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RQFTCI98 Game 3 Rounds 9-10: main streets, challenge round
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Mark Brader
Apr 17, 2021, 2:39:37 AM4/17/21
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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09,
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
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote most or all of one of these rounds and I think 3 questions
in the other.
** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.)
4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St.
6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St.
7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd.
8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St.
9. Sackville St., Barrington St., Lower Water St.
10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway.
** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
(The categories in this round were named after teams then existing
in our league. Including, of course, the Usual Suspects. Only two
of these five teams were still playing at the time of the pandemic
shutdown in 2020 -- the other one was MI5, who, as you will recall,
were setting the questions at the time.)
* A. MI5
A1. We've all met MI5. Some of us have heard of MI6. But there
were other MIs, too. Who were MI19, or what did they do?
A2. And what did MI9 do?
* B. Azzurri
B1. There are really two Azzurri teams: the other one is the
blue-jerseyed Italian national soccer team. Name the Azzurri
goalkeeper who """holds""" the record for the most minutes
without allowing a goal in international play.
B2. We lied: there are three Azzurri teams. The *other* other
one is the Italian national team that was world champion
13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included
Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well,
what did -- they play?
* C. Treppenwitzers
C1. Either tell us what the German word Treppenwitz means,
or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation.
A literal translation in English will be scored as almost
correct.
C2. (Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished
with C1.) N "Frvasryq" rcvfbqr unf bar punenpgre gbezragrq
ol Gerccrajvgm sylvat gb Puvpntb va beqre gb qryvire n dhvc
gung ur qvq abg guvax bs va gvzr. Jub vf guvf punenpgre?
* D. Too Cool for School
D1. Otis Redding was too cool for school: he left after grade 10.
But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been
Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay".
For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs?
D2. The chorus of a raunchy blues song called "Good Morning
Little Schoolgirl" asks the little schoolgirl to tell her
parents a little white lie. What's the lie?
* E. The Usual Suspects
E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line
"Round up the usual suspects"?
E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy
Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the
two people who won the awards.
--
Mark Brader "People with whole brains, however, dispute
Toronto this claim, and are generally more articulate
m...@vex.net in expressing their views." -- Gary Larson
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
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote most or all of one of these rounds and I think 3 questions
in the other.
** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.)
4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St.
6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St.
7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd.
8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St.
9. Sackville St., Barrington St., Lower Water St.
10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway.
** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
(The categories in this round were named after teams then existing
in our league. Including, of course, the Usual Suspects. Only two
of these five teams were still playing at the time of the pandemic
shutdown in 2020 -- the other one was MI5, who, as you will recall,
were setting the questions at the time.)
* A. MI5
A1. We've all met MI5. Some of us have heard of MI6. But there
were other MIs, too. Who were MI19, or what did they do?
A2. And what did MI9 do?
* B. Azzurri
B1. There are really two Azzurri teams: the other one is the
blue-jerseyed Italian national soccer team. Name the Azzurri
goalkeeper who """holds""" the record for the most minutes
without allowing a goal in international play.
B2. We lied: there are three Azzurri teams. The *other* other
one is the Italian national team that was world champion
13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included
Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well,
what did -- they play?
* C. Treppenwitzers
C1. Either tell us what the German word Treppenwitz means,
or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation.
A literal translation in English will be scored as almost
correct.
C2. (Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished
with C1.) N "Frvasryq" rcvfbqr unf bar punenpgre gbezragrq
ol Gerccrajvgm sylvat gb Puvpntb va beqre gb qryvire n dhvc
gung ur qvq abg guvax bs va gvzr. Jub vf guvf punenpgre?
* D. Too Cool for School
D1. Otis Redding was too cool for school: he left after grade 10.
But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been
Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay".
For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs?
D2. The chorus of a raunchy blues song called "Good Morning
Little Schoolgirl" asks the little schoolgirl to tell her
parents a little white lie. What's the lie?
* E. The Usual Suspects
E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line
"Round up the usual suspects"?
E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy
Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the
two people who won the awards.
