- QFTCIUA19 Game 4, Rounds 2-3: Can +/- 1, book -> movie - 3 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #568 - 4 Updates
- QFTCIUA19 Game 4, Rounds 4,6: fathers, fictional bands - 3 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 06 10:21PM -0700 On 7/6/19 4:35 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > took place in the 20th century, and you have a one-year leeway on > each one. Answers may repeat. > 1. When was the St. Lawrence Seaway opened? 1959 > 2. When did Nunavut become Canada's newest territory? 1998 > 3. When were the Dionne quintuplets born? 1938; 1935 > 4. Within a year, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her accession > to the throne? 22 > 5. When did Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope" take place? > 6. When was the federal election voting age lowered from 21 to 18? > (The law change, not the first election under it.) 1973 > win a general election for a provincial premiership? > 9. When did the federal government cancel the development of the > Avro Arrow fighter plane? 1958 > 2. The 1979 hostage thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick > Thorp took place in a Los Angeles office tower and was made into > a 1988 movie that spawned four sequels. Name the first movie. Die Hard > 7. In 1968, Ted Hughes wrote a modern fairy tale called "The Iron > Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights". Name the animated > movie it became 31 years later. The Iron Giant -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 07 11:18AM +0200 > * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Canada within a Year > 1. When was the St. Lawrence Seaway opened? 1967 > 2. When did Nunavut become Canada's newest territory? 1996 > 4. Within a year, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her accession > to the throne? 29 > 6. When was the federal election voting age lowered from 21 to 18? > (The law change, not the first election under it.) 1969 > 7. When did the UK Privy Council decide the case of Edwards > v. Canada (Attorney General), ruling that Canadian women are > legally "persons"? 1921 > 8. When did PEI's Catherine Callbeck become the first woman to > win a general election for a provincial premiership? 1981 > 9. When did the federal government cancel the development of the > Avro Arrow fighter plane? 1981 > 10. When did Alec Guinness inaugurate the Stratford Festival with > his performance as Richard III? 1959 |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 09 06:26PM -0500 Mark Brader: > Close is good enough in horseshoes and in this round. These events > took place in the 20th century, and you have a one-year leeway on > each one. Answers may repeat. On questions where nobody got it, I am accepting answers within 2 years as "almost correct". > 1. When was the St. Lawrence Seaway opened? 1959 (accepting 1958-60). 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. > 2. When did Nunavut become Canada's newest territory? 1999 (accepting 1998-2000). 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua and Pete. > 3. When were the Dionne quintuplets born? 1934 (accepting 1933-35). 3 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Tilque. > 4. Within a year, how old was Queen Elizabeth II at her accession > to the throne? 25 (accepting 24-26). 4 for Joshua and Calvin. 3 for Pete. In the original game the expected answer was 25 but the question asked about her coronation, with was actually about 16 months later when she was 27. (Being a purely ceremonial event, it gets delayed until a convenient date.) I decided to keep the answer and change the question. She's now 93, by the way -- see the specially selected non-random signature quote. > 5. When did Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope" take place? 1980 (accepting 1979-81). 3 for Joshua. > 6. When was the federal election voting age lowered from 21 to 18? > (The law change, not the first election under it.) 1970 (accepting 1969-71). 4 for Erland. 3 for Joshua. The first election affected was the one in 1972, which reduced Pierre Trudeau's government to a minority until the following election. > 7. When did the UK Privy Council decide the case of Edwards > v. Canada (Attorney General), ruling that Canadian women are > legally "persons"? 1929 (accepting 1928-30). The Supreme Court of Canada, sadly, had ruled the other way, but at that time Canadian cases could still be appealed to the UK. The grounds given for the reversal amounted to "Why not?" > 8. When did PEI's Catherine Callbeck become the first woman to > win a general election for a provincial premiership? 1993 (accepting 1992-94). 2 for Pete. > 9. When did the federal government cancel the development of the > Avro Arrow fighter plane? 1959 (accepting 1958-60). 4 for Dan Tilque. Remember, it was the Diefenbaker government that was responsible. > 10. When did Alec Guinness inaugurate the Stratford Festival with > his performance as Richard III? 1953 (accepting 1952-54). 3 for Joshua. 2 for Pete. > you for the other. > 1. In book form, the 1961 gothic horror film "The Innocents" > is better known to fans of novelist Henry James as what? "The Turn of the Screw". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 2. The 1979 hostage thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick > Thorp took place in a Los Angeles office tower and was made into > a 1988 movie that spawned four sequels. Name the first movie. "Die Hard". