QFTCI5GNM Final Round 8: History
Mark Brader
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** Final, Round 8 - History
* African-American Famous Firsts
1. Who was the first African-American to become a Supreme
Court justice?
2. Who was the first African-American Miss America? She had
to relinquish her crown when nude Penthouse pictures surfaced.
3. Who was the first African-American actress to win an Oscar?
The year was 1939 and it was for a supporting role in an
iconic film.
* Karl Marx
4. Prior to "The Communist Manifesto", Marx wrote critiques on
the works of what German philosopher?
5. With whom did Marx co-write "The Communist Manifesto"?
6. Marx's great work, published in three volumes (two of them
posthumous), is titled what?
* Famous Last Words
The following are said to be the dying words of famous people, and
while some quotes may be in dispute, these are generally identified
with these people. Name the speaker.
7. Died in 1900 at age 46. This playwright and author, glancing
around his rented room, said, "This wallpaper is killing me;
one of us has got to go."
8. Died in 1957 at age 57. This film star said, "I never should
have switched from scotch to martinis."
9. Died in 1932 at age 65. This showman said, "Curtain!
Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great!
The show looks good, the show looks good."
* Before they were Generals
10. This Russian lieutenant-general was also a poet and was
conscripted into the Red Army in 1938. He was wounded
in combat during the defense of Bryansk in October
1941. From 1942 onwards he was assigned to the Central
Scientific-Developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of
the Chief Artillery Directorate of the Red Army. Name him.
11. This American general graduated from the United States
Military Academy in 1909 with a commission as a cavalary
officer. Accompanied by 10 soldiers of the 6th Infantry
Regiment, and using 3 armored cars, he conducted the
US's first armored-vehicle attack during the Pancho Villa
Expedition in 1916. Name him.
12. This American general graduated from the US Military Academy
in 1936. General George Patton said of him "I'm supposed to
be the best tank commander in the Army, but I have one peer...
He's the world champion." His 37th Armor Regiment was one
of the leaders in the effort to relieve the 101st Airborne
Division during the Battle of the Bulge. Name him.
* Conspiracies
13. What is Warren Commission Exhibit #399? Be specific.
14. The US Government is quick to kill any conspiracy theories
regarding the killings of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King,
and uses what phrase to describe the three different shooters?
15. Dorothy Kilgallen conducted an interview with Jack Ruby
and later obtained a copy of Ruby's testimony to the Warren
Commission. She had told colleagues she was "about to blow
the JFK case sky high." Shortly thereafter she was found
dead... just hours after appearing on what game show?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Asteroid Nearly Misses Earth"
m...@vex.net | --Washington Post, June 24, 2002
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky
> ** Final, Round 8 - History
>
> * African-American Famous Firsts
>
> 1. Who was the first African-American to become a Supreme
> Court justice?
> 2. Who was the first African-American Miss America? She had
> to relinquish her crown when nude Penthouse pictures surfaced.
Vanessa Williams
> 3. Who was the first African-American actress to win an Oscar?
> The year was 1939 and it was for a supporting role in an
> iconic film.
Hattie McDaniel
> * Karl Marx
>
> 4. Prior to "The Communist Manifesto", Marx wrote critiques on
> the works of what German philosopher?
Heidegger
> 5. With whom did Marx co-write "The Communist Manifesto"?
Engels
> 6. Marx's great work, published in three volumes (two of them
> posthumous), is titled what?
Das Kapital
> * Famous Last Words
>
> The following are said to be the dying words of famous people, and
> while some quotes may be in dispute, these are generally identified
> with these people. Name the speaker.
>
> 7. Died in 1900 at age 46. This playwright and author, glancing
> around his rented room, said, "This wallpaper is killing me;
> one of us has got to go."
Oscar Wilde
> 8. Died in 1957 at age 57. This film star said, "I never should
> have switched from scotch to martinis."
Humphrey Bogart
> 9. Died in 1932 at age 65. This showman said, "Curtain!
> Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great!
> The show looks good, the show looks good."
>
>
> * Before they were Generals
>
> 10. This Russian lieutenant-general was also a poet and was
> conscripted into the Red Army in 1938. He was wounded
> in combat during the defense of Bryansk in October
> 1941. From 1942 onwards he was assigned to the Central
> Scientific-Developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of
> the Chief Artillery Directorate of the Red Army. Name him.
