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QFTCI23 Game 5, Rounds 4,6: cult movies, lesser-known sports
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Mark Brader
Nov 24, 2023, 8:13:32 PM11/24/23
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-23,
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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of
current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting
of other rounds. For further information please see my 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
I did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 5, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cult Movies
Most of these movies did poorly when first released, but have
developed a cult following over the years. Name them.
1. Starring Kevin Bacon. A remote desert town is attacked by
tongue-like underground creatures.
2. Starring David Carradine. A car chase results in masses of
blood, gore, and other mayhem.
3. Starring Bela Lugosi. Aliens arrive in hubcap-like flying
saucers and resurrect corpses to convince Earth's idiotic,
militaristic people not to explode the universe.
4. Starring William Hurt. A scientist on LSD enters a sensory
isolation chamber.
5. Starring Kurt Russell. A trucker loses his rig in Chinatown
and goes to great lengths to recover it.
6. Starring David Bowie. An alien makes gobs of money and has
sex with many women.
7. Starring Robert Mitchum. A phony preacher pursues two children
who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.
8. Starring Tim Curry. A sweet young couple knock on the door of
a mansion housing multiple weirdos.
9. Starring John Belushi. In the days after Pearl Harbor, Japanese
aircraft and submarines are spotted near Los Angeles.
10. Starring Spencer Tracy. A one-armed stranger arrives in a small
town looking for a resident who turns out to have been murdered.
* Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Lesser-Known Sports and Recreations
In each case name them.
1. This pastime involves leaners and ringers.
2. In which activity might you be called out for "LBW"?
3. The basic version of this board game is centered on controlling
the real-estate market in Atlantic City.
4. This board game is centered on controlling the world.
5. The term "life list" was coined in connection with this activity.
6. Categories of this activity include Nordic (or cross-country), Alpine,
and freestyle.
7. The movie "A River Runs Through It" was centered on this
activity.
8. TV coverage of this game is often punctuated by cries of "180".
9. Going up a steep cliff or mountain without ropes or other
equipment.
10. A mistake in this game may result in the dreaded 7-10 split.
--
Mark Brader | "...the average homeowner should expect...
Toronto | meteor damage every hundred million years."
m...@vex.net | --Robert Nemiroff & Jerry Bonnell
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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of
current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting
of other rounds. For further information please see my 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
I did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 5, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cult Movies
Most of these movies did poorly when first released, but have
developed a cult following over the years. Name them.
1. Starring Kevin Bacon. A remote desert town is attacked by
tongue-like underground creatures.
2. Starring David Carradine. A car chase results in masses of
blood, gore, and other mayhem.
3. Starring Bela Lugosi. Aliens arrive in hubcap-like flying
saucers and resurrect corpses to convince Earth's idiotic,
militaristic people not to explode the universe.
4. Starring William Hurt. A scientist on LSD enters a sensory
isolation chamber.
5. Starring Kurt Russell. A trucker loses his rig in Chinatown
and goes to great lengths to recover it.
6. Starring David Bowie. An alien makes gobs of money and has
sex with many women.
7. Starring Robert Mitchum. A phony preacher pursues two children
who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.
8. Starring Tim Curry. A sweet young couple knock on the door of
a mansion housing multiple weirdos.
9. Starring John Belushi. In the days after Pearl Harbor, Japanese
aircraft and submarines are spotted near Los Angeles.
10. Starring Spencer Tracy. A one-armed stranger arrives in a small
town looking for a resident who turns out to have been murdered.
* Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Lesser-Known Sports and Recreations
In each case name them.
1. This pastime involves leaners and ringers.
2. In which activity might you be called out for "LBW"?
3. The basic version of this board game is centered on controlling
the real-estate market in Atlantic City.
4. This board game is centered on controlling the world.
5. The term "life list" was coined in connection with this activity.
6. Categories of this activity include Nordic (or cross-country), Alpine,
and freestyle.
7. The movie "A River Runs Through It" was centered on this
activity.
8. TV coverage of this game is often punctuated by cries of "180".
9. Going up a steep cliff or mountain without ropes or other
equipment.
10. A mistake in this game may result in the dreaded 7-10 split.
--
Mark Brader | "...the average homeowner should expect...
Toronto | meteor damage every hundred million years."
m...@vex.net | --Robert Nemiroff & Jerry Bonnell
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Nov 25, 2023, 3:45:36 AM11/25/23
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> 6. Starring David Bowie. An alien makes gobs of money and has
> sex with many women.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
> sex with many women.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Lesser-Known Sports and Recreations
>
> 3. The basic version of this board game is centered on controlling
> the real-estate market in Atlantic City.
Monopoly
> the real-estate market in Atlantic City.
