Mark Brader:

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-05-15,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

Well, Game 2 is over an it's a strong win for STEPHEN PERRY.
Hearty congratulations, sir!

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

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

1. Sydney Opera House.

Jorn Utzon. 4 for Stephen.

2. Toronto City Hall (1965).

Viljo Revell. 4 for Stephen.

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

Norman Foster. 4 for Stephen.

The Gherkin was originally the Swiss Re Building, but now is known
officially only by its street address, 30 St. Mary Axe.

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

Eero Saarinen. 4 for Stephen.

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

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. 4 for Stephen.

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

Walter Gropius. 4 for Stephen.

The Pan Am Building is now called the MetLife Building.

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

I.M. Pei. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.

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

Daniel Libeskind.

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

Frank Lloyd Wright. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.

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

Le Corbusier (Charles-�douard Jeanneret). 4 for Stephen.

** 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. ("Hang On, St. Christopher".) 4 for Joshua,
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.

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

* 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. ("Telephone Call From Istanbul".) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum,
and Stephen.

It's "the most populous in Europe" if you go by city-proper
population and include the part of Istanbul that isn't in Europe.
If you only count the part that is, then Moscow is larger. If you
go by metropolitan areas, the largest might be Istanbul (if you
include the part that isn't in Europe), Moscow, London, or Paris,
depending on whose data you use.

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. ("Jersey Girl".) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.

* 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. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.

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

Francis Ford Coppola. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.

* 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?

Edward Hopper. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.

See: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Nighthawks_by_Edward_Hopper_1942.jpg

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. (I accepted "Boroughs" for full points since
it can be pronounced the same.) 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum,
and Stephen.

* 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". 4 for Stephen.

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". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.

* 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. 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen.

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. (Both parts of the name required.) 4 for Joshua,
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.


Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Mis Sci Spo Geo His Art Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 40 40 32 -- -- 36 48 236
Joshua Kreitzer 32 24 40 28 35 0 8 36 195
Dan Blum 0 31 36 16 28 8 8 32 151
Dan Tilque 4 24 40 12 20 24 0 16 136
Erland Sommarskog 20 16 40 12 20 16 0 8 124
Pete Gayde 8 16 28 20 24 4 -- -- 100

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