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   Pete Gayde to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 6, Rounds 2-3: O'Hol   
   13 Nov 22 22:26:40   
   
   From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-03-11,   
   > 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 6, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. Last week, the Bay announced it will be changing its logo for   
   >     the first time since 1965.  As well, the name on their stores   
   >     will be changing.  What will be the new name of the Bay stores   
   >     starting this year?   
   >   
   > 2. What movie, about an African child soldier, won the Canadian   
   >     Screen Award for best picture plus 9 other Canadian screen   
   >     awards, last week?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 2 - Entertainment - O'Hollywood   
   >   
   > This round is about performers whose last name starts with "O'".   
   > *In each case give BOTH THE FIRST AND LAST NAME* of the actor or   
   > actress described; last names may repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. He """is""" perhaps best known for his role as Oliver Barrett IV,   
   >     the son of wealthy and well-respected Harvard University   
   >     graduates, who falls in love with Jennifer Cavelleri, a   
   >     quick-witted, working-class Radcliffe College student.   
      
   Ryan O'Neal   
      
   >   
   > 2. Best known for playing a misanthropic women's shoe salesman   
   >     with a miserable life.  He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his   
   >     son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter   
   >     is dim-witted and promiscuous.   
   >   
   > 3. This comedienne was born into an Irish family in Commack,   
   >     Long Island.  She played third baseman Doris Murphy alongside   
   >     Geena Davis and Tom Hanks.   
      
   Rosie O'Donnell   
      
   >   
   > 4. This actor played a working-class family man who held bigoted,   
   >     conservative views of the world.  His viewpoints clashed with   
   >     nearly everyone he came into contact with, especially his   
   >     liberal son-in-law.   
      
   Carrol O'Connor   
      
   >   
   > 5. This actor """is""" best known for his starring role in the ABC   
   >     television series "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" (1955-61).   
   >     He also holds the distinction of playing the last character that   
   >     John Wayne ever killed on the screen, in Wayne's final movie   
   >     "The Shootist" (1976).   
   >   
   > 6. American dancer, singer, and actor who came to fame in a series   
   >     of movies in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean,   
   >     Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule.  He is best known today   
   >     for his role as Gene Kelly's friend and colleague Cosmo Brown.   
      
   Donald O'Connor   
      
   >   
   > 7. This actor played a fictionalized version of the catalog-company   
   >     entrepreneur John Peterman in a well-known sitcom from 1995 to   
   >     1998.  In 2001 he financed the relaunch of the J. Peterman Co.   
   >     and thus became its part-owner in real life.   
   >   
   > 8. This actress """is""" perhaps best known for playing Jane in   
   >     the Tarzan movie series starring Johnny Weismuller.  She """is"""   
   >     also the mother of Mia Farrow.   
      
   Maureen O'Hara   
      
   >   
   > 9. American actor.  He played Dick Grayson (Robin) in two   
   >     Batman movies, "Batman Forever" and "Batman & Robin".  He   
   >     """currently""" stars as NCIS Special Agent G. Callen on the   
   >     CBS crime drama television series "NCIS: Los Angeles".   
   >   
   > 10. This """retired""" professional basketball player """has had"""   
   >     limited success in Hollywood, most noted for playing a "rappin'   
   >     genie with an attitude" in the movie "Kazaam".   
      
   Shaquille O'Neal   
      
   >   
   > Reminder: first and last names for all answers.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 3 - Geography - Coastal Cities   
   >   
   > We give you a country's """most populous""" coastal city; you name   
   > the country.   
   >   
   > 1. Kiel.   
      
   Germany   
      
   > 2. Varna.   
   > 3. Busan.   
      
   South Korea   
      
   > 4. Split.   
      
   Croatia   
      
   > 5. Jeddah.   
      
   Saudi Arabia   
      
   > 6. Odessa.   
      
   Ukraine   
      
   > 7. Mombasa.   
      
   Kenya; Tanzania   
      
   > 8. Latakia.   
   > 9. Chittagong.   
      
   Sri Lanka; Thailand   
      
   > 10. Barranquilla.   
      
   Colombia   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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