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RQFTCI07 Game 2 Rounds 4,6: Buddhism, blockbusters
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Mark Brader
Jul 9, 2020, 12:05:37 AM7/9/20
to
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-29,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
We are back to the usual QFTCI rules: you are allowed up to two
guesses on each questions, but if you give both a right and a
wrong answer, there is a small penalty. For further information
see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
In some cases either the answers or the facts stated as current
in the question have changed since the question was written.
I've tried to call attention to such possibilities by inserting
*tripled quotation marks* around words that were correct at the time
of the original game -- for example, """now""" or """is""" (pretty
much any present-tense verb may be marked). I will always accept
the answer that was correct when the question was originally asked.
If the facts have changed in such a way that a different answer is
now correct (rather than some other sort of change), I will also
accept the new correct answer -- unless there is an explicit note
requiring otherwise. See the companion posting for further details.
I did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
2. The pre-eminent source of information about early Buddhism was
compiled by various monastic councils in the centuries after
the Buddha's death, and eventually written down on dried palm
leaves. In what language was this canon written?
3. According to Buddhist tradition, after attaining enlightenment
the Buddha preached his first sermon in an area called the
Deer Park, near what northern Indian city, regarded as holy
in Hinduism?
4. Present-day Buddhism can be divided into three main branches;
Zen Buddhism, for example, is a sub-set of one of these main
branches. Name any one of the main branches.
5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the previous one. Znunlnan Ohqquvfz ubyqf gung
pregnva orvatf, qrfcvgr ernpuvat rayvtugrazrag, pubbfr gb
cbfgcbar gurve bja nggnvazrag bs Aveinan va beqre gb uryc gur
harayvtugrarq bognva yvorengvba. Jung vf fhpu n orvat pnyyrq?
6. The Buddha taught a number of so-called Noble Truths regarding
suffering. How many?
7. What is the Buddhist (that is to say, Sanskrit and <answer 2>)
term for the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth that
the Buddha's teaching attempts to put an end to?
8. Who was the colorful religious writer, sometime Episcopalian
priest, and psychedelic drug-taker whose book "The Way of Zen"
was published in 1957?
9. Speaking of Zen, what is the Zen term for enlightenment, in
either Japanese or Chinese?
10. What is the significance of Tenzin Gyatso in the world of
Buddhism?
* Game 2, Round 6 - Entertainment - Blockbusters of their Time
These movies were all box-office smashes; given the name of the movie,
tell us the year it was released. For the five earliest movies in
this round, all released before 1967, you'll have to give us the
year within 3 years on either side; for the five later movies, we
need it within 2 years. However, we're not going to tell you which
category each film falls into. (But I am giving you a break, as more
time has passed since the movies than was true at the original game:
on each answer you're getting a year more leeway than you originally
would've had.)
Some answers may repeat.
1. "Jaws".
2. "Doctor Zhivago".
3. "Ben-Hur" (the version with Charlton Heston).
4. "Ghostbusters" (the original version).
5. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
6. "The Towering Inferno".
7. "Home Alone" (the original movie).
8. "The Robe".
9. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (the original, animated movie).
10. "Sleeping Beauty" (the animated movie from Disney).
--
Mark Brader "[This computation] assumed that everything
Toronto would work, a happy state of affairs found
m...@vex.net only in fiction." -- Tom Clancy
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
We are back to the usual QFTCI rules: you are allowed up to two
guesses on each questions, but if you give both a right and a
wrong answer, there is a small penalty. For further information
see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
In some cases either the answers or the facts stated as current
in the question have changed since the question was written.
I've tried to call attention to such possibilities by inserting
*tripled quotation marks* around words that were correct at the time
of the original game -- for example, """now""" or """is""" (pretty
much any present-tense verb may be marked). I will always accept
the answer that was correct when the question was originally asked.
If the facts have changed in such a way that a different answer is
now correct (rather than some other sort of change), I will also
accept the new correct answer -- unless there is an explicit note
requiring otherwise. See the companion posting for further details.
I did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
2. The pre-eminent source of information about early Buddhism was
compiled by various monastic councils in the centuries after
the Buddha's death, and eventually written down on dried palm
leaves. In what language was this canon written?
