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Mark Brader
Mar 1, 2015, 10:54:39 AM3/1/15
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-01-12,
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 MI5, 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 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
Well, let's see if you do.
1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
"Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
item he wants, including its brand name.
3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
to a sexy humanitarian.
4. This 1974 Canadian horror movie, considered to be one of the
first slasher films, follows a group of sorority sisters who
are stalked and murdered over the holidays by a killer hiding
in their house. Name it.
5. What classic Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in the 1944
MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis"?
6. Adam Sandler parlayed the popularity of Saturday Night Live's
"The Hanukkah Song" into which 2002 adult animated musical
comedy?
7. In "Home Alone", the McAllister family inadvertently leave
son Kevin behind when they head off to Paris for their Christmas
vacation. What Canadian played Kevin's frazzled and forgetful
mother?
8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
Name the movie.
* Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
Recent history, that is. These questions are about widely reported
quotes from 2014.
1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
gifts God has given me"?
2. What scientist clarified what he wrote earlier in a best-selling
book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
"Time is a flat circle"?
5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
7. What Toronto Maple Leaf said this about Nelson Mandela:
"He is one of the most known athletes in the world and had a
lot of impact in any kind of sport that he did, from being
the type of person he was, off the ice and on the ice"?
8. Showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, what two words did
Rory McIlroy reply when asked what he would be if he hadn't
taken up professional golf?
9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
10. On November 16, Stephen Harper said to Vladimir Putin: "I guess
I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you."
What was that one thing? (Exact wording not required.)
--
Mark Brader | "A private business wants to make a profit, so they
Toronto | aren't going to do things to hurt their customers.
m...@vex.net | Therefore, this must have been a good thing for you...
| you owe them a thank-you note." --Alan Hamilton
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 MI5, 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 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
Well, let's see if you do.
1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
"Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
item he wants, including its brand name.
3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
to a sexy humanitarian.
4. This 1974 Canadian horror movie, considered to be one of the
first slasher films, follows a group of sorority sisters who
are stalked and murdered over the holidays by a killer hiding
in their house. Name it.
5. What classic Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in the 1944
MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis"?
6. Adam Sandler parlayed the popularity of Saturday Night Live's
"The Hanukkah Song" into which 2002 adult animated musical
comedy?
7. In "Home Alone", the McAllister family inadvertently leave
son Kevin behind when they head off to Paris for their Christmas
vacation. What Canadian played Kevin's frazzled and forgetful
mother?
8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
Name the movie.
* Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
Recent history, that is. These questions are about widely reported
quotes from 2014.
1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
gifts God has given me"?
2. What scientist clarified what he wrote earlier in a best-selling
book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
"Time is a flat circle"?
5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
7. What Toronto Maple Leaf said this about Nelson Mandela:
"He is one of the most known athletes in the world and had a
lot of impact in any kind of sport that he did, from being
the type of person he was, off the ice and on the ice"?
8. Showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, what two words did
Rory McIlroy reply when asked what he would be if he hadn't
taken up professional golf?
9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
10. On November 16, Stephen Harper said to Vladimir Putin: "I guess
I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you."
What was that one thing? (Exact wording not required.)
--
Mark Brader | "A private business wants to make a profit, so they
Toronto | aren't going to do things to hurt their customers.
m...@vex.net | Therefore, this must have been a good thing for you...
| you owe them a thank-you note." --Alan Hamilton
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Mar 1, 2015, 11:04:38 AM3/1/15
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> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
Love, Actually
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
> 2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
> Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
> store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
> item he wants, including its brand name.
> 3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
> a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
> to a sexy humanitarian.
> 4. This 1974 Canadian horror movie, considered to be one of the
> first slasher films, follows a group of sorority sisters who
> are stalked and murdered over the holidays by a killer hiding
> in their house. Name it.
> 5. What classic Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in the 1944
> MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis"?
> 8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
> 9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
> played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
> 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
> 1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
Apple
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
> 2. What scientist clarified what he wrote earlier in a best-selling
> book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
> would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
> Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
> 3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
> via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
> 4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
> deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
> "Time is a flat circle"?
