Mark Brader
2023-11-25 01:13:26 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-23,
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 did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 5, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cult Movies
Most of these movies did poorly when first released, but have
developed a cult following over the years. Name them.
1. Starring Kevin Bacon. A remote desert town is attacked by
tongue-like underground creatures.
2. Starring David Carradine. A car chase results in masses of
blood, gore, and other mayhem.
3. Starring Bela Lugosi. Aliens arrive in hubcap-like flying
saucers and resurrect corpses to convince Earth's idiotic,
militaristic people not to explode the universe.
4. Starring William Hurt. A scientist on LSD enters a sensory
isolation chamber.
5. Starring Kurt Russell. A trucker loses his rig in Chinatown
and goes to great lengths to recover it.
6. Starring David Bowie. An alien makes gobs of money and has
sex with many women.
7. Starring Robert Mitchum. A phony preacher pursues two children
who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.
8. Starring Tim Curry. A sweet young couple knock on the door of
a mansion housing multiple weirdos.
9. Starring John Belushi. In the days after Pearl Harbor, Japanese
aircraft and submarines are spotted near Los Angeles.
10. Starring Spencer Tracy. A one-armed stranger arrives in a small
town looking for a resident who turns out to have been murdered.
* Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Lesser-Known Sports and Recreations
In each case name them.
1. This pastime involves leaners and ringers.
2. In which activity might you be called out for "LBW"?
3. The basic version of this board game is centered on controlling
the real-estate market in Atlantic City.
4. This board game is centered on controlling the world.
5. The term "life list" was coined in connection with this activity.
6. Categories of this activity include Nordic (or cross-country), Alpine,
and freestyle.
7. The movie "A River Runs Through It" was centered on this
activity.
8. TV coverage of this game is often punctuated by cries of "180".
9. Going up a steep cliff or mountain without ropes or other
equipment.
10. A mistake in this game may result in the dreaded 7-10 split.
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 did not write either of these rounds.
* Game 5, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cult Movies
Most of these movies did poorly when first released, but have
developed a cult following over the years. Name them.
1. Starring Kevin Bacon. A remote desert town is attacked by
tongue-like underground creatures.
2. Starring David Carradine. A car chase results in masses of
blood, gore, and other mayhem.
3. Starring Bela Lugosi. Aliens arrive in hubcap-like flying
saucers and resurrect corpses to convince Earth's idiotic,
militaristic people not to explode the universe.
4. Starring William Hurt. A scientist on LSD enters a sensory
isolation chamber.
5. Starring Kurt Russell. A trucker loses his rig in Chinatown
and goes to great lengths to recover it.
6. Starring David Bowie. An alien makes gobs of money and has
sex with many women.
7. Starring Robert Mitchum. A phony preacher pursues two children
who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.
8. Starring Tim Curry. A sweet young couple knock on the door of
a mansion housing multiple weirdos.
9. Starring John Belushi. In the days after Pearl Harbor, Japanese
aircraft and submarines are spotted near Los Angeles.
10. Starring Spencer Tracy. A one-armed stranger arrives in a small
town looking for a resident who turns out to have been murdered.
* Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Lesser-Known Sports and Recreations
In each case name them.
1. This pastime involves leaners and ringers.
2. In which activity might you be called out for "LBW"?
3. The basic version of this board game is centered on controlling
the real-estate market in Atlantic City.
4. This board game is centered on controlling the world.
5. The term "life list" was coined in connection with this activity.
6. Categories of this activity include Nordic (or cross-country), Alpine,
and freestyle.
7. The movie "A River Runs Through It" was centered on this
activity.
8. TV coverage of this game is often punctuated by cries of "180".
9. Going up a steep cliff or mountain without ropes or other
equipment.
10. A mistake in this game may result in the dreaded 7-10 split.
--
Mark Brader | "...the average homeowner should expect...
Toronto | meteor damage every hundred million years."
***@vex.net | --Robert Nemiroff & Jerry Bonnell
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader | "...the average homeowner should expect...
Toronto | meteor damage every hundred million years."
***@vex.net | --Robert Nemiroff & Jerry Bonnell
My text in this article is in the public domain.