3. According to Buddhist tradition, after attaining enlightenment
the Buddha preached his first sermon in an area called the
Deer Park, near what northern Indian city, regarded as holy
in Hinduism?
4. Present-day Buddhism can be divided into three main branches;
Zen Buddhism, for example, is a sub-set of one of these main
branches. Name any one of the main branches.
5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the previous one. Znunlnan Ohqquvfz ubyqf gung
pregnva orvatf, qrfcvgr ernpuvat rayvtugrazrag, pubbfr gb
cbfgcbar gurve bja nggnvazrag bs Aveinan va beqre gb uryc gur
harayvtugrarq bognva yvorengvba. Jung vf fhpu n orvat pnyyrq?
6. The Buddha taught a number of so-called Noble Truths regarding
suffering. How many?
7. What is the Buddhist (that is to say, Sanskrit and <answer 2>)
term for the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth that
the Buddha's teaching attempts to put an end to?
8. Who was the colorful religious writer, sometime Episcopalian
priest, and psychedelic drug-taker whose book "The Way of Zen"
was published in 1957?
9. Speaking of Zen, what is the Zen term for enlightenment, in
either Japanese or Chinese?
10. What is the significance of Tenzin Gyatso in the world of
Buddhism?
* Game 2, Round 6 - Entertainment - Blockbusters of their Time
These movies were all box-office smashes; given the name of the movie,
tell us the year it was released. For the five earliest movies in
this round, all released before 1967, you'll have to give us the
year within 3 years on either side; for the five later movies, we
need it within 2 years. However, we're not going to tell you which
category each film falls into. (But I am giving you a break, as more
time has passed since the movies than was true at the original game:
on each answer you're getting a year more leeway than you originally
would've had.)
Some answers may repeat.
1. "Jaws".
2. "Doctor Zhivago".
3. "Ben-Hur" (the version with Charlton Heston).
4. "Ghostbusters" (the original version).
5. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
6. "The Towering Inferno".
7. "Home Alone" (the original movie).
8. "The Robe".
9. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (the original, animated movie).
10. "Sleeping Beauty" (the animated movie from Disney).
--
Mark Brader "[This computation] assumed that everything
Toronto would work, a happy state of affairs found
m...@vex.net only in fiction." -- Tom Clancy
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Jul 9, 2020, 12:17:55 AM7/9/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:y_CdnazCO_sRCpvCnZ2dnUU7-
QXN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
>
> 1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
> sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
Nepal
> 2. The pre-eminent source of information about early Buddhism was
> compiled by various monastic councils in the centuries after
> the Buddha's death, and eventually written down on dried palm
> leaves. In what language was this canon written?
Pali
> 3. According to Buddhist tradition, after attaining enlightenment
> the Buddha preached his first sermon in an area called the
> Deer Park, near what northern Indian city, regarded as holy
> in Hinduism?
Varanasi
> 4. Present-day Buddhism can be divided into three main branches;
> Zen Buddhism, for example, is a sub-set of one of these main
> branches. Name any one of the main branches.
Theravada; Mahayana
> 5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
> finished with the previous one. Znunlnan Ohqquvfz ubyqf gung
> pregnva orvatf, qrfcvgr ernpuvat rayvtugrazrag, pubbfr gb
> cbfgcbar gurve bja nggnvazrag bs Aveinan va beqre gb uryc gur
> harayvtugrarq bognva yvorengvba. Jung vf fhpu n orvat pnyyrq?
bodhisatva
> 6. The Buddha taught a number of so-called Noble Truths regarding
> suffering. How many?
8
> 7. What is the Buddhist (that is to say, Sanskrit and <answer 2>)
> term for the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth that
> the Buddha's teaching attempts to put an end to?
samsara
> 9. Speaking of Zen, what is the Zen term for enlightenment, in
> either Japanese or Chinese?
satori
> 10. What is the significance of Tenzin Gyatso in the world of
> Buddhism?
he's the current Dalai Lama
> * Game 2, Round 6 - Entertainment - Blockbusters of their Time
>
> These movies were all box-office smashes; given the name of the movie,
> tell us the year it was released. For the five earliest movies in
> this round, all released before 1967, you'll have to give us the
> year within 3 years on either side; for the five later movies, we
> need it within 2 years. However, we're not going to tell you which
> category each film falls into. (But I am giving you a break, as more
> time has passed since the movies than was true at the original game:
> on each answer you're getting a year more leeway than you originally
> would've had.)
