Wednesday, September 11, 2019

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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 10 11:23PM -0700

1 Diego Rivera twice married which fellow Mexican artist?
2 Which portmanteau sociological term refers to people in casual or contract employment, generally living just above poverty but without predictability or security?
3 Allegro is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner?
4 Who rock band had a 1983 hit with Sunday, Bloody Sunday?
5 Anil Kumble represented which country in international cricket?
6 Which poker hand has the alternative name Boat?
7 Which sports drink was developed at the University of Florida? Appropriately its name incorporates the nickname of that university's football team.
8 Which European country did the United States beat 2-0 in the final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?
9 What bodily substance is over-produced in an allergic reaction?
10 Who played the title role in the 1936 film Poor Little Rich Girl?
 
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 11 03:17AM -0500

"Calvin":
> 1 Diego Rivera twice married which fellow Mexican artist?
 
Kahlo.
 
> or contract employment, generally living just above poverty but
> without predictability or security?
 
> 3 Allegro is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner?
 
Quickly.
 
> 4 Who rock band had a 1983 hit with Sunday, Bloody Sunday?
 
U2?
 
> 5 Anil Kumble represented which country in international cricket?
 
Pakistan?
 
> 6 Which poker hand has the alternative name Boat?
 
None. :-)
 
I'll try three of a kind.
 
> 7 Which sports drink was developed at the University of Florida?
> Appropriately its name incorporates the nickname of that
> university's football team.
 
Gatorade.
 
> 8 Which European country did the United States beat 2-0 in the
> final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?
 
Netherlands.
 
> 9 What bodily substance is over-produced in an allergic reaction?
 
Histamine.
 
> 10 Who played the title role in the 1936 film Poor Little Rich Girl?
 
Temple.
 
--
Mark Brader | "It is only a guess, of course.
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Toronto | -- Insp. Grandpierre (Peter Stone, "Charade")
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 11 01:06AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-07-22,
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 9, Round 4 - History - A Potpourri of Things Past
 
1. By what name do now we know the august family that early in
the 19th century was known as Saxe-Coburg and Gotha?
 
2. Who is the only US president to win non-consecutive terms in
the White House?
 
3. In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first US city
to make which controversial addition to its public services?
(It must've been part of a Communist conspiracy.)
 
4. Within 5, of the 262 men who have held the title of Pope,
how many have died by violence?
 
5. Within 1, in what year were the first Nobel prizes awarded?
 
6. What was the first US state to secede from the union, setting
in motion the Civil War?
 
7. This airplane was the widest ever built with a single fuselage:
its wingspan was 320 feet. Name it.
 
8. What was the name of the first nuclear submarine, launched
in 1954?
 
9. The Great Pyramid at Giza is the only one of the Seven Wonders
of the ancient world that survives to this day. Name *any one*
of the others that didn't. (Location not necessary.)
 
10. Who finished second in the first US presidential election?
 
 
* Game 9, Round 6 - Entertainment - Fake Americans in the Movies
 
Whether they're Australian, English, Irish, or Scottish,
Hollywood has tapped into a breed of foreign-born actor who can
do any American accent, works cheap, and has a good work ethic.
Identify the following actors by their very American roles.
 
1. Born in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, this 28-year-old had a
Brooklyn accent in "Suicide Squad" and was nominated for an
Oscar for playing Portland-born Tonya Harding. Name her.
 
2. A sometime comedy partner of Stephen Fry, he won two Golden
Globes and was nominated for six Emmys for playing New Jerseyite
Gregory House.
 
3. This Irish actor played L.A. detective Ray Velcoro in season 2
of "True Detective". He also played Sonny Crockett in the
movie version of "Miami Vice".
 
4. This Brit actor was Baltimorean Stringer Bell in "The Wire"
and also had an American accent as Jessica Chastain's lawyer in
"Molly's Game".
 
5. This British actor played rogue American agent Nicholas Brody
in "Homeland", and the late Toronto mayor Rob Ford in the movie
"Run This Town".
 
