On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 11:31:06 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:

* Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)

Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.

1. Who was the country music star who committed suicide last week,
at the age of 37? She hit #1 on the country charts in 1996 with
"Guys Do It All the Time".

Mindy McCready (??)

* Game 4, Round 2 - Entertainment - Movies about the Movies

When the movie industry runs out of ideas, it turns the lens on
itself. In each case, name the movie from the date and description.

1. 1995; loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) gets a taste for
Tinseltown when he pitches a movie to Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman),
the producer whose debt Chili has to collect.

"Get Shorty"

2. 1963; director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) suffers creative
block while embarking on his latest movie and drifts into dreams
and memories.

"8 1/2"

3. 1950; murdered screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates
the story of his meeting with washed-up silent icon Norma Desmond
(Gloria Swanson).

"Sunset Blvd."

4. 2011; when sound arrives in Hollywood, George Valentin (Jean
Dujardin) bucks the trend by filming another silent movie,
the jungle adventure "Tears of Love".

"The Artist"

5. 1994; studio whipping boy Guy (Frank Whaley) bites back after
too much abuse from bullying exec Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey).

"Swimming with Sharks"

6. 1998; the elderly director James Whale (Ian McKellen) recounts
his glory days as a horror director to gardener Clayton Boone
(Brendan Fraser).

"Gods and Monsters"

7. 2004; Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) spares no expense trying
to make his World War I flying drama "Hell's Angels" as realistic
as possible.

"The Aviator"

8. 1980; Sandy Bates (Woody Allen) reminisces as he attends a
retrospective of his work.

"Stardust Memories"

9. 2008; actors Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert
Downey Jr.) are dropped in the jungle to shoot a Vietnam epic.

"Tropic Thunder"

10. 2011; an orphan boy (Asa Butterfield) realizes that the grumpy
toyshop owner (Ben Kingsley) in the railway station where he
lives is none other than the forgotten director Georges Méliès.

"Hugo"

* Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Most Populous Metropolitan Areas in US States

In this round, you are to identify the most populous metropolitan statistical area, according to the 2010 census, of a given US state.
This is, of course, *may or may not* be the same metropolitan area containing the state's most populous city. If the metropolitan
area is named after multiple cities, like "Tokyo - Yokohama", the
primary one, named first, will suffice. If you give additional
cities in the name they must be correct.

So, what """is""" the most populous metropolitan area in (or in
one case just *primarily* in) these states?

1. New Hampshire.

Manchester

2. Vermont.

Montpelier

3. Maine.

Portland

4. Tennessee.

Nashville; Memphis

5. Texas.

Houston

6. South Dakota.

Sioux Falls

7. North Dakota.

Fargo

8. Montana.

Missoula; Billings

9. Alabama.

Birmingham

10. West Virginia.

Wheeling; Charleston

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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Night Owls, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
answers in about 3 days.

For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".


* Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)

Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.

1. Who was the country music star who committed suicide last week,
at the age of 37? She hit #1 on the country charts in 1996 with
"Guys Do It All the Time".

2. What malfunction occurred for 3 hours on Tuesday on the
International Space Station, when the astronauts tried to
upgrade their computer software?


* Game 4, Round 2 - Entertainment - Movies about the Movies

When the movie industry runs out of ideas, it turns the lens on
itself. In each case, name the movie from the date and description.

1. 1995; loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) gets a taste for
Tinseltown when he pitches a movie to Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman),
the producer whose debt Chili has to collect.

2. 1963; director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) suffers creative
block while embarking on his latest movie and drifts into dreams
and memories.

3. 1950; murdered screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates
the story of his meeting with washed-up silent icon Norma Desmond
(Gloria Swanson).

4. 2011; when sound arrives in Hollywood, George Valentin (Jean
Dujardin) bucks the trend by filming another silent movie,
the jungle adventure "Tears of Love".

5. 1994; studio whipping boy Guy (Frank Whaley) bites back after
too much abuse from bullying exec Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey).

