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Mark Brader
Feb 19, 2020, 12:37:02 AM2/19/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-12-10
[sic], and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
* Famous Art Forgeries
1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
$60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
was he forging?
2. A particularly famous forgery is named the "Flower Portrait":
it shows the subject gazing out of the picture and wearing a
white collar. The signed date is 1609, but the painting was
revealed in 2005 to be a 19th-century fake. Who is depicted in
"Flower Portrait"?
3. A fake sculpture by Cellini was depicted in which 1966
art-forgery film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole?
* Flemish Painters
In each case name the artist.
4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg
5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
* Marvel Supervillains
In each case name the supervillain.
7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/7.jpg
8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/8.jpg
9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg
* Sue Grafton Novels
In each case complete the title.
10. "K is for..."?
11. "N is for..."?
12. "H is for..."?
* Literary Ghosts
13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall
covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat?
14. The ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint haunt a remote estate
in which Henry James novella?
15. This Shirley Jackson novel is widely recognized as one of the
finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly
adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series
in 2018. Name it.
** Final, Round 3 - Canadiana
* Indigenous Land Disputes
1. This Quebec town was the site of a 78-day conflict between
Mohawk people and the Canadian government over the expansion
of a golf course. Two people were killed. Name the town.
2. In 1995, protester Dudley George was shot and killed by an OPP
officer while holding a stick, which the officer claimed was
a gun. The shooting was during a crisis named after which
provincial park where it occurred?
3. In 2006, national attention was paid to the Grand River land
dispute, revolving around a parcel of land in a community
southwest of Hamilton. The dispute was between the Six Nations
of the Grand River and the Canadian government. What community
did the crisis center on?
* Namesake Canadian Airports
Which cities have airports named after the following people?
(This means the principal city served by the airport -- If we
said Lester Pearson you'd say Toronto, not Mississauga.)
4. James Armstrong Richardson, founder of Western Canadian Airways.
5. Roméo LeBlanc, 25th governor-general of Canada.
6. John Diefenbaker, 13th prime minister of Canada.
* Ice Age Canada
7. Stretching from Caledon in the west to Rice Lake in the east,
this 1,900 km² ridge of glacial till was formed 12,000 years
ago by the retreat of the Wisconsin ice sheet; it is now an
essential component of York Region's water supply. Concern over
encroaching development on it was an impetus for the creation
of the Greenbelt. That is it called?
The other two questions in this triple refer to prehistoric lakes.
In each case, give the name used for them today.
8. Before there was Lake Ontario, there was this postglacial
lake, whose shoreline is traced by Weston Rd., Davenport Rd.,
and the Scarborough Bluffs.
9. 13,000 to 10,000 years ago, what are now the St. Lawrence
and Ottawa River valleys were below sea level, submerged under an
inlet of the Atlantic Ocean that formed as ice sheets retreated.
This sea covered what are now Quebec City, Montreal, and Ottawa
in salt water.
* Canadian Neighbors
10. Cities on the Canadian and American sides of the St. Mary's
River share the same name: what is it?
11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department,
that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland.
12. Name the uninhabited island in the Nares Strait that is the
subject of a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
* Prime Ministers
13. Many Canadian prime ministers were made British knights, but
there is one who was named a British lord, and he's also the
only one to be buried outside of Canada. Name him.
14. This prime minister was the first to get married while in office,
the first to be divorced while in office, and the first to be
a single parent while in office. Who?
15. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in
Canada -- or more precisely, whose birthplace was within the
*current* borders of Canada?
In the original game that last question did not include the "or
more precisely" clarification. The wording above was the intended
interpretation, but no clarification was given and at least two
others are possible. Hence I offer bonus questions #16-17, which
you may answer if you wish for fun, but for no points.
16. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
-- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
within the borders of *any country, territory, or other entity*
officially known as Canada?
17. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
-- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
within the borders of the *same* Canada that exists today?
--
Mark Brader "Actually, $150, to an educational institution,
Toronto turns out to be about the same as a lower amount."
m...@vex.net -- Mark Horton
My text in this article is in the public domain.
[sic], and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
* Famous Art Forgeries
1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
$60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
was he forging?
2. A particularly famous forgery is named the "Flower Portrait":
it shows the subject gazing out of the picture and wearing a
white collar. The signed date is 1609, but the painting was
revealed in 2005 to be a 19th-century fake. Who is depicted in
"Flower Portrait"?
3. A fake sculpture by Cellini was depicted in which 1966
art-forgery film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole?
* Flemish Painters
In each case name the artist.
4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg
5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
* Marvel Supervillains
In each case name the supervillain.
7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/7.jpg
8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/8.jpg
9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg
* Sue Grafton Novels
In each case complete the title.
10. "K is for..."?
11. "N is for..."?
12. "H is for..."?
* Literary Ghosts
13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall
covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat?
