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RQFTCI07 Game 4 Rounds 9-10: 100 quotes, J-ish challenge
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Mark Brader
Aug 8, 2020, 12:35:04 AM8/8/20
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-12,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I originally wrote one of these rounds, as I mention below.
** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes
Each of these lines of dialogue was selected for the American Film
Institute's TV special "100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes".
*Note*: This was designed as a bonus round in the original game,
and I'm adjusting the scoring in this version to reflect this.
For each line, there are three things we might ask about: the
actor/actress (we'll just say "the performer" from now on), the
character, or the movie. *Sometimes we'll ask you for any two of
those, sometimes any one, sometimes a specific one. But in all
cases, if you give all three parts correctly, you score a 2-point
bonus for a possible 6 on each question.*
There is *no penalty* if you go for the bonus and get the additional
parts wrong. If you give three parts, but not all correctly, you
will be scored right (for the usual score) or wrong based on the
first one or two parts that you named, as applicable according to
what the question asked for.
For example, if we gave a line spoken by Nicole Kidman as Marisa
Coulter in "The Golden Compass" (2007), then
* Kidman, Coulter, "The Golden Compass" would score 6
* "The Golden Compass", Nicole Kidman, Coulter would score 6
* Kidman, Coulter, "The Comedy of Errors" would score 4
* Coulter, "The Golden Compass" would score 4
* Kidman would score 4 or 0
* Kidman, Belacqua would score 3 or 0
* Kidman, Belacqua, "The Wrong Compass" would score 3 or 0
* Belacqua, Kidman, "The Golden Compass" would score 0
The answers where "or 0" is indicated, of course, would score 0
if we asked for any two of the three parts, but 3 or 4 if we asked
for any one.
Note: On each question you have the usual two guesses *with the
usual scoring if you don't get the bonus*:
4 points if you answer once and are right, or twice, both right
3 points if you guess twice and are right only the first time
2 points if you guess twice and are right only the second time
*On each guess* you have the option to go for the 2-point bonus by
giving three parts. Because of the multi-part answers, please make
it explicit if you are taking a second guess, and explicitly repeat
any parts that are the same in the two guesses. For example, if
guessing twice at a performer name, write "(1) Richards (2) Kidman".
1. Ranked #14 in the list of 100: "The stuff that dreams are
made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two*
of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular
score.
2. Ranked #3: "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda
been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum,
which is what I am." Again, give *any two* of the performer,
the character, and the movie, for the regular score.
3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the
character, or the movie.
4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the
movie.
5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of
a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the
bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
just name the *title*.
7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some
reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line
ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie
for the regular score.
8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular
score.
9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any
one*: the performer, the character, or the movie.
10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who
repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line
is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
the character, or the movie.
** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
I designed the category titles in this round as a homage to
"Jeopardy!", and can't resist showing off the list as a unit:
World Capital
8-Letter Lords
Potent POTUSes
Business & Infamy
Art & Alex
Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
And here we go:
* A. World Capital
A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
* B. 8-Letter Lords
B1. This British lord, born in Italy, was Governor-General
of Canada from 1872 to 1878. He established the Governor-
General's Academic Medals. A major street in Toronto
"""bears""" his 8-letter name.
B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally,
bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
* C. Potent POTUSes
C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
He was also notable for siring more children than any
other president. How many altogether, within 1?
C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was
alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term
affair with one of his slaves and to be the father of
her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the
facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA
testing left the question open. Name the *slave*.
* D. Business & Infamy
D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates
-- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
D2. Under President Berisha, this country began endorsing <answer
D1 surname> or pyramid schemes as legitimate investments; its
citizens had lost about $1,000,000,000 when they collapsed
in 1996-97. The riots were so bad, the UN intervened to
prevent a civil war. An early election was then called
and Berisha was turfed out. Name the country.
* E. Art & Alex
No, it's not Fleming and Trebek: this pair is about *artists
named* Alex.
E1. This Canadian artist moved from Toronto to Nova Scotia as
a child in 1929. He painted Canadian troops at the Juno
Beach landing and later taught at Mt. Allison University.
His name is Alex what?
E2. This New York City artist was born in 1924. He """uses"""
simple, cartoon-like pop-art colors, most often for large
portraits of sophisticated women or groups: for example,
"Green Cap", "Red Coat", and "Ada in a Pillbox Hat".
Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has a museum wing
devoted to his paintings. His name """is""" Alex what?
* F. Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
F1. In 2004 Ken Jennings broke the US record and tied the
world record for any game show by winning 74 times on
"Jeopardy!", but after getting two Daily Doubles wrong so
he only had a small lead, he lost his 75th game by going
wrong on "Final Jeopardy!". *Either* name the woman who
beat him, *or* name the US-based firm most of whose 70,000
seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year.
F2. In 2005 "Jeopardy!" held an "Ultimate Tournament of
Champions" to select two opponents for a 3-day final against
Ken Jennings. The player who beat Jennings in the final --
thus regaining the game-show money record -- was assured of
victory by the time the third "Final Jeopardy!" was reached,
but he won in style by being the only one to get it right.
*Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts
who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames
are also occupations.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "There are no new ideas, only new
m...@vex.net mouths to speak them." -- Linda Burman
My text in this article is in the public domain.
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I originally wrote one of these rounds, as I mention below.
** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes
Each of these lines of dialogue was selected for the American Film
Institute's TV special "100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes".
*Note*: This was designed as a bonus round in the original game,
and I'm adjusting the scoring in this version to reflect this.
For each line, there are three things we might ask about: the
actor/actress (we'll just say "the performer" from now on), the
character, or the movie. *Sometimes we'll ask you for any two of
those, sometimes any one, sometimes a specific one. But in all
cases, if you give all three parts correctly, you score a 2-point
bonus for a possible 6 on each question.*
There is *no penalty* if you go for the bonus and get the additional
parts wrong. If you give three parts, but not all correctly, you
will be scored right (for the usual score) or wrong based on the
first one or two parts that you named, as applicable according to
what the question asked for.
