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RQFTCI03 Final Round 10: challenge
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Mark Brader
Mar 8, 2021, 3:38:38 AM3/8/21
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I am posting Round 10 out of sequence because Round 9 contains
a couple of handouts and eskimo.com isn't reachable right now.
Rounds 8-9 will be posted after this one to complete this game.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-04-07,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote two triples in this round.
** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. Great Lines from Film Noir
Identify the movies that the following lines are drawn from.
(If you want to show off, name the actor and character as well.
No points will be awarded or deducted for this.)
A1. "I'm still big. It's the pictures that got small."
A2. "I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like
them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on
long winter evenings."
A3. "Some people are better off dead. Like your wife and my
father, for instance."
* B. Roman Nicknames
In all cases the single name that the person is best known by
today is an acceptable answer; for instance "Caesar" for Gaius
Julius Caesar.
B1. Which ancient Roman was known as "the Censor"? He was an
elected public official who held his office for life, and
a moralist, busybody, and tightwad. A modern right-wing
think tank is named after him.
B2. Which ancient Roman was known as "Cunctator", meanin "the
Delayer"? He prudently refused to come out and fight
Hannibal. A left-wing British political movement, one of
whose members was George Bernard Shaw, was named after
him -- but we need the name of the man himself, not the
group's name.
B3. Who was known as "the Arbiter" or "the Arbiter of Delights"?
He served in Nero's court as the person responsible for
procuring the emperor's pleasures, and the bawdy novel
"The Satyricon" is ascribed to him.
* C. Canadian Mountain Passes
C1. In Alberta and BC, highway 1 """is""" the Trans-Canada
Highway, and the CPR main line mostly """runs""" alongside
it. By which pass do they cross the Continental Divide,
at the border between the two provinces?
C2. In Alberta and BC, highway 16 these days """is""" officially
a second route of the Trans-Canada Highway. It similarly
"""follows""" the *CNR* main line, crossing the Continental
Divide at the provincial border west of Jasper -- by
which pass?
C3. During the Klondike gold rush, prospectors who chose to sail
to Skagway, Alaska, then faced a dreadful hike into Canada
over the mountain range that was eventually agreed to form
the border. They had a choice of two passes, one named for
the local tribe, the other now carrying a road and a railway.
Name either pass.
* D. Recording the Oral Tradition
D1. Name the scholar who published "The English and Scottish
Popular Ballads" in 5 volumes between 1883 and 1898.
He collected manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th
century and transcribed performances. His catalogue of
ballads is named after him.
D2. Beginning in the 1930s, this anthropologist travelled the
American South collecting songs and tales for the Library
of Congress. He produced many recordings and wrote several
books, including "The Land Where the Blues Began". Name him.
D3. In the 1930s a professor of ancient Greek went to Europe
to record modern epic poets. He wanted to prove that Homer
must have composed his poems more-or-less spontaneously.
After this folklorist died, his collaborator published his
work in a book called "The Singer of Tales". Name *either*
the collaborator, or the folklorist, or the country he
visited to record the poems -- any one.
* E. Euro Lit
Who wrote these pairs of works?
E1. "The Periodic Table", "The Drowned and the Saved".
This writer is Italian.
E2. "Dog Years", "The Flounder". This writer is German.
E3. "The Joke", "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting".
This writer is Czech.
* F. Movies about Scientists
F1. The 1940 film "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" told of the
controversial development of a medical remedy. Either tell
us what condition this remedy was for, or who played the
title character.
F2. In a 1994 comedy, Albert Einstein facilitates his niece's
romance. Either tell us the title of the movie, or who
played Einstein.
F3. This 1989 drama about the project to develop the atomic bomb
features Dwight Schultz as Robert Oppenheimer. Either tell
us the title of the movie, or name the better-known star
who played General Groves.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
"Insecurity is the norm. If any ... voting machine, operating system,
[or] database ... is ever built completely vulnerability-free, it'll
be the first time in the history of mankind." --Bruce Schneier
My text in this article is in the public domain.
a couple of handouts and eskimo.com isn't reachable right now.
Rounds 8-9 will be posted after this one to complete this game.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-04-07,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote two triples in this round.
** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. Great Lines from Film Noir
Identify the movies that the following lines are drawn from.
(If you want to show off, name the actor and character as well.
