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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        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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