--
Mark Brader "People with whole brains, however, dispute
Toronto this claim, and are generally more articulate
m...@vex.net in expressing their views." -- Gary Larson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer
Apr 17, 2021, 2:46:54 AM4/17/21
to
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:CaKdnTuEQIY-H-f9nZ2dnUU7-
LXN...@giganews.com:
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
>
> We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
> Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
>
> 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
Montreal
> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
Vancouver
> 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.)
Chicago
> 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
St. Petersburg; Moscow
> 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St.
Boston
> 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St.
New Orleans
> 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway.
Los Angeles
> ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> C2. (Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished
> with C1.) N "Frvasryq" rcvfbqr unf bar punenpgre gbezragrq
> ol Gerccrajvgm sylvat gb Puvpntb va beqre gb qryvire n dhvc
> gung ur qvq abg guvax bs va gvzr. Jub vf guvf punenpgre?
George
> * D. Too Cool for School
>
> D1. Otis Redding was too cool for school: he left after grade 10.
> But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been
> Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay".
> For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs?
Stax
> * E. The Usual Suspects
>
> E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line
> "Round up the usual suspects"?
Claude Rains
> E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy
> Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the
> two people who won the awards.
Christopher McQuarrie; Kevin Spacey
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
LXN...@giganews.com:
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
>
> We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
> Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
>
> 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
> 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.)
> 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
> 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St.
> 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St.
> 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway.
> ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * C. Treppenwitzers
>
> C1. Either tell us what the German word Treppenwitz means,
> or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation.
> A literal translation in English will be scored as almost
> correct.
esprit de l'escalier
>
> C1. Either tell us what the German word Treppenwitz means,
> or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation.
> A literal translation in English will be scored as almost
> correct.
> C2. (Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished
> with C1.) N "Frvasryq" rcvfbqr unf bar punenpgre gbezragrq
> ol Gerccrajvgm sylvat gb Puvpntb va beqre gb qryvire n dhvc
> gung ur qvq abg guvax bs va gvzr. Jub vf guvf punenpgre?
> * D. Too Cool for School
>
> D1. Otis Redding was too cool for school: he left after grade 10.
> But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been
> Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay".
> For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs?
> * E. The Usual Suspects
>
> E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line
> "Round up the usual suspects"?
> E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy
> Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the
> two people who won the awards.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Erland Sommarskog
Apr 17, 2021, 5:39:51 AM4/17/21
to
Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
>
> We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
> Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
>
> 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
Montréal
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
>
> We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
> Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
>
> 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
> 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
> 7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd.
> 8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St.
>
> ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
>
> B2. We lied: there are three Azzurri teams. The *other* other
> one is the Italian national team that was world champion
> 13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included
> Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well,
> what did -- they play?
Bridge
> B2. We lied: there are three Azzurri teams. The *other* other
> one is the Italian national team that was world champion
> 13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included
> Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well,
> what did -- they play?
> C1. Either tell us what the German word Treppenwitz means,
> or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation.
> A literal translation in English will be scored as almost
> correct.
> * D. Too Cool for School
>
> D1. Otis Redding was too cool for school: he left after grade 10.
> But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been
> Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay".
> For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs?
> * E. The Usual Suspects
>
> E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line
> "Round up the usual suspects"?
Dan Blum
Apr 17, 2021, 10:19:21 AM4/17/21
to
> 1. La Grande All?e, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
Quebec City; Montreal
> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
Ottawa
> 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.)
Chicago
> 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
Moscow
> 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St.
Boston
> 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St.
New Orleans
> 7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd.
Halifax; Vancouver
> 8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St.
Toronto
> 9. Sackville St., Barrington St., Lower Water St.
Vancouver; Halifax
> 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway.
Los Angeles
> ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> * B. Azzurri
> B2. We lied: there are three Azzurri teams. The *other* other
> one is the Italian national team that was world champion
> 13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included
> Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well,
> what did -- they play?
Bridge
> * C. Treppenwitzers
> C1. Either tell us what the German word Treppenwitz means,
> or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation.