No points will be awarded or deducted for this.)
A1. "I'm still big. It's the pictures that got small."
A2. "I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like
them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on
long winter evenings."
A3. "Some people are better off dead. Like your wife and my
father, for instance."
* B. Roman Nicknames
In all cases the single name that the person is best known by
today is an acceptable answer; for instance "Caesar" for Gaius
Julius Caesar.
B1. Which ancient Roman was known as "the Censor"? He was an
elected public official who held his office for life, and
a moralist, busybody, and tightwad. A modern right-wing
think tank is named after him.
B2. Which ancient Roman was known as "Cunctator", meanin "the
Delayer"? He prudently refused to come out and fight
Hannibal. A left-wing British political movement, one of
whose members was George Bernard Shaw, was named after
him -- but we need the name of the man himself, not the
group's name.
B3. Who was known as "the Arbiter" or "the Arbiter of Delights"?
He served in Nero's court as the person responsible for
procuring the emperor's pleasures, and the bawdy novel
"The Satyricon" is ascribed to him.
* C. Canadian Mountain Passes
C1. In Alberta and BC, highway 1 """is""" the Trans-Canada
Highway, and the CPR main line mostly """runs""" alongside
it. By which pass do they cross the Continental Divide,
at the border between the two provinces?
C2. In Alberta and BC, highway 16 these days """is""" officially
a second route of the Trans-Canada Highway. It similarly
"""follows""" the *CNR* main line, crossing the Continental
Divide at the provincial border west of Jasper -- by
which pass?
C3. During the Klondike gold rush, prospectors who chose to sail
to Skagway, Alaska, then faced a dreadful hike into Canada
over the mountain range that was eventually agreed to form
the border. They had a choice of two passes, one named for
the local tribe, the other now carrying a road and a railway.
Name either pass.
* D. Recording the Oral Tradition
D1. Name the scholar who published "The English and Scottish
Popular Ballads" in 5 volumes between 1883 and 1898.
He collected manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th
century and transcribed performances. His catalogue of
ballads is named after him.
D2. Beginning in the 1930s, this anthropologist travelled the
American South collecting songs and tales for the Library
of Congress. He produced many recordings and wrote several
books, including "The Land Where the Blues Began". Name him.
D3. In the 1930s a professor of ancient Greek went to Europe
to record modern epic poets. He wanted to prove that Homer
must have composed his poems more-or-less spontaneously.
After this folklorist died, his collaborator published his
work in a book called "The Singer of Tales". Name *either*
the collaborator, or the folklorist, or the country he
visited to record the poems -- any one.
* E. Euro Lit
Who wrote these pairs of works?
E1. "The Periodic Table", "The Drowned and the Saved".
This writer is Italian.
E2. "Dog Years", "The Flounder". This writer is German.
E3. "The Joke", "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting".
This writer is Czech.
* F. Movies about Scientists
F1. The 1940 film "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" told of the
controversial development of a medical remedy. Either tell
us what condition this remedy was for, or who played the
title character.
F2. In a 1994 comedy, Albert Einstein facilitates his niece's
romance. Either tell us the title of the movie, or who
played Einstein.
F3. This 1989 drama about the project to develop the atomic bomb
features Dwight Schultz as Robert Oppenheimer. Either tell
us the title of the movie, or name the better-known star
who played General Groves.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
"Insecurity is the norm. If any ... voting machine, operating system,
[or] database ... is ever built completely vulnerability-free, it'll
be the first time in the history of mankind." --Bruce Schneier
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Mar 8, 2021, 1:45:23 PM3/8/21
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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * A. Great Lines from Film Noir
> ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * A. Great Lines from Film Noir
> A1. "I'm still big. It's the pictures that got small."
Sunset Boulevard
> A3. "Some people are better off dead. Like your wife and my
> father, for instance."
> * B. Roman Nicknames
> B1. Which ancient Roman was known as "the Censor"? He was an
> elected public official who held his office for life, and
> a moralist, busybody, and tightwad. A modern right-wing
> think tank is named after him.
> B2. Which ancient Roman was known as "Cunctator", meanin "the
> Delayer"? He prudently refused to come out and fight
> Hannibal. A left-wing British political movement, one of
> whose members was George Bernard Shaw, was named after
> him -- but we need the name of the man himself, not the
> group's name.