14. The ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint haunt a remote estate
in which Henry James novella?
15. This Shirley Jackson novel is widely recognized as one of the
finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly
adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series
in 2018. Name it.
** Final, Round 3 - Canadiana
* Indigenous Land Disputes
1. This Quebec town was the site of a 78-day conflict between
Mohawk people and the Canadian government over the expansion
of a golf course. Two people were killed. Name the town.
2. In 1995, protester Dudley George was shot and killed by an OPP
officer while holding a stick, which the officer claimed was
a gun. The shooting was during a crisis named after which
provincial park where it occurred?
3. In 2006, national attention was paid to the Grand River land
dispute, revolving around a parcel of land in a community
southwest of Hamilton. The dispute was between the Six Nations
of the Grand River and the Canadian government. What community
did the crisis center on?
* Namesake Canadian Airports
Which cities have airports named after the following people?
(This means the principal city served by the airport -- If we
said Lester Pearson you'd say Toronto, not Mississauga.)
4. James Armstrong Richardson, founder of Western Canadian Airways.
5. Roméo LeBlanc, 25th governor-general of Canada.
6. John Diefenbaker, 13th prime minister of Canada.
* Ice Age Canada
7. Stretching from Caledon in the west to Rice Lake in the east,
this 1,900 km² ridge of glacial till was formed 12,000 years
ago by the retreat of the Wisconsin ice sheet; it is now an
essential component of York Region's water supply. Concern over
encroaching development on it was an impetus for the creation
of the Greenbelt. That is it called?
The other two questions in this triple refer to prehistoric lakes.
In each case, give the name used for them today.
8. Before there was Lake Ontario, there was this postglacial
lake, whose shoreline is traced by Weston Rd., Davenport Rd.,
and the Scarborough Bluffs.
9. 13,000 to 10,000 years ago, what are now the St. Lawrence
and Ottawa River valleys were below sea level, submerged under an
inlet of the Atlantic Ocean that formed as ice sheets retreated.
This sea covered what are now Quebec City, Montreal, and Ottawa
in salt water.
* Canadian Neighbors
10. Cities on the Canadian and American sides of the St. Mary's
River share the same name: what is it?
11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department,
that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland.
12. Name the uninhabited island in the Nares Strait that is the
subject of a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
* Prime Ministers
13. Many Canadian prime ministers were made British knights, but
there is one who was named a British lord, and he's also the
only one to be buried outside of Canada. Name him.
14. This prime minister was the first to get married while in office,
the first to be divorced while in office, and the first to be
a single parent while in office. Who?
15. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in
Canada -- or more precisely, whose birthplace was within the
*current* borders of Canada?
In the original game that last question did not include the "or
more precisely" clarification. The wording above was the intended
interpretation, but no clarification was given and at least two
others are possible. Hence I offer bonus questions #16-17, which
you may answer if you wish for fun, but for no points.
16. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
-- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
within the borders of *any country, territory, or other entity*
officially known as Canada?
17. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
-- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
within the borders of the *same* Canada that exists today?
--
Mark Brader "Actually, $150, to an educational institution,
Toronto turns out to be about the same as a lower amount."
m...@vex.net -- Mark Horton
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Feb 19, 2020, 12:58:13 AM2/19/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:1-ydnZbqHdvkVNHDnZ2dnUU7-
YPN...@giganews.com:
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Famous Art Forgeries
>
> * Marvel Supervillains
>
> In each case name the supervillain.
>
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg
Dr. Doom
> * Sue Grafton Novels
>
> In each case complete the title.
>
> 10. "K is for..."?
Killer
> 11. "N is for..."?
Noose
> 12. "H is for..."?
Howdy Doody
> * Literary Ghosts
>
> 13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall
> covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat?
Duncan; Banquo
> 14. The ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint haunt a remote estate
> in which Henry James novella?
"The Turn of the Screw"
> 15. This Shirley Jackson novel is widely recognized as one of the
> finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly
> adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series
> in 2018. Name it.
"The Haunting of Hill House"
> ** Final, Round 3 - Canadiana
>
> 11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department,
> that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland.
St. Pierre et Miquelon
> * Prime Ministers
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
YPN...@giganews.com:
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Famous Art Forgeries
>
> 3. A fake sculpture by Cellini was depicted in which 1966
> art-forgery film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole?
"How to Steal a Million"
> art-forgery film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole?
> * Marvel Supervillains
>
> In each case name the supervillain.
>
Dr. Doom
> * Sue Grafton Novels
>
> In each case complete the title.
>
> 10. "K is for..."?
> 11. "N is for..."?
> 12. "H is for..."?
> * Literary Ghosts
>
> 13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall
> covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat?
> 14. The ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint haunt a remote estate
> in which Henry James novella?
> 15. This Shirley Jackson novel is widely recognized as one of the
> finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly
> adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series
> in 2018. Name it.
