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QFTCIWSS Game 7, Rounds 9-10: Python, food challenge
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Mark Brader
Oct 21, 2018, 2:00:41 AM10/21/18
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-09,
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 4 days.
All questions were written by members of What She Said 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
"Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his
wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's
as good as a wink to a blind bat."
4. A man walks into a shop, having been sitting in the public
library on Thurmon Street, skimming through "Rogue Herrys"
by Hugh Walpole when he suddenly came over all peckish so
he curtailed his Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and
infiltrated this place of purveyance to negotiate the vending
of a comestible.
5. Four well-dressed gentlemen sit drinking wine, smoking cigars,
and reminiscing about their humble beginnings. One lived in
a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house
because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the
one who had to live in a corridor?
6. Ernest Scribbler, a writer, is found dead. Police seal off the
area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove
the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to
help defeat the Nazis.
7. A pall hangs over a frightened city, fear of a new kind of
violence: gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit
young men. Mr. Johnson's son Kevin doesn't go out anymore.
He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room.
8. She's being interviewed about her new theory about the
brontosaurus. It's her theory, the theory which is hers.
9. This Sergeant Major has been teaching *this* to recruits for
9 weeks, when all they want to learn is how to defend against,
say, point-ed sticks.
10. This sketch takes place in Hurlingham Park and features a
competition between Vivian Smith-Smythe, Nigel Incubator-Jones,
Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, Oliver St. John-Mollusc, and
Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a
staright line without falling over, and jumping over three
layers of matchboxes.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur ynfg
dhrfgvba, gur nafjre vapyhqrf "gjvg". Vs lbh fnvq gung, gura tb
onpx vs arprffnel naq gryy hf whfg jung xvaq bs gjvg.
** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
Forget love; *food* is all around us.
* A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts
A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand
is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it.
A2. One of the few things they agree on: this dish of thinly
sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and*
South Korea. Name it.
* B. Sports Foodie Nicknames
B1. What US professional sports team is nicknamed "the Twinkies"?
Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts".
B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen
appliance?
* C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies
C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of
a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the
movie.
* D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art
D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
D2. Created by Claes Oldenberg in 1962, this "sculpture" of a
favorite American food has been at the AGO since the 1960s,
and was in 2016 re-installed. Name it.
* E. Fast Food History
E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923,
this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs,
is still going strong. Name it.
E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
what is this chain now known as?
* F. GMOs, or Genetically Freaky Food
F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
5 years, when was it introduced?
F2. The first genetically modified *food* item approved for
release was in 1994, by Calgene. The item was modified to
increase its shelf life. What was it?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Astronauts practice landing on laptops"
m...@vex.net | --Ft. Myers, FL, News-Press, March 13, 1994
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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
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 4 days.
All questions were written by members of What She Said 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
"Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his
wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's
as good as a wink to a blind bat."
4. A man walks into a shop, having been sitting in the public
library on Thurmon Street, skimming through "Rogue Herrys"
by Hugh Walpole when he suddenly came over all peckish so
he curtailed his Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and
infiltrated this place of purveyance to negotiate the vending
of a comestible.
5. Four well-dressed gentlemen sit drinking wine, smoking cigars,
and reminiscing about their humble beginnings. One lived in
a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house
because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the
one who had to live in a corridor?
6. Ernest Scribbler, a writer, is found dead. Police seal off the
area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove
the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to
help defeat the Nazis.
7. A pall hangs over a frightened city, fear of a new kind of
violence: gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit
young men. Mr. Johnson's son Kevin doesn't go out anymore.
He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room.
8. She's being interviewed about her new theory about the
brontosaurus. It's her theory, the theory which is hers.
9. This Sergeant Major has been teaching *this* to recruits for
9 weeks, when all they want to learn is how to defend against,
say, point-ed sticks.
10. This sketch takes place in Hurlingham Park and features a
competition between Vivian Smith-Smythe, Nigel Incubator-Jones,
Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, Oliver St. John-Mollusc, and
Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a
staright line without falling over, and jumping over three
layers of matchboxes.