> 5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
> and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
> we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
> 6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
> performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
> talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
> 8. Showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, what two words did
> Rory McIlroy reply when asked what he would be if he hadn't
> taken up professional golf?
> 9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
> CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Mar 1, 2015, 12:16:49 PM3/1/15
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:samdnRt9UuCjq27JnZ2dnUU7-
IWd...@vex.net:
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
>
> 2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
> Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
> store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
> item he wants, including its brand name.
Red Rider BB gun
> 3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
> a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
> to a sexy humanitarian.
Billy Bob Thornton
> 4. This 1974 Canadian horror movie, considered to be one of the
> first slasher films, follows a group of sorority sisters who
> are stalked and murdered over the holidays by a killer hiding
> in their house. Name it.
"Black Christmas"
> 5. What classic Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in the 1944
> MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis"?
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
> 6. Adam Sandler parlayed the popularity of Saturday Night Live's
> "The Hanukkah Song" into which 2002 adult animated musical
> comedy?
"Eight Crazy Nights"
> 8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Frank Capra
> 9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
> played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
Michael Caine
> 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
"Gremlins"
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
>
> 3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
> via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
Jennifer Lawrence
> 4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
> deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
> "Time is a flat circle"?
Matthew McConaughey; Woody Harrelson
> 5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
> and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
> we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
Gwyneth Paltrow
> 6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
> performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
> talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
John Travolta
> 9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
> CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
Barack Obama
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
IWd...@vex.net:
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
>
> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
"Love Actually"
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
> 2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
> Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
> store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
> item he wants, including its brand name.
> 3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
> a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
> to a sexy humanitarian.
> 4. This 1974 Canadian horror movie, considered to be one of the
> first slasher films, follows a group of sorority sisters who
> are stalked and murdered over the holidays by a killer hiding
> in their house. Name it.
> 5. What classic Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in the 1944
> MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis"?
> 6. Adam Sandler parlayed the popularity of Saturday Night Live's
> "The Hanukkah Song" into which 2002 adult animated musical
> comedy?
> 8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
> 9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
> played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
> 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
>
> 1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
Apple (?)
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
> 3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
> via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
> 4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
> deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
> "Time is a flat circle"?
> 5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
> and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
> we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
> 6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
> performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
> talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
> 9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
> CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Peter Smyth
Mar 1, 2015, 4:13:55 PM3/1/15
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> 9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
> played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
Bob Hoskins
> played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
> 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
>
> Recent history, that is. These questions are about widely reported
> quotes from 2014.
>
> 1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
Apple
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
>
> Recent history, that is. These questions are about widely reported
> quotes from 2014.
>
> 1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
> 2. What scientist clarified what he wrote earlier in a best-selling
> book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
> would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
> Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
Dawkins
> book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
> would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
> Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
> 3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
> via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
Hudson
> via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
> 4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
> deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
> "Time is a flat circle"?
McConnaghy
> deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
> "Time is a flat circle"?
> 5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
> and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
> we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
Paltrow
> and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
> we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
> 6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
> performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
> talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
>
> 7. What Toronto Maple Leaf said this about Nelson Mandela:
> "He is one of the most known athletes in the world and had a
> lot of impact in any kind of sport that he did, from being
> the type of person he was, off the ice and on the ice"?
>
> 8. Showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, what two words did
> Rory McIlroy reply when asked what he would be if he hadn't
> taken up professional golf?
>
> 9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
> CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
>
> 10. On November 16, Stephen Harper said to Vladimir Putin: "I guess
> I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you."
> What was that one thing? (Exact wording not required.)
Peter Smyth
> performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
> talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
>
> 7. What Toronto Maple Leaf said this about Nelson Mandela:
> "He is one of the most known athletes in the world and had a
> lot of impact in any kind of sport that he did, from being
> the type of person he was, off the ice and on the ice"?
>
> 8. Showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, what two words did
> Rory McIlroy reply when asked what he would be if he hadn't
> taken up professional golf?
>
> 9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
> CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
>
> 10. On November 16, Stephen Harper said to Vladimir Putin: "I guess
> I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you."
> What was that one thing? (Exact wording not required.)
