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Mark Brader
Nov 6, 2017, 12:48:38 AM11/6/17
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-10-16,
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 Smith & Guessin' 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 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
the others.
2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
the previous questions. Anzr gur bgure svpgvbany pbhagel va
"Qhpx Fbhc".
5. Bar bs gur oebguref' zbfg snzbhf fprarf vf gur zveebe fprar
va "Qhpx Fbhc". Anzr gur pbzvp npgerff jub erperngrq gur fprar
gbtrgure jvgu Unecb ba n 1950f GI fubj. Fur nyfb nccrnerq jvgu
gur oebguref va gurve 1938 svyz "Ebbz Freivpr".
6. Gur ebpx tebhc Dhrra anzrq gjb bs gurve gbc-fryyvat nyohzf bs
gur 1970f nsgre Znek Oebguref svyzf: "N Avtug ng gur Bcren"
naq "N Qnl ng gur Enprf". Va n gunax-lbh abgr gb gur onaq,
jung qvq Tebhpub fnl ur jnf pnyyvat uvf arkg zbivr?
7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
(obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
7 of their films.
8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
to 1961.
9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
* Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
These are words that were originally people's names, or people
whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
either with the original name or the derived word.
1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
in stores and in other economic transactions.
2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
which today means an opponent of technological progress.
3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
campaigning in the Crimean War.
4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
riding or evening attire.
5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
darker meaning.
6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
and he therefore never received counsel.
7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
a salamander.
10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
What was this elephant's name?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself
m...@vex.net | to think. --Stuart Mills (Carr: The Three Coffins)
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 Smith & Guessin' 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 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
the others.
2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
the previous questions. Anzr gur bgure svpgvbany pbhagel va
"Qhpx Fbhc".
5. Bar bs gur oebguref' zbfg snzbhf fprarf vf gur zveebe fprar
va "Qhpx Fbhc". Anzr gur pbzvp npgerff jub erperngrq gur fprar
gbtrgure jvgu Unecb ba n 1950f GI fubj. Fur nyfb nccrnerq jvgu
gur oebguref va gurve 1938 svyz "Ebbz Freivpr".
6. Gur ebpx tebhc Dhrra anzrq gjb bs gurve gbc-fryyvat nyohzf bs
gur 1970f nsgre Znek Oebguref svyzf: "N Avtug ng gur Bcren"
naq "N Qnl ng gur Enprf". Va n gunax-lbh abgr gb gur onaq,
jung qvq Tebhpub fnl ur jnf pnyyvat uvf arkg zbivr?
7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
(obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
7 of their films.
8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
to 1961.
9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
* Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
These are words that were originally people's names, or people
whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
either with the original name or the derived word.
1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
in stores and in other economic transactions.
2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
which today means an opponent of technological progress.
3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
campaigning in the Crimean War.
4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
riding or evening attire.
5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
darker meaning.
6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
and he therefore never received counsel.
7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
a salamander.
10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
What was this elephant's name?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself
m...@vex.net | to think. --Stuart Mills (Carr: The Three Coffins)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Nov 6, 2017, 1:28:15 AM11/6/17
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:KKadnd8tR40samLEnZ2dnUU7-
W_N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
Chico, Harpo, Zeppo
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
13
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
"Duck Soup"
> 4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
> the previous questions. Anzr gur bgure svpgvbany pbhagel va
> "Qhpx Fbhc".
Freedonia
> 5. Bar bs gur oebguref' zbfg snzbhf fprarf vf gur zveebe fprar
> va "Qhpx Fbhc". Anzr gur pbzvp npgerff jub erperngrq gur fprar
> gbtrgure jvgu Unecb ba n 1950f GI fubj. Fur nyfb nccrnerq jvgu
> gur oebguref va gurve 1938 svyz "Ebbz Freivpr".
Lucille Ball
> 6. Gur ebpx tebhc Dhrra anzrq gjb bs gurve gbc-fryyvat nyohzf bs
> gur 1970f nsgre Znek Oebguref svyzf: "N Avtug ng gur Bcren"
> naq "N Qnl ng gur Enprf". Va n gunax-lbh abgr gb gur onaq,
> jung qvq Tebhpub fnl ur jnf pnyyvat uvf arkg zbivr?
"Bohemian Rhapsody" (?)
