From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 12:24:28 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-17,
> 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 9, Round 2 - History - The Korean War
>
> This week marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
> Let's hope you remember some facts about this forgotten war.
>
> 1. Prior to 1950-06-25, the boundary between North and South Korea
> was set at which parallel of north latitude?
38
> 2. At the time of the invasion, the Democratic People's Republic
> of Korea was led by which man?
kim il sung
> 3. The military force defending South Korea was organized under
> the auspices of which organization?
united nations
> 4. In terms of manpower, the main contributors to the
> forces were South Korea and the US. Which country was in third
> place, with about 26,000 soldiers?
uk
> 5. For the first year of the war, the commander of
> forces was this general who made his reputation in World War II.
> President Truman fired him in April 1951. Who?
general macarthur
> 6. One of 's accomplishments was the massive September
> 1950 amphibious assault on a certain port city, leading to the
> recapture of Seoul. Today, you may be more likely to know it
> as the site of Seoul's main airport. What city?
incheon
> 7. Concerned by 's rapid advance towards China (not
> to mention his threats to use nuclear weapons), in October 1950
> Mao Zedong sent the People's Volunteer Army across which river,
> which forms the boundary between China and North Korea?
yalu river
> 8. The Korean War was the first war to involve widespread combat
> between jet aircraft. The mainstay of the Chinese air force
> was the MiG-15. The air force countered it with
> which jet manufactured by North American Aviation (and under
> licence by Canadair)?
f-86 sabre
> 9. Although this technology dates back to the 1920s (or earlier),
> its first widespread wartime use was in Korea. In combination
> with Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals, this technology gave wounded
> soldiers an unprecedented 97% chance of survival.
> Which technology?
helicopters
> 10. Since a peace treaty has never been signed, the war is still
> technically under way. Hostilities ended after an armistice
> agreement was signed on 1953-07-27 at which border village?
panmunjom
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Va gur bevtvany
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>
>
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment - TV Spinoffs
>
> 1. Name the "Cheers" spinoff that is *not* "Frasier". This
> short-lived sitcom focused on Carla's ex-husband Nick and
> his ditzy wife Loretta, played by Dan Hedaya and Jean Kasem.
dang nabbit Mark! this might actually require thought ... the tortellis ??
> 2. Name the spinoff in which a Hazzard County deputy moves to
> Los Angeles and joins the LAPD. Uncle Jesse, Daisy, and
> Rosco P. Coltrane all made guest appearancesi, but the show
> still got cancelled after only one season
enos
> 3. "The Pauly D Project" and "Snooki and JWoww" were two spinoff
> series from what popular MTV reality series that aired from
> 2009 to 2012?
jersey shore
> 4. Alana Thompson was the breakout star of the 2011 edition of
> TLC's "Toddlers and Tiaras". She and her family quickly
> got their own spinoff series in 2012 that ran for 4 seasons.
> Name *either* the spinoff show or the nickname by which Thompson
> became generally known.
honey boo boo
> 5. Abe Vigoda had his biggest film role in "The Godfather", but he
> became best known for his role as a detective on "Barney Miller".
> He was so popular he was given his own spinoff, which ran for
> two seasons starting in 1977. Name the spinoff focusing on
> Vigoda's detective character.
fish
> 6. Ed Asner won three Emmys for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy
> for playing a TV news director -- and two more for Best Actor
> in a Drama for playing the same character, now a city editor
> at a newspaper in a spinoff show. Name this character, or the
> spinoff show which bears his name.
lou grant
> 7. "Chief Wiggum P.I." was a spinoff that followed the title
> character as he and his son Ralph moved to New Orleans to
> fight crime. Okay, this was actually a *potential* spinoff
> that aired as a segment in the 8th-season finale of what long,
> long, long-running animated sitcom?
the simpsons
> 8. "Daria", an animated sitcom focusing on the life of cynical
> high-schooler Daria Morgendorffer, ran from 1997 to 2002 on MTV.
> Previously, Daria had been a recurring character on another
> MTV animated show. Name the series where Daria made her debut,
> an animated sitcom produced by Mike Judge whose lead characters
> most recently appeared in a 2022 movie.
beavis and butthead
> 9. Name any *any one* of three Happy Days spinoffs whose titles
> each include the given names of the two main characters.
joanie loves chachi
> 10. Some shows are so successful, even their spinoffs have spinoffs.
> Both "Maude" and "The Jeffersons" had spinoffs in which the
> main character's African-American housekeeper went off on her
> own to a new job. "Good Times" was a Dyn-o-mite! hit, but
> "Checking In" only aired 4 episodes before being cancelled.
> Name their grandfather series -- the groundbreaking sitcom that
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