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Mark Brader
Jun 4, 2019, 8:28:27 PM6/4/19
to
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-05-13,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers 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 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
It's a day late and a flower-delivery short. But as the late,
great baseball player and announcer Ralph Kiner once said, "It's
Mother's Day, so to all you mothers out there, Happy Birthday!"
Do your moms proud on this round, eh?
1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
Name that loving mom.
3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
Cities". What do we call it?
6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs.
She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name.
7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan,
and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of
this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or
the character.
8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this
organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and
one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization.
9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was
also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the
other? First and last name, please.
10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one
day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*.
* Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature
The current occupant of the Oval Office may prefer tweets, but
believe it or not, there is a long tradition in the United States
of writing and reading novels and stories. Here's a round on some
of them.
1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the
same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's
novels?
3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"?
4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"?
5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with
their hero Natty Bumppo?
6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"?
7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost
Generation"?
8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon"
unfinished?
9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux
associated with?
10. This US-born novelist wrote "The Bostonians", "The Ambassadors",
and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in
France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915.
Name him.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama."
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 3 days.
All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
It's a day late and a flower-delivery short. But as the late,
great baseball player and announcer Ralph Kiner once said, "It's
Mother's Day, so to all you mothers out there, Happy Birthday!"
Do your moms proud on this round, eh?
1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
Name that loving mom.
3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
Cities". What do we call it?
6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs.
She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name.
7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan,
and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of
this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or
the character.
8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this
organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and
one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization.
9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was
also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the
other? First and last name, please.
10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one
day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*.
* Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature
The current occupant of the Oval Office may prefer tweets, but
believe it or not, there is a long tradition in the United States
of writing and reading novels and stories. Here's a round on some
of them.
1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the
same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's
novels?
3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"?
4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"?
5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with
their hero Natty Bumppo?
6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"?
7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost
Generation"?
8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon"
unfinished?
9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux
associated with?
10. This US-born novelist wrote "The Bostonians", "The Ambassadors",
and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in
France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915.
Name him.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama."
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Jun 4, 2019, 9:40:00 PM6/4/19
to
On Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 7:28:27 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
>
> 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
Gloria Vanderbilt
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
> 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
> that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
> 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
> 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
> Cities". What do we call it?
> 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs.
> She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name.
> 7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan,
> and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of
> this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or
> the character.
> 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this
> organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and
> one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization.
> 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was
> also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the
> other? First and last name, please.
> 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one
> day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*.
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature
>
> 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the
> same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
"Billy Budd"
> same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
> 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's
> novels?
> 3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"?
> 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"?
> 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with
> their hero Natty Bumppo?
> 6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"?
> 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost
> Generation"?
> 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon"
> unfinished?
> 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux
> associated with?
> 10. This US-born novelist wrote "The Bostonians", "The Ambassadors",
> and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in
> France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915.
> Name him.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Calvin
Jun 4, 2019, 10:33:17 PM6/4/19
to
On Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 10:28:27 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
>
> 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
>
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
>
> 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
> that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
Titus Andronicus
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
>
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
>
> 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
> that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
> 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
> 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
> Cities". What do we call it?
> 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs.
> She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name.
>
> 7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan,
> and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of
> this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or
> the character.
> 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this
> organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and
> one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization.
>
> 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was
> also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the
> other? First and last name, please.
>
> 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one
> day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*.
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature
>
> The current occupant of the Oval Office may prefer tweets, but
> believe it or not, there is a long tradition in the United States
> of writing and reading novels and stories. Here's a round on some
> of them.
>
> 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the
> same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
> 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's
> novels?
> 3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"?
>
> 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"?
>
> 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with
> their hero Natty Bumppo?
> 6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"?
>
> 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost
> Generation"?
> 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon"
> unfinished?
>
> 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux
> associated with?
> 10. This US-born novelist wrote "The Bostonians", "The Ambassadors",
> and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in
> France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915.
> Name him.
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
Jun 4, 2019, 11:49:21 PM6/4/19
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
> 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
Gloria Vanderbilt
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
> 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
> that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
> 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
> 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
> Cities". What do we call it?
> 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs.
> She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name.
> 7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan,
> and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of
> this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or
> the character.
> 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this
> organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and
> one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization.
> 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was
> also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the
> other? First and last name, please.
> 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one
> day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*.
