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QFTCIWSS Game 10, Rounds 9-10: dancing movies, colorful challenge
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Mark Brader
Dec 10, 2018, 5:00:44 AM12/10/18
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-30,
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 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
2. Also from the 1980s, "White Nights" featured Mikhail Baryshnikov
as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to
the West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer
who has defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who
died in 2003. Who?
3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
"When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
4. Born in Alabama in 1980, this actor worked as a roofer and
stripper before gaining fame in 2006's hip-hop dance drama
"Step Up". Of his performance in 2015's "Magic Mike XXL",
writer Roxane Gay wrote: "I wanted to hug every part of him
with my mouth." Name him.
For questions #5-10, name the movie.
5. Of all the movies co-starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire,
this one from 1935 was the most successful. It featured songs by
Irving Berlin, and is perhaps best known for its "cheek-to-cheek"
dance routine, with Rogers wearing an elaborate ostrich-feather
dress.
6. This 1948 film by the British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger
was based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, and featured
extended ballet sequences. It is said that Gene Kelly was only
able to convince studio execs to allow ballet in "An American
in Paris" after making them watch this movie several times.
7. This 1954 MGM musical directed by Stanley Donen ["DONN-en"],
one of the first to be filmed in CinemaScope, jump-started the
career of acrobatic actor Russ Tamblyn, who later appeared in
"West Side Story". In this movie, he is prominently featured
in dance sequences around farm activities like woodchopping
and raising a barn.
8. This 1979 semi-autobiographical Bob Fosse film, which stars
Roy Scheider as an egomaniacal director and choreographer,
was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by
the Library of Congress.
9. This Australian movie by Baz Luhrmann about the "Pan-Pacific
Grand Prix Dancing Championship" won the People's Choice award
at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival.
10. This 1996 Japanese movie about a middle-aged accountant who
signs up for ballroom lessons to reinvigorate his life was so
successful in Japan that ballroom dancing, previously considered
odd, became a national craze. It was remade in English in 2004,
starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Both versions have
the same title in English -- what is it?
** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
A colorful challenge round to cap off a colorful season -- every
answer mentions a color.
* A. History: Colorful Diseases
A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
its spread. Name the disease.
A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million
people in Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the
mid-14th century. What is it commonly known as?
* B. Sport: Colorful Athletes
Name these baseball players.
B1. During his 17-year career, this southpaw pitcher played for
the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the
Kansas City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young
Award and MVP Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for
both the American and National Leagues.
B2. This Jamaican-born former center fielder played with the
Blue Jays from 1991 to 1995. His other teams included the
California Angels and the Florida Marlins. He is a Gold
Glove winner and is now working as a batting coach for the
Buffalo Bisons.
* C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
facing France. What is it called?
C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming
part of a larger river system. Name this specific river.
* D. Science: Flying Colors
In each case, name the bird.
D1. This marine bird is native to subtropical and tropical
regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on
the Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by
its distinctive colored feet, which males display in an
elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while
strutting before the female.
D2. This small North American migratory bird is known for
its distinctive color. It ranges from mid-Alberta to
North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just
south of the Canada-US border to Mexico during the winter.
It shares its name with a Pulitzer-prizewinning novel.
* E. History: Colorful Reading
In each case, name the book.
E1. This 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin
recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black
man and explore life from the other side of the color line.
E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English
society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence.
The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot
called Nadsat.
* F. Entertainment: Colorful Movies
These two movies were both directed by Woody Allen. Name them.
F1. This 1985 romantic fantasy starred Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels,
and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great
Depression, it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress
who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and lousy
marriage.
F2. This 2013 dark comedy features a Manhattan socialite who
falls on hard times and has to move in with her working-class
sister in San Francisco. They're played by Cate Blanchett
and Sally Hawkins.
--
Mark Brader | "Continuing to be predictable, I looked at Wikipedia
Toronto | and saw that some people agree with you
m...@vex.net | and some don't." --Jerry Friedman
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 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
2. Also from the 1980s, "White Nights" featured Mikhail Baryshnikov
as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to
the West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer
who has defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who
died in 2003. Who?
3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
"When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
4. Born in Alabama in 1980, this actor worked as a roofer and
stripper before gaining fame in 2006's hip-hop dance drama
"Step Up". Of his performance in 2015's "Magic Mike XXL",
writer Roxane Gay wrote: "I wanted to hug every part of him
with my mouth." Name him.
For questions #5-10, name the movie.
5. Of all the movies co-starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire,
this one from 1935 was the most successful. It featured songs by
Irving Berlin, and is perhaps best known for its "cheek-to-cheek"
dance routine, with Rogers wearing an elaborate ostrich-feather
dress.
6. This 1948 film by the British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger
was based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, and featured
extended ballet sequences. It is said that Gene Kelly was only
able to convince studio execs to allow ballet in "An American
in Paris" after making them watch this movie several times.
7. This 1954 MGM musical directed by Stanley Donen ["DONN-en"],
one of the first to be filmed in CinemaScope, jump-started the
career of acrobatic actor Russ Tamblyn, who later appeared in
"West Side Story". In this movie, he is prominently featured
in dance sequences around farm activities like woodchopping
and raising a barn.
8. This 1979 semi-autobiographical Bob Fosse film, which stars
Roy Scheider as an egomaniacal director and choreographer,
was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by
the Library of Congress.
9. This Australian movie by Baz Luhrmann about the "Pan-Pacific
Grand Prix Dancing Championship" won the People's Choice award
at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival.
10. This 1996 Japanese movie about a middle-aged accountant who
signs up for ballroom lessons to reinvigorate his life was so
successful in Japan that ballroom dancing, previously considered
odd, became a national craze. It was remade in English in 2004,
starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Both versions have
the same title in English -- what is it?
** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
A colorful challenge round to cap off a colorful season -- every
answer mentions a color.
* A. History: Colorful Diseases
A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
its spread. Name the disease.
A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million
people in Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the
mid-14th century. What is it commonly known as?
* B. Sport: Colorful Athletes
Name these baseball players.