Björn Lundin
Mar 1, 2015, 5:09:12 PM3/1/15
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On 2015-03-01 16:54, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
>
> Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
> Well, let's see if you do.
>
> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
Robin Hood
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
>
> Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
> Well, let's see if you do.
>
> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
>
> 3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
> a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
> to a sexy humanitarian.
>
> 8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
> 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
>
> Recent history, that is. These questions are about widely reported
> quotes from 2014.
>
>
> 2. What scientist clarified what he wrote earlier in a best-selling
> book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
> would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
> Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
Hawkins
> book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
> would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
> Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
--
--
Björn
Marc Dashevsky
Mar 1, 2015, 8:37:05 PM3/1/15
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In article <samdnRt9UuCjq27J...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
but I cannot think of any that include any of the other characters.
> 2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
> Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
> store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
> item he wants, including its brand name.
>
> 3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
> a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
> to a sexy humanitarian.
Billy Bob Thornton
> 4. This 1974 Canadian horror movie, considered to be one of the
> first slasher films, follows a group of sorority sisters who
> are stalked and murdered over the holidays by a killer hiding
> in their house. Name it.
>
> 5. What classic Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in the 1944
> MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis"?
>
> 6. Adam Sandler parlayed the popularity of Saturday Night Live's
> "The Hanukkah Song" into which 2002 adult animated musical
> comedy?
>
> 7. In "Home Alone", the McAllister family inadvertently leave
> son Kevin behind when they head off to Paris for their Christmas
> vacation. What Canadian played Kevin's frazzled and forgetful
> mother?
Katherine O'Hara
> 8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Frank Capra
> 9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
> played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
>
> 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
>
> Recent history, that is. These questions are about widely reported
> quotes from 2014.
>
> 1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
Apple
> 2. What scientist clarified what he wrote earlier in a best-selling
> book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
> would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
> Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
Stephen Hawking
> 3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
> via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
>
> 4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
> deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
> "Time is a flat circle"?
Matthew McConaghy
> 5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
> and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
> we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
>
> 6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
> performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
> talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
John Travolta
> 7. What Toronto Maple Leaf said this about Nelson Mandela:
> "He is one of the most known athletes in the world and had a
> lot of impact in any kind of sport that he did, from being
> the type of person he was, off the ice and on the ice"?
>
> 8. Showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, what two words did
> Rory McIlroy reply when asked what he would be if he hadn't
> taken up professional golf?
>
> 9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
> CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
Dick Cheney
> 10. On November 16, Stephen Harper said to Vladimir Putin: "I guess
> I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you."
> What was that one thing? (Exact wording not required.)
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
>
> Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
> Well, let's see if you do.
>
> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
I'm sure Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson have been in the same film,
>
> Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
> Well, let's see if you do.
>
> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
but I cannot think of any that include any of the other characters.
> 2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
> Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
> store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
> item he wants, including its brand name.
>
> 3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
> a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
> to a sexy humanitarian.
> 4. This 1974 Canadian horror movie, considered to be one of the
> first slasher films, follows a group of sorority sisters who
> are stalked and murdered over the holidays by a killer hiding
> in their house. Name it.
>
> 5. What classic Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in the 1944
> MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis"?
>
> 6. Adam Sandler parlayed the popularity of Saturday Night Live's
> "The Hanukkah Song" into which 2002 adult animated musical
> comedy?
>
> 7. In "Home Alone", the McAllister family inadvertently leave
> son Kevin behind when they head off to Paris for their Christmas
> vacation. What Canadian played Kevin's frazzled and forgetful
> mother?
> 8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
> 9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
> played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
>
> 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
>
> Recent history, that is. These questions are about widely reported
> quotes from 2014.
>
> 1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
> 2. What scientist clarified what he wrote earlier in a best-selling
> book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
> would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
> Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
> 3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
> via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
>
> 4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
> deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
> "Time is a flat circle"?
> 5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
> and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
> we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
>
> 6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
> performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
> talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
> 7. What Toronto Maple Leaf said this about Nelson Mandela:
> "He is one of the most known athletes in the world and had a
> lot of impact in any kind of sport that he did, from being
> the type of person he was, off the ice and on the ice"?
>
> 8. Showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, what two words did
> Rory McIlroy reply when asked what he would be if he hadn't
> taken up professional golf?
