Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-03-19,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> I've decided to resequence this game. Round 3 will appear in the
> next set, when you will see why.
> * Game 9, Round 2 - Art - Impressionists and Post-Impressionists
> Please see the 2-page handout at
>
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-2/impress.pdf
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> For questions #1-4, we name the artist and you give the letter of
> the image.
> 1. Alfred Sisley.
A ("Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne"). 4 for Jason. 3 for Pete
and Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 2. Gustave Caillebotte.
M ("Paris Street, Rainy Day"). 4 for Dan Blum and Pete.
3 for Joshua.
> 3. Mary Cassatt.
J ("Little Girl in a Blue Armchair"). 4 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum
and Pete.
> 4. Berthe Morisot.
E ("Summer Day" or "The Lake in the Bois de Boulogne"). 3 for
Dan Blum.
> For #5-12, please decode the rot13 to see the remaining letters and
> name the artist in each case. I have rearranged these questions
> in order by letter, and interspersed the 2 decoys with the others;
> answer for the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points.
Nobody tried the decoys.
> 5. B.
Auguste Renoir ("Luncheon of the Boating Party"). 4 for Pete
and Calvin.
> 6. C.
Claude Monet ("Houses of Parliament"). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete,
and Calvin.
> 7. D (decoy)
Edgar Degas ("The Bellelli Family").
> 8. F.
Georges Seurat ("A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande
Jatte"). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Calvin.
> 9. G.
Paul Cezanne ("Mont Sainte-Victoire"). 4 for Dan Blum and Pete.
> 10. H.
Edouard Manet ("Boating"). 3 for Dan Blum and Calvin.
> 11. K.
Vincent Van Gogh ("The Church at Auvers"). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Pete, and Calvin.
> 12. L (decoy)
Camille Pissarro ("Boulevard Montmartre").
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Geography - Capital Cities of Former Countries
> We'll give you the name of a country that no longer exists, and you
> name the main capital city. We'll also give you the years in which
> the city was the capital. If the name of the city has changed,
> you can use either its name at the time or its present name.
> 1. Corsican Republic (1755-68).
Ajaccio. 4 for Erland and Joshua.
> 2. Yugoslavia (1918-92).
Belgrade. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque, Pete,
and Calvin.
> 3. West Germany (1949-90).
Bonn. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Jason,
Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin.
Yeah, I know, West Germany is not a "country that no longer exists",
but is the same country known in English today as Germany. I didn't
write it, eh?
> 4. Prussia (1525-1701).
Königsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia. 4 for Erland.
> 5. Zanzibar (1963-64).
Zanzibar City. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 6. Rhodesia (1965-79).
Salisbury, now Harare, Zimbabwe. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Peter,
Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin.
Rhodesia at the time was de facto an independent country but was
generally not officially recognized as such.
> 7. South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) (1954-76).
Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
Joshua, Peter, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 8. Tibet (1912-51).
Lhasa. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin.
> 9. United Arab Republic (1958-61).
Cairo. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
3 for Calvin.
The UAR was a short-lived union of Egypt and Syria.
> 10. Federation of South Arabia (1962-67).
Aden. 4 for Erland, Peter, and Pete. 3 for Joshua.
As far as I can see, this federation was never an actual country,
but only a British protectorate. It lasted for a few years and is
now part of Yemen.
> * Game 9, Round 5 - Audio - Classical Piano
> Surprise! You get the audio round for this game. In the original
> version of it, you were played a clip of classical piano music and
> given the year it was composed or published (nothing posthumous).
> Here, instead of the clip I'll give you the title or description.
> You name the composer. (Surnames are sufficient in all cases.)
> 1. 1722, "Prelude #1 in C#, BWV 846, from "The Well-Tempered
> Clavier".
J.S. Bach. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Jason, Pete,
and Calvin.
> 2. 1783, "Rondo alla turca", sonata in A, #11, K331:III.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter,
Pete, and Calvin.
> 3. 1801, piano Sonata #14 in C# minor, op.27 #2 "Moonlight":
> 3rd movement, Presto agitato.
Ludwig van Beethoven. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter,
Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin.
> 4. 1828, piano sonata in Bb major, D960, #1: Molto moderato.
Franz Schubert. 4 for Pete.
> 5. 1838, "Träumerei", from "Kinderszenen".
Robert Schumann. 4 for Pete.
> 6. 1847, waltz #7 in C# minor, op. 64 #2.
Frédéric Chopin. 4 for Pete.
> 7. Between 1842 and 1844, "Spring Song" from "Lieder Ohne Wörter",
> op. 62 #6.
Felix Mendelssohn. 4 for Pete.
> 8. 1852, "Études d'exécution transcendante", #12: "Chasse-neige",
> S139.
Franz Liszt. 4 for Pete.
> 9. Published 1905, "Claire de Lune".
Claude Debussy. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Jason,
Pete, and Calvin.
> 10. 1924, "Rhapsody in Blue".
George Gershwin. 4 for everyone.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 4 5 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Art Geo Aud
Pete Gayde 29 28 40 97
Dan Blum 30 20 20 70
Joshua Kreitzer 17 31 20 68
"Calvin" 22 19 20 61
Erland Sommarskog 0 36 20 56
Peter Smyth 0 24 20 44
Dan Tilque 0 28 8 36
Jason Kreitzer 4 8 12 24
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