These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24,
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 Bloor St. Irregulars and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

* Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks

1. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art1.jpg

Described as the "zero point of painting", "Black Square"
is the iconic 1915 masterwork by which Suprematist artist?

2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg

This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984
musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?

3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg

This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
Why did Warhol choose that number?

4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg

An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude
Monet work. What is the full name of this painting?

5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art5.jpg

This 1928 painting by René Magritte is one of the earliest
significant works of surrealism. What is its title?

6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg

Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed
photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland
Stanford on what question?

7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg

Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's
last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*,
still in use today?

8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg

In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him"
sold at auction for £12,000,000. Who does it depict?

9. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art9.jpg

The Barnet Newman work shown on the end wall caused a furor
in 1989 when the National Gallery of Canada purchased it for
$1,800,000. What is its title?

10. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art10.jpg

This 1962 Yves Klein work is done in the shade Klein called IKB.
The same shade is used throughout *which 1993 Derek Jarman film*
to evoke the vision changes Jarman experienced as a result
of AIDS?

* Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize

As of 2022, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals
and 27 organizations. 18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize,
more than any other Nobel Prize. There have been 19 years in
which the Peace Prize was not awarded.

1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
In which field did he win his other Nobel?

2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age?

3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?

4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
to which then recently-deceased world political leader?

5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
In which country or future country was Annan born?

6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.

7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
Again, name *both*.

8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?

9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
in 2009?

10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
What was his name?

--
Mark Brader, Toronto | And perhaps another sigquote for Mark, who
msb@vex.net | seems to be running low... --Steve Summit

My text in this article is in the public domain.

On 9/23/23 23:51, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks
>
> 1. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art1.jpg
>
> Described as the "zero point of painting", "Black Square"
> is the iconic 1915 masterwork by which Suprematist artist?
>
> 2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg
>
> This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984
> musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?
>
> 3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg
>
> This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
> Why did Warhol choose that number?

That's how many different flavors Campbell's made at the time.

>
> 4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg
>
> An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude
> Monet work. What is the full name of this painting?
>
> 5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art5.jpg
>
> This 1928 painting by René Magritte is one of the earliest
> significant works of surrealism. What is its title?
>
> 6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg
>
> Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed
> photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland
> Stanford on what question?

whether a horse ever has all hoofs off the ground while galloping

>
> 7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg
>
> Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
> ("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's
> last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*,
> still in use today?
>
> 8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg
>
> In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him"
> sold at auction for £12,000,000. Who does it depict?
>
> 9. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art9.jpg
>
> The Barnet Newman work shown on the end wall caused a furor
> in 1989 when the National Gallery of Canada purchased it for
> $1,800,000. What is its title?
>
> 10. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art10.jpg
>
> This 1962 Yves Klein work is done in the shade Klein called IKB.
> The same shade is used throughout *which 1993 Derek Jarman film*
> to evoke the vision changes Jarman experienced as a result
> of AIDS?
>
>
> * Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize
>
> As of 2022, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals
> and 27 organizations. 18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize,
> more than any other Nobel Prize. There have been 19 years in
> which the Peace Prize was not awarded.
>
> 1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
> the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
> In which field did he win his other Nobel?

chemistry

>
> 2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
> awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age? >
> 3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
> Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?

International Red Cross

>
> 4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
> living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
> to which then recently-deceased world political leader?

Wallenberg

>
> 5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
> jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
> In which country or future country was Annan born?
>
> 6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
> having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.

Begin and Sadat

>
> 7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
> work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
> for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
> Again, name *both*.

Mandela and de Klerk

>
> 8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?

Oslo, Norway

>
> 9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
> in 2009?

Barack Obama

>
> 10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
> dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
> Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
> the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
> What was his name?

Dag Hammarskjold

--
Dan Tilque

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> * Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks
>
> 3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg
>
> This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
> Why did Warhol choose that number?

64-bit architectures had not yet become available at the time.

> 7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg
>
> Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
> ("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's
> last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*,
> still in use today?

Moët et Chandon
> * Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize
>
> As of 2022, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals
> and 27 organizations. 18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize,
> more than any other Nobel Prize. There have been 19 years in
> which the Peace Prize was not awarded.
>
> 1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
> the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
> In which field did he win his other Nobel?

Physics
> 2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
> awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age?

Malala Yousefzai
> 3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
> Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?

Red Cross
> 4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
> living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
> to which then recently-deceased world political leader?