For example, if we gave a line spoken by Nicole Kidman as Marisa
Coulter in "The Golden Compass" (2007), then
* Kidman, Coulter, "The Golden Compass" would score 6
* "The Golden Compass", Nicole Kidman, Coulter would score 6
* Kidman, Coulter, "The Comedy of Errors" would score 4
* Coulter, "The Golden Compass" would score 4
* Kidman would score 4 or 0
* Kidman, Belacqua would score 3 or 0
* Kidman, Belacqua, "The Wrong Compass" would score 3 or 0
* Belacqua, Kidman, "The Golden Compass" would score 0
The answers where "or 0" is indicated, of course, would score 0
if we asked for any two of the three parts, but 3 or 4 if we asked
for any one.
Note: On each question you have the usual two guesses *with the
usual scoring if you don't get the bonus*:
4 points if you answer once and are right, or twice, both right
3 points if you guess twice and are right only the first time
2 points if you guess twice and are right only the second time
*On each guess* you have the option to go for the 2-point bonus by
giving three parts. Because of the multi-part answers, please make
it explicit if you are taking a second guess, and explicitly repeat
any parts that are the same in the two guesses. For example, if
guessing twice at a performer name, write "(1) Richards (2) Kidman".
1. Ranked #14 in the list of 100: "The stuff that dreams are
made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two*
of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular
score.
2. Ranked #3: "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda
been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum,
which is what I am." Again, give *any two* of the performer,
the character, and the movie, for the regular score.
3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the
character, or the movie.
4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the
movie.
5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of
a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the
bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
just name the *title*.
7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some
reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line
ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie
for the regular score.
8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular
score.
9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any
one*: the performer, the character, or the movie.
10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who
repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line
is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
the character, or the movie.
** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
I designed the category titles in this round as a homage to
"Jeopardy!", and can't resist showing off the list as a unit:
World Capital
8-Letter Lords
Potent POTUSes
Business & Infamy
Art & Alex
Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
And here we go:
* A. World Capital
A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
* B. 8-Letter Lords
B1. This British lord, born in Italy, was Governor-General
of Canada from 1872 to 1878. He established the Governor-
General's Academic Medals. A major street in Toronto
"""bears""" his 8-letter name.
B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally,
bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
* C. Potent POTUSes
C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
He was also notable for siring more children than any
other president. How many altogether, within 1?
C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was
alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term
affair with one of his slaves and to be the father of
her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the
facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA
testing left the question open. Name the *slave*.
* D. Business & Infamy
D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates
-- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
D2. Under President Berisha, this country began endorsing <answer
D1 surname> or pyramid schemes as legitimate investments; its
citizens had lost about $1,000,000,000 when they collapsed
in 1996-97. The riots were so bad, the UN intervened to
prevent a civil war. An early election was then called
and Berisha was turfed out. Name the country.
* E. Art & Alex
No, it's not Fleming and Trebek: this pair is about *artists
named* Alex.
E1. This Canadian artist moved from Toronto to Nova Scotia as
a child in 1929. He painted Canadian troops at the Juno
Beach landing and later taught at Mt. Allison University.
His name is Alex what?
E2. This New York City artist was born in 1924. He """uses"""
simple, cartoon-like pop-art colors, most often for large
portraits of sophisticated women or groups: for example,
"Green Cap", "Red Coat", and "Ada in a Pillbox Hat".
Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has a museum wing
devoted to his paintings. His name """is""" Alex what?
* F. Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
F1. In 2004 Ken Jennings broke the US record and tied the
world record for any game show by winning 74 times on
"Jeopardy!", but after getting two Daily Doubles wrong so
he only had a small lead, he lost his 75th game by going
wrong on "Final Jeopardy!". *Either* name the woman who
beat him, *or* name the US-based firm most of whose 70,000
seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year.
F2. In 2005 "Jeopardy!" held an "Ultimate Tournament of
Champions" to select two opponents for a 3-day final against
Ken Jennings. The player who beat Jennings in the final --
thus regaining the game-show money record -- was assured of
victory by the time the third "Final Jeopardy!" was reached,
but he won in style by being the only one to get it right.
*Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts
who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames
are also occupations.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "There are no new ideas, only new
m...@vex.net mouths to speak them." -- Linda Burman
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Aug 8, 2020, 3:46:08 AM8/8/20
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
"Dirty Harry", Clint Eastwood
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * A. World Capital
>
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
Krona
>
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
And sadly enough, it is still true. Don't blame me. I voted for the euro.
> A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
> * B. 8-Letter Lords
>
> B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
> to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally,
> bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
Aberdeen
> B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
> to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally,
> bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
> * D. Business & Infamy
>
> D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
> paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates
> -- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
> Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
> was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
> down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
> D2. Under President Berisha, this country began endorsing <answer
> D1 surname> or pyramid schemes as legitimate investments; its
> citizens had lost about $1,000,000,000 when they collapsed
> in 1996-97. The riots were so bad, the UN intervened to
> prevent a civil war. An early election was then called
> and Berisha was turfed out. Name the country.
Dan Blum
Aug 8, 2020, 10:56:35 AM8/8/20
to
Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes
> ** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes
> 1. Ranked #14 in the list of 100: "The stuff that dreams are
> made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two*
> of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular
> score.
Hunmphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
> made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two*
> of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular
> score.
> 2. Ranked #3: "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda
> been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum,
> which is what I am." Again, give *any two* of the performer,
> the character, and the movie, for the regular score.
> 3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
> name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the
> character, or the movie.
> 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
> for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the
> movie.
> 5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of
> a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
> For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the
> bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
> 7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some
> reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line
> ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
> name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie
> for the regular score.
> 8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
> the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular
> score.
> 9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
> in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any
> one*: the performer, the character, or the movie.
> 10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who
> repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line
> is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
> Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
> the character, or the movie.
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * A. World Capital
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
krone
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
> A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
> * B. 8-Letter Lords
> B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
> to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally,
> bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
> * C. Potent POTUSes
> C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
> You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
> US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
> He was also notable for siring more children than any
> other president. How many altogether, within 1?
