiti?
 
Pitcairn
 
> B2. On which island are the towns of Malia and Sitia?
 
> B3. Which *two* countries share the island of Hispaniola?
 
Haiti and Dominican republic
 
 
 
> C1. This movie is about a major volcanic eruption in the
> 19th century, but its title is geographically incorrect.
> Name that title.
 
Krakatoa: East of Java
 
> You may still answer by naming the movie that was being
> asked for, but for fun (no extra points), also explain why
> the scene *is not* really an error in it.
 
The Green Berets?
 
> C3. In the movie "Gladiator", in the "Battle of Carthage
> reenactment" scene in the Colosseum, when one of the chariots
> turns over, what anachronism is plainly visible on it?
 
Axle
 

> * D. On the Wrong Side in World War II
 
> D1. An Irish-American broadcast Nazi propaganda to Britain
> during the war -- under what nickname or pseudonym?
 
Lord Haw Haw
 
> D2. Iva Toguri d'Aquino was convicted of transmitting Japanese
> propaganda to the Americans in the same manner -- under
> what nickname or pseudonym?
 
Tokyo Rose
 
> D3. Who was executed by firing squad at the Akershus fortress
> in Oslo in October 1945?
 
Quisling
 

> * E. Anagrams
 
> In each case, rearrange the letters to form a single word in English.
 
> E1. Despair.
 
Praised
 
> E2. Infringe.
 
Refining
 
> E3. Nameless.
 
Lameness, Maleness
 
Are players allowed to use pen and paper in the original game?
 
 
 
> What subatomic particle...
 
> F1. ...exists in the following forms? Up, down, top, bottom,
> strange.
 
Quark
 
> F2. ...is the counterpart to the antimatter particle called
> a positron?
 
Electron

> F3. ...has a half-life of approximately 13 minutes?
 
Boson, Higgs Boson
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 27 04:36AM -0500

Mark Brader:
>> * E. Anagrams
 
>> In each case, rearrange the letters to form a single word in English.
 
"Calvin":
> Are players allowed to use pen and paper in the original game?
 
Yes.
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 27 03:06AM -0700

On 5/26/19 1:56 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> in 1988 with the song "Ne Partez pas sans moi". Who sang that?
 
> 2. The 1974 contest took place at the seaside resort of Brighton.
> Name the pop group that sang the winning entry.
 
ABBA
 
 
> 4. British SF writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke made a cameo appearance
> sitting on a Washington park bench, in what *sequel* to a
> well-known movie?
 
2010: The Odyssey Continues
 
> the most Golden Raspberry or "Razzie" awards. The financial
> losses are difficult to determine due to fraud regarding the
> movie's budget.
 
Battleship Earth
 
 
> 15. Even Oprah couldn't save this movie from losing approximately
> $150,000,000 US. Name this adaptation from the novel of the
> same name by Madeleine L'Engle.
 
A Wrinkle in Time
 
 
> * A. Nationalities
 
> What is the nationality of...
> A1. ...actress Liv Ullmann?
 
German
 
 
> * B. Islands
 
> B1. Which island was settled in 1790 by mutineers from the
> Bounty and women from Tahiti?
 
Pitcairn
 
 
 
> B2. On which island are the towns of Malia and Sitia?
 
> B3. Which *two* countries share the island of Hispaniola?
 
Dominican Republic and Haiti
 
 
> C1. This movie is about a major volcanic eruption in the
> 19th century, but its title is geographically incorrect.
> Name that title.
 
Krakatoa: East of Java
 
 
> C3. In the movie "Gladiator", in the "Battle of Carthage
> reenactment" scene in the Colosseum, when one of the chariots
> turns over, what anachronism is plainly visible on it?
 
rubber tire
 
 
> * D. On the Wrong Side in World War II
 
> D1. An Irish-American broadcast Nazi propaganda to Britain
> during the war -- under what nickname or pseudonym?
 
Berlin Betty
 
 
> D2. Iva Toguri d'Aquino was convicted of transmitting Japanese
> propaganda to the Americans in the same manner -- under
> what nickname or pseudonym?
 
Tokyo Rose
 
 
> D3. Who was executed by firing squad at the Akershus fortress
> in Oslo in October 1945?
 
Vidkun Quisling
 
 
> * E. Anagrams
 
> In each case, rearrange the letters to form a single word in English.
 
> E1. Despair.
 
diapers
 
> E2. Infringe.
 
refining
 
> E3. Nameless.
 
maleness
 
 
> What subatomic particle...
 
> F1. ...exists in the following forms? Up, down, top, bottom,
> strange.
 
quark
 
 
> F2. ...is the counterpart to the antimatter particle called
> a positron?
 
electron
 
 
> F3. ...has a half-life of approximately 13 minutes?
 
neutron
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 26 03:53PM -0500

Mark Brader:
 
> 1. Bob Mathias served as a Republican representing California
> for four terms from 1967 to 1975. And back in 1948 and 1952,
> he also won two Olympic gold medals -- in what event?
 