>
> 9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
> CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
> 10. On November 16, Stephen Harper said to Vladimir Putin: "I guess
> I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you."
> What was that one thing? (Exact wording not required.)
--
Pete
Mar 1, 2015, 9:01:00 PM3/1/15
to
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-01-12,
> 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 MI5, 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 2015-02-23
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
> (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
>
> Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
> Well, let's see if you do.
>
> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
>
> 2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
> Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
> store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
> item he wants, including its brand name.
Daisy Air Rifle
> 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 MI5, 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 2015-02-23
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
> (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
>
> Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
> Well, let's see if you do.
>
> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
>
> 2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
> Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
> store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
> item he wants, including its brand name.
>
> 3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
> a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
> to a sexy humanitarian.
>
> 4. This 1974 Canadian horror movie, considered to be one of the
> first slasher films, follows a group of sorority sisters who
> are stalked and murdered over the holidays by a killer hiding
> in their house. Name it.
>
> 5. What classic Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in the 1944
> MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis"?
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
>
>
> 6. Adam Sandler parlayed the popularity of Saturday Night Live's
> "The Hanukkah Song" into which 2002 adult animated musical
> comedy?
>
> 7. In "Home Alone", the McAllister family inadvertently leave
> son Kevin behind when they head off to Paris for their Christmas
> vacation. What Canadian played Kevin's frazzled and forgetful
> mother?
>
> 8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Frank Capra
> "The Hanukkah Song" into which 2002 adult animated musical
> comedy?
>
> 7. In "Home Alone", the McAllister family inadvertently leave
> son Kevin behind when they head off to Paris for their Christmas
> vacation. What Canadian played Kevin's frazzled and forgetful
> mother?
>
> 8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
>
> 9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
> played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
>
> 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
>
> Recent history, that is. These questions are about widely reported
> quotes from 2014.
>
> 1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
>
> 2. What scientist clarified what he wrote earlier in a best-selling
> book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
> would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
> Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
>
> 3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
> via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
>
> 4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
> deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
> "Time is a flat circle"?
>
> 5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
> and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
> we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
>
> 6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
> performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
> talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
>
> 7. What Toronto Maple Leaf said this about Nelson Mandela:
> "He is one of the most known athletes in the world and had a
> lot of impact in any kind of sport that he did, from being
> the type of person he was, off the ice and on the ice"?
>
> 8. Showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, what two words did
> Rory McIlroy reply when asked what he would be if he hadn't
> taken up professional golf?
>
> 9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
> CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
>
> 10. On November 16, Stephen Harper said to Vladimir Putin: "I guess
> I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you."
> What was that one thing? (Exact wording not required.)
>
Calvin
Mar 2, 2015, 5:27:12 AM3/2/15
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On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 1:54:39 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
>
> Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
> Well, let's see if you do.
>
> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
>
> 2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
> Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
> store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
> item he wants, including its brand name.
>
> 3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
> a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
> to a sexy humanitarian.
Thornton
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
>
> Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
> Well, let's see if you do.
>
> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
>
> 2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
> Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
> store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
> item he wants, including its brand name.
>
> 3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
> a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
> to a sexy humanitarian.
> 4. This 1974 Canadian horror movie, considered to be one of the
> first slasher films, follows a group of sorority sisters who
> are stalked and murdered over the holidays by a killer hiding
> in their house. Name it.
>
> 5. What classic Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in the 1944
> MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis"?
> 6. Adam Sandler parlayed the popularity of Saturday Night Live's
> "The Hanukkah Song" into which 2002 adult animated musical
> comedy?
> 7. In "Home Alone", the McAllister family inadvertently leave
> son Kevin behind when they head off to Paris for their Christmas
> vacation. What Canadian played Kevin's frazzled and forgetful
> mother?
>
> 8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
> 9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
> played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
> 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
>
> Recent history, that is. These questions are about widely reported
> quotes from 2014.
>
> 1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
> 2. What scientist clarified what he wrote earlier in a best-selling
> book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
> would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
> Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
> 3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
> via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
> 4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
> deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
> "Time is a flat circle"?
