These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-01-29,
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 Misplaced Modifiers
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 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".

* Game 1, Round 7 - Geography - Places Named After Famous People

1. Besides Washington, DC, there's only one other capital city in
the world that's named after an American president. It's located
in West Africa. Name either the city or that president.

2. Let's go the other way. What is the only US state capital
which is named for a foreign statesman? It was done in an
attempt to attract German capital for railway building.

3. This beautiful Upper-Midwest US state capital, situated on an
isthmus separating two lakes, was named in late 1836 after
the 4th US president, who had died just 5 months earlier.
He was president during the War of 1812. Name the capital.

4. The next one is not a state capital, but rather the largest city
within this US state in the Pacific Northwest. The city is
named for the chief of the Duwamish and Squamish people, a chief
who is better remembered for his environmentalist speeches.
Name the city.

5. John Montagu, a British earl, lent his hereditary title to a
group of central Pacific islands (since renamed), as well as
a suburb of Windsor, Ontario. What was he the Earl of?

6. Another British statesman and famous military leader lent his
family name to a downtown street and subway station in Toronto;
however, he lent his hereditary title to the capital of a nation
in Australasia. Name that capital.

7. This city, the second largest in Afghanistan, was named in 330 BC
after a foreign conqueror. The second-largest city in Egypt is
also named for this leader, but we want the Afghan city name,
which is a local variant of the leader's name.

8. During colonial times, this capital city in Africa was named
after the king of the colonizing country. In fact, the colony
was considered his private kingdom. Since independence, the
capital city has been renamed. It has the largest number of
French-speakers in the world. Give either the old colonial
name or the new name.

9. It was Tsaritsyn until 1925, and then Stalingrad from 1925
to 1961. Finally, Nikita Kruschev removed that name as part of
his de-Stalinization process. What is the city's current name,
referencing the river it lies on?

10. The longest river in Canada is named for this Scottish
fur-trading businessman, who in his 1789 journal named it "River
of Disappointment" because it led to the Arctic instead of the
hoped-for Pacific Ocean. Name the river.

* Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - Food for Thought

Terrible pun aside, food -- and food metaphors -- figures large
in literature. From Proust's madelines to Joyce's grilled
mutton kidneys, food can symbolize any number of things. In this
round, all books mentioned will have food or drink in the title.
There will be no plays, and no wordplay, so don't expect "Hamlet"
"The Three Musketeers" to come up.

1. John Steinbeck's towering work of social commentary is the story
of the Joad ["Jode"] family, travelling across the Dust Bowl
in the 1930's. It was hugely successful, winning the Pulitzer
Prize and National Book Award in 1940 and adapted into an
Oscar-winning film the same year. What is the title?

2. The bold and brilliant 11-year-old detective Flavia de Luce
made her debut in this, Alan Bradley's first novel for adults,
in 2009. Bradley sold the book and two follow-ups based only
on a chapter and a synopsis. What is the title of this period
mystery?

3. This children's author, one of the world's most famous, described
food with gusto. From the names of characters like Henry Sugar
and Veruca Salt to books about giant peaches and chocolate
factories, there's simply too many food-titled books and
stories by this British-Norwegian writer to name just one.
Who is the *author*?

4. This much beloved British author's best-known series contains
five novels and is known as "the increasingly inaccurate
Hitchhiker's trilogy." The one that fits our category is
book #4 -- "So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish". But who is
the author?

5. "The Price of Salt", a lesbian romance published in 1952, was
written by "Claire Morgan" -- a pseudonym for Patricia
Highsmith of "The Talented Mr. Ripley" fame and based, loosely,
on incidents from her own life. It wasn't until 1990 that the
book was republished under her own name -- and with a new title.
In 2015, it was adapted into a prestige film starring Cate Blanchett
and Rooney Mara. The movie's title does not mention food or drink --
what is it?

6. Mexican author Laura Esquivel's novel of romance, family,
tradition, and magical realism was a hit both in her native
country and internationally in 1989. Each chapter concludes
with a recipe, carrying the food theme even further. The title
refers to turbulent, bubbling feelings ready to boil over.
What is the title (in English)?

7. This 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg is a classic of folksy Americana,
but with a same-sex romance among its entwined stories of
friendship and love. The novel's profile was boosted by the
phenomenal success of the 1991 film adaptation. Give *either*
the title of the book or the movie.

8. British author Jeannette Winterson's 1985 coming-of-age novel
straddles fiction and memoir. The title, which states that
there is more than one type of healthy snack, is a metaphor
for the different choices and different directions children
can take from their parents. What is the title?

9. This Hunter S. Thompson novel never achieved the notoriety of
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", possibly because, although it
was written in the early 1960s, it wasn't published until 1998.
The manuscript was found among Thompson's papers by none other
than actor Johnny Depp who produced and starred in the 2011
film adaptation, to mixed reviews.