Decathlon. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum and Pete.
 
> 2. Bill Bradley served as a Democrat representing New Jersey in
> the Senate for three terms, from 1979 to 1997. He was also a
> member of the 1964 gold-medal-winning team in what sport?
 
Basketball. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 5 years in the 1990s and leading the successful bid to gain
> London the 2012 Olympics, Sebastian Coe won Olympic gold at the
> Moscow and Los Angeles Olympics in which track-and-field event?
 
1500 m. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Calvin. 3 for Pete.
 
 
> * Pump-Up Speeches
 
Yes, it's an entertainment triple in the sports round.
 
> potential, to be the best that you can be, I don't care what
> the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we're
> going to be winners."
 
"Hoosiers". (Hackman as Norman Dale.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
 
> do that -- if you do that -- we cannot lose. We may be behind
> on the scoreboard at the end of the game, but if you play like
> that we cannot be defeated."
 
"We are Marshall". (McConaughey as Jack Lengyel.)
 
> Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay
> with them. And we shut them down, because we can. Tonight,
> *we* are the greatest hockey team in the world."
 
"Miracle". (Russell as Herb Brooks.) 4 for Joshua.
 
 
 
> 7. Within 1, in what *century* does tradition state that the first
> Olympic games were played at Olympia on the Peleponnesian
> peninsula?
 
8th BC. (It was 776 BC. Accepting 9th-7th BC or 800s, 700s, or
600s BC.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
 
If you didn't know, it would at least have been a good idea not
to guess any later century than the one mentioned in question 8.
If you did know the century, it would have been a good idea to name
it rather than giving the year, which is not what was asked for.
 
> 8. In the 300s BC, Cynisca of Sparta was banned from even watching
> the games, despite having won two events as owner of the winning
> 4-horse chariot team. Why?
 
She was a woman. 4 for Joshua and Calvin.
 
> 9. Leonidas of Rhodes won 12 first-place awards in foot racing in
> the ancient games -- a lifetime record not beaten in any sport
> in the modern games until 2016. Who did it then?
 
Michael Phelps (swimming). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
 
> * Wheaties
 
> Name these athletes who appeared on the Wheaties box.
 
> 10. In 1977 and 2012, a male track-and-field star.
 
Bruce Jenner -- not female until 2015. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
 
> 11. The male professional athlete who holds the record for most
> appearances on the box, starting in 1988.
 
Michael Jordan (basketball). 4 for Joshua, Pete, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
 
> 12. The NFL player who was on the box in 2004, but was disgraced
> by scandal in 2007.
 
Michael Vick. 3 for Calvin.
 
 
> it would be ambiguous.
 
> 13. In 2009, Gloria Estefan became a minority owner of what
> NFL team?
 
Miami Dolphins. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
> 14. In 1989, George W. Bush bought a percentage of what major-league
> baseball team?
 
Texas Rangers. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum.
 
> 15. In 2011, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith bought a percentage
> of what NBA team?
 
Philadelphia 76ers. 4 for Joshua.
 
 
> ** Final, Round 8 - Arts & Literature
 
This round was the hardest in the original game.
 
> * Autobiographies
 
> 1. Which actor wrote the autobiography "The Moon's a Balloon"?
 
David Niven. 4 for Joshua and Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
> 2. Which athlete wrote the autobiography "Open"?
 
Andre Agassi. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Calvin.
 
> 3. Which singer/songwriter wrote the autobiography "Chronicles"?
 
Bob Dylan. 4 for Joshua.
 
 
> the forge, so the evening mists were rising now, and in all
> the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw
> no shadow of another parting from her."
 
"Great Expectations". 4 for Joshua.
 
> 5. Which novel ends as follows? "Now what the hell do you suppose
> is eatin' them two guys?"
 
"Of Mice and Men".
 
> 6. Which novel ends as follows? "The creatures outside looked
> from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again;
> but already it was impossible to say which was which."
 
"Animal Farm". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
 
 
 
> In each case name the author.
 
> 7. "The Brothers Karamazov", a murder mystery where one of four
> brothers is responsible for their father's death.
 
Fyodor Dostoyevski. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Pete.
 
> 8. "Mother", written in 1906, describes provincial life in Czarist
> Russia. It influenced the Bolshevik revolution.
 
Maxim Gorky. 3 for Dan Blum.
 
> 9. Also in Czarist Russia, "Anna Karenina" is a novel about adultery
> among the aristocracy.
 
Leo Tolstoy. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Calvin. 2 for Pete.
 
 
> movie dramatization starring Tom Hanks. The book's title was
> partly similar to that movie and partly similar to an earlier,
> completely unrelated novel and movie.
 