6. 1998; the elderly director James Whale (Ian McKellen) recounts
his glory days as a horror director to gardener Clayton Boone
(Brendan Fraser).

7. 2004; Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) spares no expense trying
to make his World War I flying drama "Hell's Angels" as realistic
as possible.

8. 1980; Sandy Bates (Woody Allen) reminisces as he attends a
retrospective of his work.

9. 2008; actors Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert
Downey Jr.) are dropped in the jungle to shoot a Vietnam epic.

10. 2011; an orphan boy (Asa Butterfield) realizes that the grumpy
toyshop owner (Ben Kingsley) in the railway station where he
lives is none other than the forgotten director Georges Méliès.


* Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Most Populous Metropolitan Areas in US States

In this round, you are to identify the most populous metropolitan
statistical area, according to the 2010 census, of a given US state.
This is, of course, *may or may not* be the same metropolitan area
containing the state's most populous city. If the metropolitan
area is named after multiple cities, like "Tokyo - Yokohama", the
primary one, named first, will suffice. If you give additional
cities in the name they must be correct.

So, what """is""" the most populous metropolitan area in (or in
one case just *primarily* in) these states?

Note: The results for the 2020 census are not yet available --
they're expected in December -- so I will only accept answers
based on the 2010 census.

1. New Hampshire.
2. Vermont.
3. Maine.
4. Tennessee.
5. Texas.
6. South Dakota.
7. North Dakota.
8. Montana.
9. Alabama.
10. West Virginia.

--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Wait, was that me? That was pretty good!" msb@vex.net | --Steve Summit

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Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:

* Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Most Populous Metropolitan Areas in US

States

1. New Hampshire.

Frankfort

3. Maine.

Portland

4. Tennessee.

Memphis

5. Texas.

Houston

6. South Dakota.
7. North Dakota.

They have metropolitan areas in the Dakotas?

8. Montana.

Helena

9. Alabama.

Brimingham

10. West Virginia.

Charleston

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Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

* Game 4, Round 2 - Entertainment - Movies about the Movies

1. 1995; loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) gets a taste for
Tinseltown when he pitches a movie to Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman),
the producer whose debt Chili has to collect.

Get Shorty

2. 1963; director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) suffers creative
block while embarking on his latest movie and drifts into dreams
and memories.

8 1/2

3. 1950; murdered screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates
the story of his meeting with washed-up silent icon Norma Desmond
(Gloria Swanson).

Sunset Boulevard

4. 2011; when sound arrives in Hollywood, George Valentin (Jean
Dujardin) bucks the trend by filming another silent movie,
the jungle adventure "Tears of Love".

The Artist

7. 2004; Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) spares no expense trying
to make his World War I flying drama "Hell's Angels" as realistic
as possible.

The Aviator

9. 2008; actors Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert
Downey Jr.) are dropped in the jungle to shoot a Vietnam epic.

Tropic Thunder

10. 2011; an orphan boy (Asa Butterfield) realizes that the grumpy
toyshop owner (Ben Kingsley) in the railway station where he
lives is none other than the forgotten director Georges M?li?s.

Hugo

* Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Most Populous Metropolitan Areas in US States

In this round, you are to identify the most populous metropolitan
statistical area, according to the 2010 census, of a given US state.
This is, of course, *may or may not* be the same metropolitan area
containing the state's most populous city. If the metropolitan
area is named after multiple cities, like "Tokyo - Yokohama", the
primary one, named first, will suffice. If you give additional
cities in the name they must be correct.

1. New Hampshire.

Manchester; Boston

2. Vermont.

Burlington

3. Maine.

Portland

4. Tennessee.

Nashville

5. Texas.

Houston; Dallas

6. South Dakota.

Sioux Falls; Pierre

7. North Dakota.

Bismarck

8. Montana.

Helena

9. Alabama.

Huntsville; Birmingham

10. West Virginia.

Wheeling

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_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

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On 10/19/22 11:50, Erland Sommarskog wrote:

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:

6. South Dakota.
7. North Dakota.

They have metropolitan areas in the Dakotas?

