** Final, Round 8 - Literature
3. Blake's "Milton", often called "Jerusalem":
And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England's mountains green?
9. John Wolfgang von Goethe published a hugely popular novel in 1774
that told of a dreamy, artistic young man who commits suicide out
of unrequited love and a belief in the meaninglessness of life.
Supposedly the novel inspired hundreds of young men to follow
his example and kill themselves. Name it, in either German
or English.
** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
B2. Single-pole, 3-way, and 4-way are types of what?
* C. Triples
C2. Brahma, Vishnu, and...
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-04-20, and
should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by
members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in
about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation
that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I think I wrote one question in the literature round, and one
triple in the challenge round.
** Final, Round 8 - Literature
* Unofficial Anthems
We will read two lines of a patriotic or idealistic national song.
You continue the lyric for another two lines or until you get to the
word that rhymes (or sort-of-rhymes) with the one where we left off.
1. "The Maple Leaf Forever":
In days of yore, from Britain's shore
Wolfe the dauntless hero came
2. "America the Beautiful":
O beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain;
3. Blake's "Milton", often called "Jerusalem":
And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England's mountains green?
* """Modern""" Pundits
We give the names of three books; you name the author. All were
published in the 1990s.
4. "The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society";
"Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus";
"Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary
Leader".
5. "Fire with Fire: The New Female Power and How to Use It";
"Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood"; "Women in
the Material World" (co-author).
6. "Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily
Dickinson"; "Vamps and Tramps: New Essays"; "Sex, Art, and
American Culture".
* Early Giants of the European Novel
7. Alessandro Manzoni was the father of the modern Italian novel,
and a story he published in 1827 has been called the greatest
Italian novel of modern times. It tells of two peasants who
try to marry in spite of the opposition of the local landowner.
Name the novel, in either Italian or English.
8. Aleksandr Pushkin, the founder of modern Russian literature,
published a verse novel in 1833 about a bored aristocrat who
moves to the countryside, rejects the love of a woman named
Tatyana, and years later suffers when Tatyana, now married
to a great nobleman, in turn rejects him. Name it, in either
Russian (in our alphabet, please; no Cyrillic) or English. >
9. John Wolfgang von Goethe published a hugely popular novel in 1774
that told of a dreamy, artistic young man who commits suicide out
of unrequited love and a belief in the meaninglessness of life.
Supposedly the novel inspired hundreds of young men to follow
his example and kill themselves. Name it, in either German
or English.
* Classics of Philosophy
10. What philosopher wrote his "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" in
1919, then repudiated much of it in his later book "Philosophical
Investigations"?
11. What is Immanuel Kant's masterwork, in which he attempts to
describe the categories of thought that we use to understand
the world, and divides the world into things-in-themselves and
things-as-we-perceive-them? Please give the title in English.
12. What is the title (in English) of Plato's investigation into
the nature of love, in which he discusses the charming notion
that men and women were once the joined halves of single
bisexual beings?
* Science Fiction And
The following authors write, or wrote, both science fiction and other
genres of fiction. Here we will concentrate on those other genres.
In each case name the author.
13. SF and mainstream literature. Though she's best known for her
SF and fantasy, she """is""" a prolific author of mainstream
literary fiction. Her stories have appeared in the "New Yorker",
"Harper's", and other literary magazines; they are collected
in such books as "Searoad" (1991) and "Unlocking the Air and
Other Stories" (1996).
14. SF and period fiction. This writer, best known for his SF
and science writing, wrote a novel called "Glide Path" in 1963,
based on his experiences when involved with the development of
radar-guided descent of aircraft in World War II.
15. SF and mainstream literature. This prolific Scottish writer
"""publishes""" SF and literary fiction alternately. Some of
his mainstream titles are "The Wasp Factory", "Complicity",
and in 1997, "Song of Stone". His SF stories often deal with
a galactic civilization called the Culture.
** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. Famous Australians
In what field of endeavor did the following Australians achieve fame?
A1. Billy Hughes.
A2. Albert Namatjira.
A3. Stevie Wright.
* B. Home Improvement
From "The Modern Woman's Guide to Home Repair" and "The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Home Repair", we bring you the
following.
B1. Which tool comes in three basic types: orbital, random
orbital, and belt?
B2. Single-pole, 3-way, and 4-way are types of what?
