From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-09-30,   
   > 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 What She Said, 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 4, Round 2 - Entertainment - Fifth Beatles   
   >   
   > Throughout the Beatles' career, many people have been referred   
   > to as "the fifth Beatle."  Here are 10 questions about various   
   > fifth Beatles.  In each case name them.   
   >   
   > 1. The Beatles' first manager was this former furniture salesman,   
   >     who helped the band achieve enormous success before his death   
   >     in 1967.   
      
   Brian Epstein   
      
   >   
   > 2. This producer probably gets the "fifth Beatle" accolade more   
   >     than any other; he wrote many of the orchestral sections of   
   >     the Beatles' songs, and often played keyboards in the studio   
   >     for them.   
      
   George Martin   
      
   >   
   > 3. This musician was the Beatles' original bassist (McCartney then   
   >     played rhythm guitar), but left the band in 1961 when he decided   
   >     to stay in Hamburg and pursue visual art.  He died in 1962 of   
   >     a brain hemorrhage.   
      
   Stu Sutcliffe   
      
   >   
   > 4. This musician was the Beatles' original drummer, playing with   
   >     them until 1962 when they fired him in favor of Ringo Starr.   
      
   Pete Best   
      
   >   
   > 5. This journalist gave the Beatles early rave reviews, which   
   >     caused  to hire him on as the Beatles' press officer.   
   >     He would eventually come to work for Apple Records, and also   
   >     helped organize the Monterey Pop Festival.   
   >   
   > 6. This schoolmate of Harrison and McCartney became the band's   
   >     personal assistant, played minor roles on a handful of tracks   
   >     (such as harmonica on "For The Benefit of Mr. Kite"), and   
   >     eventually became the CEO of Apple Records, a position he held   
   >     until just before his death in 2008.   
   >   
   > 7. Only two musicians have ever received written performance credit   
   >     on a Beatles song other than the four Beatles.  The first was   
   >     this Hamburg-based British musician, who invited the Beatles   
   >     to be his backing band in 1961 (they performed as the "Beat   
   >     Brothers").   
   >   
   > 8. The other musician to receive written performance credit on   
   >     a Beatles song was this keyboardist, whom the band considered   
   >     inviting to join.   
      
   Billy Preston   
      
   >   
   > 9. In the "Simpsons" episode "Lisa the Vegetarian", this Springfield   
   >     supporting character claims he was once called "the fifth   
   >     Beatle", at which Paul McCartney looks doubtful.  He then breaks   
   >     into an all-bongo performance of "Sergeant Pepper".   
      
   Stu; Moe   
      
   >   
   > 10. Finally, both George Harrison (with two) and John Lennon (with   
   >     one) have children with significant music careers of their own,   
   >     and fans have frequently speculated that one of the children   
   >     might fill their father's shoes.  Name *any one* of these three   
   >     musical children -- first and last name required.   
      
   Dhani Harrison   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 4, Round 3 - Literature - Place Names   
   >   
   > All of these books featuring a *real geographic location* in their   
   > title have been adapted into TV shows or movies.  We'll give you   
   > the author and the year of publication; you name the book.   
   >   
   > 1. Colm Tobin, 2009.   
   > 2. Amor Towles, 2016.   
   > 3. E.M. Forster, 1924.   
   > 4. Isak Dinesen, 1937.   
      
   Out of Africa   
      
   > 5. James Michener, 1959.   
   > 6. Michael Crichton, 1980.   
   > 7. Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002.   
   > 8. Hunter S. Thompson, 1971.   
   > 9. Robert James Waller, 1997.   
   > 10. Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, 1965.   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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