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature
> 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the
> same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
Omoo; Typee
> same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
> 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's
> novels?
> 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"?
> 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with
> their hero Natty Bumppo?
> 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost
> Generation"?
> 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon"
> unfinished?
> 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux
> associated with?
> 10. This US-born novelist wrote "The Bostonians", "The Ambassadors",
> and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in
> France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915.
> Name him.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
Jun 5, 2019, 7:20:11 AM6/5/19
to
On 6/4/19 5:28 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
>
> It's a day late and a flower-delivery short. But as the late,
> great baseball player and announcer Ralph Kiner once said, "It's
> Mother's Day, so to all you mothers out there, Happy Birthday!"
> Do your moms proud on this round, eh?
>
> 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
>
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
>
> 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
> that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
>
> 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
Anne Boleyn
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
>
> It's a day late and a flower-delivery short. But as the late,
> great baseball player and announcer Ralph Kiner once said, "It's
> Mother's Day, so to all you mothers out there, Happy Birthday!"
> Do your moms proud on this round, eh?
>
> 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
>
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
>
> 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
> that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
>
> 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
>
> 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
> Cities". What do we call it?
>
> 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs.
> She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name.
>
> 7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan,
> and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of
> this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or
> the character.
>
> 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this
> organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and
> one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization.
>
> 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was
> also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the
> other? First and last name, please.
>
> 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one
> day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*.
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature
>
> The current occupant of the Oval Office may prefer tweets, but
> believe it or not, there is a long tradition in the United States
> of writing and reading novels and stories. Here's a round on some
> of them.
>
> 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the
> same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
>
> 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's
> novels?
>
> 3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"?
>
> 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"?
>
> 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with
> their hero Natty Bumppo?
>
> 6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"?
>
> 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost
> Generation"?
>
> 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon"
> unfinished?
>
> 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux
> associated with?
>
> 10. This US-born novelist wrote "The Bostonians", "The Ambassadors",
> and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in
> France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915.
> Name him.
>
--
Bruce Bowler
Jun 5, 2019, 10:18:18 AM6/5/19
to
On Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:28:22 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-05-13, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers 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 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe and are used
> here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-01-22
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
>
> It's a day late and a flower-delivery short. But as the late, great
> baseball player and announcer Ralph Kiner once said, "It's Mother's Day,
> so to all you mothers out there, Happy Birthday!"
> Do your moms proud on this round, eh?
>
> 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
Gloria Vanderbilt
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-05-13, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers 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 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe and are used
> here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-01-22
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
>
> It's a day late and a flower-delivery short. But as the late, great
> baseball player and announcer Ralph Kiner once said, "It's Mother's Day,
> so to all you mothers out there, Happy Birthday!"
> Do your moms proud on this round, eh?
>
> 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz. Name
> that loving mom.
>
> 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
> that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
>
> 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
>
> 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
> Cities". What do we call it?
>
> 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs.
> She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name.
> 7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan,
> and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of this
> infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or the
> character.
> 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this
> organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and one
> killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization.
> 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was
> also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the other?
> First and last name, please.
> 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one
> day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*.
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature
>
> The current occupant of the Oval Office may prefer tweets, but believe
> it or not, there is a long tradition in the United States of writing and
> reading novels and stories. Here's a round on some of them.
>
> 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the
> same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
>
> 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's
> novels?
> 3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"?
>
> 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"?
> 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with
> their hero Natty Bumppo?
> 6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"?
>
> 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost
> Generation"?
>
> 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon"
> unfinished?
>
> 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux
> associated with?
Erland Sommarskog
Jun 5, 2019, 2:58:06 PM6/5/19
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
Bonnie
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
> 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
> 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
> Cities". What do we call it?
Pete Gayde
Jun 6, 2019, 2:15:52 PM6/6/19
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:G7qdne9a0qM7kWrBnZ2dnUU7-
IvN...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-05-13,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers 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 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
>
> It's a day late and a flower-delivery short. But as the late,
> great baseball player and announcer Ralph Kiner once said, "It's
> Mother's Day, so to all you mothers out there, Happy Birthday!"
> Do your moms proud on this round, eh?
>
> 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
>
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
Ma Barker
>
> 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
> that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
>
> 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
>
> 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
> Cities". What do we call it?
Mecca
>
> 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs.
> She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name.
>
> 7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan,
> and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of
> this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or
> the character.
