From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 7:07:50 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
       
   > * Game 5, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)    
   >    
   > Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.    
   >    
   > 2. The US Federal Reserve made a historic appointment this week    
   > when it named a female chair. What is her name?    
      
   Janet Yellen   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 2 - Literature - If You Don't Like It, Burn It    
   >    
   > 1. The 1988 publication of this novel provoked angry demonstrations    
   > and riots around the world by followers of Islam, including    
   > book-burnings in the English cities of Bolton and Bradford,    
   > and firebombings of 5 British and 2 California bookstores.    
   > What novel?    
      
   "The Satanic Verses"   
      
   > 2. And speaking of religion... William Tyndale's edition of the    
   > Bible was burned in 1526, but this wasn't enough to stop him,    
   > so in 1536 he too was publicly burned. What was it about    
   > his version of the Bible that was so horrible it led to both    
   > punishments?    
      
   it was translated into English   
      
   > 3. This term was invented by George Orwell in his dystopian    
   > novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" as the nickname for the chutes    
   > in the Ministry of Truth down which all inconvenient documents    
   > were sent to be to totally incinerated such that "not even the    
   > ash remains". Now it may be used for any mechanism for the    
   > alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing    
   > documents, photographs, transcripts, or other records,    
   > particularly as part of an attempt to give the impression    
   > that something never happened. What's the term?    
      
   memory hole   
      
   > 4. On 1959-10-03, in the Ontario city of Ft. William (now part    
   > of Thunder Bay), over 700 copies of this British book were    
   > burned at the mayor's behest in order to avoid running afoul of    
   > Canada's newly passed obscenity law. Despite (or more likely    
   > because of) such activities, the book ended up being ranked the    
   > second-best-selling book in Canada for the second half of 1959.    
   > Name it.    
      
   "Lady Chatterley's Lover"   
      
   > 5. This man, who should be near and dear to our hearts (though    
   > not for any reason described here), promoted the burning of    
   > non-Catholic literature, especially the Jewish Talmud and Arabic    
   > books, after the final defeat of the Moors at Granada in 1492.    
      
   Torquemada   
       
   > 6. In Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451", the    
   > protagonist, Guy Montag, starts out as a member of this    
   > profession charged with burning the possessions of anyone caught    
   > possessing books. What name, which would undoubtedly appear    
   > ironic to the reader, was used for this profession in the book?    
      
   firemen   
      
   > 7. The night of 1933-05-10 has gone down as one of the most    
   > ominous mass book-burnings of all time. Upward of 25,000    
   > volumes were burned. Who was behind these book-burnings?    
      
   the Nazi Party   
      
   > 8. Okay, the remaining questions aren't actually about literature.    
   > But anyway, in 2003, which musical group's records were burned    
   > after they declared that they were "ashamed that the President    
   > of the United States is from Texas"?    
      
   the Dixie Chicks   
      
   > 9. In 1982, a youth minister in North Carolina led a group in    
   > burning albums and cassettes of various popular artists,    
   > in an attempt to destroy the purported hidden messages in    
   > "Satan's records". What technique did the minister claim was    
   > being used to hide these messages?    
      
   backwards masking   
      
   > 10. This claim made by John Lennon led to public burnings of    
   > Beatles records and memorabilia in August 1966. What was    
   > Lennon's controversial statement?    
      
   that the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus"   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 3 - Canadiana - Canadian Wood-Frame House Construction    
      
   I'll take the zero here.   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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