Mark Brader
2023-11-01 15:34:20 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-02,
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 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 one question in one of these rounds.
* Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - Italian Literature
1. Who is the pseudonymous author of the four so-called "Neapolitan
novels", dealing with two women's friendship from childhood
to old age, published between 2011 and 2014 and beginning with
"My Brilliant Friend"?
2. Who is the philosopher, semiotician, and cultural critic who
wrote the 1980 novel "The Name of the Rose", followed in 1988 by
"Foucault's ['Foo-koze'] Pendulum"?
3. Dante Alighieri's ["a-league-yair-eez"] 14th-century allegorical
poem "The Divine Comedy" is still one of the most influential
works of European literature. It is divided into three
sections of 33 cantos each, plus a prologue. Name *any one*
of the three main sections.
4. After initial popularity, Dante's works were overshadowed
by those of a younger contemporary, a humanist and lyric poet.
He wrote in both Latin and Italian; in the latter, perhaps
his best-known work is "Fragments of Vernacular Matters",
a collection of over 300 poems. Name him.
5. Who is the Jewish Italian author who wrote about his time at
Auschwitz in "If This is a Man"? A trained chemist, he later
wrote a book of short stories called "The Periodic Table".
6. Another classic of the 14th century was a 100-part series
of stories by 10 narrators, told over 10 days during a time
of plague. It is sometimes referred to as "The Human Comedy" by
contrast with the work of Dante. Name this work or its author.
7. A one-hit wonder of sorts was Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa,
whose only novel, published in 1958, just after his death,
became one of the most celebrated in Italian literature.
Name it, in English or Italian.
8. One of the greatest novels of the Italian Romantic period is
Alessandro Manzoni's 1825-27 novel, set during the Thirty Years'
War, and telling the story of two young people's frustrated
attempt to marry. Name it, in English or Italian.
9. The interplay of "vertu" (meaning individual initiative) and
chance was one of the themes in the works of this Florentine.
He published, among other works, a 7-volume "The Art of War"
in 1521, but a little squib he dashed off in 1513 was enough
to immortalize him.
10. The recipient of the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature wrote
some 40 plays, but, in the English-speaking world at any rate,
one would be hard-pressed to hear mention of any but a 1921 work
that functioned as an absurdist meta-commentary on drama itself.
Name either the play or its author.
* Game 3, Round 8 - Sports - Obscure Rules
1. If a baseball fielder throws his glove or cap and hits the
batted ball, what is the penalty?
2. If a baseball pitcher is ambidextrous, when may he, and when
may he not, change which hand he's pitching with?
3. After the Toronto Argonauts score a touchdown against the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats, they decide to go for 2 points on
the convert. Chad Kelly tries a pass to Cam Phillips in
the end zone, but Hamilton defender Tunde Adeleke ["TUN-day
a-DELL-eck-ay"] intercepts it and runs the ball back an amazing
117 yards to reach Toronto's end zone. What is the result?
4. In 2006, which NFL quarterback became the first player since
1941 to score using a drop-kick?
5. In a FIFA soccer match, how long may the goalie hold the ball
before putting it back into play?
6. In golf, a player who turns in a scorecard claiming less strokes
than were actually taken is disqualified. When happens if the
scorecard claims more strokes than were actually taken?
7. Where is the farthest from his net that an NHL goalie is allowed
to play the puck? (In terms of ice markings, not distance.)
8. In Australian football, what offense is punished by both a
50-meter penalty and a free kick?
9. If your tennis opponent's hat distracts you by flying off during
play, you may either play the ball or else ask the referee
for what?
10. How long after an NBA player gets the ball from the referee
is he allowed to take his free throw?
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 one question in one of these rounds.
* Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - Italian Literature
1. Who is the pseudonymous author of the four so-called "Neapolitan
novels", dealing with two women's friendship from childhood
to old age, published between 2011 and 2014 and beginning with
"My Brilliant Friend"?
2. Who is the philosopher, semiotician, and cultural critic who
wrote the 1980 novel "The Name of the Rose", followed in 1988 by
"Foucault's ['Foo-koze'] Pendulum"?
3. Dante Alighieri's ["a-league-yair-eez"] 14th-century allegorical
poem "The Divine Comedy" is still one of the most influential
works of European literature. It is divided into three
sections of 33 cantos each, plus a prologue. Name *any one*
of the three main sections.
4. After initial popularity, Dante's works were overshadowed
by those of a younger contemporary, a humanist and lyric poet.
He wrote in both Latin and Italian; in the latter, perhaps
his best-known work is "Fragments of Vernacular Matters",
a collection of over 300 poems. Name him.
5. Who is the Jewish Italian author who wrote about his time at
Auschwitz in "If This is a Man"? A trained chemist, he later
wrote a book of short stories called "The Periodic Table".
6. Another classic of the 14th century was a 100-part series
of stories by 10 narrators, told over 10 days during a time
of plague. It is sometimes referred to as "The Human Comedy" by
contrast with the work of Dante. Name this work or its author.
7. A one-hit wonder of sorts was Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa,
whose only novel, published in 1958, just after his death,
became one of the most celebrated in Italian literature.
Name it, in English or Italian.
8. One of the greatest novels of the Italian Romantic period is
Alessandro Manzoni's 1825-27 novel, set during the Thirty Years'
War, and telling the story of two young people's frustrated
attempt to marry. Name it, in English or Italian.
9. The interplay of "vertu" (meaning individual initiative) and
chance was one of the themes in the works of this Florentine.
He published, among other works, a 7-volume "The Art of War"
in 1521, but a little squib he dashed off in 1513 was enough
to immortalize him.
10. The recipient of the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature wrote
some 40 plays, but, in the English-speaking world at any rate,
one would be hard-pressed to hear mention of any but a 1921 work
that functioned as an absurdist meta-commentary on drama itself.
Name either the play or its author.
* Game 3, Round 8 - Sports - Obscure Rules
1. If a baseball fielder throws his glove or cap and hits the
batted ball, what is the penalty?
2. If a baseball pitcher is ambidextrous, when may he, and when
may he not, change which hand he's pitching with?
3. After the Toronto Argonauts score a touchdown against the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats, they decide to go for 2 points on
the convert. Chad Kelly tries a pass to Cam Phillips in
the end zone, but Hamilton defender Tunde Adeleke ["TUN-day
a-DELL-eck-ay"] intercepts it and runs the ball back an amazing
117 yards to reach Toronto's end zone. What is the result?
4. In 2006, which NFL quarterback became the first player since
1941 to score using a drop-kick?
5. In a FIFA soccer match, how long may the goalie hold the ball
before putting it back into play?
6. In golf, a player who turns in a scorecard claiming less strokes
than were actually taken is disqualified. When happens if the
scorecard claims more strokes than were actually taken?
7. Where is the farthest from his net that an NHL goalie is allowed
to play the puck? (In terms of ice markings, not distance.)
8. In Australian football, what offense is punished by both a
50-meter penalty and a free kick?
9. If your tennis opponent's hat distracts you by flying off during
play, you may either play the ball or else ask the referee
for what?
10. How long after an NBA player gets the ball from the referee
is he allowed to take his free throw?
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "Wait, was that me? That was pretty good!"
***@vex.net | --Steve Summit
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Wait, was that me? That was pretty good!"
***@vex.net | --Steve Summit
My text in this article is in the public domain.