| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 22 02:37AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-06-17, 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 5, Round 4 - Science - Stuff They Did in Space On July 20, it will have been 50 years since Neil Armstrong botched that one line he had to memorize as the first words spoken from the surface of the Moon. Here's a round on the space race and NASA. 1. How did the residents of Perth, Australia, get John Glenn's attention during his historic flight on Friendship 7? 2. Within 2, what was the announced maximum age limit for the 7 original Mercury astronauts? 3. What was the nationality of the first non-American to be included in the crew of a US spacecraft? 4. What was significant about the mission to the Solar Max satellite by the space shuttle Challenger in 1984? 5. At the commissioning of the first US space shuttle, the theme from what TV series was played? 6. In a Cold War space-race "first" that was almost as worrisome as Sputnik, what previously unseen celestial thing did a Russian space probe photograph in 1959? 7. What does EVA stand for, to astronauts? 8. Before they changed it to LM, what did NASA's acronym LEM stand for? 9. Already famous for one space "first", which astronaut was then the first man to golf on the Moon? 10. The final moon mission in 1972 wasn't the end of Apollo. What Apollo good-will mission took place on July 17, 1975? * Game 5, Round 5 - Audio - Pop Songs and Classical Music Because they're in the public domain, many pieces of classical music are "borrowed" in pop songs. We'll describe some music, both classical and contemporary, and ask about their connections. (In the original game, of course, you would have heard either the classical or the borrowed version. But I think at least some of the questions should be playable without the audio.) 1. Martini's "Plaisir d'amour" inspired which Elvis Presley song? 2. Parts of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 were sampled for which song that was a chart hit for Céline Dion and Eric Carmen? 3. The 1970s hit "Joy" by Apollo 100 is a note-for-note electronica version of one of classical music's most famous pieces. Name the original composer. 4. A Canadian documentarian dodged paying rights to the theme from "Rocky" by using a classical piece called "15th Century Fanfare". Name the composer of the "Rocky" theme, who was nominated for an Oscar for this obvious thievery. 5. Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky" soundtrack was ripped off in 1975, the "Battle on the Ice" theme providing the musical basis for a summer blockbuster. Name the contemporary soundtrack composer who lifted that music. 6. Bach's "Minuet in G" was rearranged note-for-note for a 1965 pop hit by the Toys. What was the song's name? 7. In the song "I Can" by Nas, name the classic that's being sampled on piano. 8. Bach's "Orchestral Suite in D" was one of the inspirations for a 1968 hit by a British band. Name the song *or* the band. 9. In the song "C U When You Get There", a classical piece is sampled in the background. Name the composer of that piece. 10. Again with Elvis. Name the globally known Neapolitan song, written in 1898 and popular with operatic tenors, that was appropriated in "It's Now or Never". * Game 5, Round 6 - Literature - Popularized by Shakespeare There are many phrases that are used in everyday modern English that William Shakespeare popularized. We will give you the play and a definition, you give us the phrase. 1. When Shakespeare used this expression -- meaning a foolish or hopeless pursuit of something unattainable -- in "Romeo and Juliet", Act II, Scene IV, it referred to a horse race rather than fowl. 2. This expression, used to describe something old and worn, appears both in Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens" and "As You Like It". It actually first appeared in the anonymous play "Sir Thomas More", which is often at least partially attributed to The Bard. 3. In "As You Like It", Act IV, Scene I, Orlando utters this promise of everlasting love when Rosalind asks him, "Now tell me how long you would have her after you possessed her". 4. It is sometimes assumed that Lewis Carroll coined this famous expression of the Queen of Hearts, but it appears in Shakespeare's "Richard III", Act III, Scene IV. 5. From "Hamlet", Act III, Scene IV, this is an expression used when you do or say something to another person which you believe to be for their own good, and will be helpful for them in the future, although it might be painful or hurtful at this moment. Also a Nick Lowe song title. 6. From "The Merchant of Venice", Act II, Scene VI, this expression means that we ignore or refuse to see our beloved's faults. 7. Something considered to be the perfect specimen, the ne plus ultra, this expression appears in "Macbeth", Act I, Scene VII. 8. This chilly phrase, popularized by Shakespeare, means to do or say something to relieve tension or start a conversation. It appears in "The Taming of the Shrew", Act I, Scene II. 9. Uttered by the porter in "Macbeth", Act II, Scene III, this line is the opening line of too many children's and dad jokes. 