From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-02-24,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.  All questions were written   
   > by members of the Cellar Rats, 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*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > Round 4 of this game was essentially a second current-events round,   
   > about the 2014 Olympics, so I'm reducing it to an excerpt as usual   
   > for current-events rounds in RQFTCI.  But you're still getting   
   > two rounds in this set, because the audio round featured clues   
   > sufficiently long and detailed that I thought it would be playable   
   > without the audio.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 4 - Sports Current Events - The 2014 Olympics (excerpt)   
   >   
   > Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
   >   
   > 1. This nation won 24 medals including 8 golds, despite sending only   
   >     41 athletes to Sochi.  23 of the medals were in speed skating   
   >     and the other one was in short-track speed skating.  Name the   
   >     country.   
   >   
   > 2. Name the skipper of either of Canada's gold-medal-winning   
   >     curling teams.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 5 - Audio - Composers Performing their Own Works   
   >   
   > We will provide a brief biography of a composer performing music   
   > he wrote.  (Yes, again they're all men.)  We then play the clip of   
   > the music.  (Sorry, you'll have to imagine that part.)  You tell   
   > us the name of the composer/performer.  Note: some of these were   
   > recorded on piano rolls!   
   >   
   > 1. This American bandleader, composer, and bassist died in 1979 at   
   >     age 56.  He was known as the "Angry Man of Jazz".  His music was   
   >     rooted in gospel and blues and he greatly admired of the music   
   >     of Duke Ellington.  He was one of the great bassists of his time.   
      
   Mingus   
      
   >   
   > 2. Another American bandleader, composer, and trumpet player,   
   >     he was born in 1925 and died in 1991.  He associated with almost   
   >     all of the greats of the modern jazz era and changed his musical   
   >     style many times.  One of his many albums is the best-selling   
   >     jazz recording of all time.   
      
   Miles Davis   
      
   >   
   > 3. This African-American composer and pianist, known as the "King   
   >     of Ragtime", died in 1917.  As well as numerous "rags",   
   >     he composed music for ballet and opera, and was awarded a   
   >     posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1976.   
      
   Joplin   
      
   >   
   > 4. This French composer, who lived 1875-1937, was one of the great   
   >     figures associated with "Impressionistic Music".  He was the son   
   >     of a Swiss inventor and a Basque musical mother.  His works for   
   >     piano, chamber groups, and orchestra became standard concert   
   >     repertoire and are known for their strong melodies, musical   
   >     textures, and effects.   
      
   Ravel   
      
   >   
   > 5. This jazz pianist and composer who lived 1917-82 is considered   
   >     one of the greats of American music and is the next most   
   >     frequently recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington.   
   >     Unorthodox even in dress and behavior, he wrote music that   
   >     combines a highly percussive attack with dramatic hesitations   
   >     and silences.  He was featured on the cover of "Time" magazine   
   >     and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize posthumously.   
      
   Thelonius Monk   
      
   >   
   > 6. This Canadian composer and pianist lived 1925-2007.  Called the   
   >     "Maharaja of the Keyboard" by Duke Ellington, he was classically   
   >     trained and also played with many of the jazz greats of his   
   >     era.  He wrote and performed for piano, jazz trio, quartets,   
   >     and big bands; he composed several songs, jazz piano etudes,   
   >     and a suite of music called "The Canadiana Suite".   
      
   Oscar Peterson   
      
   >   
   > 7. Born 1907, died 1994, an American jazz singer and bandleader,   
   >     he composed and performed music over a long career.  As a   
   >     bandleader, he employed many of the day's jazz greats and was   
   >     strongly associated with Harlem's Cotton Club.  Notable for his   
   >     scat-singing and dancing, he appeared in films and his music   
   >     was used in animated cartoons.   
      
   Cab Calloway   
      
   >   
   > 8. Born 1910, died 2004, the only child of Jewish immigrants   
   >     from Russia.  This swing-era bandleader was known as the "King   
   >     of the Clarinet" and led one of the first racially integrated   
   >     bands.  He was also an author of both fiction and non-fiction   
   >     and performed classical music with the New York Philharmonic   
   >     under Leonard Bernstein.  He was an early proponent of the   
   >     "Third Stream", which blended classical and jazz styles.   
      
   Benny Goodman   
      
   >   
   > 9. Born 1904, died 1943, he was an influential jazz pianist,   
   >     singer, and composer.  He wrote or co-wrote over 400 songs,   
   >     many of which he sold to other performers.  He was regarded as a   
   >     great performer and was known for his quips during performances.   
   >     Around 1925 he recorded a series of solo pipe-organ albums.   
      
   Fats Waller   
      
   >   
   > 10. Born in 1910 to a Belgian Romani family, he died in 1953.   
   >     He is regarded as one of the great jazz guitarists and was the   
   >     first European to influence jazz.  Many of his compositions   
   >     have become jazz standards.  His virtuosity on the guitar is   
   >     even more remarkable because he had only two usable fingers on   
   >     his left hand.   
      
   Django Reinhardt   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6, Round 6 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Arctic and Far North   
   >   
   > As Torontonians continue to suffer through a deep freeze and   
   > challenging winter, this round turns our attention toward Canada's   
   > Arctic -- where our temperatures would seem balmy!   
   >   
   > 1. The northernmost permanent settlement in the world is located   
   >     on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere I.  What is it called?   
   >   
   > 2. Within 3°C, what is the average daily *low* temperature in   
   >      in February?   
      
   -10; -17   
      
   >   
   > 3. The word Arctic comes from the Greek word "arktikos", meaning   
   >     "near the Bear" or "northern", and what it's referring to   
   >     is one of two constellations.  Give the full name *in Latin*   
   >     of either of those constellations.   
      
   Ursa majore   
      
   >   
   > 4. Besides Canada, how many other countries """extend""" -- or   
   >     """have""" territories that extend -- into the Arctic as defined   
   >     by the Arctic Circle?   
      
   5   
      
   >   
   > 5. This lake, which extends north of the Arctic Circle, is the   
   >     largest lake that is entirely in Canada, the 4th-largest in   
      
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