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QFTCIWSS Game 8, Rounds 4-6: collectives, one-hitters, LitCits
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Mark Brader
Oct 29, 2018, 3:13:18 AM10/29/18
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-16,
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 4 days.
All questions were written by members of What She Said 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 8, Round 4 - Science - Collective Nouns
The English language has many very interesting collective nouns
for creatures -- mammals, birds, fish, and insects. In this round,
you'll be given two or more collective nouns that apply to the same
type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
all apply to.
1. Shrewdness, troop.
2. Colony, cloud.
3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
4. Parliament, stare.
5. Team, passel, drift, parcel.
6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble.
7. Bale, nest, turn, dole.
8. Labor, company, movement.
9. Bask, float, congregation.
10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water,
or a waddle, if they are on land.
* Game 8, Round 5 - Audio - 1990s One-Hit Wonders
Yes, once again you're getting the audio round. (So even with a
canceled round in the last set, you can still be scored on your best
6 out of 8 rounds.) Plenty of musical artists in the 1990s hit it
big exactly once before fading back into obscurity. Instead of
playing a clip from their one big hit, I'll give you the title,
year, and three lines from the song; you'll also be told what type
of answer is wanted. In each case, name the singer or group.
(In the original game, questions #9-10 were "name the title or the
band", but I'm changing them to work the same way as the others.)
1. "Unbelievable" (1991): name the band.
The things, you say,
Your purple prose just gives you away,
The things, you say...
2. "Right Here, Right Now" (1991): name the band.
I was alive and I waited, waited,
I was alive and I waited for this,
Right here, right now...
3. "I Wish" (1995): name the rapper.
I wish I was little bit taller,
I wish I was a baller,
I wish I had a girl who looked good...
4. "Jump" (1992): name the duo.
Jump, jump,
The Mac Dad will make you jump, jump,
A Daddy Mac will make you jump, jump...
5. "Stay" (1992): name the duo.
Back in your own world,
Stay with me, stay with me,
Stay with me, stay with me...
6. "Closing Time" (1998): name the band.
I know who I want to take me home,
I know who I want to take me home,
I know who I want to take me home...
7. "One Of Us" (1995): name the artist.
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us,
Just a stranger on the bus...
8. "Bitch" (1997): name the artist.
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover,
I'm a child, I'm a mother,
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint...
9. "Flagpole Sitta" (1997); name the band.
I'm not sick but I'm not well,
And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in Hell,
I'm not sick but I'm not well...
10. "Lovefool" (1996); name the band.
Love me, love me,
Say that you love me,
Fool me, fool me...
* Game 8, Round 6 - Literature/Entertainment - Fictional Cities
Hey, they're real to us! In case, name the fictional place we
know from books, TV, or movies.
1. This pair of cities, which exist within the same comic-book
universe, have been described as "New York during the day"
and "New York at night" -- which also serves to explain the
characters who famously reside in them. Name *both*.
2. Stephen King sets many of his stories in two fictional towns
in Maine. One is the setting of "Cujo", "Stand By Me", and
"The Dead Zone" among others; the other is the setting of "It",
"Insomnia", and "11/22/63". Name *either* town.
3. This town in Middle-Earth, just outside the Shire, is known
for being home to both men and hobbits alike.
4. This town in Massachusetts appears in many of H.P. Lovecraft's
short horror stories.
5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this,
the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent
or guardian to visit this small town located near their school.
7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
8. Stephen Leacock modeled the setting for many of his stories
after Orillia, Ontario, but named it this instead.
9. Fans have calculated that the murder rate of this seaside town
in Maine, the setting for the TV show "Murder, She Wrote",
is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras.
10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
of scum and villainy".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
"History tells us that the Boston 'T' Party was succeeded
the next day by the Boston 'U' Party, where American rebels
yanked all the extraneous U's out of words like 'colour'
and threw them into Boston Harbour. Harbor. Whatever."
--Adam Beneschan
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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 4 days.