Psycho
>
> 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this
> organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and
> one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization.
MADD
>
> 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was
> also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the
> other? First and last name, please.
Abigail Adams
>
> 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one
> day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*.
Debbie Reynolds
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature
>
> The current occupant of the Oval Office may prefer tweets, but
> believe it or not, there is a long tradition in the United States
> of writing and reading novels and stories. Here's a round on some
> of them.
>
> 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the
> same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
Peter Grimes; Billy Budd
>
> 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's
> novels?
Sam Spade
>
> 3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"?
>
> 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"?
>
> 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with
> their hero Natty Bumppo?
Cooper
>
> 6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"?
>
> 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost
> Generation"?
>
> 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon"
> unfinished?
>
> 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux
> associated with?
>
> 10. This US-born novelist wrote "The Bostonians", "The Ambassadors",
> and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in
> France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915.
> Name him.
>
Pete Gayde
IvN...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-05-13,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers 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 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
>
> It's a day late and a flower-delivery short. But as the late,
> great baseball player and announcer Ralph Kiner once said, "It's
> Mother's Day, so to all you mothers out there, Happy Birthday!"
> Do your moms proud on this round, eh?
>
> 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
>
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
>
> 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
> that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
>
> 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
>
> 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
> Cities". What do we call it?
>
> 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs.
> She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name.
>
> 7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan,
> and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of
> this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or
> the character.
>
> 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this
> organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and
> one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization.
>
> 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was
> also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the
> other? First and last name, please.
>
> 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one
> day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*.
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature
>
> The current occupant of the Oval Office may prefer tweets, but
> believe it or not, there is a long tradition in the United States
> of writing and reading novels and stories. Here's a round on some
> of them.
>
> 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the
> same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
>
> 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's
> novels?
>
> 3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"?
>
> 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"?
>
> 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with
> their hero Natty Bumppo?
>
> 6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"?
>
> 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost
> Generation"?
>
> 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon"
> unfinished?
>
> 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux
> associated with?
>
> 10. This US-born novelist wrote "The Bostonians", "The Ambassadors",
> and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in
> France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915.
> Name him.
>
Mark Brader
Jun 7, 2019, 10:48:48 PM6/7/19
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Mark Brader:
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
Kate "Ma" Barker. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
> that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
"Titus Andronicus". 4 for Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Blum.
> 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
Anne Boleyn. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Erland.
> 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
> Cities". What do we call it?
Mecca. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, and Pete.
> 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs.
> She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name.
(Miss) Lillian. 4 for Joshua and Bruce.
> 7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan,
> and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of
> this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or
> the character.
"Psycho", Norma Bates. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, Dan Blum, Bruce,
and Pete.
As a Hitchcock fan, I dispute the classification. I say the only
horror movie he ever made was "The Birds".
> 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this
> organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and
> one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving. I decided MADD was sufficient.
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
> 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was
> also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the
> other? First and last name, please.
Abigail Adams. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
In the original game "Adams" was sufficient, but I took that to be
an oversight by the question writer.
> 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one
> day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*.
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher. 4 for Joshua (the hard way),
Calvin, Dan Blum, Bruce (the hard way), and Pete.
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature
> The current occupant of the Oval Office may prefer tweets, but
> believe it or not, there is a long tradition in the United States
> of writing and reading novels and stories. Here's a round on some
> of them.
> 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the
> same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
"Billy Budd". 4 for Joshua. 2 for Pete.
> 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's
> novels?
Philip Marlowe. 4 for Dan Blum and Bruce. 2 for Joshua.
Sam Spade was Dashiell Hammett's character.
> 3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"?
Edward Albee. 4 for Joshua.
> 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"?
Washington Irving. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with
> their hero Natty Bumppo?
James Fenimore Cooper. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Bruce, and Pete.
> 6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"?
Harold Robbins. 4 for Joshua.
> 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost
> Generation"?
Gertrude Stein. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon"
> unfinished?
F. Scott Fitzgerald. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux
> associated with?
Travel writing. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 10. This US-born novelist wrote "The Bostonians", "The Ambassadors",
> and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in
> France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915.
> Name him.