>
> Some answers may repeat.
>
> 1. "Jaws".
1975
> 2. "Doctor Zhivago".
1965
> 3. "Ben-Hur" (the version with Charlton Heston).
1958
> 4. "Ghostbusters" (the original version).
1984
> 5. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
1969
> 6. "The Towering Inferno".
1972
> 7. "Home Alone" (the original movie).
1990
> 8. "The Robe".
1953
> 9. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (the original, animated movie).
1961
> 10. "Sleeping Beauty" (the animated movie from Disney).
1959
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
QXN...@giganews.com:
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
>
> 1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
> sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
> 2. The pre-eminent source of information about early Buddhism was
> compiled by various monastic councils in the centuries after
> the Buddha's death, and eventually written down on dried palm
> leaves. In what language was this canon written?
> 3. According to Buddhist tradition, after attaining enlightenment
> the Buddha preached his first sermon in an area called the
> Deer Park, near what northern Indian city, regarded as holy
> in Hinduism?
> 4. Present-day Buddhism can be divided into three main branches;
> Zen Buddhism, for example, is a sub-set of one of these main
> branches. Name any one of the main branches.
> 5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
> finished with the previous one. Znunlnan Ohqquvfz ubyqf gung
> pregnva orvatf, qrfcvgr ernpuvat rayvtugrazrag, pubbfr gb
> cbfgcbar gurve bja nggnvazrag bs Aveinan va beqre gb uryc gur
> harayvtugrarq bognva yvorengvba. Jung vf fhpu n orvat pnyyrq?
> 6. The Buddha taught a number of so-called Noble Truths regarding
> suffering. How many?
> 7. What is the Buddhist (that is to say, Sanskrit and <answer 2>)
> term for the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth that
> the Buddha's teaching attempts to put an end to?
> 9. Speaking of Zen, what is the Zen term for enlightenment, in
> either Japanese or Chinese?
> 10. What is the significance of Tenzin Gyatso in the world of
> Buddhism?
> * Game 2, Round 6 - Entertainment - Blockbusters of their Time
>
> These movies were all box-office smashes; given the name of the movie,
> tell us the year it was released. For the five earliest movies in
> this round, all released before 1967, you'll have to give us the
> year within 3 years on either side; for the five later movies, we
> need it within 2 years. However, we're not going to tell you which
> category each film falls into. (But I am giving you a break, as more
> time has passed since the movies than was true at the original game:
> on each answer you're getting a year more leeway than you originally
> would've had.)
>
> Some answers may repeat.
>
> 1. "Jaws".
> 2. "Doctor Zhivago".
1965
> 3. "Ben-Hur" (the version with Charlton Heston).
> 4. "Ghostbusters" (the original version).
> 5. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
> 6. "The Towering Inferno".
> 7. "Home Alone" (the original movie).
> 8. "The Robe".
1953
> 9. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (the original, animated movie).
> 10. "Sleeping Beauty" (the animated movie from Disney).
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Blum
Jul 9, 2020, 12:58:04 AM7/9/20
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
> 1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
> sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
India
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
> 1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
> sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
> 2. The pre-eminent source of information about early Buddhism was
> compiled by various monastic councils in the centuries after
> the Buddha's death, and eventually written down on dried palm
> leaves. In what language was this canon written?
> 5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
> finished with the previous one. Znunlnan Ohqquvfz ubyqf gung
> pregnva orvatf, qrfcvgr ernpuvat rayvtugrazrag, pubbfr gb
> cbfgcbar gurve bja nggnvazrag bs Aveinan va beqre gb uryc gur
> harayvtugrarq bognva yvorengvba. Jung vf fhpu n orvat pnyyrq?
> 6. The Buddha taught a number of so-called Noble Truths regarding
> suffering. How many?
> 7. What is the Buddhist (that is to say, Sanskrit and <answer 2>)
> term for the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth that
> the Buddha's teaching attempts to put an end to?
> 8. Who was the colorful religious writer, sometime Episcopalian
> priest, and psychedelic drug-taker whose book "The Way of Zen"
> was published in 1957?