All questions were written by members of What She Said 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 8, Round 4 - Science - Collective Nouns
The English language has many very interesting collective nouns
for creatures -- mammals, birds, fish, and insects. In this round,
you'll be given two or more collective nouns that apply to the same
type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
all apply to.
1. Shrewdness, troop.
2. Colony, cloud.
3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
4. Parliament, stare.
5. Team, passel, drift, parcel.
6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble.
7. Bale, nest, turn, dole.
8. Labor, company, movement.
9. Bask, float, congregation.
10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water,
or a waddle, if they are on land.
* Game 8, Round 5 - Audio - 1990s One-Hit Wonders
Yes, once again you're getting the audio round. (So even with a
canceled round in the last set, you can still be scored on your best
6 out of 8 rounds.) Plenty of musical artists in the 1990s hit it
big exactly once before fading back into obscurity. Instead of
playing a clip from their one big hit, I'll give you the title,
year, and three lines from the song; you'll also be told what type
of answer is wanted. In each case, name the singer or group.
(In the original game, questions #9-10 were "name the title or the
band", but I'm changing them to work the same way as the others.)
1. "Unbelievable" (1991): name the band.
The things, you say,
Your purple prose just gives you away,
The things, you say...
2. "Right Here, Right Now" (1991): name the band.
I was alive and I waited, waited,
I was alive and I waited for this,
Right here, right now...
3. "I Wish" (1995): name the rapper.
I wish I was little bit taller,
I wish I was a baller,
I wish I had a girl who looked good...
4. "Jump" (1992): name the duo.
Jump, jump,
The Mac Dad will make you jump, jump,
A Daddy Mac will make you jump, jump...
5. "Stay" (1992): name the duo.
Back in your own world,
Stay with me, stay with me,
Stay with me, stay with me...
6. "Closing Time" (1998): name the band.
I know who I want to take me home,
I know who I want to take me home,
I know who I want to take me home...
7. "One Of Us" (1995): name the artist.
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us,
Just a stranger on the bus...
8. "Bitch" (1997): name the artist.
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover,
I'm a child, I'm a mother,
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint...
9. "Flagpole Sitta" (1997); name the band.
I'm not sick but I'm not well,
And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in Hell,
I'm not sick but I'm not well...
10. "Lovefool" (1996); name the band.
Love me, love me,
Say that you love me,
Fool me, fool me...
* Game 8, Round 6 - Literature/Entertainment - Fictional Cities
Hey, they're real to us! In case, name the fictional place we
know from books, TV, or movies.
1. This pair of cities, which exist within the same comic-book
universe, have been described as "New York during the day"
and "New York at night" -- which also serves to explain the
characters who famously reside in them. Name *both*.
2. Stephen King sets many of his stories in two fictional towns
in Maine. One is the setting of "Cujo", "Stand By Me", and
"The Dead Zone" among others; the other is the setting of "It",
"Insomnia", and "11/22/63". Name *either* town.
3. This town in Middle-Earth, just outside the Shire, is known
for being home to both men and hobbits alike.
4. This town in Massachusetts appears in many of H.P. Lovecraft's
short horror stories.
5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this,
the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent
or guardian to visit this small town located near their school.
7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
8. Stephen Leacock modeled the setting for many of his stories
after Orillia, Ontario, but named it this instead.
9. Fans have calculated that the murder rate of this seaside town
in Maine, the setting for the TV show "Murder, She Wrote",
is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras.
10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
of scum and villainy".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
"History tells us that the Boston 'T' Party was succeeded
the next day by the Boston 'U' Party, where American rebels
yanked all the extraneous U's out of words like 'colour'
and threw them into Boston Harbour. Harbor. Whatever."
--Adam Beneschan
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Oct 29, 2018, 10:25:15 AM10/29/18
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> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
weasels
> 2. Colony, cloud.
bees
> 3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
ravens
> 4. Parliament, stare.
owls
> 6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble.
butterflies
> 8. Labor, company, movement.
moles
> 9. Bask, float, congregation.
frogs
> 10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water,
> or a waddle, if they are on land.
ducks
> * Game 8, Round 5 - Audio - 1990s One-Hit Wonders
> 4. "Jump" (1992): name the duo.
