* Game 7, Round 2 - Entertainment - Irish Celebrities
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Although not a major holiday in Ireland,
March 17 is celebrated in North America as an excuse to drink green
beer and claim Irish heritage. Get in on the fun by naming these
10 Irish celebrities -- including Northern Ireland.
1. Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in 1952, he's a
well-respected actor who's done drama in "Schindler's List",
action in "Taken", and space opera in "Star Wars".
2. Born in Galway in 1987, she rose to fame as the "wee lesbian"
Clare in "Derry Girls", and is getting her own season of
Bridgerton as Penelope Featherington.
3. Born in County Donegal in 1961, this reclusive singer-songwriter
is still the best-selling Irish solo artist of all time,
even though her most successful album, "A Day Without Rain",
was released 24 years ago.
4. Born in County Limerick in 1971, her voice is remembered as
one of the most iconic of the 1990s. Her five albums with the
Cranberries include songs like "Linger" and "Zombie".
5. Born in County Dublin in 1963, he's known for his campy humor,
saucy innuendo, and eponymous comedy chat show. You might also
recognize him from his Eurovision commentary for the BBC.
6. Born in Cork in 1976, this actor got his start in theater and
independent movies before making it big with "28 Days Later"
and his four films with Christopher Nolan, especially the
most recent.
7. Born in 1920 in Dublin, she was given the nickname "The Queen
of Technicolor" because the camera loved her bright red hair.
Her biggest movies of the 1940s are "How Green was My Valley"
and "Miracle on 34th Street".
8. Born in Dublin in 1988, this mixed martial artist and boxer is
equally known for popularizing UFC fights worldwide and his
mouthy trash-talk. In 2021, Forbes named him the world's
highest-paid athlete with an income of $180,000,000 US.
9. Born in 1994 in New York City to Irish immigrants, she and her
family returned to Dublin when she was 3 years old. She was
only 12 when she was cast in "Atonement", and her impressive
filmography includes "Lady Bird" and "Little Women".
10. Born 1953 in County Louth, this elegant actor rose to fame as
TV detective Remington Steele. He remains the only Irish actor
to play the world's most famous spy.
* Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
Just when you were having a good time, along comes a novel about
the end of the world as we know it. Here are 10 apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic novels. Given the year of publication, the author,
and a brief description, name the novel.
1. Max Brooks, 2006. The book is a series of individual documents
and accounts of desperate struggle during and after the
devastating global battle against the zombie plague. It's
narrated by a member of the United Nations Postwar Commission.
2. Douglas Adams, 1979. Alien bureaucrats demolish Earth to make
way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist,
Arthur Dent. He ends up in a series of cosmic misadventures
with a travel writer, a depressed robot, and many others.
3. Richard Matheson, 1954. Robert Neville is the only unaffected
survivor of a global pandemic that has turned the world's
population into vampire-like zombies. He studies their
physiology with a view to killing them all. But will that make
him the good guy or the bad guy?
4. Nevil Shute, 1957. The novel follows a group of people
in Melbourne, Australia, as they await the arrival of deadly
radiation from the northern hemisphere, after a nuclear war.
Each person deals with their impending death differently.
5. Margaret Atwood, 2003. A genetically-modified virus wipes out
most of the population, except for small groups of child-like
herbivorous humans who were specially created to survive it.
Unaffected by the virus, a man called Snowman tries to survive,
pursued by strange hybrid animals. Flashbacks explain how a
world dominated by bio-corporations made all this possible.
6. Emily St. John Mandel, 2014. The Georgia Flu devastates the
world, including Toronto. 20 years later, members of a nomadic
group of actors and musicians known as the Traveling Symphony
encounter a violent cult, led by a man who is unknowingly linked
to a member of the troupe through a mysterious graphic novel.
7. P.D. James, 1992. It's England in 2021, following a mass
infertility event. Tyranny and fertility checks are the norm, as
not a single baby has been born in a very long time. The story
follows the cousin of the dictator, as he joins a small group
of resistors who don't share the despair of the masses.
8. David Brin, 1985. Gordon Crantz wanders post-apocalyptic Oregon,
scavenges the old uniform of a long-dead government worker,
and falsely claims to represent the "Restored United States",
bringing hope to the survivors. Eventually he joins a group
of scientists, indigenous people, and villagers, to help them
organize the fight against violent survivalist militias and
maybe, actually, restore the nation.
9. John Wyndham, 1951. Most people in the world are blinded
by an apparent meteor shower. A mysterious species of mobile
3-legged carnivorous plant, widely grown for its valuable oil,
starts stinging the blind survivors and devouring them.
