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QFTCIUA Game 6, Rounds 7-8: comics, athlete-pols
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Mark Brader
Nov 23, 2014, 1:23:12 AM11/23/14
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-10-27,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
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the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any
more, they're graphic novels. Whatever the difference, they have
impacted modern culture and inspired more than a few movies.
In fact all but two of these classic graphic novels have been
made into films or TV series, but we're talking about the original
works here.
In each case give the title.
1. Set in a parallel 1980s where Nixon won the Vietnam War with
the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
3. Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, this was the story of
a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
this one's been made into two movies.
5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
Pulitzer Prize winner.
6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
and terrorism.
7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
he captures the King of Dreams.
8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
American town.
9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
for a secure place to call home.
* Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
name the athletic politico.
1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
of Oklahoma.
2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
southern state in 120 years.
3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
5. This Toronto Maple Leaf played with the team in the '60s *while*
serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. He would
go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
Canada" personality.
7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
of the British Olympic Association.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I wish to God these calculations had been
m...@vex.net | executed by steam!" -- Charles Babbage, 1821
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any
more, they're graphic novels. Whatever the difference, they have
impacted modern culture and inspired more than a few movies.
In fact all but two of these classic graphic novels have been
made into films or TV series, but we're talking about the original
works here.
In each case give the title.
1. Set in a parallel 1980s where Nixon won the Vietnam War with
the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
3. Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, this was the story of
a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
this one's been made into two movies.
5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
Pulitzer Prize winner.
6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
and terrorism.
7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
he captures the King of Dreams.
8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
American town.
9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
for a secure place to call home.
* Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
name the athletic politico.
1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
of Oklahoma.
2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
southern state in 120 years.
3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
5. This Toronto Maple Leaf played with the team in the '60s *while*
serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. He would
go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
Canada" personality.
7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
of the British Olympic Association.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I wish to God these calculations had been
m...@vex.net | executed by steam!" -- Charles Babbage, 1821
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Nov 23, 2014, 1:31:57 AM11/23/14
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:VIqdnfLbc8vS4OzJnZ2dnUU7-
I2d...@vex.net:
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>
se, but here goes.
> 1. Set in a parallel 1980s where Nixon won the Vietnam War with
> the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
> tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
> and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
"Watchmen"
> 2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"
> 3. Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, this was the story of
> a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
> forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
> States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
"Hellboy"
> 4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
> who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
> this one's been made into two movies.
"Judge Dredd"
> 5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
"Maus"
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
"V for Vendetta"
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
"Sandman"
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
"Ghost World"
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
"300"
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
"The Walking Dead"
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
J.C. Watts
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
Bill Bradley
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
Jack Kemp
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
Manny Pacquiao
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
Klitschko
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
Sebastian Coe
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
I2d...@vex.net:
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>
> In fact all but two of these classic graphic novels have been
> made into films or TV series, but we're talking about the original
> works here.
>
> In each case give the title.
Some of these, I'm not sure that they are considered graphic novels per
> made into films or TV series, but we're talking about the original
> works here.
>
> In each case give the title.
se, but here goes.
> 1. Set in a parallel 1980s where Nixon won the Vietnam War with
> the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
> tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
> and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
> 2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
> 3. Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, this was the story of
> a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
> forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
> States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
> 4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
> who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
> this one's been made into two movies.
> 5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
Steve Largent
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 23, 2014, 2:41:52 AM11/23/14
to
In article <VIqdnfLbc8vS4OzJ...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
>
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
>
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
Ghost World
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
300
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
> for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
> training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
> name the athletic politico.
>
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
Steve Largent
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
>
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
Bill Bradley
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
Jack Kemp
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>
> In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any
> more, they're graphic novels. Whatever the difference, they have
> impacted modern culture and inspired more than a few movies.
> In fact all but two of these classic graphic novels have been
> made into films or TV series, but we're talking about the original
> works here.
>
> In each case give the title.
>
>
> In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any
> more, they're graphic novels. Whatever the difference, they have
> impacted modern culture and inspired more than a few movies.
> In fact all but two of these classic graphic novels have been
> made into films or TV series, but we're talking about the original
> works here.
>
> In each case give the title.
>
> 5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
Maus
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
>
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
>
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
> for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
> training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
> name the athletic politico.
