* Game 2, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2011 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. Which Canadian entertainment icon was in Toronto this week
signing copies of her new book "From this Moment On"?
2. In another buyout this week, Microsoft is spending
$8,500,000,000 US to acquire which communications company?
* Game 2, Round 2 - Miscellaneous - They were Born This Way:
Maiden Names of Famous Women
Through political appointment or election, all of the following
women achieved fame independently of their husbands. We will
give you their maiden name and their year and place of birth.
You tell us the name by which they are famous.
1. Born Duarte (or maybe Ibarguren, depending on the document),
1922, in Argentina (or maybe Paraguay).
2. Born Li Shumeng, 1914, in Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China.
3. Born Roberts, 1925, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
4. Born Mooney, 1873, in Chatsworth, Ontario.
5. Born Mabovitch, 1898, in Kiev, Russian Empire.
6. Born Bourke, 1944, in Balina, Ireland.
7. Born Cojuangco, 1933, in Manila, Philipines.
8. Born Nehru, 1917, in Allahabad, British India.
9. Born Heath, 1964, in Sandpoint, Idaho.
10. Born Poy, 1939, in Hong Kong.
* Game 2, Round 3 - Entertainment - Shoot the Piano Player
All questions pertain to pianos, pianists, and the movies.
1. In Truffaut's 1960 classic, "Shoot the Piano Player" ("Tirez sur
le pianiste"), what famous French crooner plays the piano
player?
2. Who is the English actor who affects an embarrassing
faux-Polish accent to play the role of Chopin in the 1991
film, "Impromptu"?
3. Which Canadian Shakespearean actor depicts Glenn Gould in
1993's "32 Short Films about Glenn Gould"?
4. Who plays pop star Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1998 biopic "Great
Balls of Fire"?
5. In Jane Campion's "The Piano", actress Holly Hunter actually
plays the pieces. But who wrote the piano music for the film?
6. Name the ragtime pianist whose compositions were adapted by
Marvin Hamlisch for the soundtrack of "The Sting".
7. In 1996's "Shine", Geoffrey Rush plays pianist David Helfgott,
who drives himself to a nervous breakdown trying to master
the notoriously difficult music of *which classical composer*?
8. Director Ken Russell wanted to portray this classical composer
as the world's first pop star, so he recruited another
pop star, Roger Daltrey, to play him. Who is the
pianist/composer?
9. Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" is based on the memoirs
of Wladislaw Szpilman ["speel-man"], a classical pianist who
died in 2000, two years before *which actor* earned an Oscar
for portraying him?
10. Two years after that, the Best Actor award went once again
to an actor playing a real-life pianist. This legendary
singer and pianist died only months before the 2004 release
of the film about his life. Name him.
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* Game 2, Round 2 - Miscellaneous - They were Born This Way:
Maiden Names of Famous Women
1. Born Duarte (or maybe Ibarguren, depending on the document),
1922, in Argentina (or maybe Paraguay).
2. Born Li Shumeng, 1914, in Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China.
3. Born Roberts, 1925, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
7. Born Cojuangco, 1933, in Manila, Philipines.
8. Born Nehru, 1917, in Allahabad, British India.
* Game 2, Round 3 - Entertainment - Shoot the Piano Player
4. Who plays pop star Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1998 biopic "Great
Balls of Fire"?
6. Name the ragtime pianist whose compositions were adapted by
Marvin Hamlisch for the soundtrack of "The Sting".
8. Director Ken Russell wanted to portray this classical composer
as the world's first pop star, so he recruited another
pop star, Roger Daltrey, to play him. Who is the
pianist/composer?
9. Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" is based on the memoirs
of Wladislaw Szpilman ["speel-man"], a classical pianist who
died in 2000, two years before *which actor* earned an Oscar
for portraying him?
10. Two years after that, the Best Actor award went once again
to an actor playing a real-life pianist. This legendary
singer and pianist died only months before the 2004 release
of the film about his life. Name him.
* Game 2, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2011 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. Which Canadian entertainment icon was in Toronto this week
signing copies of her new book "From this Moment On"?
* Game 2, Round 2 - Miscellaneous - They were Born This Way:
Maiden Names of Famous Women
Through political appointment or election, all of the following
women achieved fame independently of their husbands. We will
give you their maiden name and their year and place of birth.
You tell us the name by which they are famous.
1. Born Duarte (or maybe Ibarguren, depending on the document),
1922, in Argentina (or maybe Paraguay).
2. Born Li Shumeng, 1914, in Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China.
3. Born Roberts, 1925, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
5. Born Mabovitch, 1898, in Kiev, Russian Empire.
7. Born Cojuangco, 1933, in Manila, Philipines.
8. Born Nehru, 1917, in Allahabad, British India.
9. Born Heath, 1964, in Sandpoint, Idaho.
* Game 2, Round 3 - Entertainment - Shoot the Piano Player
All questions pertain to pianos, pianists, and the movies.
1. In Truffaut's 1960 classic, "Shoot the Piano Player" ("Tirez sur
le pianiste"), what famous French crooner plays the piano
player?
4. Who plays pop star Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1998 biopic "Great
Balls of Fire"?
5. In Jane Campion's "The Piano", actress Holly Hunter actually
plays the pieces. But who wrote the piano music for the film?