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur ynfg
dhrfgvba, gur nafjre vapyhqrf "gjvg". Vs lbh fnvq gung, gura tb
onpx vs arprffnel naq gryy hf whfg jung xvaq bs gjvg.
** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
Forget love; *food* is all around us.
* A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts
A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand
is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it.
A2. One of the few things they agree on: this dish of thinly
sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and*
South Korea. Name it.
* B. Sports Foodie Nicknames
B1. What US professional sports team is nicknamed "the Twinkies"?
Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts".
B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen
appliance?
* C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies
C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of
a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the
movie.
* D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art
D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
D2. Created by Claes Oldenberg in 1962, this "sculpture" of a
favorite American food has been at the AGO since the 1960s,
and was in 2016 re-installed. Name it.
* E. Fast Food History
E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923,
this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs,
is still going strong. Name it.
E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
what is this chain now known as?
* F. GMOs, or Genetically Freaky Food
F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
5 years, when was it introduced?
F2. The first genetically modified *food* item approved for
release was in 1994, by Calgene. The item was modified to
increase its shelf life. What was it?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Astronauts practice landing on laptops"
m...@vex.net | --Ft. Myers, FL, News-Press, March 13, 1994
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 21, 2018, 2:20:12 AM10/21/18
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:h9adndfhGISZi1HGnZ2dnUU7-
anN...@giganews.com:
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
>
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
"Spanish Inquisition"
> 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
> a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
"Dead Parrot"
> 3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his
> wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's
> as good as a wink to a blind bat."
"Nudge Nudge"
> 5. Four well-dressed gentlemen sit drinking wine, smoking cigars,
> and reminiscing about their humble beginnings. One lived in
> a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house
> because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the
> one who had to live in a corridor?
"The Four Yorkshiremen"
> 6. Ernest Scribbler, a writer, is found dead. Police seal off the
> area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove
> the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to
> help defeat the Nazis.
"The Funniest Joke in the World"
> 10. This sketch takes place in Hurlingham Park and features a
> competition between Vivian Smith-Smythe, Nigel Incubator-Jones,
> Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, Oliver St. John-Mollusc, and
> Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a
> staright line without falling over, and jumping over three
> layers of matchboxes.
"Ministry of Silly Walks"
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
>
> Forget love; *food* is all around us.
>
> * A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts
>
> A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand
> is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it.
pavlova
> * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames
>
> * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies
>
> C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
> McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
"Super Size Me"
> C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of
> a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the
> movie.
"Julie and Julia"
> * D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art
>
> D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
> painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
> which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
> then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
36
> * E. Fast Food History
>
> E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923,
> this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs,
> is still going strong. Name it.
>
> E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
> Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
> what is this chain now known as?
Subway
> * F. GMOs, or Genetically Freaky Food
>
> F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
> plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
> 5 years, when was it introduced?
1985
> F2. The first genetically modified *food* item approved for
> release was in 1994, by Calgene. The item was modified to
> increase its shelf life. What was it?
tomato
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
anN...@giganews.com:
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
>
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
> 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
> a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
> 3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his
> wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's
> as good as a wink to a blind bat."
> 5. Four well-dressed gentlemen sit drinking wine, smoking cigars,
> and reminiscing about their humble beginnings. One lived in
> a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house
> because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the
> one who had to live in a corridor?
> 6. Ernest Scribbler, a writer, is found dead. Police seal off the
> area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove
> the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to
> help defeat the Nazis.
> 10. This sketch takes place in Hurlingham Park and features a
> competition between Vivian Smith-Smythe, Nigel Incubator-Jones,
> Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, Oliver St. John-Mollusc, and
> Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a
> staright line without falling over, and jumping over three
> layers of matchboxes.
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
>
> Forget love; *food* is all around us.
>
> * A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts
>
> A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand
> is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it.
> * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames
>
> B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen
> appliance?
