Mark Brader
2023-10-07 06:21:45 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-09-18,
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 of these rounds.
* Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - One-Word Movie Titles
We give a short description, and you give the one-word movie title.
1. An unknown gets a shot at the heavyweight boxing championship.
2. From a novel subtitled "a novel about three army doctors".
3. A strange creature attacks the crew of the spaceship Nostromo.
4. The daily lives of mobsters in New York.
5. A former policeman suffers from acrophobia.
6. The life and times of the former first lady of Argentina.
7. The lives of music-hall performers in pre-Nazi Berlin.
8. A sheriff in a small town uncovers murder and kidnapping in
the snow.
9. An alien creature comes to Earth to do a little hunting.
10. Remade several times. In the original a prehistoric creature
attacks Tokyo.
* Game 1, Round 8 - History - 1809
If you write dates numerically in a certain style that is very
common in Britain and also sometimes used in Canada, today is the
18th of September or 18/09. Therefore, here is a round about 1809.
The year, that is.
1. In 1809 Napoleon's French Empire was at war with several other
countries. Name any one of the countries that the French were
fighting in the Peninsular War.
2. Meanwhile on another peninsula, France completed its invasion
and annexation of the Papal States. How did Pope Pius VII
react to this?
3. On February 12, about 4,000 miles apart, there were born a
future scientist and a future politician, both of whose fame
still endures today. Name either one.
4. On June 8 the author of the 1776 pamphlet "Common Sense" died.
Name him.
5. Name either the US president whose term ended in 1809, or the
one who succeeded him.
6. Washington Irving's first major book was published in 1809 under
the pseudonym of "Diedrich Knickerbocker". It was a satirical
history of what city?
7. Robert Fulton received his first US patent in 1809, for what
invention?
8. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the previous one. Meanwhile in Lower Canada,
a steamboat financed by John Molson made its maiden voyage.
Name either the starting point of the trip, or the endpoint.
9. In 1809 the governor of the Louisiana Territory was either
murdered or committed suicide, but it's not clear which.
He was previously known as an explorer. Name him.
10. This Austrian composer of over 100 symphonies died in Vienna in
1809. The Requiem by his friend Mozart was played at his
funeral. Name him.
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 of these rounds.
* Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - One-Word Movie Titles
We give a short description, and you give the one-word movie title.
1. An unknown gets a shot at the heavyweight boxing championship.
2. From a novel subtitled "a novel about three army doctors".
3. A strange creature attacks the crew of the spaceship Nostromo.
4. The daily lives of mobsters in New York.
5. A former policeman suffers from acrophobia.
6. The life and times of the former first lady of Argentina.
7. The lives of music-hall performers in pre-Nazi Berlin.
8. A sheriff in a small town uncovers murder and kidnapping in
the snow.
9. An alien creature comes to Earth to do a little hunting.
10. Remade several times. In the original a prehistoric creature
attacks Tokyo.
* Game 1, Round 8 - History - 1809
If you write dates numerically in a certain style that is very
common in Britain and also sometimes used in Canada, today is the
18th of September or 18/09. Therefore, here is a round about 1809.
The year, that is.
1. In 1809 Napoleon's French Empire was at war with several other
countries. Name any one of the countries that the French were
fighting in the Peninsular War.
2. Meanwhile on another peninsula, France completed its invasion
and annexation of the Papal States. How did Pope Pius VII
react to this?
3. On February 12, about 4,000 miles apart, there were born a
future scientist and a future politician, both of whose fame
still endures today. Name either one.
4. On June 8 the author of the 1776 pamphlet "Common Sense" died.
Name him.
5. Name either the US president whose term ended in 1809, or the
one who succeeded him.
6. Washington Irving's first major book was published in 1809 under
the pseudonym of "Diedrich Knickerbocker". It was a satirical
history of what city?
7. Robert Fulton received his first US patent in 1809, for what
invention?
8. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the previous one. Meanwhile in Lower Canada,
a steamboat financed by John Molson made its maiden voyage.
Name either the starting point of the trip, or the endpoint.
9. In 1809 the governor of the Louisiana Territory was either
murdered or committed suicide, but it's not clear which.
He was previously known as an explorer. Name him.
10. This Austrian composer of over 100 symphonies died in Vienna in
1809. The Requiem by his friend Mozart was played at his
funeral. Name him.
--
Mark Brader | ...I am constantly surprised by the questions which apparently
Toronto | have not been litigated, at least to the point of producing
***@vex.net | an appellate decision. --Richard R. Hershberger
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader | ...I am constantly surprised by the questions which apparently
Toronto | have not been litigated, at least to the point of producing
***@vex.net | an appellate decision. --Richard R. Hershberger
My text in this article is in the public domain.