>
> 11. This American general graduated from the United States
> Military Academy in 1909 with a commission as a cavalary
> officer. Accompanied by 10 soldiers of the 6th Infantry
> Regiment, and using 3 armored cars, he conducted the
> US's first armored-vehicle attack during the Pancho Villa
> Expedition in 1916. Name him.
Douglas MacArthur
> 12. This American general graduated from the US Military Academy
> in 1936. General George Patton said of him "I'm supposed to
> be the best tank commander in the Army, but I have one peer...
> He's the world champion." His 37th Armor Regiment was one
> of the leaders in the effort to relieve the 101st Airborne
> Division during the Battle of the Bulge. Name him.
>
> * Conspiracies
>
> 13. What is Warren Commission Exhibit #399? Be specific.
>
> 14. The US Government is quick to kill any conspiracy theories
> regarding the killings of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King,
> and uses what phrase to describe the three different shooters?
gunman acting alone
> 15. Dorothy Kilgallen conducted an interview with Jack Ruby
> and later obtained a copy of Ruby's testimony to the Warren
> Commission. She had told colleagues she was "about to blow
> the JFK case sky high." Shortly thereafter she was found
> dead... just hours after appearing on what game show?
What's My Line
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
Pete
news:B6ydnZs6kuZXxnfQ...@vex.net:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-13,
> 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. For further information see
> my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe,
> and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - History
>
> * African-American Famous Firsts
>
> 1. Who was the first African-American to become a Supreme
> Court justice?
Marshall
>
> 2. Who was the first African-American Miss America? She had
> to relinquish her crown when nude Penthouse pictures surfaced.
Williams
>
> 3. Who was the first African-American actress to win an Oscar?
> The year was 1939 and it was for a supporting role in an
> iconic film.
Hattie McDaniel
>
>
> * Karl Marx
>
> 4. Prior to "The Communist Manifesto", Marx wrote critiques on
> the works of what German philosopher?
Kant; Heidegger
>
> 5. With whom did Marx co-write "The Communist Manifesto"?
Engels
>
> 6. Marx's great work, published in three volumes (two of them
> posthumous), is titled what?
>
>
> * Famous Last Words
>
> The following are said to be the dying words of famous people, and
> while some quotes may be in dispute, these are generally identified
> with these people. Name the speaker.
>
> 7. Died in 1900 at age 46. This playwright and author, glancing
> around his rented room, said, "This wallpaper is killing me;
> one of us has got to go."
Wilde; Shaw
>
> 8. Died in 1957 at age 57. This film star said, "I never should
> have switched from scotch to martinis."
Errol Flynn; Montgomery Clift
>
> 9. Died in 1932 at age 65. This showman said, "Curtain!
> Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great!
> The show looks good, the show looks good."
George M. Cohan
>
>
> * Before they were Generals
>
> 10. This Russian lieutenant-general was also a poet and was
> conscripted into the Red Army in 1938. He was wounded
> in combat during the defense of Bryansk in October
> 1941. From 1942 onwards he was assigned to the Central
> Scientific-Developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of
> the Chief Artillery Directorate of the Red Army. Name him.
Zhukov
>
> 11. This American general graduated from the United States
> Military Academy in 1909 with a commission as a cavalary
> officer. Accompanied by 10 soldiers of the 6th Infantry
> Regiment, and using 3 armored cars, he conducted the
> US's first armored-vehicle attack during the Pancho Villa
> Expedition in 1916. Name him.
Patton
>
> 12. This American general graduated from the US Military Academy
> in 1936. General George Patton said of him "I'm supposed to
> be the best tank commander in the Army, but I have one peer...
> He's the world champion." His 37th Armor Regiment was one
> of the leaders in the effort to relieve the 101st Airborne
> Division during the Battle of the Bulge. Name him.
Marshall
>
>
> * Conspiracies
>
> 13. What is Warren Commission Exhibit #399? Be specific.
The bullet that changed direction multiple times
>
> 14. The US Government is quick to kill any conspiracy theories
> regarding the killings of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King,
> and uses what phrase to describe the three different shooters?
They acted alone
>
> 15. Dorothy Kilgallen conducted an interview with Jack Ruby
> and later obtained a copy of Ruby's testimony to the Warren
> Commission. She had told colleagues she was "about to blow
> the JFK case sky high." Shortly thereafter she was found
> dead... just hours after appearing on what game show?