> C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was
> alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term
> affair with one of his slaves and to be the father of
> her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the
> facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA
> testing left the question open. Name the *slave*.
> * D. Business & Infamy
> D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
> paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates
> -- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
> Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
> was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
> down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
> D2. Under President Berisha, this country began endorsing <answer
> D1 surname> or pyramid schemes as legitimate investments; its
> citizens had lost about $1,000,000,000 when they collapsed
> in 1996-97. The riots were so bad, the UN intervened to
> prevent a civil war. An early election was then called
> and Berisha was turfed out. Name the country.
> * F. Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
> F1. In 2004 Ken Jennings broke the US record and tied the
> world record for any game show by winning 74 times on
> "Jeopardy!", but after getting two Daily Doubles wrong so
> he only had a small lead, he lost his 75th game by going
> wrong on "Final Jeopardy!". *Either* name the woman who
> beat him, *or* name the US-based firm most of whose 70,000
> seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year.
> F2. In 2005 "Jeopardy!" held an "Ultimate Tournament of
> Champions" to select two opponents for a 3-day final against
> Ken Jennings. The player who beat Jennings in the final --
> thus regaining the game-show money record -- was assured of
> victory by the time the third "Final Jeopardy!" was reached,
> but he won in style by being the only one to get it right.
> *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts
> who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames
> are also occupations.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Aug 8, 2020, 5:41:23 PM8/8/20
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Ea-dnXtJHu_vtrPCnZ2dnUU7-
K3N...@giganews.com:
> ** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes
>
> Each of these lines of dialogue was selected for the American Film
> Institute's TV special "100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes".
>
> 2. Ranked #3: "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda
> been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum,
> which is what I am." Again, give *any two* of the performer,
> the character, and the movie, for the regular score.
Marlon Brando, "On the Waterfront," Terry Malloy
> 3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
> name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the
> character, or the movie.
Mae West
> 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
> for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the
> movie.
James Cagney
> 5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of
> a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
> For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the
> bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
"In the Heat of the Night," Sidney Poitier, Virgil Tibbs
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
"Sudden Impact," Clint Eastwood, Harry Callahan
> 7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some
> reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line
> ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
> name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie
> for the regular score.
Greta Garbo, "Grand Hotel"
> 8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
> the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular
> score.
"Psycho," Anthony Perkins, Norman Bates
> 9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
> in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any
> one*: the performer, the character, or the movie.
Groucho Marx, "Animal Crackers," Captain Spalding
> 10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who
> repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line
> is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
> Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
> the character, or the movie.
"Network," Peter Finch, Howard Beale
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
shekel
> * C. Potent POTUSes
>
> C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
> You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
> US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
> He was also notable for siring more children than any
> other president. How many altogether, within 1?
16
> C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was
> alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term
> affair with one of his slaves and to be the father of
> her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the
> facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA
> testing left the question open. Name the *slave*.
Sally Hemings
> * D. Business & Infamy
>
> D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
> paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates
> -- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
> Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
> was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
> down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
Ponzi
> * F. Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
>
> F1. In 2004 Ken Jennings broke the US record and tied the
> world record for any game show by winning 74 times on
> "Jeopardy!", but after getting two Daily Doubles wrong so
> he only had a small lead, he lost his 75th game by going
> wrong on "Final Jeopardy!". *Either* name the woman who
> beat him, *or* name the US-based firm most of whose 70,000
> seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year.
H&R Block; Nancy Zerg
> F2. In 2005 "Jeopardy!" held an "Ultimate Tournament of
> Champions" to select two opponents for a 3-day final against
> Ken Jennings. The player who beat Jennings in the final --
> thus regaining the game-show money record -- was assured of
> victory by the time the third "Final Jeopardy!" was reached,
> but he won in style by being the only one to get it right.
> *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts
> who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames
> are also occupations.
Brad Rutter; Carpenter and Cooper
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
K3N...@giganews.com:
> ** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes
>
> Each of these lines of dialogue was selected for the American Film
> Institute's TV special "100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes".
>
> 1. Ranked #14 in the list of 100: "The stuff that dreams are
> made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two*
> of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular
> score.
Humphrey Bogart, "The Maltese Falcon," Sam Spade
> made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two*
> of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular
> score.
> 2. Ranked #3: "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda
> been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum,
> which is what I am." Again, give *any two* of the performer,
> the character, and the movie, for the regular score.
> 3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
> name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the
> character, or the movie.
> 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
> for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the
> movie.
> 5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of
> a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
> For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the
> bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
> 7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some
> reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line
> ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
> name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie
> for the regular score.
> 8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
> the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular
> score.
> 9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
> in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any
> one*: the performer, the character, or the movie.
> 10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who
> repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line
> is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
> Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
> the character, or the movie.
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. World Capital
>
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
krone
>
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
> A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
> * C. Potent POTUSes
>
> C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
> You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
> US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
> He was also notable for siring more children than any
> other president. How many altogether, within 1?
> C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was
> alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term
> affair with one of his slaves and to be the father of
> her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the
> facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA
> testing left the question open. Name the *slave*.
> * D. Business & Infamy
>
> D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
> paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates
> -- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
> Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
> was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
> down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
> * F. Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
>
> F1. In 2004 Ken Jennings broke the US record and tied the
> world record for any game show by winning 74 times on
> "Jeopardy!", but after getting two Daily Doubles wrong so
> he only had a small lead, he lost his 75th game by going
> wrong on "Final Jeopardy!". *Either* name the woman who
> beat him, *or* name the US-based firm most of whose 70,000
> seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year.
> F2. In 2005 "Jeopardy!" held an "Ultimate Tournament of
> Champions" to select two opponents for a 3-day final against
> Ken Jennings. The player who beat Jennings in the final --
> thus regaining the game-show money record -- was assured of
> victory by the time the third "Final Jeopardy!" was reached,
> but he won in style by being the only one to get it right.
> *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts
> who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames
> are also occupations.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde
Aug 8, 2020, 11:07:43 PM8/8/20
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>
> 3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
> name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the
> character, or the movie.
>
> 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
> for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the
> movie.