William "Refrigerator" Perry
> appliance?
> * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies
>
> C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
> McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
> C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of
> a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the
> movie.
> * D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art
>
> D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
> painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
> which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
> then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
> * E. Fast Food History
>
> E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923,
> this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs,
> is still going strong. Name it.
>
> E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
> Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
> what is this chain now known as?
> * F. GMOs, or Genetically Freaky Food
>
> F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
> plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
> 5 years, when was it introduced?
> F2. The first genetically modified *food* item approved for
> release was in 1994, by Calgene. The item was modified to
> increase its shelf life. What was it?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 21, 2018, 5:14:37 AM10/21/18
to
There are the guys that concluded that Swedes are a boring people,
which was very loudly illustrated - with what?
> 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
> a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
Dead parrot
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
>
> C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
> McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
Supersize me
> D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
> painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
> which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
> then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
42
> E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
> Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
> what is this chain now known as?
Subway
> F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
> plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
> 5 years, when was it introduced?
1987
which was very loudly illustrated - with what?
> 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
> a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
>
> A2. One of the few things they agree on: this dish of thinly
> sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and*
> South Korea. Name it.
Bimbimbap
> sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and*
> South Korea. Name it.
> C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
> McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
> D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
> painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
> which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
> then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
> E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
> Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
> what is this chain now known as?
> F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
> plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
> 5 years, when was it introduced?
Don Piven
Oct 21, 2018, 6:39:38 AM10/21/18
to
On 10/21/18 01:00, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-09,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 4 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of What She Said 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
>
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
Spanish Inquisition
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-09,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 4 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of What She Said 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
>
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
> 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
> a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
> 3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his
> wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's
> as good as a wink to a blind bat."
> 4. A man walks into a shop, having been sitting in the public
> library on Thurmon Street, skimming through "Rogue Herrys"
> by Hugh Walpole when he suddenly came over all peckish so
> he curtailed his Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and
> infiltrated this place of purveyance to negotiate the vending
> of a comestible.
> 5. Four well-dressed gentlemen sit drinking wine, smoking cigars,
> and reminiscing about their humble beginnings. One lived in
> a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house
> because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the
> one who had to live in a corridor?
> 6. Ernest Scribbler, a writer, is found dead. Police seal off the
> area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove
> the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to
> help defeat the Nazis.
Funniest Joke in the World
> 7. A pall hangs over a frightened city, fear of a new kind of
> violence: gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit
> young men. Mr. Johnson's son Kevin doesn't go out anymore.
> He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room.
>
> 8. She's being interviewed about her new theory about the
> brontosaurus. It's her theory, the theory which is hers.
Anne Elk (Miss)
> violence: gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit
> young men. Mr. Johnson's son Kevin doesn't go out anymore.
> He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room.
>
> 8. She's being interviewed about her new theory about the
> brontosaurus. It's her theory, the theory which is hers.
> 9. This Sergeant Major has been teaching *this* to recruits for
> 9 weeks, when all they want to learn is how to defend against,
> say, point-ed sticks.
> 10. This sketch takes place in Hurlingham Park and features a
> competition between Vivian Smith-Smythe, Nigel Incubator-Jones,
> Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, Oliver St. John-Mollusc, and
> Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a
> staright line without falling over, and jumping over three
> layers of matchboxes.
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur ynfg
> dhrfgvba, gur nafjre vapyhqrf "gjvg". Vs lbh fnvq gung, gura tb
> onpx vs arprffnel naq gryy hf whfg jung xvaq bs gjvg.
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
>
> Forget love; *food* is all around us.
>
> * A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts
>
> A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand
> is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it.
>
> A2. One of the few things they agree on: this dish of thinly
> sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and*
> South Korea. Name it.
>
>
> * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames
>
> B1. What US professional sports team is nicknamed "the Twinkies"?
> Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts".
> B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen
> appliance?
> * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies
>
> C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
> McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
> C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of
> a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the
> movie.
