• Re: QFTCIBSI23 Game 2, Rounds 9-10: architects, Waits challenge

    From Joshua Kreitzer@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Wed Jun 14 21:02:53 2023
    On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 10:21:47 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:

    ** Game 2, Round 9 - Arts - Modern Architects

    We name one or more significant architectural works; you name
    their architect.

    7. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland), Louvre pyramid (Paris).

    Pei

    9. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Imperial Hotel (Tokyo), Johnson
    Wax Building (Racine, Wisconsin).

    Wright

    ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Tom Waits for No One

    Simply a dozen Tom-Waits-adjacent questions.

    * A. References

    A1. One of Tom's songs includes the name of a saint. This saint
    is best known as the patron saint of travellers, though
    there is no certainty that he existed historically.
    Name the saint.

    St. Christopher

    A2. This Tom Waits song shares its name with a term for a common
    grave for unknown, unclaimed, or indigent people.
    The earliest known use of this term is from the Gospel of
    Matthew, not "It's a Wonderful Life".

    potter's field

    * B. Geography - Song Titles

    B1. Tom once received a telephone call from what current city,
    arguably the most populous in Europe? It's possible the
    call was from a date informing him of where she's waiting.

    London; Paris

    B2. Tom's first experiment with the "sha-la-la" refrain was
    about a girl from where? The girl, his future wife Kathleen
    Brennan, was living in this US state, not an island in the
    English Channel.

    New Jersey

    * C. Tom on the Big Screen

    We'll name three movie credits Tom has with the same director;
    you name the director.

    C1. "The Dead Don't Die", "Mystery Train", "Down by Law".

    Jarmusch

    C2. "One from the Heart", "Rumble Fish", "Bram Stoker's Dracula".

    Coppola

    * D. Inspiration and Collaboration

    D1. The title of Tom's 1975 album, "Nighthawks at the Diner" was
    inspired by the 1942 work "Nighthawks", by what American
    painter?

    Hopper

    D2. In 1990, the "musical fable" "The Black Rider" premiered
    in Hamburg. This was a collaboration between Waits, theater
    director Robert Wilson, and what Beat Generation writer,
    best known for "Naked Lunch"?

    Burroughs

    * E. The Songs

    E2. Rod Stewart had a huge hit in 1990 -- #1 in Canada, #3 on the
    US "Billboard" Hot 100 -- with his cover of what Tom Waits
    song?

    "Downtown Train"

    * F. Lawsuits!

    F2. In 1990, Tom won $2,500,000 in a "soundalike" lawsuit over
    an ad for a new Doritos flavor, SalsaRio. What snack-food
    company was named in the suit, a wholly-owned subsidiary
    of PepsiCo since 1965?

    Frito-Lay

    --
    Joshua Kreitzer
    [email protected]

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  • From Mark Brader@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 15 03:21:36 2023
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-05-15,
    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 Bloor St. Irregulars and
    are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
    have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
    please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
    Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


    ** Game 2, Round 9 - Arts - Modern Architects

    We name one or more significant architectural works; you name
    their architect.

    1. Sydney Opera House.
    2. Toronto City Hall (1965).
    3. Apple Park (Cupertino), the "Gherkin" (London).
    4. TWA Terminal (New York), Gateway Arch (St. Louis).
    5. Seagram Building (New York), T-D Centre (Toronto).
    6. Bauhaus School (Dessau), Pan Am Building (New York).
    7. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland), Louvre pyramid (Paris).
    8. National Holocaust Monument (Ottawa), Michael Lee-Chin Crystal
    (Toronto).

    9. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Imperial Hotel (Tokyo), Johnson
    Wax Building (Racine, Wisconsin).

    10. Notre Dame du Haut (Ronchamp), High Court, Palace of Assembly,
    and Secretariat (all Chandigarh).


    ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Tom Waits for No One

    Simply a dozen Tom-Waits-adjacent questions.

    * A. References

    A1. One of Tom's songs includes the name of a saint. This saint
    is best known as the patron saint of travellers, though
    there is no certainty that he existed historically.
    Name the saint.

    A2. This Tom Waits song shares its name with a term for a common
    grave for unknown, unclaimed, or indigent people.
    The earliest known use of this term is from the Gospel of
    Matthew, not "It's a Wonderful Life".


