Mark Brader:

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-01-27,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

Game 3 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER is the winner.
Hearty congratulations!

** Game 3, Round 9 - Entertainment - Be True to Your School

We give you the name of the high school in a movie, the year of
the film, and a clue. And you give us the movie title.

1. Rydell High, 1978. "Tell me more!"

"Grease". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.

2. Eastside High, 2003. "Getcher head in the game!"

"High School Musical". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

3. Dawson High School, 1955. "They called me chicken!"

"Rebel Without a Cause". 4 for Joshua.

4. Shermer High School, 1985. A brain, an athlete, a basket case...

"The Breakfast Club". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

5. Padua High School, 1999. Loosely based on "The Taming of
the Shrew".

"10 Things I Hate about You". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

6. Beverly Hills High School, 1995. Loosely based on Jane Austen's
"Emma".

"Clueless". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

7. Westerberg High School, 1988. A volatile student body, in a
myriad of ways.

"Heathers". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

8. North Quay Secondary School, 1967. Song lyric: "How do you
thank someone who's taken you from crayons to perfume?"

"To Sir, with Love". 4 for Dan Tilque and Joshua.

9. Dancing Elk High School, 2007.
"Your parents are probably wondering where you are."
"Nah... I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans
could I get into?

"Juno". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

10. North Manual High, 1955.
"How will they ever graduate?"
"Graduate? They just get to be 18. Then they throw them out
to make room for more of the same kind."

"Blackboard Jungle". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

There have been a couple of movies titled "The Concrete Jungle",
but they were about prisons, not schools.

** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round - The Other Fords

* A. Sports Fords

A1. This Ford, a left-hander, pitched for the Yankees 1950-67.
His 236 wins as a Yankee are still the team's all-time
record. He was part of the broadcasts for both the first
Toronto Blue Jays game in 1977 and the last game at the
original Yankee Stadium in 2008. Give his first name
or nickname.

Edward, "Whitey". 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Pete.

A2. Ford Field """is""" home to what major-league sports team?
Full name required, like "Toronto Raptors".

Detroit Lions (NFL). (Still true.) 4 for Joshua and Pete.
3 for Dan Blum.

The home of Detroit's other feline-named major-league team, the
Tigers, is Comerica Park.

* B. Geografords

In each case, name the place.

B1. This is a county in Ireland's sunny southeast, and a city
there known for china and crystalware.

Waterford. 4 for everyone.

B2. This city on the Connecticut River prospered from the
firearms industry in the 19th century, and the insurance
industry in the 20th.

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

* C. Henry Ford's Materials Science

C1. In the 1920s, when Henry Ford learned of a process for
turning wood scraps from his factories into a consumer
product, he started a company with relative E.G. Kingsford
to produce and market it. You can still find Kingsford
brand products in grocery and hardware stores. What does
Kingsford make?

Charcoal. 4 for everyone.

C2. Henry Ford had an interest in industrial uses of agricultural
products. He worked with George Washington Carver to
develop paints and plastics derived from what crop?

Soybeans.

* D. Movie Fords

D1. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with Round 9. This acting Ford was born in Quebec
City in 1916. He appeared in dozens of westerns and in
"Blackboard Jungle", and he won a Golden Globe for Best
Actor in "Pocketful of Miracles". He had a supporting
role in "Superman" (1978) as Superman's adoptive father,
Jonathan Kent. Give his first name.

Glenn. 4 for Joshua and Pete.

D2. John Ford holds the record for winning the most Best
Director Oscars. Name any one of the 4 movies he won for.

"The Informer" (1935), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), "How Green was
My Valley" (1941), "The Quiet Man" (1952). 4 for Joshua.

"Stagecoach" was indeed Oscar-nominated, but that came out in 1939
and had to compete against "Gone with the Wind"; Victor Fleming won.
"The Searchers" (1956) was not nominated for any Oscars.

* E. American History Fords

E1. This Ford shot the outlaw Jesse James in the back in 1882.
Give his first name.

Robert. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

E2. Before becoming vice-president (and then president), Gerald
Ford was a congressman for 25 years -- representing what
state?

Michigan. 4 for everyone.

* F. Ford Motor Co. Friends and Family

F1. Who is the great-grandson of Henry Ford, who """currently"""
serves as the executive chairman of Ford Motor Company?
*Note:* If the position has changed, you may name the
current holder only if that person is related to Henry Ford.

William (Bill) Clay Ford Jr. (Still true. "Clay" was required,
but not "Jr.") 4 for Joshua and Pete.

F2. Another great-grandfather of <answer F1> was a close friend
and business associate of Henry Ford. He was an
industrialist whose products were sold with Ford's cars.
He frequently vacationed with Henry Ford and Thomas Edison.
Who was he?

Harvey Firestone. 4 for Joshua.


Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Art S+L His Sci Art Ent Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 11 18 24 36 20 28 40 44 192
Dan Blum 4 12 12 36 28 32 32 27 167
Pete Gayde 6 5 -- -- 11 30 4 32 88
Dan Tilque 0 0 8 20 36 4 4 16 88
Erland Sommarskog -- -- 0 12 30 16 -- -- 58

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Mark Brader, Toronto | "Asteroid Nearly Misses Earth"
[email protected] | --Washington Post, June 24, 2002

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