> ** Final, Round 3 - Canadiana
>
> * Canadian Neighbors
>
> 10. Cities on the Canadian and American sides of the St. Mary's
> River share the same name: what is it?
Sault Ste. Marie
>
> 10. Cities on the Canadian and American sides of the St. Mary's
> River share the same name: what is it?
> 11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department,
> that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland.
> * Prime Ministers
>
> 14. This prime minister was the first to get married while in office,
> the first to be divorced while in office, and the first to be
> a single parent while in office. Who?
Pierre Trudeau
> 14. This prime minister was the first to get married while in office,
> the first to be divorced while in office, and the first to be
> a single parent while in office. Who?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Dan Blum
Feb 19, 2020, 9:44:14 AM2/19/20
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
> * Famous Art Forgeries
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> ended up on the wall of Hermann G?ring, and he also sold to
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
> * Famous Art Forgeries
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
> was he forging?
Rembrandt; Vermeer
> was he forging?
> * Flemish Painters
> In each case name the artist.
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
Breughel
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
Vermeer
> * Marvel Supervillains
> In each case name the supervillain.
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/7.jpg
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/8.jpg
Juggernaut
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg
Doctor Doom
> * Sue Grafton Novels
> 10. "K is for..."?
> 11. "N is for..."?
> 12. "H is for..."?
> * Literary Ghosts
> 13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall
> covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat?
> 14. The ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint haunt a remote estate
> in which Henry James novella?
The Turn of the Screw
> 15. This Shirley Jackson novel is widely recognized as one of the
> finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly
> adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series
> in 2018. Name it.
> finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly
> adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series
> in 2018. Name it.
The Haunting of Hill House
> * Namesake Canadian Airports
> 4. James Armstrong Richardson, founder of Western Canadian Airways.
> 5. Rom?o LeBlanc, 25th governor-general of Canada.
St. John
> 6. John Diefenbaker, 13th prime minister of Canada.
> * Canadian Neighbors
> 10. Cities on the Canadian and American sides of the St. Mary's
> River share the same name: what is it?
> 11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department,
> that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland.
> 12. Name the uninhabited island in the Nares Strait that is the
> subject of a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
> * Prime Ministers
> 13. Many Canadian prime ministers were made British knights, but
> there is one who was named a British lord, and he's also the
> only one to be buried outside of Canada. Name him.
> 15. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in
> Canada -- or more precisely, whose birthplace was within the
> *current* borders of Canada?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joe Masters
Feb 19, 2020, 12:36:16 PM2/19/20
to
On 2020-02-19 05:36:57 +0000, Mark Brader said:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-12-10
> [sic], and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Famous Art Forgeries
>
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
> the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
> was he forging?
Rembrandt
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-12-10
> [sic], and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Famous Art Forgeries
>
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
> the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
> was he forging?
>
> 2. A particularly famous forgery is named the "Flower Portrait":
> it shows the subject gazing out of the picture and wearing a
> white collar. The signed date is 1609, but the painting was
> revealed in 2005 to be a 19th-century fake. Who is depicted in
> "Flower Portrait"?
>
> 3. A fake sculpture by Cellini was depicted in which 1966
> art-forgery film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole?
>
>
> * Flemish Painters
>
> In each case name the artist.
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg
Bosch
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
Breughel
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
Van Eyck
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
Breughel
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
>
> * Marvel Supervillains
>
> In each case name the supervillain.
>
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/7.jpg
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/8.jpg
The Hulk
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg
No idea
>
> * Sue Grafton Novels
>
> In each case complete the title.
>
> 10. "K is for..."?
> 11. "N is for..."?
> 12. "H is for..."?
>
>
> * Literary Ghosts
>
> 13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall
> covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat?
>
> 14. The ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint haunt a remote estate
> in which Henry James novella?
The Turn of the Screw
>
>
> 15. This Shirley Jackson novel is widely recognized as one of the
> finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly
> adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series
> in 2018. Name it.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 3 - Canadiana
>
> * Indigenous Land Disputes
>
> 1. This Quebec town was the site of a 78-day conflict between
> Mohawk people and the Canadian government over the expansion
> of a golf course. Two people were killed. Name the town.
>
> 2. In 1995, protester Dudley George was shot and killed by an OPP
> officer while holding a stick, which the officer claimed was
> a gun. The shooting was during a crisis named after which
> provincial park where it occurred?
>
> 3. In 2006, national attention was paid to the Grand River land
> dispute, revolving around a parcel of land in a community
> southwest of Hamilton. The dispute was between the Six Nations
> of the Grand River and the Canadian government. What community
> did the crisis center on?
>
>
> * Namesake Canadian Airports
>
> Which cities have airports named after the following people?
> (This means the principal city served by the airport -- If we
> said Lester Pearson you'd say Toronto, not Mississauga.)
>
> 4. James Armstrong Richardson, founder of Western Canadian Airways.