> B3. Who was known as "the Arbiter" or "the Arbiter of Delights"?
> He served in Nero's court as the person responsible for
> procuring the emperor's pleasures, and the bawdy novel
> "The Satyricon" is ascribed to him.
> * C. Canadian Mountain Passes
> C1. In Alberta and BC, highway 1 """is""" the Trans-Canada
> Highway, and the CPR main line mostly """runs""" alongside
> it. By which pass do they cross the Continental Divide,
> at the border between the two provinces?
> C2. In Alberta and BC, highway 16 these days """is""" officially
> a second route of the Trans-Canada Highway. It similarly
> """follows""" the *CNR* main line, crossing the Continental
> Divide at the provincial border west of Jasper -- by
> which pass?
(I think the other pass is Yellow-something, but I forget what.)
> * E. Euro Lit
> Who wrote these pairs of works?
> E1. "The Periodic Table", "The Drowned and the Saved".
> This writer is Italian.
> E3. "The Joke", "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting".
> This writer is Czech.
> * F. Movies about Scientists
> F3. This 1989 drama about the project to develop the atomic bomb
> features Dwight Schultz as Robert Oppenheimer. Either tell
> us the title of the movie, or name the better-known star
> who played General Groves.
Fat Man and Little Boy
> features Dwight Schultz as Robert Oppenheimer. Either tell
> us the title of the movie, or name the better-known star
> who played General Groves.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Pete Gayde
Mar 9, 2021, 9:37:07 PM3/9/21
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Joshua Kreitzer
Mar 9, 2021, 10:41:48 PM3/9/21
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:sdSdnRw1I7UVf9j9nZ2dnUU7-
IfN...@giganews.com:
> ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Great Lines from Film Noir
>
> Identify the movies that the following lines are drawn from.
>
> A3. "Some people are better off dead. Like your wife and my
> father, for instance."
"Strangers on a Train"
> * B. Roman Nicknames
>
> In all cases the single name that the person is best known by
> today is an acceptable answer; for instance "Caesar" for Gaius
> Julius Caesar.
>
> B1. Which ancient Roman was known as "the Censor"? He was an
> elected public official who held his office for life, and
> a moralist, busybody, and tightwad. A modern right-wing
> think tank is named after him.
Cato
> B2. Which ancient Roman was known as "Cunctator", meanin "the
> Delayer"? He prudently refused to come out and fight
> Hannibal. A left-wing British political movement, one of
> whose members was George Bernard Shaw, was named after
> him -- but we need the name of the man himself, not the
> group's name.
Fabius
> * D. Recording the Oral Tradition
>
> D1. Name the scholar who published "The English and Scottish
> Popular Ballads" in 5 volumes between 1883 and 1898.
> He collected manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th
> century and transcribed performances. His catalogue of
> ballads is named after him.
Child
> D2. Beginning in the 1930s, this anthropologist travelled the
> American South collecting songs and tales for the Library
> of Congress. He produced many recordings and wrote several
> books, including "The Land Where the Blues Began". Name him.
Lomax
> D3. In the 1930s a professor of ancient Greek went to Europe
> to record modern epic poets. He wanted to prove that Homer
> must have composed his poems more-or-less spontaneously.
> After this folklorist died, his collaborator published his
> work in a book called "The Singer of Tales". Name *either*
> the collaborator, or the folklorist, or the country he
> visited to record the poems -- any one.
Albania
> * E. Euro Lit
>
> Who wrote these pairs of works?
>
> E1. "The Periodic Table", "The Drowned and the Saved".
> This writer is Italian.
Levi
> E3. "The Joke", "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting".
> This writer is Czech.
Kundera
> * F. Movies about Scientists
>
> F1. The 1940 film "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" told of the
> controversial development of a medical remedy. Either tell
> us what condition this remedy was for, or who played the
> title character.
Robinson
> F2. In a 1994 comedy, Albert Einstein facilitates his niece's
> romance. Either tell us the title of the movie, or who
> played Einstein.
"I.Q."
> F3. This 1989 drama about the project to develop the atomic bomb
> features Dwight Schultz as Robert Oppenheimer. Either tell
> us the title of the movie, or name the better-known star
> who played General Groves.
grom...@hotmail.com
IfN...@giganews.com:
> ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Great Lines from Film Noir
>
> Identify the movies that the following lines are drawn from.
