** Game 8, Round 9 - Canadiana - Quebec Celebrities
8. Who """is""" René Angélil?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - 4
* B. Games
B1. What do the French words "carreaux", "coeurs", "piques",
and "trèfles" refer to?
* C. Total Winners
As you may have guessed from tonight's entertainment round, these
are """all three movies""" that have *won* all 4 major Oscars.
(Again, they may or may not have won in other categories.)
You shouldn't need the year to get these; we name the leading actor
and actress and the director, in that order, and you name the title.
C1. Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme.
C2. Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra.
C3. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Milos Forman.
* D. Fourth in a Series
D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?
D3. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are listed in the Book
of Revelation, chapter 6, although that phrase is not
used there. Who was the fourth horseman?
* E. Elements
E1. There are four elements that are *metals* with 4-letter
names. Name any *two*.
E2. There is one other element whose name has 4 letters.
This one is a noble gas. What is it?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-16, 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 wrote most of one of these rounds.
** Game 8, Round 9 - Canadiana - Quebec Celebrities>
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - 4
In 1998 the challenge round normally had 5 pairs of questions,
but there was some experimentation with providing extra questions,
leading to the present rule with 6 pairs. For this round we provided 12 questions in 5 categories, some pairs and some triples.
This challenge round was brought to you by the number 4.
* A. Mystery and Suspense
A1. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth K"?
A2. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth Protocol"?
* B. Games
B1. What do the French words "carreaux", "coeurs", "piques",
and "trèfles" refer to?
B2. Please decode the rot13 after you are finished with B1.
Va tnzrf fhpu nf oevqtr naq juvfg, rnpu cynlre cynlf n pneq va
ghea gb znxr hc n tebhc bs sbhe pneqf pnyyrq n jung?
* C. Total Winners
As you may have guessed from tonight's entertainment round, these are
"""all three movies""" that have *won* all 4 major Oscars.
(Again, they may or may not have won in other categories.)
You shouldn't need the year to get these; we name the leading actor and actress and the director, in that order, and you name the title.
Speaking of Oscars, by the way, please remember that """there is no game
next week. We'll see you as usual two weeks from tonight."""
C1. Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme.
C2. Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra.
C3. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Milos Forman.
* D. Fourth in a Series
D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?
D2. Who was the "fourth man", following Burgess, Philby,
and MacLean?
D3. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are listed in the Book
of Revelation, chapter 6, although that phrase is not used there.
Who was the fourth horseman?
* E. Elements
E1. There are four elements that are *metals* with 4-letter
names. Name any *two*.
E2. There is one other element whose name has 4 letters.
This one is a noble gas. What is it?
B1. What do the French words "carreaux", "coeurs", "piques",
and "trèfles" refer to?
B2. Please decode the rot13 after you are finished with B1.
Va tnzrf fhpu nf oevqtr naq juvfg, rnpu cynlre cynlf n pneq
va ghea gb znxr hc n tebhc bs sbhe pneqf pnyyrq n jung?
C3. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Milos Forman.
E1. There are four elements that are *metals* with 4-letter
names. Name any *two*.
E2. There is one other element whose name has 4 letters.
This one is a noble gas. What is it?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - 4
* A. Mystery and Suspense
A2. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth Protocol"?
* B. Games
B1. What do the French words "carreaux", "coeurs", "piques",
and "tr?fles" refer to?
B2. Please decode the rot13 after you are finished with B1.
Va tnzrf fhpu nf oevqtr naq juvfg, rnpu cynlre cynlf n pneq
va ghea gb znxr hc n tebhc bs sbhe pneqf pnyyrq n jung?
* C. Total Winners
C1. Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme.
C2. Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra.
C3. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Milos Forman.
* D. Fourth in a Series
D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?
D3. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are listed in the Book
of Revelation, chapter 6, although that phrase is not
used there. Who was the fourth horseman?
* E. Elements
E1. There are four elements that are *metals* with 4-letter
names. Name any *two*.
E2. There is one other element whose name has 4 letters.
This one is a noble gas. What is it?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-16, 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 wrote most of one of these rounds.
** Game 8, Round 9 - Canadiana - Quebec Celebrities
1. What bad-boy director, who died """a few months ago""", made
the autobiographical movie "Léolo" and the gritty underworld
flick "Un zoo la nuit"?