6. The last two guys who played Spider-Man (not counting the
animated feature) were/are British. Name either of them.
 
7. She was nominated for an Oscar for "The Sixth Sense", and
Golden Globes for "Little Miss Sunshine" and "The United States
of Tara", playing Americans. She was considered the best actress
not nominated for any awards last year, for the horror film
"Hereditary". Name this Australian actress.
 
8. Name the Brit who plays Superman.
 
9. Famously English as a child actor, he has since played American
beat poet Allen Ginsberg in "Kill Your Darlings", and a gassy,
talking American corpse in "Swiss Army Man". Name him.
 
10. This Irish actress has been nominated for three Oscars --
the most recent one last year for playing a disgruntled
Sacramento schoolgirl in "Lady Bird". Name her.
 
--
Mark Brader, "It is impossible. Solution follows..."
Toronto, msb@vex.net -- Richard Heathfield
 
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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 10 11:29PM -0700

On Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 4:06:42 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> * Game 9, Round 4 - History - A Potpourri of Things Past
 
> 1. By what name do now we know the august family that early in
> the 19th century was known as Saxe-Coburg and Gotha?
 
Windsor
 
> 2. Who is the only US president to win non-consecutive terms in
> the White House?
 
Cleveland
 
> (It must've been part of a Communist conspiracy.)
 
> 4. Within 5, of the 262 men who have held the title of Pope,
> how many have died by violence?
 
6, 17
 
> 5. Within 1, in what year were the first Nobel prizes awarded?
 
1900
 
> 6. What was the first US state to secede from the union, setting
> in motion the Civil War?
 
North Carolina, South Carolina
 
> 7. This airplane was the widest ever built with a single fuselage:
> its wingspan was 320 feet. Name it.
 
Spruce Goose
 
> 8. What was the name of the first nuclear submarine, launched
> in 1954?
 
Nautilus
 
> 9. The Great Pyramid at Giza is the only one of the Seven Wonders
> of the ancient world that survives to this day. Name *any one*
> of the others that didn't. (Location not necessary.)
 
Hanging Gardens of Babylon

> 10. Who finished second in the first US presidential election?
 
Adams, Jefferson
 
 
 
> 1. Born in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, this 28-year-old had a
> Brooklyn accent in "Suicide Squad" and was nominated for an
> Oscar for playing Portland-born Tonya Harding. Name her.
 
Robbie
 
> 2. A sometime comedy partner of Stephen Fry, he won two Golden
> Globes and was nominated for six Emmys for playing New Jerseyite
> Gregory House.
 
Laurie
 
> 3. This Irish actor played L.A. detective Ray Velcoro in season 2
> of "True Detective". He also played Sonny Crockett in the
> movie version of "Miami Vice".
 
Farrell
 
> 4. This Brit actor was Baltimorean Stringer Bell in "The Wire"
> and also had an American accent as Jessica Chastain's lawyer in
> "Molly's Game".
 
Elba?
 
> of Tara", playing Americans. She was considered the best actress
> not nominated for any awards last year, for the horror film
> "Hereditary". Name this Australian actress.
 
Colette
 
 
> 10. This Irish actress has been nominated for three Oscars --
> the most recent one last year for playing a disgruntled
> Sacramento schoolgirl in "Lady Bird". Name her.
 
 
cheers,
calvin
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 11 06:39AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:37WdnQatF5hxE-XAnZ2dnUU7-
 
> * Game 9, Round 4 - History - A Potpourri of Things Past
 
> 1. By what name do now we know the august family that early in
> the 19th century was known as Saxe-Coburg and Gotha?
 
Windsor

> 2. Who is the only US president to win non-consecutive terms in
> the White House?
 
Grover Cleveland
 
> 3. In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first US city
> to make which controversial addition to its public services?
> (It must've been part of a Communist conspiracy.)
 
fluoridated water

> 4. Within 5, of the 262 men who have held the title of Pope,
> how many have died by violence?
 
