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Mark Brader
Mar 2, 2020, 12:30:57 AM3/2/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-01-13,
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 MI5 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 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
in each case.
1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
3. 2002 Booker Prize, Canada: "The Life of Pi".
4. 2014 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Goldfinch".
5. 2008 Giller Prize, Canada: "Through Black Spruce".
6. 2004 Giller Prize, Canada: "Runaway".
7. 2009 Pulitzer Prize, US: "Olive Kitteridge".
8. 2009 and 2011 Booker Prizes, UK: "Wolf Hall", "Bring up the
Bodies".
9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
"The Testaments".
10. 2011 and 2018 Giller Prizes, Canada: "Half-Blood Blues",
"Washington Black".
* Game 1, Round 3 - Entertainment: Angels in the Movies
1. 1994. Christopher Lloyd plays Al the Boss Angel, who helps
a boy in foster care bring his family back together and helps a
California baseball team win the pennant by enabling players to
make out-of-this-world catches and run with supersonic speed.
Name the movie.
2. 1996. John Travolta plays this angel, out for a last hurrah
on Earth before being stuck behind the Pearly Gates. Despite a
pack-a-day smoking habit, he always smells like cookies.
His name is also the title of the movie. What is it?
3. 1996. Denzel Washington plays Dudley, never without his "Angel's
Handbook", whose mission is to save Reverend Henry Biggs' church
and his faith without destroying his marriage. Name the movie.
4. 1998. Nicolas Cage plays Seth, with puppy-dog eyes and a black
trench coat, who appears to those who are about to die and
falls for the doctor who tries to save those people from death.
In the end, he gives up his heavenly existence for human love.
Name the movie.
5. 2006. Virginia Madsen plays the Angel Asphodel (also known as
"Dangerous Woman") with a white trench coat and a monotone
voice. She serves as a metaphor for the death of a radio show.
Name the movie.
6. 1946. What is the last name of Clarence, the "angel 2nd class"
who reminds George Bailey that "No man is a failure who has
friends" in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
7. 1978. Warren Beatty plays Joe Pendleton, an L.A. Rams
quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel.
By the time the mistake is discovered, Joe's body has been
cremated, so a new body must be found for him. Name the movie.
8. 1987. Bruno Ganz plays Damiel, an angel in monochrome Berlin,
who longs to be human. He falls in love with a lonely trapeze
artist named Marion who lives alone in a caravan. Damiel is
persuaded to shed his immortality, whereupon he bleeds, sees
colors, tastes food, and drinks coffee. Name the movie.
9. 1999. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play angels exiled to
Wisconsin by a female God. In New Jersey they discover a portal
back to Heaven. They sport slacker attire, powerful wings,
and metal breastplates and hold their own with WWF superstars.
Name the movie.
10. 1998. Brad Pitt plays the Angel of Death, who promises
billionaire Bill Parrish that he won't have to die as long as
he acts as Death's guide to life on earth. Name the movie.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "[This book] is written in what I believed
m...@vex.net | to be my native language." --Susan Stepney
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 3 days.
All questions were written by members of MI5 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 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
in each case.
1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
3. 2002 Booker Prize, Canada: "The Life of Pi".
4. 2014 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Goldfinch".
5. 2008 Giller Prize, Canada: "Through Black Spruce".
6. 2004 Giller Prize, Canada: "Runaway".
7. 2009 Pulitzer Prize, US: "Olive Kitteridge".
8. 2009 and 2011 Booker Prizes, UK: "Wolf Hall", "Bring up the
Bodies".
9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
"The Testaments".
10. 2011 and 2018 Giller Prizes, Canada: "Half-Blood Blues",
"Washington Black".
* Game 1, Round 3 - Entertainment: Angels in the Movies
1. 1994. Christopher Lloyd plays Al the Boss Angel, who helps
a boy in foster care bring his family back together and helps a
California baseball team win the pennant by enabling players to
make out-of-this-world catches and run with supersonic speed.
Name the movie.
2. 1996. John Travolta plays this angel, out for a last hurrah
on Earth before being stuck behind the Pearly Gates. Despite a
pack-a-day smoking habit, he always smells like cookies.