> 9. Speaking of Zen, what is the Zen term for enlightenment, in
> either Japanese or Chinese?
> * Game 2, Round 6 - Entertainment - Blockbusters of their Time
> 1. "Jaws".
1975
> 2. "Doctor Zhivago".
1966
1975
> 2. "Doctor Zhivago".
> 3. "Ben-Hur" (the version with Charlton Heston).
> 4. "Ghostbusters" (the original version).
> 5. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
> 6. "The Towering Inferno".
> 7. "Home Alone" (the original movie).
> 8. "The Robe".
1959
> 9. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (the original, animated movie).
> 10. "Sleeping Beauty" (the animated movie from Disney).
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
Jul 9, 2020, 2:07:11 AM7/9/20
to
On 7/8/20 9:05 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
>
> 1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
> sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
India
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
>
> 1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
> sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
>
> 2. The pre-eminent source of information about early Buddhism was
> compiled by various monastic councils in the centuries after
> the Buddha's death, and eventually written down on dried palm
> leaves. In what language was this canon written? >
> 3. According to Buddhist tradition, after attaining enlightenment
> the Buddha preached his first sermon in an area called the
> Deer Park, near what northern Indian city, regarded as holy
> in Hinduism?
>
> 4. Present-day Buddhism can be divided into three main branches;
> Zen Buddhism, for example, is a sub-set of one of these main
> branches. Name any one of the main branches.
>
> 5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
> finished with the previous one. Znunlnan Ohqquvfz ubyqf gung
> pregnva orvatf, qrfcvgr ernpuvat rayvtugrazrag, pubbfr gb
> cbfgcbar gurve bja nggnvazrag bs Aveinan va beqre gb uryc gur
> harayvtugrarq bognva yvorengvba. Jung vf fhpu n orvat pnyyrq?
>
> 6. The Buddha taught a number of so-called Noble Truths regarding
> suffering. How many?
>
> 7. What is the Buddhist (that is to say, Sanskrit and <answer 2>)
> term for the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth that
> the Buddha's teaching attempts to put an end to?
>
> 8. Who was the colorful religious writer, sometime Episcopalian
> priest, and psychedelic drug-taker whose book "The Way of Zen"
> was published in 1957?
>
> 9. Speaking of Zen, what is the Zen term for enlightenment, in
> either Japanese or Chinese?
>
> 10. What is the significance of Tenzin Gyatso in the world of
> Buddhism?
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - Entertainment - Blockbusters of their Time
>
> These movies were all box-office smashes; given the name of the movie,
> tell us the year it was released. For the five earliest movies in
> this round, all released before 1967, you'll have to give us the
> year within 3 years on either side; for the five later movies, we
> need it within 2 years. However, we're not going to tell you which
> category each film falls into. (But I am giving you a break, as more
> time has passed since the movies than was true at the original game:
> on each answer you're getting a year more leeway than you originally
> would've had.)
>
> Some answers may repeat.
>
> 1. "Jaws".
> 2. "Doctor Zhivago".
1965
> 3. "Ben-Hur" (the version with Charlton Heston).
1956
> 4. "Ghostbusters" (the original version).
> 5. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
> 6. "The Towering Inferno".
> 7. "Home Alone" (the original movie).
> 8. "The Robe".
1959
> 9. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (the original, animated movie).
1962
> 10. "Sleeping Beauty" (the animated movie from Disney).
--
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 9, 2020, 4:26:27 PM7/9/20
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
>
> 1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
> sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
India
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
>
> 1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
> sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
> 2. The pre-eminent source of information about early Buddhism was
> compiled by various monastic councils in the centuries after
> the Buddha's death, and eventually written down on dried palm
> leaves. In what language was this canon written?
(But I had Sanskrit here until I read #7:)
> 3. According to Buddhist tradition, after attaining enlightenment
> the Buddha preached his first sermon in an area called the
> Deer Park, near what northern Indian city, regarded as holy
> in Hinduism?
> 6. The Buddha taught a number of so-called Noble Truths regarding
> suffering. How many?
> 7. What is the Buddhist (that is to say, Sanskrit and <answer 2>)
> term for the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth that
> the Buddha's teaching attempts to put an end to?
