Mark Brader:

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-10-21,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2024-08-30 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

Game 6 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won handily. Hearty congratulations!

** Game 6, Round 9 - History - Shipwrecks

Did you know sometimes ships get wrecked and sik?

Sorry about the icorrect spellig there. (See the specially selected
sigature quote.)

It's true!
10 questions about shipwrecks. *Hint*: None of them are about
the Titanic.

1. A shipwreck is defined as the remains of a ship that has been
wrecked, whether it has sunk, or is floating on the surface of
the water. In maritime law, the terms "flotsam" and "jetsam"
are two specific kinds of shipwreck. What is the term in
maritime law for the principles guiding the recovery of flotsam
and jetsam, as well as other forms of shipwreck.

Laws of salvage. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

2. Name the Ontario community that is known as the "fresh-water
scuba-diving capital of the world" because of the numerous
shipwrecks that lie in the surrounding waters, particularly
in Fathom Five National Marine Park. The town lies north of
Bruce Peninsula National Park.

Tobermory.

3. The greatest loss of life -- 300 people -- on open water in
the Great Lakes was on 1860-09-08, when a first-class paddle
steamship was rammed by an unlit schooner 9 miles from shore
in Lake Michigan. This popular ship was named for the wife
of the first Governor-General of both Lower and Upper Canada.
There is also a hotel in Ottawa that bears his name, among many
other places in Ontario. Name the ship.

Lady Elgin.

4. The SS Andrea Doria was a luxury Italian transatlantic ocean
liner, widely known from the extensive media coverage of its
sinking in 1956, which included the remarkably successful rescue
of most of the passengers and crew. The ship was named after a
nobleman who was a military strategist, admiral, and political
leader of *which 16th-century northern Italian city-state*?

Genoa (Genova). 2 for Dan Blum and Pete.

5. The RMS Lusitania was sunk on its 202nd trans-Atlantic crossing
by a German U-boat. This occurred off the coast of what country?

The UK, or specifically Ireland. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
and Pete.

6. In 1120, a ship carrying the heir to the throne of England
and many other nobles was run aground by its drunken crew in
the English Channel. Only a butcher survived. 20 years of
civil war over the crown followed this disaster. Name the ship.

The White Ship. 4 for Dan Blum.

7. An iconic work of French Romantic painting is "The Raft of the
<answer>", by Theodore Gericault, which immortalizes the
aftermath of an 1816 shipwreck, run aground off the coast
of Mauritania by her inept captain. The painting hangs in
the Louvre. Name the ship that completes its title.

Medusa. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

8. This Canadian-built, American-registered merchant brigantine was
found adrift and abandoned off the Azores in 1872.
No explanation for the disappearance of its crew has ever
been found.

Mary Celeste. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

9. Beginning in 1569, 6 ships of the Royal Navy have borne a
traditional name. In 1744, the 4th of these ships sank in the
English Channel with the loss of its entire crew. No trace
of the 1,150 sailors was found until the wreck was discovered
in 2008. Name the ship.

HMS Victory.

10. Within 2 years, when did the passenger ship SS Noronic catch
fire and sink in the Toronto harbor, resulting in the deaths
of between 118 and 139 people?

1949 (accepting 1947-51).

** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge - In the Key of...

In the original game the current-events round was the easiest,
and this one was the next-easiest.

* A. Canadian Musical Artists

In each case, name them.

A1. This Toronto artist's hit R&B track "Starboy" is sung in
the key of A minor.

The Weeknd. 4 for Joshua.

A2. This legendary Canadian singer sings his song "Heart of Gold"
in A minor.

Neil Young. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, and Pete.

* B. Broadway Songs

B1. "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better", in the key of Bb
major, is a song from which classic Broadway musical by
Irving Berlin?

"Annie Get Your Gun". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

B2. "Ease on Down the Road", in the key of Bb major, is a
song from which classic Broadway musical by Charlie Smalls
and William Brown.

"The Wiz". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.

* C. War Songs

Name them.

C1. This song, in the key of C major, was a British music-hall
song which became popular among troops of all countries in
World War I and has become a traditional soldier's song.
It refers to a county in Ireland.

"It's a Long Way To Tipperary". (Anything with "Tipperary" is
sufficient.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Pete.

C2. This song, in the key of C major, was written for the Union
Army during the US Civil War -- although Confederate troops
would soon rewrite the lyrics and sing their own version
of the song.

"Battle Cry of Freedom" (aka "Rally Round the Flag, Boys").

* D. Classical Symphonies

D1. This composer's 31st symphony, in D major, known as the
"Paris Symphony", is the most famous of his symphonies,
and is notable for using a larger orchestra than he would
later use for his operas. Name him.

Mozart. 4 for Erland and Pete.

D2. What is the common name of Beethoven's 9th symphony, in
D minor?

"Choral Symphony". 4 for Joshua.

"Ode to Joy" is the poem incorporated into the symphony's final movement.

* E. Songs from Movies

E1. Which song, sung in the key of E major, won the Academy
Award for Best Original Song of 1997, and became its
performer's signature song?

"My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
and Pete.

E2. "No Time to Die", from the James Bond movie of the same name
and sung in the key of E minor, won the Academy Award for
Best Original Song of 2021. Name the singer who wrote and
performed the song.

Billie Eilish? 4 for Joshua.

* F. National Anthems

F1. Which national anthem, sung in the key of F major, was
written in Strasbourg after two European powers declared
war on each other in the late 18th century?

"La Marseillaise". 4 for Dan Blum and Pete.

F2. Which country's national anthem, sung in the key of F major,
is the longest national anthem in the world by length of
text, and is performed at the end of every Olympic Games?

Greece. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
and Pete.


Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci Lei Mis Ent Lit His Cha FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 12 24 36 15 28 16 36 140
Dan Blum 24 -- -- 12 16 18 24 94
Pete Gayde -- 11 12 12 7 6 28 70
Dan Tilque 16 12 12 -- -- 8 8 56
Erland Sommarskog -- 0 12 -- -- 4 12 28

--
Mark Brader, Toronto "But I do't have a '' key o my termial." [email protected] -- Lynn Gold

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