5; 16
 
> 5. Within 1, in what year were the first Nobel prizes awarded?
 
1901
 
> 6. What was the first US state to secede from the union, setting
> in motion the Civil War?
 
South Carolina
 
> 7. This airplane was the widest ever built with a single fuselage:
> its wingspan was 320 feet. Name it.
 
Spruce Goose

> 8. What was the name of the first nuclear submarine, launched
> in 1954?
 
Nautilus
 
> 9. The Great Pyramid at Giza is the only one of the Seven Wonders
> of the ancient world that survives to this day. Name *any one*
> of the others that didn't. (Location not necessary.)
 
Colossus of Rhodes
 
> 10. Who finished second in the first US presidential election?
 
John Adams

 
> 1. Born in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, this 28-year-old had a
> Brooklyn accent in "Suicide Squad" and was nominated for an
> Oscar for playing Portland-born Tonya Harding. Name her.
 
Margot Robbie
 
> 2. A sometime comedy partner of Stephen Fry, he won two Golden
> Globes and was nominated for six Emmys for playing New Jerseyite
> Gregory House.
 
Hugh Laurie

> 4. This Brit actor was Baltimorean Stringer Bell in "The Wire"
> and also had an American accent as Jessica Chastain's lawyer in
> "Molly's Game".
 
Idris Elba
 
> 6. The last two guys who played Spider-Man (not counting the
> animated feature) were/are British. Name either of them.
 
Andrew Garfield
 
> of Tara", playing Americans. She was considered the best actress
> not nominated for any awards last year, for the horror film
> "Hereditary". Name this Australian actress.
 
Toni Collette
 
> 9. Famously English as a child actor, he has since played American
> beat poet Allen Ginsberg in "Kill Your Darlings", and a gassy,
> talking American corpse in "Swiss Army Man". Name him.
 
Daniel Ratcliffe

> 10. This Irish actress has been nominated for three Oscars --
> the most recent one last year for playing a disgruntled
> Sacramento schoolgirl in "Lady Bird". Name her.
 
Saoirse Ronan
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Sep 10 11:21PM -0700

On Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 12:51:45 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which tower block in West London caught fire in June 2017 with the loss of some 72 lives?
 
Grenfell [Tower]
 
> 2 In 1972 which US rock group released an album and hit single titled School's Out?
 
Alice Cooper
Not a group precisely - apologies if anyone was misled.
 
> 3 What variety of cheese is traditionally used in the Italian dessert tiramisu?
 
Marscapone
 
> 4 Named for the constellation in which it appears, which spiral galaxy is located approximately 2.5 million light years from Earth and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way?
 
Andromeda
 
> 5 Bluto is the nemesis of which cartoon character?
 
Popeye
 
> 6 What three-word phrase link former US president Barack Obama to children's TV character Bob the Builder?
 
Yes We Can!
 
> 7 What four words does the vehicular surveillance technology ANPR stand for?
 
Automatic Number Plate Recognition
 
> 8 Which 3-hour 1990 film told the story of Civil War veteran John J Dunbar and his encounters with a Sioux tribe?
 
Dances With Wolves
 
> 9 The Monza motor racing circuit is located in which European country? 
 
Italy
 
> 10 A monument to which disaster is located at Fish Street Hill, London, approximately 60 metres from Pudding Lane?
 
Great Fire [of London]
 
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 573
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 37 Joe
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 35 Dan Blum
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 36 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 31 Mark Brader
0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 19 Erland S
0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 22 Dan Tilque
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
2 3 4 6 5 3 2 5 6 4 40 67%
 
Congratulations Joe.
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 11 01:05AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> many words and sometimes give a hint. And you give that next line
> (or next part of the same line). *Exact answers* are required
> for full points.
 
This was the hardest round in the original game and the fourth-hardest
in the entire season.
 
> And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
> This above all..."
> (6 words.)
 