Vancouver
> finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly
> adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series
> in 2018. Name it.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 3 - Canadiana
>
> * Indigenous Land Disputes
>
> 1. This Quebec town was the site of a 78-day conflict between
> Mohawk people and the Canadian government over the expansion
> of a golf course. Two people were killed. Name the town.
>
> 2. In 1995, protester Dudley George was shot and killed by an OPP
> officer while holding a stick, which the officer claimed was
> a gun. The shooting was during a crisis named after which
> provincial park where it occurred?
>
> 3. In 2006, national attention was paid to the Grand River land
> dispute, revolving around a parcel of land in a community
> southwest of Hamilton. The dispute was between the Six Nations
> of the Grand River and the Canadian government. What community
> did the crisis center on?
>
>
> * Namesake Canadian Airports
>
> Which cities have airports named after the following people?
> (This means the principal city served by the airport -- If we
> said Lester Pearson you'd say Toronto, not Mississauga.)
>
> 4. James Armstrong Richardson, founder of Western Canadian Airways.
> 5. Roméo LeBlanc, 25th governor-general of Canada.
> 6. John Diefenbaker, 13th prime minister of Canada.
withholding your forgiveness until it’s too late is to become divinely
fucked up.” ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
Erland Sommarskog
Feb 19, 2020, 2:35:07 PM2/19/20
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg
Vermeer
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
Vermeer
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
Vermeer
> 11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department,
> that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland.
St Denis
> 12. Name the uninhabited island in the Nares Strait that is the
> subject of a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
>
Hans Island
(This was up only a few weeks ago.)
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg
Vermeer
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
Vermeer
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
Vermeer
> 11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department,
> that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland.
> 12. Name the uninhabited island in the Nares Strait that is the
> subject of a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
>
(This was up only a few weeks ago.)
Calvin
Feb 19, 2020, 10:42:05 PM2/19/20
to
On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 3:37:02 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Famous Art Forgeries
>
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
> the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
> was he forging?
Leonardo
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Famous Art Forgeries
>
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
> the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
> was he forging?
> 2. A particularly famous forgery is named the "Flower Portrait":
> it shows the subject gazing out of the picture and wearing a
> white collar. The signed date is 1609, but the painting was
> revealed in 2005 to be a 19th-century fake. Who is depicted in
> "Flower Portrait"?
>
> 3. A fake sculpture by Cellini was depicted in which 1966
> art-forgery film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole?
>
>
> * Flemish Painters
>
> In each case name the artist.
>
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
Bruegel
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
Van Eyk
> * Marvel Supervillains
>
> In each case name the supervillain.
>
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/7.jpg
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/8.jpg
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg
Green Lantern
> * Sue Grafton Novels
>
> In each case complete the title.
>
> 10. "K is for..."?
> 11. "N is for..."?
> 12. "H is for..."?
> * Literary Ghosts
>
> 13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall
> covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat?
> 14. The ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint haunt a remote estate
> in which Henry James novella?
> 15. This Shirley Jackson novel is widely recognized as one of the
> finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly
> adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series
> in 2018. Name it.
>
>
> ** Final, Round 3 - Canadiana
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Feb 20, 2020, 4:47:34 AM2/20/20
to
On 2/18/20 9:36 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Famous Art Forgeries
>
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
> the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
> was he forging?
Rembrandt
>
>
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Famous Art Forgeries
>
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
> the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
> was he forging?
>
> 2. A particularly famous forgery is named the "Flower Portrait":
> it shows the subject gazing out of the picture and wearing a
> white collar. The signed date is 1609, but the painting was
> revealed in 2005 to be a 19th-century fake. Who is depicted in
> "Flower Portrait"?
>
> 3. A fake sculpture by Cellini was depicted in which 1966
> art-forgery film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole?
>
>
> * Flemish Painters
>
> In each case name the artist.
>
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
Rubens
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
>
>
> * Marvel Supervillains
>
> In each case name the supervillain.
>
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/7.jpg
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/8.jpg
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg
>
>
> * Sue Grafton Novels
>
> In each case complete the title.
>
> 10. "K is for..."?
> 11. "N is for..."?
> 12. "H is for..."?
>
>
> * Literary Ghosts
>
> 13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall
> covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat?
>
>
> * Ice Age Canada
>
> 7. Stretching from Caledon in the west to Rice Lake in the east,
> this 1,900 km² ridge of glacial till was formed 12,000 years
> ago by the retreat of the Wisconsin ice sheet; it is now an
> essential component of York Region's water supply. Concern over
> encroaching development on it was an impetus for the creation
> of the Greenbelt. That is it called?
> The other two questions in this triple refer to prehistoric lakes.
> In each case, give the name used for them today.
>
> 8. Before there was Lake Ontario, there was this postglacial
> lake, whose shoreline is traced by Weston Rd., Davenport Rd.,
> and the Scarborough Bluffs.