What's My Line?
>
Pete
Erland Sommarskog
> 1. Who was the first African-American to become a Supreme
> Court justice?
Clarence Thomas
> 4. Prior to "The Communist Manifesto", Marx wrote critiques on
> the works of what German philosopher?
Max Hegel
> 6. Marx's great work, published in three volumes (two of them
> posthumous), is titled what?
Das Kapital
> 7. Died in 1900 at age 46. This playwright and author, glancing
> around his rented room, said, "This wallpaper is killing me;
> one of us has got to go."
Oscar Wilde
> 10. This Russian lieutenant-general was also a poet and was
> conscripted into the Red Army in 1938. He was wounded
> in combat during the defense of Bryansk in October
> 1941. From 1942 onwards he was assigned to the Central
> Scientific-Developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of
> the Chief Artillery Directorate of the Red Army. Name him.
Kalashnikov
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Joshua Kreitzer
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - History
>
> * African-American Famous Firsts
>
> 1. Who was the first African-American to become a Supreme
> Court justice?
Thurgood Marshall
> 2. Who was the first African-American Miss America? She had
> to relinquish her crown when nude Penthouse pictures surfaced.
Vanessa Williams
> 3. Who was the first African-American actress to win an Oscar?
> The year was 1939 and it was for a supporting role in an
> iconic film.
Hattie McDaniel
> * Karl Marx
>
> 4. Prior to "The Communist Manifesto", Marx wrote critiques on
> the works of what German philosopher?
Hegel
> 5. With whom did Marx co-write "The Communist Manifesto"?
Engels
> 6. Marx's great work, published in three volumes (two of them
> posthumous), is titled what?
"Das Kapital"
(probably the answer being asked for, although I wouldn't call it
"great")
> * Famous Last Words
>
> The following are said to be the dying words of famous people, and
> while some quotes may be in dispute, these are generally identified
> with these people. Name the speaker.
>
> 7. Died in 1900 at age 46. This playwright and author, glancing
> around his rented room, said, "This wallpaper is killing me;
> one of us has got to go."
Oscar Wilde
> 8. Died in 1957 at age 57. This film star said, "I never should
> have switched from scotch to martinis."
Humphrey Bogart
> 9. Died in 1932 at age 65. This showman said, "Curtain!
> Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great!
> The show looks good, the show looks good."
Ziegfeld
> * Before they were Generals
>
> 12. This American general graduated from the US Military Academy
> in 1936. General George Patton said of him "I'm supposed to
> be the best tank commander in the Army, but I have one peer...
> He's the world champion." His 37th Armor Regiment was one
> of the leaders in the effort to relieve the 101st Airborne
> Division during the Battle of the Bulge. Name him.
Bradley
> * Conspiracies
>
> 13. What is Warren Commission Exhibit #399? Be specific.
the bullet that caused the fatal wound to John Kennedy; the Zapruder
film
> 14. The US Government is quick to kill any conspiracy theories
> regarding the killings of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King,
> and uses what phrase to describe the three different shooters?
lone gunmen
> 15. Dorothy Kilgallen conducted an interview with Jack Ruby
> and later obtained a copy of Ruby's testimony to the Warren
> Commission. She had told colleagues she was "about to blow
> the JFK case sky high." Shortly thereafter she was found
> dead... just hours after appearing on what game show?
"What's My Line"
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Calvin
> ** Final, Round 8 - History
>
> * African-American Famous Firsts
>
> 1. Who was the first African-American to become a Supreme
> Court justice?
Marshall
> 2. Who was the first African-American Miss America? She had
> to relinquish her crown when nude Penthouse pictures surfaced.
Williams
> 3. Who was the first African-American actress to win an Oscar?
> The year was 1939 and it was for a supporting role in an
> iconic film.
Gone With the Wind presumably but no clue as to the actor.
> * Karl Marx
>
> 4. Prior to "The Communist Manifesto", Marx wrote critiques on
> the works of what German philosopher?
Kant
> 5. With whom did Marx co-write "The Communist Manifesto"?
Engels
> 6. Marx's great work, published in three volumes (two of them
> posthumous), is titled what?
LOL. I thought it *was* The Communist Manifesto.
