Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-12-08,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> ** Final, Round 2 - Arts & Literature
> * Shakespeare Characters
> In each case, name the Shakespeare play with the four characters
> given.
> 1. Leontes, Perdita, Florizel, Hermione.
"The Winter's Tale". 4 for Joshua.
> 2. Benedick, Don Pedro, Claudio, Balthasar.
"Much Ado about Nothing". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 3. Katherina, Bianca, Baptista, Petruchio.
"The Taming of the Shrew". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Marc.
> * The Other Painter
> In each case, we'll show you an array of four paintings. Three of
> them are by one artist -- and we'll tell you who that is. You tell
> us the name of the artist responsible for the *other* painting.
> 4. See:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/spssi/5f13727d37b20386597855380fb0a3be
> Three of these are are by Norman Rockwell. Who painted the other?
Edward Hopper (A), 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Marc.
Georges Seurat (D). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, Marc, and Pete.
Paul Cezanne (B). 4 for Calvin.
> * Canadian OAT RUSH
> We'll give you the date of birth, and an anagram of the name,
> of a famous Canadian AUTHOR. You just solve the anagram.
No points if you solved the anagram and then gave only part of the
solution, though!
> 7. JAILED OMAN CHEAT (born 1943).
Michael Ondaatje.
> 8. AMY LANTERN (born 1963).
Yann Martel.
> 9. ARMADA GOT TOWER (born 1939).
Margaret Atwood. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Marc.
> * At the Theater
> 10. Which 2-word Swahili phrase has been said or sung nearly
> 1,000,000 times in theaters all over the world since 1997?
"Hakuna Matata". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Calvin (Colvin),
and Marc.
> 11. What musical was inspired by the real-life story of
> W.J. Brooks, Ltd., a shoe factory based in Northampton, England,
> that was featured on a BBC television documentary about failing
> businesses?
"Kinky Boots". 4 for Joshua and Jason.
> 12. The title of *which 1983 play* comes from two properties:
> one that the main characters are trying to sell, and another
> that was lucrative for those who sold it years ago?
"Glengarry Glen Ross". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Marc.
> * Pulitzer Prize winners
> 13. Which fiction book that won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize has a
> title consisting of six 3-letter words?
"The Old Man and the Sea". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
and Marc.
> 14. "There had never been a man she couldn't get, once she set
> her mind upon him." This is the final line from the penultimate
> paragraph of which book that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
> in 1937?
"Gone with the Wind". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 15. Which American poet won two Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry in 1919
> and 1951, and also wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln that
> won him a Pulitzer Prize for History in 1940?
Carl Sandburg. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Marc.
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Lit
Joshua Kreitzer 48 48
Dan Blum 40 40
Marc Dashevsky 32 32
"Calvin" 20 20
Dan Tilque 16 16
Jason Kreitzer 8 8
Pete Gayde 4 4
Björn Lundin 0 0
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