* Game 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is facing allegations that his
staff partially closed the access to the George Washington Bridge
(leading to Manhattan) from a town of 35,000 whose Democratic
mayor had not supported him. Name the town.
* Game 1, Round 2 - Entertainment - Alcoholics in Pop Culture
Here are TV and movie characters who are current or former heavy
drinkers, whether or not they also have other addictions. We name
the actor/actress and the character, and you give us the title.
For #1-8, name the TV series.
1. Luke Perry as Dylan.
2. Anna Farris as Christy.
3. Denis Leary as Tommy Gavin.
4. John Spencer as Leo McGarry.
5. Megan Mullaly as Karen Walker.
6. Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty.
7. Maura Tierney as Abby Lockhart.
8. John Slattery as Roger Sterling.
For #9-10, name the movie.
9. Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance.
10. Elizabeth Taylor as Martha, wife of George.
* Game 1, Round 3 - History - Nelson Mandela
1. Within 2 years, when was Nelson Mandela born?
2. Within 2 years, in what year did apartheid become the official
policy of South Africa?
3. From the time he was a young adult, Mandela was long associated
with what political and anti-apartheid organization in South
Africa?
4. Name the prison (South Africa's Alcatraz, as it were) where
Mandela spent most of his years of imprisonment.
5. In what year did it happen that Mandela was released from prison,
and negotiations to end apartheid began?
6. Under which South African president was Mandela was released
from prison?
7. In what year was Mandela himself elected president?
8. Mandela was often affectionately referred to by what nickname,
which was also his Xhosa clan name?
10. Nelson Mandela was a close runner-up for "Time" magazine's
"Person of the Century". But who did "Time" ultimately choose
instead?
* Game 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
2. What unusual wind pattern caused very low temperatures in much
of North America last week?
* Game 1, Round 2 - Entertainment - Alcoholics in Pop Culture
1. Luke Perry as Dylan.
4. John Spencer as Leo McGarry.
5. Megan Mullaly as Karen Walker.
8. John Slattery as Roger Sterling.
9. Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance.
10. Elizabeth Taylor as Martha, wife of George.
* Game 1, Round 3 - History - Nelson Mandela
1. Within 2 years, when was Nelson Mandela born?
2. Within 2 years, in what year did apartheid become the official
policy of South Africa?
3. From the time he was a young adult, Mandela was long associated
with what political and anti-apartheid organization in South
Africa?
4. Name the prison (South Africa's Alcatraz, as it were) where
Mandela spent most of his years of imprisonment.
5. In what year did it happen that Mandela was released from prison,
and negotiations to end apartheid began?
6. Under which South African president was Mandela was released
from prison?
7. In what year was Mandela himself elected president?
* Game 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is facing allegations that his
staff partially closed the access to the George Washington Bridge
(leading to Manhattan) from a town of 35,000 whose Democratic
mayor had not supported him. Name the town.
2. What unusual wind pattern caused very low temperatures in much
of North America last week?
* Game 1, Round 2 - Entertainment - Alcoholics in Pop Culture
It's all fun and games until someone crashes a car.
Here are TV and movie characters who are current or former heavy
drinkers, whether or not they also have other addictions. We name
the actor/actress and the character, and you give us the title.
For #1-8, name the TV series.
1. Luke Perry as Dylan.
2. Anna Farris as Christy.
3. Denis Leary as Tommy Gavin.
4. John Spencer as Leo McGarry.
5. Megan Mullaly as Karen Walker.
6. Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty.
7. Maura Tierney as Abby Lockhart.
8. John Slattery as Roger Sterling.
For #9-10, name the movie.
9. Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance.
10. Elizabeth Taylor as Martha, wife of George.
* Game 1, Round 3 - History - Nelson Mandela
1. Within 2 years, when was Nelson Mandela born?
2. Within 2 years, in what year did apartheid become the official
policy of South Africa?
3. From the time he was a young adult, Mandela was long associated
with what political and anti-apartheid organization in South
Africa?
4. Name the prison (South Africa's Alcatraz, as it were) where
Mandela spent most of his years of imprisonment.
5. In what year did it happen that Mandela was released from prison,
and negotiations to end apartheid began?
6. Under which South African president was Mandela was released
from prison?
7. In what year was Mandela himself elected president?
8. Mandela was often affectionately referred to by what nickname,
which was also his Xhosa clan name?
9. Mandela's remains are buried in the village where he grew up
and that was his ancestral homeland. Name it.
10. Nelson Mandela was a close runner-up for "Time" magazine's
"Person of the Century". But who did "Time" ultimately choose
instead?
* Game 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
2. What unusual wind pattern caused very low temperatures in much
of North America last week?
* Game 1, Round 2 - Entertainment - Alcoholics in Pop Culture
* Game 1, Round 3 - History - Nelson Mandela
1. Within 2 years, when was Nelson Mandela born?
2. Within 2 years, in what year did apartheid become the official
policy of South Africa?
5. In what year did it happen that Mandela was released from prison,
and negotiations to end apartheid began?
6. Under which South African president was Mandela was released
from prison?
7. In what year was Mandela himself elected president?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-01-13,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
Answer these 2014 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
1. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is facing allegations that his
staff partially closed the access to the George Washington Bridge
(leading to Manhattan) from a town of 35,000 whose Democratic
mayor had not supported him. Name the town.
2. What unusual wind pattern caused very low temperatures in much
of North America last week?
* Game 1, Round 2 - Entertainment - Alcoholics in Pop Culture
It's all fun and games until someone crashes a car.
Here are TV and movie characters who are current or former heavy
drinkers, whether or not they also have other addictions. We name
the actor/actress and the character, and you give us the title.
For #1-8, name the TV series.
1. Luke Perry as Dylan.
2. Anna Farris as Christy.
3. Denis Leary as Tommy Gavin.
4. John Spencer as Leo McGarry.
5. Megan Mullaly as Karen Walker.
6. Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty.
7. Maura Tierney as Abby Lockhart.
8. John Slattery as Roger Sterling.
For #9-10, name the movie.
9. Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance.
10. Elizabeth Taylor as Martha, wife of George.
* Game 1, Round 3 - History - Nelson Mandela
1. Within 2 years, when was Nelson Mandela born?
2. Within 2 years, in what year did apartheid become the official
policy of South Africa?
3. From the time he was a young adult, Mandela was long associated
with what political and anti-apartheid organization in South
Africa?
4. Name the prison (South Africa's Alcatraz, as it were) where
Mandela spent most of his years of imprisonment.
5. In what year did it happen that Mandela was released from prison,
and negotiations to end apartheid began?
6. Under which South African president was Mandela was released
from prison?
7. In what year was Mandela himself elected president?
8. Mandela was often affectionately referred to by what nickname,
which was also his Xhosa clan name?
9. Mandela's remains are buried in the village where he grew up
and that was his ancestral homeland. Name it.
10. Nelson Mandela was a close runner-up for "Time" magazine's
"Person of the Century". But who did "Time" ultimately choose
instead?
2. What unusual wind pattern caused very low temperatures in much
of North America last week?
A polar vortex. Dan Blum and Dan Tilque (more or less) got this.
2. What unusual wind pattern caused very low temperatures in much
of North America last week?
A polar vortex. Dan Blum and Dan Tilque (more or less) got this.
No I got it right and "polar vortex" is not quite right. The polar
vortex is a wind that circles the pole at roughly latitude 50 and keeps
all the cold arctic air contained. When it breaks down, the frigid air
is let out and causes extreme cold spells in temperate regions.
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