QFTCI Final/04-02 R10 answers: challenge round

I (Mark Brader) wrote:
This will be the final set of questions posted from the Canadian
Inquisition season of January-April 2007. See my June 28 posting
"Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI): final questions"
for further details.

And Stephen Perry has squeaked ahead of Joshua Kreitzer to win again.
Congratulations!

I wrote 4 of the 6 triples in this round.

Those were triples C-F.


Final, Round 10: Challenge

A. Brothers in Fiction and Religion

A1. "Four Brothers" is a 2005 film directed by John Singleton.
Name any actor who played one of the four Mercer brothers.

Andre Benjamin, Tyrese Gibson, Garrett Hedlund, Mark Wahlberg.
4 for Joshua and Stephen.

A2. Adam and Eve had Cain, Abel, and this third son who is
mentioned in Genesis 4:25. Name him.

Seth. 4 for Peter, Erland, Barbara, Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Pete,
and Dan.

A3. This novel has three brothers named Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei,
and possibly a fourth illegitmate brother named Pavel.
Name it.

"The Brothers Karamazov" (by Dostoyevsky). 4 for Barbara, Joshua,
Stephen, Pete, and Dan.


B. Cockney slang

For the sake of the uninitiated, Cockney rhyming slang works by
replacing words with short phrases which include a word that rhymes
with the original one -- and sometimes removing the rhyming part.
For example, for example, to have a "butcher's hook", or just
a "butcher's", is to have a look.

B1. The 1970s punk band The Monks sang "shame about the boat
race". What were they referring to by the term "boat race"?

Face. 4 for Peter, Jeff, Stephen, and Dan.

B2. Sometimes characters on the long-running British soap
"Coronation Street" get in trouble for telling "porkies".
What are porkies?

Lies (-> "porky pies" -> "porkies"). 4 for Peter, Barbara, Joshua,
Jeff, Stephen, Pete, and Dan.

B3. In Steven Soderbergh's 1999 film "The Limey", the character
Wilson, portrayed by Terence Stamp, says to a befuddled
American, "Can't be too careful nowadays, y'know? Lot of tea
leaves about, know what I mean?". So, what did he mean by
"tea leaves"?

Thieves. 4 for Peter, Barbara, Joshua, Jeff, Stephen, and Pete.


C. The Early Modern Olympics

C1. In the 1896 Olympics, what was awarded for winning an event?

A silver medal and a laurel wreath (either part was sufficient).
Gold metals were introduced in 1904. 4 for Peter, Joshua, Jeff,
Stephen, Pete, and Dan.

C2. This event has been held at every modern Olympic games, but
the distance covered by the competitors changed with each new
Olympics through 1924, when the present standard was adopted.
What event?

Marathon. The standard distance used since 1924 had also been used
once before, in 1908, but I have no idea why that distance rather
than one of the others or a round-number distance was chosen. Anyway,
4 for Peter, Erland, Barbara, Joshua, Jeff, and Dan.

C3. What was the first non-leap year when the modern Olympic
games were held?

1900. It's a calendar question and a sports question! 4 for Peter,
Erland, Joshua, Jeff, and Dan.


D. One Toronto Subway Station

D1. One Toronto subway station has changed its name in the
last 10 years. All of the original signs showing its name
were removed or covered over by signs with the present name.
Give the original name.

Sheppard (now Sheppard-Yonge since it became an interchange in 2002).

D2. One Toronto subway station was constructed on an existing
tunnel section and opened more than 10 years after the
stations on each side of it. Name it.

North York Centre. (York Mills to Finch opened 1974, station added
1987.)

D3. One Toronto subway station was originally designed as an
interchange point with an underground streetcar line then
planned but, in the end, never built. Space was excavated
for the streetcar station, and what would have been the
interchange passages are used today by pedestrians inside
the subway station. Name it.

Queen. (The passages are the ones connecting northbound and southbound
near the Queen Street entrances.)


E. Quasi-Related Pairs

You may remember seeing this category on "Jeopardy!". All answers
will be phrases of the form "something and something", with each
part described by a simple pun or an unrelated meaning of the word.
Here's an example of how it works. We ask: "Singer Johnny and
actor Grant." And you say: "Cash and Cary (carry)".

(Yeah, I know, not really trivia, but we thought it was fun.)

E1. You find it on a duck and not in your home.

Down and out. 4 for Barbara, Joshua, Jeff, Stephen, Pete, and Dan.

E2. Sir John A. MacDonald and the Minister of Public Safety.

Knight and Day. (Stockwell Day, that is.) 4 for Barbara, Stephen,
and Dan.

E3. It's a penalty for someone who maybe drives too fast and
someone who maybe cares too much about how his clothes look.

Fine and dandy. 4 for Peter, Barbara, Joshua, Jeff, Stephen, Pete,
and Dan.


F. Tricky Southernmost Points

F1. The southernmost point of mainland Africa is not the Cape
of Good Hope, but it's near there. What is it?

Cape Agulhas. I scored "Cape Augulhous" as almost correct.
I didn't expect anyone to guess a place on a different continent!
3 for Stephen.

F2. The southermost point of Canada (not counting territorial
waters) is not on Pelee Island, but it's near there.
Where is it?

Middle Island. There is a Centre Island in the lower Great Lakes,
too, but it's in Toronto. 3 for Stephen.

F3. The southernmost point of Great Britain (the main island)
is not Land's End, but it's near there. What is it?

The Lizard (or Lizard Point). I scored "Lizard Head" (actually
the name of a mountain in Colorado) as almost correct. The Lizard
is in Cornwall, but that's a whole county, so that answer was not
sufficiently specific. Land's End (which is the westernmost point
of England) is there too. 4 for Peter. 3 for Stephen.


Scores, if there are no errors:

TOPICS-> Ent Geo Sci Can His Spo Lit Cha BEST
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 EIGHT

Stephen Perry 52 50 56 24 38 44 24 49 289
Joshua Kreitzer 56 59 19 26 51 48 28 40 282
Dan Tilque 0 49 35 16 36 40 16 40 216
Peter Smyth 13 45 36 11 34 33 12 36 197
Marc Dashevsky 16 46 36 16 31 36 20 4 185
Pete Gayde 16 44 23 21 20 48 -- 28 184
Keith Willoughby 36 40 38 20 40 -- -- -- 174
Jeff Turner -- 36 28 12 36 28 12 32 172
Rob Parker 24 40 40 5 24 22 12 -- 162
Barbara Bailey 30 16 27 16 16 16 11 32 137
Erland Sommarskog -- 55 31 -- 18 20 -- 12 136
Richard Schultz -- -- -- -- -- -- 48 -- 48

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Mark Brader | "This was followed by a vocal response which
Toronto | would now be reserved for kicking a ball in a net."
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