B3. And pole barn, sinker, box, siding, and ring shank are
types of what? Would it help if we told you that in the US
their sizes are commonly designated in "pennies"?
* C. Triples
Name the third member of each set.
C1. Shadrach, Abednego, and...
C2. Brahma, Vishnu, and...
C3. Porthos, Athos, and...
* D. Frank Sinatra's Sex Life
Dean Martin once said of Frank Sinatra: "When he dies, they are
giving his zipper to the Smithsonian Institute." These questions
are about some of the people who formed part of Frank's frankly
public pubic life.
D1. Frank started dating this woman in 1958, one year after her
husband had died from cancer. Days after asking her to
marry him, he dumped her by demanding she leave a New Year's
party she was hosting at her own home. Name her.
D2. Name the woman who complained that Frank always wanted to
sing to her before sex, and who is best remembered for her
role opposite Sean Connery as James Bond.
D3. Frank's first wife was his high-school sweetheart.
Given that she's usually remembered by the last name
Sinatra, all we'll ask you for is her first name.
* E. Trivia
How trivial can you get? It's current events of 1998 in trivia!
This triple asked about three of the league's secondary prizes, whose
winners had been announced at the start of the Final. Teams playing
in the Final are not eligible. *Note*: Since play was interrupted
during the first season of 2020, if giving the present-day answer
you should answer for the last season of 2019.
E1. Which team won the Stinker prize """this season"""?
E2. Which team won the Canadiana prize """this season"""?
E3. Which team won the Protest prize """this season"""?
** Final, Round 8 - Literature
* Unofficial Anthems
We will read two lines of a patriotic or idealistic national song.
You continue the lyric for another two lines or until you get to the
word that rhymes (or sort-of-rhymes) with the one where we left off.
2. "America the Beautiful":
O beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain;
3. Blake's "Milton", often called "Jerusalem":
And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England's mountains green?
* """Modern""" Pundits
We give the names of three books; you name the author. All were
published in the 1990s.
4. "The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society";
"Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus";
"Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary
Leader".
5. "Fire with Fire: The New Female Power and How to Use It";
"Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood"; "Women in
the Material World" (co-author).
6. "Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily
Dickinson"; "Vamps and Tramps: New Essays"; "Sex, Art, and
American Culture".
* Early Giants of the European Novel
8. Aleksandr Pushkin, the founder of modern Russian literature,
published a verse novel in 1833 about a bored aristocrat who
moves to the countryside, rejects the love of a woman named
Tatyana, and years later suffers when Tatyana, now married
to a great nobleman, in turn rejects him. Name it, in either
Russian (in our alphabet, please; no Cyrillic) or English.
9. John Wolfgang von Goethe published a hugely popular novel in 1774
that told of a dreamy, artistic young man who commits suicide out
of unrequited love and a belief in the meaninglessness of life.
Supposedly the novel inspired hundreds of young men to follow
his example and kill themselves. Name it, in either German
or English.
* Classics of Philosophy
10. What philosopher wrote his "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" in
1919, then repudiated much of it in his later book "Philosophical
Investigations"?
12. What is the title (in English) of Plato's investigation into
the nature of love, in which he discusses the charming notion
that men and women were once the joined halves of single
bisexual beings?
** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. Famous Australians
In what field of endeavor did the following Australians achieve fame?
A1. Billy Hughes.
* B. Home Improvement
From "The Modern Woman's Guide to Home Repair" and "The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Home Repair", we bring you the
following.
B1. Which tool comes in three basic types: orbital, random
orbital, and belt?
B2. Single-pole, 3-way, and 4-way are types of what?
B3. And pole barn, sinker, box, siding, and ring shank are
types of what? Would it help if we told you that in the US
their sizes are commonly designated in "pennies"?
* C. Triples
Name the third member of each set.
C1. Shadrach, Abednego, and...
C2. Brahma, Vishnu, and...
C3. Porthos, Athos, and...
* D. Frank Sinatra's Sex Life
Dean Martin once said of Frank Sinatra: "When he dies, they are
giving his zipper to the Smithsonian Institute." These questions
are about some of the people who formed part of Frank's frankly
public pubic life.
D2. Name the woman who complained that Frank always wanted to
sing to her before sex, and who is best remembered for her
role opposite Sean Connery as James Bond.
D3. Frank's first wife was his high-school sweetheart.
