• QFTCIMM24 Game 3, Rounds 7-8: Newfies and foreign lit

    From Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 17 10:25:04 2024
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    * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Talented Newfoundlanders

    This round asks you to identify some Newfoundlanders celebrated
    for their achievements in broadcasting and the arts.

    1. This Newfoundland band, with 11 Canadian gold albums to their
    name, won the East Coast Music Award every year from 1996
    to 2000. In 2001 they withdrew their name from competition to
    give someone else a chance. Who are they?

    2. He called his first hockey game for CBC in 1969 and his final
    one in 2019, at age 85. He was the chief voice of "Hockey Night
    in Canada" for Leaf games from 1980 to 2008. Also one-time
    skip of the Newfoundland curling team. Name him.

    3. A doyen of Canadian screen and stage actors with a career
    spanning 60 years, acclaimed for his roles in such movies as "The
    Rowdyman" and "Away from Her"; he passed away in February 2023.

    4. This busy film and TV actor first made his mark as the writer
    and star of the CBC series "Republic of Doyle", which aired
    from 2010 to 2014. Name him.

    5. Author, journalist, broadcaster, military historian, this
    Newfoundlander, now resident of England, rose to prominence in
    the 1970s as creator of the NFB mini-series "War".

    6. Model, TV actress, and star of soft-core erotica. She first
    attracted notice as "Playboy"'s Playmate of the Year in 1982, and
    has a reality-TV life as the wife of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.

    7. His six novels, including "The River Thieves", "Galore", and
    "The Innocents", take their inspiration from Newfoundland's
    history and society. They have won or been short-listed for
    numerous national and international awards.

    8. She was a founder of the comedy sketch group CODCO and a long-
    serving member of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Probably
    best-known for her character Marg Delahunty, a "Warrior Princess"
    who roamed the nation, putting the screws to politicians of
    all stripes.

    9. This comic, another long-time member of "This Hour has 22
    Minutes", has enjoyed recent success with a memoir of his
    early life that has been adapted into a popular CBC series,
    now in its third season. Name him.

    10. This painter lived the greater part of his life, from 1963
    to his death in 2022, in the hamlet of Salmonier, Newfoundland,
    turning out haunting realist Atlantic Ocean scapes and paintings
    of disused buildings. He also created the flag of Newfoundland
    and Labrador. Name him.


    * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit

    Great books come in all languages. We give you three titles
    in English, and you tell us the language all three books were
    originally written in. Answers do not repeat.

    1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".
    2. "The Art of War"; "Red Sorghum"; "Journey to the West".
    3. "My Brilliant Friend"; "The Leopard"; "The Periodic Table".
    4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".
    5. "The Reader"; "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"; "The Castle".
    6. "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"; "Blindness"; "The Alchemist".

    7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
    Seas".

    8. "The House of Spirits"; "Labyrinths"; "Chronicle of a Death
    Foretold".

    9. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"; "Snow Country"; "The Woman in
    the Dunes".

    10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
    "R.U.R."

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  • From Joshua Kreitzer@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Sun Mar 17 12:16:49 2024
    On 3/17/2024 5:25 AM, Mark Brader wrote:

    * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Talented Newfoundlanders

    This round asks you to identify some Newfoundlanders celebrated
    for their achievements in broadcasting and the arts.

    6. Model, TV actress, and star of soft-core erotica. She first
    attracted notice as "Playboy"'s Playmate of the Year in 1982, and
    has a reality-TV life as the wife of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.

    Shannon Tweed

    * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit

    Great books come in all languages. We give you three titles
    in English, and you tell us the language all three books were
    originally written in. Answers do not repeat.

    1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".

    Greek

    2. "The Art of War"; "Red Sorghum"; "Journey to the West".

    Chinese

    3. "My Brilliant Friend"; "The Leopard"; "The Periodic Table".

    Italian

    4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".

    Russian

    5. "The Reader"; "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"; "The Castle".

    German

    6. "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"; "Blindness"; "The Alchemist".

    Portuguese

    7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
    Seas".

    Swedish

    8. "The House of Spirits"; "Labyrinths"; "Chronicle of a Death
    Foretold".

    Spanish

    9. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"; "Snow Country"; "The Woman in
    the Dunes".

    Danish; Dutch

    10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
    "R.U.R."