>
> 5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of
> a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
> For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the
> bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
>
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
>
> 7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some
> reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line
> ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
> name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie
> for the regular score.
>
> 8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
> the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular
> score.
>
> 9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
> in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any
> one*: the performer, the character, or the movie.
>
> 10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who
> repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line
> is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
> Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
> the character, or the movie.
>
>
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> I designed the category titles in this round as a homage to
> "Jeopardy!", and can't resist showing off the list as a unit:
>
> World Capital
> 8-Letter Lords
> Potent POTUSes
> Business & Infamy
> Art & Alex
> Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
>
> And here we go:
>
>
> * A. World Capital
>
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
> A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
>
>
> * B. 8-Letter Lords
>
> B1. This British lord, born in Italy, was Governor-General
> of Canada from 1872 to 1878. He established the Governor-
> General's Academic Medals. A major street in Toronto
> """bears""" his 8-letter name.
>
> B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
> to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally,
> bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
>
>
> * C. Potent POTUSes
>
> C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
> You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
> US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
> He was also notable for siring more children than any
> other president. How many altogether, within 1?
>
> C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was
> alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term
> affair with one of his slaves and to be the father of
> her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the
> facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA
> testing left the question open. Name the *slave*.
>
>
> * D. Business & Infamy
>
> D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
> paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates
> -- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
> Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
> was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
> down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
>
> F2. In 2005 "Jeopardy!" held an "Ultimate Tournament of
> Champions" to select two opponents for a 3-day final against
> Ken Jennings. The player who beat Jennings in the final --
> thus regaining the game-show money record -- was assured of
> victory by the time the third "Final Jeopardy!" was reached,
> but he won in style by being the only one to get it right.
> *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts
> who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames
> are also occupations.
>
Pete Gayde
swp
Aug 9, 2020, 12:43:41 PM8/9/20
to
On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 12:35:04 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-12,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
noted
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-12,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
> may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
> correct answers in about 3 days.
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I originally wrote one of these rounds, as I mention below.
>
>
> ** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes
>
> Each of these lines of dialogue was selected for the American Film
> Institute's TV special "100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes".
>
> *Note*: This was designed as a bonus round in the original game,
> and I'm adjusting the scoring in this version to reflect this.
>
> For each line, there are three things we might ask about: the
> actor/actress (we'll just say "the performer" from now on), the
> character, or the movie. *Sometimes we'll ask you for any two of
> those, sometimes any one, sometimes a specific one. But in all
> cases, if you give all three parts correctly, you score a 2-point
> bonus for a possible 6 on each question.*
> 2. Ranked #3: "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda
> been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum,
> which is what I am." Again, give *any two* of the performer,
> the character, and the movie, for the regular score.
> 3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
> name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the
> character, or the movie.
> 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
> for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the
> movie.
> 5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of
> a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
> For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the
> bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
> 7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some
> reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line
> ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
> name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie
> for the regular score.
> 8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
> the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular
> score.
> 9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
> in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any
> one*: the performer, the character, or the movie.
> 10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who
> repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line
> is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
> Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
> the character, or the movie.
>
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> I designed the category titles in this round as a homage to
> "Jeopardy!", and can't resist showing off the list as a unit:
>
> World Capital
> 8-Letter Lords
> Potent POTUSes
> Business & Infamy
> Art & Alex
> Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
>
> And here we go:
>
>
> * A. World Capital
>
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
> A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
>
> * B. 8-Letter Lords
>
> B1. This British lord, born in Italy, was Governor-General
> of Canada from 1872 to 1878. He established the Governor-
> General's Academic Medals. A major street in Toronto
> """bears""" his 8-letter name.
> B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
> to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally,
> bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
>
> * C. Potent POTUSes
>
> C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
> You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
> US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
> He was also notable for siring more children than any
> other president. How many altogether, within 1?
> C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was
> alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term
> affair with one of his slaves and to be the father of
> her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the
> facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA
> testing left the question open. Name the *slave*.
>
> * D. Business & Infamy
>
> D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
> paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates
> -- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
> Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
> was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
> down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
> D2. Under President Berisha, this country began endorsing <answer
> D1 surname> or pyramid schemes as legitimate investments; its
> citizens had lost about $1,000,000,000 when they collapsed
> in 1996-97. The riots were so bad, the UN intervened to
> prevent a civil war. An early election was then called
> and Berisha was turfed out. Name the country.
>
> * E. Art & Alex
>
> No, it's not Fleming and Trebek: this pair is about *artists
> named* Alex.
>
> E1. This Canadian artist moved from Toronto to Nova Scotia as
> a child in 1929. He painted Canadian troops at the Juno
> Beach landing and later taught at Mt. Allison University.
> His name is Alex what?
> E2. This New York City artist was born in 1924. He """uses"""
> simple, cartoon-like pop-art colors, most often for large
> portraits of sophisticated women or groups: for example,
> "Green Cap", "Red Coat", and "Ada in a Pillbox Hat".
> Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has a museum wing
> devoted to his paintings. His name """is""" Alex what?
>
> * F. Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
>
> F1. In 2004 Ken Jennings broke the US record and tied the
> world record for any game show by winning 74 times on
> "Jeopardy!", but after getting two Daily Doubles wrong so
> he only had a small lead, he lost his 75th game by going
> wrong on "Final Jeopardy!". *Either* name the woman who
> beat him, *or* name the US-based firm most of whose 70,000
> seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year.
> F2. In 2005 "Jeopardy!" held an "Ultimate Tournament of
> Champions" to select two opponents for a 3-day final against
> Ken Jennings. The player who beat Jennings in the final --
> thus regaining the game-show money record -- was assured of
> victory by the time the third "Final Jeopardy!" was reached,
> but he won in style by being the only one to get it right.
> *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts
> who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames
> are also occupations.
> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto "There are no new ideas, only new
> m...@vex.net mouths to speak them." -- Linda Burman
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Tilque
Aug 10, 2020, 12:26:34 PM8/10/20
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>
> 2. Ranked #3: "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda
> been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum,
> which is what I am." Again, give *any two* of the performer,
> the character, and the movie, for the regular score.