> A literal translation in English will be scored as almost
> correct.
esprit de l'escalier
> C2. (Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished
> with C1.) N "Frvasryq" rcvfbqr unf bar punenpgre gbezragrq
> ol Gerccrajvgm sylvat gb Puvpntb va beqre gb qryvire n dhvc
> gung ur qvq abg guvax bs va gvzr. Jub vf guvf punenpgre?
George Costanza
> * E. The Usual Suspects
> E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line
> "Round up the usual suspects"?
Muni
> E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy
> Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the
> two people who won the awards.
Kevin Spacey
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Quebec City; Montreal
> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
> 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.)
> 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
> 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St.
> 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St.
> 7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd.
> 8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St.
> 9. Sackville St., Barrington St., Lower Water St.
> 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway.
> ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> B2. We lied: there are three Azzurri teams. The *other* other
> one is the Italian national team that was world champion
> 13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included
> Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well,
> what did -- they play?
> * C. Treppenwitzers
> C1. Either tell us what the German word Treppenwitz means,
> or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation.
> A literal translation in English will be scored as almost
> correct.
> C2. (Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished
> with C1.) N "Frvasryq" rcvfbqr unf bar punenpgre gbezragrq
> ol Gerccrajvgm sylvat gb Puvpntb va beqre gb qryvire n dhvc
> gung ur qvq abg guvax bs va gvzr. Jub vf guvf punenpgre?
> * E. The Usual Suspects
> E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line
> "Round up the usual suspects"?
> E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy
> Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the
> two people who won the awards.
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque
Apr 18, 2021, 9:39:03 PM4/18/21
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On 4/16/21 11:39 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
>
> We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
> Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
>
> 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
> 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.)
> 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
St Petersburg, Russia; Moscow
>
>
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
>
> We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
> Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
>
> 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
> 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.)
> 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
> 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St.
> 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St.
> 7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd.
> 8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St.
> 9. Sackville St., Barrington St., Lower Water St.
> 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway.
>
> E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy
> Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the
> two people who won the awards.
>
--
Pete Gayde
Apr 19, 2021, 6:59:49 PM4/19/21
to
Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09,
> 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
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote most or all of one of these rounds and I think 3 questions
> in the other.
>
>
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
>
> We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
> Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
>
> 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
Paris; Quebec
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09,
> 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
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> I wrote most or all of one of these rounds and I think 3 questions
> in the other.
>
>
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
>
> We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
> Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
>
> 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
> 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.)
> 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
> 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St.
> 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St.
> 7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd.
> 8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St.
> 9. Sackville St., Barrington St., Lower Water St.
> 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway.
>
>
> ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> (The categories in this round were named after teams then existing
> in our league. Including, of course, the Usual Suspects. Only two
> of these five teams were still playing at the time of the pandemic
> shutdown in 2020 -- the other one was MI5, who, as you will recall,
> were setting the questions at the time.)
>
> * A. MI5
>
> A1. We've all met MI5. Some of us have heard of MI6. But there
> were other MIs, too. Who were MI19, or what did they do?
>
> A2. And what did MI9 do?
>
>
> * B. Azzurri
>
> B1. There are really two Azzurri teams: the other one is the
> blue-jerseyed Italian national soccer team. Name the Azzurri
> goalkeeper who """holds""" the record for the most minutes
> without allowing a goal in international play.
>
> B2. We lied: there are three Azzurri teams. The *other* other
> one is the Italian national team that was world champion
> 13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included
> Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well,
> what did -- they play?
>
>
> * C. Treppenwitzers
>
> C1. Either tell us what the German word Treppenwitz means,
> or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation.
> A literal translation in English will be scored as almost
> correct.
>
> C2. (Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished
> with C1.) N "Frvasryq" rcvfbqr unf bar punenpgre gbezragrq
> ol Gerccrajvgm sylvat gb Puvpntb va beqre gb qryvire n dhvc
> gung ur qvq abg guvax bs va gvzr. Jub vf guvf punenpgre?