>
> A1. "I'm still big. It's the pictures that got small."
"Sunset Blvd."
> A3. "Some people are better off dead. Like your wife and my
> father, for instance."
> * B. Roman Nicknames
>
> In all cases the single name that the person is best known by
> today is an acceptable answer; for instance "Caesar" for Gaius
> Julius Caesar.
>
> B1. Which ancient Roman was known as "the Censor"? He was an
> elected public official who held his office for life, and
> a moralist, busybody, and tightwad. A modern right-wing
> think tank is named after him.
> B2. Which ancient Roman was known as "Cunctator", meanin "the
> Delayer"? He prudently refused to come out and fight
> Hannibal. A left-wing British political movement, one of
> whose members was George Bernard Shaw, was named after
> him -- but we need the name of the man himself, not the
> group's name.
> * D. Recording the Oral Tradition
>
> D1. Name the scholar who published "The English and Scottish
> Popular Ballads" in 5 volumes between 1883 and 1898.
> He collected manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th
> century and transcribed performances. His catalogue of
> ballads is named after him.
> D2. Beginning in the 1930s, this anthropologist travelled the
> American South collecting songs and tales for the Library
> of Congress. He produced many recordings and wrote several
> books, including "The Land Where the Blues Began". Name him.
> D3. In the 1930s a professor of ancient Greek went to Europe
> to record modern epic poets. He wanted to prove that Homer
> must have composed his poems more-or-less spontaneously.
> After this folklorist died, his collaborator published his
> work in a book called "The Singer of Tales". Name *either*
> the collaborator, or the folklorist, or the country he
> visited to record the poems -- any one.
> * E. Euro Lit
>
> Who wrote these pairs of works?
>
> E1. "The Periodic Table", "The Drowned and the Saved".
> This writer is Italian.
> E3. "The Joke", "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting".
> This writer is Czech.
> * F. Movies about Scientists
>
> F1. The 1940 film "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" told of the
> controversial development of a medical remedy. Either tell
> us what condition this remedy was for, or who played the
> title character.
> F2. In a 1994 comedy, Albert Einstein facilitates his niece's
> romance. Either tell us the title of the movie, or who
> played Einstein.
> F3. This 1989 drama about the project to develop the atomic bomb
> features Dwight Schultz as Robert Oppenheimer. Either tell
> us the title of the movie, or name the better-known star
> who played General Groves.
"Fat Man and Little Boy"
--
Joshua Kreitzer
--
grom...@hotmail.com
Mark Brader
Mar 11, 2021, 3:18:18 AM3/11/21
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Mark Brader:
> ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * A. Great Lines from Film Noir
> Identify the movies that the following lines are drawn from.
> (If you want to show off, name the actor and character as well.
> No points will be awarded or deducted for this.)
> A1. "I'm still big. It's the pictures that got small."
"Sunset Blvd." (1950; Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond.) 4 for Dan
and Joshua.
> A2. "I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like
> them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on
> long winter evenings."
"The Big Sleep". (1946; Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe.)
> A3. "Some people are better off dead. Like your wife and my
> father, for instance."
"Strangers on a Train". (1951; Robert Walker as Bruno Anthony.)
4 for Dan and Joshua.
> * B. Roman Nicknames
> In all cases the single name that the person is best known by
> today is an acceptable answer; for instance "Caesar" for Gaius
> Julius Caesar.
> B1. Which ancient Roman was known as "the Censor"? He was an
> elected public official who held his office for life, and
> a moralist, busybody, and tightwad. A modern right-wing
> think tank is named after him.
Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder. (The Cato Institute. "Cato"
was sufficient.) 4 for Dan and Joshua.
> B2. Which ancient Roman was known as "Cunctator", meanin "the
> Delayer"? He prudently refused to come out and fight
> Hannibal. A left-wing British political movement, one of
> whose members was George Bernard Shaw, was named after
> him -- but we need the name of the man himself, not the
> group's name.
Quintus Fabius Maximus. (The Fabian Society. "Fabius" was
sufficient.) 4 for Dan and Joshua.
> B3. Who was known as "the Arbiter" or "the Arbiter of Delights"?