    * B. Geography - Song Titles

    B1. Tom once received a telephone call from what current city,
    arguably the most populous in Europe? It's possible the
    call was from a date informing him of where she's waiting.

    B2. Tom's first experiment with the "sha-la-la" refrain was
    about a girl from where? The girl, his future wife Kathleen
    Brennan, was living in this US state, not an island in the
    English Channel.

    * C. Tom on the Big Screen

    We'll name three movie credits Tom has with the same director;
    you name the director.

    C1. "The Dead Don't Die", "Mystery Train", "Down by Law".
    C2. "One from the Heart", "Rumble Fish", "Bram Stoker's Dracula".


    * D. Inspiration and Collaboration

    D1. The title of Tom's 1975 album, "Nighthawks at the Diner" was
    inspired by the 1942 work "Nighthawks", by what American
    painter?

    D2. In 1990, the "musical fable" "The Black Rider" premiered
    in Hamburg. This was a collaboration between Waits, theater
    director Robert Wilson, and what Beat Generation writer,
    best known for "Naked Lunch"?


    * E. The Songs

    E1. What Tom Waits song was used as the theme song for the
    HBO series "The Wire"? Each of the show's five seasons
    used a different performer's version, with Tom's used for
    Season 2.

    E2. Rod Stewart had a huge hit in 1990 -- #1 in Canada, #3 on the
    US "Billboard" Hot 100 -- with his cover of what Tom Waits
    song?


    * F. Lawsuits!

    F1. In 2007, Tom won a "soundalike" lawsuit against what German
    auto manufacturer? General Motors owned them from 1929 to
    2017, then PSA Group, and now Stellantis.

    F2. In 1990, Tom won $2,500,000 in a "soundalike" lawsuit over
    an ad for a new Doritos flavor, SalsaRio. What snack-food
    company was named in the suit, a wholly-owned subsidiary
    of PepsiCo since 1965?

    --
    Mark Brader | "The inability to distinguish between epistemic and deontic Toronto | interpretations of 'why', which is common among children, [email protected] | is the source of a great deal of religion." --John Lawler

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  • From Erland Sommarskog@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Thu Jun 15 20:59:41 2023
    Mark Brader ([email protected]) writes:
    ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Tom Waits for No One

    * B. Geography - Song Titles

    B1. Tom once received a telephone call from what current city,
    arguably the most populous in Europe? It's possible the
    call was from a date informing him of where she's waiting.

    Istanbul

    D2. In 1990, the "musical fable" "The Black Rider" premiered
    in Hamburg. This was a collaboration between Waits, theater
    director Robert Wilson, and what Beat Generation writer,
    best known for "Naked Lunch"?

    Boroughs

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  • From Dan Blum@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Thu Jun 15 23:58:36 2023
    Mark Brader <[email protected]> wrote:

    ** Game 2, Round 9 - Arts - Modern Architects

    1. Sydney Opera House.

    Saarinen

    3. Apple Park (Cupertino), the "Gherkin" (London).

    Gehry

    4. TWA Terminal (New York), Gateway Arch (St. Louis).

    Schiller

    5. Seagram Building (New York), T-D Centre (Toronto).

    Neutra

    6. Bauhaus School (Dessau), Pan Am Building (New York).

    van der Rohe

    7. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland), Louvre pyramid (Paris).

    Pei

    9. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Imperial Hotel (Tokyo), Johnson
    Wax Building (Racine, Wisconsin).

    Wright

    ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Tom Waits for No One

    * A. References

    A1. One of Tom's songs includes the name of a saint. This saint
    is best known as the patron saint of travellers, though
    there is no certainty that he existed historically.
    Name the saint.

    Christopher

    A2. This Tom Waits song shares its name with a term for a common
    grave for unknown, unclaimed, or indigent people.
    The earliest known use of this term is from the Gospel of
    Matthew, not "It's a Wonderful Life".

    potter's field

    * B. Geography - Song Titles

    B1. Tom once received a telephone call from what current city,
    arguably the most populous in Europe? It's possible the
    call was from a date informing him of where she's waiting.

    Istanbul

    B2. Tom's first experiment with the "sha-la-la" refrain was
    about a girl from where? The girl, his future wife Kathleen
    Brennan, was living in this US state, not an island in the
    English Channel.

