Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-05-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
That was the flags round, and it was by far the easiest round in
the original game.
Who needs color just because the round is about flags?
> 1. South Africa.
#13. 4 for everyone -- Bruce, Pete, Peter, Erland, Joshua, Jason,
Calvin, Dan, Stephen, and Marc.
> 2. Nepal.
#11. 4 for everyone.
> 3. Turkey.
#21. 4 for everyone.
> 4. Israel.
#22. 4 for everyone.
> 5. Brazil.
#17. 4 for everyone.
> 6. Vatican City.
#20. 4 for everyone.
> 7. Czech Republic.
#14. 4 for Bruce, Pete, Peter, Erland, Joshua, Calvin, Dan, Stephen,
and Marc.
> 8. Switzerland.
#24. 4 for everyone.
> 9. Japan.
#18. 4 for everyone.
> 10. Jamaica.
#16. 4 for Pete, Peter, Erland, Joshua, Jason, Calvin, Dan, Stephen,
and Marc.
> So there were 14 decoys, some of them a bit harder than others.
> If you like, decode the rot13 to see the remaining country names
> and identify those flags for fun, but for no points. Only one
> guess for each, please.
> 11. Barbados.
#19. Bruce, Peter, Joshua, Jason, and Stephen got this.
> 12. Chad.
#5. Peter got this.
> 13. Bahrain.
#9. Peter, Joshua, and Stephen got this.
> 14. France.
#1. Peter, Erland, and Jason got this.
> 15. Ireland.
#3. Peter, Erland, and Jason got this.
> 16. Nigeria.
#4. Peter and Erland got this.
> 17. Belgium.
#7. Peter and Stephen got this.
> 18. Italy.
#2. Peter got this.
> 19. Thailand.
#10. Peter, Erland, Joshua, and Stephen got this.
> 20. Romania.
#6. Peter got this.
> 21. Georgia (the country).
#23. Peter, Erland, Joshua, Jason, and Stephen got this.
> 22. Chile.
#12. Peter, Joshua, and Stephen got this.
> 23. Macedonia.
#15. Peter, Erland, Joshua, Jason, and Stephen got this.
> 24. Canada.
#8. Bruce, Peter, Joshua, Jason, Stephen, and presumably Erland
got this.
> * Game 2, Round 6 - Literature - Barbs from the Bard
> We all know how great William Shakespeare was as a playwright.
> Here are some of his barbed put-downs, acerbic ripostes, and
> colorful curses. In most cases, you simply have to name the play
> where they appear. For some questions, there is an additional hint.
> But wait: there's more! We're also providing a handout that lists
> about half of Shakespeare's plays, and all the answers will be
> found on it. Look, here it is:
> | All's Well That Ends Well | Macbeth
> | Antony and Cleopatra | Merchant of Venice
> | The Comedy of Errors | Much Ado About Nothing
> | Hamlet | Othello
> | Henry IV, Part II | Richard III
> | Henry V | The Taming of the Shrew
> | Julius Caesar | The Tempest
> | King Lear | Titus Andronicus
> | Love's Labour's Lost | Twelfth Night
This round, on the other hand, it was by some margin the hardest in
the original game.
> 1. This line is spoken on a ship at sea: "A pox o'your throat,
> you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog."
"The Tempest". 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan, Stephen, and Marc.
> 2. Diana is the target of this dismissive comment: "This woman's
> an easy glove, my lord, she goes off and on at pleasure".
"All's Well That Ends Well". 4 for Stephen. 3 for Joshua.
> 3. "Frailty, thy name is woman!"
"Hamlet". 4 for Pete, Joshua, Jason, and Stephen.
> 4. "Nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it."
"Macbeth". 4 for Jason, Stephen, and Marc. 3 for Joshua.
> 5. "How tartly that gentleman looks! I never can see him but I am
> heart-burned an hour after."
"Much Ado About Nothing". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 6. This line is spoken in an orchard: "Where wilt thou find a
> cavern dark enough to mask thy monstrous visage?"
"Julius Caesar". 4 for Stephen.
> 7. This was not the only slander the speaker leveled at the woman
> in question: "You rise to play, and go to bed to work."
"Othello". 4 for Stephen.
> 8. This remark is aimed at a close relative of the speaker: Thou art
> a boil, a plague-sore, or embossed carbuncle in my corrupted
> blood."
"King Lear". 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Marc.
> 9. For this question, you can name either the play or the character
> speaking. "Away, you scullion! You rampallion! You fustilarian!
> I'll tickle your catastrophe."
Falstaff in "Henry IV, Part II". 4 for Stephen (the hard way).
> 10. A woman is described as: "No longer from head to foot than
> from hip to hip; she is spherical, like a globe; I could find
> out countries in her."
"The Comedy of Errors". 4 for Stephen. 3 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Spo Ent Geo Lit
Stephen Perry 36 36 40 40 152
Joshua Kreitzer 16 30 40 25 111
Dan Tilque 20 12 40 4 76
Jason Kreitzer 4 12 36 12 64
Peter Smyth 18 0 40 0 58
"Calvin" 6 7 40 0 53
Marc Dashevsky -- -- 40 12 52
Pete Gayde -- -- 40 4 44
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 40 0 44
Bruce Bowler -- -- 36 0 36
Björn Lundin 4 2 -- -- 6
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Mark Brader "I wasn't the one who misplaced the entire
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