> He served in Nero's court as the person responsible for
> procuring the emperor's pleasures, and the bawdy novel
> "The Satyricon" is ascribed to him.
Petronius Arbiter (Elegantiarum). ("Petronius" was sufficient.)
4 for Dan.
> * C. Canadian Mountain Passes
> C1. In Alberta and BC, highway 1 """is""" the Trans-Canada
> Highway, and the CPR main line mostly """runs""" alongside
> it. By which pass do they cross the Continental Divide,
> at the border between the two provinces?
Kicking Horse. (Still true.)
The Crow's Nest Pass is nearer the border, carrying Alberta and BC
highway 3 and a secondary CPR line.
> C2. In Alberta and BC, highway 16 these days """is""" officially
> a second route of the Trans-Canada Highway. It similarly
> """follows""" the *CNR* main line, crossing the Continental
> Divide at the provincial border west of Jasper -- by
> which pass?
Yellowhead. The highway is additionally named after the pass.
(Still true.)
> C3. During the Klondike gold rush, prospectors who chose to sail
> to Skagway, Alaska, then faced a dreadful hike into Canada
> over the mountain range that was eventually agreed to form
> the border. They had a choice of two passes, one named for
> the local tribe, the other now carrying a road and a railway.
> Name either pass.
Chilkoot (not Chilkat), White.
> * D. Recording the Oral Tradition
> D1. Name the scholar who published "The English and Scottish
> Popular Ballads" in 5 volumes between 1883 and 1898.
> He collected manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th
> century and transcribed performances. His catalogue of
> ballads is named after him.
Francis James Child. ("Child's Ballads".) 4 for Joshua.
> D2. Beginning in the 1930s, this anthropologist travelled the
> American South collecting songs and tales for the Library
> of Congress. He produced many recordings and wrote several
> books, including "The Land Where the Blues Began". Name him.
Alan Lomax. 4 for Joshua.
> D3. In the 1930s a professor of ancient Greek went to Europe
> to record modern epic poets. He wanted to prove that Homer
> must have composed his poems more-or-less spontaneously.
> After this folklorist died, his collaborator published his
> work in a book called "The Singer of Tales". Name *either*
> the collaborator, or the folklorist, or the country he
> visited to record the poems -- any one.
Milman Parry, Albert Lord, Yugoslavia.
> * E. Euro Lit
> Who wrote these pairs of works?
> E1. "The Periodic Table", "The Drowned and the Saved".
> This writer is Italian.
Primo Levi. 4 for Dan and Joshua.
> E2. "Dog Years", "The Flounder". This writer is German.
Gunther Grass.
> E3. "The Joke", "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting".
> This writer is Czech.
Milan Kundera. 4 for Dan and Joshua.
> * F. Movies about Scientists
> F1. The 1940 film "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" told of the
> controversial development of a medical remedy. Either tell
> us what condition this remedy was for, or who played the
> title character.
Syphilis (hence the controversy), Edward G. Robinson. 4 for Joshua.
> F2. In a 1994 comedy, Albert Einstein facilitates his niece's
> romance. Either tell us the title of the movie, or who
> played Einstein.
"I.Q.", Walter Matthau. (The romantic leads were Tim Robbins and
Meg Ryan.) 4 for Joshua.
> F3. This 1989 drama about the project to develop the atomic bomb
> features Dwight Schultz as Robert Oppenheimer. Either tell
> us the title of the movie, or name the better-known star
> who played General Groves.
"Fat Man and Little Boy" (or "Shadow Makers", the UK title);
Paul Newman. 4 for Dan and Joshua.
(As you will remember from the answer posting for Game 8, Round 3,
Oppenheimer led the scientific work on the project but was later
deemed a security risk. Groves was in charge of the military side
of development, including security, facilities, and provisioning.)
Last time I posted these questions and their answers, I ended with:
| That's it for OQFTCI from January-April 2003. See you in the New Year
| with questions from January-April 1998.
This time around, Rounds 8-9 of this game are coming text, but I still
intend to continue with those questions from 1998 after that.
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 7 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo His A+L S+L Cha THREE
Dan Blum 32 41 51 16 32 124
Joshua Kreitzer 23 36 20 12 44 103
Dan Tilque 32 20 28 12 -- 80
Erland Sommarskog 22 28 0 7 -- 57
Pete Gayde -- -- 24 20 0 44
--
Mark Brader "I used to own a mind like a steel trap.
