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QFTCIRS Game 7, Rounds 4,6: Jewish comedians, CanLit

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Mark Brader

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Jan 5, 2020, 6:47:57 AM1/5/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-04,
and should be interpreted accordingly.

On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.

All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


* Game 7, Round 4 - Entertainment - Jewish Comedians

In each case, we will give you their birth name and one of their
jokes, and you give us the stage name they're known by.

1. Joan Alexandra Molinsky: "A man can sleep around, no problem.
A girl makes 19-20 mistakes, she's a tramp."

2. Allan Stewart Konigsberg: "I don't believe in the afterlife,
although I am bringing a change of underwear."

3. Melvin Kaminsky: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is
when you fall in an open sewer and drown."

4. Joseph (or Jerome, he claimed) Levitch: "The doctor told me
I had a dual personality. Then he presented me with an $82
bill. I gave him $41 and told him to get the other $41 from
the other guy."

5. Jerome Silberman: "I know a lot of sad people who aren't
comedians."

6. Jacob Rodney Cohen: "I'm so ugly my father carries around a
picture of the guy who came with the wallet -- as a kid."

7. Leonard Alfred Schneider: "Communism is like one big phone
company."

8. Nathan Birnbaum: "It only takes one drink to get drunk.
Trouble is I can't remember if it's the 13th or the 14th."

9. Jerome Lester Horwitz: "I used to work in a bakery as a pilot...
I used to take the bread from one corner and 'pile it' in
the other."

10. Jacov Moshe Maza: "My grandfather always said, 'don't watch
your money, watch your health'. One day I was watching my
health and somebody stole my money. It was my grandfather."


* Game 7, Round 6 - Canadiana Literature - Authors

We give you three works by a Canadian author; you name the author.

1. "Treason at York", "Rebels Ride at Night", "A Land Divided".

2. "Alligator Pie", "Alligator Stew", "Civil Elegies and Other
Poems".

3. "People of the Deer", "Owls in the Family", "Curse of the
Viking Grave".

4. "Pat of the Silver Bush", "Jane of Lantern Hill", "Emily of
New Moon".

5. "Sea of Shadows", "Exit Strategy", "Omen".

6. "Monkey Beach", "Blood Sport", "Son of a Trickster".

7. "The Daring Game", "The Sky is Falling", "Awake and Dreaming".

8. "Three Day Road", "Through the Black Spruce", "The Orenda".

9. "Barometer Rising", "The Watch That Ends The Night", "Two
Solitudes".

10. "Joshua Then and Now", "St. Urbain's Horseman", "Barney's
Version".

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Dan Blum

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Jan 5, 2020, 10:06:49 AM1/5/20
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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 7, Round 4 - Entertainment - Jewish Comedians

> 1. Joan Alexandra Molinsky: "A man can sleep around, no problem.
> A girl makes 19-20 mistakes, she's a tramp."

Joan Rivers

> 2. Allan Stewart Konigsberg: "I don't believe in the afterlife,
> although I am bringing a change of underwear."

Woody Allen

> 3. Melvin Kaminsky: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is
> when you fall in an open sewer and drown."

Mel Brooks

> 4. Joseph (or Jerome, he claimed) Levitch: "The doctor told me
> I had a dual personality. Then he presented me with an $82
> bill. I gave him $41 and told him to get the other $41 from
> the other guy."

Jerry Lewis

> 6. Jacob Rodney Cohen: "I'm so ugly my father carries around a
> picture of the guy who came with the wallet -- as a kid."

Rodney Dangerfield

> 7. Leonard Alfred Schneider: "Communism is like one big phone
> company."

Lenny Bruce

> * Game 7, Round 6 - Canadiana Literature - Authors

> 10. "Joshua Then and Now", "St. Urbain's Horseman", "Barney's
> Version".

Mordecai Richler

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Joshua Kreitzer

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Jan 5, 2020, 10:41:20 AM1/5/20
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:BOydnVJOp7p6UYzDnZ2dnUU7-
T3N...@giganews.com:

> * Game 7, Round 4 - Entertainment - Jewish Comedians
>
> In each case, we will give you their birth name and one of their
> jokes, and you give us the stage name they're known by.
>
> 1. Joan Alexandra Molinsky: "A man can sleep around, no problem.
> A girl makes 19-20 mistakes, she's a tramp."

Joan Rivers

> 2. Allan Stewart Konigsberg: "I don't believe in the afterlife,
> although I am bringing a change of underwear."

Woody Allen

> 3. Melvin Kaminsky: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is
> when you fall in an open sewer and drown."

Mel Brooks

> 4. Joseph (or Jerome, he claimed) Levitch: "The doctor told me
> I had a dual personality. Then he presented me with an $82
> bill. I gave him $41 and told him to get the other $41 from
> the other guy."

Jerry Lewis

> 6. Jacob Rodney Cohen: "I'm so ugly my father carries around a
> picture of the guy who came with the wallet -- as a kid."

