Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-02-13,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - Adult Magazines
> No date for Valentine's Day? Well, just curl up on the couch with
> your favourite adult magazine!
> 1. Within 1 year, in what year was the first issue of "Playboy"
> magazine published?
1953 (accepting 1952-54). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
> 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous
> question. Who graced the centerfold of that first issue,
> published in December of nineteen fifty-three?
Marilyn Monroe. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
The nude centerfold photo had previously been published on a calendar,
and when her studio became concerned about it, Monroe decided to tell
the truth and the publicity helped her career. Asked later whether it
was true that she'd had nothing on, she replied, "I had the radio on."
> 3. Gene Simmons could tell you that this Newfie girl was Playmate
> of the Month for November 1981. Who?
Shannon Tweed. 4 for Joshua.
> 4. Name the daughter of "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner who became
> head of the "Playboy" empire in 1988, holding that position
> until she stepped down in 2009. First name required if the
> surname is Hefner.
Christie Hefner. I accepted "Christine". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Pete.
> 5. Name the publisher of "Hustler" magazine who """has fought"""
> several prominent legal battles involving the First Amendment,
> and """has unsuccessfully run""" for public office.
Larry Flynt. (He died in 2021.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
> 6. Name the men's magazine founded in 1969 by Bob Guccione that
> """combines""" urban lifestyle articles and soft-core
> pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into
> hard-core.
"Penthouse". (Still true as far as I know.) 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> 7. Name the 1979 US-produced Italian pornographic biographical film,
> starring Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole, that was produced
> by Bob Guccione.
"Caligula". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> 8. Born in Ladysmith, BC, in 1967, this Canadian girl """has
> graced""" more "Playboy" covers than any other person. Who?
Pamela Anderson. (Still true as far as I know.) 4 for Joshua.
> 9. It has been said that this adult magazine, first published in
> 1973, """may have""" a larger following among gay men than
> among heterosexual women. Name it.
"Playgirl". (It ended in 2016.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
> 10. Although not an adult magazine, what publication received
> huge publicity when Burt Reynolds appeared naked in their April
> 1972 edition?
"Cosmopolitan". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> * Game 4, Round 8 - Geography - Connecting States
> We give you the names of two US states and you provide the state
> that borders both of them. For example, we say Washington and
> California; you say Oregon.
> Note: States meeting at a single point do *not* count as bordering.
This was the easiest round in the original game and the 3rd-easiest
in the entire season.
> 1. Arkansas and Iowa.
Missouri. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Pete.
Kansas doesn't border either one, although it's close to both.
> 2. South Carolina and Florida.
Georgia. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
> 3. Vermont and Maine.
New Hampshire. 4 for everyone.
> 4. New York and Ohio.
Pennsylvania. 4 for everyone.
> 5. Texas and Arizona
New Mexico. 4 for everyone.
> 6. Louisiana and Alabama.
Mississippi. 4 for everyone.
> 7. Nevada and Colorado.
Utah. (Not Arizona, which meets Colorado at a single point.)
4 for everyone.
> 8. North Dakota and Idaho.
Montana. 4 for everyone.
> 9. Indiana and Tennessee.
Kentucky. 4 for everyone.
> 10. Michigan and Minnesota.
Wisconsin. (The water border between Michigan and Minnesota is
irrelevant.) 4 for everyone.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Mis Spo Ent Lit Geo THREE
Joshua Kreitzer 23 40 40 40 40 120
Dan Blum 18 16 36 32 40 108
Pete Gayde 18 36 -- 28 40 104
Dan Tilque 20 28 8 28 40 96
Erland Sommarskog 12 0 -- 0 36 48
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