> 4. This board game is centered on controlling the world.
(When I lived in a student dormitory where we had some board games.
I was very good at something called "Finance", a more sophisticated
version of Monopoly. But I don't think I won a single game of Risk.)
> 6. Categories of this activity include Nordic (or cross-country), Alpine,
> and freestyle.
> 9. Going up a steep cliff or mountain without ropes or other
> equipment.
> 10. A mistake in this game may result in the dreaded 7-10 split.
(Confession: I was about to making an amusing typo by typing the "l" two
letters too early.)
Dan Tilque
Nov 25, 2023, 5:32:36 AM11/25/23
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On 11/24/23 17:13, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cult Movies
>
> Most of these movies did poorly when first released, but have
> developed a cult following over the years. Name them.
>
> 1. Starring Kevin Bacon. A remote desert town is attacked by
> tongue-like underground creatures.
>
> 2. Starring David Carradine. A car chase results in masses of
> blood, gore, and other mayhem.
>
> 3. Starring Bela Lugosi. Aliens arrive in hubcap-like flying
> saucers and resurrect corpses to convince Earth's idiotic,
> militaristic people not to explode the universe.
Plan 9 from Outer Space
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cult Movies
>
> Most of these movies did poorly when first released, but have
> developed a cult following over the years. Name them.
>
> 1. Starring Kevin Bacon. A remote desert town is attacked by
> tongue-like underground creatures.
>
> 2. Starring David Carradine. A car chase results in masses of
> blood, gore, and other mayhem.
>
> 3. Starring Bela Lugosi. Aliens arrive in hubcap-like flying
> saucers and resurrect corpses to convince Earth's idiotic,
> militaristic people not to explode the universe.
>
> 4. Starring William Hurt. A scientist on LSD enters a sensory
> isolation chamber.
>
> 5. Starring Kurt Russell. A trucker loses his rig in Chinatown
> and goes to great lengths to recover it.
>
> 6. Starring David Bowie. An alien makes gobs of money and has
> sex with many women.
>
> 7. Starring Robert Mitchum. A phony preacher pursues two children
> who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.
>
> 8. Starring Tim Curry. A sweet young couple knock on the door of
> a mansion housing multiple weirdos.
>
> 9. Starring John Belushi. In the days after Pearl Harbor, Japanese
> aircraft and submarines are spotted near Los Angeles.
>
> 10. Starring Spencer Tracy. A one-armed stranger arrives in a small
> town looking for a resident who turns out to have been murdered.
>
>
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Lesser-Known Sports and Recreations
>
> In each case name them.
>
> 1. This pastime involves leaners and ringers.
>
> 2. In which activity might you be called out for "LBW"?
>
> 3. The basic version of this board game is centered on controlling
> the real-estate market in Atlantic City.
>
> 4. This board game is centered on controlling the world.
>
> 5. The term "life list" was coined in connection with this activity.
>
> 6. Categories of this activity include Nordic (or cross-country), Alpine,
> and freestyle.
>
> 7. The movie "A River Runs Through It" was centered on this
> activity.
>
> 8. TV coverage of this game is often punctuated by cries of "180".
>
> 9. Going up a steep cliff or mountain without ropes or other
> equipment.
>
> 10. A mistake in this game may result in the dreaded 7-10 split.
--
Dan Tilque
Dan Blum
Nov 25, 2023, 9:51:42 AM11/25/23
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> 1. Starring Kevin Bacon. A remote desert town is attacked by
> tongue-like underground creatures.
Tremors
> tongue-like underground creatures.
> 3. Starring Bela Lugosi. Aliens arrive in hubcap-like flying
> saucers and resurrect corpses to convince Earth's idiotic,
> militaristic people not to explode the universe.
> 4. Starring William Hurt. A scientist on LSD enters a sensory
> isolation chamber.
> 5. Starring Kurt Russell. A trucker loses his rig in Chinatown
> and goes to great lengths to recover it.
> 6. Starring David Bowie. An alien makes gobs of money and has
> sex with many women.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
> 7. Starring Robert Mitchum. A phony preacher pursues two children
> who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.
Cape Fear
> who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.
> 8. Starring Tim Curry. A sweet young couple knock on the door of
> a mansion housing multiple weirdos.
> 9. Starring John Belushi. In the days after Pearl Harbor, Japanese
> aircraft and submarines are spotted near Los Angeles.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Lesser-Known Sports and Recreations
> 1. This pastime involves leaners and ringers.
horseshoes
> 2. In which activity might you be called out for "LBW"?
> 3. The basic version of this board game is centered on controlling
> the real-estate market in Atlantic City.
> 4. This board game is centered on controlling the world.
> 6. Categories of this activity include Nordic (or cross-country), Alpine,
> and freestyle.
