* Game 6, Round 7 - Canadiana - Summer Theater
The questions are about plays being performed """this summer"""
in Southern Ontario. Most """will be""" found at Stratford,
but some offerings of the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake
and one of Toronto's Soulpepper Company are featured as well.
(*Note*: although the information about 2011 is no longer current,
only the answers from that year will be accepted.)
1. Jeeves never had to go as far as the admirable Crichton,
a butler forced to take command when his employers are
shipwrecked. Who wrote the play "The Admirable Crichton"
("""at Shaw from June 22""")?
2. You'll find "The Homecoming" """at Stratford from July 26""".
Which playwright wrote the parts between the pauses?
3. Her kingdom for a horse. Which Shakespearean role """is"""
Seana McKenna essaying at Stratford?
4. This Stratford play, like the John Steinbeck novel from which it
is adapted, takes its title from "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic". By what name do we know the story of the Joad
family's migration to, and tribulations in, California?
5. "Hosanna"'s """at Stratford from July 26""", and we're not
referring to "Jesus Christ Superstar". Who wrote the play
"Hosanna", about a Liz Taylor impersonator?
6. Viola, Olivia, Malvolio, Feste, and Orsino all appear, not
to mention Sir Toby Belch, but there is no title character in
this Shakespearean comedy, """at Stratford from June 26""".
Name the play.
7. "Social critic meets social butterfly in a sparkling comedy of
manners widely hailed as Molière's masterpiece." Name the play,
"""at Stratford from July 31""".
8. The title refers to Maggie, whose problem is that she wants to
conceive a child by a man who can't stand her. Name the
Tennessee Williams play """now""" in performance at Shaw.
9. The Shaw Festival calls this play Shaw's "epic masterpiece."
The alliterative title derives from the domicile of Captain
Shotover. What is the play?
10. This """is""" the third year in a row that Soulpepper is staging
"Billy Bishop Goes to War". Eric Peterson, as well as starring,
has had a hand in the writing; but who is the principal author?
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Special "Effects"
We describe a phenomenon, and you give its name, chosen from the
following list. Much thanks to wordspy.com.
For example, we say: "The increase in sales and perceived prestige
of Apple products based on the massive popularity of Apple's iPod
music player." And you say: "the iPod halo effect."
| birthplace effect | ground effect | placebo effect
| Bradley effect | Hall effect | Slashdot effect
| bullwhip effect | heat-island effect | spotlight effect
| butterfly effect | house-money effect | Streisand effect
| Casimir effect | iPod-halo effect | Stroop effect
| CNN effect | January effect | Wal-mart effect
| CSI effect | lake effect | watercooler effect
| decline effect | lipstick effect | wealth effect
| Doppler effect | Lucifer effect | white-coat effect
| driveway effect | Mozart effect | Zeigarnik effect
| Goldilocks effect | Nascar effect
| greenhouse effect | Oprah effect
1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by
being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence
of a physician.
2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes
listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home,
so they can hear the end of it.
3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer
attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are.
4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits
large amounts of snow on the leeward shore.
5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas
and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation
in the city and the types of building materials used there.
6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies
extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no
more than about half a wingspan.
7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the
recommendation of a particularly influential media personality.
8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching
and lower when it is receding.
9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best
ideas when they are grouped informally.
10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial
condition can result in large differences to a later state.
Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher.
* Game 6, Round 7 - Canadiana - Summer Theater
1. Jeeves never had to go as far as the admirable Crichton,
a butler forced to take command when his employers are
shipwrecked. Who wrote the play "The Admirable Crichton"
("""at Shaw from June 22""")?
2. You'll find "The Homecoming" """at Stratford from July 26""".
Which playwright wrote the parts between the pauses?
3. Her kingdom for a horse. Which Shakespearean role """is"""
Seana McKenna essaying at Stratford?
4. This Stratford play, like the John Steinbeck novel from which it
is adapted, takes its title from "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic". By what name do we know the story of the Joad
family's migration to, and tribulations in, California?
6. Viola, Olivia, Malvolio, Feste, and Orsino all appear, not
to mention Sir Toby Belch, but there is no title character in
this Shakespearean comedy, """at Stratford from June 26""".
Name the play.
7. "Social critic meets social butterfly in a sparkling comedy of
manners widely hailed as Moli?re's masterpiece." Name the play,
"""at Stratford from July 31""".
8. The title refers to Maggie, whose problem is that she wants to
conceive a child by a man who can't stand her. Name the
Tennessee Williams play """now""" in performance at Shaw.
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Special "Effects"
1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by
being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence
of a physician.
2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes
listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home,
so they can hear the end of it.
3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer
attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are.
4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits
large amounts of snow on the leeward shore.
5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas
and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation
in the city and the types of building materials used there.
6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies
extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no
more than about half a wingspan.