>
>
> * D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art
>
> D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
> painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
> which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
> then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
>
> D2. Created by Claes Oldenberg in 1962, this "sculpture" of a
> favorite American food has been at the AGO since the 1960s,
> and was in 2016 re-installed. Name it.
>
>
> * E. Fast Food History
>
> E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923,
> this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs,
> is still going strong. Name it.
> E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
> Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
> what is this chain now known as?
Dan Blum
Oct 21, 2018, 10:41:15 AM10/21/18
to
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
Spanish Inquisition
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
> 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
> a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
> 3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his
> wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's
> as good as a wink to a blind bat."
> 4. A man walks into a shop, having been sitting in the public
> library on Thurmon Street, skimming through "Rogue Herrys"
> by Hugh Walpole when he suddenly came over all peckish so
> he curtailed his Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and
> infiltrated this place of purveyance to negotiate the vending
> of a comestible.
> 5. Four well-dressed gentlemen sit drinking wine, smoking cigars,
> and reminiscing about their humble beginnings. One lived in
> a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house
> because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the
> one who had to live in a corridor?
> 6. Ernest Scribbler, a writer, is found dead. Police seal off the
> area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove
> the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to
> help defeat the Nazis.
> 8. She's being interviewed about her new theory about the
> brontosaurus. It's her theory, the theory which is hers.
> 9. This Sergeant Major has been teaching *this* to recruits for
> 9 weeks, when all they want to learn is how to defend against,
> say, point-ed sticks.
> 10. This sketch takes place in Hurlingham Park and features a
> competition between Vivian Smith-Smythe, Nigel Incubator-Jones,
> Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, Oliver St. John-Mollusc, and
> Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a
> staright line without falling over, and jumping over three
> layers of matchboxes.
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
> * A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts
> A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand
> is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it.
floating island
> A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand
> is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it.
> A2. One of the few things they agree on: this dish of thinly
> sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and*
> South Korea. Name it.
> * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames
> B1. What US professional sports team is nicknamed "the Twinkies"?
> Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts".
> B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen
> appliance?
> * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies
> C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
> McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
> C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of
> a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the
> movie.
> * D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art
> D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
> painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
> which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
> then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
> D2. Created by Claes Oldenberg in 1962, this "sculpture" of a
> favorite American food has been at the AGO since the 1960s,
> and was in 2016 re-installed. Name it.
> * E. Fast Food History
> E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923,
> this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs,
> is still going strong. Name it.
> E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
> Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
> what is this chain now known as?
> * F. GMOs, or Genetically Freaky Food
> F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
> plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
> 5 years, when was it introduced?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
Oct 21, 2018, 2:44:11 PM10/21/18
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Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
>
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
Spanish Inquisition
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
>
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
>
> 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
> a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
>
>
> * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames
>
> B1. What US professional sports team is nicknamed "the Twinkies"?
> Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts".
>
> B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen
> appliance?
[Followup question: Which baseball player was nicknamed after a cereal?
He officially changed his name to the nickname. Retired a couple years ago.]
>
>
> * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies
>
> C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
> McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
>
> C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of
> a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the
> movie.
>
>
> * D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art
>
> D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
> painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
> which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
> then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
>
> D2. Created by Claes Oldenberg in 1962, this "sculpture" of a
> favorite American food has been at the AGO since the 1960s,
> and was in 2016 re-installed. Name it.
>
>
> * E. Fast Food History
>
> E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923,
> this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs,
> is still going strong. Name it.
>
> E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
> Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
> what is this chain now known as?
>
>
> * F. GMOs, or Genetically Freaky Food
>
> F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
> plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
> 5 years, when was it introduced?
>
> F2. The first genetically modified *food* item approved for
> release was in 1994, by Calgene. The item was modified to
> increase its shelf life. What was it?
>
--
Don Piven
Oct 21, 2018, 3:09:36 PM10/21/18
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> [Followup question: Which baseball player was nicknamed after a cereal?