10. This modern children's classic was written in 1978, but it
really took off when it was loosely adapted into a successful
animated children's movie in 2009. Its plot centers around
an eccentric inventor who accidentally creates a machine that
creates storms not of rain, but of food. What's the title?

--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "You don't SIT IN the traffic jam;
msb@vex.net | you ARE the traffic jam." -- Werner Icking

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Geography - Places Named After Famous People
>
> 1. Besides Washington, DC, there's only one other capital city in
> the world that's named after an American president. It's located
> in West Africa. Name either the city or that president.

Liberia
> 2. Let's go the other way. What is the only US state capital
> which is named for a foreign statesman? It was done in an
> attempt to attract German capital for railway building.

Bismarck
> 4. The next one is not a state capital, but rather the largest city
> within this US state in the Pacific Northwest. The city is
> named for the chief of the Duwamish and Squamish people, a chief
> who is better remembered for his environmentalist speeches.
> Name the city.

Seattle
> 6. Another British statesman and famous military leader lent his
> family name to a downtown street and subway station in Toronto;
> however, he lent his hereditary title to the capital of a nation
> in Australasia. Name that capital.

Canberra
> 7. This city, the second largest in Afghanistan, was named in 330 BC
> after a foreign conqueror. The second-largest city in Egypt is
> also named for this leader, but we want the Afghan city name,
> which is a local variant of the leader's name.

Kandahar
> 8. During colonial times, this capital city in Africa was named
> after the king of the colonizing country. In fact, the colony
> was considered his private kingdom. Since independence, the
> capital city has been renamed. It has the largest number of
> French-speakers in the world. Give either the old colonial
> name or the new name.

Leopoldville (old), Kinshasa (new)
> 9. It was Tsaritsyn until 1925, and then Stalingrad from 1925
> to 1961. Finally, Nikita Kruschev removed that name as part of
> his de-Stalinization process. What is the city's current name,
> referencing the river it lies on?

Volgograd

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 1, Round 7 - Geography - Places Named After Famous People

> 1. Besides Washington, DC, there's only one other capital city in
> the world that's named after an American president. It's located
> in West Africa. Name either the city or that president.

Monrovia

> 2. Let's go the other way. What is the only US state capital
> which is named for a foreign statesman? It was done in an
> attempt to attract German capital for railway building.

Bismarck

> 3. This beautiful Upper-Midwest US state capital, situated on an
> isthmus separating two lakes, was named in late 1836 after
> the 4th US president, who had died just 5 months earlier.
> He was president during the War of 1812. Name the capital.

Madison

> 4. The next one is not a state capital, but rather the largest city
> within this US state in the Pacific Northwest. The city is
> named for the chief of the Duwamish and Squamish people, a chief
> who is better remembered for his environmentalist speeches.
> Name the city.

Seattle

> 5. John Montagu, a British earl, lent his hereditary title to a
> group of central Pacific islands (since renamed), as well as
> a suburb of Windsor, Ontario. What was he the Earl of?

Sandwich

> 6. Another British statesman and famous military leader lent his
> family name to a downtown street and subway station in Toronto;
> however, he lent his hereditary title to the capital of a nation
> in Australasia. Name that capital.

Wellington

> 7. This city, the second largest in Afghanistan, was named in 330 BC
> after a foreign conqueror. The second-largest city in Egypt is
> also named for this leader, but we want the Afghan city name,
> which is a local variant of the leader's name.

Kandahar

> 8. During colonial times, this capital city in Africa was named
> after the king of the colonizing country. In fact, the colony
> was considered his private kingdom. Since independence, the
> capital city has been renamed. It has the largest number of
> French-speakers in the world. Give either the old colonial
> name or the new name.

Brazzaville

> 9. It was Tsaritsyn until 1925, and then Stalingrad from 1925
> to 1961. Finally, Nikita Kruschev removed that name as part of
> his de-Stalinization process. What is the city's current name,
> referencing the river it lies on?

Volgograd

> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - Food for Thought

> 1. John Steinbeck's towering work of social commentary is the story
> of the Joad ["Jode"] family, travelling across the Dust Bowl
> in the 1930's. It was hugely successful, winning the Pulitzer
> Prize and National Book Award in 1940 and adapted into an
> Oscar-winning film the same year. What is the title?

The Grapes of Wrath

> 3. This children's author, one of the world's most famous, described
> food with gusto. From the names of characters like Henry Sugar
> and Veruca Salt to books about giant peaches and chocolate
> factories, there's simply too many food-titled books and
> stories by this British-Norwegian writer to name just one.
> Who is the *author*?