>
> 3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
> name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the
> character, or the movie.
>
> 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
> for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the
> movie.
>
> 5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of
> a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
> For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the
> bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
In the Heat of the Night
>
>
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
Magnum Force, Clint Eastwood, Harry Callahan
> just name the *title*.
>
> 7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some
> reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line
> ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
> name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie
> for the regular score.
>
> 8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
> the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular
> score.
>
> 9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
> in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any
> one*: the performer, the character, or the movie.
>
> 10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who
> repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line
> is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
> Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
> the character, or the movie.
>
>
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> I designed the category titles in this round as a homage to
> "Jeopardy!", and can't resist showing off the list as a unit:
>
> World Capital
> 8-Letter Lords
> Potent POTUSes
> Business & Infamy
> Art & Alex
> Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
>
> And here we go:
>
>
> * A. World Capital
>
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
> A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
>
>
> * B. 8-Letter Lords
>
> B1. This British lord, born in Italy, was Governor-General
> of Canada from 1872 to 1878. He established the Governor-
> General's Academic Medals. A major street in Toronto
> """bears""" his 8-letter name.
>
> B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
> to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally,
> bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
>
>
> * C. Potent POTUSes
>
> C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
> You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
> US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
> He was also notable for siring more children than any
> other president. How many altogether, within 1?
>
> C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was
> alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term
> affair with one of his slaves and to be the father of
> her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the
> facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA
> testing left the question open. Name the *slave*.
>
>
> * D. Business & Infamy
>
> D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
> paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates
> -- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
> Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
> was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
> down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
>
> D2. Under President Berisha, this country began endorsing <answer
> D1 surname> or pyramid schemes as legitimate investments; its
> citizens had lost about $1,000,000,000 when they collapsed
> in 1996-97. The riots were so bad, the UN intervened to
> prevent a civil war. An early election was then called
> and Berisha was turfed out. Name the country.
>
>
> * E. Art & Alex
>
> No, it's not Fleming and Trebek: this pair is about *artists
> named* Alex.
>
> E1. This Canadian artist moved from Toronto to Nova Scotia as
> a child in 1929. He painted Canadian troops at the Juno
> Beach landing and later taught at Mt. Allison University.
> His name is Alex what?
>
> E2. This New York City artist was born in 1924. He """uses"""
> simple, cartoon-like pop-art colors, most often for large
> portraits of sophisticated women or groups: for example,
> "Green Cap", "Red Coat", and "Ada in a Pillbox Hat".
> Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has a museum wing
> devoted to his paintings. His name """is""" Alex what?
>
>
> * F. Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
>
> F1. In 2004 Ken Jennings broke the US record and tied the
> world record for any game show by winning 74 times on
> "Jeopardy!", but after getting two Daily Doubles wrong so
> he only had a small lead, he lost his 75th game by going
> wrong on "Final Jeopardy!". *Either* name the woman who
> beat him, *or* name the US-based firm most of whose 70,000
> seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year.
>
> F2. In 2005 "Jeopardy!" held an "Ultimate Tournament of
> Champions" to select two opponents for a 3-day final against
> Ken Jennings. The player who beat Jennings in the final --
> thus regaining the game-show money record -- was assured of
> victory by the time the third "Final Jeopardy!" was reached,
> but he won in style by being the only one to get it right.
> *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts
> who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames
> are also occupations.
--
Dan Tilque
Bruce Bowler
Aug 10, 2020, 3:16:34 PM8/10/20
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> 3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
> name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the character,
> or the movie.
> 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
> for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the movie.
>
> 5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of
> a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
> For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the bonus
> you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
>
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
> 7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some
> reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line ends with
> "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
> name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie for the
> regular score.
>
> 8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
> the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular score.
> 9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
> in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any one*:
> the performer, the character, or the movie.
> 10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who
> repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line is:
> "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Again,
> name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
> the character, or the movie.
>
>
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> I designed the category titles in this round as a homage to "Jeopardy!",
> and can't resist showing off the list as a unit:
>
> World Capital 8-Letter Lords Potent POTUSes Business & Infamy
> Art & Alex Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
>
> And here we go:
>
>
> * A. World Capital
>
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
> A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
>
> * B. 8-Letter Lords
>
> B1. This British lord, born in Italy, was Governor-General
> of Canada from 1872 to 1878. He established the Governor-
> General's Academic Medals. A major street in Toronto """bears"""
> his 8-letter name.
>
> B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
> to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally, bore
> the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
>
>
> * C. Potent POTUSes
>
> C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
> You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first US
> vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841. He was
> also notable for siring more children than any other president.
> How many altogether, within 1?
> C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was
> alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term affair
> with one of his slaves and to be the father of her children.
> This is now fairly widely accepted, but the facts have never been
> definitively resolved; eventual DNA testing left the question
> open. Name the *slave*.
> * D. Business & Infamy
>
> D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
> paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates -- all
> by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
> Or so they said. But the company's real source of money was the
> millions deposited by new investors. It was shut down the same
> year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
Mark Brader
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Mark Brader:
JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratulations, sir!
> I originally wrote one of these rounds, as I mention below.
I don't remember *not* writing the other one, either. No way to tell
now, and the bonus scoring does sound like something I would've come
up with.
> ** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes
> Each of these lines of dialogue was selected for the American Film
> Institute's TV special "100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes".
> *Note*: This was designed as a bonus round in the original game,
> and I'm adjusting the scoring in this version to reflect this.
> For each line, there are three things we might ask about: the
> actor/actress (we'll just say "the performer" from now on), the
> character, or the movie. *Sometimes we'll ask you for any two of
> those, sometimes any one, sometimes a specific one. But in all
> cases, if you give all three parts correctly, you score a 2-point
> bonus for a possible 6 on each question.*
...
6 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. Ranked #3: "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda
> been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum,
> which is what I am." Again, give *any two* of the performer,
> the character, and the movie, for the regular score.
Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in "On the Waterfront" (1954).
6 for Joshua and Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce.
> 3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
> name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the
> character, or the movie.