Gandhi
> 5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
> jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
> In which country or future country was Annan born?

Ghana
> 6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
> having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.

Menagem Begin and Anwar Sadat
> 7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
> work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
> for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
> Again, name *both*.

F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandeka
> 8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?

Oslo

> 9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
> in 2009?

Barack Obana
> 10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
> dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
> Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
> the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
> What was his name?

Dag Hammarskjöld

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks

> 2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg

> This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984
> musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?

Sunday in the Park With George

> 3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg

> This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
> Why did Warhol choose that number?

that was how many varieties were available at the store where he
shopped

> 4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg

> An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude
> Monet work. What is the full name of this painting?

Impression: Sunrise

> 6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg

> Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed
> photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland
> Stanford on what question?

whether a galloping horse ever had all four hooves off the ground

> 8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg

> In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him"
> sold at auction for ?12,000,000. Who does it depict?

Hitler

> * Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize

> 1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
> the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
> In which field did he win his other Nobel?

chemistry

> 2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
> awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age?

Malala Youfsazi

> 3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
> Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?

Doctors Without Borders; International Red Cross

> 4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
> living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
> to which then recently-deceased world political leader?

Gandhi

> 5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
> jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
> In which country or future country was Annan born?

Ghana

> 6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
> having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.

Sadat and Begin

> 7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
> work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
> for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
> Again, name *both*.

Mandela and de Klerk

> 8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?

Stockholm

> 9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
> in 2009?

Barack Obama

> 10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
> dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
> Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
> the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
> What was his name?

Dag Hammarskjold

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

swp (stephen.w.perry@gmail.com) writes:
> dag hammarskjold [I will go out on a limb here and guess that Erland
> spells this one correctly]
>

It's trickier than you may think. The normal spelling of the last
part of his last name is "sköld" (it means "shield"), but as
often is the case family names often have alternate spelling. I
had to think for a second when I entered the name, but I am quite
sure that the "j" should be there.

Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24,
> 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 Bloor St. Irregulars and
> are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
> have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks
>
> 1. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art1.jpg
>
> Described as the "zero point of painting", "Black Square"
> is the iconic 1915 masterwork by which Suprematist artist?
>
> 2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg
>
> This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984
> musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?

Saturday in the Park with Georges

>
> 3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg
>
> This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
> Why did Warhol choose that number?
>
> 4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg
>
> An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude
> Monet work. What is the full name of this painting?
>
> 5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art5.jpg
>
> This 1928 painting by René Magritte is one of the earliest
> significant works of surrealism. What is its title?

This is not a pipe.

>
> 6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg
>
> Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed
> photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland
> Stanford on what question?

When a horse is running, are all 4 feet ever off the ground simultaneously?

>
> 7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg
>
> Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
> ("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's
> last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*,
> still in use today?

Bass Ale

>
> 8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg
>
> In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him"
> sold at auction for £12,000,000. Who does it depict?

Hitler?

>
> 9. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art9.jpg
>
> The Barnet Newman work shown on the end wall caused a furor
> in 1989 when the National Gallery of Canada purchased it for
> $1,800,000. What is its title?
>
> 10. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art10.jpg
>
> This 1962 Yves Klein work is done in the shade Klein called IKB.
> The same shade is used throughout *which 1993 Derek Jarman film*
> to evoke the vision changes Jarman experienced as a result
> of AIDS?
>
>
> * Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize
>
> As of 2022, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals
> and 27 organizations. 18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize,
> more than any other Nobel Prize. There have been 19 years in
> which the Peace Prize was not awarded.
>
> 1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
> the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
> In which field did he win his other Nobel?

Chemistry

>
> 2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
> awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age?

Malala

>
> 3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
> Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?

Doctors without Borders; Red Cross

>
> 4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
> living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
> to which then recently-deceased world political leader?

Gandhi

>
> 5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
> jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
> In which country or future country was Annan born?

South Sudan; Ghana

>
> 6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
> having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.

Sadat and Begin

>
> 7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
> work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
> for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
> Again, name *both*.

Mandela and DeKlerk

>
> 8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?

Oslo

>
> 9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
> in 2009?

Obama

>
> 10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
> dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
> Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
> the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
> What was his name?

Hammarskjold

>

Pete Gayde

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-24,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

I guess I'm a day late here. Sorry.

> * Final, Round 7 - Arts - Influential Artworks

This was the hardest round in the original game.