His name is also the title of the movie. What is it?
3. 1996. Denzel Washington plays Dudley, never without his "Angel's
Handbook", whose mission is to save Reverend Henry Biggs' church
and his faith without destroying his marriage. Name the movie.
4. 1998. Nicolas Cage plays Seth, with puppy-dog eyes and a black
trench coat, who appears to those who are about to die and
falls for the doctor who tries to save those people from death.
In the end, he gives up his heavenly existence for human love.
Name the movie.
5. 2006. Virginia Madsen plays the Angel Asphodel (also known as
"Dangerous Woman") with a white trench coat and a monotone
voice. She serves as a metaphor for the death of a radio show.
Name the movie.
6. 1946. What is the last name of Clarence, the "angel 2nd class"
who reminds George Bailey that "No man is a failure who has
friends" in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
7. 1978. Warren Beatty plays Joe Pendleton, an L.A. Rams
quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel.
By the time the mistake is discovered, Joe's body has been
cremated, so a new body must be found for him. Name the movie.
8. 1987. Bruno Ganz plays Damiel, an angel in monochrome Berlin,
who longs to be human. He falls in love with a lonely trapeze
artist named Marion who lives alone in a caravan. Damiel is
persuaded to shed his immortality, whereupon he bleeds, sees
colors, tastes food, and drinks coffee. Name the movie.
9. 1999. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play angels exiled to
Wisconsin by a female God. In New Jersey they discover a portal
back to Heaven. They sport slacker attire, powerful wings,
and metal breastplates and hold their own with WWF superstars.
Name the movie.
10. 1998. Brad Pitt plays the Angel of Death, who promises
billionaire Bill Parrish that he won't have to die as long as
he acts as Death's guide to life on earth. Name the movie.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "[This book] is written in what I believed
m...@vex.net | to be my native language." --Susan Stepney
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Mar 2, 2020, 1:13:20 AM3/2/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:2N2dneukIIeWB8HDnZ2dnUU7-
XfN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
>
> We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
> title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
> in each case.
>
> 9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
> "The Testaments".
Atwood
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Entertainment: Angels in the Movies
>
> 1. 1994. Christopher Lloyd plays Al the Boss Angel, who helps
> a boy in foster care bring his family back together and helps a
> California baseball team win the pennant by enabling players to
> make out-of-this-world catches and run with supersonic speed.
> Name the movie.
"Angels in the Outfield"
> 2. 1996. John Travolta plays this angel, out for a last hurrah
> on Earth before being stuck behind the Pearly Gates. Despite a
> pack-a-day smoking habit, he always smells like cookies.
> His name is also the title of the movie. What is it?
"Michael"
> 3. 1996. Denzel Washington plays Dudley, never without his "Angel's
> Handbook", whose mission is to save Reverend Henry Biggs' church
> and his faith without destroying his marriage. Name the movie.
"The Preacher's Wife"
> 4. 1998. Nicolas Cage plays Seth, with puppy-dog eyes and a black
> trench coat, who appears to those who are about to die and
> falls for the doctor who tries to save those people from death.
> In the end, he gives up his heavenly existence for human love.
> Name the movie.
"City of Angels"
> 5. 2006. Virginia Madsen plays the Angel Asphodel (also known as
> "Dangerous Woman") with a white trench coat and a monotone
> voice. She serves as a metaphor for the death of a radio show.
> Name the movie.
"A Prairie Home Companion"
> 6. 1946. What is the last name of Clarence, the "angel 2nd class"
> who reminds George Bailey that "No man is a failure who has
> friends" in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Oddbody
> 7. 1978. Warren Beatty plays Joe Pendleton, an L.A. Rams
> quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel.
> By the time the mistake is discovered, Joe's body has been
> cremated, so a new body must be found for him. Name the movie.
"Heaven Can Wait"
> 8. 1987. Bruno Ganz plays Damiel, an angel in monochrome Berlin,
> who longs to be human. He falls in love with a lonely trapeze
> artist named Marion who lives alone in a caravan. Damiel is
> persuaded to shed his immortality, whereupon he bleeds, sees
> colors, tastes food, and drinks coffee. Name the movie.
