| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 17 01:39AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". I wrote most or all of one of these rounds and I think 3 questions in the other. ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city. Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas. 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre. 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St. 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.) 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt. 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St. 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St. 7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd. 8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St. 9. Sackville St., Barrington St., Lower Water St. 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway. ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round (The categories in this round were named after teams then existing in our league. Including, of course, the Usual Suspects. Only two of these five teams were still playing at the time of the pandemic shutdown in 2020 -- the other one was MI5, who, as you will recall, were setting the questions at the time.) * A. MI5 A1. We've all met MI5. Some of us have heard of MI6. But there were other MIs, too. Who were MI19, or what did they do? A2. And what did MI9 do? * B. Azzurri B1. There are really two Azzurri teams: the other one is the blue-jerseyed Italian national soccer team. Name the Azzurri goalkeeper who """holds""" the record for the most minutes without allowing a goal in international play. B2. We lied: there are three Azzurri teams. The *other* other one is the Italian national team that was world champion 13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well, what did -- they play? * C. Treppenwitzers C1. Either tell us what the German word Treppenwitz means, or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation. A literal translation in English will be scored as almost correct. C2. (Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished with C1.) N "Frvasryq" rcvfbqr unf bar punenpgre gbezragrq ol Gerccrajvgm sylvat gb Puvpntb va beqre gb qryvire n dhvc gung ur qvq abg guvax bs va gvzr. Jub vf guvf punenpgre? * D. Too Cool for School D1. Otis Redding was too cool for school: he left after grade 10. But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay". For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs? D2. The chorus of a raunchy blues song called "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" asks the little schoolgirl to tell her parents a little white lie. What's the lie? * E. The Usual Suspects E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line "Round up the usual suspects"? E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the two people who won the awards. -- Mark Brader "People with whole brains, however, dispute Toronto this claim, and are generally more articulate msb@vex.net in expressing their views." -- Gary Larson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 17 06:46AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:CaKdnTuEQIY-H-f9nZ2dnUU7- > We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city. > Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas. > 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre. Montreal > 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St. Vancouver > 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.) Chicago > 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt. St. Petersburg; Moscow > 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St. Boston > 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St. New Orleans > 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway. Los Angeles > or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation. > A literal translation in English will be scored as almost > correct. esprit de l'escalier > with C1.) N "Frvasryq" rcvfbqr unf bar punenpgre gbezragrq > ol Gerccrajvgm sylvat gb Puvpntb va beqre gb qryvire n dhvc > gung ur qvq abg guvax bs va gvzr. Jub vf guvf punenpgre? George > But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been > Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay". > For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs? Stax > * E. The Usual Suspects > E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line > "Round up the usual suspects"? Claude Rains > E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy > Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the > two people who won the awards. Christopher McQuarrie; Kevin Spacey -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 17 11:39AM +0200 > We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city. > Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas. > 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre. Montréal > 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St. Vancouver > 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt. Sankt Peterburg > 7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd. Edinburgh > 8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St. Melbourne > 13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included > Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well, > what did -- they play? Bridge > or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation. > A literal translation in English will be scored as almost > correct. Esprit d'éscalier > But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been > Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay". > For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs? Tamla Mowton > * E. The Usual Suspects > E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line > "Round up the usual suspects"? Bogart |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 17 01:36AM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I wrote one of these rounds. That was the entertainment round. > about the TV series here. Tell us the actor who played > James Kildare opposite Canada's Raymond Massey as his mentor > Dr. Leonard Gillespie. Richard Chamberlain (the series ran 1961-66). 