Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-06-20,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 10 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has managed a come-from-behind
win by posting 4 perfect rounds! Hearty congratulations!
> I wrote one of these rounds and about 3 questions in the other.
I wrote all of the challenge round, but after checking I find
that only two questions in the sports round were mine, #3 and #8.
(I wasn't sure earlier because I'd made suggestions similar to a
couple of other questions.)
> * Game 5, Round 9 - Sports - The #9 Round
> We don't intend to ask you about late sports legends every week,
> and in any case we hope our remaining athletic heroes stay in the
> land of the living for a while to come. But the past two weeks
> have been extraordinary. After a round on Muhammad Ali last week,
> it seems pretty much obligatory that the #9 round of today's game
> should be about Mr. Hockey.
This was the second-hardest round in the original game, after the
audio round.
> 1. Gordie Howe grew up in Saskatoon, but what was the small
> Saskatchewan town where he was born?
Floral. 4 for Stephen.
> 2. What bonus was promised to Gordie Howe when he signed up with
> the Detroit Red Wings? Apparently, a year later he had to
> remind the team owner that he hadn't actually received it yet.
A team jacket. 4 for Stephen.
> 3. Howe's first game with Detroit was in 1946. In what year did
> he retire from the NHL *for the first time*? You can answer
> within one year in either direction.
1971 (accepting 1970-72). 4 for Joshua and Stephen. 3 for Pete.
> 4. From 1947 to 1952, Howe played right wing on a famous line
> with two other star players, and in 1950 the three men even
> finished 1-2-3 in league scoring. The personnel changed in the
> ensuing years, but the line kept its nickname -- an apt one for
> a Detroit team. Either tell us that nickname or name either
> of the other two players on the original version of the line.
The Production Line, Sid Abel, Ted Lindsay. 4 for Pete and Stephen.
> 5. Two seasons after his first retirement, Gordie joined the Houston
> Aeros of the new World Hockey Association, where he famously
> played toegether with two of his sons. He later moved to
> another WHA team, and found himself back in the NHL when the
> WHA folded and this team joined his old league. Name that final
> team -- either its WHA name or its name when it joined the NHL.
> Full name required.
New England Whalers, Hartford Whalers. 4 for Pete, Erland,
and Stephen.
> 6. What hockey feat came to be known as a "Gordie Howe hat-trick",
> even though Howe himself accomplished it only twice in his
> career?
A goal, an assist, and a fight (in the same game). 4 for Joshua,
Pete, Peter, and Stephen.
> 7. In <3 years before answer 3>, Bob Baun was traded to the Red
> Wings and promptly chided Howe for taking such a low salary,
> revealing that he was making twice that much. Howe then
> demanded and got a raise (which incidentally gave him more
> than Baun, who was himself no stranger to contract disputes).
> What princely sum had Howe been earning per year prior to his
> increase, within 10% of the true number in either direction?
$45,000 (accepting $40,500-$49,500). 4 for Stephen.
> 8. What was the most goals that Howe scored in a single regular
> season, within 3 in either direction? The season was 70 games
> long at the time.
49 (accepting 46-52). (In 1952-53.) 4 for Stephen. 3 for Joshua
and Dan Blum.
> 9. Gordie Howe's last professional hockey appearance came when
> he was signed to a one-game contract by the Detroit Vipers
> of the IHL, and played one or two shifts. Tell us either
> the year this happened, or how old Gordie was at the time.
> You can answer within 1 year in either direction.
1997 (accepting 1996-98), age 69 (accepting 68-70). 4 for Stephen
(the hard way).
(With this event he became the first person to play professional
hockey in 6 different decades, from the 1940s through the 1990s.)
> 10. Eventually Wayne Gretzky bested many of Gordie Howe's records,
> but one of Mr. Hockey's marks that the Great One never reached
> was total career games played. Including both regular season
> and playoffs, both NHL and WHA, how many games did Howe play
> altogether? You can answer within 10% of the true number in
> either direction.
2,421 (accepting 2,178 to 2,664). 4 for Stephen.
> ** Game 5, Round 10 - The Challengely Round
> Your categories for this round are Dimly, Gimli, Primly, Cousinly,
> Femininely, and... Genuinely?