Roald Dahl

> 4. This much beloved British author's best-known series contains
> five novels and is known as "the increasingly inaccurate
> Hitchhiker's trilogy." The one that fits our category is
> book #4 -- "So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish". But who is
> the author?

Douglas Adams

> 5. "The Price of Salt", a lesbian romance published in 1952, was
> written by "Claire Morgan" -- a pseudonym for Patricia
> Highsmith of "The Talented Mr. Ripley" fame and based, loosely,
> on incidents from her own life. It wasn't until 1990 that the
> book was republished under her own name -- and with a new title.
> In 2015, it was adapted into a prestige film starring Cate Blanchett
> and Rooney Mara. The movie's title does not mention food or drink --
> what is it?

Carol

> 6. Mexican author Laura Esquivel's novel of romance, family,
> tradition, and magical realism was a hit both in her native
> country and internationally in 1989. Each chapter concludes
> with a recipe, carrying the food theme even further. The title
> refers to turbulent, bubbling feelings ready to boil over.
> What is the title (in English)?

Like Water for Chocolate

> 7. This 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg is a classic of folksy Americana,
> but with a same-sex romance among its entwined stories of
> friendship and love. The novel's profile was boosted by the
> phenomenal success of the 1991 film adaptation. Give *either*
> the title of the book or the movie.

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe

> 10. This modern children's classic was written in 1978, but it
> really took off when it was loosely adapted into a successful
> animated children's movie in 2009. Its plot centers around
> an eccentric inventor who accidentally creates a machine that
> creates storms not of rain, but of food. What's the title?

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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

On Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 2:31:06 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-01-29,
> 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 Misplaced Modifiers
> 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 2023-05-24
> companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
> (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Geography - Places Named After Famous People
>
> 1. Besides Washington, DC, there's only one other capital city in
> the world that's named after an American president. It's located
> in West Africa. Name either the city or that president.

monrovia ; james monroe

> 2. Let's go the other way. What is the only US state capital
> which is named for a foreign statesman? It was done in an
> attempt to attract German capital for railway building.

bismark, nd [after otto von bismark] [do we talk about who albany is named after?]

> 3. This beautiful Upper-Midwest US state capital, situated on an
> isthmus separating two lakes, was named in late 1836 after
> the 4th US president, who had died just 5 months earlier.
> He was president during the War of 1812. Name the capital.

madison, wi

> 4. The next one is not a state capital, but rather the largest city
> within this US state in the Pacific Northwest. The city is
> named for the chief of the Duwamish and Squamish people, a chief
> who is better remembered for his environmentalist speeches.
> Name the city.

seattle?

> 5. John Montagu, a British earl, lent his hereditary title to a
> group of central Pacific islands (since renamed), as well as
> a suburb of Windsor, Ontario. What was he the Earl of?

earl of sandwich

> 6. Another British statesman and famous military leader lent his
> family name to a downtown street and subway station in Toronto;
> however, he lent his hereditary title to the capital of a nation
> in Australasia. Name that capital.

port moresby, papua new guinea

> 7. This city, the second largest in Afghanistan, was named in 330 BC
> after a foreign conqueror. The second-largest city in Egypt is
> also named for this leader, but we want the Afghan city name,
> which is a local variant of the leader's name.

kandahar

> 8. During colonial times, this capital city in Africa was named
> after the king of the colonizing country. In fact, the colony
> was considered his private kingdom. Since independence, the
> capital city has been renamed. It has the largest number of
> French-speakers in the world. Give either the old colonial
> name or the new name.

kinshasa

> 9. It was Tsaritsyn until 1925, and then Stalingrad from 1925
> to 1961. Finally, Nikita Kruschev removed that name as part of
> his de-Stalinization process. What is the city's current name,
> referencing the river it lies on?

volgograd

> 10. The longest river in Canada is named for this Scottish
> fur-trading businessman, who in his 1789 journal named it "River
> of Disappointment" because it led to the Arctic instead of the
> hoped-for Pacific Ocean. Name the river.

mackenzie

> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - Food for Thought
>
> Terrible pun aside, food -- and food metaphors -- figures large
> in literature. From Proust's madelines to Joyce's grilled
> mutton kidneys, food can symbolize any number of things. In this
> round, all books mentioned will have food or drink in the title.
> There will be no plays, and no wordplay, so don't expect "Hamlet"
> "The Three Musketeers" to come up.

boo!