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
Margaret Dumont
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
"You Bet Your Life"
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
say the secret word
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
Marilyn Monroe
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
>
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
>
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
boycott
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
Luddite
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
Wellington
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
lynch
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
Miranda
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
masochism
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
Casanova
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
gerrymander
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
Jumbo
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
W_N...@giganews.com:
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
> 4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
> the previous questions. Anzr gur bgure svpgvbany pbhagel va
> "Qhpx Fbhc".
> 5. Bar bs gur oebguref' zbfg snzbhf fprarf vf gur zveebe fprar
> va "Qhpx Fbhc". Anzr gur pbzvp npgerff jub erperngrq gur fprar
> gbtrgure jvgu Unecb ba n 1950f GI fubj. Fur nyfb nccrnerq jvgu
> gur oebguref va gurve 1938 svyz "Ebbz Freivpr".
> 6. Gur ebpx tebhc Dhrra anzrq gjb bs gurve gbc-fryyvat nyohzf bs
> gur 1970f nsgre Znek Oebguref svyzf: "N Avtug ng gur Bcren"
> naq "N Qnl ng gur Enprf". Va n gunax-lbh abgr gb gur onaq,
> jung qvq Tebhpub fnl ur jnf pnyyvat uvf arkg zbivr?
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
>
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
>
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 6, 2017, 3:55:27 AM11/6/17
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
boycott
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
> 3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Peter Smyth
Nov 6, 2017, 5:55:43 AM11/6/17
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
Harpo, Chico, Zeppo
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
15
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
Duck Soup
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
> 4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
> the previous questions. Name the other fictional country in
> "Duck Soup".
>
> 5. One of the brothers' most famous scenes is the mirror scene
> in "Duck Soup". Name the comic actress who recreated the scene
> together with Harpo on a 1950s TV show. She also appeared with
> the brothers in their 1938 film "Room Service".
>
> 6. The rock group Queen named two of their top-selling albums of
> the 1970s after Marx Brothers films: "A Night at the Opera"
> and "A Day at the Races". In a thank-you note to the band,
> what did Groucho say he was calling his next movie?
This Album is Rubbish
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
>
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
>
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
>
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
Marilyn Monroe
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
>
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
>
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
>
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
>
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
>
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
>
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
Boycott
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
>
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
>
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
Luddite
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
> 3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
>
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
Wellington
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
>
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
>
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
Miranda
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
>
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
Masochism
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
Casanova
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
Gerrymander
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
Peter Smyth
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
Dan Blum
Nov 6, 2017, 8:57:46 AM11/6/17
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
> 4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
> the previous questions. Anzr gur bgure svpgvbany pbhagel va
> "Qhpx Fbhc".
> 5. Bar bs gur oebguref' zbfg snzbhf fprarf vf gur zveebe fprar
> va "Qhpx Fbhc". Anzr gur pbzvp npgerff jub erperngrq gur fprar
> gbtrgure jvgu Unecb ba n 1950f GI fubj. Fur nyfb nccrnerq jvgu
> gur oebguref va gurve 1938 svyz "Ebbz Freivpr".
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
boycott
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
> 3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Calvin
Nov 6, 2017, 9:53:47 PM11/6/17
to
On Monday, November 6, 2017 at 3:48:38 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
Harpo, Zeppo and the other one.
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
> 4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
> the previous questions. Anzr gur bgure svpgvbany pbhagel va
> "Qhpx Fbhc".
> 5. Bar bs gur oebguref' zbfg snzbhf fprarf vf gur zveebe fprar
> va "Qhpx Fbhc". Anzr gur pbzvp npgerff jub erperngrq gur fprar
> gbtrgure jvgu Unecb ba n 1950f GI fubj. Fur nyfb nccrnerq jvgu
> gur oebguref va gurve 1938 svyz "Ebbz Freivpr".
>
> 6. Gur ebpx tebhc Dhrra anzrq gjb bs gurve gbc-fryyvat nyohzf bs
> gur 1970f nsgre Znek Oebguref svyzf: "N Avtug ng gur Bcren"
> naq "N Qnl ng gur Enprf". Va n gunax-lbh abgr gb gur onaq,
> jung qvq Tebhpub fnl ur jnf pnyyvat uvf arkg zbivr?
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
>
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
>
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
>
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
>
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
>
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
> 3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
>
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
>
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
cheers,
calvin
Jason Kreitzer
Nov 6, 2017, 11:11:43 PM11/6/17
to
On Monday, November 6, 2017 at 12:48:38 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-10-16,
> 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 Smith & Guessin' 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 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
Harpo, Chico and Zeppo
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-10-16,
> 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 Smith & Guessin' 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 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
10
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
Duck Soup
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
> 4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
> the previous questions. Anzr gur bgure svpgvbany pbhagel va
> "Qhpx Fbhc".
