Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-02-27,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Game 5 is over and Stephen Perry has WHOMPED THE FIELD.
Hearty congratulations!
> ** Game 5, Round 9 - History - It Happened on February 27
> The following are events that happened """today""", throughout the
> """past 200 years""" or so. We give you the information, you name
> the February 27 event.
> 1. What annual party first started in 1827?
Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The city was required. Adding "parade"
make it almost correct; the parade did not start until 1857.
4 for Joshua, Pete, and Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 2. What American activist was born in 1934?
Ralph Nader. 4 for Stephen.
> 3. What historic trip was concluded in 1972?
Richard Nixon's visit to Communist China. 4 for Pete, Dan Blum,
and Stephen.
The first supersonic commercial flight, by the Tu-144 in freighter
service, was in 1975.
> 4. What important doctrine did Great Britain recognize in 1897?
> Be sufficiently specific.
The Monroe doctrine as interpreted by President Cleveland -- basically
that the US had a legitimate interest in the whole of the Americas.
The original Monroe doctrine was more to the effect that European
countries did not, and when "Monroe doctrine" alone was given as an
answer, it was not accepted, even on a protest; I am nevertheless
scoring it as almost correct. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Pete.
> 5. What constitutional amendment did the US Supreme Court defend
> in 1922? (Give the amendment number or the subject.)
19th; women's suffrage. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Pete.
The claims dismissed by the court were to the effect that the
Constitution did not permit an amendment so far-reaching in
character, and that its ratification was defective.
Some entrants named the 18th Amendment, establishing Prohibition.
If Wikipedia is correct, this amendment was defended by the Supreme
Court in 1920 (when the validity of its ratification in Ohio
was disputed) and in 1921 (when it was claimed that an amendment
including a deadline for its own ratification was unconstitutional).
If someone has evidence of it coming before the court again in 1922,
please post a protest.
> 6. What was occupied in South Dakota in 1973?
Wounded Knee (a site were Sioux were massacred in 1890). 4 for Pete,
Dan Blum, and Stephen.
I did not accept "Wounded Knee Reservation"; the battle site was
not a reservation, but was occupied as a protest.
> 7. The president of which Southeast Asian country survived a coup
> attempt in 1962?
South Vietnam. (President Ngo Dinh Diem.) 4 for Joshua, Erland,
and Dan Blum. 3 for Stephen.
President Sukarno of Indonesia did also survive a coup attempt in that
decade, but it was in 1965.
> 8. A sporting defeat was inflicted on the Soviet Union in 1960.
> Name the opposing country *and* the sport.
US, hockey. (In the Winter Olympics.) 4 for Erland, Pete, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque.
> 9. The John Jay report was first released in the US in 2004.
> What was the topic of this report? Be specific.
Sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests. 4 for Stephen.
One entrant said it was the conditions in Abu Ghraib prison. There
was a report on that in 2004 too, but it was called the Taguba report.
> 10. Who signed a contract with 20th Century Fox in 1936 to receive
> $50,000 a picture, one of the highest salaries of the time?
Shirley Temple. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 11. Whose birth made this series of contest postings possible?
Stuart Brader (1923-2010).
> ** Game 5, Round 10 - The Black Challenge Round
> * A. Black Sabbath (Heavy Metal)
> A1. When Ozzy Osbourne was fired from the band in 1979, he was
> replaced by this former front man of the band Rainbow. Who?
Ronny James Dio. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Pete, and Stephen.
> A2. Name this bassist, lyricist, and a founding member of
> Black Sabbath.
Terrence "Geezer" Butler. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Pete, and Stephen.
> * B. Conrad Black (History)
> B1. In 1969, Black purchased and operated the "Record", a small
> English language daily newspaper in the province of Quebec.
> """Today""" it is the *only* English-language daily newspaper
> in Quebec other than the Montreal Gazette. In which *city*
> """is""" it published?
Sherbrooke. (Still true.) 4 for Joshua.
> B2. Upon the advice of British Prime Minister Tony Blair,
> in 2001 Queen Elizabeth II conferred on Black the dignity
> of a life peerage with the name, style, and title of Baron
> Black of... where? The answer is one word.
Crossharbour. 4 for Joshua.
> * C. The Black Sea (Geography)
> C1. Name the strait that connects the Black Sea with the Sea
> of Marmara.
Bosporus or Bosphorus. 4 for Pete, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
The Dardanelles is the strait running the other way from the Sea of
Marmara, connecting to the Mediterranean.
> C2. This metropolis in Russia sprawls for 90 miles (145 km) along
> the eastern shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus
> Mountains. """Its permanent population of over 343,000
> makes it the largest resort city in the country.""" Name it.
Sochi (still true; the population is now about 443,000; it was the
site of the 2014 Winter Olympics). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum.
Odessa is on the northwest side of the Black Sea, in Ukraine.
> * D. Black Sox (Sports)
> In 1919 several players on the Chicago White Sox acted to throw
> the World Series -- referred to as the "Black Sox" scandal.
> D1. For some of the players, the motivation to throw the
> series was a dislike of the club owner, who they perceived
> as a tightwad. Name him.
Charles Comiskey. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Stephen.
William Wrigley Jr. owned the Chicago Cubs.
> D2. An Eliot Asinof book and a 1988 John Sayles movie about
> the scandal share a common title. What is it?
"Eight Men Out". 4 for Joshua, Pete, Dan Blum, Stephen,
and Dan Tilque.
> * E. Black Song Lyrics (Rock Music)
> Given the lyrics, name the song with the word "Black" in the title.
> E1. "Hey hey mama said the way you move,
> Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove."
"Black Dog" (Led Zeppelin). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Pete, and Stephen.
> E2. "Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me;
> Yeah, keep on shinin' your light,
> Gonna make everything, pretty mama."
"Black Water" (Doobie Brothers). 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Stephen.
> * F. Names from the Black (Etymology)
> F1. This name, or slight variations thereof, means "Black"
> in many Slavic languages. Think of Canadian actor Henry,
> or Austrian composer and music teacher Carl.
Cherny (Czerny, Chorny, Cerny, etc.). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum,
and Stephen.
> F2. This is a surname of Irish or Scottish descent, a corruption
> of the Gaelic word meaning dark or black. Think of former
> Canadian hockey player Dick, or American singer/actress
> Hilary.
Duff. I scored the actual Gaelic word (dubh) as almost correct,
as it is not the surname of those people. 4 for Pete, Dan Blum,
and Stephen. 3 for Erland.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Spo Geo Sci Lit Ent His Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 40 40 40 39 40 39 40 240
Joshua Kreitzer 4 28 40 40 32 36 12 40 216
Dan Blum 0 8 40 32 32 27 15 19 165
Pete Gayde 0 36 40 19 12 16 21 32 164
Dan Tilque 0 12 40 39 4 0 4 12 111
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 40 19 -- -- 8 23 90
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