> * Famous Last Words
>
> The following are said to be the dying words of famous people, and
> while some quotes may be in dispute, these are generally identified
> with these people. Name the speaker.
>
> 7. Died in 1900 at age 46. This playwright and author, glancing
> around his rented room, said, "This wallpaper is killing me;
> one of us has got to go."
Oscar Wilde
> 8. Died in 1957 at age 57. This film star said, "I never should
> have switched from scotch to martinis."
Humphrey Bogart?
> 9. Died in 1932 at age 65. This showman said, "Curtain!
> Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great!
> The show looks good, the show looks good."
Ziegfield, WC Fields
> * Before they were Generals
>
> 10. This Russian lieutenant-general was also a poet and was
> conscripted into the Red Army in 1938. He was wounded
> in combat during the defense of Bryansk in October
> 1941. From 1942 onwards he was assigned to the Central
> Scientific-Developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of
> the Chief Artillery Directorate of the Red Army. Name him.
Zhukov?
> 11. This American general graduated from the United States
> Military Academy in 1909 with a commission as a cavalary
> officer. Accompanied by 10 soldiers of the 6th Infantry
> Regiment, and using 3 armored cars, he conducted the
> US's first armored-vehicle attack during the Pancho Villa
> Expedition in 1916. Name him.
Pershing?
> 12. This American general graduated from the US Military Academy
> in 1936. General George Patton said of him "I'm supposed to
> be the best tank commander in the Army, but I have one peer...
> He's the world champion." His 37th Armor Regiment was one
> of the leaders in the effort to relieve the 101st Airborne
> Division during the Battle of the Bulge. Name him.
Patton?
> * Conspiracies
>
> 13. What is Warren Commission Exhibit #399? Be specific.
The magic bullet, a piece of Kennedy's head.
> 14. The US Government is quick to kill any conspiracy theories
> regarding the killings of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King,
> and uses what phrase to describe the three different shooters?
Lone wolf
> 15. Dorothy Kilgallen conducted an interview with Jack Ruby
> and later obtained a copy of Ruby's testimony to the Warren
> Commission. She had told colleagues she was "about to blow
> the JFK case sky high." Shortly thereafter she was found
> dead... just hours after appearing on what game show?
Dunno
--
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
> ** Final, Round 8 - History
> * African-American Famous Firsts
> 1. Who was the first African-American to become a Supreme
> Court justice?
Thurgood Marshall
> 2. Who was the first African-American Miss America? She had
> to relinquish her crown when nude Penthouse pictures surfaced.
Vanessa Williams
> 3. Who was the first African-American actress to win an Oscar?
> The year was 1939 and it was for a supporting role in an
> iconic film.
McDaniels
> * Karl Marx
> 4. Prior to "The Communist Manifesto", Marx wrote critiques on
> the works of what German philosopher?
Hegel
> 5. With whom did Marx co-write "The Communist Manifesto"?
Engels
> 6. Marx's great work, published in three volumes (two of them
> posthumous), is titled what?
Das Kapital
> * Famous Last Words
> 7. Died in 1900 at age 46. This playwright and author, glancing
> around his rented room, said, "This wallpaper is killing me;
> one of us has got to go."
Oscar Wilde
> 8. Died in 1957 at age 57. This film star said, "I never should
> have switched from scotch to martinis."
Humphrey Bogart
> 9. Died in 1932 at age 65. This showman said, "Curtain!
> Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great!
> The show looks good, the show looks good."
Ziegfeld; Busby Berkeley
> * Before they were Generals
> 11. This American general graduated from the United States
> Military Academy in 1909 with a commission as a cavalary
> officer. Accompanied by 10 soldiers of the 6th Infantry
> Regiment, and using 3 armored cars, he conducted the
> US's first armored-vehicle attack during the Pancho Villa
> Expedition in 1916. Name him.
Patton
> 12. This American general graduated from the US Military Academy
> in 1936. General George Patton said of him "I'm supposed to
> be the best tank commander in the Army, but I have one peer...
> He's the world champion." His 37th Armor Regiment was one
> of the leaders in the effort to relieve the 101st Airborne
> Division during the Battle of the Bulge. Name him.
Bradley
> * Conspiracies
> 14. The US Government is quick to kill any conspiracy theories
> regarding the killings of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King,
> and uses what phrase to describe the three different shooters?
lone gunman
> 15. Dorothy Kilgallen conducted an interview with Jack Ruby
> and later obtained a copy of Ruby's testimony to the Warren
> Commission. She had told colleagues she was "about to blow
> the JFK case sky high." Shortly thereafter she was found
> dead... just hours after appearing on what game show?