>
>
> * D. Too Cool for School
>
> D1. Otis Redding was too cool for school: he left after grade 10.
> But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been
> Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay".
> For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs?
>
> D2. The chorus of a raunchy blues song called "Good Morning
> Little Schoolgirl" asks the little schoolgirl to tell her
> parents a little white lie. What's the lie?
>
>
> * E. The Usual Suspects
>
> E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line
> "Round up the usual suspects"?
>
> E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy
> Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the
> two people who won the awards.
>
Mark Brader
Apr 20, 2021, 12:19:31 AM4/20/21
to
Mark Brader:
Hearty congratulations!
> I wrote most or all of one of these rounds and I think 3 questions
> in the other.
I wrote most or all of the geography round, and in the challenge round,
I think I wrote question B2 and pair E.
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
> We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
> Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
This was the 4th-easiest round of the season.
> 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
Québec. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Pete.
> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
Vancouver. 4 for Joshua and Erland.
> 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.)
Chicago. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
St. Petersburg. (We accepted Leningrad.) 4 for Erland. 3 for Joshua
and Dan Tilque.
> 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St.
Boston. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St.
New Orleans. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
> 7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd.
Edinburgh. 4 for Erland and Pete.
> 8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St.
Ottawa.
> 9. Sackville St., Barrington St., Lower Water St.
Halifax. 2 for Dan Blum.
> 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway.
Los Angeles. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> (The categories in this round were named after teams then existing
> in our league. Including, of course, the Usual Suspects. Only two
> of these five teams were still playing at the time of the pandemic
> shutdown in 2020 -- the other one was MI5, who, as you will recall,
> were setting the questions at the time.)
This was one of four rounds all tied for being the hardest of the
season.
> * A. MI5
> A1. We've all met MI5. Some of us have heard of MI6. But there
> were other MIs, too. Who were MI19, or what did they do?
Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre: they interrogated
high-level Nazis. (The name or function was sufficient.)
> A2. And what did MI9 do?
They taught Allied personnel in World War II to escape capture,
and maintained networks in occupied Europe to help agents and downed
flyers return to Allied territory. (A partial answer was sufficient.)
> * B. Azzurri
> B1. There are really two Azzurri teams: the other one is the
> blue-jerseyed Italian national soccer team. Name the Azzurri
> goalkeeper who """holds""" the record for the most minutes
> without allowing a goal in international play.
Dino Zoff (1,142 minutes in 1972-74 -- and *still* the record in 2021).
> B2. We lied: there are three Azzurri teams. The *other* other
> one is the Italian national team that was world champion
> 13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included
> Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well,
> what did -- they play?
Bridge, of course. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> * C. Treppenwitzers
> C1. Either tell us what the German word Treppenwitz means,
> or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation.
> A literal translation in English will be scored as almost
> correct.
"Esprit de l'escalier", or literally "staircase wit". It's a clever
comeback or remark that you think of when it's too late to use it, as
because you are already on the stairs on your way out. 4 for Joshua,
Erland, and Dan Blum.
In 2009 I scored "having the wit of George Castanza from the TV
show 'Seinfeld'. They did an episode about it" as almost correct,
assuming that the episode was the one mentioned in the next question.
> C2. (Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished
> with C1.) A "Seinfeld" episode has one character tormented
> by Treppenwitz flying to Chicago in order to deliver a quip
> that he did not think of in time. Who is this character?
George Costanza. (Either name was sufficient.) 4 for Joshua
and Dan Blum.
> * D. Too Cool for School
> D1. Otis Redding was too cool for school: he left after grade 10.
> But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been
> Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay".
> For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs?
Stax Records (not Atlantic, which distributed much of the Stax
catalog). 4 for Joshua. 2 for Pete.
> D2. The chorus of a raunchy blues song called "Good Morning
> Little Schoolgirl" asks the little schoolgirl to tell her
> parents a little white lie. What's the lie?
That the man she's bringing home is "a little schoolboy too".
(Anything along these lines was okay.)
> * E. The Usual Suspects
> E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line
> "Round up the usual suspects"?