>
> 9. 13,000 to 10,000 years ago, what are now the St. Lawrence
> and Ottawa River valleys were below sea level, submerged under an
> inlet of the Atlantic Ocean that formed as ice sheets retreated.
> This sea covered what are now Quebec City, Montreal, and Ottawa
> in salt water.
>
>
> * Canadian Neighbors
>
> 10. Cities on the Canadian and American sides of the St. Mary's
> River share the same name: what is it?
>
> 11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department,
> that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland.
>
> 12. Name the uninhabited island in the Nares Strait that is the
> subject of a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
>
>
> * Prime Ministers
>
> 13. Many Canadian prime ministers were made British knights, but
> there is one who was named a British lord, and he's also the
> only one to be buried outside of Canada. Name him.
>
> 14. This prime minister was the first to get married while in office,
> the first to be divorced while in office, and the first to be
> a single parent while in office. Who?
>
> 15. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in
> Canada -- or more precisely, whose birthplace was within the
> *current* borders of Canada?
>
> In the original game that last question did not include the "or
> more precisely" clarification. The wording above was the intended
> interpretation, but no clarification was given and at least two
> others are possible. Hence I offer bonus questions #16-17, which
> you may answer if you wish for fun, but for no points.
>
> 16. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
> -- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
> within the borders of *any country, territory, or other entity*
> officially known as Canada?
>
> 17. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
> -- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
> within the borders of the *same* Canada that exists today?
>
--
Mark Brader
Feb 22, 2020, 1:48:49 AM2/22/20
to
Mark Brader:
> 2. A particularly famous forgery is named the "Flower Portrait":
> it shows the subject gazing out of the picture and wearing a
> white collar. The signed date is 1609, but the painting was
> revealed in 2005 to be a 19th-century fake. Who is depicted in
> "Flower Portrait"?
William Shakespeare. 4 for Joe.
> 3. A fake sculpture by Cellini was depicted in which 1966
> art-forgery film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole?
"How to Steal a Million". 4 for Joshua.
And the rest of you need to see this movie. It's a high-class
romantic comedy with an important lesson about security systems.
Highly recommended.
> * Flemish Painters
> In each case name the artist.
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg
Hieronymus Bosch. ("The Temptation of St. Anthony", 1501.)
4 for Dan Blum and Joe.
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
Pieter Bruegel (the Elder). ("Tower of Babel", 1563.) 4 for
Dan Blum, Joe, and Calvin.
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
Jan van Eyck. ("Arnolfini Wedding Portrait", 1434.) 4 for Joe
and Calvin.
> * Marvel Supervillains
> In each case name the supervillain.
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/7.jpg
Galactus. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/8.jpg
Juggernaut. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg
Dr. Doom. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> * Sue Grafton Novels
> In each case complete the title.
> 10. "K is for..."?
Killer. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Calvin.
> 11. "N is for..."?
Noose. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Calvin.
> 12. "H is for..."?
Homicide. 4 for Dan Blum.
> * Literary Ghosts
> 13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall
> covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat?
Banquo. 4 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Joshua.
> 14. The ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint haunt a remote estate
> in which Henry James novella?
"The Turn of the Screw". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Joe.
> 15. This Shirley Jackson novel is widely recognized as one of the
> finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly
> adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series
> in 2018. Name it.
"The Haunting of Hill House". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> ** Final, Round 3 - Canadiana
> * Indigenous Land Disputes
> 1. This Quebec town was the site of a 78-day conflict between
> Mohawk people and the Canadian government over the expansion
> of a golf course. Two people were killed. Name the town.
Oka.
> 2. In 1995, protester Dudley George was shot and killed by an OPP
> officer while holding a stick, which the officer claimed was
> a gun. The shooting was during a crisis named after which
> provincial park where it occurred?
Ipperwash.
> 3. In 2006, national attention was paid to the Grand River land
> dispute, revolving around a parcel of land in a community
> southwest of Hamilton. The dispute was between the Six Nations
> of the Grand River and the Canadian government. What community
> did the crisis center on?
Caledonia.
> * Namesake Canadian Airports
> Which cities have airports named after the following people?
> (This means the principal city served by the airport -- If we
> said Lester Pearson you'd say Toronto, not Mississauga.)
> 4. James Armstrong Richardson, founder of Western Canadian Airways.
Winnipeg.
> 5. Roméo LeBlanc, 25th governor-general of Canada.
Moncton.
"Nice try" points to Dan Blum for St. John.
> 6. John Diefenbaker, 13th prime minister of Canada.
Saskatoon.
> * Ice Age Canada
> 7. Stretching from Caledon in the west to Rice Lake in the east,
> this 1,900 km² ridge of glacial till was formed 12,000 years
> ago by the retreat of the Wisconsin ice sheet; it is now an
> essential component of York Region's water supply. Concern over
> encroaching development on it was an impetus for the creation
> of the Greenbelt. That is it called?