> 1. John Steinbeck's towering work of social commentary is the story
> of the Joad ["Jode"] family, travelling across the Dust Bowl
> in the 1930's. It was hugely successful, winning the Pulitzer
> Prize and National Book Award in 1940 and adapted into an
> Oscar-winning film the same year. What is the title?

the grapes of wrath

> 2. The bold and brilliant 11-year-old detective Flavia de Luce
> made her debut in this, Alan Bradley's first novel for adults,
> in 2009. Bradley sold the book and two follow-ups based only
> on a chapter and a synopsis. What is the title of this period
> mystery?

the sweetness at the bottom of the pie

> 3. This children's author, one of the world's most famous, described
> food with gusto. From the names of characters like Henry Sugar
> and Veruca Salt to books about giant peaches and chocolate
> factories, there's simply too many food-titled books and
> stories by this British-Norwegian writer to name just one.
> Who is the *author*?

roald dahl

> 4. This much beloved British author's best-known series contains
> five novels and is known as "the increasingly inaccurate
> Hitchhiker's trilogy." The one that fits our category is
> book #4 -- "So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish". But who is
> the author?

douglas adams

> 5. "The Price of Salt", a lesbian romance published in 1952, was
> written by "Claire Morgan" -- a pseudonym for Patricia
> Highsmith of "The Talented Mr. Ripley" fame and based, loosely,
> on incidents from her own life. It wasn't until 1990 that the
> book was republished under her own name -- and with a new title.
> In 2015, it was adapted into a prestige film starring Cate Blanchett
> and Rooney Mara. The movie's title does not mention food or drink --
> what is it?

carol?

> 6. Mexican author Laura Esquivel's novel of romance, family,
> tradition, and magical realism was a hit both in her native
> country and internationally in 1989. Each chapter concludes
> with a recipe, carrying the food theme even further. The title
> refers to turbulent, bubbling feelings ready to boil over.
> What is the title (in English)?

like water for chocolate

> 7. This 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg is a classic of folksy Americana,
> but with a same-sex romance among its entwined stories of
> friendship and love. The novel's profile was boosted by the
> phenomenal success of the 1991 film adaptation. Give *either*
> the title of the book or the movie.

fried green tomatos

> 8. British author Jeannette Winterson's 1985 coming-of-age novel
> straddles fiction and memoir. The title, which states that
> there is more than one type of healthy snack, is a metaphor
> for the different choices and different directions children
> can take from their parents. What is the title?

oranges are not the only fruit

> 9. This Hunter S. Thompson novel never achieved the notoriety of
> "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", possibly because, although it
> was written in the early 1960s, it wasn't published until 1998.
> The manuscript was found among Thompson's papers by none other
> than actor Johnny Depp who produced and starred in the 2011
> film adaptation, to mixed reviews.

the rum diary?

> 10. This modern children's classic was written in 1978, but it
> really took off when it was loosely adapted into a successful
> animated children's movie in 2009. Its plot centers around
> an eccentric inventor who accidentally creates a machine that
> creates storms not of rain, but of food. What's the title?

cloudy with a chance of meatballs

> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto | "You don't SIT IN the traffic jam;
> m...@vex.net | you ARE the traffic jam." -- Werner Icking
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.

swp

On 2/16/24 23:30, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Geography - Places Named After Famous People
>
> 1. Besides Washington, DC, there's only one other capital city in
> the world that's named after an American president. It's located
> in West Africa. Name either the city or that president.

Monrovia, Liberia

>
> 2. Let's go the other way. What is the only US state capital
> which is named for a foreign statesman? It was done in an
> attempt to attract German capital for railway building.

Bismarck ND

>
> 3. This beautiful Upper-Midwest US state capital, situated on an
> isthmus separating two lakes, was named in late 1836 after
> the 4th US president, who had died just 5 months earlier.
> He was president during the War of 1812. Name the capital.

Madison WI

>
> 4. The next one is not a state capital, but rather the largest city
> within this US state in the Pacific Northwest. The city is
> named for the chief of the Duwamish and Squamish people, a chief
> who is better remembered for his environmentalist speeches.
> Name the city.

Seattle WA

>
> 5. John Montagu, a British earl, lent his hereditary title to a
> group of central Pacific islands (since renamed), as well as
> a suburb of Windsor, Ontario. What was he the Earl of?

Sandwich

>
> 6. Another British statesman and famous military leader lent his
> family name to a downtown street and subway station in Toronto;
> however, he lent his hereditary title to the capital of a nation
> in Australasia. Name that capital.

Wellington, New Zealand

>
> 7. This city, the second largest in Afghanistan, was named in 330 BC
> after a foreign conqueror. The second-largest city in Egypt is
> also named for this leader, but we want the Afghan city name,
> which is a local variant of the leader's name.
>
> 8. During colonial times, this capital city in Africa was named
> after the king of the colonizing country. In fact, the colony
> was considered his private kingdom. Since independence, the
> capital city has been renamed. It has the largest number of
> French-speakers in the world. Give either the old colonial
> name or the new name.

