These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-02-12,
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 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Talented Newfoundlanders

This round asks you to identify some Newfoundlanders celebrated
for their achievements in broadcasting and the arts.

1. This Newfoundland band, with 11 Canadian gold albums to their
name, won the East Coast Music Award every year from 1996
to 2000. In 2001 they withdrew their name from competition to
give someone else a chance. Who are they?

2. He called his first hockey game for CBC in 1969 and his final
one in 2019, at age 85. He was the chief voice of "Hockey Night
in Canada" for Leaf games from 1980 to 2008. Also one-time
skip of the Newfoundland curling team. Name him.

3. A doyen of Canadian screen and stage actors with a career
spanning 60 years, acclaimed for his roles in such movies as "The
Rowdyman" and "Away from Her"; he passed away in February 2023.

4. This busy film and TV actor first made his mark as the writer
and star of the CBC series "Republic of Doyle", which aired
from 2010 to 2014. Name him.

5. Author, journalist, broadcaster, military historian, this
Newfoundlander, now resident of England, rose to prominence in
the 1970s as creator of the NFB mini-series "War".

6. Model, TV actress, and star of soft-core erotica. She first
attracted notice as "Playboy"'s Playmate of the Year in 1982, and
has a reality-TV life as the wife of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.

7. His six novels, including "The River Thieves", "Galore", and
"The Innocents", take their inspiration from Newfoundland's
history and society. They have won or been short-listed for
numerous national and international awards.

8. She was a founder of the comedy sketch group CODCO and a long-
serving member of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Probably
best-known for her character Marg Delahunty, a "Warrior Princess"
who roamed the nation, putting the screws to politicians of
all stripes.

9. This comic, another long-time member of "This Hour has 22
Minutes", has enjoyed recent success with a memoir of his
early life that has been adapted into a popular CBC series,
now in its third season. Name him.

10. This painter lived the greater part of his life, from 1963
to his death in 2022, in the hamlet of Salmonier, Newfoundland,
turning out haunting realist Atlantic Ocean scapes and paintings
of disused buildings. He also created the flag of Newfoundland
and Labrador. Name him.

* Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit

Great books come in all languages. We give you three titles
in English, and you tell us the language all three books were
originally written in. Answers do not repeat.

1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".
2. "The Art of War"; "Red Sorghum"; "Journey to the West".
3. "My Brilliant Friend"; "The Leopard"; "The Periodic Table".
4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".
5. "The Reader"; "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"; "The Castle".
6. "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"; "Blindness"; "The Alchemist".

7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
Seas".

8. "The House of Spirits"; "Labyrinths"; "Chronicle of a Death
Foretold".

9. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"; "Snow Country"; "The Woman in
the Dunes".

10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
"R.U.R."

--
Mark Brader | "'Would' never follows 'if'.
Toronto | Please remember that if you would."
msb@vex.net | --Ruud Harmsen

My text in this article is in the public domain.

On 3/17/2024 5:25 AM, Mark Brader wrote:

> * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Talented Newfoundlanders
>
> This round asks you to identify some Newfoundlanders celebrated
> for their achievements in broadcasting and the arts.
>
> 6. Model, TV actress, and star of soft-core erotica. She first
> attracted notice as "Playboy"'s Playmate of the Year in 1982, and
> has a reality-TV life as the wife of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.

Shannon Tweed

> * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit
>
> Great books come in all languages. We give you three titles
> in English, and you tell us the language all three books were
> originally written in. Answers do not repeat.
>
> 1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".

Greek

> 2. "The Art of War"; "Red Sorghum"; "Journey to the West".

Chinese

> 3. "My Brilliant Friend"; "The Leopard"; "The Periodic Table".

Italian

> 4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".

Russian

> 5. "The Reader"; "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"; "The Castle".

German

> 6. "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"; "Blindness"; "The Alchemist".

Portuguese

> 7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
> Seas".

Swedish

> 8. "The House of Spirits"; "Labyrinths"; "Chronicle of a Death
> Foretold".