    New Jersey

    * C. Tom on the Big Screen

    C2. "One from the Heart", "Rumble Fish", "Bram Stoker's Dracula".

    Francis Ford Coppola

    * D. Inspiration and Collaboration

    D1. The title of Tom's 1975 album, "Nighthawks at the Diner" was
    inspired by the 1942 work "Nighthawks", by what American
    painter?

    Hopper

    D2. In 1990, the "musical fable" "The Black Rider" premiered
    in Hamburg. This was a collaboration between Waits, theater
    director Robert Wilson, and what Beat Generation writer,
    best known for "Naked Lunch"?

    William S. Burroughs

    * F. Lawsuits!

    F2. In 1990, Tom won $2,500,000 in a "soundalike" lawsuit over
    an ad for a new Doritos flavor, SalsaRio. What snack-food
    company was named in the suit, a wholly-owned subsidiary
    of PepsiCo since 1965?

    Frito-Lay

    --
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Dan Blum [email protected]
    "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

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  • From Dan Tilque@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Thu Jun 15 22:54:20 2023
    On 6/14/23 20:21, Mark Brader wrote:

    ** Game 2, Round 9 - Arts - Modern Architects

    We name one or more significant architectural works; you name
    their architect.

    1. Sydney Opera House.
    2. Toronto City Hall (1965).
    3. Apple Park (Cupertino), the "Gherkin" (London).
    4. TWA Terminal (New York), Gateway Arch (St. Louis).
    5. Seagram Building (New York), T-D Centre (Toronto).
    6. Bauhaus School (Dessau), Pan Am Building (New York).
    7. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland), Louvre pyramid (Paris).
    8. National Holocaust Monument (Ottawa), Michael Lee-Chin Crystal
    (Toronto).

    9. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Imperial Hotel (Tokyo), Johnson
    Wax Building (Racine, Wisconsin).

    10. Notre Dame du Haut (Ronchamp), High Court, Palace of Assembly,
    and Secretariat (all Chandigarh).


    ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Tom Waits for No One

    Simply a dozen Tom-Waits-adjacent questions.

    * A. References

    A1. One of Tom's songs includes the name of a saint. This saint
    is best known as the patron saint of travellers, though
    there is no certainty that he existed historically.
    Name the saint.

    St Christopher


    A2. This Tom Waits song shares its name with a term for a common
    grave for unknown, unclaimed, or indigent people.
    The earliest known use of this term is from the Gospel of
    Matthew, not "It's a Wonderful Life".

    Potter's Field



    * B. Geography - Song Titles

    B1. Tom once received a telephone call from what current city,
    arguably the most populous in Europe? It's possible the
    call was from a date informing him of where she's waiting.

    B2. Tom's first experiment with the "sha-la-la" refrain was
    about a girl from where? The girl, his future wife Kathleen
    Brennan, was living in this US state, not an island in the
    English Channel.

    * C. Tom on the Big Screen

    We'll name three movie credits Tom has with the same director;
    you name the director.

    C1. "The Dead Don't Die", "Mystery Train", "Down by Law".
    C2. "One from the Heart", "Rumble Fish", "Bram Stoker's Dracula".


    * D. Inspiration and Collaboration

    D1. The title of Tom's 1975 album, "Nighthawks at the Diner" was
    inspired by the 1942 work "Nighthawks", by what American
    painter?

    D2. In 1990, the "musical fable" "The Black Rider" premiered
    in Hamburg. This was a collaboration between Waits, theater
    director Robert Wilson, and what Beat Generation writer,
    best known for "Naked Lunch"?


    * E. The Songs

    E1. What Tom Waits song was used as the theme song for the
    HBO series "The Wire"? Each of the show's five seasons
    used a different performer's version, with Tom's used for
    Season 2.

    E2. Rod Stewart had a huge hit in 1990 -- #1 in Canada, #3 on the
    US "Billboard" Hot 100 -- with his cover of what Tom Waits
    song?


    * F. Lawsuits!

    F1. In 2007, Tom won a "soundalike" lawsuit against what German
    auto manufacturer? General Motors owned them from 1929 to
    2017, then PSA Group, and now Stellantis.