"Wings of Desire"
> 9. 1999. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play angels exiled to
> Wisconsin by a female God. In New Jersey they discover a portal
> back to Heaven. They sport slacker attire, powerful wings,
> and metal breastplates and hold their own with WWF superstars.
> Name the movie.
"Dogma"
> 10. 1998. Brad Pitt plays the Angel of Death, who promises
> billionaire Bill Parrish that he won't have to die as long as
> he acts as Death's guide to life on earth. Name the movie.
"Meet Joe Black"
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
XfN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
>
> We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
> title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
> in each case.
>
> 2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
McCarthy
> 9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
> "The Testaments".
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Entertainment: Angels in the Movies
>
> 1. 1994. Christopher Lloyd plays Al the Boss Angel, who helps
> a boy in foster care bring his family back together and helps a
> California baseball team win the pennant by enabling players to
> make out-of-this-world catches and run with supersonic speed.
> Name the movie.
> 2. 1996. John Travolta plays this angel, out for a last hurrah
> on Earth before being stuck behind the Pearly Gates. Despite a
> pack-a-day smoking habit, he always smells like cookies.
> His name is also the title of the movie. What is it?
> 3. 1996. Denzel Washington plays Dudley, never without his "Angel's
> Handbook", whose mission is to save Reverend Henry Biggs' church
> and his faith without destroying his marriage. Name the movie.
> 4. 1998. Nicolas Cage plays Seth, with puppy-dog eyes and a black
> trench coat, who appears to those who are about to die and
> falls for the doctor who tries to save those people from death.
> In the end, he gives up his heavenly existence for human love.
> Name the movie.
> 5. 2006. Virginia Madsen plays the Angel Asphodel (also known as
> "Dangerous Woman") with a white trench coat and a monotone
> voice. She serves as a metaphor for the death of a radio show.
> Name the movie.
> 6. 1946. What is the last name of Clarence, the "angel 2nd class"
> who reminds George Bailey that "No man is a failure who has
> friends" in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
> 7. 1978. Warren Beatty plays Joe Pendleton, an L.A. Rams
> quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel.
> By the time the mistake is discovered, Joe's body has been
> cremated, so a new body must be found for him. Name the movie.
> 8. 1987. Bruno Ganz plays Damiel, an angel in monochrome Berlin,
> who longs to be human. He falls in love with a lonely trapeze
> artist named Marion who lives alone in a caravan. Damiel is
> persuaded to shed his immortality, whereupon he bleeds, sees
> colors, tastes food, and drinks coffee. Name the movie.
> 9. 1999. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play angels exiled to
> Wisconsin by a female God. In New Jersey they discover a portal
> back to Heaven. They sport slacker attire, powerful wings,
> and metal breastplates and hold their own with WWF superstars.
> Name the movie.
> 10. 1998. Brad Pitt plays the Angel of Death, who promises
> billionaire Bill Parrish that he won't have to die as long as
> he acts as Death's guide to life on earth. Name the movie.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Blum
Mar 2, 2020, 9:41:05 AM3/2/20
to
> 2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
Cormac McCarthy
> 3. 2002 Booker Prize, Canada: "The Life of Pi".
> 4. 2014 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Goldfinch".
> 8. 2009 and 2011 Booker Prizes, UK: "Wolf Hall", "Bring up the
> Bodies".
> 9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
> "The Testaments".
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Entertainment: Angels in the Movies
> 1. 1994. Christopher Lloyd plays Al the Boss Angel, who helps
> a boy in foster care bring his family back together and helps a
> California baseball team win the pennant by enabling players to
> make out-of-this-world catches and run with supersonic speed.
> Name the movie.
> 7. 1978. Warren Beatty plays Joe Pendleton, an L.A. Rams
> quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel.
> By the time the mistake is discovered, Joe's body has been
> cremated, so a new body must be found for him. Name the movie.