Claude Rains (as police captain Louis Renault). 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy
> Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the
> two people who won the awards.
Kevin Spacey (Best Supporting Actor); Christopher McQuarrie (Best
Original Screenplay). 4 for Joshua (the hard way) and Dan Blum.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His Can Art Sci Ent Lit Geo Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 28 4 36 20 28 31 23 20 166
Dan Blum 16 0 24 32 20 18 21 16 131
Pete Gayde 12 16 24 20 12 16 18 10 106
Bruce Bowler 20 8 28 32 -- -- -- -- 88
Dan Tilque -- -- 16 40 -- -- 11 4 71
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 0 11 -- -- 12 8 47
--
Mark Brader | It sure does have some pretty colors. True, the film is...
Toronto | a failure in nearly every other department, but you can't
m...@vex.net | deny that those colors look great. --Stephen Silver
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-02-09,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Game 3 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won pretty handily.
> the Canadian the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Hearty congratulations!
> I wrote most or all of one of these rounds and I think 3 questions
> in the other.
I think I wrote question B2 and pair E.
> ** Game 3, Round 9 - Geography - Main Streets
> We name two or three main streets or highways; you name the city.
> Note: most are in Canada or the US, but some are overseas.
> 1. La Grande Allée, Rue St-Louis, Rue St-Pierre.
> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
> 3. State St., Dearborn St., Michigan Av. (No, it's not Detroit.)
> 4. Moskovsky Prospekt, Nevsky Prospekt.
and Dan Tilque.
> 5. Charles St., Commonwealth Av., Beacon St.
> 6. Charles Av., Canal St., Lafayette St.
> 7. Princes St. (note the single S), Queen St., Lothian Rd.
> 8. Queensway, Bank St., Wellington St.
> 9. Sackville St., Barrington St., Lower Water St.
> 10. Wilshire Blvd., Vine St., Harbor Freeway.
> ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> (The categories in this round were named after teams then existing
> in our league. Including, of course, the Usual Suspects. Only two
> of these five teams were still playing at the time of the pandemic
> shutdown in 2020 -- the other one was MI5, who, as you will recall,
> were setting the questions at the time.)
season.
> * A. MI5
> A1. We've all met MI5. Some of us have heard of MI6. But there
> were other MIs, too. Who were MI19, or what did they do?
high-level Nazis. (The name or function was sufficient.)
> A2. And what did MI9 do?
and maintained networks in occupied Europe to help agents and downed
flyers return to Allied territory. (A partial answer was sufficient.)
> * B. Azzurri
> B1. There are really two Azzurri teams: the other one is the
> blue-jerseyed Italian national soccer team. Name the Azzurri
> goalkeeper who """holds""" the record for the most minutes
> without allowing a goal in international play.
> B2. We lied: there are three Azzurri teams. The *other* other
> one is the Italian national team that was world champion
> 13 times between 1957 and 1975 and whose members included
> Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo. What do -- well,
> what did -- they play?
> * C. Treppenwitzers
> C1. Either tell us what the German word Treppenwitz means,
> or give the *French* phrase that is its literal translation.
> A literal translation in English will be scored as almost
> correct.
comeback or remark that you think of when it's too late to use it, as
because you are already on the stairs on your way out. 4 for Joshua,
Erland, and Dan Blum.
In 2009 I scored "having the wit of George Castanza from the TV
show 'Seinfeld'. They did an episode about it" as almost correct,
assuming that the episode was the one mentioned in the next question.
> C2. (Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished
> by Treppenwitz flying to Chicago in order to deliver a quip
> that he did not think of in time. Who is this character?
George Costanza. (Either name was sufficient.) 4 for Joshua
and Dan Blum.
> * D. Too Cool for School
> D1. Otis Redding was too cool for school: he left after grade 10.
> But Redding made it, singing hit songs like "I've Been
> Loving You Too Long" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay".
> For what Memphis *label* did he record these songs?
catalog). 4 for Joshua. 2 for Pete.