Leopoldville

>
> 9. It was Tsaritsyn until 1925, and then Stalingrad from 1925
> to 1961. Finally, Nikita Kruschev removed that name as part of
> his de-Stalinization process. What is the city's current name,
> referencing the river it lies on?

Volgograd

>
> 10. The longest river in Canada is named for this Scottish
> fur-trading businessman, who in his 1789 journal named it "River
> of Disappointment" because it led to the Arctic instead of the
> hoped-for Pacific Ocean. Name the river.

MacKenzie

>
>
> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - Food for Thought
>
> Terrible pun aside, food -- and food metaphors -- figures large
> in literature. From Proust's madelines to Joyce's grilled
> mutton kidneys, food can symbolize any number of things. In this
> round, all books mentioned will have food or drink in the title.
> There will be no plays, and no wordplay, so don't expect "Hamlet"
> "The Three Musketeers" to come up.
>
> 1. John Steinbeck's towering work of social commentary is the story
> of the Joad ["Jode"] family, travelling across the Dust Bowl
> in the 1930's. It was hugely successful, winning the Pulitzer
> Prize and National Book Award in 1940 and adapted into an
> Oscar-winning film the same year. What is the title?

The Grapes of Wrath

>
> 2. The bold and brilliant 11-year-old detective Flavia de Luce
> made her debut in this, Alan Bradley's first novel for adults,
> in 2009. Bradley sold the book and two follow-ups based only
> on a chapter and a synopsis. What is the title of this period
> mystery?
>
> 3. This children's author, one of the world's most famous, described
> food with gusto. From the names of characters like Henry Sugar
> and Veruca Salt to books about giant peaches and chocolate
> factories, there's simply too many food-titled books and
> stories by this British-Norwegian writer to name just one.
> Who is the *author*?
>
> 4. This much beloved British author's best-known series contains
> five novels and is known as "the increasingly inaccurate
> Hitchhiker's trilogy." The one that fits our category is
> book #4 -- "So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish". But who is
> the author?

Douglas Adams

>
> 5. "The Price of Salt", a lesbian romance published in 1952, was
> written by "Claire Morgan" -- a pseudonym for Patricia
> Highsmith of "The Talented Mr. Ripley" fame and based, loosely,
> on incidents from her own life. It wasn't until 1990 that the
> book was republished under her own name -- and with a new title.
> In 2015, it was adapted into a prestige film starring Cate Blanchett
> and Rooney Mara. The movie's title does not mention food or drink --
> what is it?
>
> 6. Mexican author Laura Esquivel's novel of romance, family,
> tradition, and magical realism was a hit both in her native
> country and internationally in 1989. Each chapter concludes
> with a recipe, carrying the food theme even further. The title
> refers to turbulent, bubbling feelings ready to boil over.
> What is the title (in English)?
>
> 7. This 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg is a classic of folksy Americana,
> but with a same-sex romance among its entwined stories of
> friendship and love. The novel's profile was boosted by the
> phenomenal success of the 1991 film adaptation. Give *either*
> the title of the book or the movie.
>
> 8. British author Jeannette Winterson's 1985 coming-of-age novel
> straddles fiction and memoir. The title, which states that
> there is more than one type of healthy snack, is a metaphor
> for the different choices and different directions children
> can take from their parents. What is the title?
>
> 9. This Hunter S. Thompson novel never achieved the notoriety of
> "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", possibly because, although it
> was written in the early 1960s, it wasn't published until 1998.
> The manuscript was found among Thompson's papers by none other
> than actor Johnny Depp who produced and starred in the 2011
> film adaptation, to mixed reviews.
>
> 10. This modern children's classic was written in 1978, but it
> really took off when it was loosely adapted into a successful
> animated children's movie in 2009. Its plot centers around
> an eccentric inventor who accidentally creates a machine that
> creates storms not of rain, but of food. What's the title?
>

--
Dan Tilque

On Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 1:31:06 AM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 1, Round 7 - Geography - Places Named After Famous People
>
> 1. Besides Washington, DC, there's only one other capital city in
> the world that's named after an American president. It's located
> in West Africa. Name either the city or that president.

Monroe
> 2. Let's go the other way. What is the only US state capital
> which is named for a foreign statesman? It was done in an
> attempt to attract German capital for railway building.

Bismarck

> 3. This beautiful Upper-Midwest US state capital, situated on an
> isthmus separating two lakes, was named in late 1836 after
> the 4th US president, who had died just 5 months earlier.
> He was president during the War of 1812. Name the capital.

Madison

> 4. The next one is not a state capital, but rather the largest city
> within this US state in the Pacific Northwest. The city is
> named for the chief of the Duwamish and Squamish people, a chief
> who is better remembered for his environmentalist speeches.
> Name the city.