> Jump, jump,
> The Mac Dad will make you jump, jump,
> A Daddy Mac will make you jump, jump...
Criss Cross
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Literature/Entertainment - Fictional Cities
> 3. This town in Middle-Earth, just outside the Shire, is known
> for being home to both men and hobbits alike.
Bree
> 4. This town in Massachusetts appears in many of H.P. Lovecraft's
> short horror stories.
Arkham
> 5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this,
> the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
Ankh-Morpork
> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
Lake Wobegon
> 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
> of scum and villainy".
Mos Eisley
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
weasels
> 2. Colony, cloud.
bees
> 3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
ravens
> 4. Parliament, stare.
owls
> 6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble.
butterflies
> 8. Labor, company, movement.
moles
> 9. Bask, float, congregation.
frogs
> 10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water,
> or a waddle, if they are on land.
> * Game 8, Round 5 - Audio - 1990s One-Hit Wonders
> 1. "Unbelievable" (1991): name the band.
> The things, you say,
> Your purple prose just gives you away,
> The things, you say...
EMF
> The things, you say,
> Your purple prose just gives you away,
> The things, you say...
> 4. "Jump" (1992): name the duo.
> Jump, jump,
> The Mac Dad will make you jump, jump,
> A Daddy Mac will make you jump, jump...
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Literature/Entertainment - Fictional Cities
> 1. This pair of cities, which exist within the same comic-book
> universe, have been described as "New York during the day"
> and "New York at night" -- which also serves to explain the
> characters who famously reside in them. Name *both*.
Metropolis and Gotham
> universe, have been described as "New York during the day"
> and "New York at night" -- which also serves to explain the
> characters who famously reside in them. Name *both*.
> 3. This town in Middle-Earth, just outside the Shire, is known
> for being home to both men and hobbits alike.
> 4. This town in Massachusetts appears in many of H.P. Lovecraft's
> short horror stories.
> 5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this,
> the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
> 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
> of scum and villainy".
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
Oct 29, 2018, 11:37:14 AM10/29/18
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Science - Collective Nouns
>
> The English language has many very interesting collective nouns
> for creatures -- mammals, birds, fish, and insects. In this round,
> you'll be given two or more collective nouns that apply to the same
> type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
> all apply to.
>
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
crows
>
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Science - Collective Nouns
>
> The English language has many very interesting collective nouns
> for creatures -- mammals, birds, fish, and insects. In this round,
> you'll be given two or more collective nouns that apply to the same
> type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
> all apply to.
>
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
> 2. Colony, cloud.
> 3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
> 4. Parliament, stare.
> 5. Team, passel, drift, parcel.
> 6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble.
> 7. Bale, nest, turn, dole.
> 8. Labor, company, movement.
> 9. Bask, float, congregation.
>
> 10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water,
> or a waddle, if they are on land.
>
> 2. Stephen King sets many of his stories in two fictional towns
> in Maine. One is the setting of "Cujo", "Stand By Me", and
> "The Dead Zone" among others; the other is the setting of "It",
> "Insomnia", and "11/22/63". Name *either* town.
>
> 3. This town in Middle-Earth, just outside the Shire, is known
> for being home to both men and hobbits alike.
>
> 4. This town in Massachusetts appears in many of H.P. Lovecraft's
> short horror stories.
>
> 5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this,
> the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
>
> 6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent
> or guardian to visit this small town located near their school.
>
> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
>
> 8. Stephen Leacock modeled the setting for many of his stories
> after Orillia, Ontario, but named it this instead.
>
> 9. Fans have calculated that the murder rate of this seaside town
> in Maine, the setting for the TV show "Murder, She Wrote",
> is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras.
>
> 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
> of scum and villainy".