B1. During his 17-year career, this southpaw pitcher played for
the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the
Kansas City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young
Award and MVP Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for
both the American and National Leagues.
B2. This Jamaican-born former center fielder played with the
Blue Jays from 1991 to 1995. His other teams included the
California Angels and the Florida Marlins. He is a Gold
Glove winner and is now working as a batting coach for the
Buffalo Bisons.
* C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
facing France. What is it called?
C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming
part of a larger river system. Name this specific river.
* D. Science: Flying Colors
In each case, name the bird.
D1. This marine bird is native to subtropical and tropical
regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on
the Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by
its distinctive colored feet, which males display in an
elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while
strutting before the female.
D2. This small North American migratory bird is known for
its distinctive color. It ranges from mid-Alberta to
North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just
south of the Canada-US border to Mexico during the winter.
It shares its name with a Pulitzer-prizewinning novel.
* E. History: Colorful Reading
In each case, name the book.
E1. This 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin
recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black
man and explore life from the other side of the color line.
E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English
society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence.
The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot
called Nadsat.
* F. Entertainment: Colorful Movies
These two movies were both directed by Woody Allen. Name them.
F1. This 1985 romantic fantasy starred Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels,
and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great
Depression, it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress
who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and lousy
marriage.
F2. This 2013 dark comedy features a Manhattan socialite who
falls on hard times and has to move in with her working-class
sister in San Francisco. They're played by Cate Blanchett
and Sally Hawkins.
--
Mark Brader | "Continuing to be predictable, I looked at Wikipedia
Toronto | and saw that some people agree with you
m...@vex.net | and some don't." --Jerry Friedman
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Dec 10, 2018, 9:53:34 AM12/10/18
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
> was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
> of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
> welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
Jennifer Beals
> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
> was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
> of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
> welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
> 2. Also from the 1980s, "White Nights" featured Mikhail Baryshnikov
> as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to
> the West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer
> who has defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who
> died in 2003. Who?
> 3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
> increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
> on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
> and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
> "When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
> forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
> 5. Of all the movies co-starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire,
> this one from 1935 was the most successful. It featured songs by
> Irving Berlin, and is perhaps best known for its "cheek-to-cheek"
> dance routine, with Rogers wearing an elaborate ostrich-feather
> dress.
> 7. This 1954 MGM musical directed by Stanley Donen ["DONN-en"],
> one of the first to be filmed in CinemaScope, jump-started the
> career of acrobatic actor Russ Tamblyn, who later appeared in
> "West Side Story". In this movie, he is prominently featured
> in dance sequences around farm activities like woodchopping
> and raising a barn.
> 8. This 1979 semi-autobiographical Bob Fosse film, which stars
> Roy Scheider as an egomaniacal director and choreographer,
> was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by
> the Library of Congress.
> 9. This Australian movie by Baz Luhrmann about the "Pan-Pacific
> Grand Prix Dancing Championship" won the People's Choice award
> at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival.
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
> * A. History: Colorful Diseases
> A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
> disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
> severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
> Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
> its spread. Name the disease.
yellow fever
> A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
> disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
> severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
> Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
> its spread. Name the disease.
> A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
> resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million
> people in Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the
> mid-14th century. What is it commonly known as?
> * B. Sport: Colorful Athletes
> B1. During his 17-year career, this southpaw pitcher played for
> the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the
> Kansas City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young
> Award and MVP Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
> and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for
> both the American and National Leagues.
Vida Blue
> the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the
> Kansas City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young
> Award and MVP Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
> and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for
> both the American and National Leagues.
> B2. This Jamaican-born former center fielder played with the
> Blue Jays from 1991 to 1995. His other teams included the
> California Angels and the Florida Marlins. He is a Gold
> Glove winner and is now working as a batting coach for the
> Buffalo Bisons.
> * C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
> C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
> an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
> facing France. What is it called?
> C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
> then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
> a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming
> part of a larger river system. Name this specific river.
> * D. Science: Flying Colors
> D1. This marine bird is native to subtropical and tropical
> regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on
> the Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by
> its distinctive colored feet, which males display in an
> elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while
> strutting before the female.
blue-footed booby
> regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on
> the Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by
> its distinctive colored feet, which males display in an
> elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while
> strutting before the female.
> D2. This small North American migratory bird is known for
> its distinctive color. It ranges from mid-Alberta to
> North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just
> south of the Canada-US border to Mexico during the winter.
> It shares its name with a Pulitzer-prizewinning novel.
> * E. History: Colorful Reading
> E1. This 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin
> recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
> Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black
> man and explore life from the other side of the color line.
Black Like Me
> recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
> Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black
> man and explore life from the other side of the color line.
> E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
> Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English
> society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence.
> The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot
> called Nadsat.
> * F. Entertainment: Colorful Movies
> F1. This 1985 romantic fantasy starred Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels,
> and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great
> Depression, it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress
> who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and lousy
> marriage.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
> and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great
> Depression, it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress
> who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and lousy
> marriage.
> F2. This 2013 dark comedy features a Manhattan socialite who
> falls on hard times and has to move in with her working-class
> sister in San Francisco. They're played by Cate Blanchett
> and Sally Hawkins.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Bruce Bowler
Dec 10, 2018, 10:24:05 AM12/10/18
to
On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 04:00:39 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-30, 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 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
>
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there was
> "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie of any kind
> in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*, welder by day,
> exotic dancer by night?
Beal?
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-30, 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 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
>
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there was
> "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie of any kind
> in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*, welder by day,
> exotic dancer by night?
> 2. Also from the 1980s, "White Nights" featured Mikhail Baryshnikov
> as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to the
> West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer who has
> defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who died in 2003.
> Who?
>
>
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
>
> A colorful challenge round to cap off a colorful season -- every answer
> mentions a color.
>
> * A. History: Colorful Diseases
>
> A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
> disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a severe
> case of this disease -- which helped his colleague, Walter Reed,
> prove that mosquitoes were responsible for its spread. Name the
> disease.
