| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 17 01:25AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-07-08, 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 7, Round 4 - History - Famous Broadcast Quotes Here are some famous broadcast lines -- in one case in the context of a movie -- that have made history over time. We'll give you the line and ask a related question. 1. "Oh, the humanity!" Broadcaster Herbert Morrison famously exclaimed this at what event? 2. "Someone stop this senseless slaughter!" With those words, Howard Cosell gave up forever on broadcasting boxing. Name *either* of the fighters. 3. "Do you believe in miracles?" Sportscaster Al Michaels said this in 1980 in reference to which event? *Be specific.* 4. "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" American lawyer Joseph N. Welch said this to which politician in 1954? 5. "I am jumping out of character to tell you the preceding has no further significance than as the holiday offering it was intended to be: the Mercury Theatre's own radio version of dressing up in a sheet and jumping out of a bush and saying 'Boo!'" Name that famous broadcast. 6. "You had an option, sir." This line was the knockout blow in a Canadian political debate. Name *either* the person who said it in 1984, or who he said it to. But you must specify which question you are answering. 7. In October 1970, the late Tim Ralfe said these words on CBC to the Prime Minister. "At any cost? How far would you go with that? How far would you extend that?" What was the response? 8. In the movie "A Hard Day's Night", a reporter asks Ringo, "Are you a mod or a rocker?" What does Ringo say he is? 9. In a November 1992 speech at the Guildhall, Queen Elizabeth II referred to that year as "not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure." What famous nickname did she then give to that year? 10. King Edward VIII took to national radio in 1936 to abdicate his throne with the words, "You must believe me when I tell you that I would not have been able to carry the heavy stress of responsibility and to do my duties as King, as I would wish to do, without the help and support of the woman I love." *Name that woman.* First and last name required. * Game 7, Round 6 - Entertainment - Reality TV It's not reality, but a staged, cheaply-produced version of reality. And the genre is approaching 20 years onscreen. In each case, name the show. For questions #1-6, we'll give you either a catchphrase or some regular segments on the show. 1. "The tribe has spoken." 2. "Will you accept this rose?" 3. Restaurant challenge, Mystery Box. 4. Head of Household. Back door. Power of veto. 5. "I don't know, dude. That sounded kind of pitchy to me." 6. "You are the last to arrive, and I'm sorry to say, you have been eliminated." For #7-10, name the shows on which these people were regulars. 7. Willie Robertson, Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson. 8. Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, John Legend. 9. Rick Harrison, Richard "Old Man" Harrison, Austin "Chumlee" Russell. 10. Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, Julianne Hough, Mel B. -- Mark Brader | "I don't have to stay here to be insulted." Toronto | "I realize that. You're insulted everywhere, I imagine." msb@vex.net | -- Theodore Sturgeon My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 17 01:23AM -0500 Mark Brader: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-07-08, > and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct > answers in about 3 days. Oops, sorry about that. > * Game 7, Round 2 - Science - Green Porn > Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it. > Let's have a trivia round on the reproduction of plants and animals. This was the easiest round in the original game. > 1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce? Airborne spores. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 2. By what extraterrestrially influenced process do the eggs and > sperm of coral meet? Tidal action. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 3. What is unusual about how the seahorse gives birth? The male gives birth, having received eggs in its pouch from the female. 4 for everyone -- Bruce, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > 4. Name either of the mammals that are monotremes -- i.e. they > lay eggs. Echidna, platypus. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > 5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy, > platys and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean? They produce eggs which then hatch within their bodies just before birth. 4 for Bruce. In the original game the expected answer was "they live-birth their young", but *viviparous* is the word for that. > 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring? Mules. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Calvin. A "hinny" is the product of a male horse and female donkey. "Ass" is another word for donkey. > another flower, the pollen attaches to *what organ*, resulting > in pollination[?] Be fully specific. Hint: Despite the name, > no trauma usually results. Stigma. (It's part of the pistil, which would also fit the hint, but on protest in the original game it was ruled that pistil was not specific enough.) 4 for Calvin. > 8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what? Stamen. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Calvin. 3 for Pete and Erland. > 9. Where are a slug's reproductive organs? Just behind its head. Any reference to the head or part of the head was sufficient. 4 for Bruce. > 10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that > fact that it already has what? Both male and female sex organs, i.e. it's a hermaphrodite. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > In this handout modified from a drawing by John Atkinson: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-3/fish.jpg > you will have an immersion into the world of great art. Here's the original: http://wronghands1.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/art-school-of-fish.jpg > In the actual game Unnatural Axxxe used letters where What She > Said had used numbers, but it was easier for me to actually reuse > the same JPG and edit the round.) In the original game in 2018, this was one of two rounds tied for easiest in the game and 4th-easiest in the entire season. In 2019 it wasn't even the easiest in the game, though it was a close second behind Round 2. Of course, the specific choices of questions were different. > For questions #1-5, name the artist in whose style the applicable > fish is drawn: > 1. Fish #2. Piet Mondrian. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Calvin. > 2. Fish #15. Andy Warhol. 4 for everyone. > 3. Fish #11. Edvard Munch. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > 4. Fish #5. Pablo Picasso. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > 5. Fish #7. Henry Moore. > And after you've finished with those, please decode the rot13 for > questions #6-10, and give us the fish number for these artists: > 6. [Wassily] Kandinsky. Fish #3. 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Calvin. > 7. [Marcel] Duchamp. Fish #13. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 8. [Marc] Chagall. Fish #4. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 9. [Henri] Matisse. Fish #1. 2 for Pete. > 10. [Joan] Miró (Miro with an acute accent on the O). Fish #8. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland. > Finally, if you like, decode the following rot13 to see the 5 decoy > artists, and give their fish numbers for fun, but for no points. > 11. [Jackson] Pollock. Fish #10. > 12. [Keith] Haring (nyuk nyuk). Fish #6. Joshua got this. > 13. [Salvador] Dali. Fish #14. Bruce and Joshua got this. > 14. [Mark] Rothko. Fish #12. Joshua got this. > 15. [Paul] Klee. Fish #9. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Sci Art Dan Blum 28 32 60 Bruce Bowler 32 16 48 "Calvin" 22 19 41 Pete Gayde 23 18 41 Joshua Kreitzer 23 16 39 Dan Tilque 20 12 32 Erland Sommarskog 15 8 23 -- Mark Brader | "For the stronger we our houses do build, Toronto | The less chance we have of being killed." msb@vex.net | -- William McGonagall, "The Tay Bridge Disaster" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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