Mark Brader:
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-06-03,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2024-08-30 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 4, Round 7 - Literature - War Novels
For tonight's literary round, we will name a war novel and give you
the author. You give us the *war* the work is centered around.
Answers may repeat, and me sufficiently specific in each case.
1. "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy.
The Napoleonic Wars (French invasion of Russia). 4 for Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, and Joshua.
2. "Dr. Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak.
World War I and the Russian Civil War -- accepting either. 4 for Pete
and Joshua.
3. "The Winds of War" by Herman Wouk.
World War II. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua.
4. "The Short-Timers" by Gustav Hasford.
Vietnam War. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua.
5. "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell.
US Civil War. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua.
6. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway.
Spanish Civil War. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua.
7. "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" by James A. Michener.
Korean War. 4 for Pete. 3 for Joshua.
8. "The Bridge on the River Kwai" by Pierre Boulle.
World War II. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua.
9. "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Biafran War (accepting Nigerian Civil War).
10. "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque.
World War I. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua.
* Game 4, Round 8 - Geography - Straits
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a strait as a comparatively
narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water. This round
will test your knowledge of various straits around the world.
Except as specified, in each case name them.
1. This strait separates the North and South Islands of New
Zealand, and connects the Tasman Sea with the South Pacific
Ocean. It's named for the first European commander to sail
through it -- in 1770.
Cook Strait. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Erland.
2. The Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, along with the Sea of
Marmara, collectively form a connection between which two seas?
Mediterranean (or specifically the Aegean), Black. 4 for everyone --
Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, and Joshua.
3. Which strait separates the eastern tip of Sicily and the western
tip of Calabria in Southern Italy?
Strait of Messina. 4 for Dan Tilque.
4. Which strait in the Gulf of St. Lawrence separates Prince Edward
Island from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia?
Northumberland Strait.
5. What's the name of the strait which runs between the Persian
Gulf and the Gulf of Oman? One of the world's most strategically
important waterways, it's bordered by Iran and Oman.
Strait of Hormuz. 4 for everyone.
6. What is the name of the strait that forms the narrowest part
of the English Channel?
Strait of Dover; see below. 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, and Joshua.
3 for Pete.
The ports of Dover in England and Calais in France both give their
name to the strait in their respective languages. Since the question
said it was asking for a "strait", I decided to accept "Dover" for
full points as well as "Dover Strait" or "Strait of Dover"; but for
"Pas de Calais", I did not accept plain "Calais".
7. What strait runs between the Indonesian island of Sumatra
and the Malay Peninsula? It connects the Andaman Sea with the
Singapore Strait and the South China Sea.
Strait of Malacca. (Not Moluccan; different place.) 4 for Dan Tilque
and Erland.
8. Name the strait that joins the Mediterranean and the Atlantic
Ocean
Strait of Gibraltar. (Not Pillars of Hercules, which is the land
on each side of it.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Joshua.
9. The Bering Strait runs between Russia's Chukchi Peninsula and
Alaska's Seward Peninsula, connecting the Pacific and Arctic
Oceans. What was the nationality of the strait's namesake,
Vitus Bering, who entered it in 1728?
Danish. (He was working for Russia.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum,
Erland, and Joshua.
10. What's the name of the strait that runs between Greenland and
Baffin Island?
Davis Strait. 4 for Dan Tilque.
The Denmark Strait is on the other side of Greenland.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Can His Ent S+S Sci Lit Geo FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 28 40 8 40 21 35 20 164
Dan Tilque 16 36 8 36 4 16 36 140
Pete Gayde 15 32 23 31 10 32 15 133
Dan Blum 8 34 12 36 18 28 16 132
Erland Sommarskog 0 24 -- -- -- 0 28 52
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