Mark Brader
2023-09-14 15:39:26 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-17,
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 Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Game 9, Round 9 - Literature Geography - Locations in Ian Fleming's
James Bond Novels
1. In what Fleming novel does Soviet Spy agency SMERSH plot to
kill James Bond by baiting him into a sex scandal with a cipher
clerk who works at the Russian Consulate in Istanbul?
2. In what novel does the climactic fight between the villain's
forces, which include a gang of mobsters and a group of female
burglar and the Pinkerton Detective Agency, take place in the
state of Kentucky?
3. In what Fleming short story does Bond travel to the Berlin Wall
to protect a Soviet defector from a sniper? If the defector
crosses into West Berlin, he sniper has been ordered to kill him.
4. In what novel does James Bond infiltrate the fictional Piz
Gloria, a Swiss Alp with a mountaintop lab that is really a
front for arch-nemesis Blofeld? The name Piz Gloria is still
in use by a restaurant that was used in the filming of the
movie version, and which the producers helped complete.
5. What venerable British company commissioned Ian Fleming to
write the short story "The Property of a Lady", in which James
Bond is sent to identify a Soviet Spy at an art auction?
6. Name the only James Bond novel in which Bond never leaves
England. Famous for his travel writing, Fleming had wanted to
set the location in England to show off the country. The movie
version of this novel is a more wide-flung affair, shuttling
Bond from California to Venice to Rio to Earth orbit.
7. What is the name of Ian Fleming's home in Jamaica where he wrote
the majority of all of his James Bond novels? The producers
of the James Bond movies used the bame as the title of one.
8. In "Diamonds are Forever", James Bond tracks a diamond-smuggling
pipeline from Las Vegas to New York to London to Paris and
finally to Freetown, the capital city of what African country?
9. In "You Only Live Twice", James Bond pursues his revenge against
Blofeld and destroys his Garden of Death by causing a volcanic
eruption. This takes place on what Island, the southernmost
of the four main islands of Japan?
10. Ian Fleming took the name James Bond from the author of a book
about the "Birds of..." what region of North America, surrounded
by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea? The region
comprises 13 independent island countries and dependencies in
three archipelagos.
** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Colors II: Color Harder
We had enough questions for another challenge round of
color-adjacent questions, so let's do it again!
* A. Literature
A1. In what 1877 Anna Sewell novel are Ginger and Rob Roy
the friend and brother, respectively, of the title character,
who works pulling cabs in Victorian-era London?
A2. In what 1982 Alice Walker novel does Shug Avery tell Celie
that "I think it pisses God off if you walk by <answer>
in a field somewhere and don't notice it?"
* B. Science
B1. Verdigris ["VER-da-gree"] is a green layer that forms on
the surface of which metallic element as it corrodes?
B2. Phenolphthalein ["PHEE-nol-ff-THAY-leen"] and litmus paper
are indicators that notably change color depending on what
property of the solution to which they are added?
* C. Entertainment
C1. Jennie, Rosé, Lisa, and Jisoo are the four members of which
doubly-colorful K-pop girl group?
C2. Daniel Craig played the southern detective Benoit Blanc in a
2019 murder mystery movie and reprised the role in a
2022 sequel. Name either film.
* D. Canadiana
D1. If someone was at Greenwood subway station, which TTC subway
line would they be on?
D2. On the map of the TTC, what color is used to represent
Line 3, the Scarborough Line?
* E. History
E1. In July 1985, the French government bombed the Rainbow
Warrior, a ship belonging to which global activist
organisation?
E2. In 1969, Fred Hampton founded a multicultural movement called
the Rainbow Coalition in which city? A year earlier, a DNC
in this city was disrupted by a group of men led by Abbie
Hoffman.
* F. Sports
F1. In NASCAR, a green flag is waved to signal the beginning
of a race while a checkered flag is waved to indicate
the end. What does a white flag indicate during a race?
F2. During each stage of the Tour de France, the current overall
leader typically wears a jersey of what color?