2. Who wrote, directed, and starred in both English and French
versions of "The Dragon Trilogy", "Needles and Opium", and
"The Seven Streams of the River Opa"?
3. A Haitian-born satirist had a bestseller with his semi-
autobiographical first novel. Name either the French or the
English title of the book, or else name the writer.
4. A young novelist made a sensation in the 1980s with his
best-selling xenophobic fantasy novel about a simple Quebec
restaurant owner and a diabolical foreign moneylender. Again,
name either the French or the English title of the book, or
else name the writer.
5. Lise Bissonnette has written novels, but """has""" another
important job. What is it? We need her employer as well as
her position. *Note*: We will accept the job she retired from
in 2009.
6. Louise Beaudoin has worked in theater and the arts, but """now
has""" another important job. What """is""" it?
7. Who """is""" Mitsou?
8. Who """is""" René Angélil?
9. Who """is""" René Lecavalier?
10. André Gagnon """is""" a musician, but what """does""" his
namesake André-Philippe Gagnon do?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - 4
In 1998 the challenge round normally had 5 pairs of questions,
but there was some experimentation with providing extra questions,
leading to the present rule with 6 pairs. For this round we provided
12 questions in 5 categories, some pairs and some triples.
This challenge round was brought to you by the number 4.
* A. Mystery and Suspense
A1. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth K"?
A2. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth Protocol"?
* B. Games
B1. What do the French words "carreaux", "coeurs", "piques",
and "trèfles" refer to?
B2. Please decode the rot13 after you are finished with B1.
In games such as bridge and whist, each player plays a card
in turn to make up a group of four cards called a what?
* C. Total Winners
As you may have guessed from tonight's entertainment round, these
are """all three movies""" that have *won* all 4 major Oscars.
(Again, they may or may not have won in other categories.)
You shouldn't need the year to get these; we name the leading actor
and actress and the director, in that order, and you name the title. Speaking of Oscars, by the way, please remember that """there is no
game next week. We'll see you as usual two weeks from tonight."""
C1. Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme.
C2. Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra.
C3. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Milos Forman.
* D. Fourth in a Series
D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?
D2. Who was the "fourth man", following Burgess, Philby,
and MacLean?
D3. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are listed in the Book
of Revelation, chapter 6, although that phrase is not
used there. Who was the fourth horseman?
* E. Elements
E1. There are four elements that are *metals* with 4-letter
names. Name any *two*.
E2. There is one other element whose name has 4 letters.
This one is a noble gas. What is it?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "When you're up to your ass in alligators, maybe m...@vex.net | you're in the wrong swamp." -- Bill Stewart
My text in this article is in the public domain.
** Game 8, Round 9 - Canadiana - Quebec Celebrities
1. What bad-boy director, who died """a few months ago""", made
the autobiographical movie "Léolo" and the gritty underworld
flick "Un zoo la nuit"?
2. Who wrote, directed, and starred in both English and French
versions of "The Dragon Trilogy", "Needles and Opium", and
"The Seven Streams of the River Opa"?
3. A Haitian-born satirist had a bestseller with his semi-
autobiographical first novel. Name either the French or the
English title of the book, or else name the writer.
4. A young novelist made a sensation in the 1980s with his
best-selling xenophobic fantasy novel about a simple Quebec
restaurant owner and a diabolical foreign moneylender. Again,
name either the French or the English title of the book, or
else name the writer.
5. Lise Bissonnette has written novels, but """has""" another
important job. What is it? We need her employer as well as
her position. *Note*: We will accept the job she retired from
in 2009.
6. Louise Beaudoin has worked in theater and the arts, but """now
has""" another important job. What """is""" it?
7. Who """is""" Mitsou?
8. Who """is""" René Angélil?
9. Who """is""" René Lecavalier?
10. André Gagnon """is""" a musician, but what """does""" his
namesake André-Philippe Gagnon do?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - 4
In 1998 the challenge round normally had 5 pairs of questions,
but there was some experimentation with providing extra questions,
leading to the present rule with 6 pairs. For this round we provided
12 questions in 5 categories, some pairs and some triples.
This challenge round was brought to you by the number 4.