> 9. 1999. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play angels exiled to
> Wisconsin by a female God. In New Jersey they discover a portal
> back to Heaven. They sport slacker attire, powerful wings,
> and metal breastplates and hold their own with WWF superstars.
> Name the movie.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joe Masters
Mar 2, 2020, 12:39:09 PM3/2/20
to
On 2020-03-02 05:30:51 +0000, Mark Brader said:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-01-13,
> 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 MI5 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 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
>
> We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
> title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
> in each case.
>
> 1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
Marlon James
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-01-13,
> 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 MI5 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 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
>
> We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
> title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
> in each case.
>
> 1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
> 2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
> 3. 2002 Booker Prize, Canada: "The Life of Pi".
> 4. 2014 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Goldfinch".
> 5. 2008 Giller Prize, Canada: "Through Black Spruce".
> 6. 2004 Giller Prize, Canada: "Runaway".
> 7. 2009 Pulitzer Prize, US: "Olive Kitteridge".
>
> 8. 2009 and 2011 Booker Prizes, UK: "Wolf Hall", "Bring up the
> Bodies".
>
> 9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
> "The Testaments".
>
> 10. 2011 and 2018 Giller Prizes, Canada: "Half-Blood Blues",
> "Washington Black".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Entertainment: Angels in the Movies
>
> 1. 1994. Christopher Lloyd plays Al the Boss Angel, who helps
> a boy in foster care bring his family back together and helps a
> California baseball team win the pennant by enabling players to
> make out-of-this-world catches and run with supersonic speed.
> Name the movie.
>
> 2. 1996. John Travolta plays this angel, out for a last hurrah
> on Earth before being stuck behind the Pearly Gates. Despite a
> pack-a-day smoking habit, he always smells like cookies.
> His name is also the title of the movie. What is it?
>
> 3. 1996. Denzel Washington plays Dudley, never without his "Angel's
> Handbook", whose mission is to save Reverend Henry Biggs' church
> and his faith without destroying his marriage. Name the movie.
>
> 4. 1998. Nicolas Cage plays Seth, with puppy-dog eyes and a black
> trench coat, who appears to those who are about to die and
> falls for the doctor who tries to save those people from death.
> In the end, he gives up his heavenly existence for human love.
> Name the movie.
>
> 5. 2006. Virginia Madsen plays the Angel Asphodel (also known as
> "Dangerous Woman") with a white trench coat and a monotone
> voice. She serves as a metaphor for the death of a radio show.
> Name the movie.
>
> 6. 1946. What is the last name of Clarence, the "angel 2nd class"
> who reminds George Bailey that "No man is a failure who has
> friends" in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
>
> 7. 1978. Warren Beatty plays Joe Pendleton, an L.A. Rams
> quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel.
> By the time the mistake is discovered, Joe's body has been
> cremated, so a new body must be found for him. Name the movie.
>
> 8. 1987. Bruno Ganz plays Damiel, an angel in monochrome Berlin,
> who longs to be human. He falls in love with a lonely trapeze
> artist named Marion who lives alone in a caravan. Damiel is
> persuaded to shed his immortality, whereupon he bleeds, sees
> colors, tastes food, and drinks coffee. Name the movie.
>
> 9. 1999. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play angels exiled to
> Wisconsin by a female God. In New Jersey they discover a portal
> back to Heaven. They sport slacker attire, powerful wings,
> and metal breastplates and hold their own with WWF superstars.
> Name the movie.
>
> 10. 1998. Brad Pitt plays the Angel of Death, who promises
> billionaire Bill Parrish that he won't have to die as long as
> he acts as Death's guide to life on earth. Name the movie.
--
“To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
withholding your forgiveness until it’s too late is to become divinely
fucked up.” ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
swp
Mar 2, 2020, 5:01:45 PM3/2/20
to
On Monday, March 2, 2020 at 12:30:57 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-01-13,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
noted
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-01-13,
> 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 MI5 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 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
>
> We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
> title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
> in each case.
>
> 1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
> 2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
> 3. 2002 Booker Prize, Canada: "The Life of Pi".
> 4. 2014 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Goldfinch".