Mae West as Lady Lou in "She Done Him Wrong" (1933). 6 for Stephen.
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Bruce.
> 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
> for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the
> movie.
James Cagney as Arthur "Cody" Jarrett in "White Heat" (1949).
6 for Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of
> a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
> For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the
> bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs in "In the Heat of the Night" (1967).
6 for Joshua and Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan in "Sudden Impact" (1983), fourth
movie in the "Dirty Harry" series. 6 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some
> reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line
> ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
> name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie
> for the regular score.
Greta Garbo as Mme. Grusinskaya in "Grand Hotel" (1932).
6 for Stephen. 4 for Joshua.
> 8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
> the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular
> score.
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in "Psycho" (1960). 6 for Dan Blum,
Joshua, Stephen, and Bruce. 4 for Pete.
> 9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
> in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any
> one*: the performer, the character, or the movie.
Groucho Marx as Capt. Jeffrey T. Spaulding in "Animal Crackers"
(1930). 6 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen. 4 for Pete, Dan Tilque,
and Bruce.
> 10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who
> repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line
> is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
> Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
> the character, or the movie.
Peter Finch as Howard Beale in "Network" (1976). 6 for Joshua
and Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete.
The first people to repeat it improve it by dropping the first "as".
Someone else then further improves it by changing "this" to "it".
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> I designed the category titles in this round as a homage to
> "Jeopardy!", and can't resist showing off the list as a unit:
> World Capital
> 8-Letter Lords
> Potent POTUSes
> Business & Infamy
> Art & Alex
> Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
This was the hardest round in the original game, though still not
all that hard.
> And here we go:
> * A. World Capital
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
Krona. (Still true.) The plural "kronor" or the English "crown"
was also acceptable; and since I'm not insisting on perfect spelling,
I also decided to accept the Norwegian or Danish "krone" or its plural
"kroner". 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Stephen,
Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
(New) shekel. (Still true.) 4 for everyone.
> * B. 8-Letter Lords
> B1. This British lord, born in Italy, was Governor-General
> of Canada from 1872 to 1878. He established the Governor-
> General's Academic Medals. A major street in Toronto
> """bears""" his 8-letter name.
Lord Dufferin (or Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood,
Earl of Dufferin, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava). (Still true.)
4 for Stephen.
> B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
> to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally,
> bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
Lord Aberdeen (or Sir John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, Earl and Marquess
of Aberdeen and Temair). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
> * C. Potent POTUSes
> C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
> You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
> US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
> He was also notable for siring more children than any
> other president. How many altogether, within 1?
15 (accepting 14-16). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Bruce. 2 for Pete.
While he was president, his wife died and he married again -- to a
woman younger than three of his children. Over a span of 45 years
Tyler had 8 children with the first wife and 7 with the second.
By the time last of the 15 was born, one of the other 14 already
had 9 children of his own. Incidentally, it made the news in 2018
that two of President Tyler's grandchildren were still alive -- over
200 years after he became president. I don't know if they still are.
> C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was
> alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term
> affair with one of his slaves and to be the father of
> her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the
> facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA
> testing left the question open. Name the *slave*.
Sally Hemings. (Property of Thomas Jefferson.) 4 for Dan Blum,
Joshua, Pete, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
The DNA testing showed that she had at least one child with *either*
Jefferson or a man related to him. Since he left no known descendants
(and neither did her other children), and his own DNA is no longer
available, this is the most that can be definitively said.
> * D. Business & Infamy
> D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
> paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates
> -- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
> Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
> was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
> down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
Charles or Carlo Ponzi. I accepted "Ponzo" as close enough.
4 for everyone.
> D2. Under President Berisha, this country began endorsing <answer
> D1 surname> or pyramid schemes as legitimate investments; its
> citizens had lost about $1,000,000,000 when they collapsed
> in 1996-97. The riots were so bad, the UN intervened to
> prevent a civil war. An early election was then called
> and Berisha was turfed out. Name the country.
Albania. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
> * E. Art & Alex
> No, it's not Fleming and Trebek: this pair is about *artists
> named* Alex.
> E1. This Canadian artist moved from Toronto to Nova Scotia as
> a child in 1929. He painted Canadian troops at the Juno
> Beach landing and later taught at Mt. Allison University.
> His name is Alex what?
Colville. 4 for Stephen. (He died in 2013.)
> E2. This New York City artist was born in 1924. He """uses"""
> simple, cartoon-like pop-art colors, most often for large
> portraits of sophisticated women or groups: for example,
> "Green Cap", "Red Coat", and "Ada in a Pillbox Hat".
> Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has a museum wing
> devoted to his paintings. His name """is""" Alex what?
Katz. (Still alive.) 4 for Stephen.
> * F. Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
> F1. In 2004 Ken Jennings broke the US record and tied the
> world record for any game show by winning 74 times on
> "Jeopardy!", but after getting two Daily Doubles wrong so
> he only had a small lead, he lost his 75th game by going
> wrong on "Final Jeopardy!". *Either* name the woman who
> beat him, *or* name the US-based firm most of whose 70,000
> seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year.
Nancy Zerg; H&R Block. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua (the hard way), Pete,
Stephen (the hard way), and Dan Tilque.
Jennings, who had always done his own taxes, didn't think of the right
"season". Rather than leave a blank, he guessed FedEx. Zerg lost
the next day.
I should've put "work" in triple quotes; I haven't checked for
current information about the company.
> F2. In 2005 "Jeopardy!" held an "Ultimate Tournament of
> Champions" to select two opponents for a 3-day final against
> Ken Jennings. The player who beat Jennings in the final --
> thus regaining the game-show money record -- was assured of
> victory by the time the third "Final Jeopardy!" was reached,
> but he won in style by being the only one to get it right.
> *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts
> who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames
> are also occupations.
Brad Rutter; Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper. 4 for Dan Blum,
Joshua (the hard way), Pete, Stephen, and Bruce (the hard way).
Like Dan Tilque, Ken Jennings tried Carpenter and Alan Shepard; the
third player, Jerome Vered, put Cooper and Shepherd. Spelling errors
don't matter either here or on "Jeopardy!" if they doesn't affect
the pronunciation, but Shepard was wrong anyway: his Mercury flight,
also in May but in 1961, was suborbital.