Given that she's usually remembered by the last name
Sinatra, all we'll ask you for is her first name.
** Final, Round 8 - Literature
* Unofficial Anthems
2. "America the Beautiful":
O beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain;
3. Blake's "Milton", often called "Jerusalem":
And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England's mountains green?
* """Modern""" Pundits
5. "Fire with Fire: The New Female Power and How to Use It";
"Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood"; "Women in
the Material World" (co-author).
6. "Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily
Dickinson"; "Vamps and Tramps: New Essays"; "Sex, Art, and
American Culture".
* Early Giants of the European Novel
9. John Wolfgang von Goethe published a hugely popular novel in 1774
that told of a dreamy, artistic young man who commits suicide out
of unrequited love and a belief in the meaninglessness of life.
Supposedly the novel inspired hundreds of young men to follow
his example and kill themselves. Name it, in either German
or English.
* Classics of Philosophy
10. What philosopher wrote his "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" in
1919, then repudiated much of it in his later book "Philosophical
Investigations"?
11. What is Immanuel Kant's masterwork, in which he attempts to
describe the categories of thought that we use to understand
the world, and divides the world into things-in-themselves and
things-as-we-perceive-them? Please give the title in English.
* Science Fiction And
13. SF and mainstream literature. Though she's best known for her
SF and fantasy, she """is""" a prolific author of mainstream
literary fiction. Her stories have appeared in the "New Yorker",
"Harper's", and other literary magazines; they are collected
in such books as "Searoad" (1991) and "Unlocking the Air and
Other Stories" (1996).
15. SF and mainstream literature. This prolific Scottish writer
"""publishes""" SF and literary fiction alternately. Some of
his mainstream titles are "The Wasp Factory", "Complicity",
and in 1997, "Song of Stone". His SF stories often deal with
a galactic civilization called the Culture.
** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* B. Home Improvement
B1. Which tool comes in three basic types: orbital, random
orbital, and belt?
B2. Single-pole, 3-way, and 4-way are types of what?
B3. And pole barn, sinker, box, siding, and ring shank are
types of what? Would it help if we told you that in the US
their sizes are commonly designated in "pennies"?
* C. Triples
Name the third member of each set.
C1. Shadrach, Abednego, and...
C2. Brahma, Vishnu, and...
C3. Porthos, Athos, and...
* D. Frank Sinatra's Sex Life
D2. Name the woman who complained that Frank always wanted to
sing to her before sex, and who is best remembered for her
role opposite Sean Connery as James Bond.
D3. Frank's first wife was his high-school sweetheart.
Given that she's usually remembered by the last name
Sinatra, all we'll ask you for is her first name.
** Final, Round 8 - Literature
* Unofficial Anthems
We will read two lines of a patriotic or idealistic national song.
You continue the lyric for another two lines or until you get to the
word that rhymes (or sort-of-rhymes) with the one where we left off.
1. "The Maple Leaf Forever":
In days of yore, from Britain's shore
Wolfe the dauntless hero came
2. "America the Beautiful":
O beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain;
3. Blake's "Milton", often called "Jerusalem":
And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England's mountains green?
* """Modern""" Pundits
We give the names of three books; you name the author. All were
published in the 1990s.
4. "The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society";
"Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus";
"Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary
Leader".
5. "Fire with Fire: The New Female Power and How to Use It";
"Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood"; "Women in
the Material World" (co-author).
6. "Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily
Dickinson"; "Vamps and Tramps: New Essays"; "Sex, Art, and
American Culture".
* Early Giants of the European Novel
7. Alessandro Manzoni was the father of the modern Italian novel,
and a story he published in 1827 has been called the greatest
Italian novel of modern times. It tells of two peasants who
try to marry in spite of the opposition of the local landowner.
Name the novel, in either Italian or English.
8. Aleksandr Pushkin, the founder of modern Russian literature,
published a verse novel in 1833 about a bored aristocrat who
moves to the countryside, rejects the love of a woman named
Tatyana, and years later suffers when Tatyana, now married
to a great nobleman, in turn rejects him. Name it, in either
Russian (in our alphabet, please; no Cyrillic) or English.
9. John Wolfgang von Goethe published a hugely popular novel in 1774
that told of a dreamy, artistic young man who commits suicide out
of unrequited love and a belief in the meaninglessness of life.