Rodney Dangerfield

> 7. Leonard Alfred Schneider: "Communism is like one big phone
> company."

Lenny Bruce

> 8. Nathan Birnbaum: "It only takes one drink to get drunk.
> Trouble is I can't remember if it's the 13th or the 14th."

George Burns

> 9. Jerome Lester Horwitz: "I used to work in a bakery as a pilot...
> I used to take the bread from one corner and 'pile it' in
> the other."

Curly Howard

> 10. Jacov Moshe Maza: "My grandfather always said, 'don't watch
> your money, watch your health'. One day I was watching my
> health and somebody stole my money. It was my grandfather."

Jackie Mason

> * Game 7, Round 6 - Canadiana Literature - Authors
>
> We give you three works by a Canadian author; you name the author.
>
> 10. "Joshua Then and Now", "St. Urbain's Horseman", "Barney's
> Version".

Mordecai Richler

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Dan Tilque

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Jan 6, 2020, 2:12:33 PM1/6/20
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On 1/5/20 3:47 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 4 - Entertainment - Jewish Comedians
>
> In each case, we will give you their birth name and one of their
> jokes, and you give us the stage name they're known by.
>
> 1. Joan Alexandra Molinsky: "A man can sleep around, no problem.
> A girl makes 19-20 mistakes, she's a tramp."

Joan Rivers

>
> 2. Allan Stewart Konigsberg: "I don't believe in the afterlife,
> although I am bringing a change of underwear."

Woody Allen

>
> 3. Melvin Kaminsky: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is
> when you fall in an open sewer and drown."

Mel Brooks

>
> 4. Joseph (or Jerome, he claimed) Levitch: "The doctor told me
> I had a dual personality. Then he presented me with an $82
> bill. I gave him $41 and told him to get the other $41 from
> the other guy."
>
> 5. Jerome Silberman: "I know a lot of sad people who aren't
> comedians."
>
> 6. Jacob Rodney Cohen: "I'm so ugly my father carries around a
> picture of the guy who came with the wallet -- as a kid."

Rodney Dangerfield
Dan Tilque

Pete Gayde

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Jan 6, 2020, 7:20:06 PM1/6/20
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:BOydnVJOp7p6UYzDnZ2dnUU7-
T3N...@giganews.com:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 4 - Entertainment - Jewish Comedians
>
> In each case, we will give you their birth name and one of their
> jokes, and you give us the stage name they're known by.
>
> 1. Joan Alexandra Molinsky: "A man can sleep around, no problem.
> A girl makes 19-20 mistakes, she's a tramp."

Joan Rivers

>
> 2. Allan Stewart Konigsberg: "I don't believe in the afterlife,
> although I am bringing a change of underwear."

Allan King

>
> 3. Melvin Kaminsky: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is
> when you fall in an open sewer and drown."

Mel Brooks

>
> 4. Joseph (or Jerome, he claimed) Levitch: "The doctor told me
> I had a dual personality. Then he presented me with an $82
> bill. I gave him $41 and told him to get the other $41 from
> the other guy."

Jerry Lewis

>
> 5. Jerome Silberman: "I know a lot of sad people who aren't
> comedians."

Phil Silvers

>
> 6. Jacob Rodney Cohen: "I'm so ugly my father carries around a
> picture of the guy who came with the wallet -- as a kid."

Rodney Dangerfield

>
> 7. Leonard Alfred Schneider: "Communism is like one big phone
> company."
>
> 8. Nathan Birnbaum: "It only takes one drink to get drunk.
> Trouble is I can't remember if it's the 13th or the 14th."
>
> 9. Jerome Lester Horwitz: "I used to work in a bakery as a pilot...
> I used to take the bread from one corner and 'pile it' in
> the other."

Jerry Lewis

>
> 10. Jacov Moshe Maza: "My grandfather always said, 'don't watch
> your money, watch your health'. One day I was watching my
> health and somebody stole my money. It was my grandfather."
>
>
>

Pete Gayde

Bruce Bowler

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Jan 7, 2020, 9:52:55 AM1/7/20
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On Sun, 05 Jan 2020 05:47:51 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-04, and
> should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a
> right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post
> all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the
> questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties and are used
> here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
> and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-10-16
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 4 - Entertainment - Jewish Comedians
>
> In each case, we will give you their birth name and one of their jokes,
> and you give us the stage name they're known by.
>
> 1. Joan Alexandra Molinsky: "A man can sleep around, no problem.
> A girl makes 19-20 mistakes, she's a tramp."

Joan Rivers

> 2. Allan Stewart Konigsberg: "I don't believe in the afterlife,
> although I am bringing a change of underwear."

Woody Allen

> 3. Melvin Kaminsky: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is
> when you fall in an open sewer and drown."