Oak Ridges Moraine.
> The other two questions in this triple refer to prehistoric lakes.
> In each case, give the name used for them today.
> 8. Before there was Lake Ontario, there was this postglacial
> lake, whose shoreline is traced by Weston Rd., Davenport Rd.,
> and the Scarborough Bluffs.
Lake Iroquois.
> 9. 13,000 to 10,000 years ago, what are now the St. Lawrence
> and Ottawa River valleys were below sea level, submerged under an
> inlet of the Atlantic Ocean that formed as ice sheets retreated.
> This sea covered what are now Quebec City, Montreal, and Ottawa
> in salt water.
Champlain Sea. (Not accepting Lake Champlain, which exists in the
present day.)
> * Canadian Neighbors
> 10. Cities on the Canadian and American sides of the St. Mary's
> River share the same name: what is it?
Sault Ste. Marie. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
> 11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department,
> that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland.
St-Pierre et Miquelon. (Full name required in English or French
for full points.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
> 12. Name the uninhabited island in the Nares Strait that is the
> subject of a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
Hans I. -- as you will remember from Game 8, Round 2, where the
reverse of this question was asked. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
and Dan Tilque.
> * Prime Ministers
> 13. Many Canadian prime ministers were made British knights, but
> there is one who was named a British lord, and he's also the
> only one to be buried outside of Canada. Name him.
Viscount Richard (R.B.) Bennett. (Buried in England.)
> 14. This prime minister was the first to get married while in office,
> the first to be divorced while in office, and the first to be
> a single parent while in office. Who?
Pierre Trudeau. (In office 1968-79 and 1980-84, married 1971-84 to
Margaret Trudeau née Sinclair, three children together.) 4 for Joshua
and Dan Tilque.
> 15. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in
> Canada -- or more precisely, whose birthplace was within the
> *current* borders of Canada?
Sir John Abbott. (In office 1878-91; born 1821 in Lower Canada,
now Quebec.)
> In the original game that last question did not include the "or
> more precisely" clarification. The wording above was the intended
> interpretation, but no clarification was given and at least two
> others are possible. Hence I offer bonus questions #16-17, which
> you may answer if you wish for fun, but for no points.
> 16. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
> -- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
> within the borders of *any country, territory, or other entity*
> officially known as Canada?
Sir Wilfrid Laurier. (In office 1896-1911; born 1841 in the province
[i.e. colony] of Canada, now Ontario and Quebec.) Dan Blum gave
this answer, but to the wrong version of the question.
> 17. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
> -- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
> within the borders of the *same* Canada that exists today?
Arthur Meighen. (In office 1920-21 and 1926; born 1874 in Ontario,
Canada.)
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> A+L Can
Dan Blum 46 8 54
Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 38
Joe Masters 24 0 24
Dan Tilque 4 16 20
"Calvin" 20 0 20
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 4
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Dystypsia."
m...@vex.net | --Michael Wares gives the reason for a typo
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-12-10
> [sic], and should be interpreted accordingly... For further
> information see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
> * Famous Art Forgeries
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
> the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
> was he forging?
Johannes Vermeer. 2 for Dan Blum.
> the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
> * Famous Art Forgeries
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
> the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
> was he forging?
> 2. A particularly famous forgery is named the "Flower Portrait":
> it shows the subject gazing out of the picture and wearing a
> white collar. The signed date is 1609, but the painting was
> revealed in 2005 to be a 19th-century fake. Who is depicted in
> "Flower Portrait"?
> 3. A fake sculpture by Cellini was depicted in which 1966
> art-forgery film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole?
And the rest of you need to see this movie. It's a high-class
romantic comedy with an important lesson about security systems.
Highly recommended.
> * Flemish Painters
> In each case name the artist.
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg
4 for Dan Blum and Joe.
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
Pieter Bruegel (the Elder). ("Tower of Babel", 1563.) 4 for
Dan Blum, Joe, and Calvin.
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
Jan van Eyck. ("Arnolfini Wedding Portrait", 1434.) 4 for Joe
and Calvin.
> * Marvel Supervillains
> In each case name the supervillain.
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/7.jpg
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/8.jpg
Juggernaut. 4 for Dan Blum.
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg
Dr. Doom. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> * Sue Grafton Novels
> In each case complete the title.
> 10. "K is for..."?
> 11. "N is for..."?
> 12. "H is for..."?
> * Literary Ghosts
> 13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall
> covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat?
> 14. The ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint haunt a remote estate
> in which Henry James novella?
> 15. This Shirley Jackson novel is widely recognized as one of the
> finest ghost stories of the 20th century, and has been repeatedly
> adapted for other media, most recently as a Netflix series
> in 2018. Name it.
