Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-27,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 10, Round 4 - Sports - Board Games
> This round concerns popular and relatively recent board games.
> In each case, we will give the name of the game and you will
> identify the picture on the handout:
>
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games3.jpg
> If you find that format inconveniently wide, you may alternatively
> use this version of the handout:
>
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games2.jpg
> 1. Puerto Rico.
#15. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.
2 for Calvin.
> 2. Carcassonne.
#17. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan).
#5. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, Peter, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Joshua.
> 4. Risk.
#4. 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, Peter, Pete,
Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Jason.
> 5. Clue.
#14. (Apparently it's a Harry Potter edition!) 4 for Calvin,
Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Joshua, and Jason.
> 6. King of Tokyo.
#13. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin.
> 7. Codenames.
#2. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 8. Forbidden Island.
#9. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 9. Ticket to Ride.
#8. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. Pandemic.
#6. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin.
> So there were 8 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you would like to
> identify them for fun, but for no points.
Nobody tried these.
> 11. Quirkle.
#7.
> 12. Dominion.
#10.
> 13. 7 Wonders.
#3.
> 14. Dixit.
#12.
> 15. Small World.
#18.
> 16. Agricola.
#11.
> 17. Exploding Kittens.
#16.
> 18. Arkham Horror.
#1.
> * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana - Canadian Movies
> Films made in Canada aren't always recognized in this country.
> This round does its best to change that.
Hah!
> 1. French-Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor Xavier
> Dolan has become the toast of Cannes and other film festivals
> in recent years. Dolan was already acclaimed as a director
> when he made this 2014 feature about familial angst. It won
> the Jury Prize at Cannes that year. Name it.
"Mommy".
> 2. Directed by Bruce McDonald and released in 1996, this
> mockumentary is about a fictional punk rock band touring
> western Canada. What is its title?
"Hard Core Logo". 4 for Joshua.
> 3. Released in 1995, this feature-film debut of director Robert
> Lepage is set in 1952 and concerns Quebec City as it awaits
> the arrival of Alfred Hitchcock to shoot his movie "I Confess".
> Name it.
"The Confessional". ("Le confessionnal".) 4 for Joshua.
> 4. Released in 1989, this Denys Arcand comedy-drama revolves around
> a group of actors who perform the Passion Play in a Quebec
> church. What is it called?
"Jesus of Montreal". (Jésus de Montréal".) 4 for Erland, Joshua,
and Jason.
> 5. Considered a classic of Canadian cinema, this 1971 drama features
> a teenage boy as he accompanies his uncle, an undertaker,
> to pick up the body of a similar-aged boy. Name it.
"Mon Oncle Antoine". ("My Uncle Antoine".)
> 6. Atom Egoyan filmed this 1997 bummer about life in a small BC
> town after most of their children are lost in a school-bus
> accident. What is its title?
"The Sweet Hereafter". 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, and Joshua.
> 7. David Cronenberg's 1997 science-fiction/horror film centres
> on Max, a sleazeball broadcaster who comes across a Malaysian
> TV program that specializes in mutilation, torture, and murder.
> He sets out to find more about it but finds himself morbidly
> changed. Name the film.
"Videodrome". 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Jason.
As some entrants noted, the correct date was 1983. In fact this was
noticed during the original game, but it did not lead to a protest
and I forgot to correct it here. Sorry.
> 8. Yep, it had to be here. In this 1970 flick, Pete and Joey drive
> to Toronto from Nova Scotia to look for jobs. Trouble ensues.
> What is the movie's title?
"Goin' down the Road".
> 9. Sarah Polley had a successful career as an actress, then turned
> to direct and write movies to much acclaim, including garnering
> an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for this
> 2006 film about a husband dealing with his wife's Alzheimer's.
> Name it.
"Away from Her". 3 for Joshua.
> 10. This 1982 biographical western tells the true story of Bill
> Minor, a stagecoach robber who is released from prison in 1901
> and goes on a tear to commit more robberies, this time on trains.
> What is it called?
"The Grey Fox". 4 for Marc.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo Sci Spo Can
Joshua Kreitzer 16 8 30 19 73
Dan Blum 8 11 40 8 67
Dan Tilque 8 10 28 0 46
Erland Sommarskog 16 3 12 8 39
"Calvin" 13 3 22 0 38
Marc Dashevsky 8 3 12 12 35
Pete Gayde 9 11 12 0 32
Peter Smyth -- -- 28 0 28
Jason Kreitzer 4 0 8 8 20
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