Neither Jennings nor Rutter was finished with "Jeopardy!" after this.
Most notably, they competed in special tournaments in 2011 against
a computer system named Watson, designed for the purpose, and then
in 2020 against James Holzhauer, the *fastest* money-winning player
in the history of the show. Watson won, with Jennings second;
then Jennings won, with Holzhauer second.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Sci His Spo Lit Ent Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 40 12 8 20 19 32 54 28 193
Dan Blum 40 0 24 39 12 19 32 32 186
Stephen Perry 40 32 -- -- -- -- 60 48 180
Dan Tilque 40 4 12 32 16 12 18 20 138
Pete Gayde 40 2 12 16 16 11 24 26 134
Bruce Bowler 36 0 32 8 16 7 17 24 133
Erland Sommarskog 40 0 3 8 12 4 0 20 87
"Calvin" -- -- 0 35 -- -- -- -- 35
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> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-12,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Game 4 is over and it's been a close one, but the winner is
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratulations, sir!
> I originally wrote one of these rounds, as I mention below.
now, and the bonus scoring does sound like something I would've come
up with.
> ** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes
> Each of these lines of dialogue was selected for the American Film
> Institute's TV special "100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes".
> *Note*: This was designed as a bonus round in the original game,
> and I'm adjusting the scoring in this version to reflect this.
> For each line, there are three things we might ask about: the
> actor/actress (we'll just say "the performer" from now on), the
> character, or the movie. *Sometimes we'll ask you for any two of
> those, sometimes any one, sometimes a specific one. But in all
> cases, if you give all three parts correctly, you score a 2-point
> bonus for a possible 6 on each question.*
> 1. Ranked #14 in the list of 100: "The stuff that dreams are
> made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two*
> of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular
> score.
Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941).
> made of." This is not a Shakespeare movie. Give *any two*
> of the performer, the character, and the movie, for the regular
> score.
6 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. Ranked #3: "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda
> been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum,
> which is what I am." Again, give *any two* of the performer,
> the character, and the movie, for the regular score.
6 for Joshua and Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce.
> 3. #26: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" This time just
> name *any one* for the regular score: the performer, the
> character, or the movie.
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Bruce.
> 4. #18: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Again, give *any one*
> for the regular score: the performer, the character, or the
> movie.
6 for Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.
> 5. #16: The line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" became the title of
> a sequel, but we want the original movie where it was spoken.
> For the regular score just give the *title*. If going for the
> bonus you'll need to include the *character's first name*.
6 for Joshua and Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 6. #6: "Go ahead... make my day!" Again, for the regular score
> just name the *title*.
movie in the "Dirty Harry" series. 6 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 7. The AFI web page gives #30 as "I want to be alone." Some
> reputable sources agree, while others insist that the line
> ends with "to be let alone" or "left alone". In any case,
> name *any two* of the performer, the character, and the movie
> for the regular score.
6 for Stephen. 4 for Joshua.
> 8. #56: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Give *any two* of
> the performer, the character, and the movie for the regular
> score.
Joshua, Stephen, and Bruce. 4 for Pete.
> 9. #53: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got
> in my pajamas, I don't know." For the regular score name *any
> one*: the performer, the character, or the movie.
(1930). 6 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen. 4 for Pete, Dan Tilque,
and Bruce.
> 10. For #19 we want the person who says this first, not the ones who
> repeat it (and incidentally change the wording a bit). The line
> is: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
> Again, name *any one* for the regular score: the performer,
> the character, or the movie.
and Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete.
The first people to repeat it improve it by dropping the first "as".
Someone else then further improves it by changing "this" to "it".
> ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> I designed the category titles in this round as a homage to
> "Jeopardy!", and can't resist showing off the list as a unit:
> World Capital
> 8-Letter Lords
> Potent POTUSes
> Business & Infamy
> Art & Alex
> Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
all that hard.
> And here we go:
> * A. World Capital
> A1. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Sweden?
was also acceptable; and since I'm not insisting on perfect spelling,
I also decided to accept the Norwegian or Danish "krone" or its plural
"kroner". 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Stephen,
Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
> A2. What """is""" the basic unit of money in Israel?
> * B. 8-Letter Lords
> B1. This British lord, born in Italy, was Governor-General
> of Canada from 1872 to 1878. He established the Governor-
> General's Academic Medals. A major street in Toronto
> """bears""" his 8-letter name.
Earl of Dufferin, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava). (Still true.)
4 for Stephen.
> B2. This British lord was Governor-General of Canada from 1893
> to 1898. He was born in Edinburgh and, not coincidentally,
> bore the name of another Scottish city. It's 8 letters.
of Aberdeen and Temair). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
> * C. Potent POTUSes
> C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
> You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
> US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
> He was also notable for siring more children than any
> other president. How many altogether, within 1?
While he was president, his wife died and he married again -- to a
woman younger than three of his children. Over a span of 45 years
Tyler had 8 children with the first wife and 7 with the second.
By the time last of the 15 was born, one of the other 14 already
had 9 children of his own. Incidentally, it made the news in 2018
that two of President Tyler's grandchildren were still alive -- over
200 years after he became president. I don't know if they still are.
> C2. One well-remembered US president, a widower at the time, was
> alleged by a political opponent to have had a long-term
> affair with one of his slaves and to be the father of
> her children. This is now fairly widely accepted, but the
> facts have never been definitively resolved; eventual DNA
> testing left the question open. Name the *slave*.
Joshua, Pete, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Bruce.
The DNA testing showed that she had at least one child with *either*
Jefferson or a man related to him. Since he left no known descendants
(and neither did her other children), and his own DNA is no longer
available, this is the most that can be definitively said.
> * D. Business & Infamy
> D1. In 1920 the Securities Exchange Co. made a splash by
> paying off short-term investments at amazingly high rates
> -- all by arbitraging international postal reply coupons!
> Or so they said. But the company's real source of money
> was the millions deposited by new investors. It was shut
> down the same year and its president imprisoned. Name him.