> A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
> resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million people in
> Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the mid-14th century.
> What is it commonly known as?
> * B. Sport: Colorful Athletes
>
> Name these baseball players.
>
> B1. During his 17-year career, this southpaw pitcher played for
> the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas
> City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young Award and MVP
> Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
> and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for both
> the American and National Leagues.
> B2. This Jamaican-born former center fielder played with the
> Blue Jays from 1991 to 1995. His other teams included the
> California Angels and the Florida Marlins. He is a Gold Glove
> winner and is now working as a batting coach for the Buffalo
> Bisons.
> * C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
>
> C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
> an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
> facing France. What is it called?
> C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
> then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
> a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming part of
> a larger river system. Name this specific river.
> * D. Science: Flying Colors
>
> In each case, name the bird.
>
> D1. This marine bird is native to subtropical and tropical
> regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on the
> Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by its distinctive
> colored feet, which males display in an elaborate mating ritual
> by lifting them up and down while strutting before the female.
> D2. This small North American migratory bird is known for
> its distinctive color. It ranges from mid-Alberta to North
> Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the
> Canada-US border to Mexico during the winter. It shares its name
> with a Pulitzer-prizewinning novel.
>
> * E. History: Colorful Reading
>
> In each case, name the book.
>
> E1. This 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin
> recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
> Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black man and
> explore life from the other side of the color line.
>
> E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
> Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English society
> featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence. The book is
> partially written in a Russian-influenced argot called Nadsat.
> * F. Entertainment: Colorful Movies
>
> These two movies were both directed by Woody Allen. Name them.
>
> F1. This 1985 romantic fantasy starred Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels,
> and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great Depression,
> it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress who goes to the
> movies to escape her bleak life and lousy marriage.
Pete Gayde
Dec 10, 2018, 10:26:01 PM12/10/18
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:7dqdnUUvDNDapJPBnZ2dnUU7-
V3N...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-30,
> 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 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
>
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
> was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
> of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
> welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
Swayze
>
> 2. Also from the 1980s, "White Nights" featured Mikhail Baryshnikov
> as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to
> the West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer
> who has defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who
> died in 2003. Who?
Hines
>
> 3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
> increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
> on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
> and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
> "When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
> forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
Cyd Charisse
>
> 4. Born in Alabama in 1980, this actor worked as a roofer and
> stripper before gaining fame in 2006's hip-hop dance drama
> "Step Up". Of his performance in 2015's "Magic Mike XXL",
> writer Roxane Gay wrote: "I wanted to hug every part of him
> with my mouth." Name him.
>
> For questions #5-10, name the movie.
>
> 5. Of all the movies co-starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire,
> this one from 1935 was the most successful. It featured songs by
> Irving Berlin, and is perhaps best known for its "cheek-to-cheek"
> dance routine, with Rogers wearing an elaborate ostrich-feather
> dress.
High Society
>
> 6. This 1948 film by the British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger
> was based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, and featured
> extended ballet sequences. It is said that Gene Kelly was only
> able to convince studio execs to allow ballet in "An American
> in Paris" after making them watch this movie several times.
Little Mermaid; Ugly Duckling
>
> 7. This 1954 MGM musical directed by Stanley Donen ["DONN-en"],
> one of the first to be filmed in CinemaScope, jump-started the
> career of acrobatic actor Russ Tamblyn, who later appeared in
> "West Side Story". In this movie, he is prominently featured
> in dance sequences around farm activities like woodchopping
> and raising a barn.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
>
> 8. This 1979 semi-autobiographical Bob Fosse film, which stars
> Roy Scheider as an egomaniacal director and choreographer,
> was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by
> the Library of Congress.
>
> 9. This Australian movie by Baz Luhrmann about the "Pan-Pacific
> Grand Prix Dancing Championship" won the People's Choice award
> at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival.
>
> 10. This 1996 Japanese movie about a middle-aged accountant who
> signs up for ballroom lessons to reinvigorate his life was so
> successful in Japan that ballroom dancing, previously considered
> odd, became a national craze. It was remade in English in 2004,
> starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Both versions have
> the same title in English -- what is it?
>
>
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
>
> A colorful challenge round to cap off a colorful season -- every
> answer mentions a color.
>
> * A. History: Colorful Diseases
>
> A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
> disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
> severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
> Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
> its spread. Name the disease.
Malaria
>
> A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
> resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million
> people in Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the
> mid-14th century. What is it commonly known as?
Bubonic Plague
>
> * B. Sport: Colorful Athletes
>
> Name these baseball players.
>
> B1. During his 17-year career, this southpaw pitcher played for
> the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the
> Kansas City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young
> Award and MVP Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
> and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for
> both the American and National Leagues.
Vida Blue
>
> B2. This Jamaican-born former center fielder played with the
> Blue Jays from 1991 to 1995. His other teams included the
> California Angels and the Florida Marlins. He is a Gold
> Glove winner and is now working as a batting coach for the
> Buffalo Bisons.
>
> * C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
>
> C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
> an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
> facing France. What is it called?
White Cliffs of Dover
>
> C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
> then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
> a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming
> part of a larger river system. Name this specific river.
Blue Nile
>
> * D. Science: Flying Colors
>
> In each case, name the bird.
>
> D1. This marine bird is native to subtropical and tropical
> regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on
> the Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by
> its distinctive colored feet, which males display in an
> elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while
> strutting before the female.
>
> D2. This small North American migratory bird is known for
> its distinctive color. It ranges from mid-Alberta to
> North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just
> south of the Canada-US border to Mexico during the winter.
> It shares its name with a Pulitzer-prizewinning novel.
>
> * E. History: Colorful Reading
>
> In each case, name the book.
>
> E1. This 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin
> recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
> Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black
> man and explore life from the other side of the color line.
>
> E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
> Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English
> society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence.
> The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot
> called Nadsat.
A Clockwork Orange
>
> * F. Entertainment: Colorful Movies
>
> These two movies were both directed by Woody Allen. Name them.
>
> F1. This 1985 romantic fantasy starred Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels,
> and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great
> Depression, it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress
> who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and lousy
> marriage.