>
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
>
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
Peter Smyth
Nov 23, 2014, 4:24:59 AM11/23/14
to
> 5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
>
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
>
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
>
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
>
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
>
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
The Walking Dead
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
>
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
>
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
>
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
>
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
>
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
>
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
> for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
> training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
> name the athletic politico.
>
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
>
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
JD Holmes
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
> for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
> training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
> name the athletic politico.
>
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
>
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
Bill Bradley
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
> 4. The Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
Jack Kemp
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
> 5. This Toronto Maple Leaf played with the team in the '60s while
> serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. He would
> go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
>
> 6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
> a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
> for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
> later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
> Canada" personality.
>
> 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
> seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
> Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
>
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
Manny Pacquaio
> go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
>
> 6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
> a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
> for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
> later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
> Canada" personality.
>
> 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
> seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
> Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
>
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
Vitali Klitschko
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
Sebastian Coe
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 23, 2014, 5:27:46 AM11/23/14
to
And not a single one by Hegré? What a shame.
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
Vitaly Klytchko
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
Sebastian Coe
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
Nelson Rockefeller
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Blum
Nov 23, 2014, 10:53:39 AM11/23/14
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> 1. Set in a parallel 1980s where Nixon won the Vietnam War with
> the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
> tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
> and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
Watchmen
> the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
> tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
> and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
> 2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
> 3. Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, this was the story of
> a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
> forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
> States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
> 4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
> who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
> this one's been made into two movies.
> 5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
I don't know who this is, but the clue is wrong. I know John Lewis
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
was elected to the House (for a Georgia seat) a good bit earlier than
1995, and I believe there are other counterexamples.
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Jason Kreitzer
Nov 23, 2014, 11:53:56 AM11/23/14
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> 2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"
> 3. Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, this was the story of
> a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
> forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
> States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
"Hellboy"?
> a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
> forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
> States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
> 4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
> who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
> this one's been made into two movies.
"Judge Dredd"?
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
> who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
> this one's been made into two movies.
> 5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
"Maus"
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
"V For Vendetta"?
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
"Sandman"
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
>
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
"300"
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
>
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
> for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
> training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
> name the athletic politico.
>
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
>
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
>
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
Bill Bradley
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
> for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
> training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
> name the athletic politico.
>
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
>
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
>
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
Jack Kemp
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
> 5. This Toronto Maple Leaf played with the team in the '60s *while*
> serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. He would
> go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
>
> 6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
> a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
> for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
> later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
> Canada" personality.
>
> 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
> seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
> Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
>
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
Manny Pacquiao (sp.?)
> serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. He would
> go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
>
> 6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
> a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
> for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
> later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
> Canada" personality.
>
> 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
> seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
> Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
>
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
Björn Lundin
Nov 23, 2014, 1:15:23 PM11/23/14
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On 2014-11-23 07:23, Mark Brader wrote:
> In each case give the title.
>
>
> In each case give the title.
>
>
> 2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
hm, a Big-game-hunter, has been in Africa, played by Sean Connery.
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
Don't remember his name though
> 3. Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, this was the story of
> a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
> forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
> States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
> 4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
> who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
> this one's been made into two movies.
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
>
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
>
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
--
--
Björn
swp
Nov 23, 2014, 7:50:00 PM11/23/14
to
On Sunday, November 23, 2014 1:23:12 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>
>
> 1. Set in a parallel 1980s where Nixon won the Vietnam War with
> the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
> tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
> and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
watchmen
> the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
> tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
> and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
> 2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
> 3. Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, this was the story of
> a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
> forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
> States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
> 4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
> who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
> this one's been made into two movies.
> 5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
steve largent
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
> 5. This Toronto Maple Leaf played with the team in the '60s *while*
> serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. He would
> go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
> 6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
> a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
> for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
> later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
> Canada" personality.
> 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
> seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
> Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
swp
Dan Tilque
Nov 24, 2014, 10:38:38 AM11/24/14
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>
> In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any
> more, they're graphic novels. Whatever the difference, they have
> impacted modern culture and inspired more than a few movies.
> In fact all but two of these classic graphic novels have been
> made into films or TV series, but we're talking about the original
> works here.
>
> In each case give the title.
>
> 1. Set in a parallel 1980s where Nixon won the Vietnam War with
> the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
> tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
> and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
Wildcards
>
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>
> In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any
> more, they're graphic novels. Whatever the difference, they have
> impacted modern culture and inspired more than a few movies.
