Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-20,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
The religious buildings.
> * Game 9, Round 2 - Canadiana Literature - Novels by Province/Territory
> You'll be given the title and author of a Canadian novel; you give
> us the province or territory in which it is principally set. Note:
> this refers to provinces and territories as they exist today, not
> necessarily according to their boundaries at the time of the novel.
> Answers do not repeat.
> 1. "Bury Your Dead", by Louise Penny.
Quebec. 4 for Stephen.
> 2. "Late Nights on Air", by Elizabeth Hay.
Northwest Territories.
> 3. "Nights Below Station Street", by David Adams Richards.
New Brunswick.
> 4. "The Bishop's Man", by Linden MacIntyre.
Nova Scotia. 4 for Stephen.
> 5. "A Complicated Kindness", by Myriam Toews ["taves"].
Manitoba. 4 for Pete. 3 for Joshua.
> 6. "The Englishman's Boy", by Guy Vanderhaege ["van-der-haig"].
Saskatchewan. 2 for Joshua.
> 7. "The Colony of Unrequited Dreams", by Wayne Johnston.
Newfoundland & Labrador.
> 8. "The Call of the Wild", by Jack London.
Yukon. 4 for Dan Tilque, Stephen, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
> 9. "Green Grass, Running Water", by Thomas King.
Alberta.
> 10. "Son of a Trickster", by Eden Robinson.
BC.
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Arts Geography - Religious Buildings
> Please see:
http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/g9r3/buil.pdf
> 1. The first four questions are about Christian churches -- photos
> A-H, on page 1 of the handout. Do be careful of table-talk
> on these four questions. Okay, in what city would you find
> church B?
Barcelona. (Basílica de la Sagrada Família.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
Erland, and Pete.
> 2. In what city is church E?
Moscow. (Cathedral of St. Basil or St. Vasily.) 4 for Dan Tilque,
Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete.
> 3. Of the remaining Christian churches -- photos A-H -- which one
> is in England?
C. (St. Paul's Cathedral, London.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
> 4. And which Christian church is in France?
D. (Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, Paris.) 4 for Dan Tilque.
> 5. For the remaining questions you will be given a letter and
> asked to name the country. Photos I-L are Islamic churches,
> which is to say mosques. Mosque J was previously a Christian
> church. In what country is it?
Turkey (or, okay, Türkiye). (Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.) 4 for
Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete.
> 6. Turning to page 2, in what country is mosque K?
Saudi Arabia. (Al-Haram or the Great Mosque, Mecca. The black cube
is the Kaaba, which means Cube, and it contains the Black Stone.)
4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete.
> 7. Photos M-P were built as Hindu temples, although the one in N
> is now used by Buddhists. What country is that one in?
Cambodia. (Angkor Wat, near Siem Reap.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
> 8. What country is temple P in?
Canada. (B.A.P.S. Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto. Northwest
Etobicoke to be more precise.)
> 9. Photos Q-T are Buddhist temples. Photo Q shows the Tran
> Quoc Pagoda. What country is it in?
Vietnam. (Hanoi.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete.
> 10. Photo R shows the Temple of the Blue Waves, or Seiganto-Ji.
> What country is it in?
Japan. (Near Katsuura.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
> So there were 10 decoys. Please decode the rot13 and answer
> these additional questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
Sadly, nobody tried these.
> Questions #11-17 relate to Christian churches.
> 11. What country is church H in?
Japan (near Osaka).
> 12. What special architectural feature does church H have?
The big black cross is a window dramatically letting daylight inside.
> 13. And, accordingly, what is the name of church H (in English)?
Church of the Light.
> 14. What city is church A in?
Copenhagen, Denmark.
> 15. What is church A's name?
Grundtvig's Church.
> 16. What city is church F in?
Cologne, Germany.
> 17. What country is church G in?
Spain (Church of Santa Monica, near Madrid)
> 18. On church G, what is the brown material?
Rusted steel.
> 19. What city is mosque I in?
Istanbul again.
> 20. What is mosque I's name?
Blue (or Sultan Ahmed) Mosque.
> 21. What country is mosque L in?
Iraq (Great Mosque of Samarra, built in the 9th century).
> 22. What country is temple M in?
India (Akshardham Temple, Delhi).
> 23. What country is temple O in?
India (Brihadeeswarar or Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur).
> 24. What country is temple S in?
Indonesia (Sewu Temple or Candi Sewu, near Yogyakarta).
> 25. What country is temple T in?
Myanmar (Dhammayangyi Temple, Bagan).
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Can Geo
Pete Gayde 8 32 40
Joshua Kreitzer 9 28 37
Dan Blum 4 32 36
Dan Tilque 4 24 28
Erland Sommarskog 0 20 20
Stephen Perry 12 0 12
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