>
> F2. This 2013 dark comedy features a Manhattan socialite who
> falls on hard times and has to move in with her working-class
> sister in San Francisco. They're played by Cate Blanchett
> and Sally Hawkins.
>
Pete Gayde
V3N...@giganews.com:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-30,
> 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 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
>
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
> was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
> of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
> welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
>
> 2. Also from the 1980s, "White Nights" featured Mikhail Baryshnikov
> as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to
> the West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer
> who has defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who
> died in 2003. Who?
>
> 3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
> increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
> on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
> and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
> "When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
> forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
>
> 4. Born in Alabama in 1980, this actor worked as a roofer and
> stripper before gaining fame in 2006's hip-hop dance drama
> "Step Up". Of his performance in 2015's "Magic Mike XXL",
> writer Roxane Gay wrote: "I wanted to hug every part of him
> with my mouth." Name him.
>
> For questions #5-10, name the movie.
>
> 5. Of all the movies co-starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire,
> this one from 1935 was the most successful. It featured songs by
> Irving Berlin, and is perhaps best known for its "cheek-to-cheek"
> dance routine, with Rogers wearing an elaborate ostrich-feather
> dress.
>
> 6. This 1948 film by the British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger
> was based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, and featured
> extended ballet sequences. It is said that Gene Kelly was only
> able to convince studio execs to allow ballet in "An American
> in Paris" after making them watch this movie several times.
>
> 7. This 1954 MGM musical directed by Stanley Donen ["DONN-en"],
> one of the first to be filmed in CinemaScope, jump-started the
> career of acrobatic actor Russ Tamblyn, who later appeared in
> "West Side Story". In this movie, he is prominently featured
> in dance sequences around farm activities like woodchopping
> and raising a barn.
>
> 8. This 1979 semi-autobiographical Bob Fosse film, which stars
> Roy Scheider as an egomaniacal director and choreographer,
> was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by
> the Library of Congress.
>
> 9. This Australian movie by Baz Luhrmann about the "Pan-Pacific
> Grand Prix Dancing Championship" won the People's Choice award
> at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival.
>
> 10. This 1996 Japanese movie about a middle-aged accountant who
> signs up for ballroom lessons to reinvigorate his life was so
> successful in Japan that ballroom dancing, previously considered
> odd, became a national craze. It was remade in English in 2004,
> starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Both versions have
> the same title in English -- what is it?
>
>
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
>
> A colorful challenge round to cap off a colorful season -- every
> answer mentions a color.
>
> * A. History: Colorful Diseases
>
> A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
> disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
> severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
> Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
> its spread. Name the disease.
>
> A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
> resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million
> people in Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the
> mid-14th century. What is it commonly known as?
>
> * B. Sport: Colorful Athletes
>
> Name these baseball players.
>
> B1. During his 17-year career, this southpaw pitcher played for
> the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the
> Kansas City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young
> Award and MVP Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
> and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for
> both the American and National Leagues.
>
> B2. This Jamaican-born former center fielder played with the
> Blue Jays from 1991 to 1995. His other teams included the
> California Angels and the Florida Marlins. He is a Gold
> Glove winner and is now working as a batting coach for the
> Buffalo Bisons.
>
> * C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
>
> C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
> an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
> facing France. What is it called?
>
> C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
> then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
> a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming
> part of a larger river system. Name this specific river.
>
> * D. Science: Flying Colors
>
> In each case, name the bird.
>
> D1. This marine bird is native to subtropical and tropical
> regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on
> the Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by
> its distinctive colored feet, which males display in an
> elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while
> strutting before the female.
>
> D2. This small North American migratory bird is known for
> its distinctive color. It ranges from mid-Alberta to
> North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just
> south of the Canada-US border to Mexico during the winter.
> It shares its name with a Pulitzer-prizewinning novel.
>
> * E. History: Colorful Reading
>
> In each case, name the book.
>
> E1. This 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin
> recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
> Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black
> man and explore life from the other side of the color line.
>
> E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
> Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English
> society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence.
> The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot
> called Nadsat.
>
> * F. Entertainment: Colorful Movies
>
> These two movies were both directed by Woody Allen. Name them.
>
> F1. This 1985 romantic fantasy starred Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels,
> and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great
> Depression, it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress
> who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and lousy
> marriage.
>
> F2. This 2013 dark comedy features a Manhattan socialite who
> falls on hard times and has to move in with her working-class
> sister in San Francisco. They're played by Cate Blanchett
> and Sally Hawkins.
>
Erland Sommarskog
Dec 11, 2018, 5:07:33 PM12/11/18
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
> increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
> on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
> and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
> "When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
> forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
Ginger Rogers
> 3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
> increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
> on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
> and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
> "When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
> forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
> 6. This 1948 film by the British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger
> was based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, and featured
> extended ballet sequences. It is said that Gene Kelly was only
> able to convince studio execs to allow ballet in "An American
> in Paris" after making them watch this movie several times.
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
>
> A colorful challenge round to cap off a colorful season -- every
> answer mentions a color.
>
> * A. History: Colorful Diseases
>
> A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
> disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
> severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
> Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
> its spread. Name the disease.
> A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
> resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million
> people in Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the
> mid-14th century. What is it commonly known as?
> * C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
>
> C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
> an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
> facing France. What is it called?
> C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
> then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
> a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming
> part of a larger river system. Name this specific river.
> E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
> Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English
> society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence.
> The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot
> called Nadsat.
Calvin
Dec 11, 2018, 9:27:42 PM12/11/18
to
On Monday, December 10, 2018 at 8:00:44 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
>
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
> was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
> of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
> welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
Irene Cara
> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
>
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
> was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
> of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
> welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
> 2. Also from the 1980s, "White Nights" featured Mikhail Baryshnikov
> as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to
> the West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer
> who has defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who
> died in 2003. Who?