>
--
Pete Gayde
Oct 29, 2018, 7:42:41 PM10/29/18
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ccCdnWGVROiVLkvGnZ2dnUU7-
XHN...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-16,
> 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 4 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of What She Said 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Science - Collective Nouns
>
> The English language has many very interesting collective nouns
> for creatures -- mammals, birds, fish, and insects. In this round,
> you'll be given two or more collective nouns that apply to the same
> type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
> all apply to.
>
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
> 2. Colony, cloud.
Starling
> 3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
Crow
> 4. Parliament, stare.
> 5. Team, passel, drift, parcel.
> 6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble.
> 7. Bale, nest, turn, dole.
> 8. Labor, company, movement.
Elephant
> 9. Bask, float, congregation.
Hippopotamus
Hobbiton
>
> 4. This town in Massachusetts appears in many of H.P. Lovecraft's
> short horror stories.
>
> 5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this,
> the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
>
> 6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent
> or guardian to visit this small town located near their school.
Hogsmeade
>
> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
Lake Wobegon
>
> 8. Stephen Leacock modeled the setting for many of his stories
> after Orillia, Ontario, but named it this instead.
>
> 9. Fans have calculated that the murder rate of this seaside town
> in Maine, the setting for the TV show "Murder, She Wrote",
> is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras.
>
> 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
> of scum and villainy".
>
Pete Gayde
XHN...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-16,
> 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 4 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of What She Said 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Science - Collective Nouns
>
> The English language has many very interesting collective nouns
> for creatures -- mammals, birds, fish, and insects. In this round,
> you'll be given two or more collective nouns that apply to the same
> type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
> all apply to.
>
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
> 2. Colony, cloud.
> 3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
Crow
> 4. Parliament, stare.
> 5. Team, passel, drift, parcel.
> 6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble.
> 7. Bale, nest, turn, dole.
> 8. Labor, company, movement.
> 9. Bask, float, congregation.
Hippopotamus
>
> 4. This town in Massachusetts appears in many of H.P. Lovecraft's
> short horror stories.
>
> 5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this,
> the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
>
> 6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent
> or guardian to visit this small town located near their school.
>
> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
>
> 8. Stephen Leacock modeled the setting for many of his stories
> after Orillia, Ontario, but named it this instead.
>
> 9. Fans have calculated that the murder rate of this seaside town
> in Maine, the setting for the TV show "Murder, She Wrote",
> is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras.
>
> 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
> of scum and villainy".
>
Joshua Kreitzer
Oct 29, 2018, 10:26:48 PM10/29/18
to
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Science - Collective Nouns
>
> The English language has many very interesting collective nouns
> for creatures -- mammals, birds, fish, and insects. In this round,
> you'll be given two or more collective nouns that apply to the same
> type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
> all apply to.
>
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
monkeys
>
> The English language has many very interesting collective nouns
> for creatures -- mammals, birds, fish, and insects. In this round,
> you'll be given two or more collective nouns that apply to the same
> type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
> all apply to.
>
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
> 2. Colony, cloud.
bees
> 4. Parliament, stare.
larks
> 10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water,
> or a waddle, if they are on land.
> * Game 8, Round 5 - Audio - 1990s One-Hit Wonders
>
> Yes, once again you're getting the audio round. (So even with a
> canceled round in the last set, you can still be scored on your best
> 6 out of 8 rounds.) Plenty of musical artists in the 1990s hit it
> big exactly once before fading back into obscurity. Instead of
> playing a clip from their one big hit, I'll give you the title,
> year, and three lines from the song; you'll also be told what type
> of answer is wanted. In each case, name the singer or group.
>
> 1. "Unbelievable" (1991): name the band.
>
> The things, you say,
> Your purple prose just gives you away,
> The things, you say...
EMF
>
> The things, you say,
> Your purple prose just gives you away,
> The things, you say...
> 2. "Right Here, Right Now" (1991): name the band.
>
> I was alive and I waited, waited,
> I was alive and I waited for this,
> Right here, right now...
