| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 03 10:23PM -0500 * Game 6, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - For the Love of Latin As Dan Quayle said after a tour of Latin America, "It makes me wish I'd studied Latin harder in school." Okay, he didn't really. But it leads us to a round on Latin words and phrases often used in English. In each case, tell us what they mean -- that is, the meaning as understood in English, not the literal translation. 1. Dramatis personae. 2. In camera. 3. Prima facie. 4. In loco parentis. 5. Modus vivendi. 6. Sub rosa. 7. Sui generis. 8. Compos mentis. 9. Deus ex machina. 10. Ne plus ultra. * Game 6, Round 6 - Literature - Book Titles that are Quotations We will give you the title and author of a book, and you tell us the title or author of the earlier work where that title comes from. For example: if we named "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren, you would name the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty", and you could alternatively name its author if that information was known. 1. "Arms and the Man", by George Bernard Shaw. 2. "A Handful of Dust", by Evelyn Waugh. 3. "The Grapes of Wrath", by John Steinbeck. 4. "Cover Her Face", by P.D. James. 5. "Cabbages and Kings", by O. Henry. 6. "East of Eden", by John Steinbeck. 7. "As I Lay Dying", by William Faulkner. 8. "The Little Foxes", by Lillian Hellman. 9. "No Country for Old Men", by Cormac McCarthy. 10. "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" (also titled "The Mirror Crack'd"), by Agatha Christie. After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Sbe checbfrf bs guvf ebhaq rnpu obbx bs gur Ovoyr vf n frcnengr jbex jubfr nhgube vf abg xabja. Vs lbh tnir "gur Ovoyr" sbe nal nafjre, be nggrzcgrq gb anzr na nhgube gurerbs, tb onpx naq vafgrnq anzr gur fcrpvsvp obbx. -- Mark Brader | "You can't go around quoting politicians accurately: Toronto | that's dirty journalism, and you know it!" msb@vex.net | --The Senator was Indiscreet My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 03 09:25PM -0700 On 8/3/19 8:23 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > in English. In each case, tell us what they mean -- that is, > the meaning as understood in English, not the literal translation. > 1. Dramatis personae. list of characters for a play, movie, etc. > 2. In camera. a legislative closed meeting > 3. Prima facie. obvious > 4. In loco parentis. temporary guardian > 5. Modus vivendi. mode of living > 6. Sub rosa. private (meeting or conversation) > 7. Sui generis. unique > 8. Compos mentis. healthy state of mind > 9. Deus ex machina. person or item suddenly introduced to resolve a plot > 10. Ne plus ultra. none better > 1. "Arms and the Man", by George Bernard Shaw. > 2. "A Handful of Dust", by Evelyn Waugh. > 3. "The Grapes of Wrath", by John Steinbeck. Battle Hymn of the Republic > 4. "Cover Her Face", by P.D. James. > 5. "Cabbages and Kings", by O. Henry. Lewis Carroll (I forget the name of the poem. Also forget what the poem is called, and what the name of the poem is called) > 6. "East of Eden", by John Steinbeck. Genesis > 9. "No Country for Old Men", by Cormac McCarthy. > 10. "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" (also titled "The Mirror > Crack'd"), by Agatha Christie. Tennyson -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 04 04:54AM > * Game 6, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - For the Love of Latin > 1. Dramatis personae. characters in a play > 2. In camera. privately > 3. Prima facie. from the original evidence > 4. In loco parentis. with the responsibility of a parent > 5. Modus vivendi. way of life > 6. Sub rosa. clandestinely > 7. Sui generis. one of a kind > 8. Compos mentis. sane > 9. Deus ex machina. sudden solution to a problem > * Game 6, Round 6 - Literature - Book Titles that are Quotations > 1. "Arms and the Man", by George Bernard Shaw. The Aeneid > 2. "A Handful of Dust", by Evelyn Waugh. T. S. Eliot > 3. "The Grapes of Wrath", by John Steinbeck. Battle Hymn of the Republic > 5. "Cabbages and Kings", by O. Henry. Lewis Carroll > 6. "East of Eden", by John Steinbeck. Book of Genesis > 9. "No Country for Old Men", by Cormac McCarthy. T. S. Eliot > 10. "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" (also titled "The Mirror > Crack'd"), by Agatha Christie. Tennyson -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 04 05:38AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8M2dnUloefA80tvAnZ2dnUU7- > in English. In each case, tell us what they mean -- that is, > the meaning as understood in English, not the literal translation. > 1. Dramatis personae. characters (such as in a play) > 2. In camera. in private (used, for example, in reference to a legal proceeding) > 3. Prima facie. by appearance; facially > 4. In loco parentis. in the role of a parent (used in reference to a school supervising its students) > 5. Modus vivendi. way of life > 6. Sub rosa. secretly > 7. Sui generis. one of a kind > 8. Compos mentis. sane > 9. Deus ex machina. a magical resolution to a literary plot > 10. Ne plus ultra. the best > you would name the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty", and you could > alternatively name its author if that information was known. > 1. "Arms and the Man", by George Bernard Shaw. "The Aeneid"; Virgil > 3. "The Grapes of Wrath", by John Steinbeck. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" > 5. "Cabbages and Kings", by O. Henry. "The Walrus and the Carpenter"; Lewis Carroll > 6. "East of Eden", by John Steinbeck. Genesis > 8. "The Little Foxes", by Lillian Hellman. Song of Songs > 9. "No Country for Old Men", by Cormac McCarthy. Yeats -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 04 10:56AM +0200 > * Game 6, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - For the Love of Latin > 2. In camera. In focus > 4. In loco parentis. By the way > 5. Modus vivendi. Living proof > 9. Deus ex machina. Someone/something (unexpectedly) comes to help in a dire situation |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 03 10:17PM -0500 Mark Brader: > And I have sorted this round in order of it. > 1. In A, two guys with the same first name. Name the one on > the *right*. Seth McFarlane. (With Seth Rogen.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 2. In B, two actresses with the same first and last name. One's a > former Miss America. Give their shared name. Vanessa Williams. (Vanessa L. Williams, Vanessa A. Williams. First and last name required.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 3. In C, a former Destiny's Child singer and an Oscar-nominated > actress. Again, they have the same first and last name. > Give their shared name. Michelle Williams. (First and last name required.) 4 for Calvin and Joshua. The actress, on the right, was nominated for "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), "Blue Valentine" (2010), "My Week with Marilyn" (2011), and "Manchester by the Sea" (2016). > 4. In D, same initials, same last name. Name the one on the left. Russell Simmons. (With Richard Simmons. First and last name required.) 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 5. In E, they have similar-sounding names. One won an Oscar for > her role in a Woody Allen movie, one starred in "American > Beauty". Name either. Mira Sorvino, Mena Suvari. (First and last name required.) 4 for Joshua (the hard way) and Pete. 3 for Calvin. Sorvino's Oscar was for "Mighty Aphrodite" (1995). > 6. In F, three guys, similar sounding names. One's a Canadian. > Name any of them. Dermot Mulroney, Dylan McDermott, Dean McDermott. > 7. In G, two lookalikes. One starred in "New Girl", one is a > singer who Kissed a Girl. Name either one. Zooey Deschanel, Katy Perry. (First and last name required.) 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Joshua (the hard way), and Pete. > 8. In H, a major recording artist and the actor who played Harry > Potter's best friend. Name either one. Ed Sheeran and Rupert Grint. (First and last name required.) 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Joshua, and Pete. > 9. In I, two Canadians, same first name. Name the one who's *never* > been nominated for an Oscar. Ryan Reynolds. (On the left, with Ryan Gosling on the right.) 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. Gosling was nominated for "Half Nelson" (2006) and "La La Land" (2016). > 10. There are two well-known actors in J -- one deceased -- with > the same first name. Same initials. Name either one. Bill Paxton, Bill Pullman. (First and last name required.) > Baseball knew we were the North on 1977-04-07 when it snowed at > the first-ever Blue Jays game. This round is on Canadian baseball > players, and some answers may repeat. In the original game, this was the third-hardest round in the entire season. > RBI in that first-ever game. He later spent 35 seasons as a > coach with different teams. Name this Vancouver native who's > in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Dave McKay. > 2. Four Canadians played for both the Jays and the Montreal Expos. > Name any of them. Denis Boucher, Rob Ducey, Shawn Hill, Matt Stairs. > 3. Name the catcher who has the Jays record for most home runs by > a Canadian, with 66. Russell Martin. > 4. Name either of the runners-up for most Jays' home runs by a > Canadian, one with 43 and he other with 32. Bret Lawrie, Matt Stairs. > 5. 1996 was the first year when Canadians were both on the Jays' > roster on Canada Day. They were both pitchers and both were > named Paul. Name either of them. Paul Quantrill, Paul Spoljaric. > 6. Two Canadians *not* named Paul playing for the Jays on Canada Day > wouldn't happen until 2012. Their first names were Bret > and Scott. Give either of their surnames. Bret Lawrie, Scott Richmond. > Answers #7-10 did not play for the Jays. > 7. This pitcher from Quebec won the Cy Young Award in 2003 while > playing with the L.A. Dodgers. Name him. Eric Gagne. > 8. This Toronto native has played his entire major-league career > with the Cincinnati Reds. He's a 6-time all-star and a National > League MVP. Name him. Joey Votto. > 9. In 2014, Canadian Justin Morneau signed with the Colorado > Rockies and requested #33, in honour of a fellow Canuck who was > a previous Rockie and a former Expo. Name that fellow Canuck. Larry Walker. 4 for Pete -- making the round count for everybody. > of coffee with the Cardinals (he's now their first base coach). > But he was a key player on the Canadian Olympic baseball team > in 2004. Name him. Stubby Clapp. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Can Pete Gayde 28 4 32 Dan Blum 24 0 24 Joshua Kreitzer 24 0 24 "Calvin" 15 0 15 Dan Tilque 0 0 0 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "More importantly, Mark is just plain wrong." msb@vex.net -- John Hollingsworth My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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