>
> 5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
> and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
> we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
> 6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
> performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
> talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
>
> 7. What Toronto Maple Leaf said this about Nelson Mandela:
> "He is one of the most known athletes in the world and had a
> lot of impact in any kind of sport that he did, from being
> the type of person he was, off the ice and on the ice"?
>
> 8. Showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, what two words did
> Rory McIlroy reply when asked what he would be if he hadn't
> taken up professional golf?
> 9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
> CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
> 10. On November 16, Stephen Harper said to Vladimir Putin: "I guess
> I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you."
> What was that one thing? (Exact wording not required.)
calvin
Mark Brader
Mar 4, 2015, 9:02:33 AM3/4/15
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Mark Brader:
That's Andrew Lincoln (in the TV series "The Walking Dead", 2010-),
Martin Freeman (as Bilbo Baggins in the "Hobbit" movies, 2012-14),
Emma Thompson (as P.L. Travers in "Saving Mr. Banks", 2013), and
Alan Rickman (already started in the "Harry Potter" movies in 2001
and continuing through the last one in 2011).
> 2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
> Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
> store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
> item he wants, including its brand name.
Red Ryder air rifle (BB gun). (1983 movie.) 4 for Dan and Joshua.
> 3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
> a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
> to a sexy humanitarian.
Billy Bob Thornton (was married to Angelina Jolie). (2003 movie.)
4 for Dan, Joshua, Björn, Marc, and Calvin.
> 4. This 1974 Canadian horror movie, considered to be one of the
> first slasher films, follows a group of sorority sisters who
> are stalked and murdered over the holidays by a killer hiding
> in their house. Name it.
"Black Christmas". 4 for Joshua.
> 5. What classic Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in the 1944
> MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis"?
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". 4 for Joshua and Pete.
> 6. Adam Sandler parlayed the popularity of Saturday Night Live's
> "The Hanukkah Song" into which 2002 adult animated musical
> comedy?
"Eight Crazy Nights"? 4 for Joshua.
> 7. In "Home Alone", the McAllister family inadvertently leave
> son Kevin behind when they head off to Paris for their Christmas
> vacation. What Canadian played Kevin's frazzled and forgetful
> mother?
Catherine O'Hara. (1990 movie.) 4 for Mark. :-)
> 8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Frank Capra. 4 for Dan, Joshua, Peter, Marc, Pete, and Calvin.
> 9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
> played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
Michael Caine. (1992 movie.) 4 for Dan and Joshua.
> 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
"Gremlins". (1984 movie.) 4 for Dan, Joshua, and Björn.
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
> Recent history, that is. These questions are about widely reported
> quotes from 2014.
> 1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
Apple. (Tim Cook.) 4 for Dan, Joshua, Peter, Marc, Pete, and Calvin.
> 2. What scientist clarified what he wrote earlier in a best-selling
> book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
> would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
> Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
Stephen Hawking. ("A Brief History of Time".) 4 for Dan, Marc,
and Calvin. 3 for Björn.
> 3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
> via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
Jennifer Lawrence. 4 for Dan, Joshua, Pete, and Calvin.
> 4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
> deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
> "Time is a flat circle"?
Matthew McConaughey. 4 for Dan, Peter, and Marc. 3 for Joshua.
> 5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
> and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
> we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
Gwyneth Paltrow. 4 for Dan, Joshua, Peter, and Calvin.
> 6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
> performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
> talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
John Travolta. (He meant "Idina Menzel"!) 4 for Dan, Joshua,
Marc, and Pete.
> 7. What Toronto Maple Leaf said this about Nelson Mandela:
> "He is one of the most known athletes in the world and had a
> lot of impact in any kind of sport that he did, from being
> the type of person he was, off the ice and on the ice"?
Jonathan Bernier.
> 8. Showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, what two words did
> Rory McIlroy reply when asked what he would be if he hadn't
> taken up professional golf?
"A virgin".
> 9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
> CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
Barack Obama. 4 for Dan and Joshua.
> 10. On November 16, Stephen Harper said to Vladimir Putin: "I guess
> I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you."
> What was that one thing? (Exact wording not required.)
"You need to get out of Ukraine."