>
> 3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
> increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
> on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
> and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
> "When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
> forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
> 4. Born in Alabama in 1980, this actor worked as a roofer and
> stripper before gaining fame in 2006's hip-hop dance drama
> "Step Up". Of his performance in 2015's "Magic Mike XXL",
> writer Roxane Gay wrote: "I wanted to hug every part of him
> with my mouth." Name him.
>
> For questions #5-10, name the movie.
>
> 5. Of all the movies co-starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire,
> this one from 1935 was the most successful. It featured songs by
> Irving Berlin, and is perhaps best known for its "cheek-to-cheek"
> dance routine, with Rogers wearing an elaborate ostrich-feather
> dress.
>
> 6. This 1948 film by the British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger
> was based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, and featured
> extended ballet sequences. It is said that Gene Kelly was only
> able to convince studio execs to allow ballet in "An American
> in Paris" after making them watch this movie several times.
> 7. This 1954 MGM musical directed by Stanley Donen ["DONN-en"],
> one of the first to be filmed in CinemaScope, jump-started the
> career of acrobatic actor Russ Tamblyn, who later appeared in
> "West Side Story". In this movie, he is prominently featured
> in dance sequences around farm activities like woodchopping
> and raising a barn.
> 8. This 1979 semi-autobiographical Bob Fosse film, which stars
> Roy Scheider as an egomaniacal director and choreographer,
> was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by
> the Library of Congress.
> 9. This Australian movie by Baz Luhrmann about the "Pan-Pacific
> Grand Prix Dancing Championship" won the People's Choice award
> at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival.
> 10. This 1996 Japanese movie about a middle-aged accountant who
> signs up for ballroom lessons to reinvigorate his life was so
> successful in Japan that ballroom dancing, previously considered
> odd, became a national craze. It was remade in English in 2004,
> starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Both versions have
> the same title in English -- what is it?
>
>
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
>
> A colorful challenge round to cap off a colorful season -- every
> answer mentions a color.
>
> * A. History: Colorful Diseases
>
> A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
> disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
> severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
> Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
> its spread. Name the disease.
> A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
> resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million
> people in Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the
> mid-14th century. What is it commonly known as?
> * B. Sport: Colorful Athletes
>
> Name these baseball players.
>
> B1. During his 17-year career, this southpaw pitcher played for
> the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the
> Kansas City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young
> Award and MVP Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
> and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for
> both the American and National Leagues.
>
> B2. This Jamaican-born former center fielder played with the
> Blue Jays from 1991 to 1995. His other teams included the
> California Angels and the Florida Marlins. He is a Gold
> Glove winner and is now working as a batting coach for the
> Buffalo Bisons.
>
> * C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
>
> C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
> an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
> facing France. What is it called?
> C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
> then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
> a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming
> part of a larger river system. Name this specific river.
> * D. Science: Flying Colors
>
> In each case, name the bird.
>
> D1. This marine bird is native to subtropical and tropical
> regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on
> the Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by
> its distinctive colored feet, which males display in an
> elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while
> strutting before the female.
> D2. This small North American migratory bird is known for
> its distinctive color. It ranges from mid-Alberta to
> North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just
> south of the Canada-US border to Mexico during the winter.
> It shares its name with a Pulitzer-prizewinning novel.
>
> * E. History: Colorful Reading
>
> In each case, name the book.
>
> E1. This 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin
> recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
> Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black
> man and explore life from the other side of the color line.
>
> E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
> Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English
> society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence.
> The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot
> called Nadsat.
> * F. Entertainment: Colorful Movies
>
> These two movies were both directed by Woody Allen. Name them.
>
> F1. This 1985 romantic fantasy starred Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels,
> and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great
> Depression, it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress
> who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and lousy
> marriage.
> F2. This 2013 dark comedy features a Manhattan socialite who
> falls on hard times and has to move in with her working-class
> sister in San Francisco. They're played by Cate Blanchett
> and Sally Hawkins.
cheers,
calvin
Joshua Kreitzer
Dec 11, 2018, 11:12:51 PM12/11/18
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> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
>
>
> 2. Also from the 1980s, "White Nights" featured Mikhail Baryshnikov
> as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to
> the West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer
> who has defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who
> died in 2003. Who?
Gregory Hines
> as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to
> the West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer
> who has defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who
> died in 2003. Who?
> 3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
> increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
> on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
> and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
> "When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
> forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
> 4. Born in Alabama in 1980, this actor worked as a roofer and
> stripper before gaining fame in 2006's hip-hop dance drama
> "Step Up". Of his performance in 2015's "Magic Mike XXL",
> writer Roxane Gay wrote: "I wanted to hug every part of him
> with my mouth." Name him.
> For questions #5-10, name the movie.
>
> 5. Of all the movies co-starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire,
> this one from 1935 was the most successful. It featured songs by
> Irving Berlin, and is perhaps best known for its "cheek-to-cheek"
> dance routine, with Rogers wearing an elaborate ostrich-feather
> dress.
> 6. This 1948 film by the British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger
> was based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, and featured
> extended ballet sequences. It is said that Gene Kelly was only
> able to convince studio execs to allow ballet in "An American
> in Paris" after making them watch this movie several times.
> 7. This 1954 MGM musical directed by Stanley Donen ["DONN-en"],
> one of the first to be filmed in CinemaScope, jump-started the
> career of acrobatic actor Russ Tamblyn, who later appeared in
> "West Side Story". In this movie, he is prominently featured
> in dance sequences around farm activities like woodchopping
> and raising a barn.
"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
> 8. This 1979 semi-autobiographical Bob Fosse film, which stars
> Roy Scheider as an egomaniacal director and choreographer,
> was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by
> the Library of Congress.
"All That Jazz"
> Roy Scheider as an egomaniacal director and choreographer,
> was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by
> the Library of Congress.
> 9. This Australian movie by Baz Luhrmann about the "Pan-Pacific
> Grand Prix Dancing Championship" won the People's Choice award
> at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival.
> 10. This 1996 Japanese movie about a middle-aged accountant who
> signs up for ballroom lessons to reinvigorate his life was so
> successful in Japan that ballroom dancing, previously considered
> odd, became a national craze. It was remade in English in 2004,
> starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Both versions have
> the same title in English -- what is it?