> 1. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art1.jpg

> Described as the "zero point of painting", "Black Square"
> is the iconic 1915 masterwork by which Suprematist artist?

Kasimir Malevich. 4 for Stephen.

> 2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg

> This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984
> musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?

"Sunday in the Park with George". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.
3 for Stephen.

The 1886 painting is "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande
Jatte" ("Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte").

> 3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg

> This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans.
> Why did Warhol choose that number?

He painted all the soups they made at the time (1962). 4 for
Dan Tilque and Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum.

> 4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg

> An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude
> Monet work. What is the full name of this painting?

"Impression, Sunrise" ("Impression, soleil levant"). 4 for Joshua,
Dan Blum, and Stephen.

> 5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art5.jpg

> This 1928 painting by René Magritte is one of the earliest
> significant works of surrealism. What is its title?

"The Treachery of Images" ("La trahison des images"). 4 for Stephen.

> 6. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art6.jpg

> Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed
> photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland
> Stanford on what question?

Whether there are times when a galloping horse has all four legs off
the ground. (Yes, as you see.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum,
Stephen, and Pete.

> 7. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art7.jpg

> Édouard Manet's 1882 painting, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"
> ("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's
> last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*,
> still in use today?

Bass beer (the red triangle). 4 for Stephen and Pete. 3 for Joshua.

> 8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg

> In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him"
> sold at auction for £12,000,000. Who does it depict?

Adolf Hitler. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.

> 9. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art9.jpg

> The Barnet Newman work shown on the end wall caused a furor
> in 1989 when the National Gallery of Canada purchased it for
> $1,800,000. What is its title?

"Voice of Fire". 4 for Stephen.

> 10. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art10.jpg

> This 1962 Yves Klein work is done in the shade Klein called IKB.
> The same shade is used throughout *which 1993 Derek Jarman film*
> to evoke the vision changes Jarman experienced as a result
> of AIDS?

"Blue". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.

> * Final, Round 8 - History - The Nobel Peace Prize

> As of 2022, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 110 individuals
> and 27 organizations. 18 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize,
> more than any other Nobel Prize. There have been 19 years in
> which the Peace Prize was not awarded.

And this was the easiest round in the original game.

> 1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is
> the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes.
> In which field did he win his other Nobel?

Chemistry (in 1954). 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen,
and Pete.

> 2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be
> awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age?

Malala Yousafzai (either name accepted). 4 for Erland, Joshua,
Stephen, and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum.

> 3. Which international organisation has received the most Nobel
> Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work?

(The International Committee of the) Red Cross. 4 for Dan Tilque,
Erland, Joshua, and Stephen. 2 for Dan Blum and Pete.

> 4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable
> living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute
> to which then recently-deceased world political leader?

Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi (who was assassinated in India).
4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.

> 5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded
> jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
> In which country or future country was Annan born?

Gold Coast, now Ghana (accepting either). 4 for Erland, Joshua,
Dan Blum, and Stephen. 2 for Pete.

Specifically, in Kumasi.

> 6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly
> having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*.

Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, Menachem Begin. 4 for everyone --
Dan Tilque, Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.

> 7. The 1993 Prize was awarded to which two leaders for their
> work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and
> for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."?
> Again, name *both*.

Nelson Mandela, Frederik Willem de Klerk. 4 for everyone.

> 8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented?

Oslo. 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Joshua, Stephen, and Pete.

The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, in the presence of the
King of Norway, on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death.
All the other Nobel Prizes are presented in Stockholm on the same
date.

> 9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize,
> in 2009?

Barack Obama. 4 for everyone.

> 10. Until 1974 the award of a Nobel Prize to a person known to be
> dead was allowed, but hardly ever happened. The only posthumous
> Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of
> the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961.
> What was his name?

Dag Hammarskjöld. 4 for everyone.

Erik Axel Karlfeldt won the only other deliberately posthumous Nobel
Prize, for Literature in 1931. Ralph Steinman turned out to have
recently died when his win for Physiology or Medicine was announced
in 2011, and that award was allowed to stand.

Scores, if there are no errors:

FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Can Spo Aud Sci Art His FIVE
Stephen Perry 32 0 36 36 40 39 36 187
Joshua Kreitzer 24 12 20 36 36 19 40 156
Dan Blum 20 8 16 8 36 19 33 124
Dan Tilque 12 0 12 0 40 8 28 100
Erland Sommarskog 12 0 16 0 36 0 36 100
Pete Gayde 18 12 -- -- -- 16 36 82

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