> 3. "I Wish" (1995): name the rapper.
>
> I wish I was little bit taller,
> I wish I was a baller,
> I wish I had a girl who looked good...
> 4. "Jump" (1992): name the duo.
>
> Jump, jump,
> The Mac Dad will make you jump, jump,
> A Daddy Mac will make you jump, jump...
> 5. "Stay" (1992): name the duo.
>
> Back in your own world,
> Stay with me, stay with me,
> Stay with me, stay with me...
> 6. "Closing Time" (1998): name the band.
>
> I know who I want to take me home,
> I know who I want to take me home,
> I know who I want to take me home...
> 7. "One Of Us" (1995): name the artist.
>
> What if God was one of us?
> Just a slob like one of us,
> Just a stranger on the bus...
> 8. "Bitch" (1997): name the artist.
>
> I'm a bitch, I'm a lover,
> I'm a child, I'm a mother,
> I'm a sinner, I'm a saint...
> 9. "Flagpole Sitta" (1997); name the band.
>
> I'm not sick but I'm not well,
> And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in Hell,
> I'm not sick but I'm not well...
> 10. "Lovefool" (1996); name the band.
>
> Love me, love me,
> Say that you love me,
> Fool me, fool me...
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Literature/Entertainment - Fictional Cities
>
> Hey, they're real to us! In case, name the fictional place we
> know from books, TV, or movies.
>
> 1. This pair of cities, which exist within the same comic-book
> universe, have been described as "New York during the day"
> and "New York at night" -- which also serves to explain the
> characters who famously reside in them. Name *both*.
> 2. Stephen King sets many of his stories in two fictional towns
> in Maine. One is the setting of "Cujo", "Stand By Me", and
> "The Dead Zone" among others; the other is the setting of "It",
> "Insomnia", and "11/22/63". Name *either* town.
> 6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent
> or guardian to visit this small town located near their school.
> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
> 9. Fans have calculated that the murder rate of this seaside town
> in Maine, the setting for the TV show "Murder, She Wrote",
> is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras.
> 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
> of scum and villainy".
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Mark Brader
Nov 2, 2018, 3:10:53 AM11/2/18
to
Mark Brader:
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
Apes. (Specific apes are not acceptable, as "shrewdness" is not
used with them.)
> 2. Colony, cloud.
Bats.
> 3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
Ravens. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 4. Parliament, stare.
Owls. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 5. Team, passel, drift, parcel.
Hogs (accepting pigs).
> 6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble.
Butterflies. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 7. Bale, nest, turn, dole.
Turtles.
> 8. Labor, company, movement.
Moles. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 9. Bask, float, congregation.
Crocodiles.
> 10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water,
> or a waddle, if they are on land.
Penguins. 4 for Dan Tilque.
> * Game 8, Round 5 - Audio - 1990s One-Hit Wonders
> Yes, once again you're getting the audio round. (So even with a
> canceled round in the last set, you can still be scored on your best
> 6 out of 8 rounds.) Plenty of musical artists in the 1990s hit it
> big exactly once before fading back into obscurity. Instead of
> playing a clip from their one big hit, I'll give you the title,
> year, and three lines from the song; you'll also be told what type
> of answer is wanted. In each case, name the singer or group.
> (In the original game, questions #9-10 were "name the title or the
> band", but I'm changing them to work the same way as the others.)
> 1. "Unbelievable" (1991): name the band.
> The things, you say,
> Your purple prose just gives you away,
> The things, you say...
EMF. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 2. "Right Here, Right Now" (1991): name the band.
> I was alive and I waited, waited,
> I was alive and I waited for this,
> Right here, right now...
Jesus Jones. 4 for Joshua.
> 3. "I Wish" (1995): name the rapper.
> I wish I was little bit taller,
> I wish I was a baller,
> I wish I had a girl who looked good...
Skee-Lo. 4 for Joshua.
> 4. "Jump" (1992): name the duo.
> Jump, jump,
> The Mac Dad will make you jump, jump,
> A Daddy Mac will make you jump, jump...
