From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 11:39:37 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 9 - Literature Geography - Locations in Ian Fleming's    
   > James Bond Novels    
   >    
   > 1. In what Fleming novel does Soviet Spy agency SMERSH plot to    
   > kill James Bond by baiting him into a sex scandal with a cipher    
   > clerk who works at the Russian Consulate in Istanbul?    
      
   from russia with love   
      
   > 2. In what novel does the climactic fight between the villain's    
   > forces, which include a gang of mobsters and a group of female    
   > burglar and the Pinkerton Detective Agency, take place in the    
   > state of Kentucky?    
      
   goldfinger   
      
   > 3. In what Fleming short story does Bond travel to the Berlin Wall    
   > to protect a Soviet defector from a sniper? If the defector    
   > crosses into West Berlin, he sniper has been ordered to kill him.    
      
   octopussy and the living daylights   
      
   > 4. In what novel does James Bond infiltrate the fictional Piz    
   > Gloria, a Swiss Alp with a mountaintop lab that is really a    
   > front for arch-nemesis Blofeld? The name Piz Gloria is still    
   > in use by a restaurant that was used in the filming of the    
   > movie version, and which the producers helped complete.    
      
   on her majesty's secret service   
      
   > 5. What venerable British company commissioned Ian Fleming to    
   > write the short story "The Property of a Lady", in which James    
   > Bond is sent to identify a Soviet Spy at an art auction?    
      
   sotheby's   
      
   > 6. Name the only James Bond novel in which Bond never leaves    
   > England. Famous for his travel writing, Fleming had wanted to    
   > set the location in England to show off the country. The movie    
   > version of this novel is a more wide-flung affair, shuttling    
   > Bond from California to Venice to Rio to Earth orbit.    
      
   moonraker   
      
   > 7. What is the name of Ian Fleming's home in Jamaica where he wrote    
   > the majority of all of his James Bond novels? The producers    
   > of the James Bond movies used the bame as the title of one.    
      
   goldeneye   
      
   > 8. In "Diamonds are Forever", James Bond tracks a diamond-smuggling    
   > pipeline from Las Vegas to New York to London to Paris and    
   > finally to Freetown, the capital city of what African country?    
      
   sierra leone   
      
   > 9. In "You Only Live Twice", James Bond pursues his revenge against    
   > Blofeld and destroys his Garden of Death by causing a volcanic    
   > eruption. This takes place on what Island, the southernmost    
   > of the four main islands of Japan?    
      
   kyushu   
      
   > 10. Ian Fleming took the name James Bond from the author of a book    
   > about the "Birds of..." what region of North America, surrounded    
   > by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea? The region    
   > comprises 13 independent island countries and dependencies in    
   > three archipelagos.    
      
   the west indies   
      
   >    
   > ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Colors II: Color Harder    
   >    
   > We had enough questions for another challenge round of    
   > color-adjacent questions, so let's do it again!    
   >    
   > * A. Literature    
   >    
   > A1. In what 1877 Anna Sewell novel are Ginger and Rob Roy    
   > the friend and brother, respectively, of the title character,    
   > who works pulling cabs in Victorian-era London?    
      
   black beauty   
      
   > A2. In what 1982 Alice Walker novel does Shug Avery tell Celie    
   > that "I think it pisses God off if you walk by     
   > in a field somewhere and don't notice it?"    
      
   the color purple   
      
   >    
   > * B. Science    
   >    
   > B1. Verdigris ["VER-da-gree"] is a green layer that forms on    
   > the surface of which metallic element as it corrodes?    
      
   copper   
      
   > B2. Phenolphthalein ["PHEE-nol-ff-THAY-leen"] and litmus paper    
   > are indicators that notably change color depending on what    
   > property of the solution to which they are added?    
      
   ph acidity level   
      
   >    
   > * C. Entertainment    
   >    
   > C1. Jennie, Rosé, Lisa, and Jisoo are the four members of which    
   > doubly-colorful K-pop girl group?    
      
   blackpink   
      
   > C2. Daniel Craig played the southern detective Benoit Blanc in a    
   > 2019 murder mystery movie and reprised the role in a    
   > 2022 sequel. Name either film.    
      
   knives out ; glass onion   
      
   >    
   > * D. Canadiana    
   >    
   > D1. If someone was at Greenwood subway station, which TTC subway    
   > line would they be on?    
      
   two   
      
   > D2. On the map of the TTC, what color is used to represent    
   > Line 3, the Scarborough Line?    
      
   green   
      
   >    
   > * E. History    
   >    
   > E1. In July 1985, the French government bombed the Rainbow    
   > Warrior, a ship belonging to which global activist    
   > organisation?    
      
   greenpeace   
      
   > E2. In 1969, Fred Hampton founded a multicultural movement called    
   > the Rainbow Coalition in which city? A year earlier, a DNC    
   > in this city was disrupted by a group of men led by Abbie    
   > Hoffman.    
      
   chicago   
      
   >    
   > * F. Sports    
   >    
   > F1. In NASCAR, a green flag is waved to signal the beginning    
   > of a race while a checkered flag is waved to indicate    
   > the end. What does a white flag indicate during a race?    
      
   start of the final lap   
      
   > F2. During each stage of the Tour de France, the current overall    
   > leader typically wears a jersey of what color?    
      
   yellow   
      
   > --    
   > Mark Brader, Toronto (require 'msb)    
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