Mark Brader
2024-02-07 06:24:59 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-27,
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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
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 the Usual Suspects and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of
current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting
of other rounds. For further information please see my 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
I wrote 9 of the 13 pairs in this set.
** Final, Round 9 - Entertainment
* A. Name that Parody
A1. Although Hanna-Barbera officially denied it, which of their
cartoon animal characters was obviously named after a New
York Yankees player who was famous for his malapropisms?
A2. See: Loading Image...
Charlie Chaplin's movie "The Great Dictator" featured
characters 8ho were parodies of, and named in reference to,
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Give *either* the first
name or the surname of *either* character.
* B. Theatrical Superstitions
B1. On the stage it's considered bad luck to wish someone
good luck. What do they say instead?
B2. It is also considered bad luck to mention the name of
a certain play by Shakespeare, so we won't mention it here.
What do they say instead?
* C. Short-Lived TV Titles
C1. See: Loading Image...
The long-running series whose title is now just "NCIS"
previously included an expansion of the abbreviation in the
title. But before that, in its first season, the show used
an even longer and more redundant title: 6 words altogether,
counting the abbreviation as one. What was it, exactly?
C2. See: Loading Image...
A current quiz show on the Game Show Network is hosted by
the lovely Brooke Burns and titled "Master Minds". In its
first season, the rules were somewhat different, the host
was Sherri Shepherd, and the title was different as well.
What was that 4-word, rather conceited original title?
* D. Canadiana: GTA Bands
In each case, name the GTA band in the picture.
D1. See: Loading Image...
D2. See: Loading Image...
* E. Supermarionation
E1. See: Loading Image...
Supermarionation was the trademarked name of a system
by which TV shows and movies, mostly science fiction for
children, were made using miniature models for sets and
marionettes instead of actors. Who developed it?
E2. See: Loading Image...
In the Supermarionation TV show "Thunderbirds", either name
the organization that the main characters worked for, or give
the first name of the woman who was their agent in London.
* F. The World (Taylor's Version)
Increasingly this is Taylor Swift's world -- we just live here.
F1. See: Loading Image...
How many studio albums has she released, including the
re-recorded "Taylor's Version"s?
F2. See: Loading Image...
She spent her first few years living on a specialized
farm that her father, a stockbroker, bought from a client.
What kind of farm was it?
** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. Entertainment History
A1. See: Loading Image...
The invention of movies was inspired by an accomplishment
of Eadweard Muybridge in 1878. He set up a row of cameras
and took 24 successive photos of a galloping horse, thus
proving the claim that at times none of its feet were on
the ground. Why did he want to settle that claim?
A2. See: Loading Image...
After a failed experiment with an incompatible system,
the US introduced color TV broadcasts on the NTSC system,
which could be viewed properly on a color TV set, or
in black-and-white on the ordinary TV set of the time.
Name any year when Canadians with a color TV set could
receive these compatible color broadcasts, but only from
the US, as no one in Canada was yet broadcasting in color.
* B. History Science
B1. What technique for finding previously undiscovered ruins,
or previously undiscovered details in ruins, first became
available about 1920?
B2. Carbon is made up principally of two isotopes, carbon-12
and carbon-14. If an object is made of organic matter, such
as wood or animal remains, historians may use carbon-dating
to learn how long it's been dead, which means they measure
the ratio of carbon-14 to carbon-12. Why is this ratio
related to how long it's been dead?
* C. Science Geography
C1. The first measurement of the size of the Earth involved
looking straight down a certain well in Egypt on the longest
day of the year, and seeing the Sun reflecting off the water.
This was possible because the well was *where*? (Not the
place name, the relevant characteristic of that place.)
C2. The Kennedy Space Center is in Florida, and the Guiana
Space Center is in French Guiana. Given the political
desire to locate the one in the US and the other in French
territory, what made these locations more desirable than
most alternatives?
* D. Geography Sports
D1. This sport was developed from military training exercises
in Sweden in the late 19th century, and it involves
finding your way across country using a map and compass.
What's it called?
D2. A related recreational activity involves using a GPS
receiver to find objects hidden at announced coordinates.
What's this called?
* E. Sports Literature
E1. Although he was not an athlete, this American writer
convinced an NFL team to let him try playing with them.
He never got into an actual game, but his 1966 book about
the experience was a success. The title "Paper Lion"
tells you which team it was, so just name the writer.
E2. Back in Game 7 of this season you heard about tell-all books
on the subject of restaurants. In 1970 Jim Bouton wrote
with similar frankness about a season as pitcher with the
Seattle Pilots. What was the title?
* F. Canadiana: Literature Canadiana
F1. The Bootmakers of Toronto are a society of Sherlock Holmes
fans. They take their name from a scene where Holmes finds
a boot marked "Meyers, Toronto" -- in what novel or story?
F2. In the 1993 spy novel "The Night Manager" by John le Carré,
the lead character, Jonathan Pine, lives for several months
in a small town in what Canadian province?
* G. Canadiana: Canadiana Entertainment
G1. In 1981 Bonnie Sherr Klein made a documentary for the
National Film Board, criticizing the pornography business.
But it was banned for a while in Ontario -- as pornography.
What was it? (Just the main title.)
G2. One of the bands selected for a public concert at Nathan
Phillips Square in 1991 found their booking canceled after
someone on Mayor Rowlands' staff decided the name of the
band was offensive. What band?
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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
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 the Usual Suspects and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of
current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting
of other rounds. For further information please see my 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
I wrote 9 of the 13 pairs in this set.