Toronto Perhaps if I'd specified a brass one, it
m...@vex.net wouldn't have rusted like this." --Greg Goss
"I have a mind like a steel trap.
It's hard to pry open." --Michael Wares
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-04-07,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote two triples in this round.
Those were C and F.
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote two triples in this round.
> ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * A. Great Lines from Film Noir
> Identify the movies that the following lines are drawn from.
> (If you want to show off, name the actor and character as well.
> No points will be awarded or deducted for this.)
> A1. "I'm still big. It's the pictures that got small."
and Joshua.
> A2. "I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like
> them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on
> long winter evenings."
> A3. "Some people are better off dead. Like your wife and my
> father, for instance."
4 for Dan and Joshua.
> * B. Roman Nicknames
> In all cases the single name that the person is best known by
> today is an acceptable answer; for instance "Caesar" for Gaius
> Julius Caesar.
> B1. Which ancient Roman was known as "the Censor"? He was an
> elected public official who held his office for life, and
> a moralist, busybody, and tightwad. A modern right-wing
> think tank is named after him.
was sufficient.) 4 for Dan and Joshua.
> B2. Which ancient Roman was known as "Cunctator", meanin "the
> Delayer"? He prudently refused to come out and fight
> Hannibal. A left-wing British political movement, one of
> whose members was George Bernard Shaw, was named after
> him -- but we need the name of the man himself, not the
> group's name.
sufficient.) 4 for Dan and Joshua.
> B3. Who was known as "the Arbiter" or "the Arbiter of Delights"?
> He served in Nero's court as the person responsible for
> procuring the emperor's pleasures, and the bawdy novel
> "The Satyricon" is ascribed to him.
4 for Dan.
> * C. Canadian Mountain Passes
> C1. In Alberta and BC, highway 1 """is""" the Trans-Canada
> Highway, and the CPR main line mostly """runs""" alongside
> it. By which pass do they cross the Continental Divide,
> at the border between the two provinces?
The Crow's Nest Pass is nearer the border, carrying Alberta and BC
highway 3 and a secondary CPR line.
> C2. In Alberta and BC, highway 16 these days """is""" officially
> a second route of the Trans-Canada Highway. It similarly
> """follows""" the *CNR* main line, crossing the Continental
> Divide at the provincial border west of Jasper -- by
> which pass?
(Still true.)
> C3. During the Klondike gold rush, prospectors who chose to sail
> to Skagway, Alaska, then faced a dreadful hike into Canada
> over the mountain range that was eventually agreed to form
> the border. They had a choice of two passes, one named for
> the local tribe, the other now carrying a road and a railway.
> Name either pass.
> * D. Recording the Oral Tradition
> D1. Name the scholar who published "The English and Scottish
> Popular Ballads" in 5 volumes between 1883 and 1898.
> He collected manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th
> century and transcribed performances. His catalogue of
> ballads is named after him.
> D2. Beginning in the 1930s, this anthropologist travelled the
> American South collecting songs and tales for the Library
> of Congress. He produced many recordings and wrote several
> books, including "The Land Where the Blues Began". Name him.
> D3. In the 1930s a professor of ancient Greek went to Europe
> to record modern epic poets. He wanted to prove that Homer
> must have composed his poems more-or-less spontaneously.
> After this folklorist died, his collaborator published his
> work in a book called "The Singer of Tales". Name *either*
> the collaborator, or the folklorist, or the country he
> visited to record the poems -- any one.
> * E. Euro Lit
> Who wrote these pairs of works?
> E1. "The Periodic Table", "The Drowned and the Saved".
> This writer is Italian.
> E2. "Dog Years", "The Flounder". This writer is German.
> E3. "The Joke", "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting".
> This writer is Czech.
> * F. Movies about Scientists
> F1. The 1940 film "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" told of the
> controversial development of a medical remedy. Either tell
> us what condition this remedy was for, or who played the
> title character.
> F2. In a 1994 comedy, Albert Einstein facilitates his niece's
> romance. Either tell us the title of the movie, or who
> played Einstein.
Meg Ryan.) 4 for Joshua.
> F3. This 1989 drama about the project to develop the atomic bomb
> features Dwight Schultz as Robert Oppenheimer. Either tell
> us the title of the movie, or name the better-known star
> who played General Groves.