10. James Dashner, 2009. Solar flares have scorched the Earth.
Viruses have been released by a wicked corporation to reduce
the population and save resources. A group of teenagers find
themselves in a giant ever-changing labyrinth that they must
escape, as part of an evil experiment intended to find a cure
to the mental illness afflicting most of the survivors.
* Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
2. Douglas Adams, 1979. Alien bureaucrats demolish Earth to make
way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist,
Arthur Dent. He ends up in a series of cosmic misadventures
with a travel writer, a depressed robot, and many others.
5. Margaret Atwood, 2003. A genetically-modified virus wipes out
most of the population, except for small groups of child-like
herbivorous humans who were specially created to survive it.
Unaffected by the virus, a man called Snowman tries to survive,
pursued by strange hybrid animals. Flashbacks explain how a
world dominated by bio-corporations made all this possible.
9. John Wyndham, 1951. Most people in the world are blinded
by an apparent meteor shower. A mysterious species of mobile
3-legged carnivorous plant, widely grown for its valuable oil,
starts stinging the blind survivors and devouring them.
* Game 7, Round 2 - Entertainment - Irish Celebrities
1. Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in 1952, he's a
well-respected actor who's done drama in "Schindler's List",
action in "Taken", and space opera in "Star Wars".
3. Born in County Donegal in 1961, this reclusive singer-songwriter
is still the best-selling Irish solo artist of all time,
even though her most successful album, "A Day Without Rain",
was released 24 years ago.
7. Born in 1920 in Dublin, she was given the nickname "The Queen
of Technicolor" because the camera loved her bright red hair.
Her biggest movies of the 1940s are "How Green was My Valley"
and "Miracle on 34th Street".
9. Born in 1994 in New York City to Irish immigrants, she and her
family returned to Dublin when she was 3 years old. She was
only 12 when she was cast in "Atonement", and her impressive
filmography includes "Lady Bird" and "Little Women".
10. Born 1953 in County Louth, this elegant actor rose to fame as
TV detective Remington Steele. He remains the only Irish actor
to play the world's most famous spy.
* Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1. Max Brooks, 2006. The book is a series of individual documents
and accounts of desperate struggle during and after the
devastating global battle against the zombie plague. It's
narrated by a member of the United Nations Postwar Commission.
2. Douglas Adams, 1979. Alien bureaucrats demolish Earth to make
way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist,
Arthur Dent. He ends up in a series of cosmic misadventures
with a travel writer, a depressed robot, and many others.
3. Richard Matheson, 1954. Robert Neville is the only unaffected
survivor of a global pandemic that has turned the world's
population into vampire-like zombies. He studies their
physiology with a view to killing them all. But will that make
him the good guy or the bad guy?
4. Nevil Shute, 1957. The novel follows a group of people
in Melbourne, Australia, as they await the arrival of deadly
radiation from the northern hemisphere, after a nuclear war.
Each person deals with their impending death differently.
5. Margaret Atwood, 2003. A genetically-modified virus wipes out
most of the population, except for small groups of child-like
herbivorous humans who were specially created to survive it.
Unaffected by the virus, a man called Snowman tries to survive,
pursued by strange hybrid animals. Flashbacks explain how a
world dominated by bio-corporations made all this possible.
6. Emily St. John Mandel, 2014. The Georgia Flu devastates the
world, including Toronto. 20 years later, members of a nomadic
group of actors and musicians known as the Traveling Symphony
encounter a violent cult, led by a man who is unknowingly linked
to a member of the troupe through a mysterious graphic novel.
7. P.D. James, 1992. It's England in 2021, following a mass
infertility event. Tyranny and fertility checks are the norm, as
not a single baby has been born in a very long time. The story
follows the cousin of the dictator, as he joins a small group
of resistors who don't share the despair of the masses.
8. David Brin, 1985. Gordon Crantz wanders post-apocalyptic Oregon,
scavenges the old uniform of a long-dead government worker,
and falsely claims to represent the "Restored United States",
bringing hope to the survivors. Eventually he joins a group
of scientists, indigenous people, and villagers, to help them
organize the fight against violent survivalist militias and
maybe, actually, restore the nation.
9. John Wyndham, 1951. Most people in the world are blinded
by an apparent meteor shower. A mysterious species of mobile
3-legged carnivorous plant, widely grown for its valuable oil,
starts stinging the blind survivors and devouring them.