> * Game 2, Round 6 - Entertainment - Blockbusters of their Time
>
1972
> 2. "Doctor Zhivago".
1951
> 3. "Ben-Hur" (the version with Charlton Heston).
> 4. "Ghostbusters" (the original version).
> 5. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
> 6. "The Towering Inferno".
> 7. "Home Alone" (the original movie).
> 8. "The Robe".
1941
> 9. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (the original, animated movie).
> 10. "Sleeping Beauty" (the animated movie from Disney).
>
swp
Jul 9, 2020, 7:38:05 PM7/9/20
to
On Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 12:05:37 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-29,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
noted
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-29,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
> We are back to the usual QFTCI rules: you are allowed up to two
> guesses on each questions, but if you give both a right and a
> wrong answer, there is a small penalty. For further information
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
> In some cases either the answers or the facts stated as current
> in the question have changed since the question was written.
> I've tried to call attention to such possibilities by inserting
> *tripled quotation marks* around words that were correct at the time
> of the original game -- for example, """now""" or """is""" (pretty
> much any present-tense verb may be marked). I will always accept
> the answer that was correct when the question was originally asked.
> If the facts have changed in such a way that a different answer is
> now correct (rather than some other sort of change), I will also
> accept the new correct answer -- unless there is an explicit note
> requiring otherwise. See the companion posting for further details.
>
>
> I did not write either of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
>
> 1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
> sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
> 2. The pre-eminent source of information about early Buddhism was
> compiled by various monastic councils in the centuries after
> the Buddha's death, and eventually written down on dried palm
> leaves. In what language was this canon written?
> 3. According to Buddhist tradition, after attaining enlightenment
> the Buddha preached his first sermon in an area called the
> Deer Park, near what northern Indian city, regarded as holy
> in Hinduism?
> 4. Present-day Buddhism can be divided into three main branches;
> Zen Buddhism, for example, is a sub-set of one of these main
> branches. Name any one of the main branches.
> 5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
> certain beings, despite reaching enlightenment, choose to
> postpone their own attainment of Nirvana in order to help the
> unenlightened obtain liberation. What is such a being called?
guru
> 6. The Buddha taught a number of so-called Noble Truths regarding
> suffering. How many?
> 7. What is the Buddhist (that is to say, Sanskrit and <answer 2>)
> term for the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth that
> the Buddha's teaching attempts to put an end to?
> 8. Who was the colorful religious writer, sometime Episcopalian
> priest, and psychedelic drug-taker whose book "The Way of Zen"
> was published in 1957?
> 9. Speaking of Zen, what is the Zen term for enlightenment, in
> either Japanese or Chinese?
> 10. What is the significance of Tenzin Gyatso in the world of
> Buddhism?
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - Entertainment - Blockbusters of their Time
>
> These movies were all box-office smashes; given the name of the movie,
> tell us the year it was released. For the five earliest movies in
> this round, all released before 1967, you'll have to give us the
> year within 3 years on either side; for the five later movies, we
> need it within 2 years. However, we're not going to tell you which
> category each film falls into. (But I am giving you a break, as more
> time has passed since the movies than was true at the original game:
> on each answer you're getting a year more leeway than you originally
> would've had.)
>
> Some answers may repeat.
>
> 1. "Jaws".
> 2. "Doctor Zhivago".
1965
> 3. "Ben-Hur" (the version with Charlton Heston).
1959
> 4. "Ghostbusters" (the original version).
> 5. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
> 6. "The Towering Inferno".
> 7. "Home Alone" (the original movie).
1990
> 8. "The Robe".
1955
> 8. "The Robe".
> 9. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (the original, animated movie).
> 10. "Sleeping Beauty" (the animated movie from Disney).
>
> --
> Mark Brader "[This computation] assumed that everything
> Toronto would work, a happy state of affairs found
> m...@vex.net only in fiction." -- Tom Clancy
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
Pete Gayde
Jul 10, 2020, 11:21:42 PM7/10/20
to
>
> 10. What is the significance of Tenzin Gyatso in the world of
> Buddhism?