> 7. The movie "A River Runs Through It" was centered on this
> activity.
> 9. Going up a steep cliff or mountain without ropes or other
> equipment.
> 10. A mistake in this game may result in the dreaded 7-10 split.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Nov 25, 2023, 12:32:30 PM11/25/23
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On Friday, November 24, 2023 at 8:13:32 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cult Movies
>
> Most of these movies did poorly when first released, but have
> developed a cult following over the years. Name them.
>
> 1. Starring Kevin Bacon. A remote desert town is attacked by
> tongue-like underground creatures.
"Tremors"
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cult Movies
>
> Most of these movies did poorly when first released, but have
> developed a cult following over the years. Name them.
>
> 1. Starring Kevin Bacon. A remote desert town is attacked by
> tongue-like underground creatures.
> 2. Starring David Carradine. A car chase results in masses of
> blood, gore, and other mayhem.
> 3. Starring Bela Lugosi. Aliens arrive in hubcap-like flying
> saucers and resurrect corpses to convince Earth's idiotic,
> militaristic people not to explode the universe.
"Plan 9 from Outer Space"
> 4. Starring William Hurt. A scientist on LSD enters a sensory
> isolation chamber.
"Altered States"
> isolation chamber.
> 5. Starring Kurt Russell. A trucker loses his rig in Chinatown
> and goes to great lengths to recover it.
"Big Trouble in Little China"
> 6. Starring David Bowie. An alien makes gobs of money and has
> sex with many women.
> sex with many women.
"The Man Who Fell to Earth"
> 7. Starring Robert Mitchum. A phony preacher pursues two children
> who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.
"The Night of the Hunter"
> who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.
> 8. Starring Tim Curry. A sweet young couple knock on the door of
> a mansion housing multiple weirdos.
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
> 9. Starring John Belushi. In the days after Pearl Harbor, Japanese
> aircraft and submarines are spotted near Los Angeles.
"1941"
> aircraft and submarines are spotted near Los Angeles.
> 10. Starring Spencer Tracy. A one-armed stranger arrives in a small
> town looking for a resident who turns out to have been murdered.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Lesser-Known Sports and Recreations
>
> 1. This pastime involves leaners and ringers.
pitching horseshoes
> 2. In which activity might you be called out for "LBW"?
> 3. The basic version of this board game is centered on controlling
> the real-estate market in Atlantic City.
> 4. This board game is centered on controlling the world.
> 5. The term "life list" was coined in connection with this activity.
> 6. Categories of this activity include Nordic (or cross-country), Alpine,
> and freestyle.
> 7. The movie "A River Runs Through It" was centered on this
> activity.
> 9. Going up a steep cliff or mountain without ropes or other
> equipment.
> 10. A mistake in this game may result in the dreaded 7-10 split.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Mark Brader
Nov 28, 2023, 2:17:42 AM11/28/23
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Mark Brader:
the second-hardest.
> 1. Starring Kevin Bacon. A remote desert town is attacked by
> tongue-like underground creatures.
"Tremors" (1990). 4 for Stephen (entering via email for the second
consecutive time), Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 2. Starring David Carradine. A car chase results in masses of
> blood, gore, and other mayhem.
"Death Race 2000" (1975). 2 for Joshua.
"Death Race" was the 2008 quasi-remake starring Jason Statham.
> 3. Starring Bela Lugosi. Aliens arrive in hubcap-like flying
> saucers and resurrect corpses to convince Earth's idiotic,
> militaristic people not to explode the universe.
"Plan 9 from Outer Space" or "Grave Robbers from Outer Space" (1957).
4 for Stephen, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
("Future events such as these will affect you in the future...
Can you prove that it didn't happen?")
> 4. Starring William Hurt. A scientist on LSD enters a sensory
> isolation chamber.
"Altered States" (1980). 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 5. Starring Kurt Russell. A trucker loses his rig in Chinatown
> and goes to great lengths to recover it.
"Big Trouble in Little China" (1986). 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum,
and Joshua.
> 6. Starring David Bowie. An alien makes gobs of money and has
> sex with many women.
"The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976). 4 for Stephen, Erland, Dan Blum,
and Joshua.
> 7. Starring Robert Mitchum. A phony preacher pursues two children
> who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.
"The Night of the Hunter" (1955). 4 for Stephen and Joshua.
> 8. Starring Tim Curry. A sweet young couple knock on the door of
> a mansion housing multiple weirdos.
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975). 4 for Stephen, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 9. Starring John Belushi. In the days after Pearl Harbor, Japanese
> aircraft and submarines are spotted near Los Angeles.