7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the
recommendation of a particularly influential media personality.
8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching
and lower when it is receding.
9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best
ideas when they are grouped informally.
10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial
condition can result in large differences to a later state.
Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher.
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Special "Effects"
1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by
being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence
of a physician.
2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes
listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home,
so they can hear the end of it.
3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer
attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are.
4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits
large amounts of snow on the leeward shore.
5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas
and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation
in the city and the types of building materials used there.
6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies
extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no
more than about half a wingspan.
7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the
recommendation of a particularly influential media personality.
8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching
and lower when it is receding.
9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best
ideas when they are grouped informally.
10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial
condition can result in large differences to a later state.
Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-06-20,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Misplaced Modifiers, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting
on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 7 - Canadiana - Summer Theater
The questions are about plays being performed """this summer"""
in Southern Ontario. Most """will be""" found at Stratford,
but some offerings of the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake
and one of Toronto's Soulpepper Company are featured as well.
(*Note*: although the information about 2011 is no longer current,
only the answers from that year will be accepted.)
1. Jeeves never had to go as far as the admirable Crichton,
a butler forced to take command when his employers are
shipwrecked. Who wrote the play "The Admirable Crichton"
("""at Shaw from June 22""")?
2. You'll find "The Homecoming" """at Stratford from July 26""".
Which playwright wrote the parts between the pauses?
3. Her kingdom for a horse. Which Shakespearean role """is"""
Seana McKenna essaying at Stratford?
4. This Stratford play, like the John Steinbeck novel from which it
is adapted, takes its title from "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic". By what name do we know the story of the Joad
family's migration to, and tribulations in, California?
5. "Hosanna"'s """at Stratford from July 26""", and we're not
referring to "Jesus Christ Superstar". Who wrote the play
"Hosanna", about a Liz Taylor impersonator?
6. Viola, Olivia, Malvolio, Feste, and Orsino all appear, not
to mention Sir Toby Belch, but there is no title character in
this Shakespearean comedy, """at Stratford from June 26""".
Name the play.
7. "Social critic meets social butterfly in a sparkling comedy of
manners widely hailed as Molière's masterpiece." Name the play,
"""at Stratford from July 31""".
8. The title refers to Maggie, whose problem is that she wants to
conceive a child by a man who can't stand her. Name the
Tennessee Williams play """now""" in performance at Shaw.
9. The Shaw Festival calls this play Shaw's "epic masterpiece."
The alliterative title derives from the domicile of Captain
Shotover. What is the play?
10. This """is""" the third year in a row that Soulpepper is staging
"Billy Bishop Goes to War". Eric Peterson, as well as starring,
has had a hand in the writing; but who is the principal author?
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Special "Effects"
We describe a phenomenon, and you give its name, chosen from the
following list. Much thanks to wordspy.com.
For example, we say: "The increase in sales and perceived prestige
of Apple products based on the massive popularity of Apple's iPod
music player." And you say: "the iPod halo effect."
| birthplace effect | ground effect | placebo effect
| Bradley effect | Hall effect | Slashdot effect
| bullwhip effect | heat-island effect | spotlight effect
| butterfly effect | house-money effect | Streisand effect
| Casimir effect | iPod-halo effect | Stroop effect
| CNN effect | January effect | Wal-mart effect
| CSI effect | lake effect | watercooler effect
| decline effect | lipstick effect | wealth effect
| Doppler effect | Lucifer effect | white-coat effect
| driveway effect | Mozart effect | Zeigarnik effect
| Goldilocks effect | Nascar effect
| greenhouse effect | Oprah effect
1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by
being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence
of a physician.
2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes
listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home,
so they can hear the end of it.
3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer
attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are.
4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits
large amounts of snow on the leeward shore.
5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas
and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation
in the city and the types of building materials used there.
6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies
extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no
more than about half a wingspan.
7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the
recommendation of a particularly influential media personality.
8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching
and lower when it is receding.
9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best
ideas when they are grouped informally.
10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial
condition can result in large differences to a later state.
Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher.
* Game 6, Round 7 - Canadiana - Summer Theater
2. You'll find "The Homecoming" """at Stratford from July 26""".
Which playwright wrote the parts between the pauses?
3. Her kingdom for a horse. Which Shakespearean role """is"""
Seana McKenna essaying at Stratford?
4. This Stratford play, like the John Steinbeck novel from which it
is adapted, takes its title from "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic". By what name do we know the story of the Joad
family's migration to, and tribulations in, California?
6. Viola, Olivia, Malvolio, Feste, and Orsino all appear, not
to mention Sir Toby Belch, but there is no title character in
this Shakespearean comedy, """at Stratford from June 26""".
Name the play.
