Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-20,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
The Oscars round.
> * Game 9, Round 7 - Sports - Defunct NHL Franchise Locations
> An NHL team is not always a big money-maker for itself or its city.
> Although the league has had periods of stability, there have also
> been many times when teams decamped for greener pastures or just
> failed outright. In each case, we give you a team's name, and
> you identify the city (or other place name) that it represented
> when it had that name.
> Please be careful with the table-talk, as some teams and cities
> have managed to fail more than once and may appear twice in this
> round under different names; also, some teams have the same name
> as a team in another league, or have themselves played in another
> league at some time. This round is only talking about the NHL.
> 1. Seals, also called the Golden Seals.
California, Oakland, or Bay Area. (Operated there 1967-76.)
4 for Joshua and Pete.
> 2. Barons.
Cleveland. (Formerly the Seals. Operated there 1976-78, then merged
into Minnesota North Stars, now Dallas Stars.) 4 for Joshua and Pete.
> 3. Pirates.
Pittsburgh. (Operated there 1925-30.) 4 for Pete.
> 4. Quakers.
Philadelphia. (Operated there 1930-31.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 5. Rockies.
Colorado. (Operated there 1976-82. Now the New Jersey Devils.)
4 for Joshua, Erland, and Pete.
No points for Denver, although that's where they played.
> 6. Thrashers.
Atlanta. (Operated there 1999-2011. Now the Winnipeg Jets.)
4 for Joshua, Erland, and Pete.
> 7. Tigers.
Hamilton. (Operated there 1920-25.)
> 8. Americans.
New York or Brooklyn. (Operated there 1925-42.) 4 for Joshua
and Pete.
> 9. Nordiques.
Quebec City. (Operated there 1979-95. Now the Colorado Avalanche.)
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete.
> 10. Jets.
Winnipeg. (Operated there 1979-96. For the present Jets, see above.)
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Pete.
"It Happened One Night" (1934), playing Peter Warne. 6 for Stephen.
4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
It's Clark Gable -- also in: "Gone with the Wind" (1939), "Mutiny on
the Bounty" (1935), "San Francisco" (1936), and "Manhattan Melodrama"
(1934).
> 2. He also played sales executive C.R. MacNamara, outlaws Cody
> Jarrett and Jim Kincaid, and police commissioner Rhinelander
> Waldo; but he won Best Actor for a 1940s movie.
"Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942), playing George M. Cohan. 6 for Stephen
and Joshua.
It's James Cagney -- also in: "One, Two, Three" (1961), "White Heat"
(1949), "The Oklahoma Kid" (1939), and "Ragtime" (1981, after a
20-year retirement).
> 3. He also played naval officer Philip Queeg, bar owner Rick Blaine,
> and detectives Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade; but he won Best
> Actor for a 1950s movie.
"The African Queen" (1951), playing Charlie Allnut. 6 for Stephen.
4 for Joshua and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum.
It's Humphrey Bogart -- also in: "The Caine Mutiny" (1954),
"Casablanca" (1942), "The Big Sleep" (1946). and "The Maltese Falcon"
(1941).
> 4. He also played newsmen Joe Bradley and Phil Schuyler Green,
> commando Keith Mallory, and sea captain Ahab; but he won Best
> Actor for a 1960s movie.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962), playing Atticus Finch. 6 for Stephen
and Joshua.
It's Gregory Peck -- also in: "Roman Holiday" (1953), "Gentleman's
Agreement" (1947), "The Guns of Navarone" (1961), and "Moby Dick"
(1956).
> 5. She also played Evelyn Mulwray, Bonnie Parker, Joan Crawford,
> and Serena Joy; but she won Best Actress for a 1970s movie.
"Network" (1976), playing Diana Christensen. 6 for Stephen.
4 for Joshua.
It's Faye Dunaway -- also in: "Chinatown" (1974), "Bonnie and Clyde"
(1967), "Mommie Dearest" (1981), and "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990).
> 6. He also played Billy the Kid, Nobel-winning author Andrew Craig,
> General Leslie Groves, and lawyer Frank Galvin; but he won Best
> Actor for a 1980s movie.
"The Color of Money" (1986), playing "Fast" Eddie Felson.
6 for Stephen and Joshua. 4 for Dan Blum.
It's Paul Newman, in the sequel to "The Hustler" (1961) -- and also
in: "The Left Handed Gun" (1958), "The Prize" (1963), "Fat Man and
Little Boy" (1989), and "The Verdict" (1982).
> 7. She also played Emma Woodhouse, Margot Tenenbaum, reporter Polly
> Perkins, and assistant Pepper Potts; but she won Best Actress
> for a 1990s movie.
"Shakespeare in Love" (1998), playing Viola De Lesseps. 6 for
Stephen. 4 for Joshua.
It's Gwyneth Paltrow -- also in: "Emma" (1996), "The Royal Tenenbaums"
(2001), "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (2004), and "Iron Man"
(2008) and sequels.
> 8. He also played Jor-El, policeman Bud White, boxer Jim Braddock,
> and naval captain Jack Aubrey. But he won Best Actor for a
> 2000s movie. (That means 2000-09.)
"Gladiator" (2000), playing Maximus Decimus Meridius (Maximus was
sufficient). 6 for Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
It's Russell Crowe -- also in: "Man of Steel" (2013),
"L.A. Confidential" (1997), "Cinderella Man" (2005), and "Master
and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (2000).
> 9. He also played Howard Hughes, Amsterdam Vallon, Jack Dawson,
> and Frank Abagnale ["AB-ag-nail"] Jr.; but he won Best Actor
> for a 2010s movie.
"The Revenant" (2015), playing Hugh Glass. 6 for Stephen.
4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
It's Leonardo DiCaprio -- also in: "The Aviator" (2004), "Gangs of
New York" (2002), "Titanic" (1997), and "Catch Me If You Can" (2002).
> 10. Oops, we ran out of complete decades during the time that Oscars
> have existed. Okay, this person won Best Actress for *either*
> a 1920s or a 2020s movie, but we won't tell you which. She also
> played Maya Harris, Molly Bloom, Melissa Lewis, and Murph Cooper.
"The Eyes of Tammy Faye" (2021), playing Tammy Faye Bakker.
6 for Stephen.
It's Jessica Chastain -- also in: "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012), "Molly's
Game" (2017), "The Martian" (2015), and "Interstellar" (2014).
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Mis Sci Spo Ent FOUR
Stephen Perry 12 0 40 40 0 60 152
Joshua Kreitzer 9 28 36 32 32 42 142
Dan Blum 4 32 20 40 12 19 111
Dan Tilque 4 24 12 40 4 0 80
Pete Gayde 8 32 -- -- 32 4 76
Erland Sommarskog 0 20 0 16 16 0 52
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