> 5. 2008 Giller Prize, Canada: "Through Black Spruce".
> 6. 2004 Giller Prize, Canada: "Runaway".
> 7. 2009 Pulitzer Prize, US: "Olive Kitteridge".
>
> 8. 2009 and 2011 Booker Prizes, UK: "Wolf Hall", "Bring up the
> Bodies".
> 9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
> "The Testaments".
> 10. 2011 and 2018 Giller Prizes, Canada: "Half-Blood Blues",
> "Washington Black".
>
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Entertainment: Angels in the Movies
>
> 1. 1994. Christopher Lloyd plays Al the Boss Angel, who helps
> a boy in foster care bring his family back together and helps a
> California baseball team win the pennant by enabling players to
> make out-of-this-world catches and run with supersonic speed.
> Name the movie.
> 2. 1996. John Travolta plays this angel, out for a last hurrah
> on Earth before being stuck behind the Pearly Gates. Despite a
> pack-a-day smoking habit, he always smells like cookies.
> His name is also the title of the movie. What is it?
> 3. 1996. Denzel Washington plays Dudley, never without his "Angel's
> Handbook", whose mission is to save Reverend Henry Biggs' church
> and his faith without destroying his marriage. Name the movie.
> 4. 1998. Nicolas Cage plays Seth, with puppy-dog eyes and a black
> trench coat, who appears to those who are about to die and
> falls for the doctor who tries to save those people from death.
> In the end, he gives up his heavenly existence for human love.
> Name the movie.
> 5. 2006. Virginia Madsen plays the Angel Asphodel (also known as
> "Dangerous Woman") with a white trench coat and a monotone
> voice. She serves as a metaphor for the death of a radio show.
> Name the movie.
> 6. 1946. What is the last name of Clarence, the "angel 2nd class"
> who reminds George Bailey that "No man is a failure who has
> friends" in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
> 7. 1978. Warren Beatty plays Joe Pendleton, an L.A. Rams
> quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel.
> By the time the mistake is discovered, Joe's body has been
> cremated, so a new body must be found for him. Name the movie.
> 8. 1987. Bruno Ganz plays Damiel, an angel in monochrome Berlin,
> who longs to be human. He falls in love with a lonely trapeze
> artist named Marion who lives alone in a caravan. Damiel is
> persuaded to shed his immortality, whereupon he bleeds, sees
> colors, tastes food, and drinks coffee. Name the movie.
> 9. 1999. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play angels exiled to
> Wisconsin by a female God. In New Jersey they discover a portal
> back to Heaven. They sport slacker attire, powerful wings,
> and metal breastplates and hold their own with WWF superstars.
> Name the movie.
> 10. 1998. Brad Pitt plays the Angel of Death, who promises
> billionaire Bill Parrish that he won't have to die as long as
> he acts as Death's guide to life on earth. Name the movie.
> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto | "[This book] is written in what I believed
> m...@vex.net | to be my native language." --Susan Stepney
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Tilque
Mar 3, 2020, 12:34:12 AM3/3/20
to
On 3/1/20 9:30 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
>
> We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
> title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
> in each case.
>
> 1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
> 2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
> 3. 2002 Booker Prize, Canada: "The Life of Pi".
> 4. 2014 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Goldfinch".
> 5. 2008 Giller Prize, Canada: "Through Black Spruce".
> 6. 2004 Giller Prize, Canada: "Runaway".
> 7. 2009 Pulitzer Prize, US: "Olive Kitteridge".
>
> 8. 2009 and 2011 Booker Prizes, UK: "Wolf Hall", "Bring up the
> Bodies".
>
> 9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
> "The Testaments".
>
> 10. 2011 and 2018 Giller Prizes, Canada: "Half-Blood Blues",
> "Washington Black".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Entertainment: Angels in the Movies
>
> 1. 1994. Christopher Lloyd plays Al the Boss Angel, who helps
> a boy in foster care bring his family back together and helps a
> California baseball team win the pennant by enabling players to
> make out-of-this-world catches and run with supersonic speed.
> Name the movie.