6. Name the ragtime pianist whose compositions were adapted by
Marvin Hamlisch for the soundtrack of "The Sting".
8. Director Ken Russell wanted to portray this classical composer
as the world's first pop star, so he recruited another
pop star, Roger Daltrey, to play him. Who is the
pianist/composer?
9. Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" is based on the memoirs
of Wladislaw Szpilman ["speel-man"], a classical pianist who
died in 2000, two years before *which actor* earned an Oscar
for portraying him?
10. Two years after that, the Best Actor award went once again
to an actor playing a real-life pianist. This legendary
singer and pianist died only months before the 2004 release
of the film about his life. Name him.
* Game 2, Round 2 - Miscellaneous - They were Born This Way:
Maiden Names of Famous Women
1. Born Duarte (or maybe Ibarguren, depending on the document),
1922, in Argentina (or maybe Paraguay).
3. Born Roberts, 1925, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
7. Born Cojuangco, 1933, in Manila, Philipines.
8. Born Nehru, 1917, in Allahabad, British India.
* Game 2, Round 3 - Entertainment - Shoot the Piano Player
6. Name the ragtime pianist whose compositions were adapted by
Marvin Hamlisch for the soundtrack of "The Sting".
7. In 1996's "Shine", Geoffrey Rush plays pianist David Helfgott,
who drives himself to a nervous breakdown trying to master
the notoriously difficult music of *which classical composer*?
8. Director Ken Russell wanted to portray this classical composer
as the world's first pop star, so he recruited another
pop star, Roger Daltrey, to play him. Who is the
pianist/composer?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on
2011-05-16, and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information... see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted
Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 2, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2011 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. Which Canadian entertainment icon was in Toronto this week
signing copies of her new book "From this Moment On"?
2. In another buyout this week, Microsoft is spending
$8,500,000,000 US to acquire which communications company?
* Game 2, Round 2 - Miscellaneous - They were Born This Way:
Maiden Names of Famous Women
Through political appointment or election, all of the following
women achieved fame independently of their husbands. We will
give you their maiden name and their year and place of birth.
You tell us the name by which they are famous.
1. Born Duarte (or maybe Ibarguren, depending on the document),
1922, in Argentina (or maybe Paraguay).
2. Born Li Shumeng, 1914, in Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China.
3. Born Roberts, 1925, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
4. Born Mooney, 1873, in Chatsworth, Ontario.
5. Born Mabovitch, 1898, in Kiev, Russian Empire.
6. Born Bourke, 1944, in Balina, Ireland.
7. Born Cojuangco, 1933, in Manila, Philipines.
8. Born Nehru, 1917, in Allahabad, British India.
9. Born Heath, 1964, in Sandpoint, Idaho.
10. Born Poy, 1939, in Hong Kong.
* Game 2, Round 3 - Entertainment - Shoot the Piano Player
All questions pertain to pianos, pianists, and the movies.
1. In Truffaut's 1960 classic, "Shoot the Piano Player" ("Tirez sur
le pianiste"), what famous French crooner plays the piano
player?
2. Who is the English actor who affects an embarrassing
faux-Polish accent to play the role of Chopin in the 1991
film, "Impromptu"?
3. Which Canadian Shakespearean actor depicts Glenn Gould in
1993's "32 Short Films about Glenn Gould"?
4. Who plays pop star Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1998 biopic "Great
Balls of Fire"?
5. In Jane Campion's "The Piano", actress Holly Hunter actually
plays the pieces. But who wrote the piano music for the film?
6. Name the ragtime pianist whose compositions were adapted by
Marvin Hamlisch for the soundtrack of "The Sting".
7. In 1996's "Shine", Geoffrey Rush plays pianist David Helfgott,
who drives himself to a nervous breakdown trying to master
the notoriously difficult music of *which classical composer*?
8. Director Ken Russell wanted to portray this classical composer
as the world's first pop star, so he recruited another
pop star, Roger Daltrey, to play him. Who is the
pianist/composer?
9. Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" is based on the memoirs
of Wladislaw Szpilman ["speel-man"], a classical pianist who
died in 2000, two years before *which actor* earned an Oscar
for portraying him?
10. Two years after that, the Best Actor award went once again
to an actor playing a real-life pianist. This legendary
singer and pianist died only months before the 2004 release
of the film about his life. Name him.
1. Born Duarte (or maybe Ibarguren, depending on the document),
1922, in Argentina (or maybe Paraguay).
Eva ("Evita") Perón. 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Joshua, and Erland.
In 2011 Erland said she did not really meet the description.
9. Born Heath, 1964, in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Sarah Palin. 4 for Joshua.
Eva ("Evita") Perón. 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Joshua, and Erland.
In 2011 Erland said she did not really meet the description.
More precisely, she was never elected or appointed to a position as
far as I recalled. I withheld this comment this time. Which was kind of a good thing, since I messed up the first name,
and instead named a person who actually was elected (with disastrous
results) ...
Erland Sommarskog:
More precisely, she was never elected or appointed to a position as
far as I recalled. I withheld this comment this time. Which was kind of a
good thing, since I messed up the first name,
Which, as usual, you were never asked to give!
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