Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-05-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct
> answers in about 3 days.
Oops, I missed a day there. Sorry.
> For further information... see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on
> "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Game 3 is over and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Congratulations!
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Do You Know Where the Bodies are Buried?
> 1. In what city is composer Johann Sebastian Bach buried?
Leipzig, Germany.
> 2. In what city is writer Oscar Wilde buried?
Paris, France. 4 for Joshua.
> 3. In which *US state* is president John F. Kennedy buried?
Virginia. Arlington National Cemetery is across the river from
Washington, DC. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete,
and Joshua.
> 4. In which *US state* is poet Robert Frost buried?
Vermont. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 5. In what city is poet Edgar Allan Poe buried?
Baltimore. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
> 6. In what town would you find Jacques Cartier's tomb?
St-Malo, France.
> 7. In which Toronto *cemetery* is 1837 rebel Samuel Lount buried?
Necropolis.
> 8. In what city is Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald buried?
Kingston, Ontario.
> 9. In what city is Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
> buried?
Toronto. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 10. Jacques Brel, far from alive and well, is dead and buried on
> an island in which *body of water*?
The Pacific Ocean. (Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas, in French Polynesia.)
None of bodies of water that were guessed is within 5,000 miles of
Hiva Oa!
> ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * A. Obscure Musical Instruments
> Name the obscure musical instrument.
> A1. A member of the harpsichord family played with plucked metal
> strings but rectangular like the clavichord. Popular during
> the reign of Elizabeth I, it may have been named after her.
Virginal. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
> A2. A bass woodwind created around 1600 and used to supplement
> the bassoon in French military bands. Shaped something
> like a snake.
Serpent. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. 3 for Dan Tilque.
> * B. Food Name Canards
> These dishes are called one thing but made with something
> else entirely. Name the main ingredient.
> B1. Cape Cod turkey.
(Dried salted) cod. "Fish" was not specific enough.
> B2. Chicken-fried steak.
Beef (schnitzel). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. 3 for
Dan Tilque.
After posting these answers in 2012, I added:
> Coincidentally, this dish was mentioned this week over in
> alt.usage.english. Tony Cooper explained it there as:
>
> || Chicken-fried steak is a tenderized (beaten with a meat hammer) cube
> || steak dipped in an egg batter and then fried in a skillet. The result
> || is beef with an outer layer of breading similar to fried chicken.
>
> And R.H. Draney added:
>
> | For those trying to cut down on red meat, you can even order
> | "chicken-fried chicken", which is not the same thing at all as "fried
> | chicken" (the latter has bones, for instance)...the distinction
> | is something like that between a hamburger and a "hot hamburger",
> | a dish available to the best of my knowledge only at the Drifter
> | restaurant in Silver City, New Mexico.
>
> Now you know, if you didn't.
> * C. Dark Movies
> From the description, name the film noir.
> C1. 1947. Kirk Douglas plays a hood who hires Robert Mitchum
> to find his missing girlfriend, played by Jane Greer.
"Out of the Past". 4 for Joshua.
> C2. 1944. This wonderfully seedy flick has Dick Powell searching
> for an ex-con's girlfriend, played by Claire Trevor.
> He gets beat up, a lot.
"Murder, My Sweet".
> * D. Leaflines
> Give the nickname for the relevant Toronto Maple Leaf forward
> line.
> D1. Charlie Conacher, Joe Primeau, and Busher Jackson played
> together 1929-36. The line was initially nicknamed because
> all three were so young.
The Kid Line.
> D2. Wendel Clark, Russ Courtnall, and Gary Leeman formed this
> line in the 1980s. The nickname was taken from the college
> team that all three had played on.
The Hound Line.
> * E. Ontario Community Colleges
> We'll give you the city that's home to the main campus.
> You name the community college.
> E1. Belleville.
Loyalist College.
> E2. Windsor.
St. Clair College.
> * F. Canadian Science Firsts
> F1. In 1922 this Canadian entrepreneur, inventor, and adventurer
> became the first to transmit a photograph digitally.
> Name him.
Sir William Stephenson (the "Man Called Intrepid").
> F2. In 1972 Telsat Canada launched the first Canadian domestic
> geostationary satellite. Name it.
Anik 1.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Ent His Spo Sci Can Geo Cha FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 32 4 24 28 16 12 12 112
Dan Blum 21 6 0 28 -- 14 12 81
Dan Tilque 4 4 8 36 9 12 10 75
Erland Sommarskog 0 12 0 28 -- -- -- 40
Pete Gayde -- -- -- -- -- 4 8 12
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