> In fact all but two of these classic graphic novels have been
> made into films or TV series, but we're talking about the original
> works here.
>
> In each case give the title.
>
> 1. Set in a parallel 1980s where Nixon won the Vietnam War with
> the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
> tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
> and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
>
> 2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
>
> 3. Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, this was the story of
> a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
> forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
> States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
>
> 4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
> who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
> this one's been made into two movies.
>
> 5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
>
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
>
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
>
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
>
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
>
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
> for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
> training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
> name the athletic politico.
>
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
>
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
>
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
>
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
>
> 5. This Toronto Maple Leaf played with the team in the '60s *while*
> serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. He would
> go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
>
> 6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
> a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
> for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
> later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
> Canada" personality.
>
> 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
> seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
> Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
>
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
>
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
>
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
--
Dan Tilque
Bruce Bowler
Nov 24, 2014, 11:12:26 AM11/24/14
to
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:23:11 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-10-27, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the
> questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, and are used
> here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2014-09-15
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>
> In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any more,
> they're graphic novels. Whatever the difference, they have impacted
> modern culture and inspired more than a few movies.
> In fact all but two of these classic graphic novels have been made into
> films or TV series, but we're talking about the original works here.
>
> In each case give the title.
>
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-10-27, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the
> questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, and are used
> here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2014-09-15
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>
> In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any more,
> they're graphic novels. Whatever the difference, they have impacted
> modern culture and inspired more than a few movies.
> In fact all but two of these classic graphic novels have been made into
> films or TV series, but we're talking about the original works here.
>
> In each case give the title.
>
> 2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain,
> Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain,
> Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
> 4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One, who
> declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually, this one's
> been made into two movies.
>
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you for the
> real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice training for
> politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case, name the athletic
> politico.
>
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks and
> is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
Bill Bradley
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks and
> is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a Congressman
> from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's vice-presidential
> candidate in the 1996 election.
Björn Lundin
Nov 24, 2014, 12:25:22 PM11/24/14
to
On 2014-11-23 11:27, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
>> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>>
>
> And not a single one by Hegré? What a shame.
>
No. No European comics at all.
> Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
>> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>>
>
> And not a single one by Hegré? What a shame.
>
They differ quite a bit from the American Marvel ones,
in that they seldom have super powers.
--
Björn
Mark Brader
Nov 24, 2014, 2:06:06 PM11/24/14
to
Erland Sommarskog:
Björn Lundin:
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama."
> > And not a single one by Hegré? What a shame.
No doubt it would also be shameful to misspell his name, then.
Björn Lundin:
> No. No European comics at all.
Many people consider Britain to be part of Europe.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama."
Björn Lundin
Nov 24, 2014, 3:11:39 PM11/24/14
to
On 2014-11-24 20:06, Mark Brader wrote:
> Erland Sommarskog:
Actually, yes, I stand corrected.
--
Björn
> Erland Sommarskog:
> Björn Lundin:
>> No. No European comics at all.
> Many people consider Britain to be part of Europe.
yes - funny how that works ...
>> No. No European comics at all.
> Many people consider Britain to be part of Europe.
Actually, yes, I stand corrected.
--
Björn
Calvin
Nov 24, 2014, 5:38:21 PM11/24/14
to
On Sunday, November 23, 2014 4:23:12 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>
> In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any
> more, they're graphic novels.
Sure they are.
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
>
> In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any
> more, they're graphic novels.
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
> for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
> training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
> name the athletic politico.
>
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
>
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
>
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
>
> 5. This Toronto Maple Leaf played with the team in the '60s *while*
> serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. He would
> go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
>
> 6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
> a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
> for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
> later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
> Canada" personality.
>
> 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
> seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
> Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
>
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
cheers,
calvin
Pete
Nov 25, 2014, 12:47:13 AM11/25/14
to
>
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
>
>
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
>
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
> for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
> training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
> name the athletic politico.
>
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
>
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
>
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
>
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
>
> 5. This Toronto Maple Leaf played with the team in the '60s *while*
> serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. He would
> go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
>
> 6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
> a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
> for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
> later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
> Canada" personality.
>
> 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
> seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
> Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
>
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
>
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
>
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
>
Pete
Mark Brader
Nov 26, 2014, 12:37:53 AM11/26/14
to
Mark Brader:
also a Current Events set currently running.
