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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 6, Rounds 9-10: cele   
   08 Aug 23 02:35:26   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 6, Round 9 - Entertainment - Celebrity Relatives   
      
   > 3. Both of actress Zoe Kravitz's mother and grandmother are best   
   >    known for their supporting roles on hit TV comedies focusing   
   >    on African-American life in New York City.  Name *either*   
   >    Zoe's mother or grandmother.   
      
   Lisa Bonet   
      
   > 4. Dakota Johnson's grandmother played a mysterious woman in an   
   >    Alfred Hitchcock movie, while Dakota's mother played a mysterious   
   >    woman in a Brian de Palma movie.  Again, name either Dakota's   
   >    grandmother or mother   
      
   Eva Marie Saint   
      
   > 6. Grammy-winning musician Norah Jones is the daughter of what   
   >    musician who rose to global fame in the 1960s due to his   
   >    influence on popular music, most notably the Beatles?   
      
   Ravi Shankar   
      
   > 7. Director Duncan Jones won acclaim for his debut sci-fi movie   
   >    "Moon".  This space setting would have been an appropriate one   
   >    for his musician father, who changed his name in 1966 to avoid   
   >    comparisons to another British musician who would later go on   
   >    to be a member of the Monkees.  Name the father of Duncan Jones.   
      
   David Bowie   
      
   > 10. Name the mother of Isabella Rossellini.  She was one of the   
   >    most influential actresses of the 20th century, with a 50-year   
   >    acting career, three Academy Awards, and two Emmys, including   
   >    one for her final performance as Golda Meir.   
      
   Ingrid Bergman   
      
   > ** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge Round - We're STILL at the Zoo?   
      
   > Twelve questions about animals.   
      
   > * A. Geography   
      
   >    A1. Formosan rock macaques can only be found in what island   
   >        country?   
      
   Taiwan   
      
   >    A2. Lemurs can only be found in what island country?   
      
   Magagascar   
      
   > * B. Art   
      
   >    B1. Dan Walsh created a webcomic that is an edit of   
   >        a long-running comic strip, removing the title character,   
   >        in to quote "reveal the existential angst of a certain young   
   >        Mr. Jon Arbuckle".  The webcomic is called "BLANK Minus   
   >        BLANK", where BLANK is the character removed.  Who is it?   
      
   Garfield   
      
   >    B2. Cassius Marcellus Coolidge is best known for creating   
   >        a series of now-kitschy paintings that depict what specific   
   >        subject matter?  (Species and activity.)   
      
   dogs playing poker   
      
   > * C. History   
      
   >    C1. In 1932, public concern over destruction of crops in   
   >        the wheat belt of Western Australia led to a nuisance-   
   >        wildlife-management military operation against what animal?   
      
   emus   
      
   >    C2. Credited with promoting wildlife conservation to the general   
   >        public, the 1960 book -- and subsequent movie -- "Born Free"   
   >        is an account of a couple who adopted and raised a lion cub.   
   >        What was the lion's name?   
      
   Elsa   
      
   > * D. Science   
      
   >    D1. In July 1996, a sheep was the first mammal to be cloned   
   >        from an adult somatic cell.  What was her name?   
      
   Dolly   
      
   >    D2. In November 1957, a Russian dog was the first animal to   
   >        orbit the Earth.  Sadly, she died in orbit.  What was   
   >        her name?   
      
   Laika   
      
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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