Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-03,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> * Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
> Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
> 1. Sunday, Pope Francis released two doves as a symbol of peace.
> They were immediately attacked by two other birds. What kind?
> Name either one.
Crow/raven, seagull.
> 2. It was reported Monday that in order to study their immune
> responses, US government scientists were squirting what up the
> noses of volunteers? Again, be specific.
(Live) flu virus.
> * Game 4, Round 2 - Entertainment - Drugs on Film
> Movies featuring drug use. In questions #1-2 the drugs are fictional,
> and in the remaining questions they're real ones.
> 1. Name this 1984 sci-fi movie that stars Kyle MacLachlan as Paul
> Atreides, who consumes "spice" or "melange".
"Dune". 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Dan Blum. 2 for Pete.
> 2. Name this 2006 movie about addiction to "Substance D", starring
> Keanu Reeves, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, and Robert
> Downey Jr. Adapted from a novel by Philip K. Dick.
"A Scanner Darkly". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 3. Name this 1978 movie loosely based on the experiences of
> American college student Billy Hayes in a Turkish prison,
> where he was sent for attempting to smuggle hash. The title
> is prison slang for attempting escape.
"Midnight Express". 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Erland, Joshua,
Pete, and Dan Blum.
> 4. In the 1970 rock documentary "Woodstock", what specific drug
> were people warned not to take?
The brown acid. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
> 5. Name this 1975 rock opera movie that features Tina Turner
> performing "Acid Queen".
"Tommy". 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.
> 6. Name this 1983 movie about multiple drugs, most famously cocaine.
> Famous quote: "Say hello to my little friend."
"Scarface". 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Blum.
> 7. Name this 1996 British movie, set in Scotland, about heroin
> and urban poverty. Stars Ewan MacGregor and Johnny Lee Miller.
> Voted Best Scottish Film of All Time.
"Trainspotting". 4 for everyone.
> 8. Name this 1995 movie starring Leonardo di Caprio, about
> escalating drug use including cocaine and heroin, as well as
> high school sports.
"The Basketball Diaries". 4 for Joshua.
> 9. Name this 2003 movie starring Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, and
> Evan Rachel Wood. Written by Nikki Reed along with director
> Catherine Hardwicke, it is the story of a "good girl" trying
> to fit in with the titularly young fast crowd. Multiple drug
> use including aerosol inhalants.
"Thirteen". 4 for Joshua.
> 10. This 1998 stoner comedy movie stars Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer,
> and Laura Silverman. The group tries to sell medical marijuana
> in order to spring a friend from prison. Warning: contains
> scenes of massive junk-food consumption.
"Half Baked".
> * Game 4, Round 3 - Sports - Past Super Bowls
> All dates in questions and answers refer to the year of the Super
> Bowl game itself, not the year of the regular season that led
> up to it. In all cases where a team is asked for, you must give
> the full name, including the city or whatever, as it was at the
> relevant date, e.g. "Toronto St. Patricks".
This was the hardest round in the original game, and the
fourth-hardest of the entire season.
> 1. Which team was the first team to win 5 Super Bowls?
San Francisco 49ers (1982, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1995 -- see the
preamble).
In the original game the expected answer was the Pittsburgh Steelers,
which is wrong, although they were the first to win 4 times and
the first team to win 6 (1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 2006, 2009).
The Dallas Cowboys have also won 5 games (1972, 1978, 1993, 1994,
1996), and more recently, the New England Patriots have also won 6
(2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2019).
> 2. Name *any one* of the 4 """current""" NFL teams that have never played
> in a Super Bowl.
Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars.
(Still true.) 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Blum.
The Indianapolis Colts were in the Super Bowl in 2007 and 2010.
> 3. Which team """is""" the only team to appear in four consecutive
> Super Bowls?
Buffalo Bills (1991-94). These are the only times they've made the
Super Bowl, and they lost all four. (All still true.) 4 for Joshua
and Pete.
> 4. Who were the first wild-card team to win the Super Bowl?
Oakland Raiders (1981). 4 for Joshua.
It was 1982 when they moved to Los Angeles.
> 5. Which team """has played in four Super Bowls but has never led""" at
> any point during these games?
Minnesota Vikings (1970, 1974, 1975, 1977). 4 for Dan Tilque,
Joshua, and Pete.
Buffalo is the only other team to have played in as many as four
Super Bowls and never won; but in 1991 they were ahead 12-3 and later
19-17 before losing 20-19 to the New York Giants, in 1993 they led
7-0 before losing 52-17 to Dallas, and in 1994 they led 13-6 before
losing 30-13 to Dallas.
> 6. """Which player has won""" the Super Bowl MVP award 3 times?
2014 answer: Joe Montana (San Francisco 49ers; 1982, 1985, 1990).
2023 answer: Tom Brady has beaten that record by winning the award
5 times (with the New England Patriots in 2002, 2004, 2015, and 2017,
and with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021). 4 for Joshua and Pete.
> 7. """Who is the only player""" to score 3 touchdowns in a Super Bowl
> game *twice*?
Jerry Rice (also San Francisco 49ers; 1990, 1995). (Still true as
far as I can tell.) 3 for Pete.
> 8. In the 3rd quarter of this Super Bowl, an interception was
> returned 49 yards for a touchdown. The ensuing kickoff was
> returned 97 yards for a touchdown. The following kickoff was
> returned 84 yards for *another* touchdown -- with the converts,
> a total of 21 points in 36 seconds of play. Name *either* team,
> *or* identify the game either by number or year (for which,
> see the preamble).
Baltimore Ravens, New York Giants, Super Bowl XXXV in 2001.
2 for Pete.
The sequence of touchdowns and converts took the score from 10-0 to
24-7; Baltimore ended up winning 34-7.
> 9. Which future Super-Bowl-winning head coach caught a touchdown
> pass from Roger Staubach in Super Bowl VI in 1972?
Mike Ditka (then with the Dallas Cowboys; winning coach with the
Chicago Bears in 1986). 4 for Pete.
> 10. """Which head coach has taken his team to the Super Bowl the
> most times?"""
2014 answer: Don Shula, 6 times (with the Baltimore Colts in 1969
and with the Miami Dolphins in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1983, and 1985).
2023 answer: Bill Belichick, 9 times (with the New England Patriots
in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019).
4 for Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Ent Spo
Joshua Kreitzer 36 20 56
Pete Gayde 18 29 47
Dan Blum 24 4 28
Dan Tilque 16 4 20
Erland Sommarskog 8 0 8
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