> ** Final, Round 3 - Canadiana
> * Indigenous Land Disputes
> 1. This Quebec town was the site of a 78-day conflict between
> Mohawk people and the Canadian government over the expansion
> of a golf course. Two people were killed. Name the town.
> 2. In 1995, protester Dudley George was shot and killed by an OPP
> officer while holding a stick, which the officer claimed was
> a gun. The shooting was during a crisis named after which
> provincial park where it occurred?
> 3. In 2006, national attention was paid to the Grand River land
> dispute, revolving around a parcel of land in a community
> southwest of Hamilton. The dispute was between the Six Nations
> of the Grand River and the Canadian government. What community
> did the crisis center on?
> * Namesake Canadian Airports
> Which cities have airports named after the following people?
> (This means the principal city served by the airport -- If we
> said Lester Pearson you'd say Toronto, not Mississauga.)
> 4. James Armstrong Richardson, founder of Western Canadian Airways.
> 5. Roméo LeBlanc, 25th governor-general of Canada.
"Nice try" points to Dan Blum for St. John.
> 6. John Diefenbaker, 13th prime minister of Canada.
> * Ice Age Canada
> 7. Stretching from Caledon in the west to Rice Lake in the east,
> this 1,900 km² ridge of glacial till was formed 12,000 years
> ago by the retreat of the Wisconsin ice sheet; it is now an
> essential component of York Region's water supply. Concern over
> encroaching development on it was an impetus for the creation
> of the Greenbelt. That is it called?
> The other two questions in this triple refer to prehistoric lakes.
> In each case, give the name used for them today.
> 8. Before there was Lake Ontario, there was this postglacial
> lake, whose shoreline is traced by Weston Rd., Davenport Rd.,
> and the Scarborough Bluffs.
> 9. 13,000 to 10,000 years ago, what are now the St. Lawrence
> and Ottawa River valleys were below sea level, submerged under an
> inlet of the Atlantic Ocean that formed as ice sheets retreated.
> This sea covered what are now Quebec City, Montreal, and Ottawa
> in salt water.
present day.)
> * Canadian Neighbors
> 10. Cities on the Canadian and American sides of the St. Mary's
> River share the same name: what is it?
> 11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department,
> that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland.
for full points.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
> 12. Name the uninhabited island in the Nares Strait that is the
> subject of a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
reverse of this question was asked. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
and Dan Tilque.
> * Prime Ministers
> 13. Many Canadian prime ministers were made British knights, but
> there is one who was named a British lord, and he's also the
> only one to be buried outside of Canada. Name him.
> 14. This prime minister was the first to get married while in office,
> the first to be divorced while in office, and the first to be
> a single parent while in office. Who?
Margaret Trudeau née Sinclair, three children together.) 4 for Joshua
and Dan Tilque.
> 15. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in
> Canada -- or more precisely, whose birthplace was within the
> *current* borders of Canada?
now Quebec.)
> In the original game that last question did not include the "or
> more precisely" clarification. The wording above was the intended
> interpretation, but no clarification was given and at least two
> others are possible. Hence I offer bonus questions #16-17, which
> you may answer if you wish for fun, but for no points.
> 16. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
> -- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
> within the borders of *any country, territory, or other entity*
> officially known as Canada?
[i.e. colony] of Canada, now Ontario and Quebec.) Dan Blum gave
this answer, but to the wrong version of the question.
> 17. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
> -- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
> within the borders of the *same* Canada that exists today?
Canada.)
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> A+L Can
Dan Blum 46 8 54
Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 38
Joe Masters 24 0 24
Dan Tilque 4 16 20
"Calvin" 20 0 20
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 4
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Dystypsia."
m...@vex.net | --Michael Wares gives the reason for a typo
Dan Blum
Feb 22, 2020, 9:49:15 AM2/22/20
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> > 12. Name the uninhabited island in the Nares Strait that is the
> > subject of a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
> Hans I. -- as you will remember from Game 8, Round 2, where the
> reverse of this question was asked. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
> and Dan Tilque.
It was also on Jeopardy recently. That's where I remembered it from.
> > 12. Name the uninhabited island in the Nares Strait that is the
> > subject of a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
> Hans I. -- as you will remember from Game 8, Round 2, where the
> reverse of this question was asked. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
> and Dan Tilque.
Pete Gayde
Feb 22, 2020, 11:47:07 AM2/22/20
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-12-10
> [sic], and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Famous Art Forgeries
>
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
> the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
> was he forging?
Brughels; Rembrandt
> [sic], and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Red Smarties and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Famous Art Forgeries
>
> 1. Han van Meegeren was a famous forger of a specific artist's
> paintings, selling six forgeries for the equivalent of
> $60,000,000 in present-day US dollars. One of his forgeries
> ended up on the wall of Hermann Göring, and he also sold to
> the government of the Netherlands. Which artist's paintings
> was he forging?
