From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-07-22,   
   > 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 Smith & Guessin', 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 2024-08-30   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 2 - Arts - Ballet and Dance   
   >   
   > A round of questions to get you on your toes -- and perhaps do a   
   > pirouette or an arabesque.  10 questions on the world of ballet   
   > and dance...   
   >   
   > If we just describe a person, name them.   
   >   
   > 1. Latvian-born ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defected to the   
   >     West 30 years ago -- on 1974-06-30 to be exact.  In *which city*   
   >     did he flee his Soviet handlers during a tour?   
      
   Paris; London   
      
   >   
   > 2. 13 years before that defection, Russian dancer and choreographer   
   >     Rudolf Nureyev did the same.  In *which European city* did   
   >     Nureyev defect in 1961?   
      
   Vienna; Paris   
      
   >   
   > 3. This world-renowned English ballerina who a favorite partner   
   >     of Rudolf Nureyev after his defection.  Her career with the Royal   
   >     Ballet company lasted more than 40 years, and she received the   
   >     rare title of prima ballerina assoluta from Queen Elizabeth.   
      
   Fonteyn   
      
   >   
   > 4. Perhaps the most renowned ballet dancer this country has   
   >     produced, she was a principal dancer with the National Ballet   
   >     of Canada through 1971-97.  She then joined the company's   
   >     management team, and served as artistic director 2005-21.   
   >   
   > 5. This Russian prima ballerina died in 1931, but remains one   
   >     of the most renowned dancers in history.  She created the role   
   >     of The Dying Swan, was the first ballerina to tour the world,   
   >     and a meringue-based dessert is named after her.   
   >   
   > 6. This Polish-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer is   
   >     regarded as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century.   
   >     Although his career lasted less than 15 years, he was celebrated   
   >     for his virtuosity and high leaps.   
      
   Petipa   
      
   >   
   > 7. This former principal dancer was with the National Ballet of   
   >     Canada for 27 years until 1989.  She performed around the world   
   >     with Baryshnikov, Nureyev, and others.  She's also an author of   
   >     children's books, as well as a producer, director, and filmmaker.   
   >   
   > 8. He was one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th   
   >     century.  Considered the father of American ballet, he created   
   >     465 works.  He also co-founded the New York City Ballet in 1948,   
   >     and was its artistic director for more than 35 years.   
      
   Balanchine   
      
   >   
   > 9. During his 21 years with our National Ballet, ending in 2004,   
   >     he was among the leading Canadian dancers of his generation.   
   >     He's best known for his performances with , and he's   
   >     still with the National Ballet as an artist-in-residence.   
   >   
   > 10. She was an American modern dancer and choreographer for more   
   >     than 70 years.  Her New-York-based school is the oldest dance   
   >     school in the US.  Her dance style, named for her, reshaped   
   >     American dance and is still taught worldwide.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 3 - Entertainment - Olympic Movies   
   >   
   > In another bid to get everyone's blood racing over the upcoming   
   > Summer Olympics, here is tonight's entertainment round.   
   >   
   > 1. A round about Olympic movies must include the Oscar-winning   
   >     "Chariots of Fire" (1981).  It told the story of two British   
   >     sprinters at the 1924 summer games in *which city*?   
      
   Paris   
      
   >   
   > For each of the remaining questions, give the title of the movie.   
   >   
   > 2. This 2023 film was produced and directed by George Clooney.   
   >     It told the story of the University of Washington rowing team   
   >     that won the Olympic men's 8's gold in 1936.   
   >   
   > 3. Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo got Oscar nominations for this   
   >     2014 movie.  It was based on the story of two Olympic wrestlers   
   >     recruited by an eccentric millionaire for his wrestling team.   
   >   
   > 4. This 1983 film told the story of Billy Mills, an Oglala Sioux   
   >     tribe member, and his stunning victory in the 10,000 m race at   
   >     the 1964 Tokyo Games.  The movie starred Robby Benson, and the   
   >     cast also included a young Graham Greene.   
   >   
   > 5. There were two movies in the late 1990s about American distance   
   >     runner Steve Prefontaine.  Jared Leto and Ed O'Neill were in   
   >     "Prefontaine".  What was the name of the later film, with Billy   
   >     Crudup and Donald Sutherland?   
      
   Pre   
      
   >   
   > 6. This 2016 film, starring Stephan James and Jason Sudeikis,   
   >     told the story of Jesse Owens and his 4 gold medals at the 1936   
   >     Berlin Olympics.   
   >   
   > 7. This 1993 movie starred John Candy in his last movie released   
   >     before his death.  It was inspired by the saga of the 1988   
   >     Jamaican bobsled team.   
   >   
   > 8. This 2004 flick retold the story of the amazing 1980 victory   
   >     by the US Olympic men's hockey team in Lake Placid.  Kirk Russell   
   >     starred as coach Herb Brooks.   
      
   Miracle   
      
   >   
   > 9. This 2016 movie took an affectionate look back at the British   
   >     ski-jumping folk hero from the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary.   
   >     It starred Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman.   
      
   Eddie the Eagle   
      
   >   
   > 10. Margot Robbie and Oscar-winner Allison Janney led the cast of   
   >     this 2017 film.  It was based on the soap opera surrounding the   
   >     1994 Olympic women's figure skating event in Lillehammer, Norway.   
      
   "I, Tonya"   
      
   >   
   > After you have completed this round, please decode the rot13:   
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   > Vs lbh whfg tnir n anzr, tb onpx naq pbzcyrgr gur gvgyr.   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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