Seattle

> 5. John Montagu, a British earl, lent his hereditary title to a
> group of central Pacific islands (since renamed), as well as
> a suburb of Windsor, Ontario. What was he the Earl of?

Sandwich

> 6. Another British statesman and famous military leader lent his
> family name to a downtown street and subway station in Toronto;
> however, he lent his hereditary title to the capital of a nation
> in Australasia. Name that capital.

Wellington

> 7. This city, the second largest in Afghanistan, was named in 330 BC
> after a foreign conqueror. The second-largest city in Egypt is
> also named for this leader, but we want the Afghan city name,
> which is a local variant of the leader's name.

Kandahar

> 8. During colonial times, this capital city in Africa was named
> after the king of the colonizing country. In fact, the colony
> was considered his private kingdom. Since independence, the
> capital city has been renamed. It has the largest number of
> French-speakers in the world. Give either the old colonial
> name or the new name.

Leopoldville

> 9. It was Tsaritsyn until 1925, and then Stalingrad from 1925
> to 1961. Finally, Nikita Kruschev removed that name as part of
> his de-Stalinization process. What is the city's current name,
> referencing the river it lies on?

Volgograd

> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - Food for Thought
>
> 1. John Steinbeck's towering work of social commentary is the story
> of the Joad ["Jode"] family, travelling across the Dust Bowl
> in the 1930's. It was hugely successful, winning the Pulitzer
> Prize and National Book Award in 1940 and adapted into an
> Oscar-winning film the same year. What is the title?

"The Grapes of Wrath"

> 3. This children's author, one of the world's most famous, described
> food with gusto. From the names of characters like Henry Sugar
> and Veruca Salt to books about giant peaches and chocolate
> factories, there's simply too many food-titled books and
> stories by this British-Norwegian writer to name just one.
> Who is the *author*?

Dahl
> 4. This much beloved British author's best-known series contains
> five novels and is known as "the increasingly inaccurate
> Hitchhiker's trilogy." The one that fits our category is
> book #4 -- "So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish". But who is
> the author?

Adams

> 5. "The Price of Salt", a lesbian romance published in 1952, was
> written by "Claire Morgan" -- a pseudonym for Patricia
> Highsmith of "The Talented Mr. Ripley" fame and based, loosely,
> on incidents from her own life. It wasn't until 1990 that the
> book was republished under her own name -- and with a new title.
> In 2015, it was adapted into a prestige film starring Cate Blanchett
> and Rooney Mara. The movie's title does not mention food or drink --
> what is it?

"Carol"

> 6. Mexican author Laura Esquivel's novel of romance, family,
> tradition, and magical realism was a hit both in her native
> country and internationally in 1989. Each chapter concludes
> with a recipe, carrying the food theme even further. The title
> refers to turbulent, bubbling feelings ready to boil over.
> What is the title (in English)?

"Like Water for Chocolate"

> 7. This 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg is a classic of folksy Americana,
> but with a same-sex romance among its entwined stories of
> friendship and love. The novel's profile was boosted by the
> phenomenal success of the 1991 film adaptation. Give *either*
> the title of the book or the movie.

"Fried Green Tomatoes"

> 8. British author Jeannette Winterson's 1985 coming-of-age novel
> straddles fiction and memoir. The title, which states that
> there is more than one type of healthy snack, is a metaphor
> for the different choices and different directions children
> can take from their parents. What is the title?

"Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit"

> 9. This Hunter S. Thompson novel never achieved the notoriety of
> "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", possibly because, although it
> was written in the early 1960s, it wasn't published until 1998.
> The manuscript was found among Thompson's papers by none other
> than actor Johnny Depp who produced and starred in the 2011
> film adaptation, to mixed reviews.

"The Rum Diaries"

> 10. This modern children's classic was written in 1978, but it
> really took off when it was loosely adapted into a successful
> animated children's movie in 2009. Its plot centers around
> an eccentric inventor who accidentally creates a machine that
> creates storms not of rain, but of food. What's the title?

"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"

By the way, with Google Groups closing down its Usenet feed, I am going to have to look for a new way to access this newsgroup. If I stop participating in QFTCI this week, it will probably be due to that.

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-01-29,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

> * Game 1, Round 7 - Geography - Places Named After Famous People

This was the easiest round in the original game.

> 1. Besides Washington, DC, there's only one other capital city in
> the world that's named after an American president. It's located
> in West Africa. Name either the city or that president.

Monrovia (Liberia), after James Monroe. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen
(the hard way), Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

> 2. Let's go the other way. What is the only US state capital
> which is named for a foreign statesman? It was done in an
> attempt to attract German capital for railway building.

Bismarck (North Dakota, after Otto von Bismarck). 4 for everyone --
Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

> 3. This beautiful Upper-Midwest US state capital, situated on an
> isthmus separating two lakes, was named in late 1836 after
> the 4th US president, who had died just 5 months earlier.
> He was president during the War of 1812. Name the capital.