7. "Social critic meets social butterfly in a sparkling comedy of
manners widely hailed as MoliÄre's masterpiece." Name the play,
"""at Stratford from July 31""".
8. The title refers to Maggie, whose problem is that she wants to
conceive a child by a man who can't stand her. Name the
Tennessee Williams play """now""" in performance at Shaw.
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Special "Effects"
We describe a phenomenon, and you give its name, chosen from the
following list. Much thanks to wordspy.com.
1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by
being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence
of a physician.
2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes
listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home,
so they can hear the end of it.
3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer
attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are.
4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits
large amounts of snow on the leeward shore.
5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas
and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation
in the city and the types of building materials used there.
6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies
extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no
more than about half a wingspan.
7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the
recommendation of a particularly influential media personality.
8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching
and lower when it is receding.
9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best
ideas when they are grouped informally.
10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial
condition can result in large differences to a later state.
Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-06-20,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 7 - Canadiana - Summer Theater
The questions are about plays being performed """this summer"""
in Southern Ontario. Most """will be""" found at Stratford,
but some offerings of the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake
and one of Toronto's Soulpepper Company are featured as well.
(*Note*: although the information about 2011 is no longer current,
only the answers from that year will be accepted.)
1. Jeeves never had to go as far as the admirable Crichton,
a butler forced to take command when his employers are
shipwrecked. Who wrote the play "The Admirable Crichton"
("""at Shaw from June 22""")?
2. You'll find "The Homecoming" """at Stratford from July 26""".
Which playwright wrote the parts between the pauses?
3. Her kingdom for a horse. Which Shakespearean role """is"""
Seana McKenna essaying at Stratford?
4. This Stratford play, like the John Steinbeck novel from which it
is adapted, takes its title from "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic". By what name do we know the story of the Joad
family's migration to, and tribulations in, California?
5. "Hosanna"'s """at Stratford from July 26""", and we're not
referring to "Jesus Christ Superstar". Who wrote the play
"Hosanna", about a Liz Taylor impersonator?
6. Viola, Olivia, Malvolio, Feste, and Orsino all appear, not
to mention Sir Toby Belch, but there is no title character in
this Shakespearean comedy, """at Stratford from June 26""".
Name the play.
7. "Social critic meets social butterfly in a sparkling comedy of
manners widely hailed as Molière's masterpiece." Name the play,
"""at Stratford from July 31""".
8. The title refers to Maggie, whose problem is that she wants to
conceive a child by a man who can't stand her. Name the
Tennessee Williams play """now""" in performance at Shaw.
9. The Shaw Festival calls this play Shaw's "epic masterpiece."
The alliterative title derives from the domicile of Captain
Shotover. What is the play?
10. This """is""" the third year in a row that Soulpepper is staging
"Billy Bishop Goes to War". Eric Peterson, as well as starring,
has had a hand in the writing; but who is the principal author?
* Game 6, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Special "Effects"
We describe a phenomenon, and you give its name, chosen from the
following list. Much thanks to wordspy.com.
For example, we say: "The increase in sales and perceived prestige
of Apple products based on the massive popularity of Apple's iPod
music player." And you say: "the iPod halo effect."
| birthplace effect | ground effect | placebo effect
| Bradley effect | Hall effect | Slashdot effect
| bullwhip effect | heat-island effect | spotlight effect
| butterfly effect | house-money effect | Streisand effect
| Casimir effect | iPod-halo effect | Stroop effect
| CNN effect | January effect | Wal-mart effect
| CSI effect | lake effect | watercooler effect
| decline effect | lipstick effect | wealth effect
| Doppler effect | Lucifer effect | white-coat effect
| driveway effect | Mozart effect | Zeigarnik effect
| Goldilocks effect | Nascar effect
| greenhouse effect | Oprah effect
1. The elevation of a patient's blood pressure readings caused by
being in a doctor's office or clinic, or by being in the presence
of a physician.
2. The special quality exhibited by a radio program that causes
listeners to stay in their cars after they have arrived home,
so they can hear the end of it.
3. The tendency to believe that other people are paying closer
attention to your appearance and behavior than they really are.
4. Cold air moving across a large warmer body of water deposits
large amounts of snow on the leeward shore.
5. The difference in temperature between developed urban areas
and surrounding rural areas, mainly due to a lack of vegetation
in the city and the types of building materials used there.
6. An increase in lift that is experienced when an aircraft flies
extremely close to the surface of the earth, at a distance no
more than about half a wingspan.
7. The increase in sales or interest in an item due to the
recommendation of a particularly influential media personality.
8. A police siren sounds higher-pitched when it is approaching
and lower when it is receding.
9. In business, the notion that people come up with their best
ideas when they are grouped informally.
10. In chaos theory, the idea that a tiny change in an initial
condition can result in large differences to a later state.
Also the name of a movie starring Ashton Kutcher.
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