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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 3, Rounds 4-6: polit   
   21 Jun 23 23:15:31   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Alberta Politics   
      
   > 3. That result in the 2015 election was helped by vote-splitting   
   >    on the right.  What was the name of the party, led at the time by   
   >    Danielle Smith, that siphoned off votes from the Conservatives?   
      
   Reform   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 5 - Audio - 100 Years, 100 Songs   
      
   > 2. "Mrs. Robinson".   
      
   The Graduate, sung by Simon & Garfunkel   
      
   > 3. "As Time Goes By".   
      
   Casablanca   
      
   > 4. "Over the Rainbow".   
      
   The Wizard of Oz, sung by Judy Garland   
      
   > 6. "My Favorite Things".   
      
   The Sound of Music, sung by Julie Andrews   
      
   > 7. "My Heart Will Go On".   
      
   Titanic, sung by Celine Dion   
      
   > 9. "I Will Always Love You".   
      
   The Bodyguard, sung by Whitney Houston   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 6 - Literature - Spy Literature   
      
   > 1. Created by John le Carr? to be a more realistic version of   
   >    a British spy (as opposed to, say, James Bond), this short,   
   >    overweight, balding spymaster appears in 9 of le Carr?'s books,   
   >    including "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and "The Spy who Came   
   >    In from the Cold".  Name this character.   
      
   George Smiley   
      
   > 2. Born David Webb, this character took on a new name for his   
   >    career as a spy, and under that new name has gone on to feature   
   >    in over 17 novels, most notably an initial trilogy by his   
   >    creator Robert Ludlum.  Name this character.   
      
   Jason Bourne   
      
   > 4. This Rudyard Kipling title character grows up as an orphan on   
   >    the streets of Lahore, Pakistan, before being trained to be a   
   >    spy to take part in the "Great Game" between Britain and Russia   
   >    during the late 19th century.  Name the character.   
      
   Kim   
      
   > 6. Prior to becoming the Governor-General of Canada, John Buchan   
   >    created the character of Richard Hannay, a mining engineer who   
   >    becomes embroiled in a plot to steal naval defense plans on the   
   >    eve of World War I.  A Scot in the novel, Hannay's nationality   
   >    was changed to Canadian in Alfred Hitchcock's subsequent movie   
   >    adaptation.  Name the novel.   
      
   The 39 Steps   
      
   > 7. After working for MI6 during World War II, much of this author's   
   >    subsequent work took a satirical and largely critical view of the   
   >    world of espionage, including in novels like "Our Man in Havana",   
   >    "The Quiet American", and "The Third Man".  Name the author.   
      
   Greene   
      
   > 9. Identify the Polish-born author of "The Secret Agent" (1907)   
   >    and "Under Western Eyes" (1911).   
      
   Joseph Conrad   
      
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