- RQFTCIMM11 Game 6, Rounds 7-8: theater, effects - 4 Updates
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 29 11:04AM > a butler forced to take command when his employers are > shipwrecked. Who wrote the play "The Admirable Crichton" > ("""at Shaw from June 22""")? Barrie > 2. You'll find "The Homecoming" """at Stratford from July 26""". > Which playwright wrote the parts between the pauses? Stoppard > 3. Her kingdom for a horse. Which Shakespearean role """is""" > Seana McKenna essaying at Stratford? Cleopatra; Lady Macbeth > is adapted, takes its title from "The Battle Hymn of the > Republic". By what name do we know the story of the Joad > family's migration to, and tribulations in, California? The Grapes of Wrath > to mention Sir Toby Belch, but there is no title character in > this Shakespearean comedy, """at Stratford from June 26""". > Name the play. Twelfth Night > 7. "Social critic meets social butterfly in a sparkling comedy of > manners widely hailed as Moli?re's masterpiece." Name the play, > """at Stratford from July 31""". Tartuffe > 8. The title refers to Maggie, whose problem is that she wants to > conceive a child by a man who can't stand her. Name the > Tennessee Williams play """now""" in performance at Shaw. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof > 1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by > being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence > of a physician. white-coat effect > 2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes > listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home, > so they can hear the end of it. driveway effect > 3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer > attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are. spotlight effect > 4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits > large amounts of snow on the leeward shore. lake effect > 5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas > and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation > in the city and the types of building materials used there. heat-island effect > 6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies > extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no > more than about half a wingspan. ground effect > 7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the > recommendation of a particularly influential media personality. Oprah effect > 8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching > and lower when it is receding. Doppler effect > 9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best > ideas when they are grouped informally. watercooler effect > 10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial > condition can result in large differences to a later state. > Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher. butterfly effect -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 29 07:48PM +0200 > 1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by > being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence > of a physician. white-coat effect > 2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes > listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home, > so they can hear the end of it. Driveway effect > 3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer > attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are. Lipstick effect > 4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits > large amounts of snow on the leeward shore. Lake effect (Although I more know it as a snow cannon.) > 5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas > and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation > in the city and the types of building materials used there. Heat-island effect > 6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies > extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no > more than about half a wingspan. Ground effect > 7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the > recommendation of a particularly influential media personality. Oprah effect > 8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching > and lower when it is receding. Doppler effect > 9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best > ideas when they are grouped informally. watercooler effect > 10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial > condition can result in large differences to a later state. > Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher. butterfly effect |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Sep 29 08:27PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > is adapted, takes its title from "The Battle Hymn of the > Republic". By what name do we know the story of the Joad > family's migration to, and tribulations in, California? The Grapes of Wrath > 7. "Social critic meets social butterfly in a sparkling comedy of > manners widely hailed as Molière's masterpiece." Name the play, > """at Stratford from July 31""". Candide > 1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by > being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence > of a physician. white-coat effect > 2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes > listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home, > so they can hear the end of it. driveway effect > 3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer > attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are. spotlight effect > 4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits > large amounts of snow on the leeward shore. lake effect > 5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas > and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation > in the city and the types of building materials used there. heat-island effect > 6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies > extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no > more than about half a wingspan. ground effect > 7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the > recommendation of a particularly influential media personality. Oprah effect > 8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching > and lower when it is receding. Doppler effect > 9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best > ideas when they are grouped informally. watercooler effect > 10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial > condition can result in large differences to a later state. > Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher. butterfly effect Pete Gayde |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 29 10:44PM -0700 On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 12:17:57 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 6, Round 7 - Canadiana - Summer Theater > 2. You'll find "The Homecoming" """at Stratford from July 26""". > Which playwright wrote the parts between the pauses? Pinter > 3. Her kingdom for a horse. Which Shakespearean role """is""" > Seana McKenna essaying at Stratford? Richard III > is adapted, takes its title from "The Battle Hymn of the > Republic". By what name do we know the story of the Joad > family's migration to, and tribulations in, California? "The Grapes of Wrath" > to mention Sir Toby Belch, but there is no title character in > this Shakespearean comedy, """at Stratford from June 26""". > Name the play. "Twelfth Night" > 7. "Social critic meets social butterfly in a sparkling comedy of > manners widely hailed as Moličre's masterpiece." Name the play, > """at Stratford from July 31""". "Tartuffe"; "The Misanthrope" > 8. The title refers to Maggie, whose problem is that she wants to > conceive a child by a man who can't stand her. Name the > Tennessee Williams play """now""" in performance at Shaw. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" > 1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by > being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence > of a physician. white-coat effect > 2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes > listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home, > so they can hear the end of it. driveway effect > 3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer > attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are. spotlight effect > 4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits > large amounts of snow on the leeward shore. lake effect > 5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas > and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation > in the city and the types of building materials used there. heat-island effect > 6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies > extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no > more than about half a wingspan. ground effect > 7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the > recommendation of a particularly influential media personality. Oprah effect > 8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching > and lower when it is receding. Doppler effect > 9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best > ideas when they are grouped informally. watercooler effect > 10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial > condition can result in large differences to a later state. > Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher. butterfly effect -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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