Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-09,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 7, Round 3 - Geography - Japanese Cities
> Please see the handout at:
>
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-3/japan.jpg
> We'll name a city; you give the letter on the map. Ganbatte!
> (That means "do your best.")
> 1. Tokyo.
M. 4 for Jason. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Dan Tilque and Pete.
> 2. Sapporo.
P. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete.
> 3. Kyoto.
F. 3 for Joshua and Pete.
> 4. Fukushima.
N. 2 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.
> 5. Nagasaki.
A. 4 for Erland. 3 for Dan Tilque.
> 6. Hiroshima.
D. 4 for Erland. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Calvin and Pete.
> 7. Nagoya.
I. 4 for Erland.
> 8. Nagano.
K. 4 for Erland and Pete. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 9. Yokohama.
L. 4 for Erland. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Dan Tilque.
> 10. Osaka.
G. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete.
> And if you like, decode the rot13 and identify the 6 decoys for fun,
> but for no points:
Only one person liked.
> 11. Kagoshima.
B. Erland got this.
> 12. Matsuyama.
E. Erland got this.
> 13. Sendai.
O.
> 14. Yamaguchi.
C.
> 15. Kanagawa.
J. Erland got this.
> 16. Nara.
H.
> * Game 7, Round 6 - Literature - Subtitles
> Although generally known by their "first name", many books also
> have subtitles which are often overlooked. In this round, we'll
> give you the subtitle and either the date or the author's name;
> you give us the book's main title. For example, if we gave you "The
> Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" by J.M. Barrie, you would say "Peter Pan".
> 1. "A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented", by Thomas Hardy.
"Tess of the D'Urbervilles". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin,
and Pete.
> 2. "The Modern Prometheus" (1818).
"Frankenstein". 4 for Jason, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin,
and Pete.
> 3. "A Study of Provincial Life", by George Eliot.
"Middlemarch". 3 for Dan Blum.
> 4. "The Saga of an American Family", by Alex Haley.
"Roots". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete.
> 5. "The Parish Boy's Progress", by Charles Dickens.
"Oliver Twist". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. 2 for
Dan Blum.
> 6. "There and Back Again" (1937).
"The Hobbit". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.
> 7. "What You Will", by William Shakespeare.
"Twelfth Night". 4 for Joshua. 2 for Calvin.
> 8. "A Novel without a Hero", by William Thackeray.
"Vanity Fair". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.
> 9. "A Romance of Exmoor", by Richard Blackmore.
"Lorna Doone".
> 10. "The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death", by Kurt
> Vonnegut.
"Slaughterhouse-Five". 4 for Joshua, Calvin, and Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Sci Geo Lit
Dan Blum 12 16 25 53
Joshua Kreitzer 12 12 28 52
"Calvin" 11 8 30 49
Dan Tilque 8 13 20 41
Pete Gayde 8 17 16 41
Erland Sommarskog 8 28 0 36
Peter Smyth 11 -- -- 11
Jason Kreitzer -- 4 4 8
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