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci Mis Geo Can Ent His FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 36 31 23 4 36 23 126
Marc Dashevsky 36 40 30 8 12 16 122
Dan Blum 34 30 22 19 24 28 116
Bruce Bowler 36 40 23 0 -- -- 99
Pete Gayde 20 23 23 7 8 12 78
"Calvin" 28 24 -- -- 8 16 76
Björn Lundin 19 28 16 4 8 3 71
Dan Tilque 32 24 -- -- -- -- 56
Peter Smyth 16 20 -- -- 4 12 52
Erland Sommarskog 4 28 20 0 -- -- 52
Jason Kreitzer 24 8 -- -- -- -- 32
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "This is what customers do: they invent everything
m...@vex.net | you haven't thought of." -- David Slocombe
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-01-12,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-02-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
> Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
> Well, let's see if you do.
> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
"Love Actually" (2003). 4 for Dan and Joshua.
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Christmas Movies
> Remember Christmas? And all those movies you've seen 20 times?
> Well, let's see if you do.
> 1. Different cast members of this movie later went on to play
> a zombie-fighting police officer, a hobbit, the author of
> "Mary Poppins", and Severus Snape. What movie is this?
That's Andrew Lincoln (in the TV series "The Walking Dead", 2010-),
Martin Freeman (as Bilbo Baggins in the "Hobbit" movies, 2012-14),
Emma Thompson (as P.L. Travers in "Saving Mr. Banks", 2013), and
Alan Rickman (already started in the "Harry Potter" movies in 2001
and continuing through the last one in 2011).
> 2. In "A Christmas Story," Ralphie wants only one thing for
> Christmas, but his mother, his teacher, and even a department
> store Santa warn him, "You'll shoot your eye out". Name the
> item he wants, including its brand name.
> 3. Who played "Bad Santa" in the movie of the same name? He had
> a real-life meltdown with Jian Ghomeshi and a real-life marriage
> to a sexy humanitarian.
4 for Dan, Joshua, Björn, Marc, and Calvin.
> 4. This 1974 Canadian horror movie, considered to be one of the
> first slasher films, follows a group of sorority sisters who
> are stalked and murdered over the holidays by a killer hiding
> in their house. Name it.
> 5. What classic Christmas song did Judy Garland sing in the 1944
> MGM musical "Meet Me in St. Louis"?
> 6. Adam Sandler parlayed the popularity of Saturday Night Live's
> "The Hanukkah Song" into which 2002 adult animated musical
> comedy?
> 7. In "Home Alone", the McAllister family inadvertently leave
> son Kevin behind when they head off to Paris for their Christmas
> vacation. What Canadian played Kevin's frazzled and forgetful
> mother?
> 8. Who directed the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life"?
> 9. Lots of actors have played Scrooge on film. Which Cockney star
> played him in "The Muppet Christmas Carol"?
> 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> Name the movie.
> * Game 1, Round 8 - History - Quotes from 2014
> Recent history, that is. These questions are about widely reported
> quotes from 2014.
> 1. The CEO of *which company* stated in 2014, "Let me be clear.
> I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest
> gifts God has given me"?
> 2. What scientist clarified what he wrote earlier in a best-selling
> book: "What I meant by 'We would know the mind of God' is, we
> would know everything that God would know, if there were a God.
> Which there isn't. I'm an atheist"?
and Calvin. 3 for Björn.
> 3. What actress stated, after hackers accessed her personal images
> via the Cloud: "It's not a scandal, it's a sex crime"?
> 4. What actor, in a much-praised TV performance as gifted but
> deeply troubled homicide detective Rust Cohle, stated:
> "Time is a flat circle"?
> 5. Who said: "We have always conducted our relationship privately,
> and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent,
> we will be able to continue in the same manner"?
> 6. In an infamously mangled Oscars introduction for a Best Song
> performance, what actor said: "Please welcome, the wickedly
> talented, the one and only, Adele Dazeem"?
Marc, and Pete.
> 7. What Toronto Maple Leaf said this about Nelson Mandela:
> "He is one of the most known athletes in the world and had a
> lot of impact in any kind of sport that he did, from being
> the type of person he was, off the ice and on the ice"?