4 for Joshua. > 2. What series starring Vince Edwards and Sam Jaffe premiered > 4 days after "Dr. Kildare"? "Ben Casey" (1961-66). 4 for Joshua. > 3. This series """has been running""" since 1963, and """has""" > a spinoff called "Port Charles" after the town where it is set. > Name it. "General Hospital" (still running in 2021, although the spinoff only lasted 1997-2003). 4 for Joshua and Dan. > crusading coroner, based on real-life Toronto coroner Morton > Shulman. Its title was simply the character's surname: what > was it? "Wojeck" (1966-68). > 5. The series title "St. Elsewhere" was the nickname of what > fictional hospital where it was set? St. Eligius (1982-88). 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan, and Pete. > of the second sequel, which ran for 1½ seasons and revived > the characters of Sherman Potter, Max and Soon-Li Klinger, > and Francis Mulcahy. Trapper John ("Trapper John, M.D.", 1979-86); "After M*A*S*H" (1983-85; *'s not required). 4 for everyone. > 7. What series, set in a Vietnam War medical facility, starred > Dana Delany as nurse Colleen McMurphy? "China Beach" (1988-91). 4 for Joshua and Dan. > series named for his character. Give his first and last names > as they appeared in the title. (Correct spelling required for > full points.) Doogie Howser ("Doogie Howser, M.D."; 1989-93). 4 for everyone. > 9. What """current""" series has father and son lead characters who > """are""" played by a real-life father and son? "Diagnosis Murder" (1993-2001, with Dick and Barry Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan and Detective Steve Sloan). This was a mystery-comedy series largely set around a hospital. The Van Dyke family didn't just have the two lead roles: guest cast members over the years included Dick's brother Jerry, Dick's daughter Stacy, and Barry's children Shane, Carey, Wes, and Taryn. Of these Shane made the most appearances, in 16 episodes. > 10. The """newest""" doctors to appear as regulars on "ER" are Anna > del Amico and Elizabeth Corday. Name either of the actresses > who """play""" them. Maria Bello; Alex Kingston. (1994-2009; both had left the regular cast when the series ended.) > speaking or writing in English. > 1. What Roman Emperor, who died in 68, said as his last words: > "What an artist dies in me!"? Nero. 4 for Dan and Pete. 3 for Joshua. When I posted the answers in 2009, I noted: | The team setting questions this season used this one again, with | somewhat different wording, in *yesterday*'s game! For some reason | I was able to supply the correct answer for 1 point. > party of revolution, civilization. This party will make the > 20th century. There will issue from it first the United States > of Europe, then the United States of the World." Victor Hugo. 4 for Pete. > 3. Who answered critics with the line, "I cried all the way to > the bank"? Wladziu Valentino "Lee" Liberace. 4 for Joshua. > things) these words: "I draw the line in the dust and toss the > gauntlet before the feet of tyranny. And I say, 'Segregation > now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!'" George Wallace. (Inaugural address as Alabama governor, 1963.) 4 for Joshua and Pete. 2 for Dan. > 5. An early Christian writer wrote that when he was young he used > to pray, "Give me chastity and continence, but not just now." > Who was he? St. Augustine. 4 for Joshua and Dan. > particular kind of style. It is the love of the exaggerated, > the 'off'... The ultimate Camp statement: 'It's good because > it's awful.'" Name her. Susan Sontag. 4 for Joshua and Dan. > Berlin, and contained the line: "I am a camera with its shutter > open, quite passive, recording, not thinking." Who is the > writer? Christopher Isherwood. 4 for Joshua and Dan. > 8. Who telephoned the question "Is Paris burning?" -- and did not > receive a truthful answer? Adolf Hitler. 4 for Joshua and Pete. He had ordered his military governor there, General von Choltitz, to leave the city in ruins as he withdrew the occupation forces. Von Choltitz disobeyed, but for some reason did not think it wise to say so. > 9. Name the Canadian physician and teacher who wrote in 1904: > "The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature > which distinguishes men from animals." Sir William Osler. > 10. What behavioral psychologist wrote these encouraging words? > "The real problem is not whether machines think but whether > men do." Burrhus Frederic Skinner. 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> His Can Art Sci Ent Lit FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 28 4 36 20 28 31 123 Dan Blum 16 0 24 32 20 18 94 Bruce Bowler 20 8 28 32 -- -- 88 Pete Gayde 12 16 24 20 12 16 76 Dan Tilque -- -- 16 40 -- -- 56 Erland Sommarskog 16 0 0 11 -- -- 27 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Where do you want Microsoft to go today?" msb@vex.net -- Rick Ross My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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