To Tell the Truth; What's My Line?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
robpparker SPAM @foroptusnet.com.aume Rob Parker
>
> the works of what German philosopher?
Kant
> 5. With whom did Marx co-write "The Communist Manifesto"?
Engels
> 6. Marx's great work, published in three volumes (two of them
> posthumous), is titled what?
Das Kapital
> 9. Died in 1932 at age 65. This showman said, "Curtain!
> Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great!
> The show looks good, the show looks good."
PT Barnum; WC Fields
> 11. This American general graduated from the United States
> Military Academy in 1909 with a commission as a cavalary
> officer. Accompanied by 10 soldiers of the 6th Infantry
> Regiment, and using 3 armored cars, he conducted the
> US's first armored-vehicle attack during the Pancho Villa
> Expedition in 1916. Name him.
Patton
Rob
Jeffrey Turner
> ** Final, Round 8 - History
>
> * African-American Famous Firsts
>
> 1. Who was the first African-American to become a Supreme
> Court justice?
Thurgood Marshall
> 2. Who was the first African-American Miss America? She had
> to relinquish her crown when nude Penthouse pictures surfaced.
Vanessa Williams
> 3. Who was the first African-American actress to win an Oscar?
> The year was 1939 and it was for a supporting role in an
> iconic film.
Gone With the Wind...
> * Karl Marx
>
> 4. Prior to "The Communist Manifesto", Marx wrote critiques on
> the works of what German philosopher?
Hegel
> 5. With whom did Marx co-write "The Communist Manifesto"?
Engels
> 6. Marx's great work, published in three volumes (two of them
> posthumous), is titled what?
Grundrisse
> * Famous Last Words
>
> The following are said to be the dying words of famous people, and
> while some quotes may be in dispute, these are generally identified
> with these people. Name the speaker.
>
> 7. Died in 1900 at age 46. This playwright and author, glancing
> around his rented room, said, "This wallpaper is killing me;
> one of us has got to go."
Oscar Wilde
> 8. Died in 1957 at age 57. This film star said, "I never should
> have switched from scotch to martinis."
>
> 9. Died in 1932 at age 65. This showman said, "Curtain!
> Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great!
> The show looks good, the show looks good."
> * Before they were Generals
>
> 10. This Russian lieutenant-general was also a poet and was
> conscripted into the Red Army in 1938. He was wounded
> in combat during the defense of Bryansk in October
> 1941. From 1942 onwards he was assigned to the Central
> Scientific-Developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of
> the Chief Artillery Directorate of the Red Army. Name him.
>
> 11. This American general graduated from the United States
> Military Academy in 1909 with a commission as a cavalary
> officer. Accompanied by 10 soldiers of the 6th Infantry
> Regiment, and using 3 armored cars, he conducted the
> US's first armored-vehicle attack during the Pancho Villa
> Expedition in 1916. Name him.
Patton
> 12. This American general graduated from the US Military Academy
> in 1936. General George Patton said of him "I'm supposed to
> be the best tank commander in the Army, but I have one peer...
> He's the world champion." His 37th Armor Regiment was one
> of the leaders in the effort to relieve the 101st Airborne
> Division during the Battle of the Bulge. Name him.
>
>
> * Conspiracies
>
> 13. What is Warren Commission Exhibit #399? Be specific.
>
> 14. The US Government is quick to kill any conspiracy theories
> regarding the killings of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King,
> and uses what phrase to describe the three different shooters?
Lone gunman
> 15. Dorothy Kilgallen conducted an interview with Jack Ruby
> and later obtained a copy of Ruby's testimony to the Warren
> Commission. She had told colleagues she was "about to blow
> the JFK case sky high." Shortly thereafter she was found
> dead... just hours after appearing on what game show?
What's My Line
--Jeff
--
It is very easy for rich people to preach
the virtues of self-reliance to the poor.
--Winston Churchill
Peter Smyth
news:B6ydnZs6kuZXxnfQ...@vex.net...
>
>These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-13,
>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. For further information see
>my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
>All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe,
>and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and
>may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
>
>
>** Final, Round 8 - History
>
>* African-American Famous Firsts
>
>1. Who was the first African-American to become a Supreme
> Court justice?