> * A. Science: Dimly
> A1. Before modern lighting, there were candles. This word
> derived from the same root as "candle" is an old term for
> a maker or seller of candles. Name it.
Chandler. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
and Stephen.
> A2. What light fixture, still used with electric lights, was
> named in reference to the candles that used to be mounted
> on it?
Chandelier. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen.
I'm not accepting "candelabra" since I said "used to be", and while
electric candelabras do exist, the kind that take actual candles
are still common enough today.
> * B. Miscellaneous: Gimli
> B1. In 1983 an Air Canada flight ran out of fuel and made an
> emergency landing at Gimli, Manitoba. While there were
> other issues, the direct cause of the problem was a
> confusion between what two *units of measurement*?
Kilograms and pounds. 4 for Joshua, Björn, and Stephen.
(The fuel indicators on an airliner use weight, not volume.)
> B2. Another Gimli -- you knew this was coming -- is a character
> in "The Lord of the Rings". *Either* name Gimli's *father*,
> who was a character in "The Hobbit", *or else* tell us who
> *played Gimli* in the "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy.
Glóin, John Rhys-Davies. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Björn, Calvin,
Dan Tilque, and Stephen. 2 for Peter.
> * C. Literature: Primly
> C1. In the early 19th century a "family" edition of Shakespeare's
> plays was published -- where "family" means it was edited
> to make the content suitable for women and children.
> Name the editor who did this editing.
Thomas Bowdler. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> C2. Censorship is not limited to the arts. In 1996 residents
> of the British town of Scunthorpe found that they could not
> register accounts with AOL, that is, America Online. Why?
The registration of their home address was rejected because of a
certain sequence of 4 consecutive letters within the place name.
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Erland,
and Stephen.
> * D. History: Cousinly
> D1. In Round 2 we asked about two US presidents who shared the
> same surname. They were grandfather and grandson.
> Another pair of US presidents who shared a surname were
> fifth cousins. What was that surname?
Roosevelt. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Björn,
Calvin, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Stephen.
> D2. Please answer the previoux question before decoding
> the rot13. Franklin Roosevelt had another famous relative,
> who was his fifth cousin once removed. Who was that?
His wife, Eleanor Roosevelt. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter,
Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
She was Theodore Roosevelt's niece and her maiden name was Roosevelt.
> * E. Entertainment: Femininely
> These questions are about beauty pageants.
> E1. Name the woman who won the Miss America pageant in 1983,
> but was forced to resign her title following the publication
> of nude photos.
Vanessa L. Williams. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin,
Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
> E2. In 2012, why was it disputed whether Jenna Talackova
> ["talaskova"] was eligible to compete to be Miss Universe
> Canada?
She used to be male. I scored "she was a he" as almost correct and
accepted "he is transgender" on the grounds that it was presumably
either a typo or a case of deliberate political incorrectness rather
than an error. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, and Stephen.
1 for Björn.
> * F. Geography: Genuinely?
> F1. In what Canadian city would you find a body of water called
> False Creek?
Vancouver. (It's a narrow bay that resembles the mouth of a
large river, but isn't.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, and Stephen.
2 for Dan Blum.
> F2. "Truth or Consequences" was a game show on radio and
> television, but in 1950 it also became a place name in return
> for an episode of the show being hosted in this small city.
> To this day, in what US state will you find the city of
> Truth or Consequences?
New Mexico. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Peter, Dan Tilque,
and Stephen.
By the way, the previous name of the place was Hot Springs.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His Ent Mis Sci Lit Geo Spo Cha SIX
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- 40 40 40 48 168
Dan Blum 22 12 14 27 32 20 3 42 157
Dan Tilque 28 24 4 12 20 32 0 36 152
Joshua Kreitzer 20 36 28 7 -- -- 11 40 142
Marc Dashevsky 8 36 24 20 24 28 -- -- 140
"Calvin" 15 23 16 0 16 36 0 28 134
Pete Gayde 16 40 16 28 -- -- 15 16 131
Peter Smyth 16 0 12 8 20 40 4 26 122
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 -- -- 0 40 4 12 72
Björn Lundin 14 0 -- -- 8 36 0 13 71
Jason Kreitzer 4 16 12 12 -- -- -- -- 44
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