> D2. The chorus of a raunchy blues song called "Good Morning
> Little Schoolgirl" asks the little schoolgirl to tell her
> parents a little white lie. What's the lie?
(Anything along these lines was okay.)
> * E. The Usual Suspects
> E1. In the movie "Casablanca", what *actor* delivered the line
> "Round up the usual suspects"?
Dan Tilque, and Pete.
> E2. The 1995 crime movie "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy
> Awards, one for acting, one not. Name *either one* of the
> two people who won the awards.
Original Screenplay). 4 for Joshua (the hard way) and Dan Blum.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His Can Art Sci Ent Lit Geo Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 28 4 36 20 28 31 23 20 166
Dan Blum 16 0 24 32 20 18 21 16 131
Pete Gayde 12 16 24 20 12 16 18 10 106
Bruce Bowler 20 8 28 32 -- -- -- -- 88
Dan Tilque -- -- 16 40 -- -- 11 4 71
Erland Sommarskog 16 0 0 11 -- -- 12 8 47
--
Mark Brader | It sure does have some pretty colors. True, the film is...
Toronto | a failure in nearly every other department, but you can't
m...@vex.net | deny that those colors look great. --Stephen Silver
Erland Sommarskog
Apr 20, 2021, 2:49:23 PM4/20/21
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
>> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
>
> Vancouver. 4 for Joshua and Erland.
>
It was a long time since I visitied Vancouver. I recognized Georgia St,
>> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
>
> Vancouver. 4 for Joshua and Erland.
>
but I have no recollection of the other two. But I'm a little puzzled that
you did not include Robson, which counts as the main drag, as I understand
it. Or did you feel that would have been too much of a giveaway?
(I entered Vancouver anyway, since a bad guess is more likely to give
points than no answer at all.)
Mark Brader
Apr 20, 2021, 3:03:08 PM4/20/21
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Mark Brader:
what I was thinking of. But most cities have more than three main
streets and we never said we were naming the most important streets
in each city.
If you were only in downtown Vancouver (i.e. north of False Creek),
where Robson and Georgia are, you may not have met Kingsway, which
is much longer and is certainly a main street, but does not extend
into downtown.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | This is Programming as a True Art Form, where style
m...@vex.net | is more important than correctness... --Pontus Hedman
>>> 2. Kingsway, Broadway, Georgia St.
>>
>> Vancouver. 4 for Joshua and Erland.
Erland Sommarskog:
>>
>> Vancouver. 4 for Joshua and Erland.
> It was a long time since I visitied Vancouver. I recognized Georgia St,
> but I have no recollection of the other two. But I'm a little puzzled that
> you did not include Robson, which counts as the main drag, as I understand
> it.
I don't think I wrote that question, and if I did, I don't remember
> but I have no recollection of the other two. But I'm a little puzzled that
> you did not include Robson, which counts as the main drag, as I understand
> it.
what I was thinking of. But most cities have more than three main
streets and we never said we were naming the most important streets
in each city.
If you were only in downtown Vancouver (i.e. north of False Creek),
where Robson and Georgia are, you may not have met Kingsway, which
is much longer and is certainly a main street, but does not extend
into downtown.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | This is Programming as a True Art Form, where style
m...@vex.net | is more important than correctness... --Pontus Hedman
Erland Sommarskog
Apr 21, 2021, 2:35:23 PM4/21/21
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> I don't think I wrote that question, and if I did, I don't remember
> what I was thinking of. But most cities have more than three main
> streets and we never said we were naming the most important streets
> in each city.
True. But it makes the questions a little easier. If you want them to
> I don't think I wrote that question, and if I did, I don't remember
> what I was thinking of. But most cities have more than three main
> streets and we never said we were naming the most important streets
> in each city.
be easy that is.
> If you were only in downtown Vancouver (i.e. north of False Creek),
> where Robson and Georgia are, you may not have met Kingsway, which
> is much longer and is certainly a main street, but does not extend
> into downtown.
Kingsway and Broadway. (I crossed the Fraser - there were interesting
things to find there.)
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