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete. > Mills and again in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan -- was taken from a > German novel titled "Lottie and Lisa" ("Das doppelte Lottchen"). > The same title was used for both movies. "The Parent Trap". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. 2 for Calvin. > in 2011. Each movie had an Arctic or Antarctic setting, and > the short version of each movie's title was the same. Give that > short title. "The Thing". (The 1951 one was also known as "The Thing from Another World" and the 1982 one as "John Carpenter's The Thing".) 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 5. Marine Corps veteran Gustav Hasford's 1979 novel "The > Short-Timers" was made into what classic 1987 war movie? "Full Metal Jacket". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 6. The Stephen King novella "Cycle of the Werewolf" was made into > a 1985 horror film, also scripted by King, and starring Corey > Haim. "Silver Bullet". > 7. In 1968, Ted Hughes wrote a modern fairy tale called "The Iron > Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights". Name the animated > movie it became 31 years later. "The Iron Giant". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 8. Rosalind Wiseman's book "Queen Bees and Wannabes" was made into > what 2004 Lindsay Lohan film? "Mean Girls". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and ete. > 9. Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel "Oil!" was made into which Daniel > Day-Lewis movie? "There will be Blood". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 10. Vikas Swarup's 2005 novel "Q & A" became this Best Picture > Oscar-winning movie. "Slumdog Millionaire". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Lit Joshua Kreitzer 22 36 58 Dan Blum 4 36 40 Pete Gayde 10 20 30 Dan Tilque 14 8 22 "Calvin" 4 10 14 Erland Sommarskog 4 0 4 -- Mark Brader | I remember singing "God Save the Queen" every morning... Toronto | "Long live our noble Queen!" ... I guess it worked. msb@vex.net | She's still alive. --Rick Moranis, 2009 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 08 02:37PM -0700 On 7/7/19 8:09 PM, Calvin wrote: > 1 The outermost metallic layer of a Compact Disc usually consists of which metal? aluminium > 2 What word is variously an Irish sports TV network, the Catalan word for 70, and the birth name of the mythological figure Cú Chulainn? > 3 Which foreign country has twice hosted the tennis tournament now known as the Australian Open? New Zealand > 4 This weapon lends its name to a type of woman's shoe with a slender, tapered high heel? stiletto > 5 Which American poet's parody of the laws of thermodynamics states that (1) You can't win, (2) You can't break even, and (3) You can't get out of the game? > 6 Which is the only country in mainland Europe that shares the same time zone as the UK and Ireland? Portugal > 7 In what chronological order was Krzysztof Kieślowski's "Three Colors" trilogy released? All we need is the three colours, in their correct order. red, green, blue (that's the order of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, so I figure it must be the same :) ) > 8 'Walking in Memphis' was a 1991 hit for which American folk musician? > 9 What is the most common name of the professional basketball team that ended a 2,495-game losing streak with a one-point win over their arch rivals in 1971? Washington Generals -- Dan Tilque |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 08 05:19PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 The outermost metallic layer of a Compact Disc usually consists > of which metal? Aluminum > 2 What word is variously an Irish sports TV > network, the Catalan word for 70, and the birth name of the > mythological figure Cú Chulainn? Setanta > 3 Which foreign country has > twice hosted the tennis tournament now known as the Australian Open? New Zealand > 4 This weapon lends its name to a type of woman's shoe with a > slender, tapered high heel? Stiletto > 5 Which American poet's parody of > the laws of thermodynamics states that (1) You can't win, (2) You > can't break even, and (3) You can't get out of the game? Frost > 6 Which > is the only country in mainland Europe that shares the same time zone > as the UK and Ireland? Portugal > 7 In what chronological order was Krzysztof > Kieślowski's "Three Colors" trilogy released? All we need is the > three colours, in their correct order. Red, Green, Blue > 8 'Walking in Memphis' was > a 1991 hit for which American folk musician? Bob Dylan > common name of the professional basketball team that ended a > 2,495-game losing streak with a one-point win over their arch rivals > in 1971? Washington Generals > 10 Twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid are members of > which British musical group? Oasis > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 08 11:41AM > 4 This weapon lends its name to a type of woman's shoe with a slender, tapered high heel? stiletto > 6 Which is the only country in mainland Europe that shares the same time zone as the UK and Ireland? Portugal > 7 In what chronological order was Krzysztof Kie??lowski???s "Three Colors" trilogy released? All we need is the three colours, in their correct order. Red, Blue, White > 9 What is the most common name of the professional basketball team that ended a 2,495-game losing streak with a one-point win over