From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-11-04,   
   > 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 8, Round 9 - Literature - Recurring Characters   
   >   
   > Many novelists enjoy returning to characters who have appeared   
   > in books they've written previously.  These differ from series   
   > characters in that these characters aren't always the leads of   
   > their books, but sometimes play supporting roles.  We'll name   
   > a recurring character in novels, and you name the novelist who   
   > couldn't quit them.   
   >   
   > 1. Kilgore Trout.   
   > 2. John Yossarian.   
   > 3. Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins.   
   > 4. Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom.   
   > 5. Eugène de Rastignac.   
   > 6. Claude Lantier.   
   > 7. Death.   
   > 8. Randall Flagg.   
   > 9. Ushikawa.   
   > 10. Marinus.   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - *Fire!*   
   >   
   > * A. Fiery Books   
   >   
   >     A1. Who wrote "The Court of Silver Flames", the fifth and   
   >         longest installment (so far) in a fantasy-romance series   
   >         set in the land of Prythian, which has sold over 13,000,000   
   >         copies?   
   >   
   >     A2. Name the author of the non-fiction book of essays "The Fire   
   >         Next Time", published in 1963.   
   >   
   >   
   > * B. The Calgary Flames   
   >   
   >     B1. The Flames are the third major professional hockey team to   
   >         represent the city of Calgary.  Name *either* of the   
   >         previous teams.   
   >   
   >     B2. Name the coach with an on-theme name who led the Flames to   
   >         their first, and so far only, Stanley Cup win in 1989.   
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Fire Deities   
   >   
   >     C1. Name the Greek (not the Roman) god of blacksmiths, crafting,   
   >         fire, and volcanoes.   
      
   Vulcan   
      
   >   
   >     C2. Pele ["Pell-ay"], often referred to as "Madame Pele" or   
   >         "Tutu Pele", is the much respected goddess of volcanoes   
   >         and fire, and the creator of the land, in what   
   >         religion/mythology?   
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Firefighting Movies   
   >   
   >     D1. Name the 1989 Stephen Spielberg film starring Richard   
   >         Dreyfuss that is a homage to aerial firefighter pilots.   
   >   
   >     D2. Name the fiery-haired director of the 1992 film "Backdraft",   
   >         about siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as   
   >         Chicago firefighters.   
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Fiery Foods   
   >   
   >     E1. This French dish of slowly boiled meat and vegetables is   
   >         usually served as two courses: first the broth and then   
   >         the meat and vegetables.  It's familiar throughout France   
   >         and has many regional variations.  Name it (in French).   
   >   
   >     E2. What is the region-based term for a steak cooked at a   
   >         high heat so it is charred on the outside but still rare   
   >         on the inside?  It is also known as a "black and blue".   
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Making Fire   
   >   
   >     F1. What is the name for the container made of wood or metal   
   >         containing flint, firesteel, and other items, used together   
   >         to help kindle a fire?  These fell out of general usage   
   >         with the advent of friction matches.   
   >   
   >     F2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you   
   >         have finished with #F1.  Jung vf gur anzr sbe gur zngrevny   
   >         jvgu ybj vtavgvba grzcrengher, hfrq nf gvaqre jura yvtugvat   
   >         n sver?  Vg vf gur znva pbzcbarag va n gvaqreobk naq vf   
   >         hfhnyyl n fznyy fjngpu bs snoevp znqr sebz n angheny svoer   
   >         yvxr yvara, pbggba, whgr, be urzc?   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)