Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-03-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2015-02-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
Game 7 is over and it's a black day for everyone but STEPHEN PERRY.
Hearty congratulations to Stephen for a DOMINATING win!
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Literature - Black Books
> All of the books in this round have the word Black in their titles.
> For questions #1-4, you just give that title.
> 1. Piper Kerman's autobiography chronicles her time in the federal
> correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut.
"Orange is the New Black". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Stephen, Marc,
and Peter.
> 2. This 1961 work of non-fiction describes the 6-week period during
> which author John Howard Griffin passed as a black man traveling
> through the segregated states of the southern US.
"Black like Me". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Stephen, Marc,
Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> 3. Joseph Boyden's second novel won the 2008 Giller Prize.
> The narrator, former bush pilot Will Bird, recounts the events
> of the previous year, which led to his being in a coma.
"Through Black Spruce". 4 for Stephen.
> 4. This 1985 historical novel by Brian ("BREE-an") Moore is set
> in 17th-century New France, and follows a French Jesuit priest
> as he travels upriver to repopulate the mission to the Huron
> Indians.
"Black Robe". I accepted "Blackrobes". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Jason, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
> For #5-10, name the *author*.
> 5. Two early novels featuring Detective Harry Bosch are "The Black
> Echo" and "The Black Ice".
Michael Connelly. 4 for Stephen.
> 6. The detective in the novel "Black and Blue" is Inspector
> John Rebus.
Ian Rankin. 4 for Stephen, Peter, and Björn.
> 7. Who wrote the classic children's novel "Black Beauty"?
Anna Sewell. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Stephen, Peter, and Calvin.
> 8. This 19th century author, known for "A Child's Garden of Verses",
> also wrote the children's novel "The Black Arrow: A Tale of
> the Two Roses".
Robert Louis Stevenson. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Stephen, and Marc.
> 9. This South African Nobel Prize winner wrote "Beethoven Was
> One-Sixteenth Black, and Other Stories".
Nadine Gordimer. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Stephen.
> 10. This two-time Booker Prize winner, best known for her historical
> novels of 16th-century England, also wrote "Beyond Black",
> a 2005 novel about a medium who takes her one-woman psychic
> show on the road.
Hilary Mantel. I accepted "Mandel" and "Mantle". 4 for Stephen,
Peter, and Calvin.
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round: All Black
> A. Black Holes
> A1. The mass of a black hole lies in an inner part that is a
> point of zero size and infinite density. What is it called?
Singularity. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Marc, Peter, Björn, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.
> A2. What is the term for the last distance from which light
> can escape the pull of a black hole? Inside it, everything,
> including light, must move inward. In layman's terms,
> it can be called the point of no return.
Event horizon. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Marc, Peter, Calvin,
and Dan Tilque.
> B. Quotes from Black African Leaders
> In each case, name the, ah, statesman who said the line.
> B1. "It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty
> for my taste."
Idi Amin. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Stephen, Marc, Peter, Calvin,
and Pete. 3 for Björn.
> B2. "I am still the Hitler of the time. This Hitler has only
> one objective: justice for his people."
Robert Mugabe. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Marc, Peter, and Calvin.
> C. Black Movies
> These movies have the word Black in their titles. Name them.
> C1. This 1998 movie, directed by Martin Brest, stars Anthony
> Hopkins as a businessman and devoted family man who is
> visited by Death in human form, played by Brad Pitt.
"Meet Joe Black". 4 for Joshua, Jason, Stephen, and Björn.
> C2. This 2001 movie, directed by Ridley Scott, chronicles the
> story of elite US soldiers dropped into Somalia to capture
> two top lieutenants of a renegade general.
"Black Hawk Down". 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason,
Stephen, Marc, Peter, Björn, Calvin, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> D. Black Things in Sports
> D1. What is the name of the traditional war cry, dance, or
> challenge of the Maori people of New Zealand, performed by
> the All Blacks national rugby team before their international
> matches?
Haka. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Stephen, Peter, Calvin, and Pete.
> D2. *What year*'s World Series produced the "Black Sox" scandal,
> when Chicago White Sox players conspired with gamblers to
> throw the Series?
1919. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Stephen, Marc, Calvin, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.
> E. Black Food
> E1. What gives black pasta its color?
Squid (or cuttlefish) ink. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Stephen, Marc,
Peter, Calvin (the hard way), and Pete.
> E2. In the British Isles, what is another name for black pudding?
Blood sausage (or blood pudding). 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Björn,
Calvin, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
> F. Black-and-White Photography
> In each case, name the photographer.
> F1. This photographer was famous for black-and-white shots of
> people living on the edges of society. Famous photos include
> "Identical Twins" and "Child with a Toy Hand Grenade in
> Central Park".
Diane Arbus. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Stephen, and Marc.
See:
http://artblart.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/da02-web.jpg
http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/256/flashcards/401256/png/l2.png
> F2. This woman was the first female photographer to work for
> "Life" magazine and shot the photo used on the magazine's
> first cover. She is well known for her black-and-white
> photographs of young black South African miners.
Margaret Bourke-White. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
So the black game finishes with a White -- in the category of
black-and-white!
See:
http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/1878/flashcards/685047/jpg/602.jpg
http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/.a/6a0112791cb10528a401676955d600970b-400wi
If Google Books will show it to you, you can see the entire article
that the second photo comes from at:
http://books.google.com/books?id=8koEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His Mis Sci Spo Geo Ent Lit Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 34 28 40 36 0 0 39 48 225
Dan Blum 24 29 22 4 32 4 20 28 155
Joshua Kreitzer -- -- 11 12 32 16 24 36 131
Marc Dashevsky 4 12 28 16 28 12 12 32 128
Pete Gayde -- -- 10 20 32 24 4 28 118
"Calvin" 16 12 8 16 31 8 8 32 115
Peter Smyth 12 4 8 12 28 0 16 28 104
Dan Tilque 20 16 12 4 24 0 8 20 100
Björn Lundin 20 4 9 8 24 0 4 19 84
Jason Kreitzer -- -- 4 12 12 12 8 16 64
Bruce Bowler -- -- 36 4 20 0 -- -- 60
Erland Sommarskog 8 8 8 8 20 0 -- -- 52
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