Kris Kross. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 5. "Stay" (1992): name the duo.
> Back in your own world,
> Stay with me, stay with me,
> Stay with me, stay with me...
Shakespear's Sister. 4 for Joshua.
> 6. "Closing Time" (1998): name the band.
> I know who I want to take me home,
> I know who I want to take me home,
> I know who I want to take me home...
Semisonic. 4 for Joshua.
> 7. "One Of Us" (1995): name the artist.
> What if God was one of us?
> Just a slob like one of us,
> Just a stranger on the bus...
Joan Osborne. 4 for Joshua.
> 8. "Bitch" (1997): name the artist.
> I'm a bitch, I'm a lover,
> I'm a child, I'm a mother,
> I'm a sinner, I'm a saint...
Meredith Brooks. 4 for Joshua.
> 9. "Flagpole Sitta" (1997); name the band.
> I'm not sick but I'm not well,
> And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in Hell,
> I'm not sick but I'm not well...
Harvey Danger. 4 for Joshua.
> 10. "Lovefool" (1996); name the band.
> Love me, love me,
> Say that you love me,
> Fool me, fool me...
The Cardigans. 4 for Joshua.
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Literature/Entertainment - Fictional Cities
> Hey, they're real to us! In case, name the fictional place we
> know from books, TV, or movies.
> 1. This pair of cities, which exist within the same comic-book
> universe, have been described as "New York during the day"
> and "New York at night" -- which also serves to explain the
> characters who famously reside in them. Name *both*.
Metropolis, Gotham City (respectively). (DC Comics and many screen
adaptations.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
> 2. Stephen King sets many of his stories in two fictional towns
> in Maine. One is the setting of "Cujo", "Stand By Me", and
> "The Dead Zone" among others; the other is the setting of "It",
> "Insomnia", and "11/22/63". Name *either* town.
Castle Rock, Derry (respectively). 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua.
> 3. This town in Middle-Earth, just outside the Shire, is known
> for being home to both men and hobbits alike.
Bree. ("The Lord of the Rings: The Followship of the Ring".)
4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 4. This town in Massachusetts appears in many of H.P. Lovecraft's
> short horror stories.
Arkham. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this,
> the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
Ankh-Morpork. 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Dan Tilque.
> 6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent
> or guardian to visit this small town located near their school.
Hogsmeade. 4 for Pete and Joshua.
> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
Lake Wobegon. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete,
and Joshua.
> 8. Stephen Leacock modeled the setting for many of his stories
> after Orillia, Ontario, but named it this instead.
Mariposa.
> 9. Fans have calculated that the murder rate of this seaside town
> in Maine, the setting for the TV show "Murder, She Wrote",
> is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras.
Cabot Cove. 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua.
> 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
> of scum and villainy".
Mos Eisley. ("Star Wars", the original movie.) 4 for Dan Blum
and Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 3 4 5 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Sci Aud L+E
Joshua Kreitzer 28 0 40 24 92
Dan Blum 27 16 8 24 75
Dan Tilque 16 8 0 23 47
Pete Gayde 4 0 0 8 12
Erland Sommarskog 4 -- -- -- 4
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "X-ray of girl shows bureaucratic mentality"
m...@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, January 18, 1988
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-16,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information see
> my 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Science - Collective Nouns
> The English language has many very interesting collective nouns
> for creatures -- mammals, birds, fish, and insects. In this round,
> you'll be given two or more collective nouns that apply to the same
> type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
> all apply to.
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 8, Round 4 - Science - Collective Nouns
> The English language has many very interesting collective nouns
> for creatures -- mammals, birds, fish, and insects. In this round,
> you'll be given two or more collective nouns that apply to the same
> type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
> all apply to.
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
Apes. (Specific apes are not acceptable, as "shrewdness" is not
used with them.)
> 2. Colony, cloud.
Bats.
> 3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
Ravens. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 4. Parliament, stare.
Owls. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 5. Team, passel, drift, parcel.