"1941" (1979). 4 for Stephen, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 10. Starring Spencer Tracy. A one-armed stranger arrives in a small
> town looking for a resident who turns out to have been murdered.
"Bad Day at Black Rock" (1955). 4 for Stephen and Joshua.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Lesser-Known Sports and Recreations
> In each case name them.
> 1. This pastime involves leaners and ringers.
Horseshoes. 4 for Stephen, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 2. In which activity might you be called out for "LBW"?
Cricket. (It's "leg before wicket".) 4 for Stephen, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 3. The basic version of this board game is centered on controlling
> the real-estate market in Atlantic City.
Monopoly. 4 for everyone -- Stephen, Erland, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Joshua.
> 4. This board game is centered on controlling the world.
Risk. 4 for everyone.
> 5. The term "life list" was coined in connection with this activity.
Birdwatching (birding). 4 for Stephen and Joshua.
> 6. Categories of this activity include Nordic (or cross-country), Alpine,
> and freestyle.
Skiing. 4 for everyone.
> 7. The movie "A River Runs Through It" was centered on this
> activity.
Fly fishing. ("Fishing" was sufficient.) 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum,
and Joshua.
> 8. TV coverage of this game is often punctuated by cries of "180".
Darts. (180 is the most you can score with three darts.)
4 for Stephen.
> 9. Going up a steep cliff or mountain without ropes or other
> equipment.
Free climbing. 4 for Stephen, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.
> 10. A mistake in this game may result in the dreaded 7-10 split.
10-pin bowling. ("Nowling" was sufficient.) 4 for everyone.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit Ent Spo
Joshua Kreitzer 32 38 32 102
Dan Blum 28 28 32 88
Stephen Perry -- 36 40 76
Dan Tilque 8 12 28 48
Erland Sommarskog -- 4 20 24
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Do not meddle in the affairs of undefined behavior,
m...@vex.net | for it is subtle and quick to anger.
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-23,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> I did not write either of these rounds.
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cult Movies
> Most of these movies did poorly when first released, but have
> developed a cult following over the years. Name them.
In the original game, the audio round was the hardest and this was
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> I did not write either of these rounds.
> * Game 5, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cult Movies
> Most of these movies did poorly when first released, but have
> developed a cult following over the years. Name them.
the second-hardest.
> 1. Starring Kevin Bacon. A remote desert town is attacked by
> tongue-like underground creatures.
consecutive time), Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 2. Starring David Carradine. A car chase results in masses of
> blood, gore, and other mayhem.
"Death Race" was the 2008 quasi-remake starring Jason Statham.
> 3. Starring Bela Lugosi. Aliens arrive in hubcap-like flying
> saucers and resurrect corpses to convince Earth's idiotic,
> militaristic people not to explode the universe.
4 for Stephen, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
("Future events such as these will affect you in the future...
Can you prove that it didn't happen?")
> 4. Starring William Hurt. A scientist on LSD enters a sensory
> isolation chamber.
> 5. Starring Kurt Russell. A trucker loses his rig in Chinatown
> and goes to great lengths to recover it.
and Joshua.
> 6. Starring David Bowie. An alien makes gobs of money and has
> sex with many women.
and Joshua.
> 7. Starring Robert Mitchum. A phony preacher pursues two children
> who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.
> 8. Starring Tim Curry. A sweet young couple knock on the door of
> a mansion housing multiple weirdos.
Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 9. Starring John Belushi. In the days after Pearl Harbor, Japanese
> aircraft and submarines are spotted near Los Angeles.
> 10. Starring Spencer Tracy. A one-armed stranger arrives in a small
> town looking for a resident who turns out to have been murdered.
> * Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Lesser-Known Sports and Recreations
> In each case name them.
> 1. This pastime involves leaners and ringers.
> 2. In which activity might you be called out for "LBW"?
Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 3. The basic version of this board game is centered on controlling
> the real-estate market in Atlantic City.
and Joshua.
> 4. This board game is centered on controlling the world.
> 5. The term "life list" was coined in connection with this activity.
> 6. Categories of this activity include Nordic (or cross-country), Alpine,
> and freestyle.
> 7. The movie "A River Runs Through It" was centered on this
> activity.
and Joshua.
> 8. TV coverage of this game is often punctuated by cries of "180".
4 for Stephen.
> 9. Going up a steep cliff or mountain without ropes or other
> equipment.
> 10. A mistake in this game may result in the dreaded 7-10 split.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit Ent Spo
Joshua Kreitzer 32 38 32 102
Dan Blum 28 28 32 88
Stephen Perry -- 36 40 76
Dan Tilque 8 12 28 48
Erland Sommarskog -- 4 20 24
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Do not meddle in the affairs of undefined behavior,
m...@vex.net | for it is subtle and quick to anger.
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