> He officially changed his name to the nickname. Retired a couple years
> ago.]
Coco Crisp?
> He officially changed his name to the nickname. Retired a couple years
> ago.]
Calvin
Oct 21, 2018, 9:50:37 PM10/21/18
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On Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 4:00:41 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
>
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
The Spanish Inquisition
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
>
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
> 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
> a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
> 3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his
> wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's
> as good as a wink to a blind bat."
> 4. A man walks into a shop, having been sitting in the public
> library on Thurmon Street, skimming through "Rogue Herrys"
> by Hugh Walpole when he suddenly came over all peckish so
> he curtailed his Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and
> infiltrated this place of purveyance to negotiate the vending
> of a comestible.
>
> 5. Four well-dressed gentlemen sit drinking wine, smoking cigars,
> and reminiscing about their humble beginnings. One lived in
> a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house
> because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the
> one who had to live in a corridor?
> 6. Ernest Scribbler, a writer, is found dead. Police seal off the
> area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove
> the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to
> help defeat the Nazis.
> 7. A pall hangs over a frightened city, fear of a new kind of
> violence: gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit
> young men. Mr. Johnson's son Kevin doesn't go out anymore.
> He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room.
>
> 8. She's being interviewed about her new theory about the
> brontosaurus. It's her theory, the theory which is hers.
>
> 9. This Sergeant Major has been teaching *this* to recruits for
> 9 weeks, when all they want to learn is how to defend against,
> say, point-ed sticks.
>
> 10. This sketch takes place in Hurlingham Park and features a
> competition between Vivian Smith-Smythe, Nigel Incubator-Jones,
> Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, Oliver St. John-Mollusc, and
> Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a
> staright line without falling over, and jumping over three
> layers of matchboxes.
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
>
> Forget love; *food* is all around us.
>
> * A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts
>
> A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand
> is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it.
> A2. One of the few things they agree on: this dish of thinly
> sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and*
> South Korea. Name it.
> * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames
>
> B1. What US professional sports team is nicknamed "the Twinkies"?
> Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts".
>
> B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen
> appliance?
> * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies
>
> C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
> McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
> C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of
> a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the
> movie.
> * D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art
>
> D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
> painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
> which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
> then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
> D2. Created by Claes Oldenberg in 1962, this "sculpture" of a
> favorite American food has been at the AGO since the 1960s,
> and was in 2016 re-installed. Name it.
>
>
> * E. Fast Food History
>
> E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923,
> this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs,
> is still going strong. Name it.
>
> E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
> Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
> what is this chain now known as?
> * F. GMOs, or Genetically Freaky Food
>
> F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
> plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
> 5 years, when was it introduced?
> F2. The first genetically modified *food* item approved for
> release was in 1994, by Calgene. The item was modified to
> increase its shelf life. What was it?
cheers,
calvin
Pete Gayde
Oct 22, 2018, 5:18:49 PM10/22/18
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-09,
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 4 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of What She Said 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
>
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
Spanish Inquisition
> 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> 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 4 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of What She Said 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
>
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
>
> 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
> a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
>
> 3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his
> wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's
> as good as a wink to a blind bat."
>
> 4. A man walks into a shop, having been sitting in the public
> library on Thurmon Street, skimming through "Rogue Herrys"
> by Hugh Walpole when he suddenly came over all peckish so
> he curtailed his Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and
> infiltrated this place of purveyance to negotiate the vending
> of a comestible.
>
> 5. Four well-dressed gentlemen sit drinking wine, smoking cigars,
> and reminiscing about their humble beginnings. One lived in
> a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house
> because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the
> one who had to live in a corridor?
>
> 6. Ernest Scribbler, a writer, is found dead. Police seal off the
> area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove
> the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to
> help defeat the Nazis.
>
> 7. A pall hangs over a frightened city, fear of a new kind of
> violence: gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit
> young men. Mr. Johnson's son Kevin doesn't go out anymore.
> He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room.