* A. Mystery and Suspense
A1. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth K"?
A2. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth Protocol"?
* B. Games
B1. What do the French words "carreaux", "coeurs", "piques",
and "trèfles" refer to?
B2. Please decode the rot13 after you are finished with B1.
Va tnzrf fhpu nf oevqtr naq juvfg, rnpu cynlre cynlf n pneq
va ghea gb znxr hc n tebhc bs sbhe pneqf pnyyrq n jung?
* C. Total Winners
As you may have guessed from tonight's entertainment round, these
are """all three movies""" that have *won* all 4 major Oscars.
(Again, they may or may not have won in other categories.)
You shouldn't need the year to get these; we name the leading actor
and actress and the director, in that order, and you name the title.
Speaking of Oscars, by the way, please remember that """there is no
game next week. We'll see you as usual two weeks from tonight."""
C1. Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme.
C2. Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra.
C3. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Milos Forman.
* D. Fourth in a Series
D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?
D2. Who was the "fourth man", following Burgess, Philby,
and MacLean?
D3. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are listed in the Book
of Revelation, chapter 6, although that phrase is not
used there. Who was the fourth horseman?
* E. Elements
E1. There are four elements that are *metals* with 4-letter
names. Name any *two*.
E2. There is one other element whose name has 4 letters.
This one is a noble gas. What is it?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-16,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote most of one of these rounds.
** Game 8, Round 9 - Canadiana - Quebec Celebrities
1. What bad-boy director, who died """a few months ago""", made
the autobiographical movie "Léolo" and the gritty underworld
flick "Un zoo la nuit"?
2. Who wrote, directed, and starred in both English and French
versions of "The Dragon Trilogy", "Needles and Opium", and
"The Seven Streams of the River Opa"?
3. A Haitian-born satirist had a bestseller with his semi-
autobiographical first novel. Name either the French or the
English title of the book, or else name the writer.
4. A young novelist made a sensation in the 1980s with his
best-selling xenophobic fantasy novel about a simple Quebec
restaurant owner and a diabolical foreign moneylender. Again,
name either the French or the English title of the book, or
else name the writer.
5. Lise Bissonnette has written novels, but """has""" another
important job. What is it? We need her employer as well as
her position. *Note*: We will accept the job she retired from
in 2009.
6. Louise Beaudoin has worked in theater and the arts, but """now
has""" another important job. What """is""" it?
7. Who """is""" Mitsou?
8. Who """is""" René Angélil?
9. Who """is""" René Lecavalier?
10. André Gagnon """is""" a musician, but what """does""" his
namesake André-Philippe Gagnon do?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - 4
In 1998 the challenge round normally had 5 pairs of questions,
but there was some experimentation with providing extra questions,
leading to the present rule with 6 pairs. For this round we provided
12 questions in 5 categories, some pairs and some triples.
This challenge round was brought to you by the number 4.
* A. Mystery and Suspense
A1. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth K"?
A2. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth Protocol"?
* B. Games
B1. What do the French words "carreaux", "coeurs", "piques",
and "trèfles" refer to?
B2. Please decode the rot13 after you are finished with B1.
In games such as bridge and whist, each player plays a card
in turn to make up a group of four cards called a what?
* C. Total Winners
As you may have guessed from tonight's entertainment round, these
are """all three movies""" that have *won* all 4 major Oscars.
(Again, they may or may not have won in other categories.)
You shouldn't need the year to get these; we name the leading actor
and actress and the director, in that order, and you name the title.
Speaking of Oscars, by the way, please remember that """there is no
game next week. We'll see you as usual two weeks from tonight."""
C1. Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme.
C2. Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra.
C3. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Milos Forman.
* D. Fourth in a Series
D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?
D2. Who was the "fourth man", following Burgess, Philby,
and MacLean?
D3. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are listed in the Book
of Revelation, chapter 6, although that phrase is not
used there. Who was the fourth horseman?
* E. Elements
E1. There are four elements that are *metals* with 4-letter
names. Name any *two*.
E2. There is one other element whose name has 4 letters.
This one is a noble gas. What is it?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-16, 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 wrote most of one of these rounds.
** Game 8, Round 9 - Canadiana - Quebec Celebrities
1. What bad-boy director, who died """a few months ago""", made
the autobiographical movie "Léolo" and the gritty underworld
flick "Un zoo la nuit"?