Fredonia
> the previous questions. Anzr gur bgure svpgvbany pbhagel va
> "Qhpx Fbhc".
> 5. Bar bs gur oebguref' zbfg snzbhf fprarf vf gur zveebe fprar
> va "Qhpx Fbhc". Anzr gur pbzvp npgerff jub erperngrq gur fprar
> gbtrgure jvgu Unecb ba n 1950f GI fubj. Fur nyfb nccrnerq jvgu
> gur oebguref va gurve 1938 svyz "Ebbz Freivpr".
Lucille Ball
> va "Qhpx Fbhc". Anzr gur pbzvp npgerff jub erperngrq gur fprar
> gbtrgure jvgu Unecb ba n 1950f GI fubj. Fur nyfb nccrnerq jvgu
> gur oebguref va gurve 1938 svyz "Ebbz Freivpr".
> 6. Gur ebpx tebhc Dhrra anzrq gjb bs gurve gbc-fryyvat nyohzf bs
> gur 1970f nsgre Znek Oebguref svyzf: "N Avtug ng gur Bcren"
> naq "N Qnl ng gur Enprf". Va n gunax-lbh abgr gb gur onaq,
> jung qvq Tebhpub fnl ur jnf pnyyvat uvf arkg zbivr?
Bohemian Rhapsody?
> gur 1970f nsgre Znek Oebguref svyzf: "N Avtug ng gur Bcren"
> naq "N Qnl ng gur Enprf". Va n gunax-lbh abgr gb gur onaq,
> jung qvq Tebhpub fnl ur jnf pnyyvat uvf arkg zbivr?
>
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
Margaret Dumont
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
You Bet Your Life
> to 1961.
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
Say the Secret Word
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
Marilyn Monroe
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
>
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
>
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
>
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
Boycott
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
>
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
>
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
Luddite
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
> 3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
>
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
>
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
>
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
Miranda
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
>
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
>
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
>
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
Masochism
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
Casanova
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
Gerrymander
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
Jumbo
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
Dan Tilque
Nov 7, 2017, 12:06:58 AM11/7/17
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
Zeppo, Chico, Harpo
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
>
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
>
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
>
> 4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
> the previous questions. Anzr gur bgure svpgvbany pbhagel va
> "Qhpx Fbhc".
>
> 5. Bar bs gur oebguref' zbfg snzbhf fprarf vf gur zveebe fprar
> va "Qhpx Fbhc". Anzr gur pbzvp npgerff jub erperngrq gur fprar
> gbtrgure jvgu Unecb ba n 1950f GI fubj. Fur nyfb nccrnerq jvgu
> gur oebguref va gurve 1938 svyz "Ebbz Freivpr".
>
> 6. Gur ebpx tebhc Dhrra anzrq gjb bs gurve gbc-fryyvat nyohzf bs
> gur 1970f nsgre Znek Oebguref svyzf: "N Avtug ng gur Bcren"
> naq "N Qnl ng gur Enprf". Va n gunax-lbh abgr gb gur onaq,
> jung qvq Tebhpub fnl ur jnf pnyyvat uvf arkg zbivr?
>
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
>
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
>
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
>
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
>
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
>
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
>
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
>
> 3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
>
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
>
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
>
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
>
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
>
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
>
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
(fairly sure he was either governor or lt. governor at the time he
signed it)
>
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
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In article <KKadnd8tR40samLE...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
12
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
Duck Soup
> 4. Name the other fictional country in "Duck Soup".
Fredonia
> 5. One of the brothers' most famous scenes is the mirror scene
> in "Duck Soup". Name the comic actress who recreated the scene
> together with Harpo on a 1950s TV show. She also appeared with
> the brothers in their 1938 film "Room Service".
Lucille Ball
> 6. The rock group Queen named two of their top-selling albums of
> the 1970s after Marx Brothers films: "A Night at the Opera"
> and "A Day at the Races". In a thank-you note to the band,
> what did Groucho say he was calling his next movie?
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
You Bet Your Life
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
say the magic word
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
Marilyn Monroe
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
>
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
>
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
boycott
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
luddite
> 3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
cardigan
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
>
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
Lynch
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
Miranda
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
masochism
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
Don Juan
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
gerrymander
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
Jumbo
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> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
Harpo, Chico, Zeppo
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
> 4. Name the other fictional country in "Duck Soup".
