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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIWSS24 Game 11, Rounds 2-3: inte   
   07 Aug 25 20:47:36   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 8/6/25 23:54, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 11, Round 2 - Miscellaneous - The International Foods Aisle   
   >   
   > Most supermarkets now have an international foods aisle -- an aisle   
   > with imported goods, or Canadian-made equivalents of those foods.   
   > We'll name some companies that make a food item you might find   
   > in the international foods aisle or a specialty store: you tell   
   > us what they're selling.  Be careful of table talk this round,   
   > since companies often manufacture more than one kind of food!   
   >   
   > 1. Grace, Old Jamaica, D and G, Gosling's.   
   > 2. Lee Kum Kee, Cholula, Valentina, Huy Fong.   
   > 3. Wilkin and Sons, Bonne Maman, D'Arbo, St. Dalfour.   
   > 4. Nong Shim, Rooster, Ottogi, Nissin.   
      
   soy sauce   
      
   > 5. Ruegenfisch, Angelo Parodi, Patella Do Mar, Tamam.   
   > 6. Barr, Jarritos, Ben Shaw's, Milkis ["MILL-kiss"].   
      
   corn chips   
      
   > 7. Masaman, Patak's, Mae Ploy, Blue Dragon.   
   > 8. Unox, Batchelor's, Maggi, Podravka.   
   > 9. Misuzu, Rooster, San Sui, Sunrise.   
   > 10. Botan, Kokuho, Dainty, Grace.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 11, Round 3 - Entertainment - Denzel Washington   
   >   
   > This round's for the ladies.  And also for the men who like Denzel   
   > Washington.  The rest of you might have problems.   
   >   
   > 1. Denzel's first big role was in which '80s medical series,   
   > where he played Dr. Philip Chandler?   
   >   
   > 2. Denzel's first Academy Award nomination was for which 1987   
   > movie set in South Africa?   
      
   Mandela   
      
   >   
   > 3. Denzel is an accomplished Shakespearian actor, having portrayed   
   > Richard III, Coriolanus, and Brutus in highly acclaimed   
   > theatrical runs, but to date he has only appeared in two filmed   
   > Shakespeare adaptations.  Name *either role* Denzel played in   
   > these movies.   
   >   
   > 4. Denzel has been nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars 7 times;   
   > he won for "Training Day" (2001), and was also nominated for   
   > the later one of his Shakespearian roles.  Name the movie for   
   > *any one of Denzel's other 5* nominations.   
   >   
   > 5. Denzel has been nominated for two Tony awards.  The first was   
   > for his performance of "Fences" in 2010 (he also won); the   
   > second was in 2018, for which Eugene O'Neill play?   
   >   
   > Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after you have   
   > finished with the ones above.   
   >   
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   > "Gur Uheevpnar", naq gur frpbaq sbe gur 1989 jne zbivr sbe   
   > juvpu ur nyfb jba uvf svefg Bfpne.  Anzr gung bar.   
   >   
   > 7. Qramry vf pybfr sevraqf jvgu gur qverpgbe Fcvxr Yrr naq unf   
   > jbexrq jvgu uvz ba zhygvcyr bppnfvbaf nf na npgbe naq   
   > pb-cebqhpre.  Jr'ir nyernql zragvbarq "Znypbyz K".  Anzr nal   
   > bs gur bgure guerr Fcvxr Yrr "wbvagf" Qramry unf nccrnerq va.   
   >   
   > 8. Denzel's biggest hit, box-office-wise, is a 2007 movie directed   
   > by Ridley Scott, starring Denzel as infamous crime boss Frank   
   > Lucas, and co-starring Russell Crowe as the cop trying to bring   
   > him down.  Name that movie.   
   >   
   > 9. Denzel has a reputation within the industry for making movies   
   > at a moderate cost which are inevitably profitable in an era   
   > where that is increasingly rare -- Variety magazine called   
   > him "the last king of the mid-level hit".  One such movie is   
   > "Unstoppable" (2010), in which Denzel co-starred with Chris   
   > Pine, where they are trying to stop a thing that is apparently   
   > unstoppable.  What are they trying to stop?   
   >   
   > 10. Denzel's eldest son, John David Washington, is also an   
   > accomplished actor, appearing in "Tenet" as well as the lead   
   > role in a 2019 movie which earned Spike Lee his first Oscar   
   > (for adapted screenplay), and for which John David was nominated   
   > for a SAG Award and Golden Globe.  Name it.   
   >   
      
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