From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, January 1, 2024 at 12:24:33 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-13,    
   > 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 the Usual Suspects and    
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have    
   > been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of    
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting    
   > of other rounds. For further information please see my 2023-05-24    
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition    
   > (QFTCI*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > I wrote one of these rounds.    
   >    
   >    
   > * Game 8, Round 2 - Entertainment - Playing Julius Caesar    
   >    
   > Over the years, many actors have portrayed Julius Caesar in movies    
   > and on television. Here are some of them. In each case, name    
   > the actor.    
   >    
   > 1. In a 1945 movie adaptation of George Bernard ["BER-nerd"]    
   > Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra", this British actor as Caesar    
   > was a mouthpiece for Shaw's own witticisms and droll humor.    
   > The actor is better known for his numerous character roles,    
   > often as a villain, in such films as Frank Capra's "Mr. Smith    
   > Goes to Washington" (1939) and Alfred Hitchcock's "Notorious"    
   > (1946).    
   >    
   > 2. One of the greatest interpreters of William Shakespeare's plays    
   > in theater, this British actor only played Caesar in only one    
   > movie, a 1970 version of Shakespeare's play. His many other    
   > movies, usually in character roles, include "Murder on the    
   > Orient Express" (1975) and "Arthur" (1981).    
   >    
   > 3. Before he played James Bond in two of Eon Productions' 25 Bond    
   > movies, this British actor distinguished himself in various    
   > Shakespearean roles on stage. After his days as Bond, he took    
   > up the role of Caesar in a 1999 Hallmark TV mini-series called    
   > "Cleopatra". Low career point indeed!    
   >    
   > 4. This American actor, familiar to fans of Dick Wolf's "Law &    
   > Order" and that producer's current series "FBI", played Caesar    
   > in a 2003 two-part television bio-pic that also starred Richard    
   > Harris, Christopher Walken, and Chris Noth [rhymes with "both"],    
   > another alumnus of "Law & Order".    
   >    
   > 5. In a big-budget movie extravaganza in 1963, this British actor    
   > took a stab at Caesar. (Groan.) A long-time stage-and-screen    
   > thespian, he had a career that stretched back to the 1930s,    
   > including films such as "Unfaithfully Yours" (1948), as a    
   > homicidal conductor, and "The Agony and the Ecstasy" (1965),    
   > playing a pope.    
   >    
   > 6. This American actor may have surprised movie fans with his    
   > excellent portrayal of Shakespeare's Caesar in Joseph    
   > Mankiewicz's 1953 film, a production jam-packed with famous    
   > actors such as Marlon Brando, James Mason, , and    
   > Deborah Kerr ["Car"]. He also played a profoundly sleazy lawyer    
   > in John Huston's "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950).    
   >    
   > 7. This British comedian is famous for the two dozen or more    
   > "Carry On" films he did for decades. One of those, the    
   > atrociously hilarious wink-wink movie "Carry On Cleo" (1964),    
   > saw him take on the role of Caesar opposite Amanda Barrie    
   > as Cleopatra.    
   >    
   > 8. On a more serious note, occasionally a younger actor takes    
   > on a more youthful Caesar, which was the case for this US    
   > wannabe-Rock-Hudson, better known as the lover of Janet Leigh's    
   > ill-fated character in Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960). He took    
   > up the challenge of Caesar in Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus",    
   > also released in 1960.    
   >    
   > 9. This Irish actor played Caesar in the sprawling, saucy epic    
   > HBO/BBC series "Rome" (2005-07), detailing the transition of    
   > ancient Rome from republic to empire. His movie roles include    
   > villains in "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" (2003)    
   > and "Justice League" (2017). More recently, he played Buddy's    
   > grandfather in Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast" (2021).    
   >    
   > 10. In 2005, ABC took its own even more lurid whack at ancient    
   > Rome with "Empire". Although he was born in the US and has    
   > lived in Ireland, the actor who played Julius Caesar in this    
   > mini-series identifies as Canadian, and has done a lot of plays    
   > and movies here. Movie and TV roles include Pierre Trudeau in    
   > the CBC mini-series "Trudeau" (2002), Glenn Gould in "Thirty-Two    
   > Short Films about Glenn Gould" (1993), and a police detective in    
   > "Bon Cop, Bad Cop" (2006) and its sequel.    
   >    
   >    
   > * Game 8, Round 3 - Sports - American Football    
   >    
   > 1. The National Football League now has 32 teams based in more    
   > than 20 US states, but when it started in 1920 there were 14    
   > teams in 5 states. Just like with the NHL, only two of those    
   > original teams still exist, but unlike the NHL, both teams have    
   > moved from their original home cities. Give the *present-day    
   > name* of either of those surviving teams -- give either the    
   > team name or the place name.    
      
   chicago bears   
      
   > 2. The most recent case of an NFL team changing its name happened    
   > last year. What is that team now called? Place name and team    
   > name required.    
      
   washington commanders [nee redskins]   
      
   > 3. The next two questions are about NFL records according to    
   > the NFL's official Record and Fact Book issued at the start of    
   > this season. Which retired player, who started with New England,    
   > holds the all-time career record for the most points scored?    
      
   adam vinatieri   
      
   > 4. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the    
   > previous question.Vinatieri scored most of his points by    
   > kicking. Which retired player, who started with San Francisco,    
   > holds the all-time career record for the most touchdowns?    
      
   jerry rice   
      
   > 5. Another professional league of American football currently has    
   > 8 teams; its North Division consists of the Michigan Panthers,    
   > New Jersey Generals, Philadelphia Stars, and Pittsburgh Maulers.    
   > Name that league -- the short form will do.    
      
   usfl   
      
   > 6. Still another professional league of American football has    
      
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