Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-25,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
> Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
> 1. Who was the country music star who committed suicide last week,
> at the age of 37? She hit #1 on the country charts in 1996 with
> "Guys Do It All the Time".
Mindy McCready. Joshua got this.
> 2. What malfunction occurred for 3 hours on Tuesday on the
> International Space Station, when the astronauts tried to
> upgrade their computer software?
Loss of communication with the Earth.
> * Game 4, Round 2 - Entertainment - Movies about the Movies
> When the movie industry runs out of ideas, it turns the lens on
> itself. In each case, name the movie from the date and description.
> 1. 1995; loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) gets a taste for
> Tinseltown when he pitches a movie to Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman),
> the producer whose debt Chili has to collect.
"Get Shorty". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 2. 1963; director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) suffers creative
> block while embarking on his latest movie and drifts into dreams
> and memories.
"8½". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 3. 1950; murdered screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates
> the story of his meeting with washed-up silent icon Norma Desmond
> (Gloria Swanson).
"Sunset Blvd." 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 4. 2011; when sound arrives in Hollywood, George Valentin (Jean
> Dujardin) bucks the trend by filming another silent movie,
> the jungle adventure "Tears of Love".
"The Artist". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 5. 1994; studio whipping boy Guy (Frank Whaley) bites back after
> too much abuse from bullying exec Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey).
"Swimming with Sharks". 4 for Joshua.
> 6. 1998; the elderly director James Whale (Ian McKellen) recounts
> his glory days as a horror director to gardener Clayton Boone
> (Brendan Fraser).
"Gods and Monsters". 4 for Joshua.
> 7. 2004; Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) spares no expense trying
> to make his World War I flying drama "Hell's Angels" as realistic
> as possible.
"The Aviator". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 8. 1980; Sandy Bates (Woody Allen) reminisces as he attends a
> retrospective of his work.
"Stardust Memories". 4 for Joshua.
> 9. 2008; actors Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert
> Downey Jr.) are dropped in the jungle to shoot a Vietnam epic.
"Tropic Thunder". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 10. 2011; an orphan boy (Asa Butterfield) realizes that the grumpy
> toyshop owner (Ben Kingsley) in the railway station where he
> lives is none other than the forgotten director Georges Méliès.
"Hugo". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> * Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Most Populous Metropolitan Areas in US States
> In this round, you are to identify the most populous metropolitan
> statistical area, according to the 2010 census, of a given US state.
> This is, of course, *may or may not* be the same metropolitan area
> containing the state's most populous city. If the metropolitan
> area is named after multiple cities, like "Tokyo - Yokohama", the
> primary one, named first, will suffice. If you give additional
> cities in the name they must be correct.
> So, what """is""" the most populous metropolitan area in (or in
> one case just *primarily* in) these states?
> Note: The results for the 2020 census are not yet available --
> they're expected in December -- so I will only accept answers
> based on the 2010 census.
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> 1. New Hampshire.
Manchester - Nashua. (#129 nationally by population at 400,721.)
4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 2. Vermont.
Burlington - South Burlington. (#199 at 211,261.) 4 for Dan Blum
and Dan Tilque.
> 3. Maine.
Portland - South Portland - Biddeford. (#101 at 514,098.)
4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
> 4. Tennessee.
Nashville-Davidson - Murfreesboro - Franklin. (#38 at 1,589,934.)
"Nashville" was sufficient. 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Joshua.
> 5. Texas.
Dallas - Ft. Worth - Arlington. (#4 at 6,371,773.) 2 for Dan Blum.
> 6. South Dakota.
Sioux Falls. (#193 at 228,261.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
3 for Dan Blum.
> 7. North Dakota.
Fargo. (#204 at 208,777. This is the "primarily" one; it extends
into Minnesota.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
> 8. Montana.
Billings. (#250 at 158,050.) 2 for Joshua.
> 9. Alabama.
Birmingham - Hoover. (#49 at 1,128,047.) 4 for Joshua, Erland,
and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 10. West Virginia.
Charleston. (#154 at 304,284.) 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque.
2 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Ent Geo
Joshua Kreitzer 40 27 67
Dan Blum 28 22 50
Dan Tilque 0 28 28
Erland Sommarskog 0 12 12
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