> 6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble.
Butterflies. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 7. Bale, nest, turn, dole.
> 8. Labor, company, movement.
Moles. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 9. Bask, float, congregation.
Crocodiles.
> 10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water,
> or a waddle, if they are on land.
> * Game 8, Round 5 - Audio - 1990s One-Hit Wonders
> Yes, once again you're getting the audio round. (So even with a
> canceled round in the last set, you can still be scored on your best
> 6 out of 8 rounds.) Plenty of musical artists in the 1990s hit it
> big exactly once before fading back into obscurity. Instead of
> playing a clip from their one big hit, I'll give you the title,
> year, and three lines from the song; you'll also be told what type
> of answer is wanted. In each case, name the singer or group.
> (In the original game, questions #9-10 were "name the title or the
> band", but I'm changing them to work the same way as the others.)
> 1. "Unbelievable" (1991): name the band.
> The things, you say,
> Your purple prose just gives you away,
> The things, you say...
> 2. "Right Here, Right Now" (1991): name the band.
> I was alive and I waited, waited,
> I was alive and I waited for this,
> Right here, right now...
> 3. "I Wish" (1995): name the rapper.
> I wish I was little bit taller,
> I wish I was a baller,
> I wish I had a girl who looked good...
> 4. "Jump" (1992): name the duo.
> Jump, jump,
> The Mac Dad will make you jump, jump,
> A Daddy Mac will make you jump, jump...
> 5. "Stay" (1992): name the duo.
> Back in your own world,
> Stay with me, stay with me,
> Stay with me, stay with me...
> 6. "Closing Time" (1998): name the band.
> I know who I want to take me home,
> I know who I want to take me home,
> I know who I want to take me home...
> 7. "One Of Us" (1995): name the artist.
> What if God was one of us?
> Just a slob like one of us,
> Just a stranger on the bus...
> 8. "Bitch" (1997): name the artist.
> I'm a bitch, I'm a lover,
> I'm a child, I'm a mother,
> I'm a sinner, I'm a saint...
> 9. "Flagpole Sitta" (1997); name the band.
> I'm not sick but I'm not well,
> And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in Hell,
> I'm not sick but I'm not well...
> 10. "Lovefool" (1996); name the band.
> Love me, love me,
> Say that you love me,
> Fool me, fool me...
> * Game 8, Round 6 - Literature/Entertainment - Fictional Cities
> Hey, they're real to us! In case, name the fictional place we
> know from books, TV, or movies.
> 1. This pair of cities, which exist within the same comic-book
> universe, have been described as "New York during the day"
> and "New York at night" -- which also serves to explain the
> characters who famously reside in them. Name *both*.
adaptations.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.
> 2. Stephen King sets many of his stories in two fictional towns
> in Maine. One is the setting of "Cujo", "Stand By Me", and
> "The Dead Zone" among others; the other is the setting of "It",
> "Insomnia", and "11/22/63". Name *either* town.
> 3. This town in Middle-Earth, just outside the Shire, is known
> for being home to both men and hobbits alike.
4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 4. This town in Massachusetts appears in many of H.P. Lovecraft's
> short horror stories.
> 5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this,
> the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
> 6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent
> or guardian to visit this small town located near their school.
> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
and Joshua.
> 8. Stephen Leacock modeled the setting for many of his stories
> after Orillia, Ontario, but named it this instead.
> 9. Fans have calculated that the murder rate of this seaside town
> in Maine, the setting for the TV show "Murder, She Wrote",
> is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras.
> 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
> of scum and villainy".
and Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 3 4 5 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Sci Aud L+E
Joshua Kreitzer 28 0 40 24 92
Dan Blum 27 16 8 24 75
Dan Tilque 16 8 0 23 47
Pete Gayde 4 0 0 8 12
Erland Sommarskog 4 -- -- -- 4
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "X-ray of girl shows bureaucratic mentality"
m...@vex.net | --Globe & Mail, Toronto, January 18, 1988
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