From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-01,   
   > 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 8, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Slogans   
   >   
   > In this round, we will give you an advertising slogan and you have   
   > to name the product or company """using""" it.   
   >   
   > 1. "Because I'm worth it."   
      
   L'Oreal   
      
   > 2. "Think outside the bun."   
      
   Taco Bell   
      
   > 3. "The world's local bank."   
      
   Chase; Bank of America   
      
   > 4. "The best a man can get."   
      
   Gillette   
      
   > 5. "Does she... or doesn't she?"   
      
   Clairol   
      
   > 6. "The happiest place on Earth."   
      
   Disney   
      
   > 7. "Reach out and touch someone."   
      
   AT&T   
      
   > 8. "Welcome to the Human Network."   
      
   IBM   
      
   > 9. "Solutions for a small planet."   
      
   Apple; IBM   
      
   > 10. "It's everywhere you want to be."   
      
   Visa   
      
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - April Fool   
   >   
   > * A. What a Fool Believes   
   >   
   > These two questions are about well-known stock frauds.   
   >   
   >     A1. This Indonesian gold property, which was reported to   
   >         contain more than 200,000,000 ounces, was said to be the   
   >         richest gold mine ever.  The stock price for this company   
   >         skyrocketed to a high of $280.  At its peak, the company had   
   >         a market capitalization of $4,400,000,000.  In 1997, the gold   
   >         mine proved to be fraudulent and the stock price crashed.   
   >         What was the name of this company?   
   >   
   >     A2. The Ponzi scheme that he ran is considered to be the   
   >         largest financial fraud in US history.  He was arrested   
   >         in 2008.  Who """is""" he?   
      
   Madoff   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. A Fool's Paradise   
   >   
   > These two questions are about the poem "Paradise Lost".   
   >   
   >     B1. Who wrote it?   
      
   Dante   
      
   >     B2. What biblical story is it based on?   
      
   Genesis   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Fool Me Once   
   >   
   > These two questions are about movies about frauds or alleged frauds   
   > in real life.   
   >   
   >     C1. Name the 2011 movie that suggested that Edward de Vere   
   >         (the 17th Earl of Oxford), and not William Shakespeare,   
   >         was the author of what we now know as the collected works   
   >         of Shakespeare.   
   >   
   >     C2. Name the 2002 movie that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as a man   
   >         who, after high school, began a short career of impersonating   
   >         professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and airline pilots.   
      
   Catch Me If You Can   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D. I Pity the Fool   
   >   
   > In each case, name the trash-talking boxer.   
   >   
   >     D1. He had these words for his opponent Lennox Lewis in 2002:   
   >         "My style is impetuous.  My defense is impregnable.   
   >         And I'm just ferocious.  I want your heart.  I want   
   >         to eat his [sic] children.  Praise be to Allah."   
      
   Tyson   
      
   >   
   >     D2. In 1975 he said his opponent Joe Frazier "is so ugly that he   
   >         should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wildlife".  Later,   
   >         in the build-up to the notorious Thrilla in Manila, he said,   
   >         "It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when   
   >         I get the gorilla in Manila."   
      
   Ali   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Fool's Gold   
   >   
   >     E1. By American standards, fake gold is anything with a purity   
   >         below what threshold in karats?  Answer within 2 karats.   
      
   6; 9   
      
   >   
   >     E2. What mineral has a superficial resemblance to gold, and   
   >         hence the common name "fool's gold"?   
      
   Pyrite   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F. A Fool to Try   
   >   
   > These two questions are about famous daredevil families.   
   >   
   >     F1. This tightrope-walking family was prominent from the 1930s   
   >         to the 1960s.  The great-grandson of the family patriarch   
   >         crossed Niagara Falls on a cable in 2012.  Give their   
   >         family name.   
      
   Wallenda   
      
   >   
   >     F2. This father and son performed stunts in different eras.   
   >         They both were best known for using motorcycles to jump   
   >         great distances.  Give their family name.   
      
   Knievel   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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