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
>
> A colorful challenge round to cap off a colorful season -- every
> answer mentions a color.
>
> * A. History: Colorful Diseases
>
> A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
> disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
> severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
> Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
> its spread. Name the disease.
> A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
> resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million
> people in Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the
> mid-14th century. What is it commonly known as?
> * B. Sport: Colorful Athletes
>
> Name these baseball players.
>
> B1. During his 17-year career, this southpaw pitcher played for
> the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the
> Kansas City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young
> Award and MVP Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
> and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for
> both the American and National Leagues.
> * C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
>
> C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
> an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
> facing France. What is it called?
> C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
> then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
> a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming
> part of a larger river system. Name this specific river.
> * D. Science: Flying Colors
>
> In each case, name the bird.
>
> D1. This marine bird is native to subtropical and tropical
> regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on
> the Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by
> its distinctive colored feet, which males display in an
> elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while
> strutting before the female.
> * E. History: Colorful Reading
>
> In each case, name the book.
>
> E1. This 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin
> recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
> Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black
> man and explore life from the other side of the color line.
> E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
> Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English
> society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence.
> The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot
> called Nadsat.
> * F. Entertainment: Colorful Movies
>
> These two movies were both directed by Woody Allen. Name them.
>
> F1. This 1985 romantic fantasy starred Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels,
> and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great
> Depression, it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress
> who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and lousy
> marriage.
"The Purple Rose of Cairo"
> F2. This 2013 dark comedy features a Manhattan socialite who
> falls on hard times and has to move in with her working-class
> sister in San Francisco. They're played by Cate Blanchett
> and Sally Hawkins.
"Blue Jasmine"
> falls on hard times and has to move in with her working-class
> sister in San Francisco. They're played by Cate Blanchett
> and Sally Hawkins.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque
Dec 13, 2018, 12:01:33 AM12/13/18
to
Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
>
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
> was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
> of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
> welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
John Trevolta :)
>
>
> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
>
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
> was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
> of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
> welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
>
> 2. Also from the 1980s, "White Nights" featured Mikhail Baryshnikov
> as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to
> the West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer
> who has defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who
> died in 2003. Who?
>
> 3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
> increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
> on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
> and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
> "When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
> forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
>
> 9. This Australian movie by Baz Luhrmann about the "Pan-Pacific
> Grand Prix Dancing Championship" won the People's Choice award
> at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival.
>
> 10. This 1996 Japanese movie about a middle-aged accountant who
> signs up for ballroom lessons to reinvigorate his life was so
> successful in Japan that ballroom dancing, previously considered
> odd, became a national craze. It was remade in English in 2004,
> starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Both versions have
> the same title in English -- what is it?
>
>
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
>
> A colorful challenge round to cap off a colorful season -- every
> answer mentions a color.
>
> * A. History: Colorful Diseases
>
> A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
> disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
> severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
> Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
> its spread. Name the disease.
>
> A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
> resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million
> people in Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the
> mid-14th century. What is it commonly known as?
>
> * B. Sport: Colorful Athletes
>
> Name these baseball players.
>
> B1. During his 17-year career, this southpaw pitcher played for
> the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the
> Kansas City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young
> Award and MVP Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
> and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for
> both the American and National Leagues.
>
> B2. This Jamaican-born former center fielder played with the
> Blue Jays from 1991 to 1995. His other teams included the
> California Angels and the Florida Marlins. He is a Gold
> Glove winner and is now working as a batting coach for the
> Buffalo Bisons.
>
> * C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
>
> C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
> an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
> facing France. What is it called?
>
> C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
> then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
> a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming
> part of a larger river system. Name this specific river.
>
> * D. Science: Flying Colors
>
> In each case, name the bird.
>
> D1. This marine bird is native to subtropical and tropical
> regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on
> the Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by
> its distinctive colored feet, which males display in an
> elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while
> strutting before the female.
>
> D2. This small North American migratory bird is known for
> its distinctive color. It ranges from mid-Alberta to
> North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just
> south of the Canada-US border to Mexico during the winter.
> It shares its name with a Pulitzer-prizewinning novel.
>
> * E. History: Colorful Reading
>
> In each case, name the book.
>
> E1. This 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin
> recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
> Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black
> man and explore life from the other side of the color line.
>
> E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
> Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English
> society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence.
> The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot
> called Nadsat.
>
> * F. Entertainment: Colorful Movies
>
> These two movies were both directed by Woody Allen. Name them.
>
> F1. This 1985 romantic fantasy starred Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels,
> and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great
> Depression, it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress
> who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and lousy
> marriage.
>
> F2. This 2013 dark comedy features a Manhattan socialite who
> falls on hard times and has to move in with her working-class
> sister in San Francisco. They're played by Cate Blanchett
> and Sally Hawkins.
>
--
Mark Brader
Dec 14, 2018, 1:51:58 AM12/14/18
to
Mark Brader:
We will next proceed to the rounds from the Final, generally of
15 questions each, to be posted singly.
> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
> was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
> of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
> welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
Jennifer Beals. I am also accepting Marine Jahan, who did the,
y'know, *actual dancing* for her, and this without screen credit.
But I did not think I could treat "Beal" as almost correct since
I'm scoring based on sounds and Jessica Biel is a different actress.
4 for Dan Blum.
> 2. Also from the 1980s, "White Nights" featured Mikhail Baryshnikov
> as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to
> the West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer
> who has defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who
> died in 2003. Who?
Gregory Hines. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, and Joshua.
> 3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
> increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
> on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
> and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
> "When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
> forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
Cyd Charisse. 4 for Pete and Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum.
> 4. Born in Alabama in 1980, this actor worked as a roofer and
> stripper before gaining fame in 2006's hip-hop dance drama
> "Step Up". Of his performance in 2015's "Magic Mike XXL",
> writer Roxane Gay wrote: "I wanted to hug every part of him
> with my mouth." Name him.