Spanish

> 9. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"; "Snow Country"; "The Woman in
> the Dunes".

Danish; Dutch

> 10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
> "R.U.R."

Czech

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:> * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign
Language Lit
>
> Great books come in all languages. We give you three titles
> in English, and you tell us the language all three books were
> originally written in. Answers do not repeat.
>
> 1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".

Italian

> 4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".

Russian

> 7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
> Seas".

Swedish
> 10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
> "R.U.R."

Czech

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Talented Newfoundlanders

> 1. This Newfoundland band, with 11 Canadian gold albums to their
> name, won the East Coast Music Award every year from 1996
> to 2000. In 2001 they withdrew their name from competition to
> give someone else a chance. Who are they?

Rush

> * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit

> 1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".

Greek

> 2. "The Art of War"; "Red Sorghum"; "Journey to the West".

Classical Chinese

> 3. "My Brilliant Friend"; "The Leopard"; "The Periodic Table".

Italian

> 4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".

Russian

> 5. "The Reader"; "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"; "The Castle".

German

> 6. "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"; "Blindness"; "The Alchemist".

Portuguese

> 7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
> Seas".

Swedish

> 8. "The House of Spirits"; "Labyrinths"; "Chronicle of a Death
> Foretold".

Spanish

> 9. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"; "Snow Country"; "The Woman in
> the Dunes".

Japanese

> 10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
> "R.U.R."

Czech

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

Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-02-12,
> 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 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Talented Newfoundlanders
>
> This round asks you to identify some Newfoundlanders celebrated
> for their achievements in broadcasting and the arts.
>
> 1. This Newfoundland band, with 11 Canadian gold albums to their
> name, won the East Coast Music Award every year from 1996
> to 2000. In 2001 they withdrew their name from competition to
> give someone else a chance. Who are they?
>
> 2. He called his first hockey game for CBC in 1969 and his final
> one in 2019, at age 85. He was the chief voice of "Hockey Night
> in Canada" for Leaf games from 1980 to 2008. Also one-time
> skip of the Newfoundland curling team. Name him. >
> 3. A doyen of Canadian screen and stage actors with a career
> spanning 60 years, acclaimed for his roles in such movies as "The
> Rowdyman" and "Away from Her"; he passed away in February 2023.
>
> 4. This busy film and TV actor first made his mark as the writer
> and star of the CBC series "Republic of Doyle", which aired
> from 2010 to 2014. Name him.
>
> 5. Author, journalist, broadcaster, military historian, this
> Newfoundlander, now resident of England, rose to prominence in
> the 1970s as creator of the NFB mini-series "War".
>
> 6. Model, TV actress, and star of soft-core erotica. She first
> attracted notice as "Playboy"'s Playmate of the Year in 1982, and
> has a reality-TV life as the wife of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.
>
> 7. His six novels, including "The River Thieves", "Galore", and
> "The Innocents", take their inspiration from Newfoundland's
> history and society. They have won or been short-listed for
> numerous national and international awards.
>
> 8. She was a founder of the comedy sketch group CODCO and a long-
> serving member of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Probably
> best-known for her character Marg Delahunty, a "Warrior Princess"
> who roamed the nation, putting the screws to politicians of
> all stripes.
>
> 9. This comic, another long-time member of "This Hour has 22
> Minutes", has enjoyed recent success with a memoir of his
> early life that has been adapted into a popular CBC series,
> now in its third season. Name him.
>
> 10. This painter lived the greater part of his life, from 1963
> to his death in 2022, in the hamlet of Salmonier, Newfoundland,
> turning out haunting realist Atlantic Ocean scapes and paintings
> of disused buildings. He also created the flag of Newfoundland
> and Labrador. Name him.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit
>
> Great books come in all languages. We give you three titles
> in English, and you tell us the language all three books were
> originally written in. Answers do not repeat.
>
> 1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".
> 2. "The Art of War"; "Red Sorghum"; "Journey to the West".