>
> 2. A particularly famous forgery is named the "Flower Portrait":
> it shows the subject gazing out of the picture and wearing a
> white collar. The signed date is 1609, but the painting was
> revealed in 2005 to be a 19th-century fake. Who is depicted in
> "Flower Portrait"?
>
> 3. A fake sculpture by Cellini was depicted in which 1966
> art-forgery film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole?
>
>
> * Flemish Painters
>
> In each case name the artist.
>
> 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/4.jpg
> 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/5.jpg
Breughel
> 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/art/6.jpg
>
>
> * Marvel Supervillains
>
> In each case name the supervillain.
>
> 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/7.jpg
> 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/8.jpg
> 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-2/marv/9.jpg
>
>
> * Sue Grafton Novels
>
> In each case complete the title.
>
> 10. "K is for..."?
> 11. "N is for..."?
> 12. "H is for..."?
>
>
> * Literary Ghosts
>
> 13. In "Macbeth", whose ghost walks right into a banquet hall
> covered in blood and sits down in Macbeth's seat?
> 5. Roméo LeBlanc, 25th governor-general of Canada.
> 6. John Diefenbaker, 13th prime minister of Canada.
>
>
> * Ice Age Canada
>
> 7. Stretching from Caledon in the west to Rice Lake in the east,
> this 1,900 km² ridge of glacial till was formed 12,000 years
> ago by the retreat of the Wisconsin ice sheet; it is now an
> essential component of York Region's water supply. Concern over
> encroaching development on it was an impetus for the creation
> of the Greenbelt. That is it called?
>
> The other two questions in this triple refer to prehistoric lakes.
> In each case, give the name used for them today.
>
> 8. Before there was Lake Ontario, there was this postglacial
> lake, whose shoreline is traced by Weston Rd., Davenport Rd.,
> and the Scarborough Bluffs.
>
> 9. 13,000 to 10,000 years ago, what are now the St. Lawrence
> and Ottawa River valleys were below sea level, submerged under an
> inlet of the Atlantic Ocean that formed as ice sheets retreated.
> This sea covered what are now Quebec City, Montreal, and Ottawa
> in salt water.
>
>
> * Canadian Neighbors
>
> 10. Cities on the Canadian and American sides of the St. Mary's
> River share the same name: what is it?
>
> 11. Name the French dependency, a former overseas department,
> that lies west of Point May, Newfoundland.
>
> 12. Name the uninhabited island in the Nares Strait that is the
> subject of a territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark.
>
>
> * Prime Ministers
>
> 13. Many Canadian prime ministers were made British knights, but
> there is one who was named a British lord, and he's also the
> only one to be buried outside of Canada. Name him.
>
> 14. This prime minister was the first to get married while in office,
> the first to be divorced while in office, and the first to be
> a single parent while in office. Who?
>
> 15. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in
> Canada -- or more precisely, whose birthplace was within the
> *current* borders of Canada?
>
> In the original game that last question did not include the "or
> more precisely" clarification. The wording above was the intended
> interpretation, but no clarification was given and at least two
> others are possible. Hence I offer bonus questions #16-17, which
> you may answer if you wish for fun, but for no points.
>
> 16. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
> -- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
> within the borders of *any country, territory, or other entity*
> officially known as Canada?
>
> 17. Who was the first Canadian prime minister who was born in Canada
> -- or more precisely, who was born at a place that was *then*
> within the borders of the *same* Canada that exists today?
>
Mark Brader
Feb 22, 2020, 2:15:13 PM2/22/20
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Mark Brader:
They named Canada and asked for the other country, giving a hint that
referred to aquavit. Ken Jennings knew it.
--
Mark Brader | "...not one accident in a hundred deserves the name.
Toronto | [This occurrence] was simply the legitimate result
m...@vex.net | of carelessness." -- Washington Roebling
>> Hans I. -- as you will remember from Game 8, Round 2, where the
>> reverse of this question was asked. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
>> and Dan Tilque.
Dan Blum:
>> reverse of this question was asked. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
>> and Dan Tilque.
> It was also on Jeopardy recently. That's where I remembered it from.
Oh, right, on 2020-01-14 in the special "Greatest of All Time" tournament.
They named Canada and asked for the other country, giving a hint that
referred to aquavit. Ken Jennings knew it.
--
Mark Brader | "...not one accident in a hundred deserves the name.
Toronto | [This occurrence] was simply the legitimate result
m...@vex.net | of carelessness." -- Washington Roebling
Mark Brader
Feb 22, 2020, 2:33:36 PM2/22/20
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If Pete Gayde had posted his answers on time, he would have scored
8 points in Round 2 and 8 in Round 3.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "When you're up to your ass in alligators, maybe
m...@vex.net | you're in the wrong swamp." -- Bill Stewart
8 points in Round 2 and 8 in Round 3.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "When you're up to your ass in alligators, maybe
m...@vex.net | you're in the wrong swamp." -- Bill Stewart
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