They might be micropolitan areas. Really, that's an official term used
by the Census Bureau. I'm not 100% sure what distinguishes metro- from
micro-, but I think it's the main city having less than 50K people. Or
maybe it's 100K.

--
Dan Tilque

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On 10/18/22 21:31, Mark Brader wrote:

* Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)

Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.

1. Who was the country music star who committed suicide last week,
at the age of 37? She hit #1 on the country charts in 1996 with
"Guys Do It All the Time".

2. What malfunction occurred for 3 hours on Tuesday on the
International Space Station, when the astronauts tried to
upgrade their computer software?

* Game 4, Round 2 - Entertainment - Movies about the Movies

When the movie industry runs out of ideas, it turns the lens on
itself. In each case, name the movie from the date and description.

1. 1995; loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) gets a taste for
Tinseltown when he pitches a movie to Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman),
the producer whose debt Chili has to collect.

2. 1963; director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) suffers creative
block while embarking on his latest movie and drifts into dreams
and memories.

All that Jazz

3. 1950; murdered screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates
the story of his meeting with washed-up silent icon Norma Desmond
(Gloria Swanson).

4. 2011; when sound arrives in Hollywood, George Valentin (Jean
Dujardin) bucks the trend by filming another silent movie,
the jungle adventure "Tears of Love".

5. 1994; studio whipping boy Guy (Frank Whaley) bites back after
too much abuse from bullying exec Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey).

6. 1998; the elderly director James Whale (Ian McKellen) recounts
his glory days as a horror director to gardener Clayton Boone
(Brendan Fraser).

7. 2004; Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) spares no expense trying
to make his World War I flying drama "Hell's Angels" as realistic
as possible.

8. 1980; Sandy Bates (Woody Allen) reminisces as he attends a
retrospective of his work.

9. 2008; actors Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert
Downey Jr.) are dropped in the jungle to shoot a Vietnam epic.

10. 2011; an orphan boy (Asa Butterfield) realizes that the grumpy
toyshop owner (Ben Kingsley) in the railway station where he
lives is none other than the forgotten director Georges Méliès.

* Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Most Populous Metropolitan Areas in US States

In this round, you are to identify the most populous metropolitan
statistical area, according to the 2010 census, of a given US state.
This is, of course, *may or may not* be the same metropolitan area
containing the state's most populous city. If the metropolitan
area is named after multiple cities, like "Tokyo - Yokohama", the
primary one, named first, will suffice. If you give additional
cities in the name they must be correct.

So, what """is""" the most populous metropolitan area in (or in
one case just *primarily* in) these states?

Note: The results for the 2020 census are not yet available --
they're expected in December -- so I will only accept answers
based on the 2010 census.

1. New Hampshire.

Manchester

2. Vermont.

Burlington

3. Maine.

Portland

4. Tennessee.

Memphis

5. Texas.

Houston

6. South Dakota.

Sioux Falls

7. North Dakota.

Fargo

8. Montana.

Great Falls

9. Alabama.

Birmingham

10. West Virginia.

Charlestown


--
Dan Tilque

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Erland Sommarskog:

They have metropolitan areas in the Dakotas?

Yes.

Dan Tilque:

They might be micropolitan areas.

But they aren't.

Really, that's an official term used by the Census Bureau. I'm not
100% sure what distinguishes metro- from micro-, but I think it's
the main city having less than 50K people...

Right: see http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/about.html

There is one metropolitan (not micropolitan) area entirely in North Dakota
and two more that extend from North Dakota into Minnesota. There are two entirely in South Dakota and one extending from Iowa into South Dakota.
See Table 50, on pages 333 to 338, of:

http://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-1.pdf

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Mark Brader, Toronto | "But going repeatedly back and forth in time is msb@vex.net | cheating. Anybody can do that!" --Paul Kriha

My text in this article is in the public domain.

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