From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 11/14/2024 3:01 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 2 - Entertainment - Tony Awards   
   >   
   > Broadway is to hand out its annual awards next Sunday, June 16.   
   > Here's some questions about the Tony awards.  Note that in the   
   > context of Tonys the word "play" is limited to non-musical plays.   
   >   
   > 1. The most-nominated musical this year, with 13, is "Hell's   
   >     Kitchen."  It's inspired by the life of -- and features music   
   >     and lyrics by -- a native of the New York neighborhood with   
   >     that name.  She's won 16 Grammy awards, and her singles include   
   >     "Empire State of Mind (Part II)."  Name her.   
      
   Alicia Keys   
      
   > 2. "Stereophonic" is the most-nominated play this year with a   
   >     record 13 nominations.  It follows a fictional rock band as   
   >     they struggle through recording a new album.  The play's music   
   >     was written by Will Butler, a member of *which award-winning   
   >     Montreal indie rock band*?   
      
   Arcade Fire   
      
   > 3. Which 2016 musical holds the record of 16 Tony nominations in   
   >     one year?   
      
   "Hamilton"   
      
   > 4. This musical was about trying to stage a flop on Broadway, but   
   >     it was definitely not a flop.  Which 2001 musical won a record   
   >     12 Tony awards?   
      
   "The Producers"   
      
   > 5. This composer, who died in 2021, won 8 Tony awards -- the   
   >     most music Tonys of any individual.  His winning shows included   
   >     "Company", "A Little Night Music", and "Into the Woods."  Who?   
      
   Sondheim   
      
   > 6. Two other 8-time Tony winners are on the list of EGOT winners,   
   >     meaning that they also each won a Grammy, an Oscar, and an   
   >     Emmy.  They are a director-choreographer who won his Oscar for   
   >     "Cabaret", and a director who won his Oscar for "The Graduate."   
   >     Name either.   
      
   Mike Nichols   
   (I'm not sure about the EGOT status of these individuals)   
      
   > 7. Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical has won more Tonys over   
   >     all its Broadway productions than any musical?  The show grabbed   
   >     17 awards -- 10 for the 1949 original starring Mary Martin,   
   >     and 7 for the 2008 revival.   
      
   "South Pacific"   
      
   > 8. Which Canadian musical debuted in Toronto in 1998, then went   
   >     on to win 5 Tony awards in 2007, including Best Original Score?   
      
   "The Drowsy Chaperone"   
      
   > 9. Which musical, based on events in Canada, was nominated for   
   >     7 Tony awards in 2017 and won for Best Direction?  Before   
   >     Broadway, it played for 3 years in Toronto, and it's returning   
   >     here this fall.   
      
   "Come from Away"   
      
   > 10. Before his fraud conviction and prison stint, this Toronto   
   >     producer's shows won 20 Tonys.  They included Best Musical honors   
   >     for "Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "Show Boat" in 1992 and '93.   
   >     Name the producer.   
      
   Drubinsky (?)   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Airport Codes   
   >   
   > Note, we are always using the 3-letter IATA codes (like   
   > you see on your baggage tags), and not the 4-letter ICAO codes.   
   > In some cases we will ask for the code, in others the city.   
   > And by "city" we mean the main city served by the airport --   
   > YYZ is Toronto, not Mississauga.   
   >   
   > 1. Every once in a while, some very confused travellers end up   
   >     in the wrong city.  YQY is the airport code for auch a city in   
   >     the Maritimes.  But what is the city on the other side of the   
   >     world where they likely meant to go?   
      
   Sydney (Australia)   
      
   > 2. This northern Canadian airport is named for former Deputy Prime   
   >     Minister Erik Nielsen.  What city has the airport code YXY?   
      
   Yellowknife; Whitehorse   
      
   > 3. What is the code for Chicago's O'Hare airport?   
      
   ORD   
      
   > 4. New York City is served by 3 major airports -- two located in   
   >     Queens, and one in New Jersey.  LGA and EWR are the codes for   
   >     2 of them.  What is the code for the third?   
      
   JFK   
      
   > 5. HYD is the code for Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in this   
   >     capital city of the Indian state of Telangana.  What city has   
   >     the code HYD?   
      
   Hyderabad   
      
   > 6. BOM is the airport code for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj   
   >     International Airport.  Which city does this airport serve?   
      
   Mumbai   
      
   > 7. JNB is the code for O.R. Tambo International Airport in what   
   >     major African city?   
      
   Johannesburg   
      
   > 8. NIM is the code for Diori Hamani International airport in Niamey   
   >     in sub-Saharan Africa, in the country where Canadian diplomat   
   >     Robert Fowler was kidnapped in 2008.  Niamey is the capital of   
   >     what country?   
      
   Niger   
      
   > 9. RUH is the code for the international airport in which Middle   
   >     Eastern city?   
      
   Riyadh   
      
   > 10. SNA is the code for John Wayne Airport, serving Orange County   
   >     in California.  In which city is John Wayne Airport located?   
      
   Santa Ana   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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