"Strangers on a Bridge". (Hanks's movie was "Bridge of Spies"
(2015) and the unrelated title was "Strangers on a Train" (1951).)
 
> 11. This book by Ben Macintyre describes the true story of British
> agents rescuing their asset Oleg Gordievsky from the USSR.
 
"The Spy and the Traitor".
 
> 12. This book by FBI agent Eric O'Neill describes the author's
> role in the arrest, conviction, and imprisonment of fellow FBI
> agent Robert Hanssen for spying for Russia.
 
"Gray Day".
 
 
> artist refused Nelson Rockefeller's demand to remove the image
> of Lenin from the painting, Rockefeller had the mural destroyed.
> Name the artist.
 
Diego Rivera. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
 
The painting was supposed to be about choosing between capitalism and
Communism, but was denounced in a newspaper as Communist propaganda.
Rivera added Lenin to it afterwards, and when Rockefeller objected, he
had black-and-white photos of the mural taken before it was destroyed.
He then recreated it in Mexico City:
 
http://www.diegorivera.org/images/famous/man-at-the-crossroads.jpg
 
Lenin appears about 1/3 of the way in from the right-hand side:
 
> 14. In 1954, artist Graham Sutherland painted a world leader's
> portrait for his 80th birthday, but the man's wife ordered
> it destroyed. Which leader?
 
Sir Winston Churchill. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. 2 for Pete.
 
> had a painter create 20 original works for a documentary on
> his technique. They were painted on glass before a camera and
> then destroyed. Who was the painter?
 
Pablo Picasso. 4 for Joshua and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Sci His Can Spo A+L FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 35 28 50 35 52 40 177
Dan Tilque 34 40 36 36 20 8 146
Dan Blum 32 44 39 15 30 27 145
Erland Sommarskog 27 24 44 11 4 4 106
"Calvin" 16 31 34 8 19 19 103
Pete Gayde 13 18 31 7 34 19 102
 
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 26 11:53PM +0200

> If you did know the century, it would have been a good idea to name
> it rather than giving the year, which is not what was asked for.
 
Counting centuries backwards is too difficult. I would only have
messed it up anyway.
 
But I guess I could have answered "Whichever centuty 776 BC was in".
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 26 07:46PM -0700

On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 6:53:41 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> > peninsula?
 
> 8th BC. (It was 776 BC. Accepting 9th-7th BC or 800s, 700s, or
> 600s BC.)
 
I believe I should get some points for this question.
 
> > 13. In 2009, Gloria Estefan became a minority owner of what
> > NFL team?
 
And this one.
 
tx,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 27 04:44AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > > peninsula?
 
> > 8th BC. (It was 776 BC. Accepting 9th-7th BC or 800s, 700s, or
> > 600s BC.)

"Calvin":
> I believe I should get some points for this question.
 
You were over 1,000 years off!
 

> > > 13. In 2009, Gloria Estefan became a minority owner of what
> > > NFL team?
 
> And this one.
 
Sorry about that. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete, as before, *and
2 for Calvin*.
 
 
Scores, if there are now no errors:
 
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Sci His Can Spo A+L FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 35 28 50 35 52 40 177
Dan Tilque 34 40 36 36 20 8 146
Dan Blum 32 44 39 15 30 27 145
Erland Sommarskog 27 24 44 11 4 4 106
"Calvin" 16 31 34 8 21 19 105
Pete Gayde 13 18 31 7 34 19 102
 
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Toronto | do that in my sleep. In fact, I do."
msb@vex.net | --Bennie Rosato (Lisa Scottoline, "Feared")
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 26 08:08PM -0700

On Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 11:01:25 PM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
 
> I'm starting a new series of quizzes.
 
Thanks.
 
> 1. Nicknamed "L'enfer du Nord" (The Hell of the North), it is a
> prestigious one-day event in which sport?
 
Cycling
 
> unexpectedly stepped down. It only took ten days after his
> resignation that the national capital was renamed after him.
> Which country am I talking about?
 
Kazakhstan
 
> 4. Jack Ma is the founder and head of which Internet giant?
 
Instagram
 
 
> 6. The ancient kingdom of Goguryeo - an older transliteration is
> Koguryo - existed until 668 AD existed on a territory which
> roughly corresponds to which state existing today?
 
South Korea

> 7. Which former racing champion died at the age of 70 just a few
> days ago?
 
Lauda
 
> as their lead singer made a political career and was elected
> to the national Senate and also was minister of the government
> for a while. Since 2016 they are active again. What is their name?
 
Midnight Oil
 
> 10. Which popular programming language is named after a British
> comedy series?
 
Python
 
 
> 11: Where are the six countries with the highest male surplus located?
> Give a regional description which is specific enough, or just
> name any of the six countries.
 
India
 
> 12: And the same question for the six countries with the highest
> female surplus. Again, Give a regional description which is
> specific enough, or just name any of the six countries.
 
Yemen
 
cheers,
calvin
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