Paul Newman. 4 for Dan and Joshua.
(As you will remember from the answer posting for Game 8, Round 3,
Oppenheimer led the scientific work on the project but was later
deemed a security risk. Groves was in charge of the military side
of development, including security, facilities, and provisioning.)
Last time I posted these questions and their answers, I ended with:
| That's it for OQFTCI from January-April 2003. See you in the New Year
| with questions from January-April 1998.
This time around, Rounds 8-9 of this game are coming text, but I still
intend to continue with those questions from 1998 after that.
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 7 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo His A+L S+L Cha THREE
Dan Blum 32 41 51 16 32 124
Joshua Kreitzer 23 36 20 12 44 103
Dan Tilque 32 20 28 12 -- 80
Erland Sommarskog 22 28 0 7 -- 57
Pete Gayde -- -- 24 20 0 44
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m...@vex.net wouldn't have rusted like this." --Greg Goss
"I have a mind like a steel trap.
It's hard to pry open." --Michael Wares
Dan Tilque
Mar 11, 2021, 11:55:42 PM3/11/21
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On 3/8/21 12:38 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
I'm way too late on this set, but it turns out I only know a couple
answers, so not much of a loss.'
>
>
> ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Great Lines from Film Noir
>
> Identify the movies that the following lines are drawn from.
> (If you want to show off, name the actor and character as well.
> No points will be awarded or deducted for this.)
>
> A1. "I'm still big. It's the pictures that got small."
>
> A2. "I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like
> them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on
> long winter evenings."
>
> A3. "Some people are better off dead. Like your wife and my
> father, for instance."
>
>
> * B. Roman Nicknames
>
> In all cases the single name that the person is best known by
> today is an acceptable answer; for instance "Caesar" for Gaius
> Julius Caesar.
>
> B1. Which ancient Roman was known as "the Censor"? He was an
> elected public official who held his office for life, and
> a moralist, busybody, and tightwad. A modern right-wing
> think tank is named after him.
Cato the elder
>
> B2. Which ancient Roman was known as "Cunctator", meanin "the
> Delayer"? He prudently refused to come out and fight
> Hannibal. A left-wing British political movement, one of
> whose members was George Bernard Shaw, was named after
> him -- but we need the name of the man himself, not the
> group's name.
Fabian
Dan Tilque
I'm way too late on this set, but it turns out I only know a couple
answers, so not much of a loss.'
>
>
> ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Great Lines from Film Noir
>
> Identify the movies that the following lines are drawn from.
> (If you want to show off, name the actor and character as well.
> No points will be awarded or deducted for this.)
>
> A1. "I'm still big. It's the pictures that got small."
>
> A2. "I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like
> them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on
> long winter evenings."
>
> A3. "Some people are better off dead. Like your wife and my
> father, for instance."
>
>
> * B. Roman Nicknames
>
> In all cases the single name that the person is best known by
> today is an acceptable answer; for instance "Caesar" for Gaius
> Julius Caesar.
>
> B1. Which ancient Roman was known as "the Censor"? He was an
> elected public official who held his office for life, and
> a moralist, busybody, and tightwad. A modern right-wing
> think tank is named after him.
>
> B2. Which ancient Roman was known as "Cunctator", meanin "the
> Delayer"? He prudently refused to come out and fight
> Hannibal. A left-wing British political movement, one of
> whose members was George Bernard Shaw, was named after
> him -- but we need the name of the man himself, not the
> group's name.
Mark Brader
Mar 12, 2021, 12:48:42 AM3/12/21
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Dan Tilque:
8 points and his best-three-rounds total would be unchanged at 80.
--
Mark Brader | "...she was quite surprised to find that she remained
Toronto | the same size: to be sure, this generally happens
m...@vex.net | when one eats cake, but..." --Lewis Carroll
> I'm way too late on this set, but it turns out I only know a couple
> answers, so not much of a loss.
Indeed, if Dan's answers had been posted on time, he would have scored
> answers, so not much of a loss.
8 points and his best-three-rounds total would be unchanged at 80.
--
Mark Brader | "...she was quite surprised to find that she remained
Toronto | the same size: to be sure, this generally happens
m...@vex.net | when one eats cake, but..." --Lewis Carroll
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