>
> 8. She's being interviewed about her new theory about the
> brontosaurus. It's her theory, the theory which is hers.
>
> 9. This Sergeant Major has been teaching *this* to recruits for
> 9 weeks, when all they want to learn is how to defend against,
> say, point-ed sticks.
>
> 10. This sketch takes place in Hurlingham Park and features a
> competition between Vivian Smith-Smythe, Nigel Incubator-Jones,
> Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, Oliver St. John-Mollusc, and
> Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a
> staright line without falling over, and jumping over three
> layers of matchboxes.
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur ynfg
> dhrfgvba, gur nafjre vapyhqrf "gjvg". Vs lbh fnvq gung, gura tb
> onpx vs arprffnel naq gryy hf whfg jung xvaq bs gjvg.
>
>
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
>
> Forget love; *food* is all around us.
>
> * A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts
>
> A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand
> is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it.
>
> A2. One of the few things they agree on: this dish of thinly
> sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and*
> South Korea. Name it.
>
>
> * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames
>
> B1. What US professional sports team is nicknamed "the Twinkies"?
> Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts".
>
> B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen
> appliance?
>
>
> * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies
>
> C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
> McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
>
> C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of
> a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the
> movie.
>
>
> * D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art
>
> D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
> painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
> which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
> then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
>
> D2. Created by Claes Oldenberg in 1962, this "sculpture" of a
> favorite American food has been at the AGO since the 1960s,
> and was in 2016 re-installed. Name it.
>
>
> * E. Fast Food History
>
> E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923,
> this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs,
> is still going strong. Name it.
>
> E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
> Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
> what is this chain now known as?
>
>
> * F. GMOs, or Genetically Freaky Food
>
> F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
> plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
> 5 years, when was it introduced?
>
> F2. The first genetically modified *food* item approved for
> release was in 1994, by Calgene. The item was modified to
> increase its shelf life. What was it?
>
Dan Tilque
Oct 22, 2018, 7:47:24 PM10/22/18
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--
Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
Oct 25, 2018, 1:18:20 AM10/25/18
to
Mark Brader:
Well done, sir! Hearty congratulations!
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
Spanish Inquisition. (You know, what the Canadian Inquisition is
named after.) 4 for Joshua, Don, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Calvin,
and Pete.
> 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
> a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
Dead Parrot (or Pet Shop). 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Don,
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete.
> 3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his
> wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's
> as good as a wink to a blind bat."
Nudge Nudge. I decided to score "Say no more", a repeated line from
the sketch, as almost correct. 4 for Joshua, Don, Dan Blum, and Pete.
3 for Calvin.
> 4. A man walks into a shop, having been sitting in the public
> library on Thurmon Street, skimming through "Rogue Herrys"
> by Hugh Walpole when he suddenly came over all peckish so
> he curtailed his Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and
> infiltrated this place of purveyance to negotiate the vending
> of a comestible.
Cheese Shop. 4 for Don, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> 5. Four well-dressed gentlemen sit drinking wine, smoking cigars,
> and reminiscing about their humble beginnings. One lived in
> a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house
> because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the
> one who had to live in a corridor?
Four Yorkshiremen. 4 for Joshua, Don, Dan Blum, Calvin, and Pete.
> 6. Ernest Scribbler, a writer, is found dead. Police seal off the
> area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove
> the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to
> help defeat the Nazis.
The Funniest Joke in the World. 4 for Joshua, Don, Dan Blum,
and Calvin.
> 7. A pall hangs over a frightened city, fear of a new kind of
> violence: gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit
> young men. Mr. Johnson's son Kevin doesn't go out anymore.
> He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room.
Hell's Grannies.
> 8. She's being interviewed about her new theory about the
> brontosaurus. It's her theory, the theory which is hers.
(Interview with) Anne Elk. 4 for Don, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> 9. This Sergeant Major has been teaching *this* to recruits for
> 9 weeks, when all they want to learn is how to defend against,
> say, point-ed sticks.