Henry James. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Blum.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Ent Geo Sci Spo Mis Lit FOUR
Dan Blum 30 29 40 0 28 28 127
Joshua Kreitzer 8 12 20 28 40 38 126
Dan Tilque 4 16 40 8 12 8 76
"Calvin" -- -- 24 12 20 8 64
Erland Sommarskog 0 24 20 8 4 0 56
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 24 12 36
Pete Gayde -- -- -- -- 24 6 30
--
Mark Brader | "Perl is a minimalist language at heart.
Toronto | It's just minimalistic about weird things
m...@vex.net | compared to your average language." -- Larry Wall
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-05-13,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
> It's a day late and a flower-delivery short. But as the late,
> great baseball player and announcer Ralph Kiner once said, "It's
> Mother's Day, so to all you mothers out there, Happy Birthday!"
> Do your moms proud on this round, eh?
> 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
Gloria Vanderbilt. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Bruce.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Miscellaneous - A Belated Happy Mother's Day
> It's a day late and a flower-delivery short. But as the late,
> great baseball player and announcer Ralph Kiner once said, "It's
> Mother's Day, so to all you mothers out there, Happy Birthday!"
> Do your moms proud on this round, eh?
> 1. CNN announcer Anderson Cooper's mom is 95 years old and was
> arguably more famous in her day than he is now. Who is she?
> 2. This woman and her son Fred were killed by FBI agents in a
> house in Lake Weir, Florida, on 1935-01-16. Another son, Arthur,
> would be killed 4 years later trying to escape from Alcatraz.
> Name that loving mom.
> 3. In the climax of *which Shakespeare* play does Tamora discover
> that her two sons were baked into a pie she's been eating?
> 4. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
> 5. The Koran calls this place "Um al-Qura" -- "the Mother of All
> Cities". What do we call it?
> 6. While Jimmy Carter was president, his mother wrote two memoirs.
> She died in 1983 at the age of 85. Give her first name.
> 7. The voices of two actresses, Virginia Gregg and Jeanette Nolan,
> and one actor, Paul Jasmin, were mixed to provide the voice of
> this infamous mother in a 1960 horror movie. Name the film or
> the character.
and Pete.
As a Hitchcock fan, I dispute the classification. I say the only
horror movie he ever made was "The Birds".
> 8. Candy Lightner, of Fair Oaks, California, started this
> organization in 1980 after two of her children were injured and
> one killed in separate auto accidents. Name the organization.
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Pete.
> 9. In the US, only two presidential wives had a child who was
> also elected president. Barbara Bush was one. Who was the
> other? First and last name, please.
In the original game "Adams" was sufficient, but I took that to be
an oversight by the question writer.
> 10. This "Hollywood royalty" mother and daughter died within one
> day of each other in December 2016. Name *either*.
Calvin, Dan Blum, Bruce (the hard way), and Pete.
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - American Literature
> The current occupant of the Oval Office may prefer tweets, but
> believe it or not, there is a long tradition in the United States
> of writing and reading novels and stories. Here's a round on some
> of them.
> 1. This novel by Herman Melville was adapted into an opera of the
> same title by Benjamin Britten. Name it.
> 2. Which character features in all seven of Raymond Chandler's
> novels?
Sam Spade was Dashiell Hammett's character.
> 3. Who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"?
> 4. Who wrote "The Story of Rip Van Winkle"?
> 5. Who wrote the "Leatherstocking Tales" of frontier life, with
> their hero Natty Bumppo?
Bruce, and Pete.
> 6. Whose most famous novel is "The Carpetbaggers"?
> 7. Which Paris-based American writer coined the phrase "the Lost
> Generation"?
> 8. Who died at the age of 44 with his novel "The Last Tycoon"
> unfinished?
> 9. Besides novals, what *other* type of writing is Paul Theroux
> associated with?
> 10. This US-born novelist wrote "The Bostonians", "The Ambassadors",
> and "The Portrait of a Lady". He lived much of his life in
> France and England, and became a British citizen in 1915.
> Name him.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Ent Geo Sci Spo Mis Lit FOUR
Dan Blum 30 29 40 0 28 28 127
Joshua Kreitzer 8 12 20 28 40 38 126
Dan Tilque 4 16 40 8 12 8 76
"Calvin" -- -- 24 12 20 8 64
Erland Sommarskog 0 24 20 8 4 0 56
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 24 12 36
Pete Gayde -- -- -- -- 24 6 30
--
Mark Brader | "Perl is a minimalist language at heart.
Toronto | It's just minimalistic about weird things
m...@vex.net | compared to your average language." -- Larry Wall
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