Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-01,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Game 8 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER wins by a goodish margin.
Hearty congratulations!
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Slogans
> In this round, we will give you an advertising slogan and you have
> to name the product or company """using""" it.
I have not attempted to find out which of these slogans are still
in use.
> 1. "Because I'm worth it."
L'Oréal. 4 for Pete and Dan Blum.
> 2. "Think outside the bun."
Taco Bell. 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 3. "The world's local bank."
HSBC. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 4. "The best a man can get."
Gillette. 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 5. "Does she... or doesn't she?"
Clairol. 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 6. "The happiest place on Earth."
Disneyland. (Any Disney park was acceptable; I scored "Disney"
alone as almost correct.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 3 for Pete
and Dan Tilque.
> 7. "Reach out and touch someone."
AT&T. 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. "Welcome to the Human Network."
Cisco.
> 9. "Solutions for a small planet."
IBM. 4 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete.
> 10. "It's everywhere you want to be."
Visa. 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - April Fool
This was the easiest round in the original game, and the
third-easiest in the entire season.
> * A. What a Fool Believes
> These two questions are about well-known stock frauds.
> A1. This Indonesian gold property, which was reported to
> contain more than 200,000,000 ounces, was said to be the
> richest gold mine ever. The stock price for this company
> skyrocketed to a high of $280. At its peak, the company had
> a market capitalization of $4,400,000,000. In 1997, the gold
> mine proved to be fraudulent and the stock price crashed.
> What was the name of this company?
Bre-X.
> A2. The Ponzi scheme that he ran is considered to be the
> largest financial fraud in US history. He was arrested
> in 2008. Who """is""" he?
Bernard Madoff. (He died in 2021, less than 12 years into
his 150-year prison sentence.) 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
> * B. A Fool's Paradise
> These two questions are about the poem "Paradise Lost".
> B1. Who wrote it?
John Milton. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> B2. What biblical story is it based on?
The fall of Man. (Not Lucifer. "Adam and Eve" was accepted in the
original game, so I went along, but Genesis contains much more than
this story.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> * C. Fool Me Once
> These two questions are about movies about frauds or alleged frauds
> in real life.
> C1. Name the 2011 movie that suggested that Edward de Vere
> (the 17th Earl of Oxford), and not William Shakespeare,
> was the author of what we now know as the collected works
> of Shakespeare.
"Anonymous". 4 for Joshua.
> C2. Name the 2002 movie that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as a man
> who, after high school, began a short career of impersonating
> professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and airline pilots.
"Catch Me If You Can". (Frank Abagnale.) 4 for Pete, Dan Blum,
and Joshua.
> * D. I Pity the Fool
> In each case, name the trash-talking boxer.
> D1. He had these words for his opponent Lennox Lewis in 2002:
> "My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable.
> And I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want
> to eat his [sic] children. Praise be to Allah."
Mike Tyson. 4 for Pete, Erland, and Joshua.
> D2. In 1975 he said his opponent Joe Frazier "is so ugly that he
> should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wildlife". Later,
> in the build-up to the notorious Thrilla in Manila, he said,
> "It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when
> I get the gorilla in Manila."
Muhammad Ali. 4 for Pete, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> * E. Fool's Gold
> E1. By American standards, fake gold is anything with a purity
> below what threshold in karats? Answer within 2 karats.
10 (accepting 8-12). 2 for Pete and Dan Blum.
> E2. What mineral has a superficial resemblance to gold, and
> hence the common name "fool's gold"?
Pyrite (iron sulfide). 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> * F. A Fool to Try
> These two questions are about famous daredevil families.
> F1. This tightrope-walking family was prominent from the 1930s
> to the 1960s. The great-grandson of the family patriarch
> crossed Niagara Falls on a cable in 2012. Give their
> family name.
Wallenda ("the flying Wallendas"). 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
> F2. This father and son performed stunts in different eras.
> They both were best known for using motorcycles to jump
> great distances. Give their family name.
Knievel (Evel and Robbie). 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Ent Sci His Spo Lit Can Mis Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 36 32 40 16 32 8 24 40 204
Pete Gayde 36 6 36 9 21 4 29 30 161
Dan Blum 11 28 32 2 28 8 28 30 157
Dan Tilque 4 40 16 2 28 12 27 28 151
Erland Sommarskog 16 38 8 8 -- -- 0 8 78
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