Fredonia
> 5. One of the brothers' most famous scenes is the mirror scene
> in "Duck Soup". Name the comic actress who recreated the scene
> together with Harpo on a 1950s TV show. She also appeared with
> the brothers in their 1938 film "Room Service".
> 6. The rock group Queen named two of their top-selling albums of
> the 1970s after Marx Brothers films: "A Night at the Opera"
> and "A Day at the Races". In a thank-you note to the band,
>
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
Margaret Dumont
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
>
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
>
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
> 3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
>
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
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> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-10-16,
> 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 Smith & Guessin' 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 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
Harpo, Chico, Zeppo
> 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 Smith & Guessin' 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 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
>
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
>
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
>
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
>
> 4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
> the previous questions. Anzr gur bgure svpgvbany pbhagel va
> "Qhpx Fbhc".
>
> 5. Bar bs gur oebguref' zbfg snzbhf fprarf vf gur zveebe fprar
> va "Qhpx Fbhc". Anzr gur pbzvp npgerff jub erperngrq gur fprar
> gbtrgure jvgu Unecb ba n 1950f GI fubj. Fur nyfb nccrnerq jvgu
> gur oebguref va gurve 1938 svyz "Ebbz Freivpr".
>
> 6. Gur ebpx tebhc Dhrra anzrq gjb bs gurve gbc-fryyvat nyohzf bs
> gur 1970f nsgre Znek Oebguref svyzf: "N Avtug ng gur Bcren"
> naq "N Qnl ng gur Enprf". Va n gunax-lbh abgr gb gur onaq,
> jung qvq Tebhpub fnl ur jnf pnyyvat uvf arkg zbivr?
>
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
>
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
>
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
>
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
>
>
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
>
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
>
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
>
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
>
> 3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
>
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
>
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
>
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
>
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
>
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
>
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
>
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
>
Pete Gayde
Mark Brader
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Mark Brader:
Groucho's real name was Julius and Gummo was Milton.) 4 for Joshua,
Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete.
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
13 (accepting 12-14). 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Peter.
There were 5 movies with Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo:
"The Cocoanuts" (1929), "Animal Crackers" (1930), "Monkey
Business" (1931), "Horse Feathers" (1932), and "Duck Soup" (1933).
Then 8 more after Zeppo left the act: "A Night at the Opera" (1935),
"A Day at the Races" (1937), "Room Service" (1938), "At the Circus"
(1939), "Go West" (1940), "The Big Store" (1941), "A Night in
Casablanca" (1946), and "Love Happy" (1949).
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
"Duck Soup". 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, and Marc.
> 4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
> the previous questions. Name the other fictional country in
> "Duck Soup".
Freedonia. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, and Marc.
> 5. One of the brothers' most famous scenes is the mirror scene
> in "Duck Soup". Name the comic actress who recreated the scene
> together with Harpo on a 1950s TV show. She also appeared with
> the brothers in their 1938 film "Room Service".
Lucille Ball. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Marc, and Pete.
> 6. The rock group Queen named two of their top-selling albums of
> the 1970s after Marx Brothers films: "A Night at the Opera"
> and "A Day at the Races". In a thank-you note to the band,
> what did Groucho say he was calling his next movie?
"The Greatest Hits of the Rolling Stones"!
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
Margaret Dumont. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Marc, and Pete.
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
"You Bet Your Life". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Dan Tilque,
Marc, and Pete.
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
Say the secret word. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
3 for Dan Blum and Marc.
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
Marilyn Monroe. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason,
Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete.
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
This was the easiest round in the original game.
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
(Charles) Boycott. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin,
Jason, Dan Tilque, and Marc.
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
Ned Ludd, luddite. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Peter, Dan Blum,
Calvin, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete.
This, too, came up on the 2017-10-20 episode of "Jeopardy!" -- just
4 days after the original game. *Hmm.* Their version, in a category
on "Doing Business in the 1800s", did not mention that the word was
an eponym. It turns out that this is dubious -- apparently there is
no reliable source for Ludd's actions, supposed to have taken place
over 20 years before the luddites took his name, so it's likely that
he was invented as a fictional precedent for their own actions.
I added "allegedly" to the question to cover this.
> 3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
(Earl of) Cardigan. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque,
Marc, and Pete.
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
(Duke of) Wellington. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin,
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
(Charles) Lynch, Lynch law, lynching. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, and Marc.