Chinese

> 3. "My Brilliant Friend"; "The Leopard"; "The Periodic Table".
> 4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".

Spanish

> 5. "The Reader"; "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"; "The Castle".
> 6. "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"; "Blindness"; "The Alchemist".

Portuguese

>
> 7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
> Seas".

French

>
> 8. "The House of Spirits"; "Labyrinths"; "Chronicle of a Death
> Foretold".
>
> 9. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"; "Snow Country"; "The Woman in
> the Dunes".
>
> 10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
> "R.U.R."

Czech

>

Pete Gayde

On 3/17/24 03:25, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Talented Newfoundlanders
>
> This round asks you to identify some Newfoundlanders celebrated
> for their achievements in broadcasting and the arts.
>
> 1. This Newfoundland band, with 11 Canadian gold albums to their
> name, won the East Coast Music Award every year from 1996
> to 2000. In 2001 they withdrew their name from competition to
> give someone else a chance. Who are they?
>
> 2. He called his first hockey game for CBC in 1969 and his final
> one in 2019, at age 85. He was the chief voice of "Hockey Night
> in Canada" for Leaf games from 1980 to 2008. Also one-time
> skip of the Newfoundland curling team. Name him.
>
> 3. A doyen of Canadian screen and stage actors with a career
> spanning 60 years, acclaimed for his roles in such movies as "The
> Rowdyman" and "Away from Her"; he passed away in February 2023.
>
> 4. This busy film and TV actor first made his mark as the writer
> and star of the CBC series "Republic of Doyle", which aired
> from 2010 to 2014. Name him.
>
> 5. Author, journalist, broadcaster, military historian, this
> Newfoundlander, now resident of England, rose to prominence in
> the 1970s as creator of the NFB mini-series "War".
>
> 6. Model, TV actress, and star of soft-core erotica. She first
> attracted notice as "Playboy"'s Playmate of the Year in 1982, and
> has a reality-TV life as the wife of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.
>
> 7. His six novels, including "The River Thieves", "Galore", and
> "The Innocents", take their inspiration from Newfoundland's
> history and society. They have won or been short-listed for
> numerous national and international awards.
>
> 8. She was a founder of the comedy sketch group CODCO and a long-
> serving member of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Probably
> best-known for her character Marg Delahunty, a "Warrior Princess"
> who roamed the nation, putting the screws to politicians of
> all stripes.
>
> 9. This comic, another long-time member of "This Hour has 22
> Minutes", has enjoyed recent success with a memoir of his
> early life that has been adapted into a popular CBC series,
> now in its third season. Name him.
>
> 10. This painter lived the greater part of his life, from 1963
> to his death in 2022, in the hamlet of Salmonier, Newfoundland,
> turning out haunting realist Atlantic Ocean scapes and paintings
> of disused buildings. He also created the flag of Newfoundland
> and Labrador. Name him.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit
>
> Great books come in all languages. We give you three titles
> in English, and you tell us the language all three books were
> originally written in. Answers do not repeat.
>
> 1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".
> 2. "The Art of War"; "Red Sorghum"; "Journey to the West".

Chinese

> 3. "My Brilliant Friend"; "The Leopard"; "The Periodic Table".

Italian

> 4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".

Russian

> 5. "The Reader"; "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"; "The Castle".
> 6. "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"; "Blindness"; "The Alchemist".
>
> 7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
> Seas".

French

>
> 8. "The House of Spirits"; "Labyrinths"; "Chronicle of a Death
> Foretold".
>
> 9. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"; "Snow Country"; "The Woman in
> the Dunes".
>
> 10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
> "R.U.R."

Czech

--
Dan Tilque

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-02-12,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

> * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Talented Newfoundlanders

> This round asks you to identify some Newfoundlanders celebrated
> for their achievements in broadcasting and the arts.

> 1. This Newfoundland band, with 11 Canadian gold albums to their
> name, won the East Coast Music Award every year from 1996
> to 2000. In 2001 they withdrew their name from competition to
> give someone else a chance. Who are they?