10. James Dashner, 2009. Solar flares have scorched the Earth.
Viruses have been released by a wicked corporation to reduce
the population and save resources. A group of teenagers find
themselves in a giant ever-changing labyrinth that they must
escape, as part of an evil experiment intended to find a cure
to the mental illness afflicting most of the survivors.
* Game 7, Round 2 - Entertainment - Irish Celebrities
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Although not a major holiday in Ireland,
March 17 is celebrated in North America as an excuse to drink green
beer and claim Irish heritage. Get in on the fun by naming these
10 Irish celebrities -- including Northern Ireland.
1. Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in 1952, he's a
well-respected actor who's done drama in "Schindler's List",
action in "Taken", and space opera in "Star Wars".
3. Born in County Donegal in 1961, this reclusive singer-songwriter
is still the best-selling Irish solo artist of all time,
even though her most successful album, "A Day Without Rain",
was released 24 years ago.
6. Born in Cork in 1976, this actor got his start in theater and
independent movies before making it big with "28 Days Later"
and his four films with Christopher Nolan, especially the
most recent.
7. Born in 1920 in Dublin, she was given the nickname "The Queen
of Technicolor" because the camera loved her bright red hair.
Her biggest movies of the 1940s are "How Green was My Valley"
and "Miracle on 34th Street".
8. Born in Dublin in 1988, this mixed martial artist and boxer is
equally known for popularizing UFC fights worldwide and his
mouthy trash-talk. In 2021, Forbes named him the world's
highest-paid athlete with an income of $180,000,000 US.
9. Born in 1994 in New York City to Irish immigrants, she and her
family returned to Dublin when she was 3 years old. She was
only 12 when she was cast in "Atonement", and her impressive
filmography includes "Lady Bird" and "Little Women".
10. Born 1953 in County Louth, this elegant actor rose to fame as
TV detective Remington Steele. He remains the only Irish actor
to play the world's most famous spy.
* Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
Just when you were having a good time, along comes a novel about
the end of the world as we know it. Here are 10 apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic novels. Given the year of publication, the author,
and a brief description, name the novel.
1. Max Brooks, 2006. The book is a series of individual documents
and accounts of desperate struggle during and after the
devastating global battle against the zombie plague. It's
narrated by a member of the United Nations Postwar Commission.
2. Douglas Adams, 1979. Alien bureaucrats demolish Earth to make
way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist,
Arthur Dent. He ends up in a series of cosmic misadventures
with a travel writer, a depressed robot, and many others.
3. Richard Matheson, 1954. Robert Neville is the only unaffected
survivor of a global pandemic that has turned the world's
population into vampire-like zombies. He studies their
physiology with a view to killing them all. But will that make
him the good guy or the bad guy?
4. Nevil Shute, 1957. The novel follows a group of people
in Melbourne, Australia, as they await the arrival of deadly
radiation from the northern hemisphere, after a nuclear war.
Each person deals with their impending death differently.
7. P.D. James, 1992. It's England in 2021, following a mass
infertility event. Tyranny and fertility checks are the norm, as
not a single baby has been born in a very long time. The story
follows the cousin of the dictator, as he joins a small group
of resistors who don't share the despair of the masses.
8. David Brin, 1985. Gordon Crantz wanders post-apocalyptic Oregon,
scavenges the old uniform of a long-dead government worker,
and falsely claims to represent the "Restored United States",
bringing hope to the survivors. Eventually he joins a group
of scientists, indigenous people, and villagers, to help them
organize the fight against violent survivalist militias and
maybe, actually, restore the nation.
9. John Wyndham, 1951. Most people in the world are blinded
by an apparent meteor shower. A mysterious species of mobile
3-legged carnivorous plant, widely grown for its valuable oil,
starts stinging the blind survivors and devouring them.
10. James Dashner, 2009. Solar flares have scorched the Earth.
Viruses have been released by a wicked corporation to reduce
the population and save resources. A group of teenagers find
themselves in a giant ever-changing labyrinth that they must
escape, as part of an evil experiment intended to find a cure
to the mental illness afflicting most of the survivors.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-03-18,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 7, Round 2 - Entertainment - Irish Celebrities
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Although not a major holiday in Ireland,
March 17 is celebrated in North America as an excuse to drink green
beer and claim Irish heritage. Get in on the fun by naming these
10 Irish celebrities -- including Northern Ireland.
1. Born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in 1952, he's a
well-respected actor who's done drama in "Schindler's List",
action in "Taken", and space opera in "Star Wars".