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
Ernesto Miranda, Miranda rights, mirandize. 4 for Joshua, Peter,
Dan Blum, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete.
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, masochism. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter,
Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Marc.
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
(Giovanni) Casanova (de Seingalt). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter,
Dan Blum, and Jason.
Don Juan was a surprisingly popular answer, considering that that
name is Spanish.
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
Elbridge Gerry [with hard G], gerrymandering [with soft G].
4 for everyone.
See: http://cdn.loc.gov/service/rbc/rbpe/rbpe00/rbpe000/00000100/001dq.gif
As Dan Tilque noted, Gerry was actually governor -- that's why he
was signing the legislation. Sorry about that.
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
Jumbo. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, Dan Tilque,
and Marc.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Lit Spo Ent Mis FOUR
Dan Blum 3 16 36 35 31 40 142
Joshua Kreitzer 5 24 24 40 36 36 136
Marc Dashevsky 0 4 28 24 35 32 119
Jason Kreitzer 8 0 8 32 32 28 100
Peter Smyth 0 29 12 23 16 28 96
"Calvin" -- -- 29 28 8 28 93
Dan Tilque 0 28 -- -- 16 36 80
Pete Gayde 3 24 -- -- 24 20 71
Gareth Owen -- -- 27 32 -- -- 59
Erland Sommarskog 0 24 -- -- 0 28 52
Bruce Bowler -- -- 0 20 -- -- 20
--
Mark Brader "Exercise 5-3: ... When should you
Toronto have stopped adding features...?"
m...@vex.net -- Kernighan & Pike
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-10-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
Chico, Harpo, Zeppo. (Or Leonard, Adolph, and Herbert respectively.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - The Marx Brothers
> 1. Groucho Marx and his comedian brothers worked together for
> many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the
> other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of
> the others.
Groucho's real name was Julius and Gummo was Milton.) 4 for Joshua,
Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete.
> 2. Five of the Marx Brothers' feature films were named by the
> American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of
> all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four
> of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive?
There were 5 movies with Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo:
"The Cocoanuts" (1929), "Animal Crackers" (1930), "Monkey
Business" (1931), "Horse Feathers" (1932), and "Duck Soup" (1933).
Then 8 more after Zeppo left the act: "A Night at the Opera" (1935),
"A Day at the Races" (1937), "Room Service" (1938), "At the Circus"
(1939), "Go West" (1940), "The Big Store" (1941), "A Night in
Casablanca" (1946), and "Love Happy" (1949).
> 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI
> list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania.
> 4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering
> "Duck Soup".
Freedonia. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, and Marc.
> 5. One of the brothers' most famous scenes is the mirror scene
> in "Duck Soup". Name the comic actress who recreated the scene
> together with Harpo on a 1950s TV show. She also appeared with
> the brothers in their 1938 film "Room Service".
> 6. The rock group Queen named two of their top-selling albums of
> the 1970s after Marx Brothers films: "A Night at the Opera"
> and "A Day at the Races". In a thank-you note to the band,
> what did Groucho say he was calling his next movie?
> 7. Groucho Marx called her "practically the 5th Marx Brother"
> (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this
> actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in
> 7 of their films.
> 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947
> to 1961.
Marc, and Pete.
> 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100?
3 for Dan Blum and Marc.
> 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not
> one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by
> a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her.
Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete.
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Eponyms
> These are words that were originally people's names, or people
> whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer
> either with the original name or the derived word.
> 1. This word means to refuse commercial relations with someone
> as a form of protest. It comes from an Irish land agent
> who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s;
> in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business
> in stores and in other economic transactions.
Jason, Dan Tilque, and Marc.
> 2. This word comes from an English laborer who was allegedly caught
> destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time
> later a group of laborers called themselves by this word,
> which today means an opponent of technological progress.
Calvin, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete.
This, too, came up on the 2017-10-20 episode of "Jeopardy!" -- just
4 days after the original game. *Hmm.* Their version, in a category
on "Doing Business in the 1800s", did not mention that the word was
an eponym. It turns out that this is dubious -- apparently there is
no reliable source for Ludd's actions, supposed to have taken place
over 20 years before the luddites took his name, so it's likely that
he was invented as a fictional precedent for their own actions.
I added "allegedly" to the question to cover this.
> 3. This style of sweater was inspired not by Thomas Brudenell's
> name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a
> knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during
> campaigning in the Crimean War.
