Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-07-15,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 8 is over; hearty congratulations to *Joshua Kreitzer* for
winning by a sizable margin!
> ** Game 8, Round 9 - Entertainment - Movie Taglines
> Simple enough: we'll give you the movie tagline and the year,
> and you name the movie. Note: if any of them are sequels, we'll
> need the specific title.
This was the easiest round in the original game and was tied for
fifth-easiest in the entire season.
> 1. "Garbo laughs!" (1939)
"Ninotchka". 4 for Pete and Joshua.
> 2. "Where were you in '62?" (1973)
"American Graffiti". 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, and Joshua.
> 3. "It's scrumdidlyumptious!" (1971)
"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete,
Joshua, and Calvin.
> 4. "The monster demands a mate!" (1935)
"Bride of Frankenstein". 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, and Joshua.
> 5. "An adventure 65 million years in the making!" (1993)
"Jurassic Park" 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 6. "They're young, they're in love... and they kill people!" (1967)
"Bonnie and Clyde". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Joshua.
> 7. "They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God." (1980)
"The Blues Brothers". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Joshua,
Bruce, and Calvin.
> 8. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water."
> (1978)
"Jaws 2". 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 9. "This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future."
> (1967)
"The Graduate". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 10. "Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests
> are rape, ultraviolence and Beethoven." (1971)
"A Clockwork Orange". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Joshua,
Bruce, and Calvin.
> ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - One Giant Leap
> As you may have heard, July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the
> Apollo 11 moon landing. So here's a round where every category
> has a lunar aspect -- if not in the question, then in the answer.
> * A. Major-League Moons
> A1. This new National Football League franchise was awarded
> in 1965 to lawyer Joe Robbie and actor Danny Thomas. In
> a contest to name the team, the name Moons was one of the
> finalists, but an aquatic creature was eventually used.
> Name that franchise. (City and chosen team name.)
Miami Dolphins. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Joshua, Bruce,
and Calvin.
> A2. This L.A.-born quarterback spent most of his career with
> the Houston Oilers and Edmonton Eskimos. He was the first
> black quarterback inducted into the Pro Football Hall of
> Fame. Name him.
Warren Moon. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Joshua, and Calvin.
> * B. Lunar "Oceans"
> The lunar "maria" or "seas" are, of course, not seas at all, but
> large, dark, basaltic plains that were imagined as oceanic from
> Earth. Here are questions about a couple of them. Please answer
> in English.
> B1. Name the "sea" where Apollo 11's lunar lander touched down
> on July 20, 1969.
Tranquility. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Joshua, Bruce, and Calvin.
And a very reluctant 3 for Dan Tilque.
> B2. Name any of the three other "seas" upon which Apollo
> missions landed.
Rains/Showers (Apollo 15), (Ocean of) Storms (12), Serenity (17).
Apollo 13, of course, did not land at all; Apollo 14 used 13's
planned site in the Fra Mauro highlands, and Apollo 16 landed in
the Descartes highlands. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua.
> * C. Under the Moon I Croon, or Lunar Lyrics
> C1. As sung by Sinatra, this song secondarily demands, "let me
> see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars". Give the
> song's title (which is also the opening line).
"Fly Me to the Moon". 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, Bruce,
and Calvin.
> C2. In its opening verse, this R.E.M. song names wrestler
> Fred Blassie, Mott the Hoople, and of course comedian
> Andy Kaufman. Name it. Exact title required.
"Man on the Moon". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Bruce,
and Calvin.
> * D. Lunar Lit
> D1. In Jules Verne's 1865 novel "From the Earth to the Moon",
> how was the capsule containing the first three (yes, three)
> lunar travelers launched from Earth?
With a giant cannon. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, Joshua,
and Bruce.
> D2. In 1901's "The First Men in the Moon", the craft in which
> an inventor and a London businessman reach the moon is
> propelled by repelling gravity with an element called
> cavorite. Who wrote "The First Men in the Moon"?
H.G. Wells. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Joshua.
> * E. The Moon in Religion
> E1. Which religion recognizes the moon god Chandra, also known
> as Soma?
Hinduism. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, Joshua,
and Calvin.
> E2. The moon retained its immaculate symbolism with the
> conversion to Christianity, and the crescent moon has a rich
> iconographic connection with which New Testament character?
Mother Mary, the Madonna. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> * F. Apollo's Canadian Connection
> On June 26, Canada Post unveiled stamps honoring two Canadians'
> contribution to the moon mission.
There are just two stamps in the series. Here they are:
http://canadianstampnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/07/Apollo-11-stamps.jpg
> F1. The head of engineering for Project Mercury, Kamloops-born
> Jim Chamberlin is credited with discrediting one approach
> to the moon landing in favor of another. What was his
> preferred idea?
Lunar Orbit Rendezvous -- that is, the use of a separate Lunar Module
to carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon's surface and back,
as opposed to landing the main spacecraft launched from Earth.
4 for Pete.
> F2. The chief engineer of the Apollo project, Sarnia native Owen
> Maynard made the first sketches and went on to design what
> key Apollo delivery vehicle?
The Lunar Module. 4 for Dan Tilque.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Lit Can Mis Aud Geo Sci Spo Ent Cha SEVEN
Joshua Kreitzer 32 10 7 40 20 40 20 40 36 228
Pete Gayde 4 8 12 19 24 26 23 40 32 176
Dan Tilque 20 8 8 16 19 40 12 28 39 174
"Calvin" 20 0 19 16 12 40 12 24 24 155
Bruce Bowler 4 12 36 8 29 40 8 8 20 153
Dan Blum -- -- -- -- -- 40 8 24 32 104
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 8 12 16 36 4 8 8 92
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