** Final, Round 9 - Entertainment
* A. Name that Parody
A1. Although Hanna-Barbera officially denied it, which of their
cartoon animal characters was obviously named after a New
York Yankees player who was famous for his malapropisms?
A2. See: Loading Image...
Charlie Chaplin's movie "The Great Dictator" featured
characters 8ho were parodies of, and named in reference to,
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Give *either* the first
name or the surname of *either* character.
* B. Theatrical Superstitions
B1. On the stage it's considered bad luck to wish someone
good luck. What do they say instead?
B2. It is also considered bad luck to mention the name of
a certain play by Shakespeare, so we won't mention it here.
What do they say instead?
* C. Short-Lived TV Titles
C1. See: Loading Image...
The long-running series whose title is now just "NCIS"
previously included an expansion of the abbreviation in the
title. But before that, in its first season, the show used
an even longer and more redundant title: 6 words altogether,
counting the abbreviation as one. What was it, exactly?
C2. See: Loading Image...
A current quiz show on the Game Show Network is hosted by
the lovely Brooke Burns and titled "Master Minds". In its
first season, the rules were somewhat different, the host
was Sherri Shepherd, and the title was different as well.
What was that 4-word, rather conceited original title?
* D. Canadiana: GTA Bands
In each case, name the GTA band in the picture.
D1. See: Loading Image...
D2. See: Loading Image...
* E. Supermarionation
E1. See: Loading Image...
Supermarionation was the trademarked name of a system
by which TV shows and movies, mostly science fiction for
children, were made using miniature models for sets and
marionettes instead of actors. Who developed it?
E2. See: Loading Image...
In the Supermarionation TV show "Thunderbirds", either name
the organization that the main characters worked for, or give
the first name of the woman who was their agent in London.
* F. The World (Taylor's Version)
Increasingly this is Taylor Swift's world -- we just live here.
F1. See: Loading Image...
How many studio albums has she released, including the
re-recorded "Taylor's Version"s?
F2. See: Loading Image...
She spent her first few years living on a specialized
farm that her father, a stockbroker, bought from a client.
What kind of farm was it?
** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. Entertainment History
A1. See: Loading Image...
The invention of movies was inspired by an accomplishment
of Eadweard Muybridge in 1878. He set up a row of cameras
and took 24 successive photos of a galloping horse, thus
proving the claim that at times none of its feet were on
the ground. Why did he want to settle that claim?
A2. See: Loading Image...
After a failed experiment with an incompatible system,
the US introduced color TV broadcasts on the NTSC system,
which could be viewed properly on a color TV set, or
in black-and-white on the ordinary TV set of the time.
Name any year when Canadians with a color TV set could
receive these compatible color broadcasts, but only from
the US, as no one in Canada was yet broadcasting in color.
* B. History Science
B1. What technique for finding previously undiscovered ruins,
or previously undiscovered details in ruins, first became
available about 1920?
B2. Carbon is made up principally of two isotopes, carbon-12
and carbon-14. If an object is made of organic matter, such
as wood or animal remains, historians may use carbon-dating
to learn how long it's been dead, which means they measure
the ratio of carbon-14 to carbon-12. Why is this ratio
related to how long it's been dead?
* C. Science Geography
C1. The first measurement of the size of the Earth involved
looking straight down a certain well in Egypt on the longest
day of the year, and seeing the Sun reflecting off the water.
This was possible because the well was *where*? (Not the
place name, the relevant characteristic of that place.)
C2. The Kennedy Space Center is in Florida, and the Guiana
Space Center is in French Guiana. Given the political
desire to locate the one in the US and the other in French
territory, what made these locations more desirable than
most alternatives?
* D. Geography Sports
D1. This sport was developed from military training exercises
in Sweden in the late 19th century, and it involves
finding your way across country using a map and compass.
What's it called?
D2. A related recreational activity involves using a GPS
receiver to find objects hidden at announced coordinates.
What's this called?
* E. Sports Literature
E1. Although he was not an athlete, this American writer
convinced an NFL team to let him try playing with them.
He never got into an actual game, but his 1966 book about
the experience was a success. The title "Paper Lion"
tells you which team it was, so just name the writer.
E2. Back in Game 7 of this season you heard about tell-all books
on the subject of restaurants. In 1970 Jim Bouton wrote
with similar frankness about a season as pitcher with the
Seattle Pilots. What was the title?
* F. Canadiana: Literature Canadiana
F1. The Bootmakers of Toronto are a society of Sherlock Holmes
fans. They take their name from a scene where Holmes finds
a boot marked "Meyers, Toronto" -- in what novel or story?
F2. In the 1993 spy novel "The Night Manager" by John le Carré,
the lead character, Jonathan Pine, lives for several months
in a small town in what Canadian province?
* G. Canadiana: Canadiana Entertainment
G1. In 1981 Bonnie Sherr Klein made a documentary for the
National Film Board, criticizing the pornography business.
But it was banned for a while in Ontario -- as pornography.
What was it? (Just the main title.)
G2. One of the bands selected for a public concert at Nathan
Phillips Square in 1991 found their booking canceled after
someone on Mayor Rowlands' staff decided the name of the
band was offensive. What band?
--
Mark Brader | "UNIX are quality sectional bookcases, made of solid oak.
Toronto | Open or glass-fronted, in three sizes and three finishes,
***@vex.net | UNIX gives unapproached flexibility."
| -- Daily Mail Ideal Home Book, 1951-52
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader | "UNIX are quality sectional bookcases, made of solid oak.
Toronto | Open or glass-fronted, in three sizes and three finishes,
***@vex.net | UNIX gives unapproached flexibility."
| -- Daily Mail Ideal Home Book, 1951-52
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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