Supposedly the novel inspired hundreds of young men to follow
his example and kill themselves. Name it, in either German
or English.
* Classics of Philosophy
10. What philosopher wrote his "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" in
1919, then repudiated much of it in his later book "Philosophical
Investigations"?
11. What is Immanuel Kant's masterwork, in which he attempts to
describe the categories of thought that we use to understand
the world, and divides the world into things-in-themselves and
things-as-we-perceive-them? Please give the title in English.
12. What is the title (in English) of Plato's investigation into
the nature of love, in which he discusses the charming notion
that men and women were once the joined halves of single
bisexual beings?
* Science Fiction And
The following authors write, or wrote, both science fiction and other
genres of fiction. Here we will concentrate on those other genres.
In each case name the author.
13. SF and mainstream literature. Though she's best known for her
SF and fantasy, she """is""" a prolific author of mainstream
literary fiction. Her stories have appeared in the "New Yorker",
"Harper's", and other literary magazines; they are collected
in such books as "Searoad" (1991) and "Unlocking the Air and
Other Stories" (1996).
14. SF and period fiction. This writer, best known for his SF
and science writing, wrote a novel called "Glide Path" in 1963,
based on his experiences when involved with the development of
radar-guided descent of aircraft in World War II.
15. SF and mainstream literature. This prolific Scottish writer
"""publishes""" SF and literary fiction alternately. Some of
his mainstream titles are "The Wasp Factory", "Complicity",
and in 1997, "Song of Stone". His SF stories often deal with
a galactic civilization called the Culture.
** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. Famous Australians
In what field of endeavor did the following Australians achieve fame?
A1. Billy Hughes.
A2. Albert Namatjira.
A3. Stevie Wright.
* B. Home Improvement
From "The Modern Woman's Guide to Home Repair" and "The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Home Repair", we bring you the
following.
B1. Which tool comes in three basic types: orbital, random
orbital, and belt?
B2. Single-pole, 3-way, and 4-way are types of what?
B3. And pole barn, sinker, box, siding, and ring shank are
types of what? Would it help if we told you that in the US
their sizes are commonly designated in "pennies"?
* C. Triples
Name the third member of each set.
C1. Shadrach, Abednego, and...
C2. Brahma, Vishnu, and...
C3. Porthos, Athos, and...
* D. Frank Sinatra's Sex Life
Dean Martin once said of Frank Sinatra: "When he dies, they are
giving his zipper to the Smithsonian Institute." These questions
are about some of the people who formed part of Frank's frankly
public pubic life.
D1. Frank started dating this woman in 1958, one year after her
husband had died from cancer. Days after asking her to
marry him, he dumped her by demanding she leave a New Year's
party she was hosting at her own home. Name her.
D2. Name the woman who complained that Frank always wanted to
sing to her before sex, and who is best remembered for her
role opposite Sean Connery as James Bond.
D3. Frank's first wife was his high-school sweetheart.
Given that she's usually remembered by the last name
Sinatra, all we'll ask you for is her first name.
* E. Trivia
How trivial can you get? It's current events of 1998 in trivia!
This triple asked about three of the league's secondary prizes, whose
winners had been announced at the start of the Final. Teams playing
in the Final are not eligible. *Note*: Since play was interrupted
during the first season of 2020, if giving the present-day answer
you should answer for the last season of 2019.
E1. Which team won the Stinker prize """this season"""?
E2. Which team won the Canadiana prize """this season"""?
E3. Which team won the Protest prize """this season"""?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-04-20,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I think I wrote one question in the literature round, and one
triple in the challenge round.
** Final, Round 8 - Literature
* Unofficial Anthems
We will read two lines of a patriotic or idealistic national song.
You continue the lyric for another two lines or until you get to the
word that rhymes (or sort-of-rhymes) with the one where we left off.
1. "The Maple Leaf Forever":
In days of yore, from Britain's shore
Wolfe the dauntless hero came
2. "America the Beautiful":
O beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain;
3. Blake's "Milton", often called "Jerusalem":
And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England's mountains green?
* """Modern""" Pundits
We give the names of three books; you name the author. All were
published in the 1990s.
4. "The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society";
"Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus";
"Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary
Leader".
5. "Fire with Fire: The New Female Power and How to Use It";
"Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood"; "Women in
the Material World" (co-author).
6. "Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily
Dickinson"; "Vamps and Tramps: New Essays"; "Sex, Art, and
American Culture".