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
> In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any
> more, they're graphic novels. Whatever the difference, they have
> impacted modern culture and inspired more than a few movies.
> In fact all but two of these classic graphic novels have been
> made into films or TV series, but we're talking about the original
> works here.
> In each case give the title.
> 1. Set in a parallel 1980s where Nixon won the Vietnam War with
> the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
> tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
> and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
"Watchmen". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, and Stephen.
> 2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
"The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
Jason, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 3. Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, this was the story of
> a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
> forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
> States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
"Hellboy". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Björn, and Stephen.
> 4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
> who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
> this one's been made into two movies.
"Judge Dredd". 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Björn, Stephen,
Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
"Maus". 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Jason, and Stephen.
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
"V For Vendetta". I did not accept "V for Vengeance" as "almost
correct". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Björn, and Stephen.
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
"Sandman". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
"Ghost World". 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
"300". 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Blum, Jason, Björn, Stephen, and Pete.
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
"The Walking Dead". 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
> for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
> training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
> name the athletic politico.
This was the second-hardest round in the original game, after the
audio round.
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
Steve Largent. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
Julius (J.C.) Watts. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. 3 for Pete.
As Dan Blum noted, the last part of the question was wrong --
apparently it should have said "to be elected *as a Republican*".
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
Bill Bradley. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen,
Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
Jack Kemp. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Stephen,
Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
> 5. This Toronto Maple Leaf played with the team in the '60s *while*
> serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. He would
> go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
Red Kelly. 4 for Stephen.
> 6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
> a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
> for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
> later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
> Canada" personality.
Howie Meeker. 4 for Stephen.
> 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
> seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
> Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
Ken Dryden. 4 for Stephen and Pete.
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
Manny Pacquiao. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Jason, Stephen, Calvin,
and Pete.
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
Vitali Klitschko. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Calvin,
and Pete.
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
Lord Sebastian Coe. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Erland, Björn, Stephen,
Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci Ent Can Geo Lit Spo FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 32 40 16 20 40 28 140
Dan Blum 38 24 8 17 40 8 119
Dan Tilque 36 4 4 27 12 16 91
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- 40 40 80
Marc Dashevsky 24 20 0 24 12 12 80
Peter Smyth 28 8 6 8 8 20 64
Jason Kreitzer 0 20 -- -- 32 12 64
Pete Gayde -- -- 7 24 4 27 62
Bruce Bowler 20 12 0 20 8 8 60
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 4 24 0 8 52
Rob Parker 31 0 -- -- -- -- 31
Björn Lundin 3 0 4 4 16 4 28
"Calvin" -- -- 0 15 0 12 27
--
Mark Brader, Toronto / "A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour,
m...@vex.net / tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before."
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-10-27,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Note that Rounds 9-10 of this set have already been posted, and there's
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
also a Current Events set currently running.
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Arts & Lit - Graphic Novels
> In case you haven't gotten the memo, they aren't comic books any
> more, they're graphic novels. Whatever the difference, they have
> impacted modern culture and inspired more than a few movies.
> In fact all but two of these classic graphic novels have been
> made into films or TV series, but we're talking about the original
> works here.
> In each case give the title.
> 1. Set in a parallel 1980s where Nixon won the Vietnam War with
> the help of a superhero named Dr. Manhattan, this Alan Moore
> tale of over-the-hill superheroes includes a murder mystery
> and a psychotic vigilante named Rorschach.
> 2. Alan Moore again. In this one, he envisioned a Victorian
> superhero collective that included Captain Nemo, Allan
> Quatermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the Invisible Man,
> fighting the supervillain Fu Manchu.
Jason, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 3. Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, this was the story of
> a demon brought to Earth by Nazi occultists, but taken by Allied
> forces who put him to work battling future threats via the United
> States Bureau for Paranormal Research.
> 4. Britain's best-selling and most enduring graphic novel, it's
> the tale of a vigilante on the mean streets of Mega-City One,
> who declares himself judge, jury, and executioner. Actually,
> this one's been made into two movies.
Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 5. This graphic novel series was the autobiographical work of
> Art Spiegelman, conveying the day-to-day life of Polish Jews
> in Hitler's Europe through anthropomorphic animals. Name this
> Pulitzer Prize winner.