Channing Tatum (also accepting Charming Potato). 4 for Joshua.
> For questions #5-10, name the movie.
> 5. Of all the movies co-starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire,
> this one from 1935 was the most successful. It featured songs by
> Irving Berlin, and is perhaps best known for its "cheek-to-cheek"
> dance routine, with Rogers wearing an elaborate ostrich-feather
> dress.
"Top Hat". 4 for Joshua.
> 6. This 1948 film by the British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger
> was based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, and featured
> extended ballet sequences. It is said that Gene Kelly was only
> able to convince studio execs to allow ballet in "An American
> in Paris" after making them watch this movie several times.
"The Red Shoes". 4 for Joshua.
> 7. This 1954 MGM musical directed by Stanley Donen ["DONN-en"],
> one of the first to be filmed in CinemaScope, jump-started the
> career of acrobatic actor Russ Tamblyn, who later appeared in
> "West Side Story". In this movie, he is prominently featured
> in dance sequences around farm activities like woodchopping
> and raising a barn.
"Seven Brides For Seven Brothers". 4 for Pete and Joshua.
2 for Calvin.
> 8. This 1979 semi-autobiographical Bob Fosse film, which stars
> Roy Scheider as an egomaniacal director and choreographer,
> was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by
> the Library of Congress.
"All That Jazz". 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. This Australian movie by Baz Luhrmann about the "Pan-Pacific
> Grand Prix Dancing Championship" won the People's Choice award
> at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival.
"Strictly Ballroom". 4 for Calvin and Joshua.
> 10. This 1996 Japanese movie about a middle-aged accountant who
> signs up for ballroom lessons to reinvigorate his life was so
> successful in Japan that ballroom dancing, previously considered
> odd, became a national craze. It was remade in English in 2004,
> starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Both versions have
> the same title in English -- what is it?
"Shall We Dance?" 4 for Joshua.
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
> A colorful challenge round to cap off a colorful season -- every
> answer mentions a color.
This was the third-easiest round in the original game -- and, yes,
it was also the third-easiest round of the season!
> * A. History: Colorful Diseases
> A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
> disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
> severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
> Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
> its spread. Name the disease.
Yellow fever. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland, Calvin, Joshua,
and Dan Tilque.
> A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
> resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million
> people in Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the
> mid-14th century. What is it commonly known as?
Black death or black plague. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland, Calvin,
Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
One entrant forgot that a color was required.
> * B. Sport: Colorful Athletes
> Name these baseball players.
> B1. During his 17-year career, this southpaw pitcher played for
> the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the
> Kansas City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young
> Award and MVP Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
> and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for
> both the American and National Leagues.
Vida Blue. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> B2. This Jamaican-born former center fielder played with the
> Blue Jays from 1991 to 1995. His other teams included the
> California Angels and the Florida Marlins. He is a Gold
> Glove winner and is now working as a batting coach for the
> Buffalo Bisons.
Devon White.
> * C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
> C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
> an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
> facing France. What is it called?
The White Cliffs of Dover. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete,
Erland, Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
> then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
> a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming
> part of a larger river system. Name this specific river.
The Blue Nile. 4 for Bruce, Pete, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Dan Blum and Calvin.
> * D. Science: Flying Colors
> In each case, name the bird.
> D1. This marine bird is native to subtropical and tropical
> regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on
> the Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by
> its distinctive colored feet, which males display in an
> elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while
> strutting before the female.
Blue-footed booby. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, and Joshua. 3 for Bruce.
> D2. This small North American migratory bird is known for
> its distinctive color. It ranges from mid-Alberta to
> North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just
> south of the Canada-US border to Mexico during the winter.
> It shares its name with a Pulitzer-prizewinning novel.
The goldfinch. (Novel by Donna Tartt.)
> * E. History: Colorful Reading
> In each case, name the book.
> E1. This 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin
> recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
> Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black
> man and explore life from the other side of the color line.
"Black like Me". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
> Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English
> society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence.
> The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot
> called Nadsat.
"A Clockwork Orange". 4 for everyone.
> * F. Entertainment: Colorful Movies
> These two movies were both directed by Woody Allen. Name them.
> F1. This 1985 romantic fantasy starred Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels,
> and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great
> Depression, it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress
> who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and lousy
> marriage.
"The Purple Rose of Cairo". 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Calvin,
and Joshua.
> F2. This 2013 dark comedy features a Manhattan socialite who
> falls on hard times and has to move in with her working-class
> sister in San Francisco. They're played by Cate Blanchett
> and Sally Hawkins.
"Blue Jasmine". 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, and Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Lei Lit Aud Can His Sci Ent Cha SEVEN
Joshua Kreitzer 24 27 36 26 9 26 32 36 40 223
Dan Blum 20 35 31 13 2 29 32 15 39 201
Pete Gayde 19 32 24 30 3 18 16 12 16 155
Dan Tilque 20 32 16 4 4 12 12 4 28 124
Erland Sommarskog 20 28 8 0 0 4 20 0 20 100
"Calvin" -- -- 15 6 0 17 0 10 31 79
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 31 35
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "'Run me,' Alice?"
m...@vex.net -- Tom Neff
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-30,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 10 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER wins. Congratulations!
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
We will next proceed to the rounds from the Final, generally of
15 questions each, to be posted singly.
> ** Game 10, Round 9 - Entertainment - Dancing Movies
> 1. The 1980s had no shortage of box-office hits featuring dancing.
> There was "Footloose"; there was "Dirty Dancing". And there
> was "Flashdance", which was the third-highest-grossing movie
> of any kind in 1983. In "Flashdance", *who plays Alex Owens*,
> welder by day, exotic dancer by night?
y'know, *actual dancing* for her, and this without screen credit.
But I did not think I could treat "Beal" as almost correct since
I'm scoring based on sounds and Jessica Biel is a different actress.
4 for Dan Blum.
> 2. Also from the 1980s, "White Nights" featured Mikhail Baryshnikov
> as -- wait for it -- a Soviet ballet dancer who has defected to
> the West! Co-starring in the movie, as an American tap dancer
> who has defected to the USSR, was this actor and dancer, who
> died in 2003. Who?