* Early Giants of the European Novel
7. Alessandro Manzoni was the father of the modern Italian novel,
and a story he published in 1827 has been called the greatest
Italian novel of modern times. It tells of two peasants who
try to marry in spite of the opposition of the local landowner.
Name the novel, in either Italian or English.
8. Aleksandr Pushkin, the founder of modern Russian literature,
published a verse novel in 1833 about a bored aristocrat who
moves to the countryside, rejects the love of a woman named
Tatyana, and years later suffers when Tatyana, now married
to a great nobleman, in turn rejects him. Name it, in either
Russian (in our alphabet, please; no Cyrillic) or English.
9. John Wolfgang von Goethe published a hugely popular novel in 1774
that told of a dreamy, artistic young man who commits suicide out
of unrequited love and a belief in the meaninglessness of life.
Supposedly the novel inspired hundreds of young men to follow
his example and kill themselves. Name it, in either German
or English.
* Classics of Philosophy
10. What philosopher wrote his "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" in
1919, then repudiated much of it in his later book "Philosophical
Investigations"?
11. What is Immanuel Kant's masterwork, in which he attempts to
describe the categories of thought that we use to understand
the world, and divides the world into things-in-themselves and
things-as-we-perceive-them? Please give the title in English.
12. What is the title (in English) of Plato's investigation into
the nature of love, in which he discusses the charming notion
that men and women were once the joined halves of single
bisexual beings?
* Science Fiction And
The following authors write, or wrote, both science fiction and other
genres of fiction. Here we will concentrate on those other genres.
In each case name the author.
13. SF and mainstream literature. Though she's best known for her
SF and fantasy, she """is""" a prolific author of mainstream
literary fiction. Her stories have appeared in the "New Yorker",
"Harper's", and other literary magazines; they are collected
in such books as "Searoad" (1991) and "Unlocking the Air and
Other Stories" (1996).
14. SF and period fiction. This writer, best known for his SF
and science writing, wrote a novel called "Glide Path" in 1963,
based on his experiences when involved with the development of
radar-guided descent of aircraft in World War II.
15. SF and mainstream literature. This prolific Scottish writer
"""publishes""" SF and literary fiction alternately. Some of
his mainstream titles are "The Wasp Factory", "Complicity",
and in 1997, "Song of Stone". His SF stories often deal with
a galactic civilization called the Culture.
** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
* A. Famous Australians
In what field of endeavor did the following Australians achieve fame?
A1. Billy Hughes.
A2. Albert Namatjira.
A3. Stevie Wright.
* B. Home Improvement
From "The Modern Woman's Guide to Home Repair" and "The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Home Repair", we bring you the
following.
B1. Which tool comes in three basic types: orbital, random
orbital, and belt?
B2. Single-pole, 3-way, and 4-way are types of what?
B3. And pole barn, sinker, box, siding, and ring shank are
types of what? Would it help if we told you that in the US
their sizes are commonly designated in "pennies"?
* C. Triples
Name the third member of each set.
C1. Shadrach, Abednego, and...
C2. Brahma, Vishnu, and...
C3. Porthos, Athos, and...
* D. Frank Sinatra's Sex Life
Dean Martin once said of Frank Sinatra: "When he dies, they are
giving his zipper to the Smithsonian Institute." These questions
are about some of the people who formed part of Frank's frankly
public pubic life.
D1. Frank started dating this woman in 1958, one year after her
husband had died from cancer. Days after asking her to
marry him, he dumped her by demanding she leave a New Year's
party she was hosting at her own home. Name her.
D2. Name the woman who complained that Frank always wanted to
sing to her before sex, and who is best remembered for her
role opposite Sean Connery as James Bond.
D3. Frank's first wife was his high-school sweetheart.
Given that she's usually remembered by the last name
Sinatra, all we'll ask you for is her first name.
* E. Trivia
How trivial can you get? It's current events of 1998 in trivia!
This triple asked about three of the league's secondary prizes, whose
winners had been announced at the start of the Final. Teams playing
in the Final are not eligible. *Note*: Since play was interrupted
during the first season of 2020, if giving the present-day answer
you should answer for the last season of 2019.
E1. Which team won the Stinker prize """this season"""?
E2. Which team won the Canadiana prize """this season"""?
E3. Which team won the Protest prize """this season"""?
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