>2. Who was the first African-American Miss America? She had
> to relinquish her crown when nude Penthouse pictures surfaced.
>
>3. Who was the first African-American actress to win an Oscar?
> The year was 1939 and it was for a supporting role in an
> iconic film.
>
>
>* Karl Marx
>
>4. Prior to "The Communist Manifesto", Marx wrote critiques on
> the works of what German philosopher?
>5. With whom did Marx co-write "The Communist Manifesto"?
>6. Marx's great work, published in three volumes (two of them
> posthumous), is titled what?
>
>* Famous Last Words
>
>The following are said to be the dying words of famous people, and
>while some quotes may be in dispute, these are generally identified
>with these people. Name the speaker.
>
>7. Died in 1900 at age 46. This playwright and author, glancing
> around his rented room, said, "This wallpaper is killing me;
> one of us has got to go."
>14. The US Government is quick to kill any conspiracy theories
> regarding the killings of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King,
> and uses what phrase to describe the three different shooters?
>15. Dorothy Kilgallen conducted an interview with Jack Ruby
> and later obtained a copy of Ruby's testimony to the Warren
> Commission. She had told colleagues she was "about to blow
> the JFK case sky high." Shortly thereafter she was found
> dead... just hours after appearing on what game show?
Peter Smyth
Mark Brader
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-13,
> see my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> ** Final, Round 8 - History
This was the easiest round in the original game.
> * African-American Famous Firsts
> 1. Who was the first African-American to become a Supreme
> Court justice?
Thurgood Marshall. 4 for Marc, Pete, Joshua, Calvin, Dan, and Jeff.
> 2. Who was the first African-American Miss America? She had
> to relinquish her crown when nude Penthouse pictures surfaced.
Vanessa Williams. That's Vanessa L. Williams, not the other one.
4 for Marc, Pete, Joshua, Calvin, Dan, and Jeff.
The wording should have been "when nude pictures surfaced in
Penthouse"; they'd been taken some time before and weren't
originally intended for the magazine.
> 3. Who was the first African-American actress to win an Oscar?
> The year was 1939 and it was for a supporting role in an
> iconic film.
Hattie McDaniel ("Gone with the Wind"). 4 for Marc, Pete, Joshua,
and Dan.
> * Karl Marx
> 4. Prior to "The Communist Manifesto", Marx wrote critiques on
> the works of what German philosopher?
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan, and Jeff.
> 5. With whom did Marx co-write "The Communist Manifesto"?
Friedrich Engels. 4 for Marc, Pete, Joshua, Calvin, Dan, Rob,
Jeff, and Peter.
> 6. Marx's great work, published in three volumes (two of them
> posthumous), is titled what?
"Das Kapital". 4 for Marc, Erland, Joshua, Dan, Rob, and Peter.
> * Famous Last Words
> The following are said to be the dying words of famous people, and
> while some quotes may be in dispute, these are generally identified
> with these people. Name the speaker.
> 7. Died in 1900 at age 46. This playwright and author, glancing
> around his rented room, said, "This wallpaper is killing me;
> one of us has got to go."
Oscar Wilde. 4 for Marc, Erland, Joshua, Calvin, Dan, Jeff,
and Peter. 3 for Pete.
> 8. Died in 1957 at age 57. This film star said, "I never should
> have switched from scotch to martinis."
Humphrey Bogart. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan.
> 9. Died in 1932 at age 65. This showman said, "Curtain!
> Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great!
> The show looks good, the show looks good."
Florenz Ziegfield. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Calvin (who spelled it
correctly) and Dan.
> * Before they were Generals
> 10. This Russian lieutenant-general was also a poet and was
> conscripted into the Red Army in 1938. He was wounded
> in combat during the defense of Bryansk in October
> 1941. From 1942 onwards he was assigned to the Central
> Scientific-Developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of
> the Chief Artillery Directorate of the Red Army. Name him.
Mikhail Kalashnikov. 4 for Erland.
> 11. This American general graduated from the United States
> Military Academy in 1909 with a commission as a cavalary
> officer. Accompanied by 10 soldiers of the 6th Infantry
> Regiment, and using 3 armored cars, he conducted the
> US's first armored-vehicle attack during the Pancho Villa
> Expedition in 1916. Name him.
