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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.       >       > 6. Qramry unf jba gjb Tbyqra Tybor njneqf; gur svefg jnf sbe       > "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.       >              --       Dan Tilque              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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