Mark Brader
2020-05-23 08:16:53 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-03-02,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of MI5 and are used here by
permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-10-16
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
** Game 7, Round 9 - Literature - The State of the Novel
We'll name three novels; you just tell us the US state in which
all three are primarily set.
1. "The Outsiders", "True Grit", "The Grapes of Wrath".
2. "The Help", "The Sound and the Fury", "The Quiet Game".
3. "No Country for Old Men", "Lonesome Dove", "News of the World".
4. "East of Eden", "The Big Sleep", "The Joy Luck Club".
5. "The Cider House Rules", "Olive Kitteridge", "Empire Falls".
6. "The Yearling", "Tourist Season", "92 in the Shade".
7. "The Shining", "Plainsong", "The Song of the Lark".
8. "The Scarlet Letter", "Mystic River", "Love Story".
9. "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle
Stop Cafe", "Looking for Alaska".
10. "Interview with the Vampire", "A Confederacy of Dunces",
"All the King's Men".
** Game 7, Round 10 - Chocolate Challenge Round
* A. History, or "Bounty"
A1. In 1787 the Royal Navy sent the HMS Bounty on a mission
to Tahiti to acquire something to be transported to British
possessions in the West Indies. What cargo was the Bounty
supposed to acquire?
A2. In 1787, there was a mutiny on the Bounty. The mutineers,
led by acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, later moored
the ship at *what island* and burned it?
* B. Canadiana, or "Cadbury's Dairy Milk"
These Cadbury chocolate bars are manufactured at their factory on
Gladstone Av. Name them.
B1. This marvelous chocolate bar is made of creamy peanut butter
mixed with light rice crisps and delicious caramel covered
with rich Cadbury milk chocolate.
B2. Within the Cadbury chocolate factory, there is a vault
which contains the secret recipe for this classic Canadian
chocolate bar.
* C. Literature, or "Oh Henry"
These questions are about the American short-story writer O. Henry,
whose real name was William Sydney Porter.
C1. Name the O. Henry story, written in 1905, about a young
husband and wife who deal with the challenges of buying
secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.
C2. Porter had 14 stories published under various pseudonyms,
of which O. Henry was the most popular, between 1898-03-25
and 1901-07-24. What else was he doing at the time?
* D. Science, or "Mars"
D1. The tallest mountain known in the solar system is found
on Mars. Name it.
D2. Planum Boreum and Planum Australe are found on Mars.
What are they? Be sufficiently specific.
* E. Sports, or "Mr. Big"
E1. This 6'7" left winger played for the Minnesota Wild and the
New York Rangers. He died at age 28 in 2011 of an accidental
drug and alcohol overdose while recovering from a concussion.
His parents unsuccessfully sued the NHL and the players'
union over his death. Name him.
E2. This 6'9" defenseman, who was born in Slovakia in 1977,
is the captain of the Boston Bruins. He won the Norris
Trophy in 2009 and the Stanley Cup with the Bruins in
2011, and as of the start of the 2019-20 season, he was
the tallest and oldest player in the NHL. Name him.
* F. Entertainment, or "Smarties"
F1. What genius did Benedict Cumberbatch play in the 2014 movie
"The Imitation Game"?
F2. What genius did Eddie Redmayne play in the 2014 movie
"The Theory of Everything"?
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers to the newsgroup in a single followup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of MI5 and are used here by
permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped
and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-10-16
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
** Game 7, Round 9 - Literature - The State of the Novel
We'll name three novels; you just tell us the US state in which
all three are primarily set.
1. "The Outsiders", "True Grit", "The Grapes of Wrath".
2. "The Help", "The Sound and the Fury", "The Quiet Game".
3. "No Country for Old Men", "Lonesome Dove", "News of the World".
4. "East of Eden", "The Big Sleep", "The Joy Luck Club".
5. "The Cider House Rules", "Olive Kitteridge", "Empire Falls".
6. "The Yearling", "Tourist Season", "92 in the Shade".
7. "The Shining", "Plainsong", "The Song of the Lark".
8. "The Scarlet Letter", "Mystic River", "Love Story".
9. "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle
Stop Cafe", "Looking for Alaska".
10. "Interview with the Vampire", "A Confederacy of Dunces",
"All the King's Men".
** Game 7, Round 10 - Chocolate Challenge Round
* A. History, or "Bounty"
A1. In 1787 the Royal Navy sent the HMS Bounty on a mission
to Tahiti to acquire something to be transported to British
possessions in the West Indies. What cargo was the Bounty
supposed to acquire?
A2. In 1787, there was a mutiny on the Bounty. The mutineers,
led by acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, later moored
the ship at *what island* and burned it?
* B. Canadiana, or "Cadbury's Dairy Milk"
These Cadbury chocolate bars are manufactured at their factory on
Gladstone Av. Name them.
B1. This marvelous chocolate bar is made of creamy peanut butter
mixed with light rice crisps and delicious caramel covered
with rich Cadbury milk chocolate.
B2. Within the Cadbury chocolate factory, there is a vault
which contains the secret recipe for this classic Canadian
chocolate bar.
* C. Literature, or "Oh Henry"
These questions are about the American short-story writer O. Henry,
whose real name was William Sydney Porter.
C1. Name the O. Henry story, written in 1905, about a young
husband and wife who deal with the challenges of buying
secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.
C2. Porter had 14 stories published under various pseudonyms,
of which O. Henry was the most popular, between 1898-03-25
and 1901-07-24. What else was he doing at the time?
* D. Science, or "Mars"
D1. The tallest mountain known in the solar system is found
on Mars. Name it.
D2. Planum Boreum and Planum Australe are found on Mars.
What are they? Be sufficiently specific.
* E. Sports, or "Mr. Big"
E1. This 6'7" left winger played for the Minnesota Wild and the
New York Rangers. He died at age 28 in 2011 of an accidental
drug and alcohol overdose while recovering from a concussion.
His parents unsuccessfully sued the NHL and the players'
union over his death. Name him.
E2. This 6'9" defenseman, who was born in Slovakia in 1977,
is the captain of the Boston Bruins. He won the Norris
Trophy in 2009 and the Stanley Cup with the Bruins in
2011, and as of the start of the 2019-20 season, he was
the tallest and oldest player in the NHL. Name him.
* F. Entertainment, or "Smarties"
F1. What genius did Benedict Cumberbatch play in the 2014 movie
"The Imitation Game"?
F2. What genius did Eddie Redmayne play in the 2014 movie
"The Theory of Everything"?
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