From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 11:21:47 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-05-15,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.    
   >    
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give    
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.    
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,    
   > based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote    
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal    
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.    
   >    
   > All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and    
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may    
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information    
   > please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the    
   > Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Arts - Modern Architects    
   >    
   > We name one or more significant architectural works; you name    
   > their architect.    
   >    
   > 1. Sydney Opera House.    
      
   utzon   
      
   > 2. Toronto City Hall (1965).    
      
   revell   
      
   > 3. Apple Park (Cupertino), the "Gherkin" (London).    
      
   norman foster   
      
   > 4. TWA Terminal (New York), Gateway Arch (St. Louis).    
      
   saarinen   
      
   > 5. Seagram Building (New York), T-D Centre (Toronto).    
      
   van der rohe   
      
   > 6. Bauhaus School (Dessau), Pan Am Building (New York).    
      
   walter gropius   
      
   > 7. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland), Louvre pyramid (Paris).    
      
   i m pei   
      
   > 8. National Holocaust Monument (Ottawa), Michael Lee-Chin Crystal    
   > (Toronto).    
      
   johnson   
      
   > 9. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Imperial Hotel (Tokyo), Johnson    
   > Wax Building (Racine, Wisconsin).    
      
    frank lloyd wright   
      
   > 10. Notre Dame du Haut (Ronchamp), High Court, Palace of Assembly,    
   > and Secretariat (all Chandigarh).    
      
   le corbusier   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Tom Waits for No One    
   >    
   > Simply a dozen Tom-Waits-adjacent questions.    
   >    
   > * A. References    
   >    
   > A1. One of Tom's songs includes the name of a saint. This saint    
   > is best known as the patron saint of travellers, though    
   > there is no certainty that he existed historically.    
   > Name the saint.    
      
   saint christopher   
      
   > A2. This Tom Waits song shares its name with a term for a common    
   > grave for unknown, unclaimed, or indigent people.    
   > The earliest known use of this term is from the Gospel of    
   > Matthew, not "It's a Wonderful Life".    
      
   potters field   
      
   >    
   > * B. Geography - Song Titles    
   >    
   > B1. Tom once received a telephone call from what current city,    
   > arguably the most populous in Europe? It's possible the    
   > call was from a date informing him of where she's waiting.    
      
   istanbul   
      
   > B2. Tom's first experiment with the "sha-la-la" refrain was    
   > about a girl from where? The girl, his future wife Kathleen    
   > Brennan, was living in this US state, not an island in the    
   > English Channel.    
      
   new jersey   
      
   > * C. Tom on the Big Screen    
   >    
   > We'll name three movie credits Tom has with the same director;    
   > you name the director.    
   >    
   > C1. "The Dead Don't Die", "Mystery Train", "Down by Law".    
      
   jim jarmusch   
      
   > C2. "One from the Heart", "Rumble Fish", "Bram Stoker's Dracula".    
      
   francis ford coppola   
      
   >    
   > * D. Inspiration and Collaboration    
   >    
   > D1. The title of Tom's 1975 album, "Nighthawks at the Diner" was    
   > inspired by the 1942 work "Nighthawks", by what American    
   > painter?    
      
   hopper?   
      
   > D2. In 1990, the "musical fable" "The Black Rider" premiered    
   > in Hamburg. This was a collaboration between Waits, theater    
   > director Robert Wilson, and what Beat Generation writer,    
   > best known for "Naked Lunch"?    
      
   william s burroughs   
      
   >    
   > * E. The Songs    
   >    
   > E1. What Tom Waits song was used as the theme song for the    
   > HBO series "The Wire"? Each of the show's five seasons    
   > used a different performer's version, with Tom's used for    
   > Season 2.    
      
   way down in the hole   
      
   > E2. Rod Stewart had a huge hit in 1990 -- #1 in Canada, #3 on the    
   > US "Billboard" Hot 100 -- with his cover of what Tom Waits    
   > song?    
      
   downtown train   
      
   >    
   > * F. Lawsuits!    
   >    
   > F1. In 2007, Tom won a "soundalike" lawsuit against what German    
   > auto manufacturer? General Motors owned them from 1929 to    
   > 2017, then PSA Group, and now Stellantis.    
      
   opel?   
      
   > F2. In 1990, Tom won $2,500,000 in a "soundalike" lawsuit over    
   > an ad for a new Doritos flavor, SalsaRio. What snack-food    
   > company was named in the suit, a wholly-owned subsidiary    
   > of PepsiCo since 1965?    
      
   frito-lay   
      
   > --    
   > Mark Brader | "The inability to distinguish between epistemic and deontic    
   > Toronto | interpretations of 'why', which is common among children,    
   > m...@vex.net | is the source of a great deal of religion." --John Lawler    
   >    
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   swp   
      
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