    Czech

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    Joshua Kreitzer
    gromit82@hotmail.com

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  • From Erland Sommarskog@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Sun Mar 17 21:30:43 2024
    Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:> * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit

    Great books come in all languages. We give you three titles
    in English, and you tell us the language all three books were
    originally written in. Answers do not repeat.

    1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".

    Italian

    4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".

    Russian

    7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
    Seas".

    Swedish

    10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
    "R.U.R."

    Czech

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  • From Dan Blum@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Mon Mar 18 00:31:48 2024
    Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

    * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Talented Newfoundlanders

    1. This Newfoundland band, with 11 Canadian gold albums to their
    name, won the East Coast Music Award every year from 1996
    to 2000. In 2001 they withdrew their name from competition to
    give someone else a chance. Who are they?

    Rush

    * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit

    1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".

    Greek

    2. "The Art of War"; "Red Sorghum"; "Journey to the West".

    Classical Chinese

    3. "My Brilliant Friend"; "The Leopard"; "The Periodic Table".

    Italian

    4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".

    Russian

    5. "The Reader"; "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"; "The Castle".

    German

    6. "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"; "Blindness"; "The Alchemist".

    Portuguese

    7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
    Seas".

    Swedish

    8. "The House of Spirits"; "Labyrinths"; "Chronicle of a Death
    Foretold".

    Spanish

    9. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"; "Snow Country"; "The Woman in
    the Dunes".

    Japanese

    10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
    "R.U.R."

    Czech

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    "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

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  • From Dan Tilque@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Tue Mar 19 20:42:46 2024
    On 3/17/24 03:25, Mark Brader wrote:

    * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Talented Newfoundlanders

    This round asks you to identify some Newfoundlanders celebrated
    for their achievements in broadcasting and the arts.

    1. This Newfoundland band, with 11 Canadian gold albums to their
    name, won the East Coast Music Award every year from 1996
    to 2000. In 2001 they withdrew their name from competition to
    give someone else a chance. Who are they?

    2. He called his first hockey game for CBC in 1969 and his final
    one in 2019, at age 85. He was the chief voice of "Hockey Night
    in Canada" for Leaf games from 1980 to 2008. Also one-time
    skip of the Newfoundland curling team. Name him.

    3. A doyen of Canadian screen and stage actors with a career
    spanning 60 years, acclaimed for his roles in such movies as "The
    Rowdyman" and "Away from Her"; he passed away in February 2023.

    4. This busy film and TV actor first made his mark as the writer
    and star of the CBC series "Republic of Doyle", which aired
    from 2010 to 2014. Name him.

    5. Author, journalist, broadcaster, military historian, this
    Newfoundlander, now resident of England, rose to prominence in
    the 1970s as creator of the NFB mini-series "War".

    6. Model, TV actress, and star of soft-core erotica. She first
    attracted notice as "Playboy"'s Playmate of the Year in 1982, and
    has a reality-TV life as the wife of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.

    7. His six novels, including "The River Thieves", "Galore", and
    "The Innocents", take their inspiration from Newfoundland's
    history and society. They have won or been short-listed for
    numerous national and international awards.

    8. She was a founder of the comedy sketch group CODCO and a long-
    serving member of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Probably
    best-known for her character Marg Delahunty, a "Warrior Princess"
    who roamed the nation, putting the screws to politicians of
    all stripes.

    9. This comic, another long-time member of "This Hour has 22
    Minutes", has enjoyed recent success with a memoir of his
    early life that has been adapted into a popular CBC series,
    now in its third season. Name him.

    10. This painter lived the greater part of his life, from 1963
    to his death in 2022, in the hamlet of Salmonier, Newfoundland,
    turning out haunting realist Atlantic Ocean scapes and paintings
    of disused buildings. He also created the flag of Newfoundland
    and Labrador. Name him.


    * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit

    Great books come in all languages. We give you three titles
    in English, and you tell us the language all three books were
    originally written in. Answers do not repeat.

    1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".
    2. "The Art of War"; "Red Sorghum"; "Journey to the West".

    Chinese

    3. "My Brilliant Friend"; "The Leopard"; "The Periodic Table".

    Italian

    4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".

    Russian

    5. "The Reader"; "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"; "The Castle".
    6. "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"; "Blindness"; "The Alchemist".

    7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
    Seas".

