From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > Oops, just realized I posted this under the wrong Subject line.   
   > Here it is again.  Please post answers in either thread.   
   >   
   >   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-03-31,   
   > 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 the Night Owls, 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 10, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - Famous Parents of Famous Children   
   >   
   > A surprising number of celebrities have famous mothers or fathers.   
   > We'll give you the name of a well-known celebrity; you give us   
   > the name of their (more or less) equally famous mother or father.   
   > *Note*: If the parent has the same surname, you must give first   
   > and last name for the parent.   
   >   
   > Name the father of...   
   >   
   > 1. Angelina Jolie.   
      
   Jon Voight   
      
   > 2. Emilio Estevez.   
      
   Martin Sheen   
      
   >   
   > Name the mother of...   
   >   
   > 3. Gwyneth Paltrow.   
   > 4. Kate Hudson.   
   > 5. Maya Rudolph.   
   > 6. Melanie Griffith.   
      
   Sigourney Weaver   
      
   >   
   > And name *either* the father or the mother of...   
   >   
   > 7. Isabella Rossellini.   
      
   Ingrid Bergman   
      
   > 8. Liza Minelli.   
      
   Judy Garland   
      
   > 9. Dakota Johnson.   
   > 10. Natasha Richardson.   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 10, Round 10 - April Fool's Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * A. What a Fool Believes   
   >   
   > These questions are about well-known stock frauds.   
   >   
   >     A1. This Indonesian gold property, which was reported to   
   >         contain more than 200,000,000 ounces, was said to be the   
   >         richest gold mine, ever.  The stock price for this company   
   >         skyrocketed to a high of $280.  At its peak, this company   
   >         had a market capitalization of $4,400,000,000.  In 1997,   
   >         the gold mine proved to be fraudulent and the stock price   
   >         crashed.  What was the name of this company?   
   >   
   >     A2. He was the operator of a Ponzi scheme that is considered to   
   >         be the largest financial fraud in US history.  He was   
   >         arrested in 2008.  Who is he?   
      
   Madoff   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Literature: A Fool's Paradise   
   >   
   >     B1. Who wrote the poem "Paradise Lost"?   
      
   Dante   
      
   >     B2. What biblical story is the poem based on?   
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Entertainment: Fool Me Once   
   >   
   > These questions are about movies to do with frauds.  In each case   
   > give the title.   
   >   
   >     C1. This 2011 movie suggests that the Edward de Vere, the 17th   
   >         Earl of Oxford, and not William Shakespeare was the author   
   >         of what we now know as the collected works of Shakespeare.   
   >   
   >     C2. This 2002 movie stars Leonardo diCaprio as a character   
   >         who after high school began a short career of impersonating   
   >         professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and airline pilots.   
      
   Catch Me If You Can   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Sports: Pity the Fool   
   >   
   > These questions are about boxers known for trash talk.   
   >   
   >     D1. This boxer had these words for his opponent Lennox Lewis   
   >         in 2002: "My style is impetuous.  My defense is impregnable.   
   >         And I'm just ferocious.  I want your heart.  I wanna eat   
   >         his [sic] children.  Praise be to Allah."  Who is this boxer?   
   >   
   >     D2. In 1975, this boxer said this of his opponent "Joe Frazier   
   >         is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau   
   >         of Wildlife".  As well, in the build-up to the notorious   
   >         "Thrilla in Manila", he said, "It will be a killer, and a   
   >         chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila."   
   >         Who is this boxer?   
      
   Muhammad Ali   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Science: Fool's Gold   
   >   
   >     E1. By American standards, fake gold is anything below what   
   >         threshold in karats, within 2?   
      
   3; 8   
      
   >   
   >     E2. What mineral has a superficial resemblance to gold and is   
   >         commonly known as "fool's gold"?   
      
   Pyrite   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F. History: A Fool to Try   
   >   
   > These questions are about famous daredevil families.   
   >   
   >     F1. This tightrope-walking family was prominent from the 1930s   
   >         to the '60s.  The great-grandson of the family patriarch   
   >         crossed Niagara Falls on a cable in 2012.  Who was this   
   >         family?   
      
   Wallenda   
      
   >   
   >     F2. This father and son performed stunts in different eras.   
   >         They were best known for using the motorcycle to jump   
   >         great distances.  What is their family name?   
      
   Knievel   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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