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - Entertainment - Blockbusters of their Time
>
> These movies were all box-office smashes; given the name of the movie,
> tell us the year it was released. For the five earliest movies in
> this round, all released before 1967, you'll have to give us the
> year within 3 years on either side; for the five later movies, we
> need it within 2 years. However, we're not going to tell you which
> category each film falls into. (But I am giving you a break, as more
> time has passed since the movies than was true at the original game:
> on each answer you're getting a year more leeway than you originally
> would've had.)
>
> Some answers may repeat.
>
> 1. "Jaws".
1975
> 2. "Doctor Zhivago".
1964
> 2. "Doctor Zhivago".
> 3. "Ben-Hur" (the version with Charlton Heston).
> 4. "Ghostbusters" (the original version).
> 5. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
> 6. "The Towering Inferno".
> 7. "Home Alone" (the original movie).
> 8. "The Robe".
1954
> 9. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (the original, animated movie).
> 10. "Sleeping Beauty" (the animated movie from Disney).
>
Pete Gayde
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Mark Brader:
game it was the hardest round of the entire season.
> 1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
> sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
Nepal. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 2. The pre-eminent source of information about early Buddhism was
> compiled by various monastic councils in the centuries after
> the Buddha's death, and eventually written down on dried palm
> leaves. In what language was this canon written?
Pali. 4 for Joshua.
> 3. According to Buddhist tradition, after attaining enlightenment
> the Buddha preached his first sermon in an area called the
> Deer Park, near what northern Indian city, regarded as holy
> in Hinduism?
Varanasi (a.k.a. Benares). 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 4. Present-day Buddhism can be divided into three main branches;
> Zen Buddhism, for example, is a sub-set of one of these main
> branches. Name any one of the main branches.
Mahayana (or "Great Vehicle"); Theravada (or "Hinayana" or "Lesser
Vehicle"); Tantrayana (or "Vajrayana", "Mantrayana", or "Tantric
Buddhism"). 4 for Joshua (the hard way) and Stephen.
> 5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
> 6. The Buddha taught a number of so-called Noble Truths regarding
> suffering. How many?
4. 4 for Stephen.
> 7. What is the Buddhist (that is to say, Sanskrit and <answer 2>)
> term for the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth that
> the Buddha's teaching attempts to put an end to?
Samsara. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 8. Who was the colorful religious writer, sometime Episcopalian
> priest, and psychedelic drug-taker whose book "The Way of Zen"
> was published in 1957?
Alan Watts. 4 for Stephen.
> 9. Speaking of Zen, what is the Zen term for enlightenment, in
> either Japanese or Chinese?
Satori or Kensho; Wu. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen (the
hard way).
> 10. What is the significance of Tenzin Gyatso in the world of
> Buddhism?
He is the current Dalai Lama (still true). 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
I really should have written """is""" in the question, but I decided
it was important not to give away that the fact that this was a
question whose answer could change with time. Sorry, but as I said,
it hasn't yet changed anyway.
> * Game 2, Round 6 - Entertainment - Blockbusters of their Time
> These movies were all box-office smashes; given the name of the movie,
> tell us the year it was released. For the five earliest movies in
> this round, all released before 1967, you'll have to give us the
> year within 3 years on either side; for the five later movies, we
> need it within 2 years. However, we're not going to tell you which
> category each film falls into. (But I am giving you a break, as more
> time has passed since the movies than was true at the original game:
> on each answer you're getting a year more leeway than you originally
> would've had.)
> Some answers may repeat.
> 1. "Jaws".
1975 (accepting 1973-77). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Pete.
> 2. "Doctor Zhivago".
1965 (accepting 1962-68). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Pete.
> 3. "Ben-Hur" (the version with Charlton Heston).
1959 (accepting 1956-62). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Stephen,
and Pete.
> 4. "Ghostbusters" (the original version).
1984 (accepting 1982-86). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland,
and Stephen.
> 5. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
1969 (accepting 1967-71). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.
> 6. "The Towering Inferno".
1974 (accepting 1972-76). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.
> 7. "Home Alone" (the original movie).
1990 (accepting 1988-92). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
> 8. "The Robe".
1953 (accepting 1950-56). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Pete.
> 9. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (the original, animated movie).
1961 (accepting 1958-64). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.
3 for Pete.
> 10. "Sleeping Beauty" (the animated movie from Disney).
