From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-03-24,   
   > 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*)".   
   >   
   > Barring further interruptions to play, this will be the last set of   
   > RQFTCI rounds.   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 9, Round 9 - Entertainment - Russells in Entertainment   
   >   
   > We give some clues and in each case you must answer with the first   
   > *and* last name -- one of which is always some form of Russell.   
   >   
   > 1. Australian actor: "The Insider" (1999), "Robin Hood" (2010).   
      
   Russell Crowe   
      
   >   
   > 2. "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" (1969), "Escape From New York"   
   >     (1981), "Escape From L.A." (1996).   
      
   Kurt Russell   
      
   >   
   > 3. One of the wealthiest hip-hop executives, net worth over   
   >     $300,000,000.  Founder of Def Jam records, Def Jam comedy, Phat   
   >     Farm clothing line.  Brother of Reverend Run of Run DMC.  Vegan.   
   >     Gay-rights activist.  UN goodwill ambassador.  Participated in   
   >     Occupy Wall Street.   
      
   Russell Simmons   
      
   >   
   > 4. Oscar-winning film director of "Women in Love" (1969), the Who's   
   >     "Tommy" (1975), "Altered States" (1980).   
      
   Ken Russell   
      
   >   
   > 5. Married to film director Nicholas Roeg.  "Bad Timing/A Sensual   
   >     Obsession" (1980); "The Razor's Edge" (1984); "Black Widow"   
   >     (1987) with Debra Winger.   
   >   
   > 6. British, once married to Katy Perry.  "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"   
   >     (2008), "Get Him to the Greek" (2010), "Despicable Me" (2010),   
   >     "Despicable Me 2" (2013).   
      
   Russell Brand   
      
   >   
   > 7. Director of low-budget sexploitation films with campy humor:   
   >     "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (1965).  Autobiography:   
   >     "A Clean Breast".   
   >   
   > 8. Canadian comedian of Anglo-Indian heritage.  Famous line:   
   >     "Somebody gonna get a-hurt real bad."  First comic to sell out   
   >     the Air Canada Centre.   
   >   
   > 9. "The Outlaw" (1943); Howard Hughes designed her bra.  "Gentlemen   
   >     Prefer Blondes" (1953).  Founded World Adoption International   
   >     Fund after a scandal that she paid to adopt an Irish baby   
   >     (mentioned in the 2014 film "Philomena").   
      
   Jane Russell   
      
   >   
   > 10. "His Girl Friday" (1940), Howard Hughes screwball comedy.   
   >     "My Sister Eileen" (1942).  "Auntie Mame" (1958), film and   
   >     Broadway.   
      
   Rosalind Russell   
      
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge: All Things Spring   
   >   
   > In honor of the equinox, the following questions all have something   
   > to do with spring.  But remember, "spring" has more than one   
   > meaning...!   
   >   
   > * A. Science   
   >   
   >     A1. The scientific law that describes the physics of springs,   
   >         namely that the force required to compress or extend a   
   >         spring a given distance is proportional to that distance,   
   >         is called after its discoverer.  What's his name?   
      
   Bernoulli   
      
   >   
   >     A2. All mechanical watches contain a spring that stores the   
   >         energy from the watch being wound.  It consists of a metal   
   >         ribbon in the form of a tight coil.  What is it called?   
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Entertainment   
   >   
   >     B1. A lavish production of the song "Springtime for Hitler"   
   >         is featured in which movie?   
      
   The Producers   
      
   >   
   >     B2. Which writer of popular 20th century songs and show tunes   
   >         penned "I Love Paris", whose well-known chorus begins   
   >         with the line "I love Paris in the spring time"?  It was   
   >         introduced in the musical "Can-Can", and covered by such   
   >         famous mid-20th Century singers as Frank Sinatra and Ella   
   >         Fitzgerald, as well as many, many others.   
      
   Gershwin; Porter   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Sports & Leisure   
   >   
   >     C1. This emerging sport sees riders performing tricks on modern,   
   >         high-tech pogo sticks, which have the potential to make   
   >         jumps that reach up to 10 feet in height.  What is it called?   
   >   
   >     C2. According to the autobiography of former Cleveland Indians   
   >         owner Bill Veeck, what was the issue with spring training   
   >         in Florida that motivated his role in the formation of the   
   >         Cactus League in Arizona?   
      
   Couldn't sell alcohol inside stadiums   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Arts & Literature   
   >   
   >     D1. In which city did the 1913 debut of Igor Stravinsky's   
   >         "The Rite of Spring" cause a riot to break out in the   
   >         audience due to the the avant-garde nature of the music   
   >         and choreography?   
      
   Paris   
      
   >   
   >     D2. Which 1962 book by Rachel Carson about the detrimental   
   >         effects of indiscriminate pesticide use is credited with   
   >         starting the modern environmental movement?   
      
   Silent Spring   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Geography   
   >   
   >     E1. Which Alberta town is known around the world for its   
   >         sulfurous hot springs?   
      
   Banff   
      
   >   
   >     E2. Water from which French spring, sought after for its   
   >         purported curative powers, became famous after an apparition   
   >         of the Virgin Mary allegedly appeared to Bernadette Soubirous   
   >         in 1858 and instructed her to bathe in and drink it?   
      
   Lourdes   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F. History   
   >   
   >     F1. In what year did Czechoslovakia's failed uprising against   
   >         Soviet domination, known as the Prague Spring, take place?   
      
   1968   
      
   >   
   >     F2. The series of uprisings known as the Arab Spring were   
   >         sparked when street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself   
   >         on fire to protest police corruption and ill treatment in   
   >         which country?   
      
   Tunisia   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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