From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-02-05,   
   > 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 Misplaced Modifiers   
   > 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*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Entertainment - Name the Franchise   
   >   
   > A film franchise is a collection of related movies based on the   
   > same fictional universe, or of movies that are marketed as a series.   
   > Each of the franchises in this round consists of at least 5 movies.   
   > For each question, you'll be told which movie in a given franchise   
   > had the highest global box-office revenues, then you name the   
   > movie franchise.  Please note that the revenue figures have *not*   
   > been adjusted for the substantial inflation in the price of movie   
   > tickets over the years.   
   >   
   > 1. There have been 13 movies in this franchise.  The top-grossing   
   >     movie, with global box-office revenues of $1,900,000,000 US,   
   >     is "No Way Home".   
      
   Fast and Furious   
      
   >   
   > 2. I'll word it more tersely from here on.  5 movies, including   
   >     "Dead Man's Chest" ($1,100,000,000 US).   
      
   Pirates of the Caribbean   
      
   >   
   > 3. 7 movies, including "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the   
   >     King" ($1,100,000,000 US).   
      
   The Lord of the Rings   
      
   >   
   > 4. 13 movies, including "Deadpool 2" ($786,000,000 US).   
      
   Marvel Comic Universe   
      
   > 5. 27 movies, including "Skyfall" ($1,100,000,000 US).   
      
   James Bond   
      
   > 6. 17 movies, including "The Dark Knight Rises" ($1,100,000,000 US).   
      
   Batman   
      
   > 7. 5 movies, including "Breaking Dawn Part 2" ($830,000,000 US).   
      
   Twilight   
      
   > 8. 5 movies, including "Minions" ($1,200,000,000 US).   
   > 9. 5 movies, including "Catching Fire" ($865,000,000 US).   
      
   Hunger Games   
      
   > 10. 7 movies, including "Fallout" ($791,000,000 US).   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * A.  Entertainment: Which Anderson?   
   >   
   >     A1. Which Anderson directed the movies "If...", "Britannia   
   >         Hospital", and "O Lucky Man"?   
   >   
   >     A2. Which Anderson directed the movies "Moonrise Kingdom",   
   >         "The French Dispatch", and "Asteroid City"?   
      
   Wes   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B.  Art: Italian Arias   
   >   
   > We name an aria in Italian and English; you identify *either* the   
   > opera or the composer.   
   >   
   >     B1. "La donna è mobile" ("(The) Woman is Fickle").   
      
   Verdi   
      
   >     B2. "Nessun dorma" ("None Shall Sleep").   
      
   Puccini   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C.  Science: Mathematical Indices   
   >   
   >     C1. What natural number equals 8 to the power of 0?   
      
   1   
      
   >     C2. What rational number equals 2 to the power of -1?   
      
   0   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D.  Sports: All-Season Olympians   
   >   
   >     D1. Who competed for Canada in softball at the 2000 Summer Games,   
   >         but is better known as a five-time Winter Olympian and the   
   >         GOAT of women's hockey?   
      
   Hayley Wickenheiser   
      
   >   
   >     D2. Clara Hughes has won 6 Olympic medals, most of them in   
   >         speed skating.  In which sport did she win two bronzes at   
   >         the 1996 Summer Games?   
   >   
   >   
   > * E.  Geography: The Equator   
   >   
   >     E1. What is the largest Asian country, in area and population,   
   >         through which the Equator passes?   
      
   Indonesia   
      
   >   
   >     E2. In which country does the Equator intersect with the east   
   >         coast of Africa?   
      
   Somalia; Tanzania   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F.  History: Bloodless Revolutions   
   >   
   >     F1. King James II was bloodlessly deposed in 1688.  What's the   
   >         name of this revolution?   
   >   
   >     F2. On 1989-11-24, in response to street protests, the entire   
   >         top leadership of the Czechoslovak communist party resigned.   
   >         Democratic elections were held the following June.  What was   
   >         this revolution called?   
      
   Velvet   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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