2. Born in Galway in 1987, she rose to fame as the "wee lesbian"
Clare in "Derry Girls", and is getting her own season of
Bridgerton as Penelope Featherington.
3. Born in County Donegal in 1961, this reclusive singer-songwriter
is still the best-selling Irish solo artist of all time,
even though her most successful album, "A Day Without Rain",
was released 24 years ago.
4. Born in County Limerick in 1971, her voice is remembered as
one of the most iconic of the 1990s. Her five albums with the
Cranberries include songs like "Linger" and "Zombie".
5. Born in County Dublin in 1963, he's known for his campy humor,
saucy innuendo, and eponymous comedy chat show. You might also
recognize him from his Eurovision commentary for the BBC.
6. Born in Cork in 1976, this actor got his start in theater and
independent movies before making it big with "28 Days Later"
and his four films with Christopher Nolan, especially the
most recent.
7. Born in 1920 in Dublin, she was given the nickname "The Queen
of Technicolor" because the camera loved her bright red hair.
Her biggest movies of the 1940s are "How Green was My Valley"
and "Miracle on 34th Street".
8. Born in Dublin in 1988, this mixed martial artist and boxer is
equally known for popularizing UFC fights worldwide and his
mouthy trash-talk. In 2021, Forbes named him the world's
highest-paid athlete with an income of $180,000,000 US.
9. Born in 1994 in New York City to Irish immigrants, she and her
family returned to Dublin when she was 3 years old. She was
only 12 when she was cast in "Atonement", and her impressive
filmography includes "Lady Bird" and "Little Women".
10. Born 1953 in County Louth, this elegant actor rose to fame as
TV detective Remington Steele. He remains the only Irish actor
to play the world's most famous spy.
* Game 7, Round 3 - Literature - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
Just when you were having a good time, along comes a novel about
the end of the world as we know it. Here are 10 apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic novels. Given the year of publication, the author,
and a brief description, name the novel.
1. Max Brooks, 2006. The book is a series of individual documents
and accounts of desperate struggle during and after the
devastating global battle against the zombie plague. It's
narrated by a member of the United Nations Postwar Commission.
2. Douglas Adams, 1979. Alien bureaucrats demolish Earth to make
way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist,
Arthur Dent. He ends up in a series of cosmic misadventures
with a travel writer, a depressed robot, and many others.
3. Richard Matheson, 1954. Robert Neville is the only unaffected
survivor of a global pandemic that has turned the world's
population into vampire-like zombies. He studies their
physiology with a view to killing them all. But will that make
him the good guy or the bad guy?
4. Nevil Shute, 1957. The novel follows a group of people
in Melbourne, Australia, as they await the arrival of deadly
radiation from the northern hemisphere, after a nuclear war.
Each person deals with their impending death differently.
5. Margaret Atwood, 2003. A genetically-modified virus wipes out
most of the population, except for small groups of child-like
herbivorous humans who were specially created to survive it.
Unaffected by the virus, a man called Snowman tries to survive,
pursued by strange hybrid animals. Flashbacks explain how a
world dominated by bio-corporations made all this possible.
6. Emily St. John Mandel, 2014. The Georgia Flu devastates the
world, including Toronto. 20 years later, members of a nomadic
group of actors and musicians known as the Traveling Symphony
encounter a violent cult, led by a man who is unknowingly linked
to a member of the troupe through a mysterious graphic novel.
7. P.D. James, 1992. It's England in 2021, following a mass
infertility event. Tyranny and fertility checks are the norm, as
not a single baby has been born in a very long time. The story
follows the cousin of the dictator, as he joins a small group
of resistors who don't share the despair of the masses.
8. David Brin, 1985. Gordon Crantz wanders post-apocalyptic Oregon,
scavenges the old uniform of a long-dead government worker,
and falsely claims to represent the "Restored United States",
bringing hope to the survivors. Eventually he joins a group
of scientists, indigenous people, and villagers, to help them
organize the fight against violent survivalist militias and
maybe, actually, restore the nation.
9. John Wyndham, 1951. Most people in the world are blinded
by an apparent meteor shower. A mysterious species of mobile
3-legged carnivorous plant, widely grown for its valuable oil,
starts stinging the blind survivors and devouring them.
10. James Dashner, 2009. Solar flares have scorched the Earth.
Viruses have been released by a wicked corporation to reduce
the population and save resources. A group of teenagers find
themselves in a giant ever-changing labyrinth that they must
escape, as part of an evil experiment intended to find a cure
to the mental illness afflicting most of the survivors.
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