Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 7 - Entertainment
> * Anger Management
> Name the *actor* delivering these angry lines from famous films.
> 1. "From Hell's heart, I stab at thee!"
Ricardo Montalban (as Khan in "Star Trek [II]: The Wrath of Khan"
(1982)). 4 for Pete and Dan Blum.
> 2. "Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer? Dead!"
John Belushi (as John Blutarsky in "Animal House" (1978)).
4 for Pete, Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 3. "I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration,
> Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the
> international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify our
> precious bodily fluids."
Sterling Hayden (as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in "Dr. Strangelove or: How
I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964)). 3 for Joshua.
> * Real Names of Musicians
> We give you their birth name, you give us their stage name.
> 4. Michael Dumble-Smith was in the original cast of "The Phantom of
> the Opera" stage musical and he played Hero in the film version
> of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."
Michael Crawford. 4 for Peter, Calvin, and Joshua.
> 5. Singer, songwriter, actress, and cultural icon Édith Giovana
> Gassion's stage name comes from the colloquial French term
> for sparrow.
Édith Piaf. 4 for Pete, Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Calvin,
Joshua, Jason, Björn, and Rob.
> 6. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta found her stage name in a
> song by Queen.
Lady Gaga. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Calvin, Joshua,
Jason, Björn, and Rob.
> * Thespians' Nicknames
> We give you a nickname and vital dates. You name the actor or actress.
> 7. "The Great Profile" (1882-02-14 -- 1942-05-29).
John Barrymore. Arguably inappropriately, "Barrymore" was sufficient.
4 for Marc, Dan Blum, and Joshua.
> 8. "The World's Oldest Virgin" (1922-04-03 -- ), romantic comedy
> star.
Doris Day. 4 for Marc, Calvin, Joshua, Jason, and Rob.
> 9. "The Muscles from Brussels" (1960-10-18 -- ), action star.
Jean-Claude Van Damme. I accepted "Van Damne" with a chuckle.
4 for Pete, Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Calvin, Joshua, Björn,
and Rob.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is from Austria, not Belgium.
> * TV Animals
> Name the TV series where these animals appeared.
> 10. Judy the chimp and Clarence the cross-eyed lion. (1960s
> adventure.)
"Daktari". 4 for Joshua and Rob.
> 11. Marcel the monkey. (Season 1 of this 1990s/2000s sitcom.)
"Friends". 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, and Jason.
> 12. Murray the dog. (1990s sitcom.)
"Mad about You". Yes, the one with Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt.
4 for Joshua and Jason.
The dog on "Frasier" was Eddie.
> * Romantic Comedies
> We name the film, you name *either* the actor or actress who played the
> romantic leads.
> 13. "Notting Hill" (1999).
Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts. 4 for Pete, Marc, Dan Blum, Peter,
Calvin, Joshua (the hard way), Jason, Björn, and Rob.
> 14. "500 Days of Summer" (2009).
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel. 4 for Marc and Joshua
(the hard way).
> 15. "Pretty in Pink" (1986).
Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy. 4 for Pete, Marc, Dan Blum,
Joshua, and Jason. 3 for Calvin.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 BEST
TOPICS-> His Lit Geo Spo Ent THREE
Joshua Kreitzer 52 44 52 51 55 159
Marc Dashevsky -- 24 52 44 40 136
Pete Gayde 35 -- 40 60 24 135
Dan Blum 32 32 40 19 36 108
"Calvin" 31 24 39 35 27 105
Peter Smyth 12 20 44 36 24 104
Rob Parker 32 24 44 16 24 100
Dan Tilque 36 20 40 24 4 100
Erland Sommarskog 28 8 48 16 12 92
Jason Kreitzer 20 12 16 24 28 72
Björn Lundin 8 11 32 8 16 59
Bruce Bowler 36 18 -- -- -- 54
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