Madison (Wisconsin). 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

> 4. The next one is not a state capital, but rather the largest city
> within this US state in the Pacific Northwest. The city is
> named for the chief of the Duwamish and Squamish people, a chief
> who is better remembered for his environmentalist speeches.
> Name the city.

Seattle (Washington). 4 for everyone.

> 5. John Montagu, a British earl, lent his hereditary title to a
> group of central Pacific islands (since renamed), as well as
> a suburb of Windsor, Ontario. What was he the Earl of?

Sandwich. (The Sandwich Is. are now the Hawaiian Is.) 4 for
Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

> 6. Another British statesman and famous military leader lent his
> family name to a downtown street and subway station in Toronto;
> however, he lent his hereditary title to the capital of a nation
> in Australasia. Name that capital.

Wellington (New Zealand, after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
Wellington). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

The *current* Duke of Wellington came up in a Daily Double on
"Jeopardy!" on 2024-02-09. It was in a category "(blank) of (blank)",
in the $1,600 slot. The player bet $4,000. They showed the man's
photo, mentioned that he's in the House of Lords and his name is
Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, and asked what title he's the 9th
holder of. The player clearly didn't know, but guessed correctly,
and went on to win the game.

> 7. This city, the second largest in Afghanistan, was named in 330 BC
> after a foreign conqueror. The second-largest city in Egypt is
> also named for this leader, but we want the Afghan city name,
> which is a local variant of the leader's name.

Kandahar (after Alexander the Great, like Alexandria). 4 for Erland,
Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua.

> 8. During colonial times, this capital city in Africa was named
> after the king of the colonizing country. In fact, the colony
> was considered his private kingdom. Since independence, the
> capital city has been renamed. It has the largest number of
> French-speakers in the world. Give either the old colonial
> name or the new name.

Léopoldville (after King Léopold II of Belgium), now Kinshasa
(Democratic Republic of the Congo). 4 for Erland, Stephen,
Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

> 9. It was Tsaritsyn until 1925, and then Stalingrad from 1925
> to 1961. Finally, Nikita Kruschev removed that name as part of
> his de-Stalinization process. What is the city's current name,
> referencing the river it lies on?

Volgograd. 4 for everyone.

> 10. The longest river in Canada is named for this Scottish
> fur-trading businessman, who in his 1789 journal named it "River
> of Disappointment" because it led to the Arctic instead of the
> hoped-for Pacific Ocean. Name the river.

Mackenzie R. 4 for Stephen and Dan Tilque.

> * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - Food for Thought

> Terrible pun aside, food -- and food metaphors -- figures large
> in literature. From Proust's madelines to Joyce's grilled
> mutton kidneys, food can symbolize any number of things. In this
> round, all books mentioned will have food or drink in the title.
> There will be no plays, and no wordplay, so don't expect "Hamlet"
> "The Three Musketeers" to come up.

> 1. John Steinbeck's towering work of social commentary is the story
> of the Joad ["Jode"] family, travelling across the Dust Bowl
> in the 1930's. It was hugely successful, winning the Pulitzer
> Prize and National Book Award in 1940 and adapted into an
> Oscar-winning film the same year. What is the title?

"The Grapes of Wrath". 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque,
and Joshua.

> 2. The bold and brilliant 11-year-old detective Flavia de Luce
> made her debut in this, Alan Bradley's first novel for adults,
> in 2009. Bradley sold the book and two follow-ups based only
> on a chapter and a synopsis. What is the title of this period
> mystery?

"The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie". 4 for Stephen.

> 3. This children's author, one of the world's most famous, described
> food with gusto. From the names of characters like Henry Sugar
> and Veruca Salt to books about giant peaches and chocolate
> factories, there's simply too many food-titled books and
> stories by this British-Norwegian writer to name just one.
> Who is the *author*?

Roald Dahl. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua.

> 4. This much beloved British author's best-known series contains
> five novels and is known as "the increasingly inaccurate
> Hitchhiker's trilogy." The one that fits our category is
> book #4 -- "So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish". But who is
> the author?

Douglas Adams. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

> 5. "The Price of Salt", a lesbian romance published in 1952, was
> written by "Claire Morgan" -- a pseudonym for Patricia
> Highsmith of "The Talented Mr. Ripley" fame and based, loosely,
> on incidents from her own life. It wasn't until 1990 that the
> book was republished under her own name -- and with a new title.
> In 2015, it was adapted into a prestige film starring Cate Blanchett
> and Rooney Mara. The movie's title does not mention food or drink --
> what is it?

"Carol". 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua.

