| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 29 03:40AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-04, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Night Owls, 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 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". * Game 2, Round 7 - Literature - Who Made Them? We give you three characters from the same literary work; you name the author (*not* the title). 1. Tom Joad, Ma Joad, Jim Casy. 2. Ishmael, Captain Ahab, Queequeg. 3. Don Rodrigue, Don Diègue, Chimène. 4. Natty Bumppo, Chingachgook, Uncas. 5. Dr. Aziz, Adela Quested, Cecil Fielding. 6. Edmond Dantès, Mercédès, Monsieur Danglars. 7. Robert Cohn, Lady Brett Ashley, Jake Barnes. 8. Hepzibah Pyncheon, Thomas Maule, Mr. Holgrave. 9. Hans Castorp, Ludovico Settembrini, Clavdia Chauchat. 10. Michael Henchard, Donald Farfrae, Elizabeth-Jane Newson. * Game 2, Round 8 - Entertainment - Bass Guitarists Bass guitarists and drummers are the unsung heroes of a band. There is no such thing as a great-sounding band without a great rhythm section carrying them through. So here are the names of 10 music groups, and your task is to name the awesome bass guitarists who thumped their sound into music history. 1. The Rolling Stones. (Note: These questions are about band members during the years that made them famous. Here, for example, we are looking here for the bass guitarist who has left the group but was their bass player for the first 30 years or so.) 2. U2. 3. Yes. 4. Rush. 5. Cream. 6. The Who. 7. Pink Floyd. 8. The Beatles. 9. Led Zeppelin. 10. Red Hot Chili Peppers. -- Mark Brader "The worst things may happen, including a program Toronto that works fine on your computer but crashes msb@vex.net on your customer's machine." -- Dan Pop My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 28 09:26PM -0700 On Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 10:40:08 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > We give you three characters from the same literary work; you name > the author (*not* the title). > 1. Tom Joad, Ma Joad, Jim Casy. Steinbeck > 2. Ishmael, Captain Ahab, Queequeg. Melville > 4. Natty Bumppo, Chingachgook, Uncas. Cooper > 5. Dr. Aziz, Adela Quested, Cecil Fielding. Forster > 6. Edmond Dantès, Mercédès, Monsieur Danglars. Dumas > 7. Robert Cohn, Lady Brett Ashley, Jake Barnes. Hemingway > example, we are looking here for the bass guitarist who has > left the group but was their bass player for the first 30 years > or so.) Bill Wyman > 2. U2. Clayton; Mullen > 4. Rush. Peart; Lifeson > 6. The Who. John Entwhistle > 7. Pink Floyd. Gilmour; Wright > 8. The Beatles. Paul McCartney > 9. Led Zeppelin. John Paul Jones -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 29 03:38AM Mark Brader: > This is a round on the 2008 financial crisis, or the Great Recession > as it has come to be known. > 1. What does MBS stand for? Mortgage-Backed Security. 4 for Joshua. Nobody guessed "Mark Brader Stuart" in 2013, or this time either. :-( > 2. What does TARP stand for? Troubled Asset Relief Program. 4 for Joshua. > 3. Name the either the US treasury secretary in 2008 or the one > who succeeded him in 2009. Henry Paulson, Timothy Geithner. 4 for Dan Blum. > 4. In US dollars within $50,000,000,000, what was the initial > amount of money allocated to TARP? $700,000,000,000 (accepting $650,000,000,000-750,000,000,000). > 5. Washington Mutual was the 6th largest bank in the US. > It collapsed and was acquired by what bank? J.P. Morgan Chase. (Accepting "J.P. Morgan" or "Chase".) 4 for Dan Tilque. > 6. Which major US auto company claimed that they did not receive > any bailout money during the crisis? Ford. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. > 7. After Bear Stearns was taken over in May 2008, which investment > bank filed for bankruptcy protection in September 2008? Lehman Brothers. > 8. Which insurance company initially received $80,000,000,000 in > credit from the US government to deal with its financial > problems? AIG. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 9. The Oscar for Best Documentary Feature of 2010 went to what > movie that tried to explain the crisis? "Inside Job". 4 for Joshua. > bought out by another bank. Wachovia broke the agreement with > that bank and merged into yet another bank. Name either one > of those other two banks. Citigroup (accepting "Citibank" or similar), Wells Fargo. 3 for Dan Blum. > the case may be* -- that the trophy is associated with. For example, > if we said the Stanley Cup, we would be looking for the NHL. > 1. Claret Jug. British Open golf tournament. I reluctantly accepted "The Open Championship", because, well, that is what they actually call it. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. > 2. Vanier Cup. Canadian university football. > 3. Webb Ellis Cup. Rugby Union world champion. > 4. Wanamaker Trophy. PGA golf championship. > 5. Larry O'Brien Cup. NBA. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. > 6. Borg-Warner Trophy. Indianapolis 500. 4 for Joshua. > 7. Vince Lombardi Trophy. NFL (Super Bowl). 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > 8. Commissioner's Trophy. Major League Baseball (World Series). 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. > 9. Nextel Cup, formerly known as the Winston Cup and Grand National. NASCAR. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua. > 10. Calder Cup. (Not the Calder Memorial Trophy for NHL rookie > of the year.) AHL. 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Sci His Spo Joshua Kreitzer 24 20 28 72 Dan Tilque 20 8 20 48 Dan Blum 16 11 4 31 -- Mark Brader "The people have spoken... Toronto And they must be punished!" msb@vex.net --Ed Koch, after not being reelected, 1989 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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