Angels in the Outfield
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
>
> We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
> title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
> in each case.
>
> 1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
> 2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
> 3. 2002 Booker Prize, Canada: "The Life of Pi".
> 4. 2014 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Goldfinch".
> 5. 2008 Giller Prize, Canada: "Through Black Spruce".
> 6. 2004 Giller Prize, Canada: "Runaway".
> 7. 2009 Pulitzer Prize, US: "Olive Kitteridge".
>
> 8. 2009 and 2011 Booker Prizes, UK: "Wolf Hall", "Bring up the
> Bodies".
>
> 9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
> "The Testaments".
>
> 10. 2011 and 2018 Giller Prizes, Canada: "Half-Blood Blues",
> "Washington Black".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Entertainment: Angels in the Movies
>
> 1. 1994. Christopher Lloyd plays Al the Boss Angel, who helps
> a boy in foster care bring his family back together and helps a
> California baseball team win the pennant by enabling players to
> make out-of-this-world catches and run with supersonic speed.
> Name the movie.
Mark Brader
Mar 3, 2020, 6:09:15 PM3/3/20
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Hmm, that's twice in a row I got the Subject line wrong. These
questions were of course from Game 1 of the season, not the Final,
which hasn't even happened yet.
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questions were of course from Game 1 of the season, not the Final,
which hasn't even happened yet.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net | "Fast, cheap, good: choose any two."
Calvin
Mar 3, 2020, 7:49:36 PM3/3/20
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On Monday, March 2, 2020 at 3:30:57 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
>
> We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
> title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
> in each case.
>
> 1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
> 2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
Cormac McCarthy
> * Game 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
>
> We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
> title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
> in each case.
>
> 1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
> 2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
> 3. 2002 Booker Prize, Canada: "The Life of Pi".
> 4. 2014 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Goldfinch".
> 5. 2008 Giller Prize, Canada: "Through Black Spruce".
> 6. 2004 Giller Prize, Canada: "Runaway".
> 7. 2009 Pulitzer Prize, US: "Olive Kitteridge".
>
> 8. 2009 and 2011 Booker Prizes, UK: "Wolf Hall", "Bring up the
> Bodies".
> 9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
> "The Testaments".
> 8. 1987. Bruno Ganz plays Damiel, an angel in monochrome Berlin,
> who longs to be human. He falls in love with a lonely trapeze
> artist named Marion who lives alone in a caravan. Damiel is
> persuaded to shed his immortality, whereupon he bleeds, sees
> colors, tastes food, and drinks coffee. Name the movie.
>
> 9. 1999. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play angels exiled to
> Wisconsin by a female God. In New Jersey they discover a portal
> back to Heaven. They sport slacker attire, powerful wings,
> and metal breastplates and hold their own with WWF superstars.
> Name the movie.
>
> 10. 1998. Brad Pitt plays the Angel of Death, who promises
> billionaire Bill Parrish that he won't have to die as long as
> he acts as Death's guide to life on earth. Name the movie.
calvin
Mark Brader
Mar 5, 2020, 2:29:50 AM3/5/20
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Mark Brader:
Stephen says one of the dates was off by a year. If so, oops.
> 1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
Marlon James. 4 for Joe and Stephen.
> 2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
Cormac McCarthy. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Joe, Stephen, and Calvin.
> 3. 2002 Booker Prize, Canada: "The Life of Pi".
Yann Martel. 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, and Stephen.
> 4. 2014 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Goldfinch".
Donna Tartt. 4 for Dan Blum and Stephen.
> 5. 2008 Giller Prize, Canada: "Through Black Spruce".
Joseph Boyden. 4 for Stephen.
> 6. 2004 Giller Prize, Canada: "Runaway".
Alice Munro. 4 for Stephen.
> 7. 2009 Pulitzer Prize, US: "Olive Kitteridge".
Elizabeth Strout. 4 for Stephen.
> 8. 2009 and 2011 Booker Prizes, UK: "Wolf Hall", "Bring up the
> Bodies".
Hilary Mantel. 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Stephen, and Calvin.
> 9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
> "The Testaments".