    French


    8. "The House of Spirits"; "Labyrinths"; "Chronicle of a Death
    Foretold".

    9. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"; "Snow Country"; "The Woman in
    the Dunes".

    10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
    "R.U.R."

    Czech


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    Dan Tilque

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  • From Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 20 11:36:45 2024
    Mark Brader:
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-02-12,
    and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
    please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
    Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


    * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Talented Newfoundlanders

    This round asks you to identify some Newfoundlanders celebrated
    for their achievements in broadcasting and the arts.

    1. This Newfoundland band, with 11 Canadian gold albums to their
    name, won the East Coast Music Award every year from 1996
    to 2000. In 2001 they withdrew their name from competition to
    give someone else a chance. Who are they?

    Great Big Sea.

    2. He called his first hockey game for CBC in 1969 and his final
    one in 2019, at age 85. He was the chief voice of "Hockey Night
    in Canada" for Leaf games from 1980 to 2008. Also one-time
    skip of the Newfoundland curling team. Name him.

    Bob Cole.

    3. A doyen of Canadian screen and stage actors with a career
    spanning 60 years, acclaimed for his roles in such movies as "The
    Rowdyman" and "Away from Her"; he passed away in February 2023.

    Gordon Pinsent.

    4. This busy film and TV actor first made his mark as the writer
    and star of the CBC series "Republic of Doyle", which aired
    from 2010 to 2014. Name him.

    Allan Hawco.

    5. Author, journalist, broadcaster, military historian, this
    Newfoundlander, now resident of England, rose to prominence in
    the 1970s as creator of the NFB mini-series "War".

    Gwynne Dyer.

    6. Model, TV actress, and star of soft-core erotica. She first
    attracted notice as "Playboy"'s Playmate of the Year in 1982, and
    has a reality-TV life as the wife of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.

    Shannon Tweed. 4 for Joshua -- making the round count for everybody/

    7. His six novels, including "The River Thieves", "Galore", and
    "The Innocents", take their inspiration from Newfoundland's
    history and society. They have won or been short-listed for
    numerous national and international awards.

    Michael Crummey.

    8. She was a founder of the comedy sketch group CODCO and a long-
    serving member of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Probably
    best-known for her character Marg Delahunty, a "Warrior Princess"
    who roamed the nation, putting the screws to politicians of
    all stripes.

    Mary Walsh.

    9. This comic, another long-time member of "This Hour has 22
    Minutes", has enjoyed recent success with a memoir of his
    early life that has been adapted into a popular CBC series,
    now in its third season. Name him.

    Mark Critch. ("Son of a Critch".)

    10. This painter lived the greater part of his life, from 1963
    to his death in 2022, in the hamlet of Salmonier, Newfoundland,
    turning out haunting realist Atlantic Ocean scapes and paintings
    of disused buildings. He also created the flag of Newfoundland
    and Labrador. Name him.

    Christopher Pratt.


    * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit

    Great books come in all languages. We give you three titles
    in English, and you tell us the language all three books were
    originally written in. Answers do not repeat.

    This was the easiest round in the original game.

    1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".

    Greek. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

    2. "The Art of War"; "Red Sorghum"; "Journey to the West".

    Chinese. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.

    3. "My Brilliant Friend"; "The Leopard"; "The Periodic Table".

    Italian. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

    4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".

    Russian. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

    5. "The Reader"; "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"; "The Castle".

    German. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

    6. "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"; "Blindness"; "The Alchemist".

    Portuguese. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.

    7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
    Seas".

    Swedish. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum.

    8. "The House of Spirits"; "Labyrinths"; "Chronicle of a Death
    Foretold".

    Spanish. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

    9. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"; "Snow Country"; "The Woman in
    the Dunes".

    Japanese. 4 for Dan Blum.

    10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
    "R.U.R."

    Czech. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Pete,
    and Dan Tilque.


    Scores, if there are no errors:

    GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
    TOPICS-> Can Spo Geo Sci Can Lit FOUR
    Joshua Kreitzer 2 25 24 37 4 36 122
    Dan Blum -- -- 32 36 0 40 108
    Dan Tilque 0 8 28 36 0 16 88
    Stephen Perry -- -- 36 40 -- -- 76
    Erland Sommarskog -- -- 12 24 0 12 48
    Pete Gayde -- -- 8 8 0 12 28

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