> 8. Showing a self-deprecating sense of humor, what two words did
> Rory McIlroy reply when asked what he would be if he hadn't
> taken up professional golf?
> 9. In view of the release of a widely anticipated report on the
> CIA's post-9/11 practices, who said: "We tortured some folks"?
> 10. On November 16, Stephen Harper said to Vladimir Putin: "I guess
> I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you."
> What was that one thing? (Exact wording not required.)
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci Mis Geo Can Ent His FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 36 31 23 4 36 23 126
Marc Dashevsky 36 40 30 8 12 16 122
Dan Blum 34 30 22 19 24 28 116
Bruce Bowler 36 40 23 0 -- -- 99
Pete Gayde 20 23 23 7 8 12 78
"Calvin" 28 24 -- -- 8 16 76
Björn Lundin 19 28 16 4 8 3 71
Dan Tilque 32 24 -- -- -- -- 56
Peter Smyth 16 20 -- -- 4 12 52
Erland Sommarskog 4 28 20 0 -- -- 52
Jason Kreitzer 24 8 -- -- -- -- 32
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "This is what customers do: they invent everything
m...@vex.net | you haven't thought of." -- David Slocombe
Marc Dashevsky
Mar 4, 2015, 10:20:46 AM3/4/15
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In article <SM6dnaVwW9vljWrJ...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...
where I have not uttered the phrase "Marc with a C."
> > 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> > a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> > it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> > All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> > Name the movie.
>
> "Gremlins". (1984 movie.) 4 for Dan, Joshua, and Björn.
"Goonies" was stuck in my mind preventing me from getting
the correct answer.
> Catherine O'Hara. (1990 movie.) 4 for Mark. :-)
You make light of a serious matter. My life has had few days
where I have not uttered the phrase "Marc with a C."
> > 10. A gadget salesman finds a special Christmas gift for his son at
> > a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper warns him never to get
> > it wet, expose it to bright light, or feed it after midnight.
> > All these rules are broken and Christmas Eve mayhem ensues.
> > Name the movie.
>
> "Gremlins". (1984 movie.) 4 for Dan, Joshua, and Björn.
the correct answer.
Mark Brader
Mar 4, 2015, 12:34:50 PM3/4/15
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Mark Brader:
O'Hara went to high school together *and* use the same spelling,
when you get that one wrong it feels personal!
The Canadian Inquisition currently has 6 regular or occasional players
named Mark and one named Marc. I'm currently the person doing the
league statistics. The custom on our scoresheets is that players
are identified by team and first name or, if that's not unique on
the team, their last initial is added. Recently one scoresheet came
in where the QM had been given the names "Mark K. and Mark C." but
had written them as "Mark" and "Marc"!
--
Mark Brader "MSB is an accepted explanation for men's
Toronto misbehaviors. ... Just blame it on MSB
m...@vex.net and everyone nods their heads." -- "TJ"
> > Catherine O'Hara. (1990 movie.) 4 for Mark. :-)
Marc Dashevsky:
> You make light of a serious matter. My life has had few days
> where I have not uttered the phrase "Marc with a C."
"Mark with a K and Cathy with a C" here. And since my Cathy and
> where I have not uttered the phrase "Marc with a C."
O'Hara went to high school together *and* use the same spelling,
when you get that one wrong it feels personal!
The Canadian Inquisition currently has 6 regular or occasional players
named Mark and one named Marc. I'm currently the person doing the
league statistics. The custom on our scoresheets is that players
are identified by team and first name or, if that's not unique on
the team, their last initial is added. Recently one scoresheet came
in where the QM had been given the names "Mark K. and Mark C." but
had written them as "Mark" and "Marc"!
--
Mark Brader "MSB is an accepted explanation for men's
Toronto misbehaviors. ... Just blame it on MSB
m...@vex.net and everyone nods their heads." -- "TJ"
Calvin
Mar 4, 2015, 10:11:38 PM3/4/15
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On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 1:20:46 AM UTC+10, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
> "Goonies" was stuck in my mind preventing me from getting
> the correct answer.
Ditto.
> "Goonies" was stuck in my mind preventing me from getting
> the correct answer.
cheers,
calvin
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