> 6. Mexican author Laura Esquivel's novel of romance, family,
> tradition, and magical realism was a hit both in her native
> country and internationally in 1989. Each chapter concludes
> with a recipe, carrying the food theme even further. The title
> refers to turbulent, bubbling feelings ready to boil over.
> What is the title (in English)?

"Like Water for Chocolate". 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua.

> 7. This 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg is a classic of folksy Americana,
> but with a same-sex romance among its entwined stories of
> friendship and love. The novel's profile was boosted by the
> phenomenal success of the 1991 film adaptation. Give *either*
> the title of the book or the movie.

"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe", "Fried Green
Tomatoes". 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua.

> 8. British author Jeannette Winterson's 1985 coming-of-age novel
> straddles fiction and memoir. The title, which states that
> there is more than one type of healthy snack, is a metaphor
> for the different choices and different directions children
> can take from their parents. What is the title?

"Oranges are Not the Only Fruit". 4 for Stephen and Joshua.

> 9. This Hunter S. Thompson novel never achieved the notoriety of
> "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", possibly because, although it
> was written in the early 1960s, it wasn't published until 1998.
> The manuscript was found among Thompson's papers by none other
> than actor Johnny Depp who produced and starred in the 2011
> film adaptation, to mixed reviews.

"The Rum Diary". 4 for Stephen. 3 for Joshua.

> 10. This modern children's classic was written in 1978, but it
> really took off when it was loosely adapted into a successful
> animated children's movie in 2009. Its plot centers around
> an eccentric inventor who accidentally creates a machine that
> creates storms not of rain, but of food. What's the title?

On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 3:11:38 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
>
> > 6. Another British statesman and famous military leader lent his
> > family name to a downtown street and subway station in Toronto;
> > however, he lent his hereditary title to the capital of a nation
> > in Australasia. Name that capital.
> Wellington (New Zealand, after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
> Wellington). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

I protest, my answer was perfectly cromulent. I think.
albeit not the one you had in mind.
also, this will be the last protest from google groups most likely.

> The *current* Duke of Wellington came up in a Daily Double on
> "Jeopardy!" on 2024-02-09. It was in a category "(blank) of (blank)",
> in the $1,600 slot. The player bet $4,000. They showed the man's
> photo, mentioned that he's in the House of Lords and his name is
> Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, and asked what title he's the 9th
> holder of. The player clearly didn't know, but guessed correctly,
> and went on to win the game.

swp

Mark Brader:
>>> 6. Another British statesman and famous military leader lent his
>>> family name to a downtown street and subway station in Toronto;
>>> however, he lent his hereditary title to the capital of a nation
>>> in Australasia. Name that capital.

>> Wellington (New Zealand, after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
>> Wellington). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

Stephen Perry:
> I protest, my answer was perfectly cromulent. I think.
> albeit not the one you had in mind.

Bzzt.

Stephen said Port Moresby, which is named after Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby.
A knighthood is not a hereditary title; the nearest Moresby St. to downtown
Toronto is in Richmond Hill, and there is no Moresby station on the TTC.
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Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> Stephen Perry:
>> I protest, my answer was perfectly cromulent. I think.
>> albeit not the one you had in mind.
>
> Bzzt.
>
> Stephen said Port Moresby, which is named after Admiral Sir Fairfax
> Moresby. A knighthood is not a hereditary title; the nearest Moresby St.
> to downtown Toronto is in Richmond Hill, and there is no Moresby station
> on the TTC.

I have some sympathy for Stephen's answer. "Australasia" was an odd
thing. The answer clearly points to the south-east - they would not
say Australasia if the answer had been Kuwait, had they?

But is New Zealand Australiasia? That's quite a strecth in my ears. Port
Moreseby sounds like the perfectly logical answer for something that is in
between. Didn't this cause any consternation when the quiz took place?
I think "island nation" would have been a better hint.

Then again, three entrants here had the corrct answer, so there is not
much point bitching about it.

Mark Brader:
> > Stephen said Port Moresby, which is named after Admiral Sir Fairfax
> > Moresby. A knighthood is not a hereditary title; the nearest Moresby St.
> > to downtown Toronto is in Richmond Hill, and there is no Moresby station
> > on the TTC.
Erland Sommarskog:
> I have some sympathy for Stephen's answer.

Not deserved. Port Moresby is named after Admiral Sir Fairfax,
a knighthood is not a hereditary title, the nearest Moresby St.
to downtown Toronto is in Richmond Hill, and there is no Moresby
station on the TTC.

> But is New Zealand Australiasia?

Yes, of course. Well, the word is Australasia. Which the AHD defines as:

# 1. The islands of the southern Pacific Ocean, including Australia,
# New Zealand, and New Guinea.
# 2. Broadly, all of Oceania.

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Toronto | to needs rather than to demands. That's not the way
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