their arch rivals in 1971? Washington Generals -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Jul 08 09:26AM +0200 > 1 The outermost metallic layer of a Compact Disc usually consists of > which metal? Aluminuium > 2 What word is variously an Irish sports TV network, the Catalan > word for 70, and the birth name of the mythological figure Cú Chulainn? Settant > 3 Which foreign country has twice hosted the tennis tournament now > known as the Australian Open? New Zealand? > 6 Which is the only country in mainland Europe that shares the same > time zone as the UK and Ireland? Portugal > 7 In what chronological order was Krzysztof Kie?lowski?s "Three > Colors" trilogy released? All we need is the three colours, in their > correct order. That question wouldn't be acceptable in Toronto. Asking for there things! And in order! Hm, white-blue-read? |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 09 11:40PM > * Game 4, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Father's Day > 2. This boxer famously named all five of his sons "George Edward" > so they would always have something in common. Name the father. George Foreman > 3. This R&B singer had a posthumous duet with his daughter in 1991. > Name the father. Nat King Cole > plotting to kill him, the emperor commuted his death sentence > and instead sent him to a monastery for the rest of his life. > Name the emperor. Charlemagne > After the father's execution, his daughter Margaret Roper bribed > the man tasked with throwing his head in the Thames and gave > it a proper burial. Who was that father? Thomas More > 6. This man may be the most prolific father of all time -- 0.8% > of the world's population is descended from him. Who is he? Genghis Khan > 7. This son paid tribute to his 102-year-old father at the Golden > Globes this year by saying "Altercockers rule!". "Altercocker" > is a Yiddish term for old guy. Name the son. Rob Reiner > his first wife but three of his sons, causing Emperor Augustus to > comment that it was "better to be that man's pig than his son". > Name that king. Herod > 9. There are a lot of negative things being said about this late > father, but the nadir of his parenting was likely dangling his > infant son from a balcony. Name the father. Michael Jackson > 10. This chef's children are Poppy, Buddy, River, Petal, and Daisy. > Who is he? Gordon Ramsey > * Game 4, Round 6 - Entertainment - Bands that Exist Only on Screen > 6. Otis Day and the Nights, 1978. Animal House > 7. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, 1979. The Mupper Movie > 8. Marvin Berry and the Starlighters, 1985. Marvin was Chuck's > cousin. Back to the Future > 9. The Wonders or Oneders, 1996. Mispronounced at one point as > "oh-NEED-ers". That Thing You Do! > 10. The Rutles, 1978. We need the part of the title that isn't > "The Rutles". All You Need is Cash -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jul 10 02:53PM On Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:29:35 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > they? > 2. This boxer famously named all five of his sons "George Edward" > so they would always have something in common. Name the father. George Foreman > 3. This R&B singer had a posthumous duet with his daughter in 1991. > Name the father. Nat King Cole > Who was that father? > 6. This man may be the most prolific father of all time -- 0.8% > of the world's population is descended from him. Who is he? Genghis Kahn > 7. This son paid tribute to his 102-year-old father at the Golden > Globes this year by saying "Altercockers rule!". "Altercocker" is a > Yiddish term for old guy. Name the son. Michael Douglas > 9. There are a lot of negative things being said about this late > father, but the nadir of his parenting was likely dangling his infant > son from a balcony. Name the father. Michael Jackson > 3. The Soggy Bottom Boys, 2000. > 4. Autobahn, 1998. A band of German nihilists. > 5. The Folksmen, 2003. A Mighty Wind > 6. Otis Day and the Nights, 1978. Animal House > 7. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, 1979. The Muppet Movie > 8. Marvin Berry and the Starlighters, 1985. Marvin was Chuck's > cousin. Back To The Future > "oh-NEED-ers". > 10. The Rutles, 1978. We need the part of the title that isn't > "The Rutles". All You Need Is Cash |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 09 06:47PM -0700 On 7/9/19 4:29 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > Who are they? > 2. This boxer famously named all five of his sons "George Edward" > so they would always have something in common. Name the father. George Foreman > 3. This R&B singer had a posthumous duet with his daughter in 1991. > Name the father. Sinatra ?? > plotting to kill him, the emperor commuted his death sentence > and instead sent him to a monastery for the rest of his life. > Name the emperor. Charlemagne > it a proper burial. Who was that father? > 6. This man may be the most prolific father of all time -- 0.8% > of the world's population is descended from him. Who is he? Genghis Khan > his first wife but three of his sons, causing Emperor Augustus to > comment that it was "better to be that man's pig than his son". > Name that king. Herod The Great > 5. The Folksmen, 2003. > 6. Otis Day and the Nights, 1978. > 7. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, 1979. The Muppet Movie -- Dan Tilque |
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