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 Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
** Game 9, Round 9 - Literature Geography - Locations in Ian Fleming's
James Bond Novels
1. In what Fleming novel does Soviet Spy agency SMERSH plot to
kill James Bond by baiting him into a sex scandal with a cipher
clerk who works at the Russian Consulate in Istanbul?
2. In what novel does the climactic fight between the villain's
forces, which include a gang of mobsters and a group of female
burglar and the Pinkerton Detective Agency, take place in the
state of Kentucky?
3. In what Fleming short story does Bond travel to the Berlin Wall
to protect a Soviet defector from a sniper? If the defector
crosses into West Berlin, he sniper has been ordered to kill him.
4. In what novel does James Bond infiltrate the fictional Piz
Gloria, a Swiss Alp with a mountaintop lab that is really a
front for arch-nemesis Blofeld? The name Piz Gloria is still
in use by a restaurant that was used in the filming of the
movie version, and which the producers helped complete.
5. What venerable British company commissioned Ian Fleming to
write the short story "The Property of a Lady", in which James
Bond is sent to identify a Soviet Spy at an art auction?
6. Name the only James Bond novel in which Bond never leaves
England. Famous for his travel writing, Fleming had wanted to
set the location in England to show off the country. The movie
version of this novel is a more wide-flung affair, shuttling
Bond from California to Venice to Rio to Earth orbit.
7. What is the name of Ian Fleming's home in Jamaica where he wrote
the majority of all of his James Bond novels? The producers
of the James Bond movies used the bame as the title of one.
8. In "Diamonds are Forever", James Bond tracks a diamond-smuggling
pipeline from Las Vegas to New York to London to Paris and
finally to Freetown, the capital city of what African country?
9. In "You Only Live Twice", James Bond pursues his revenge against
Blofeld and destroys his Garden of Death by causing a volcanic
eruption. This takes place on what Island, the southernmost
of the four main islands of Japan?
10. Ian Fleming took the name James Bond from the author of a book
about the "Birds of..." what region of North America, surrounded
by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea? The region
comprises 13 independent island countries and dependencies in
three archipelagos.
** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Colors II: Color Harder
We had enough questions for another challenge round of
color-adjacent questions, so let's do it again!
* A. Literature
A1. In what 1877 Anna Sewell novel are Ginger and Rob Roy
the friend and brother, respectively, of the title character,
who works pulling cabs in Victorian-era London?
A2. In what 1982 Alice Walker novel does Shug Avery tell Celie
that "I think it pisses God off if you walk by <answer>
in a field somewhere and don't notice it?"
* B. Science
B1. Verdigris ["VER-da-gree"] is a green layer that forms on
the surface of which metallic element as it corrodes?
B2. Phenolphthalein ["PHEE-nol-ff-THAY-leen"] and litmus paper
are indicators that notably change color depending on what
property of the solution to which they are added?
* C. Entertainment
C1. Jennie, Rosé, Lisa, and Jisoo are the four members of which
doubly-colorful K-pop girl group?
C2. Daniel Craig played the southern detective Benoit Blanc in a
2019 murder mystery movie and reprised the role in a
2022 sequel. Name either film.
* D. Canadiana
D1. If someone was at Greenwood subway station, which TTC subway
line would they be on?
D2. On the map of the TTC, what color is used to represent
Line 3, the Scarborough Line?
* E. History
E1. In July 1985, the French government bombed the Rainbow
Warrior, a ship belonging to which global activist
organisation?
E2. In 1969, Fred Hampton founded a multicultural movement called
the Rainbow Coalition in which city? A year earlier, a DNC
in this city was disrupted by a group of men led by Abbie
Hoffman.
* F. Sports
F1. In NASCAR, a green flag is waved to signal the beginning
of a race while a checkered flag is waved to indicate
the end. What does a white flag indicate during a race?
F2. During each stage of the Tour de France, the current overall
leader typically wears a jersey of what color?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto (require 'msb)
***@vex.net -- Lars Lindberg
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader, Toronto (require 'msb)
***@vex.net -- Lars Lindberg
My text in this article is in the public domain.