2. Who wrote, directed, and starred in both English and French
versions of "The Dragon Trilogy", "Needles and Opium", and
"The Seven Streams of the River Opa"?
3. A Haitian-born satirist had a bestseller with his semi-
autobiographical first novel. Name either the French or the
English title of the book, or else name the writer.
4. A young novelist made a sensation in the 1980s with his
best-selling xenophobic fantasy novel about a simple Quebec
restaurant owner and a diabolical foreign moneylender. Again,
name either the French or the English title of the book, or
else name the writer.
5. Lise Bissonnette has written novels, but """has""" another
important job. What is it? We need her employer as well as
her position. *Note*: We will accept the job she retired from
in 2009.
6. Louise Beaudoin has worked in theater and the arts, but """now
has""" another important job. What """is""" it?
7. Who """is""" Mitsou?
8. Who """is""" René Angélil?
9. Who """is""" René Lecavalier?
10. André Gagnon """is""" a musician, but what """does""" his
namesake André-Philippe Gagnon do?
** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - 4
In 1998 the challenge round normally had 5 pairs of questions,
but there was some experimentation with providing extra questions,
leading to the present rule with 6 pairs. For this round we provided
12 questions in 5 categories, some pairs and some triples.
This challenge round was brought to you by the number 4.
* A. Mystery and Suspense
A1. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth K"?
A2. Who wrote the novel "The Fourth Protocol"?
* B. Games
B1. What do the French words "carreaux", "coeurs", "piques",
and "trèfles" refer to?
B2. Please decode the rot13 after you are finished with B1.
Va tnzrf fhpu nf oevqtr naq juvfg, rnpu cynlre cynlf n pneq
va ghea gb znxr hc n tebhc bs sbhe pneqf pnyyrq n jung?
* C. Total Winners
As you may have guessed from tonight's entertainment round, these
are """all three movies""" that have *won* all 4 major Oscars.
(Again, they may or may not have won in other categories.)
You shouldn't need the year to get these; we name the leading actor
and actress and the director, in that order, and you name the title.
Speaking of Oscars, by the way, please remember that """there is no
game next week. We'll see you as usual two weeks from tonight."""
C1. Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme.
C2. Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra.
C3. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Milos Forman.
* D. Fourth in a Series
D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?
D2. Who was the "fourth man", following Burgess, Philby,
and MacLean?
D3. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are listed in the Book
of Revelation, chapter 6, although that phrase is not
used there. Who was the fourth horseman?
* E. Elements
E1. There are four elements that are *metals* with 4-letter
names. Name any *two*.
E2. There is one other element whose name has 4 letters.
This one is a noble gas. What is it?
D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?
The press (anything close was okay). 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum,
Stephen, and Dan Tilque.
E1. There are four elements that are *metals* with 4-letter
names. Name any *two*.
Gold, iron, lead, zinc. 4 for Joshua, Bruce (the hard way), Erland,
Dan Blum, Stephen (the hard way), and Dan Tilque.
D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?The press...
Curiously, in Swedish the press is sometimes referred to as "tredje statsmakten", "The third state authority" (after parliament and
government supposedly)...
Mark Brader:
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-16,Game 8 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has stood off a late charge by
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
Stephen Perry to win. Hearty congratulations!
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His Geo Sci Lit Ent S+L Can Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 8 35 28 24 39 20 4 32 178
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- 40 40 32 48 160
Dan Blum 4 28 32 8 18 4 0 36 126
Erland Sommarskog 28 28 28 8 0 0 0 20 112
Pete Gayde 16 20 14 0 14 12 0 24 100
Dan Tilque 0 16 24 0 8 0 0 32 80
Bruce Bowler 0 28 -- -- -- -- 0 28 56
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "UNIX ... the essential partner for
m...@vex.net | eyespot or rynchosporium control in barley."
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader:
D1. What does the term "the fourth estate" generally refer to?The press...
Erland Sommarskog:
Curiously, in Swedish the press is sometimes referred to as "tredje
statsmakten", "The third state authority" (after parliament and
government supposedly)...
Well, what do you expect in a country where the fourth floor is called
the third floor? :-)
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