Self-Defense against Fresh Fruit. 4 for Pete.
> 10. This sketch takes place in Hurlingham Park and features a
> competition between Vivian Smith-Smythe, Nigel Incubator-Jones,
> Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, Oliver St. John-Mollusc, and
> Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a
> staright line without falling over, and jumping over three
> layers of matchboxes.
Upper-Class Twit of the Year. "Upper-class" was required. 4 for Don,
Dan Blum, Calvin, and Pete.
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
> Forget love; *food* is all around us.
This was the easiest round in the original game.
> * A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts
> A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand
> is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it.
Pavlova. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, and Pete.
> A2. One of the few things they agree on: this dish of thinly
> sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and*
> South Korea. Name it.
Bulgogi. 4 for Dan Blum.
> * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames
> B1. What US professional sports team is nicknamed "the Twinkies"?
> Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts".
Minnesota Twins. (Baseball.) 4 for Don and Pete.
> B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen
> appliance?
William "the Refrigerator" Perry. (Football, defensive tackle
for the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles. "Jeopardy!" asked
a question about his nickname on 2018-10-16.) 4 for Joshua, Don,
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete.
> * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies
> C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
> McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
"Super-Size Me". 4 for everyone.
> C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of
> a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the
> movie.
"Julie and Julia". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. 3 for Calvin.
> * D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art
> D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
> painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
> which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
> then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
32 (accepting 30-34). As nobody got this, I scored answers within
twice the allowed leeway as almost correct. So, 3 for Joshua.
See: http://www.moma.org/wp/moma_learning/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Warhol.-Soup-Cans.jpg
> D2. Created by Claes Oldenberg in 1962, this "sculpture" of a
> favorite American food has been at the AGO since the 1960s,
> and was in 2016 re-installed. Name it.
"Floor Burger" (accepting "Hamburger"). 2 for Dan Blum.
See: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8kVHoEUAAE3DT3.jpg
> * E. Fast Food History
> E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923,
> this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs,
> is still going strong. Name it.
A&W. 4 for Don, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
> E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
> Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
> what is this chain now known as?
Subway. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Don, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
2 for Calvin.
> * F. GMOs, or Genetically Freaky Food
> F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
> plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
> 5 years, when was it introduced?
1982 (accepting 1977-87). 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum.
3 for Calvin.
> F2. The first genetically modified *food* item approved for
> release was in 1994, by Calgene. The item was modified to
> increase its shelf life. What was it?
Flavr Savr tomato. (Either "tomato" or the brand name was
sufficient.) 4 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci Geo Lit Lei Ent Cha FOUR
Dan Blum 12 16 25 34 32 30 121
Joshua Kreitzer 12 12 28 20 20 31 99
Pete Gayde 8 17 16 -- 32 20 85
"Calvin" 11 8 30 -- 23 20 84
Dan Tilque 8 13 20 28 8 16 77
Erland Sommarskog 8 28 0 -- 4 12 52
Don Piven -- -- -- -- 32 20 52
Peter Smyth 11 -- -- -- -- -- 11
Jason Kreitzer -- 4 4 -- -- -- 8
--
Mark Brader | You obviously aren't aware of the new definition for "all".
Toronto | Do try to keep up.
m...@vex.net | --Charles Bishop
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-09,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 7 is over and DAN BLUM has increased his lead to win handily.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Well done, sir! Hearty congratulations!
> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
> "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974.
> Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some
> of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll
> get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*.
> 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez,
> Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
> and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.
named after.) 4 for Joshua, Don, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Calvin,
and Pete.
> 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about
> a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords."
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete.
> 3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his
> wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's
> as good as a wink to a blind bat."
the sketch, as almost correct. 4 for Joshua, Don, Dan Blum, and Pete.
3 for Calvin.
> 4. A man walks into a shop, having been sitting in the public
> library on Thurmon Street, skimming through "Rogue Herrys"
> by Hugh Walpole when he suddenly came over all peckish so
> he curtailed his Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and
> infiltrated this place of purveyance to negotiate the vending
> of a comestible.