Margaret Atwood. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Joe, Stephen, and Calvin.
> 10. 2011 and 2018 Giller Prizes, Canada: "Half-Blood Blues",
> "Washington Black".
Esi Edugyan. 4 for Stephen.
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Entertainment: Angels in the Movies
> 1. 1994. Christopher Lloyd plays Al the Boss Angel, who helps
> a boy in foster care bring his family back together and helps a
> California baseball team win the pennant by enabling players to
> make out-of-this-world catches and run with supersonic speed.
> Name the movie.
"Angels in the Outfield". (Previously made in 1951 under the same
title with James Whitmore as the voice of the unseen boss angel.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. 1996. John Travolta plays this angel, out for a last hurrah
> on Earth before being stuck behind the Pearly Gates. Despite a
> pack-a-day smoking habit, he always smells like cookies.
> His name is also the title of the movie. What is it?
Michael. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 3. 1996. Denzel Washington plays Dudley, never without his "Angel's
> Handbook", whose mission is to save Reverend Henry Biggs' church
> and his faith without destroying his marriage. Name the movie.
"The Preacher's Wife". (Not "The Bishop's Wife", which was the 1947
version with Cary Grant as Dudley.) 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 4. 1998. Nicolas Cage plays Seth, with puppy-dog eyes and a black
> trench coat, who appears to those who are about to die and
> falls for the doctor who tries to save those people from death.
> In the end, he gives up his heavenly existence for human love.
> Name the movie.
"City of Angels". (This is the remake of <answer 8>.) 4 for Joshua,
Joe, and Stephen.
> 5. 2006. Virginia Madsen plays the Angel Asphodel (also known as
> "Dangerous Woman") with a white trench coat and a monotone
> voice. She serves as a metaphor for the death of a radio show.
> Name the movie.
"A Prairie Home Companion". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 6. 1946. What is the last name of Clarence, the "angel 2nd class"
> who reminds George Bailey that "No man is a failure who has
> friends" in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Odbody. 4 for Joshua, Joe, and Stephen.
> 7. 1978. Warren Beatty plays Joe Pendleton, an L.A. Rams
> quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel.
> By the time the mistake is discovered, Joe's body has been
> cremated, so a new body must be found for him. Name the movie.
"Heaven Can Wait". (Not "Here Comes Mr. Jordan", which was
the original 1941 version where Joe Pendleton, played by Robert
Montgomery, was a boxer.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Joe, Stephen,
and Calvin.
> 8. 1987. Bruno Ganz plays Damiel, an angel in monochrome Berlin,
> who longs to be human. He falls in love with a lonely trapeze
> artist named Marion who lives alone in a caravan. Damiel is
> persuaded to shed his immortality, whereupon he bleeds, sees
> colors, tastes food, and drinks coffee. Name the movie.
"Wings of Desire". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 9. 1999. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play angels exiled to
> Wisconsin by a female God. In New Jersey they discover a portal
> back to Heaven. They sport slacker attire, powerful wings,
> and metal breastplates and hold their own with WWF superstars.
> Name the movie.
"Dogma". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
> 10. 1998. Brad Pitt plays the Angel of Death, who promises
> billionaire Bill Parrish that he won't have to die as long as
> he acts as Death's guide to life on earth. Name the movie.
"Meet Joe Black". (Not "Death Takes a Holiday", which was the
original 1934 version with Fredric March as the angel.) 4 for Joshua,
Joe, and Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit Ent
Stephen Perry 40 40 80
Joshua Kreitzer 8 40 48
Joe Masters 20 16 36
Dan Blum 20 12 32
"Calvin" 12 4 16
Dan Tilque 0 4 4
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Mark Brader | Obviously an off by 1 error somewhere. You know
Toronto | the kind, where you intend to put something simple
m...@vex.net | like "while (1=0) {" and type "while (1=1) {" instead.
--Stephen Perry
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-01-13,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
> We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
> title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
> in each case.
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 1, Round 2 - Literature - 21st-Century Prizewinners
> We'll name the year, the prize, the author's home country, and the
> title of the winning novel (or novels), and you name the writer
> in each case.
