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  • RQFTCINO13 Game 4, Rounds 2-3 answers: movie movies, US metro areas

    From Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 22 07:17:10 2022
    Mark Brader:
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-02-25,
    and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
    see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
    the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".


    * Game 4, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)

    Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.

    1. Who was the country music star who committed suicide last week,
    at the age of 37? She hit #1 on the country charts in 1996 with
    "Guys Do It All the Time".

    Mindy McCready. Joshua got this.

    2. What malfunction occurred for 3 hours on Tuesday on the
    International Space Station, when the astronauts tried to
    upgrade their computer software?

    Loss of communication with the Earth.


    * Game 4, Round 2 - Entertainment - Movies about the Movies

    When the movie industry runs out of ideas, it turns the lens on
    itself. In each case, name the movie from the date and description.

    1. 1995; loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) gets a taste for
    Tinseltown when he pitches a movie to Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman),
    the producer whose debt Chili has to collect.

    "Get Shorty". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

    2. 1963; director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) suffers creative
    block while embarking on his latest movie and drifts into dreams
    and memories.

    "8�". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

    3. 1950; murdered screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) narrates
    the story of his meeting with washed-up silent icon Norma Desmond
    (Gloria Swanson).

    "Sunset Blvd." 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

    4. 2011; when sound arrives in Hollywood, George Valentin (Jean
    Dujardin) bucks the trend by filming another silent movie,
    the jungle adventure "Tears of Love".

    "The Artist". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

    5. 1994; studio whipping boy Guy (Frank Whaley) bites back after
    too much abuse from bullying exec Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey).

    "Swimming with Sharks". 4 for Joshua.

    6. 1998; the elderly director James Whale (Ian McKellen) recounts
    his glory days as a horror director to gardener Clayton Boone
    (Brendan Fraser).

    "Gods and Monsters". 4 for Joshua.

    7. 2004; Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) spares no expense trying
    to make his World War I flying drama "Hell's Angels" as realistic
    as possible.

    "The Aviator". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

    8. 1980; Sandy Bates (Woody Allen) reminisces as he attends a
    retrospective of his work.

    "Stardust Memories". 4 for Joshua.

    9. 2008; actors Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert
    Downey Jr.) are dropped in the jungle to shoot a Vietnam epic.

    "Tropic Thunder". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

    10. 2011; an orphan boy (Asa Butterfield) realizes that the grumpy
    toyshop owner (Ben Kingsley) in the railway station where he
    lives is none other than the forgotten director Georges M�li�s.

    "Hugo". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.


    * Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Most Populous Metropolitan Areas in US States

    In this round, you are to identify the most populous metropolitan
    statistical area, according to the 2010 census, of a given US state.
    This is, of course, *may or may not* be the same metropolitan area
    containing the state's most populous city. If the metropolitan
    area is named after multiple cities, like "Tokyo - Yokohama", the
    primary one, named first, will suffice. If you give additional
    cities in the name they must be correct.

    So, what """is""" the most populous metropolitan area in (or in
    one case just *primarily* in) these states?

    Note: The results for the 2020 census are not yet available --
    they're expected in December -- so I will only accept answers
    based on the 2010 census.

    This was the hardest round in the original game.

    1. New Hampshire.

    Manchester - Nashua. (#129 nationally by population at 400,721.)
    4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum.

    2. Vermont.

    Burlington - South Burlington. (#199 at 211,261.) 4 for Dan Blum
    and Dan Tilque.

    3. Maine.

    Portland - South Portland - Biddeford. (#101 at 514,098.)
    4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.

    4. Tennessee.

    Nashville-Davidson - Murfreesboro - Franklin. (#38 at 1,589,934.)
    "Nashville" was sufficient. 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Joshua.

    5. Texas.

    Dallas - Ft. Worth - Arlington. (#4 at 6,371,773.) 2 for Dan Blum.

    6. South Dakota.

    Sioux Falls. (#193 at 228,261.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.
    3 for Dan Blum.

    7. North Dakota.

    Fargo. (#204 at 208,777. This is the "primarily" one; it extends
    into Minnesota.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.

    8. Montana.

    Billings. (#250 at 158,050.) 2 for Joshua.

    9. Alabama.

    Birmingham - Hoover. (#49 at 1,128,047.) 4 for Joshua, Erland,
    and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum.

    10. West Virginia.

    Charleston. (#154 at 304,284.) 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque.
    2 for Joshua.


    Scores, if there are no errors:

    GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
    TOPICS-> Ent Geo
    Joshua Kreitzer 40 27 67
    Dan Blum 28 22 50
    Dan Tilque 0 28 28
    Erland Sommarskog 0 12 12

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