Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-03-11,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 6, Round 7 - Science - Aviation Accidents/Incidents
This was the second-hardest round in the original game, after
the current-events round, which you saw posted here the day after
the game.
> 1. The worst aircraft accident happened in 1977 at Tenerife in
> the Canary Is., when one jumbo jet taking off from the island's
> main airport collided with another one taxiing along the runway,
> resulting in 583 deaths. Name *either one of the two airlines*
> involved.
KLM, Pan American. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
Of course this is only the second-worst aviation disaster ever,
but the worst one was not an accident.
> 2. In 1958 an aircraft crashed on takeoff from Munich Airport.
> Several players and staff of *which well-known soccer team*
> were killed?
Manchester United. 4 for Calvin and Pete.
> 3. In January 2008, a British Airways jet crashed just short of the
> runway at Heathrow Airport after a non-stop flight from Beijing.
> A number of passengers sustained injuries, but no one died.
> The investigation revealed that ice crystals had formed in the
> fuel during the flight, and on final approach they had blocked
> its flow to the engines. What *model of aircraft* was involved?
Boeing 777. 4 for Erland. 2 for Calvin.
Fuel contamination with a small amount of water is common enough
that the engines were provided with a heater that was supposed to
prevent this sort of blockage. But with this model the one thing
it did not heat was its own intake surface; and, in the specific
circumstances of this flight, that was where the blockage formed.
> 4. In 2001 a flight from Toronto to Lisbon, Portugal, ran out of
> fuel due to a leak. The pilots managed to successfully glide the
> aircraft to a runway in the Azores archipelago in the Atlantic,
> and again, no one died. Name the *airline* involved.
Air Transat. It's Canadian.
> 5. In 2009 Continental Connection flight 3407, operated by Colgan
> Air, crashed while preparing to land, with the deaths of all on
> board and one more victim on the ground. Investigation blamed
> pilot error for the crash, but contributory factors were pilot
> inexperience, fatigue, and low pay. The plane was supposed to
> land at the airport for *what US city*?
Buffalo.
> 6. In 1976 an Air France plane was hijacked by Palestinian
> extremists en route from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Paris. While some
> of the passengers and crew were released, many more continued
> to be held hostage until Israeli commandos successfully rescued
> almost all of them -- at the airport at *what city*?
Entebbe, Uganda. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.
> 7. In 1994 Aeroflot flight 593 crashed over Russia with the loss
> of all on board. Flight investigation revealed that the accident
> happened after a series of mishaps after one of the pilots had
> let his son sit at the controls during flight. What was the
> flight's *destination*?
Hong Kong. I thought this one was too hard too.
> 8. Avianca flight 52 crashed on Long Island, New York, in 1990
> with approximately half of the passengers and crew perishing
> in the crash. The aircraft crashed as a result of running out
> of fuel. *From what country* did Avianca 52 originate?
Colombia. 4 for Joshua.
> 9. In 2005 Air France flight 358 overshot the runway when attempting
> to land. Although everyone survived the accident, it was the
> first major accident to an Airbus A340 in its 14-year history.
> It happened at the airport for *what city*?
Toronto. The plane crashed into a ravine beyond the runway and was
destroyed by fire.
> 10. While attempting to land at Toronto International Airport,
> the pilot of Air Canada flight 621 prematurely deployed the
> spoilers, leading to the DC-8 aircraft crashing near the airport.
> All passengers and crew perished. *Within 1 year, when* did this
> accident take place?
1970 (accepting 1969-71). 3 for Pete.
> * Game 6, Round 8 - Entertainment - Movie Villains
> We give you a catchphrase spoken by a villain or anti-hero, and you
> give us the name of *either* the character or the actor.
> 1. "Why so serious?"
Heath Ledger as the Joker. ("The Dark Knight" (2008).) 4 for
Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 2. "I never drink... wine."
Bela Lugosi or Gary Oldman as Count Dracula. ("Dracula" (1931
or 1992).) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 3. "No wire hangers... ever!"
Faye Dunanway as Joan Crawford. ("Mommie Dearest" (1981).)
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 4. "I... drink... your... milkshake."
Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview. ("There Will Be Blood" (2007).)
4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 5. "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"
Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger. ("Goldfinger" (1964).) 4 for
Dan Blum, Calvin, Joshua, and Pete.
This was the first of two questions this season about this line.
The other one was on the audio round in Game 8, two weeks later,
where clips from James Bond movies were played. In Game 8 what we
had to name was the movie, but the answer "Goldfinger" was of course
correct for both versions of the question.
> 6. "A boy's best friend is his mother."
Anthony Perkins or Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates. ("Psycho" (1960
or 1998).) 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Joshua, and Pete.
> 7. "I'm having an old friend for dinner."
Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter ("Hannibal" was sufficient).
("The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Calvin, Joshua, and Pete.
> 8. "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right.
> Greed works."
Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko. ("Wall Street" (1987).)
4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Joshua, and Pete.
> 9. "Your mother's in here, Karras. Would you like to leave
> a message? I'll see that she gets it."
Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil possessed by a demon (accepting either).
("The Exorcist" (1973).) 4 for Pete.
> 10. "Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will,
> shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is
> truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children.
> And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious
> anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers."
Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield. ("Pulp Fiction" (1994).)
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo His Spo Lit Sci Ent FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 38 36 36 36 8 36 146
Dan Blum 36 28 34 31 8 36 137
Dan Tilque 40 24 36 28 8 4 128
"Calvin" 32 20 35 25 6 16 112
Erland Sommarskog 36 32 28 0 4 0 100
Pete Gayde -- -- 20 26 15 32 93
Bruce Bowler -- -- 24 35 -- -- 59
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