Great Big Sea.

> 2. He called his first hockey game for CBC in 1969 and his final
> one in 2019, at age 85. He was the chief voice of "Hockey Night
> in Canada" for Leaf games from 1980 to 2008. Also one-time
> skip of the Newfoundland curling team. Name him.

Bob Cole.

> 3. A doyen of Canadian screen and stage actors with a career
> spanning 60 years, acclaimed for his roles in such movies as "The
> Rowdyman" and "Away from Her"; he passed away in February 2023.

Gordon Pinsent.

> 4. This busy film and TV actor first made his mark as the writer
> and star of the CBC series "Republic of Doyle", which aired
> from 2010 to 2014. Name him.

Allan Hawco.

> 5. Author, journalist, broadcaster, military historian, this
> Newfoundlander, now resident of England, rose to prominence in
> the 1970s as creator of the NFB mini-series "War".

Gwynne Dyer.

> 6. Model, TV actress, and star of soft-core erotica. She first
> attracted notice as "Playboy"'s Playmate of the Year in 1982, and
> has a reality-TV life as the wife of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.

Shannon Tweed. 4 for Joshua -- making the round count for everybody/

> 7. His six novels, including "The River Thieves", "Galore", and
> "The Innocents", take their inspiration from Newfoundland's
> history and society. They have won or been short-listed for
> numerous national and international awards.

Michael Crummey.

> 8. She was a founder of the comedy sketch group CODCO and a long-
> serving member of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Probably
> best-known for her character Marg Delahunty, a "Warrior Princess"
> who roamed the nation, putting the screws to politicians of
> all stripes.

Mary Walsh.

> 9. This comic, another long-time member of "This Hour has 22
> Minutes", has enjoyed recent success with a memoir of his
> early life that has been adapted into a popular CBC series,
> now in its third season. Name him.

Mark Critch. ("Son of a Critch".)

> 10. This painter lived the greater part of his life, from 1963
> to his death in 2022, in the hamlet of Salmonier, Newfoundland,
> turning out haunting realist Atlantic Ocean scapes and paintings
> of disused buildings. He also created the flag of Newfoundland
> and Labrador. Name him.

Christopher Pratt.

> * Game 3, Round 8 - Literature - Foreign Language Lit

> Great books come in all languages. We give you three titles
> in English, and you tell us the language all three books were
> originally written in. Answers do not repeat.

This was the easiest round in the original game.

> 1. "Z"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Axion Esti".

Greek. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

> 2. "The Art of War"; "Red Sorghum"; "Journey to the West".

Chinese. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque.

> 3. "My Brilliant Friend"; "The Leopard"; "The Periodic Table".

Italian. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

> 4. "The Master and Margarita"; "And Quiet Flows the Don"; "We".

Russian. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

> 5. "The Reader"; "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"; "The Castle".

German. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

> 6. "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"; "Blindness"; "The Alchemist".

Portuguese. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.

> 7. "Miss Julie"; "The Laughing Policeman"; "Pippi in the South
> Seas".

Swedish. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum.

> 8. "The House of Spirits"; "Labyrinths"; "Chronicle of a Death
> Foretold".

Spanish. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

> 9. "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle"; "Snow Country"; "The Woman in
> the Dunes".

Japanese. 4 for Dan Blum.

> 10. "The Good Soldier Schweik"; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being";
> "R.U.R."

Czech. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Spo Geo Sci Can Lit FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 2 25 24 37 4 36 122
Dan Blum -- -- 32 36 0 40 108
Dan Tilque 0 8 28 36 0 16 88
Stephen Perry -- -- 36 40 -- -- 76
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 12 24 0 12 48
Pete Gayde -- -- 8 8 0 12 28

--
Mark Brader, Toronto / "There are three types of software documentation:
msb@vex.net / tutorial, mnemonic and misleading." --Larry Colen

My text in this article is in the public domain.