Stephen says one of the dates was off by a year. If so, oops.
> 1. 2015 Booker Prize, Jamaica: "A Brief History of Seven Killings".
> 2. 2007 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Road".
> 3. 2002 Booker Prize, Canada: "The Life of Pi".
> 4. 2014 Pulitzer Prize, US: "The Goldfinch".
> 5. 2008 Giller Prize, Canada: "Through Black Spruce".
> 6. 2004 Giller Prize, Canada: "Runaway".
> 7. 2009 Pulitzer Prize, US: "Olive Kitteridge".
> 8. 2009 and 2011 Booker Prizes, UK: "Wolf Hall", "Bring up the
> Bodies".
> 9. 2000 and 2019 Booker Prizes, Canada: "The Blind Assassin",
> "The Testaments".
> 10. 2011 and 2018 Giller Prizes, Canada: "Half-Blood Blues",
> "Washington Black".
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Entertainment: Angels in the Movies
> 1. 1994. Christopher Lloyd plays Al the Boss Angel, who helps
> a boy in foster care bring his family back together and helps a
> California baseball team win the pennant by enabling players to
> make out-of-this-world catches and run with supersonic speed.
> Name the movie.
title with James Whitmore as the voice of the unseen boss angel.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. 1996. John Travolta plays this angel, out for a last hurrah
> on Earth before being stuck behind the Pearly Gates. Despite a
> pack-a-day smoking habit, he always smells like cookies.
> His name is also the title of the movie. What is it?
> 3. 1996. Denzel Washington plays Dudley, never without his "Angel's
> Handbook", whose mission is to save Reverend Henry Biggs' church
> and his faith without destroying his marriage. Name the movie.
version with Cary Grant as Dudley.) 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 4. 1998. Nicolas Cage plays Seth, with puppy-dog eyes and a black
> trench coat, who appears to those who are about to die and
> falls for the doctor who tries to save those people from death.
> In the end, he gives up his heavenly existence for human love.
> Name the movie.
Joe, and Stephen.
> 5. 2006. Virginia Madsen plays the Angel Asphodel (also known as
> "Dangerous Woman") with a white trench coat and a monotone
> voice. She serves as a metaphor for the death of a radio show.
> Name the movie.
> 6. 1946. What is the last name of Clarence, the "angel 2nd class"
> who reminds George Bailey that "No man is a failure who has
> friends" in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
> 7. 1978. Warren Beatty plays Joe Pendleton, an L.A. Rams
> quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel.
> By the time the mistake is discovered, Joe's body has been
> cremated, so a new body must be found for him. Name the movie.
the original 1941 version where Joe Pendleton, played by Robert
Montgomery, was a boxer.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Joe, Stephen,
and Calvin.
> 8. 1987. Bruno Ganz plays Damiel, an angel in monochrome Berlin,
> who longs to be human. He falls in love with a lonely trapeze
> artist named Marion who lives alone in a caravan. Damiel is
> persuaded to shed his immortality, whereupon he bleeds, sees
> colors, tastes food, and drinks coffee. Name the movie.
> 9. 1999. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play angels exiled to
> Wisconsin by a female God. In New Jersey they discover a portal
> back to Heaven. They sport slacker attire, powerful wings,
> and metal breastplates and hold their own with WWF superstars.
> Name the movie.
> 10. 1998. Brad Pitt plays the Angel of Death, who promises
> billionaire Bill Parrish that he won't have to die as long as
> he acts as Death's guide to life on earth. Name the movie.
original 1934 version with Fredric March as the angel.) 4 for Joshua,
Joe, and Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit Ent
Stephen Perry 40 40 80
Joshua Kreitzer 8 40 48
Joe Masters 20 16 36
Dan Blum 20 12 32
"Calvin" 12 4 16
Dan Tilque 0 4 4
--
Mark Brader | Obviously an off by 1 error somewhere. You know
Toronto | the kind, where you intend to put something simple
m...@vex.net | like "while (1=0) {" and type "while (1=1) {" instead.
--Stephen Perry
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