Marc, and Pete.
> 4. We're not done with clothing named after British aristocratic
> titles: this boot was named after Arthur Wellesley's title.
> Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the
> lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for
> riding or evening attire.
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> 5. This term originated during the American Revolution when a
> Virginia justice of the peace started to extrajudicially
> incarcerate loyalists. The Continental Congress then passed
> a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question.
> The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even
> darker meaning.
Dan Tilque, and Marc.
> 6. This US term refers to the act of reading a suspected criminal
> their legal rights. These rights are named after a 1960s man
> who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later
> released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights
> and he therefore never received counsel.
Dan Blum, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete.
> 7. This word comes from the author of the novel "Venus in Furs".
> Throughout the novel the protagonist is in submissive
> relationships with a number of dominating women. A German
> neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to
> get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused.
Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Marc.
> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
Dan Blum, and Jason.
Don Juan was a surprisingly popular answer, considering that that
name is Spanish.
> 9. The practice of locating district boundaries so as to give one
> party an unfair advantage comes from a combination of origins.
> The first half comes from a Massachusetts senator who signed
> the legislation to adopt new state electoral boundaries.
> The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist
> thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like
> a salamander.
4 for everyone.
See: http://cdn.loc.gov/service/rbc/rbpe/rbpe00/rbpe000/00000100/001dq.gif
As Dan Tilque noted, Gerry was actually governor -- that's why he
was signing the legislation. Sorry about that.
> 10. In England this word originally meant a clumsy, unwieldy fellow.
> The word gained its modern usage after P.T. Barnum bought an
> elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise
> for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge".
> What was this elephant's name?
and Marc.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Lit Spo Ent Mis FOUR
Dan Blum 3 16 36 35 31 40 142
Joshua Kreitzer 5 24 24 40 36 36 136
Marc Dashevsky 0 4 28 24 35 32 119
Jason Kreitzer 8 0 8 32 32 28 100
Peter Smyth 0 29 12 23 16 28 96
"Calvin" -- -- 29 28 8 28 93
Dan Tilque 0 28 -- -- 16 36 80
Pete Gayde 3 24 -- -- 24 20 71
Gareth Owen -- -- 27 32 -- -- 59
Erland Sommarskog 0 24 -- -- 0 28 52
Bruce Bowler -- -- 0 20 -- -- 20
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Mark Brader "Exercise 5-3: ... When should you
Toronto have stopped adding features...?"
m...@vex.net -- Kernighan & Pike
Marc Dashevsky
Nov 9, 2017, 10:18:48 AM11/9/17
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In article <FdSdnRgh6P6fd57H...@giganews.com>, m...@vex.net says...
Don Juan is fictional but was introduced in the 17th century. Both answers
seem wrong.
> > 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
> > about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> > his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
>
> (Giovanni) Casanova (de Seingalt). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter,
> Dan Blum, and Jason.
>
> Don Juan was a surprisingly popular answer, considering that that
> name is Spanish.
According to Wikipedia Casanova was born in 1725 -- the 18th century.
> > about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
> > his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
>
> (Giovanni) Casanova (de Seingalt). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter,
> Dan Blum, and Jason.
>
> Don Juan was a surprisingly popular answer, considering that that
> name is Spanish.
Don Juan is fictional but was introduced in the 17th century. Both answers
seem wrong.
Mark Brader
Nov 9, 2017, 1:58:19 PM11/9/17
to
Mark Brader:
not knowing that. But he's still the best match for the rest of
the question, so I'm letting the scores on this one stand.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Argh! Hoist by my own canard :-) !"
m...@vex.net -- Steve Summit
>>> 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs
>>> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
>>> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
>>
>> (Giovanni) Casanova (de Seingalt). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter,
>> Dan Blum, and Jason.
>>
>> Don Juan was a surprisingly popular answer, considering that that
>> name is Spanish.
Marc Dashevsky:
>>> about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women,
>>> his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him.
>>
>> (Giovanni) Casanova (de Seingalt). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter,
>> Dan Blum, and Jason.
>>
>> Don Juan was a surprisingly popular answer, considering that that
>> name is Spanish.
> According to Wikipedia Casanova was born in 1725 -- the 18th century.
In fact Casanova was born in 1725 -- the 18th century. Sorry about
not knowing that. But he's still the best match for the rest of
the question, so I'm letting the scores on this one stand.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Argh! Hoist by my own canard :-) !"
m...@vex.net -- Steve Summit
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