4 for everyone.
> D2. Under President Berisha, this country began endorsing <answer
> D1 surname> or pyramid schemes as legitimate investments; its
> citizens had lost about $1,000,000,000 when they collapsed
> in 1996-97. The riots were so bad, the UN intervened to
> prevent a civil war. An early election was then called
> and Berisha was turfed out. Name the country.
> * E. Art & Alex
> No, it's not Fleming and Trebek: this pair is about *artists
> named* Alex.
> E1. This Canadian artist moved from Toronto to Nova Scotia as
> a child in 1929. He painted Canadian troops at the Juno
> Beach landing and later taught at Mt. Allison University.
> His name is Alex what?
> E2. This New York City artist was born in 1924. He """uses"""
> simple, cartoon-like pop-art colors, most often for large
> portraits of sophisticated women or groups: for example,
> "Green Cap", "Red Coat", and "Ada in a Pillbox Hat".
> Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has a museum wing
> devoted to his paintings. His name """is""" Alex what?
> * F. Ken Lost on "Jeopardy!"
> F1. In 2004 Ken Jennings broke the US record and tied the
> world record for any game show by winning 74 times on
> "Jeopardy!", but after getting two Daily Doubles wrong so
> he only had a small lead, he lost his 75th game by going
> wrong on "Final Jeopardy!". *Either* name the woman who
> beat him, *or* name the US-based firm most of whose 70,000
> seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year.
Stephen (the hard way), and Dan Tilque.
Jennings, who had always done his own taxes, didn't think of the right
"season". Rather than leave a blank, he guessed FedEx. Zerg lost
the next day.
I should've put "work" in triple quotes; I haven't checked for
current information about the company.
> F2. In 2005 "Jeopardy!" held an "Ultimate Tournament of
> Champions" to select two opponents for a 3-day final against
> Ken Jennings. The player who beat Jennings in the final --
> thus regaining the game-show money record -- was assured of
> victory by the time the third "Final Jeopardy!" was reached,
> but he won in style by being the only one to get it right.
> *Either* name him, *or* name the *two* Mercury astronauts
> who orbited Earth in May 1962 and May 1963 and whose surnames
> are also occupations.
Joshua (the hard way), Pete, Stephen, and Bruce (the hard way).
Like Dan Tilque, Ken Jennings tried Carpenter and Alan Shepard; the
third player, Jerome Vered, put Cooper and Shepherd. Spelling errors
don't matter either here or on "Jeopardy!" if they doesn't affect
the pronunciation, but Shepard was wrong anyway: his Mercury flight,
also in May but in 1961, was suborbital.
Neither Jennings nor Rutter was finished with "Jeopardy!" after this.
Most notably, they competed in special tournaments in 2011 against
a computer system named Watson, designed for the purpose, and then
in 2020 against James Holzhauer, the *fastest* money-winning player
in the history of the show. Watson won, with Jennings second;
then Jennings won, with Holzhauer second.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Sci His Spo Lit Ent Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 40 12 8 20 19 32 54 28 193
Dan Blum 40 0 24 39 12 19 32 32 186
Stephen Perry 40 32 -- -- -- -- 60 48 180
Dan Tilque 40 4 12 32 16 12 18 20 138
Pete Gayde 40 2 12 16 16 11 24 26 134
Bruce Bowler 36 0 32 8 16 7 17 24 133
Erland Sommarskog 40 0 3 8 12 4 0 20 87
"Calvin" -- -- 0 35 -- -- -- -- 35
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:nZGdnW_cT80Asa_CnZ2dnUU7-
T_N...@giganews.com:
>> * C. Potent POTUSes
>
>> C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
>> You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
>> US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
>> He was also notable for siring more children than any
>> other president. How many altogether, within 1?
>
> 15 (accepting 14-16). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Bruce. 2 for Pete.
>
> While he was president, his wife died and he married again -- to a
> woman younger than three of his children. Over a span of 45 years
> Tyler had 8 children with the first wife and 7 with the second.
> By the time last of the 15 was born, one of the other 14 already
> had 9 children of his own. Incidentally, it made the news in 2018
> that two of President Tyler's grandchildren were still alive -- over
> 200 years after he became president. I don't know if they still are.
As far as I know, Tyler's grandsons Lyon Tyler Jr. and Harrison Tyler are
both still alive (both over age 90), but it has only (only?) been 179 years
since their grandfather became president.
--
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T_N...@giganews.com:
>> * C. Potent POTUSes
>
>> C1. POTUS, of course, means President Of The United States.
>> You may remember from Round 6 that John Tyler was the first
>> US vice-president to succeed a dead president, this in 1841.
>> He was also notable for siring more children than any
>> other president. How many altogether, within 1?
>
> 15 (accepting 14-16). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Bruce. 2 for Pete.
>
> While he was president, his wife died and he married again -- to a
> woman younger than three of his children. Over a span of 45 years
> Tyler had 8 children with the first wife and 7 with the second.
> By the time last of the 15 was born, one of the other 14 already
> had 9 children of his own. Incidentally, it made the news in 2018
> that two of President Tyler's grandchildren were still alive -- over
> 200 years after he became president. I don't know if they still are.
both still alive (both over age 90), but it has only (only?) been 179 years
since their grandfather became president.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Mark Brader
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Mark Brader:
> grandfather became president.
Oops! I wonder if that was my mistake or if I copied it from one of
the articles from 2018 that I came across. Apologies, anyway.
It has been 230 years since he was born, though.
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>> Incidentally, it made the news in 2018
>> that two of President Tyler's grandchildren were still alive -- over
>> 200 years after he became president. I don't know if they still are.
Joshua Kreitzer:
>> that two of President Tyler's grandchildren were still alive -- over
>> 200 years after he became president. I don't know if they still are.
> As far as I know, Tyler's grandsons Lyon Tyler Jr. and Harrison Tyler are
> both still alive... but it has only (only?) been 179 years since their
> grandfather became president.
Oops! I wonder if that was my mistake or if I copied it from one of
the articles from 2018 that I came across. Apologies, anyway.
It has been 230 years since he was born, though.
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