From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 6/23/25 22:21, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   > * Gane 8, Round 2 - History - Guy Fawkes Day   
   >   
   > The English have been celebrating Guy Fawkes Day since 1606.   
   > Here are 10 questions about it.   
   >   
   > 1. The Gunpowder Plot -- the plot Guy Fawkes was a part of --   
   >     was a plot to kill the ruler of England in 1605.  Who was that?   
   >     Name and number required if applicable.   
      
   James I   
      
   >   
   > 2. Before the Gunpowder Plot, Catholics opposed to 's rule   
   >     organized what were called the Main and Bye Plots, which both   
   >     failed to deal with the monarch.  What was the objective of those   
   >     conspiracies?   
   >   
   > 3. The Gunpowder Plot was so named because a large amount of   
   >     gunpowder was to be used to blow up the place where    
   >     would be.  What place was that?  Be fully specific.   
      
   House of Parliament   
      
   >   
   > 4. Guy Fawkes Day -- although it was not yet called that -- was   
   >     first celebrated in 1606 following an Act of Parliament calling   
   >     for celebrations on the anniversary of the failed assassination   
   >     attempt.  What did the Act specifically require for celebrations?   
      
   bonfires   
      
   >   
   > 5. Guy Fawkes Day is also called Guy Fawkes Night in Britain,   
   >     along with two other names.  Give us either of those names.   
   >   
   > 6. Please decode the rot13 for questions #6-7 only after you have   
   >     finished with the previous ones.  Bayl bar cebivapr va Pnanqn   
   >     fgvyy frrf jvqrfcernq pryroengvba bs Thl Snjxrf Qnl.  Va juvpu   
   >     cebivapr ner obasverf fgvyy pbzzbayl yvg ba Abirzore 5?   
      
   Newfoundland   
      
   >   
   > 7. Thl Snjxrf Qnl obasverf genqvgvbanyyl vapyhqr na rssvtl bs Thl   
   >     Snjxrf, ohg fvapr nagv-Pngubyvpvfz unf qvrq qbja va Terng Oevgnva   
   >     bire gur lrnef, Thl Snjxrf Qnl pryroengvbaf abj bsgra srngher   
   >     rssvtvrf bs bgure pheerag pryroevgvrf pnhtug hc va fpnaqny.   
   >     Va 2012, znal rssvtvrf jrer bs *juvpu cebsrffvbany plpyvfg*?   
      
   Lance Armstrong   
      
   >   
   > 8. Complete this traditional rhyme (exact wording not essential):   
   >   
   >     Remember, remember the 5th of November,   
   >     Gunpowder Treason and Plot...   
   >   
   > 9. The Guy Fawkes mask most commonly seen now was created first   
   >     for a comic book in the 1980s about a rebel in a dystopic,   
   >     fascist future Britain, which was then adapted into a 2005 movie   
   >     starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving.  What was the title   
   >     of that comic and movie?   
      
   V for Vendetta   
      
   >   
   > 10. The Guy Fawkes mask was adopted by which political/hacktivist   
   >     group as their symbol?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Gane 8, Round 3 - Entertainment - British Crime Shows   
   >   
   > Audiences on both sides of the pond love British police procedurals   
   > and their popularity has only increased in the age of streaming.   
   > In each case name the TV series described.   
   >   
   > 1. Olivia Colman and David Tennant play detectives looking into the   
   >     murder of a young boy in this ITV series.  It was later adapted   
   >     for American television as the Fox series "Gracepoint", with   
   >     Tennant back as the co-headliner.   
   >   
   > 2. This intense Belfast-set series about a serial killer starred   
   >     Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson.   
   >   
   > 3. Sarah Lancashire won a BAFTA Award for her role in this BBC   
   >     series, in which she plays a West Yorkshire police sergeant   
   >     recovering from the suicide of her daughter, and raising her   
   >     daughter's young son.   
   >   
   > 4. Stellan Skarsgård stars as a police detective inspector who   
   >     sees dead people, and not just because he works on murder cases.   
   >     He is haunted by visions of his slain partner.   
   >   
   > 5. This series, airing intermittently from 1987 through 2000,   
   >     and starring John Thaw, is considered by many to be the greatest   
   >     British crime series ever made.   
   >   
   > 6. This series starred Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the   
   >     first female Detective Chief Inspectors in London's police   
   >     service.   
   >   
   > 7. One of the most popular detective series on the BBC and Netflix   
   >     (before the final season was sneakily moved to BritBox),   
   >     this series starred Martin Compson, Vicky McClure, and Adrian   
   >     Dunbar as part of the Anti-Corruption Unit of the fictional   
   >     Central Police.   
   >   
   > 8. With various actors taking the lead, this BBC series was shot   
   >     in Guadeloupe and takes place on the fictional Caribbean island   
   >     of St. Marie.   
   >   
   > 9. A prequel to , this series follows the detective in   
   >     his early years with the Oxford City Police.   
   >   
   > 10. Another ITV hit with a beautiful backdrop, Brenda Blethyn stars   
   >     as a brilliant but caustic crime solver in this series filmed   
   >     in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and throughout Northumberland, County   
   >     Durham, and North Yorkshire.   
   >   
      
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   Dan Tilque   
      
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