> 5. Four well-dressed gentlemen sit drinking wine, smoking cigars,
> and reminiscing about their humble beginnings. One lived in
> a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house
> because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the
> one who had to live in a corridor?
> 6. Ernest Scribbler, a writer, is found dead. Police seal off the
> area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove
> the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to
> help defeat the Nazis.
and Calvin.
> 7. A pall hangs over a frightened city, fear of a new kind of
> violence: gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit
> young men. Mr. Johnson's son Kevin doesn't go out anymore.
> He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room.
> 8. She's being interviewed about her new theory about the
> brontosaurus. It's her theory, the theory which is hers.
> 9. This Sergeant Major has been teaching *this* to recruits for
> 9 weeks, when all they want to learn is how to defend against,
> say, point-ed sticks.
> 10. This sketch takes place in Hurlingham Park and features a
> competition between Vivian Smith-Smythe, Nigel Incubator-Jones,
> Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, Oliver St. John-Mollusc, and
> Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a
> staright line without falling over, and jumping over three
> layers of matchboxes.
Dan Blum, Calvin, and Pete.
> ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food
> Forget love; *food* is all around us.
> * A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts
> A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand
> is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it.
> A2. One of the few things they agree on: this dish of thinly
> sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and*
> South Korea. Name it.
> * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames
> B1. What US professional sports team is nicknamed "the Twinkies"?
> Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts".
> B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen
> appliance?
for the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles. "Jeopardy!" asked
a question about his nickname on 2018-10-16.) 4 for Joshua, Don,
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete.
> * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies
> C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but
> McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it.
> C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of
> a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the
> movie.
> * D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art
> D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans
> painting included the number of soup cans depicted,
> which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell
> then produced. Within 2, what is the number?
twice the allowed leeway as almost correct. So, 3 for Joshua.
See: http://www.moma.org/wp/moma_learning/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Warhol.-Soup-Cans.jpg
> D2. Created by Claes Oldenberg in 1962, this "sculpture" of a
> favorite American food has been at the AGO since the 1960s,
> and was in 2016 re-installed. Name it.
See: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8kVHoEUAAE3DT3.jpg
> * E. Fast Food History
> E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923,
> this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs,
> is still going strong. Name it.
> E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in
> Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world,
> what is this chain now known as?
2 for Calvin.
> * F. GMOs, or Genetically Freaky Food
> F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO
> plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within
> 5 years, when was it introduced?
3 for Calvin.
> F2. The first genetically modified *food* item approved for
> release was in 1994, by Calgene. The item was modified to
> increase its shelf life. What was it?
sufficient.) 4 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci Geo Lit Lei Ent Cha FOUR
Dan Blum 12 16 25 34 32 30 121
Joshua Kreitzer 12 12 28 20 20 31 99
Pete Gayde 8 17 16 -- 32 20 85
"Calvin" 11 8 30 -- 23 20 84
Dan Tilque 8 13 20 28 8 16 77
Erland Sommarskog 8 28 0 -- 4 12 52
Don Piven -- -- -- -- 32 20 52
Peter Smyth 11 -- -- -- -- -- 11
Jason Kreitzer -- 4 4 -- -- -- 8
--
Mark Brader | You obviously aren't aware of the new definition for "all".
Toronto | Do try to keep up.
m...@vex.net | --Charles Bishop
Erland Sommarskog
Oct 25, 2018, 5:22:30 PM10/25/18
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Erland Sommarskog (esq...@sommarskog.se) writes:
> Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
>> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>>
>
> There are the guys that concluded that Swedes are a boring people,
> which was very loudly illustrated - with what?
>
A man with a loud pneumatic drilling maching boring a hole the street.
> Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
>> ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches
>>
>
> There are the guys that concluded that Swedes are a boring people,
> which was very loudly illustrated - with what?
>
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