"To thine own self be true." (Act 1, Scene 3, Polonius to Laertes.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
 
> "She should have died hereafter.
> There would have been time for such a word..."
> (5 words, 3 of which are the same.)
 
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow." (Act 5, Scene 5, Macbeth
to Seyton. Yes, the other 2 words are also the same.) 4 for Joshua.
 
> Shall we their fond pageant see?
> Lord!..."
> (5 words.)
 
"What fools these mortals be." (Act 3, scene 2, Puck to Oberon.)
4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means
> Warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is?..."
> (8 words.)
 
"If you prick us, do we not bleed?" (Act 3, Scene 1, Shylock to
Salarino and Solanio.) 4 for Joshua. 3 for Calvin.
 
> Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death
> Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost!
> (Give the reply. 9 words. Some repetition.)
 
"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" (Act 5, Scene 4,
Richard to Catesby and Norfolk.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Calvin,
Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
 
 
> "And like this insubstantial pageant faded,
> Leave not a rack behind..."
> (9 words about consciousness.)
 
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on." (Act 4, Scene 1, Prospero
to Ferdinand. Accepting "made of".)
 
> With Ate by his side come hot from hell
> Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice..."
> (9 words on a canine theme.)
 
"Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war." (Act 3, Scene 1,
soliloquy by Mark Antony.) 3 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Calvin.
 
> 8. "Henry V":
 
> "We few. We happy few..."
> (4 words, think TV mini-series.)
 
"We band of brothers." (Act 4, Scene 3, Henry to various Englishmen.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 9. "Romeo and Juliet":
 
> "Good night! Good night!..."
> (5 words.)
 
"Parting is such sweet sorrow." (Act 2, Scene 2, Juliet to Romeo.)
4 for Joshua and Bruce.
 
 
> "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
> They have their entrances and exits..."
> (9 words.)
 
"And one man in his time plays many parts." (Act 2, Scene 7, Jaques
to Duke Senior.) 3 for Dan Blum.
 
 
> but we do like to print pretty color pictures for you:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-3/marks.pdf
 
> There were no decoys, and this round is sorted in order of the handout.
 
And this was the easiest round.
 
> 1. Picture A. This ancient Greek city is now a major attraction
> in Turkey. Name it.
 
Ephesus. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete.
 
> 2. Picture B is undoubtedly the most famous tourist attraction
> in Cambodia. Name it.
 
Angkor Wat. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin,
Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
 
> 3. Picture C. Name that church.
 
Basilica de la Sagrada Familia. (In Barcelona, Spain.) 4 for
Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete. 3 for Calvin.
 
> 4. Picture D is a memorial to which dead president?
 
Abraham Lincoln. (In Washington DC, US. See their $5 bill, and
also their 1¢ coin from 1959 until 2008.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
Calvin, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
 
> 5. Picture E. Name the city in India where you'd find the Golden
> Temple.
 
Amritsar. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> 6. Picture F. In which country would you find the Shwedagon Pagoda?
 
Myanmar (accepting Burma; it's in Yangon). 3 for Dan Blum and Pete.
2 for Calvin.
 
> 7. Picture G is undoubtedly the most famous tourist attraction
> in Peru. Name it.
 
Machu Picchu. 4 for everyone.
 
> 8. Picture H. Name that church.
 
St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City, seen from Rome, Italy).
4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, and Pete.
 
> 9. Picture I. In what city is this modest structure located?
 
Agra. (India; the Taj Mahal, of course.) 4 for everyone.
 
> 10. Picture J. Name this palace in Granada, Spain.
 
Alhambra. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce,
and Pete.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit Geo
Dan Blum 22 39 61
Joshua Kreitzer 31 28 59
"Calvin" 18 25 43
Pete Gayde 8 34 42
Dan Tilque 12 24 36
Bruce Bowler 8 24 32
Erland Sommarskog 0 20 20
 
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msb@vex.net -- Guardian Weekly
 
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