Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 22 09:43PM
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:HsudnYkiZ5rUdEPCnZ2dnUU7-
> Bogart.
> 4. Walter Huston and Tim Holt join Humphrey Bogart in Mexico, where
> the lure of gold tears friendships apart. John Huston directed.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
> The last of these is set in Florida, where the characters
> weather a hurricane.
> 6. Humphrey Bogart. Katharine Hepburn. Enough said.
African Queen
> 1. This day was first observed on 1910-06-19 in Spokane, Washington.
> It was created to honor William Smart, a widower who raised
> five children.
Fathers Day
> predict the weather on Groundhog Day in Wiarton, Ontario.
> 3. Dr. Maulana Karenga, an African studies professor, created this
> cultural holiday in 1966.
Kwanzaa
> 4. Which holiday commemorates the Mexican victory at Puebla in
> 1862 over the invading French army?
Cinco de Mayo
> 5. What name is given to the first day of Lent?
Ash Wednesday
> 7. This holiday is a 5-day Hindu festival that occurs in October
> or November in the Western calendar. The celebration is often
> referred to as the Festival of Lights.
Diwali
> 8. Name this other Festival of Lights; it is a celebration of the
> victory of the Maccabees and the rededication of the Jerusalem
> Temple.
Chanukkah
> 9. Purim is a Jewish holiday recounted in a book telling the story
> of which Biblical queen?
Bathsheeba
> whose birthday is celebrated, or the one whose coronation
> is commemorated. *Note*: For this question you must give the
> original correct answer.
Wilhelmina
Pete Gayde
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 23 01:54AM -0600
Mark Brader:
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
That was the entertainment round.
> version. It made him a star, but also led to him being typecast
> in a series of criminal roles that continued until "High Sierra"
> 5 years later.
"The Petrified Forest". 4 for Joshua.
> for the first of Bogie's five movies with Lauren Bacall.
> This is the one where she says to him, "You know how to whistle,
> don't you? Just put your lips together and... blow."
"To Have and Have Not". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> first half-hour with his head in bandages as he recovers from
> plastic surgery. Only then do we see the face of Humphrey
> Bogart.
"Dark Passage".
> 4. Walter Huston and Tim Holt join Humphrey Bogart in Mexico, where
> the lure of gold tears friendships apart. John Huston directed.
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 5. Bogart also made five movies with Edward G. Robinson.
> The last of these is set in Florida, where the characters
> weather a hurricane.
"Key Largo" (1948; also his fifth and last with Bacall). 4 for
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. Humphrey Bogart. Katharine Hepburn. Enough said.
"The African Queen" (1951). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 7. In this 1952 movie, Bogie plays a newspaper editor who sets out
> to expose a mob leader... while his paper is in danger of being
> taken over and shut down.
"Deadline - U.S.A.", or just "Deadline".
> as well as Humphrey Bogart, all conniving for the rights to an
> African mine as their ship is detained for repairs at a small
> Italian port.
"Beat the Devil". 4 for Joshua.
> 9. Bogart played one more criminal role in 1955 in this movie about
> what today we would call a "home invasion". Fredric March plays
> the man of the house.
"The Desperate Hours". 4 for Joshua.
> 10. Bogart's last movie was made in 1956. He plays boxing writer
> Eddie Willis, who takes a job as a press agent and comes to
> realize that he really doesn't care for the boxing business.
"The Harder They Fall". 4 for Joshua.
> 1. This day was first observed on 1910-06-19 in Spokane, Washington.
> It was created to honor William Smart, a widower who raised
> five children.
Father's Day. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 2. Name the successor to Wiarton Willie, who """is""" supposed to
> predict the weather on Groundhog Day in Wiarton, Ontario.
2003 answer: Accepting Wee Willie or Willie Jr. or Wiarton Willie II.
2020 answer: Accepting Wiarton Willie or Wiarton Willie iV.
> 3. Dr. Maulana Karenga, an African studies professor, created this
> cultural holiday in 1966.
Kwanzaa. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 4. Which holiday commemorates the Mexican victory at Puebla in
> 1862 over the invading French army?
Cinco de Mayo (or May 5). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 5. What name is given to the first day of Lent?
Ash Wednesday. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 6. What is the traditional Ukrainian name for an Easter egg?
Pysanka (plural pysanky).
> 7. This holiday is a 5-day Hindu festival that occurs in October
> or November in the Western calendar. The celebration is often
> referred to as the Festival of Lights.
Diwali (or Deepavali, etc.). 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum,
Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 8. Name this other Festival of Lights; it is a celebration of the
> victory of the Maccabees and the rededication of the Jerusalem
> Temple.
Hanukkah (or Chanukah, etc.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
> 9. Purim is a Jewish holiday recounted in a book telling the story
> of which Biblical queen?
Esther. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> whose birthday is celebrated, or the one whose coronation
> is commemorated. *Note*: For this question you must give the
> original correct answer.
Juliana, Beatrix. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Joshua.
When Beatrix abdicated in 2013, Queen's Day was replaced by King's
Day, which is on April 27, birthday of the new King Willem-Alexander.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Ent His
Joshua Kreitzer 32 31 63
Dan Tilque 12 32 44
Dan Blum 16 28 44
Pete Gayde 8 24 32
Erland Sommarskog 0 12 12
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