    Opel


    F2. In 1990, Tom won $2,500,000 in a "soundalike" lawsuit over
    an ad for a new Doritos flavor, SalsaRio. What snack-food
    company was named in the suit, a wholly-owned subsidiary
    of PepsiCo since 1965?

    Frito-Lay

    --
    Dan Tilque

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  • From swp@21:1/5 to Mark Brader on Sat Jun 17 17:09:23 2023
    On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 11:21:47 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-05-15,
    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 Bloor St. Irregulars and
    are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
    have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
    please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
    Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


    ** Game 2, Round 9 - Arts - Modern Architects

    We name one or more significant architectural works; you name
    their architect.

    1. Sydney Opera House.

    utzon

    2. Toronto City Hall (1965).

    revell

    3. Apple Park (Cupertino), the "Gherkin" (London).

    norman foster

    4. TWA Terminal (New York), Gateway Arch (St. Louis).

    saarinen

    5. Seagram Building (New York), T-D Centre (Toronto).

    van der rohe

    6. Bauhaus School (Dessau), Pan Am Building (New York).

    walter gropius

    7. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland), Louvre pyramid (Paris).

    i m pei

    8. National Holocaust Monument (Ottawa), Michael Lee-Chin Crystal
    (Toronto).

    johnson

    9. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Imperial Hotel (Tokyo), Johnson
    Wax Building (Racine, Wisconsin).

    frank lloyd wright

    10. Notre Dame du Haut (Ronchamp), High Court, Palace of Assembly,
    and Secretariat (all Chandigarh).

    le corbusier

    ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Tom Waits for No One

    Simply a dozen Tom-Waits-adjacent questions.

    * A. References

    A1. One of Tom's songs includes the name of a saint. This saint
    is best known as the patron saint of travellers, though
    there is no certainty that he existed historically.
    Name the saint.

    saint christopher

    A2. This Tom Waits song shares its name with a term for a common
    grave for unknown, unclaimed, or indigent people.
    The earliest known use of this term is from the Gospel of
    Matthew, not "It's a Wonderful Life".

    potters field


    * B. Geography - Song Titles

    B1. Tom once received a telephone call from what current city,
    arguably the most populous in Europe? It's possible the
    call was from a date informing him of where she's waiting.

    istanbul

    B2. Tom's first experiment with the "sha-la-la" refrain was
    about a girl from where? The girl, his future wife Kathleen
    Brennan, was living in this US state, not an island in the
    English Channel.

    new jersey

    * C. Tom on the Big Screen

    We'll name three movie credits Tom has with the same director;
    you name the director.

    C1. "The Dead Don't Die", "Mystery Train", "Down by Law".

    jim jarmusch

    C2. "One from the Heart", "Rumble Fish", "Bram Stoker's Dracula".

    francis ford coppola


    * D. Inspiration and Collaboration

    D1. The title of Tom's 1975 album, "Nighthawks at the Diner" was
    inspired by the 1942 work "Nighthawks", by what American
    painter?

    hopper?

    D2. In 1990, the "musical fable" "The Black Rider" premiered
    in Hamburg. This was a collaboration between Waits, theater
    director Robert Wilson, and what Beat Generation writer,
    best known for "Naked Lunch"?

    william s burroughs


    * E. The Songs

    E1. What Tom Waits song was used as the theme song for the
    HBO series "The Wire"? Each of the show's five seasons
    used a different performer's version, with Tom's used for
    Season 2.

    way down in the hole

    E2. Rod Stewart had a huge hit in 1990 -- #1 in Canada, #3 on the
    US "Billboard" Hot 100 -- with his cover of what Tom Waits
    song?

    downtown train


    * F. Lawsuits!

    F1. In 2007, Tom won a "soundalike" lawsuit against what German
    auto manufacturer? General Motors owned them from 1929 to
    2017, then PSA Group, and now Stellantis.

    opel?

    F2. In 1990, Tom won $2,500,000 in a "soundalike" lawsuit over
    an ad for a new Doritos flavor, SalsaRio. What snack-food
    company was named in the suit, a wholly-owned subsidiary
    of PepsiCo since 1965?

    frito-lay

    --
    Mark Brader | "The inability to distinguish between epistemic and deontic Toronto | interpretations of 'why', which is common among children, [email protected] | is the source of a great deal of religion." --John Lawler

    My text in this article is in the public domain.

    swp

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