Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-17,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 9, Round 4 - Literature Entertainment - Can We Do Something
> about the Title?
> The studio likes the story, but they think the title needs more
> oomph. We'll give you the name of the source material and something
> about the movie it inspired. You give the movie's title (which in
> some cases was also adopted for later editions of the source work).
> 1. "Flowers For Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. Cliff Robertson won
> the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1968 film.
"Charly". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, and Bruce.
> 2. "A Jest of God" by Margaret Laurence. 1968 film directed by
> Paul Newman.
"Rachel, Rachel". 4 for Joshua.
> 3. "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick.
> Film versions directed by Paul Verhoeven and Len Wiseman in
> 1990 and 2012 respectively.
"Total Recall". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> 4. John D. MacDonald's "The Executioners." Film versions starred
> Gregory Peck and Nick Nolte, in 1962 and 1991 respectively.
"Cape Fear". 4 for Joshua, Bruce, and Jason.
> 5. "Red Alert" by Peter George. Stanley Kubrick film, 1962.
"Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the
Bomb". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
Sorry about the date. The movie was scheduled for a 1963 release
and actually released, as Joshua Kreitzer noted, in 1964.
> 6. "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. 1979 movie.
"Apocalypse Now". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Jason,
Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> 7. "The Body" by Stephen King. 1986 movie.
"Stand by Me". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, and Jason.
> 8. "Shoeless Joe" by W.P. Kinsella. 1989 movie.
"Field of Dreams". 4 for Joshua, Marc, Jason, and Calvin.
2 for Dan Blum.
> 9. "Wiseguys" by Nicholas Pileggi. 1990 movie directed by Scorsese.
"Goodfellas". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Jason, and Calvin.
> 10. "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorpe. 1988 movie starred
> Bruce Willis.
"Die Hard". 4 for Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> * Game 9, Round 6 - Entertainment Geography - TV Land
> This round is about TV series and the places where they are set
> (not where they are shot).
> 1. Betty White, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, and Wendy Malick
> star in this sitcom whose title mentions a US city. Give that
> title.
"Hot in Cleveland". 4 for Joshua, Marc, Bruce, and Jason.
> 2. Name the vampire/supernatural HBO series that wrapped last
> August that's set in Bon Temps, Louisiana.
"True Blood". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Björn, and Peter.
> For the remaining questions, just name the place where the series
> is set. In the case of metropolitan areas, the major city of that
> area will do.
> 3. "Less Than Kind" -- Canadian city.
Winnipeg MB.
> 4. "Republic of Doyle" -- Canadian city.
St. John's NF (not to be confused with St. John NB).
> 5. "Flashpoint" -- Canadian city.
Toronto ON. 4 for Marc. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 6. "I Love Lucy" -- US city.
New York NY or Westport CT (they moved late in the series).
4 for Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
A couple of people mentioned Los Angeles. This is the result of
confusing two or three different long-running sitcoms that both
starred Lucille Ball. "I Love Lucy" was her first one; it ran from
1951 to 1961 and she played Lucy Ricardo. Reruns of the show were
broadcast under several other titles, including "Lucy in Connecticut",
"The Sunday Lucy Show", and "The Lucy Show".
The second sitcom ran from 1962 to 1967, at first under the title
"The Lucille Ball Show" but soon changing to "The Lucy Show" --
one of the alternate titles of the first sitcom. In this one her
character was Lucy Carmichael and she lived first in Danfield CT,
then in San Francisco CA.
The third sitcom may also be considered as a continuation of the
second one, but with some characters having different names, and
other continuity changes. This one ran from 1968 to 1974 and was
titled "Here's Lucy", and *this* time the setting is Los Angeles.
Ball's character this time was Lucy Carter.
(Details from "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and
Cable TV Shows" by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh.)
> 7. "Queer as Folk", the US version -- US city.
No, not San Francisco. It's Pittsburgh PA. 4 for Joshua.
> 8. "Frasier" -- US city.
Seattle WA. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Björn, Bruce,
Peter, Jason, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" -- US city.
Minneapolis MN (accepting St. Paul MN). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Marc, Bruce, Jason, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. "Dragnet".
Los Angeles CA. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Jason,
and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Can Ent Ent
Joshua Kreitzer 28 12 40 28 108
Dan Blum 31 12 26 18 87
Dan Tilque 28 20 16 16 80
Marc Dashevsky 12 8 24 28 72
Jason Kreitzer 8 4 28 20 60
"Calvin" 30 0 20 4 54
Bruce Bowler -- -- 24 20 44
Peter Smyth 32 0 0 8 40
Björn Lundin 24 4 0 8 36
Pete Gayde 22 10 -- -- 32
Erland Sommarskog 20 8 -- -- 28
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