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   Message 31,236 of 32,813   
   Jason Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 10, Rounds 2-3: stag   
   07 Jan 23 17:46:10   
   
   From: jk71875@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 3:32:08 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-15,   
   > 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 10, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. Two Canadians and two Americans had to be rescued as their craft   
   > was capsized by a rogue wave, about 600 km (400 miles) north of   
   > Puerto Rico. What feat were the four men trying to accomplish,   
   > before disaster struck? Be sufficiently specific.   
   >   
   > 2. He was a master of improvisational comedy, famous for his   
   > many voices, facial expressions, and characters; the most   
   > famous of which, was Maude Frickert. He played Mork's son on   
   > the final season of "Mork and Mindy". Who was this comedian,   
   > who died last week at age 87?   
   > Jonathan Winters   
   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 2 - Entertainment - What's in a Name?   
   >   
   > This round is about entertainers with stage names. We will   
   > give you their original name and you provide their stage name.   
   > Even if they are also known by their original name, we will *not*   
   > accept that as an answer.   
   >   
   > 1. Paul Hewson.   
   Bono   
   > 2. Frances Gumm.   
   Judy Garland   
   > 3. Gordon Sumner.   
   Sting (musician)   
   > 4. Dwayne Johnson.   
   The Rock   
   > 5. Sean John Combs.   
   Diddy   
   > 6. Albert Einstein.   
   Albert Brooks   
   > 7. Robert Zimmerman.   
   Bob Dylan   
   > 8. Allen Konigsberg.   
   Woody Allen   
   > 9. Barry Alan Pincus.   
   > 10. Maurice Micklewhite.   
   Michael Caine   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 3 - Geography - Provinces and Regions   
   >   
   > We'll give you the name of a province or region of a country,   
   > and you name the country. Names may be anglicized. Answers do   
   > not repeat.   
   >   
   > 1. Fars.   
   Iran   
   > 2. Hesse.   
   > 3. Styria.   
   > 4. Gujarat.   
   > 5. Liguria.   
   > 6. Helmand.   
   > 7. Katanga.   
   > 8. Putumayo.   
   > 9. Mato Grosso.   
   > 10. Galicia. (Not the historic region in eastern Europe, the other one.)   
   >   
   > --   
   > Mark Brader, Toronto "...one man's feature is another man's bug."   
   > m...@vex.net --Chris Torek   
   >   
   > My text in this article is in the public domain.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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