> 3. Born Tula Ellice Finklea in 1922, she started dancing to
> increase her strength after a childhood bout of polio. She went
> on to appear in "The Band Wagon", "Brigadoon", "Silk Stockings",
> and "Singin' in the Rain". Film critic Pauline Kael said of her:
> "When she wraps her phenomenal legs around Astaire, she can be
> forgiven everything." By what name is she best known?
> 4. Born in Alabama in 1980, this actor worked as a roofer and
> stripper before gaining fame in 2006's hip-hop dance drama
> "Step Up". Of his performance in 2015's "Magic Mike XXL",
> writer Roxane Gay wrote: "I wanted to hug every part of him
> with my mouth." Name him.
> For questions #5-10, name the movie.
> 5. Of all the movies co-starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire,
> this one from 1935 was the most successful. It featured songs by
> Irving Berlin, and is perhaps best known for its "cheek-to-cheek"
> dance routine, with Rogers wearing an elaborate ostrich-feather
> dress.
> 6. This 1948 film by the British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger
> was based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, and featured
> extended ballet sequences. It is said that Gene Kelly was only
> able to convince studio execs to allow ballet in "An American
> in Paris" after making them watch this movie several times.
> 7. This 1954 MGM musical directed by Stanley Donen ["DONN-en"],
> one of the first to be filmed in CinemaScope, jump-started the
> career of acrobatic actor Russ Tamblyn, who later appeared in
> "West Side Story". In this movie, he is prominently featured
> in dance sequences around farm activities like woodchopping
> and raising a barn.
2 for Calvin.
> 8. This 1979 semi-autobiographical Bob Fosse film, which stars
> Roy Scheider as an egomaniacal director and choreographer,
> was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by
> the Library of Congress.
> 9. This Australian movie by Baz Luhrmann about the "Pan-Pacific
> Grand Prix Dancing Championship" won the People's Choice award
> at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival.
> 10. This 1996 Japanese movie about a middle-aged accountant who
> signs up for ballroom lessons to reinvigorate his life was so
> successful in Japan that ballroom dancing, previously considered
> odd, became a national craze. It was remade in English in 2004,
> starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Both versions have
> the same title in English -- what is it?
> ** Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge - Color My World
> A colorful challenge round to cap off a colorful season -- every
> answer mentions a color.
it was also the third-easiest round of the season!
> * A. History: Colorful Diseases
> A1. In 1900, US Army physician James Carroll allowed a
> disease-infected mosquito to feed on him. He developed a
> severe case of this disease -- which helped his colleague,
> Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes were responsible for
> its spread. Name the disease.
and Dan Tilque.
> A2. One of the most devasting pandemics in human history
> resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million
> people in Europe and Asia, the peak of which was in the
> mid-14th century. What is it commonly known as?
Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
One entrant forgot that a color was required.
> * B. Sport: Colorful Athletes
> Name these baseball players.
> B1. During his 17-year career, this southpaw pitcher played for
> the Oakland Athletics, the San Francisco Giants and the
> Kansas City Royals. He won the American League Cy Young
> Award and MVP Award in 1971 and is a six-time All-Star,
> and one of five players to start in the All-Star Game for
> both the American and National Leagues.
> B2. This Jamaican-born former center fielder played with the
> Blue Jays from 1991 to 1995. His other teams included the
> California Angels and the Florida Marlins. He is a Gold
> Glove winner and is now working as a batting coach for the
> Buffalo Bisons.
> * C. Geography: Water Colors (or Close-to-Water Colors)
> C1. This geological formation up to 350 feet (110 m) high forms
> an 8-mile (13 km) section of the Kent coastline in England,
> facing France. What is it called?
Erland, Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> C2. This river flows southeast from Lake Tana in Ethiopia,
> then curves west across Ethiopia and northwest into Sudan,
> a total of at least 900 miles (1,450 km), before becoming
> part of a larger river system. Name this specific river.
3 for Dan Blum and Calvin.
> * D. Science: Flying Colors
> In each case, name the bird.
> D1. This marine bird is native to subtropical and tropical
> regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and primarily on
> the Galapagos Islands. It is easily recognizable by
> its distinctive colored feet, which males display in an
> elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while
> strutting before the female.
> D2. This small North American migratory bird is known for
> its distinctive color. It ranges from mid-Alberta to
> North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just
> south of the Canada-US border to Mexico during the winter.
> It shares its name with a Pulitzer-prizewinning novel.
> * E. History: Colorful Reading
> In each case, name the book.
> E1. This 1961 nonfiction book by John Howard Griffin
> recounted his journey in the segregationist US Deep South.
> Griffin temporarily darkened his skin to pass as a black
> man and explore life from the other side of the color line.
> E2. This 1962 dystopian satire was written by English writer
> Anthony Burgess. It's set in a near-future English
> society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence.
> The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot
> called Nadsat.
> * F. Entertainment: Colorful Movies
> These two movies were both directed by Woody Allen. Name them.
> F1. This 1985 romantic fantasy starred Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels,
> and Danny Aiello. Set in New Jersey during the Great
> Depression, it tells the story of Cecilia, a clumsy waitress
> who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and lousy
> marriage.
and Joshua.
> F2. This 2013 dark comedy features a Manhattan socialite who
> falls on hard times and has to move in with her working-class
> sister in San Francisco. They're played by Cate Blanchett
> and Sally Hawkins.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Lei Lit Aud Can His Sci Ent Cha SEVEN
Joshua Kreitzer 24 27 36 26 9 26 32 36 40 223
Dan Blum 20 35 31 13 2 29 32 15 39 201
Pete Gayde 19 32 24 30 3 18 16 12 16 155
Dan Tilque 20 32 16 4 4 12 12 4 28 124
Erland Sommarskog 20 28 8 0 0 4 20 0 20 100
"Calvin" -- -- 15 6 0 17 0 10 31 79
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 31 35
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "'Run me,' Alice?"
m...@vex.net -- Tom Neff
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