> 6. Alan Moore again. Okay, we love the guy. This graphic novel
> is set in a totalitarian post-WW3 England, in which a man in a
> porcelain mask and his protegee fight oppression through pranks
> and terrorism.
correct". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Björn, and Stephen.
> 7. Neil Gaiman's most famous work is the story of a man trying
> to capture Death (who is incarnated as a goth girl). Instead,
> he captures the King of Dreams.
> 8. Daniel Clowes's cult classic about adolescent life follows
> the story of Enid Coleslaw and Beck Doppelmeyer -- two bored,
> ironic teenage girls who wander aimlessly around their unnamed
> American town.
> 9. Frank Miller's magnum opus, it tells the story of the Spartans'
> heroic stand at Thermopylae. The story focuses on King Leonidas,
> the young footsoldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios.
> 10. In Robert Kirkman's story, a zombie apocalypse has swept the
> globe, causing the dead to feed on the living. It chronicles the
> travels of a group of people trying to survive in a zombie world.
> Battling despair (and sometimes each other), the group searches
> for a secure place to call home.
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Sports - Athletes Turned Politician
> Whether the rough-and-tumble of professional sports prepares you
> for the real world is debatable. But it does seem to be nice
> training for politics, where playing dirty pays. In each case,
> name the athletic politico.
audio round.
> 1. Considered one of the all-time great Seattle Seahawks, this
> wide receiver spent 4 terms in the US House of Representatives
> before resigning in 2006 to run -- unsuccessfully -- for Governor
> of Oklahoma.
> 2. This quarterback led the Ottawa Rough Riders to the Grey Cup
> in 1981. In 1995, as an Oklahoma Republican, he became the
> first African-American to be elected to Congress from any
> southern state in 120 years.
As Dan Blum noted, the last part of the question was wrong --
apparently it should have said "to be elected *as a Republican*".
> 3. A 20-year New Jersey Senator, and one-time Presidential
> candidate, he won two NBA championships with the New York Knicks
> and is in the NBA Hall of Fame.
Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
> 4. *The* Buffalo Bills quarterback of the 1960s, he won two
> championships and went to 7 Pro Bowls. He served as a
> Congressman from New York for 18 years and was Bob Dole's
> vice-presidential candidate in the 1996 election.
Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
> 5. This Toronto Maple Leaf played with the team in the '60s *while*
> serving as MP for York West in the Pearson government. He would
> go on to coach the Leafs for four seasons in the '70s.
> 6. In another case of Maple Leaf moonlighting, this man served as
> a Progressive Conservative MP for Waterloo South while playing
> for the team 1951-53 -- appropriately, at right wing. He would
> later make a name for himself yet again as a "Hockey Night in
> Canada" personality.
> 7. This former Montreal Canadien won 5 Vezina trophies in 7 full
> seasons. He was elected MP for York Centre in 2004 and was
> Minister of Social Development under Paul Martin.
> 8. The only 8-division world champion in boxing, he has won 10
> world titles and, in 2013, was on the Forbes list as the 14th
> highest-paid athlete in the world. Since 2010, he has also
> been an elected member of the Philippines Congress.
and Pete.
> 9. He was the first professional boxer to hold a Ph.D. degree.
> He retired last year as the 8th-longest-reigning heavyweight
> champion of all time. And now he is the mayor of Kiev, Ukraine.
and Pete.
> 10. This track and field superstar won 4 medals, including a gold,
> at the 1980 and '84 Olympics. He was a British MP 1992-97.
> He is now Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University and chair
> of the British Olympic Association.
Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci Ent Can Geo Lit Spo FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 32 40 16 20 40 28 140
Dan Blum 38 24 8 17 40 8 119
Dan Tilque 36 4 4 27 12 16 91
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- 40 40 80
Marc Dashevsky 24 20 0 24 12 12 80
Peter Smyth 28 8 6 8 8 20 64
Jason Kreitzer 0 20 -- -- 32 12 64
Pete Gayde -- -- 7 24 4 27 62
Bruce Bowler 20 12 0 20 8 8 60
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 4 24 0 8 52
Rob Parker 31 0 -- -- -- -- 31
Björn Lundin 3 0 4 4 16 4 28
"Calvin" -- -- 0 15 0 12 27
--
Mark Brader, Toronto / "A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour,
m...@vex.net / tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before."
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