| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 08 09:33PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:gqmdnTr4w-WnHxTDnZ2dnUU7- > handout, interspersing the 5 decoys with the others. Identify > those 5 novels as well if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. A (1897). The Invisible Man > 2. B (1847). Count of Monte Cristo > 3. C (decoy). > 4. D (1852). Uncle Tom's Cabin > 5. E (1903). Call of the Wild > 6. F (1872). > 7. G (1605). The Man of La Mancha > 8. H (decoy). > 9. I (1870). 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea > 10. J (1831). Hunchback of Notre Dame > 11. K (decoy). > 12. L (1851). Moby Dick > 13. M (1826). > 14. N (decoy). Robinson Crusoe > 15. O (decoy). Wuthering Heights > * A. History, or "Survivor" > A1. Millvina Dean, who died at 97 in 2009, was the last living > survivor of what event? Titanic sinking > Another 6 weeks later, the two runners met in a race billed > as "The Mile of the Century" at the Commonwealth Games -- > in what city? Sydney; Wellington > York accent. She starred as Fran Fine in the TV series > "The Nanny" and appeared in the movies "This Is Spinal Tap" > and "American Hot Wax". Name her. Fran Drescher > voice and an emphasis on crude humor. He voiced the > parrot Iago in Disney's "Aladdin" and the Aflac duck in > TV commercials. Who is he? Gilbert Gottfried > "Miss Priss". He is a moody adolescent and tells Scout > that she isn't to bother him at school but must "stick to > first grade". What is his first name?. Jem > Name them. > E1. This hill is actually a series of hills to the east of > Santiago, Cuba, running north to south. San Juan > E2. According to the Gospels, this hill, also known as Golgotha, > was the site immediately outside Jerusalem where Jesus > was crucified. Place of the Skull > the head. Sailors believed these fish were dangerous to > humans and could sink boats by pulling on their anchors, > but they are really placid and inoffensive. Name these fish. Manta ray > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq > "enl" be "enlf" sbe gur ynfg nafjre, tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp. Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 08 07:13PM -0500 If only Pete Gayde had posted his answers on time, he would have scored 24 points on Round 9 and 28 on Round 10, to finish 6th with a final score of 137 points. -- Mark Brader, Toronto Well, somebody had to be the pedant here! msb@vex.net -- David Keldsen |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 08 01:12PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:hZqdnXAy852r6RDDnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana - Canadians Named Gord, Gordie, or Gordon No answers here. > style, or movement of Western art that they all belonged to at > one point. > 1. Man Ray, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Duchamp. Dada > 2. Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt. Impressionism > 9. Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg. Pop art -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 08 01:20PM > Note that the clue may not include the names of the most prominent > members of the group. > 1. Man Ray, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Duchamp. Dada > 2. Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt. Impressionism > 3. Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Mark Rothko. Post-modernism > 5. William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel > Rossetti. Romanticism > 6. Giovanni Bellini, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese. (Yes, they are > all Renaissance artists, but we want the specific *geographical* > name of their artistic school.) Florentine > 9. Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg. Pop art -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 08 09:44PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:hZqdnXAy852r6RDDnZ2dnUU7- > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition > (QFTCI*)". > * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana - Canadians Named Gord, Gordie, or Gordon > 7. This man is best known as the senior anchor for CITY-TV's > "CityNews" (formerly "CityPulse") newscast. > For questions #8-9, name the city or town where these people were born. > 8. Gordon Lightfoot. > 9. Gordie Howe. Moose Jaw; Flin Flon > members of the group. > 1. Man Ray, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Duchamp. > 2. Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt. Impressionists > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Gur nafjre gb > gur guveq dhrfgvba vf gjb jbeqf. Vs lbh tnir n bar-jbeq nafjre, > cyrnfr tb onpx naq rkgraq vg nccebcevngryl. Pete Gayde |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Apr 08 04:59PM -0700 On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 2:50:35 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-02-03, > and should be interpreted accordingly. noted > 1. This "Toronto Star" journalist was fired in 1942 for writing > reports for another outlet, radio station CFRB. He was a > panelist on the CBC's "Front Page Challenge" for 27 years. kennedy > "Country Hoedown" and performed on TV's "Hee Haw". His > characters included Cousin Clem, Samuel B. Sternwheeler, and > Lavern Nagger. Name him. gordie tapp > man starred as paper-mill worker Will Cole, a Newfoundlander > who drinks too much, lives too fast, and accidentally causes > his best friend's death. johnson ; africa > 4. This man was the mayor of Vancouver from 1986 to 1993, leader of > the BC Liberal party from 1993 to 2011, and premier of BC from > 2001 to 2011. campbell > written over 80 children's and young adult novels, including the > "Macdonald Hall" series, "Losing Joe's Place", and "The Toilet > Paper Tigers". africa ; johnson > 6. He was the bass player for the Tragically Hip. gord sinclair > 7. This man is best known as the senior anchor for CITY-TV's > "CityNews" (formerly "CityPulse") newscast. africa johnson ; johnson africa > For questions #8-9, name the city or town where these people were born. > 8. Gordon Lightfoot. somewhere in ontario > 9. Gordie Howe. floral saskatchewan > and often burst into tears. He never once received a paycheck > for his work but persisted in his job anyway. On *what TV show* > did Ranger Gord appear? red green > Note that the clue may not include the names of the most prominent > members of the group. > 1. Man Ray, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Duchamp. cubism > 2. Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt. neo-impressionist > 3. Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Mark Rothko. abstract expressionism > 4. Agnolo Bronzino, El Greco, Cellini. spanish renaissance > 5. William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel > Rossetti. pre-raphaelite brotherhood > 6. Giovanni Bellini, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese. (Yes, they are > all Renaissance artists, but we want the specific *geographical* > name of their artistic school.) venetian school of painting > 7. Antoine Watteau, Francois Boucher, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. rococo > 8. Jacques-Louis David, Battista Piranesi, Angelica Kauffman. neoclassical > 9. Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg. pop art > 10. J.M.W. Turner, Theodore Gericault, Eugene Delacroix. french romantic > Mark Brader, Toronto "The frencited scrivener, I, outspode." > msb@vex.net --Jonathan Buss > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
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