Mel Brooks

> 4. Joseph (or Jerome, he claimed) Levitch: "The doctor told me
> I had a dual personality. Then he presented me with an $82 bill. I
> gave him $41 and told him to get the other $41 from the other guy."
>
> 5. Jerome Silberman: "I know a lot of sad people who aren't
> comedians."
>
> 6. Jacob Rodney Cohen: "I'm so ugly my father carries around a
> picture of the guy who came with the wallet -- as a kid."

Rodney Dangerfield

> 7. Leonard Alfred Schneider: "Communism is like one big phone
> company."
>
> 8. Nathan Birnbaum: "It only takes one drink to get drunk.
> Trouble is I can't remember if it's the 13th or the 14th."
>
> 9. Jerome Lester Horwitz: "I used to work in a bakery as a pilot...
> I used to take the bread from one corner and 'pile it' in the other."

Curly Howard; Moe Howard

> 10. Jacov Moshe Maza: "My grandfather always said, 'don't watch
> your money, watch your health'. One day I was watching my health and
> somebody stole my money. It was my grandfather."
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 6 - Canadiana Literature - Authors
>
> We give you three works by a Canadian author; you name the author.
>
> 1. "Treason at York", "Rebels Ride at Night", "A Land Divided".
>
> 2. "Alligator Pie", "Alligator Stew", "Civil Elegies and Other
> Poems".
>
> 3. "People of the Deer", "Owls in the Family", "Curse of the
> Viking Grave".

Farley Mowat

Mark Brader

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Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-11-04,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


> * Game 7, Round 4 - Entertainment - Jewish Comedians

> In each case, we will give you their birth name and one of their
> jokes, and you give us the stage name they're known by.

> 1. Joan Alexandra Molinsky: "A man can sleep around, no problem.
> A girl makes 19-20 mistakes, she's a tramp."

Joan Rivers. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete,
and Bruce.

> 2. Allan Stewart Konigsberg: "I don't believe in the afterlife,
> although I am bringing a change of underwear."

Woody Allen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.

> 3. Melvin Kaminsky: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is
> when you fall in an open sewer and drown."

Mel Brooks. 4 for everyone.

> 4. Joseph (or Jerome, he claimed) Levitch: "The doctor told me
> I had a dual personality. Then he presented me with an $82
> bill. I gave him $41 and told him to get the other $41 from
> the other guy."

Jerry Lewis. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.

> 5. Jerome Silberman: "I know a lot of sad people who aren't
> comedians."

Gene Wilder.

> 6. Jacob Rodney Cohen: "I'm so ugly my father carries around a
> picture of the guy who came with the wallet -- as a kid."

Rodney Dangerfield. 4 for everyone.

> 7. Leonard Alfred Schneider: "Communism is like one big phone
> company."

Lenny Bruce. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

> 8. Nathan Birnbaum: "It only takes one drink to get drunk.
> Trouble is I can't remember if it's the 13th or the 14th."

George Burns. 4 for Joshua.

> 9. Jerome Lester Horwitz: "I used to work in a bakery as a pilot...
> I used to take the bread from one corner and 'pile it' in
> the other."

Curly Howard. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Bruce.

> 10. Jacov Moshe Maza: "My grandfather always said, 'don't watch
> your money, watch your health'. One day I was watching my
> health and somebody stole my money. It was my grandfather."

Jackie Mason. 4 for Joshua.


> * Game 7, Round 6 - Canadiana Literature - Authors

> We give you three works by a Canadian author; you name the author.

> 1. "Treason at York", "Rebels Ride at Night", "A Land Divided".

John F. Hayes.

> 2. "Alligator Pie", "Alligator Stew", "Civil Elegies and Other
> Poems".

Dennis Lee.

> 3. "People of the Deer", "Owls in the Family", "Curse of the
> Viking Grave".

Farley Mowat. 4 for Bruce.

> 4. "Pat of the Silver Bush", "Jane of Lantern Hill", "Emily of
> New Moon".

Lucy Maud Montgomery.

> 5. "Sea of Shadows", "Exit Strategy", "Omen".

Kelley Armstrong.

> 6. "Monkey Beach", "Blood Sport", "Son of a Trickster".

Eden Robinson.

> 7. "The Daring Game", "The Sky is Falling", "Awake and Dreaming".

Kit Pearson.

> 8. "Three Day Road", "Through the Black Spruce", "The Orenda".

Joseph Boyden.

> 9. "Barometer Rising", "The Watch That Ends The Night", "Two
> Solitudes".

Hugh MacLennan.

> 10. "Joshua Then and Now", "St. Urbain's Horseman", "Barney's
> Version".

Mordecai Richler. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.


Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Geo His Ent Can
Joshua Kreitzer 28 20 36 4 88
Dan Blum 28 28 24 4 84
Dan Tilque 32 32 16 0 80
Bruce Bowler 23 16 19 4 62
Erland Sommarskog 28 20 -- -- 48
Pete Gayde -- -- 16 0 16

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