10. Most people think Sir Arthur Conan Doyle coined this famous expression meaning that the process is underway. Shakespeare, however, used it first in "Henry V", Act III, Scene I. -- Mark Brader | "If one were to believe the bulk of our mail, one Toronto | would conclude that about every part of our anatomy msb@vex.net | (even those we don't possess) is the wrong size..." --LWN My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 21 04:53PM -0700 On Friday, July 19, 2019 at 4:02:08 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 5, Round 2 - Canadiana - Official Provincial/Territorial Whatevers I think not. > 4. Another fine movie choice. Name the actor in D. > 5. Even made up to look Asian, you know the actor in E is John > Wayne. Who is he playing? Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun > August Moon". > 8. Mickey Rooney said he "forgave" those who criticized him for > playing this Japanese guy. Name movie H. Breakfast at Tiffany's > 10. And, turnabout being fair play, here, in J, are the stars of > "White Chicks" (2004). Name *either* of the African-American > actors who play those white chicks. Wayans > 11. Name the actor in K, who's playing a Mexican here in an Orson > Welles movie. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 22 02:33AM -0500 Mark Brader: > provincial flowers, animals, rocks, trees, and for all we know, > hamburgers. In this round, we'll name some official things, > you name the province or territory. This was the easiest round in the original game. > 1. Official motto: Fortis et liber ("strong and free"). > Official flower: Wild Rose. > Official mineral: Petrified Wood. Alberta. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 2. Official bird: The Atlantic Puffin. > Official flower: Purple Pitcher Plant. > Official animal: Caribou. Newfoundland and Labrador. "Newfoundland" was sufficient. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 3. Official flower: Pacific Dogwood. > Official animal: Spirit Bear. > Official fish: Pacific Salmon British Columbia, duh. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > Official motto: Parva sub ingenti ("the small under the > protection of the great", or more literally, "the small under > cover of the enormous"). Prince Edward Island. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. 3 for Pete. > 5. Official flower: Blue Flag Iris. > Official bird: Snowy Owl. > Official tree: Yellow Birch. Quebec. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum. > 6. Official bird: Rock Ptarmigan. > Official animal: Canadian Eskimo Dog. > Official symbol: Inukshuk. Nunavut. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. 3 for Joshua. > 7. Official bird: Common Loon. > Official tree: Eastern White Pine. > Official mineral: Amethyst. Ontario. 3 for Pete. (Yes, not the blue jay! The team is, after all, named in part after a beer label, rather than anything officially provincial.) > 8. Official flower: Western Red Lily. > Official animal: White-tailed Deer. > Official mineral: Potash. Saskatchewan. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > 9. Official flower: Prairie Crocus. > Official animal: Plains Bison. > Official fish: Walleye. Manitoba. 3 for Joshua and Pete. > 10. Official flower: Mountain Avens. > Official animal: Arctic Grayling. > Official mineral: Diamond. Northwest Territories. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Pete. > Answer it if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. The actor in A is Warner Oland, a Swedish-American. Who is > he playing? Charlie Chan. (He played the role in 17 movies, 1931-37.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 2. Name the famous non-Japanese actor in B, from the 1961 movie > "A Majority Of One". Alec Guinness. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > and Charles Correll, were the radio voices of a couple of > African-American characters in a situation comedy from 1928 > to 1943. Name that show. "Amos'n'Andy". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 4. Another fine movie choice. Name the actor in D. Johnny Depp (as Tonto in "The Lone Ranger" (2013)). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 5. Even made up to look Asian, you know the actor in E is John > Wayne. Who is he playing? Genghis Khan (in "The Conqueror" (1956)). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Calvin. > 6. (Decoy) Name the Katharine Hepburn movie in F. "Dragon Seed" (1944). Joshua got this. > 7. Name the actor in G, from the 1956 movie "The Teahouse of the > August Moon". Marlon Brando. > 8. Mickey Rooney said he "forgave" those who criticized him for > playing this Japanese guy. Name movie H. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961). 4 for Joshua and Calvin. > 9. Only the kid in I is Asian. The actors are Luise Rainer and > Paul Muni. Name the movie. "The Good Earth" (1937). 4 for Joshua. > 10. And, turnabout being fair play, here, in J, are the stars of > "White Chicks" (2004). Name *either* of the African-American > actors who play those white chicks. Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans. "Wayans" was sufficient. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Calvin. > 11. Name the actor in K, who's playing a Mexican here in an Orson > Welles movie. Charlton Heston (as Miguel Vargas in "Touch of Evil" (1958)). 4 for Joshua and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Ent Joshua Kreitzer 33 36 69 Pete Gayde 25 28 53 Dan Blum 21 20 41 Dan Tilque 20 4 24 "Calvin" 0 11 11 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Truth speak from any chair." msb@vex.net -- Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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