George Patton. 4 for Pete, Dan, Rob, and Jeff.
> 12. This American general graduated from the US Military Academy
> in 1936. General George Patton said of him "I'm supposed to
> be the best tank commander in the Army, but I have one peer...
> He's the world champion." His 37th Armor Regiment was one
> of the leaders in the effort to relieve the 101st Airborne
> Division during the Battle of the Bulge. Name him.
Creighton Abrams.
> * Conspiracies
> 13. What is Warren Commission Exhibit #399? Be specific.
The "magic bullet" or "single bullet" that, the commission concluded,
shot both President John F. Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally.
(I scored other references to a bullet as almost correct.)
4 for Pete. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Joshua.
> 14. The US Government is quick to kill any conspiracy theories
> regarding the killings of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King,
> and uses what phrase to describe the three different shooters?
The expected answer was "lone nut assassin", but Google finds *no*
uses of this phrase on any .gov web site. I'm accepting any phrase
implying "lone assassin". 4 for Marc, Pete, Joshua, Calvin, Dan,
Jeff, and Peter.
> 15. Dorothy Kilgallen conducted an interview with Jack Ruby
> and later obtained a copy of Ruby's testimony to the Warren
> Commission. She had told colleagues she was "about to blow
> the JFK case sky high." Shortly thereafter she was found
> dead... just hours after appearing on what game show?
"What's My Line?". 4 for Marc, Pete, Joshua, and Jeff. 2 for Dan.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUND-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPIC-> Sci Lit Geo Spo Ent His FOUR
Stephen Perry 38 40 40 -- 60 -- 178
Joshua Kreitzer 26 36 39 -- 54 46 175
Marc Dashevsky 44 28 24 12 44 36 152
Dan Blum -- 31 31 10 44 45 151
Pete Gayde 17 24 28 8 32 35 119
Peter Smyth 21 8 40 24 4 16 101
Rob Parker 35 4 30 -- 16 12 93
Dan Tilque 36 12 31 4 11 -- 90
"Calvin" 10 4 25 18 12 30 85
Jeff Turner -- -- 24 -- 28 32 84
Erland Sommarskog 4 8 44 4 8 16 76
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "You don't SIT IN the traffic jam;
m...@vex.net | you ARE the traffic jam." -- Werner Icking
swp
> Scores, if there are no errors:
>
> ROUND-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
> TOPIC-> Sci Lit Geo Spo Ent His FOUR
> Stephen Perry 38 40 40 -- 60 -- 178
> Joshua Kreitzer 26 36 39 -- 54 46 175
> Marc Dashevsky 44 28 24 12 44 36 152
> Dan Blum -- 31 31 10 44 45 151
> Pete Gayde 17 24 28 8 32 35 119
> Peter Smyth 21 8 40 24 4 16 101
> Rob Parker 35 4 30 -- 16 12 93
> Dan Tilque 36 12 31 4 11 -- 90
> "Calvin" 10 4 25 18 12 30 85
> Jeff Turner -- -- 24 -- 28 32 84
> Erland Sommarskog 4 8 44 4 8 16 76
>
> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto | "You don't SIT IN the traffic jam;
> m...@vex.net | you ARE the traffic jam." -- Werner Icking
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
my lack of entry is due to google groups not allowing/showing all
posts in rec.games.trivia, among others. in this case, I saw the
answers of Marc D, Pete, Erland, Calvin, and Peter Smyth without
seeing Mark Brader's original post. so I didn't enter anything. of
course today, after the scoring is announced, I see both the original
and scoring posts from Mark. to mitigate this problem, I have
downloaded the xnews client and am using the eternal september server
as recommended by Erland. still working out the kinks in that, but it
seems to show almost every post. a hearty THANK YOU to Erland for his
prompt suggestion.
naturally, I blame the flagrant use of capital letters on startging
this whole mess in the first place.
swp
Erland Sommarskog
> to mitigate this problem, I have
> downloaded the xnews client and am using the eternal september server
> as recommended by Erland. still working out the kinks in that, but it
> seems to show almost every post. a hearty THANK YOU to Erland for his
> prompt suggestion.
it usually sorts out in 12 hours or so.
One thing to be aware of is that since thy don't carry binaries, they
drop all posts with attachments on the floor. I don't think this is much
of a problem in this newsgroup.