1959 (accepting 1956-62). 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lei Sci Mis Ent
Stephen Perry 39 39 32 40 150
Dan Blum 40 31 8 24 103
Joshua Kreitzer 4 24 32 40 100
Dan Tilque 39 32 0 16 87
Pete Gayde 27 12 0 27 66
Bruce Bowler 28 32 -- -- 60
"Calvin" 28 16 -- -- 44
Erland Sommarskog 8 15 0 4 27
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "And kissed her for a hundred and sixty-nine years."
m...@vex.net | -- Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-29,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I did not write either of these rounds.
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
Yeah, I thought this was very hard too -- in fact, in the original
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Buddhism
game it was the hardest round of the entire season.
> 1. The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the
> sixth century BC, in a village in what modern-day country?
> 2. The pre-eminent source of information about early Buddhism was
> compiled by various monastic councils in the centuries after
> the Buddha's death, and eventually written down on dried palm
> leaves. In what language was this canon written?
> 3. According to Buddhist tradition, after attaining enlightenment
> the Buddha preached his first sermon in an area called the
> Deer Park, near what northern Indian city, regarded as holy
> in Hinduism?
> 4. Present-day Buddhism can be divided into three main branches;
> Zen Buddhism, for example, is a sub-set of one of these main
> branches. Name any one of the main branches.
Vehicle"); Tantrayana (or "Vajrayana", "Mantrayana", or "Tantric
Buddhism"). 4 for Joshua (the hard way) and Stephen.
> 5. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
> finished with the previous one. Mahayana Buddhism holds that
> certain beings, despite reaching enlightenment, choose to
> postpone their own attainment of Nirvana in order to help the
> unenlightened obtain liberation. What is such a being called?
Bodhisattva. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> certain beings, despite reaching enlightenment, choose to
> postpone their own attainment of Nirvana in order to help the
> unenlightened obtain liberation. What is such a being called?
> 6. The Buddha taught a number of so-called Noble Truths regarding
> suffering. How many?
> 7. What is the Buddhist (that is to say, Sanskrit and <answer 2>)
> term for the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth that
> the Buddha's teaching attempts to put an end to?
> 8. Who was the colorful religious writer, sometime Episcopalian
> priest, and psychedelic drug-taker whose book "The Way of Zen"
> was published in 1957?
> 9. Speaking of Zen, what is the Zen term for enlightenment, in
> either Japanese or Chinese?
hard way).
> 10. What is the significance of Tenzin Gyatso in the world of
> Buddhism?
I really should have written """is""" in the question, but I decided
it was important not to give away that the fact that this was a
question whose answer could change with time. Sorry, but as I said,
it hasn't yet changed anyway.
> * Game 2, Round 6 - Entertainment - Blockbusters of their Time
> These movies were all box-office smashes; given the name of the movie,
> tell us the year it was released. For the five earliest movies in
> this round, all released before 1967, you'll have to give us the
> year within 3 years on either side; for the five later movies, we
> need it within 2 years. However, we're not going to tell you which
> category each film falls into. (But I am giving you a break, as more
> time has passed since the movies than was true at the original game:
> on each answer you're getting a year more leeway than you originally
> would've had.)
> Some answers may repeat.
> 1. "Jaws".
Stephen, and Pete.
> 2. "Doctor Zhivago".
1965 (accepting 1962-68). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Pete.
> 3. "Ben-Hur" (the version with Charlton Heston).
and Pete.
> 4. "Ghostbusters" (the original version).
and Stephen.
> 5. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
> 6. "The Towering Inferno".
> 7. "Home Alone" (the original movie).
> 8. "The Robe".
1953 (accepting 1950-56). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Pete.
> 9. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (the original, animated movie).
3 for Pete.
> 10. "Sleeping Beauty" (the animated movie from Disney).
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lei Sci Mis Ent
Stephen Perry 39 39 32 40 150
Dan Blum 40 31 8 24 103
Joshua Kreitzer 4 24 32 40 100
Dan Tilque 39 32 0 16 87
Pete Gayde 27 12 0 27 66
Bruce Bowler 28 32 -- -- 60
"Calvin" 28 16 -- -- 44
Erland Sommarskog 8 15 0 4 27
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "And kissed her for a hundred and sixty-nine years."
m...@vex.net | -- Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog
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