* Game 6, Round 2 - Geography - Famous Bridges
1. Completed in 1964, this suspension bridge connects the New York
City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. It was the longest
bridge of its kind in the world until 1981.
3. At the time of its opening in 1937, this bridge was the world's
longest and tallest suspension bridge. It is still considered
by many to be the most beautiful and most photographed bridge
in the world.
4. Completed in 1591, this stone bridge is one of the top tourist
attractions in Venice and one four bridges spanning the city's
Grand Canal.
* Game 6, Round 3 - Canadiana Literature - Quebec Literature
* Game 6, Round 2 - Geography - Famous Bridges
Ever since the ancient Romans -- and even before -- bridges have
been among the "stars" of the engineering world. Many of these
architectural marvels have played major roles in capturing our
imagination, advancing economic progress, defining the civilizations
that created them, and acting as universally recognized symbols
for the cities and locales where they are located. Oh, and helping
people cross rivers and valleys more easily.
We'll provide brief descriptions of 10 famous bridges -- real
and fictional. You tell us their names.
1. Completed in 1964, this suspension bridge connects the New York
City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. It was the longest
bridge of its kind in the world until 1981.
2. This bridge in northern England was the scene of a famous battle
in 1066 between the victorious army of King Harold Godwinson
of England and Norwegian forces led by King Harald Hardrada.
The victory by English forces brought an end to major Viking
attacks on English territory.
3. At the time of its opening in 1937, this bridge was the world's
longest and tallest suspension bridge. It is still considered
by many to be the most beautiful and most photographed bridge
in the world.
4. Completed in 1591, this stone bridge is one of the top tourist
attractions in Venice and one four bridges spanning the city's
Grand Canal.
5. At nearly 13 km (8 miles) in length, this bridge linking Prince
Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick on Canada's east coast
is Canada's longest bridge. It rises 131 feet above the water
in places and opened in 1997.
6. This Toronto bridge system connects Bloor St. on the west with
Danforth Av. on the east. Completed in 1918, it spans an area
that includes the Rosedale Ravine and the Don River valley.
The bridge and bridge system figures prominently in Michael
Ondaatje's novel "In the Skin of a Lion".
The remaining questions involve fictional bridges or real bridges
made famous in works of fiction, music, or film:
7. Name the bridge that Billie Joe MacAllister jumped from in the
1967 hit song by Bobbie Gentry.
8. This fictional bridge is in a 1927 Pulitzer-prizewinning novel
by American writer Thornton Wilder. The novel tells the story
of several people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge
in Peru. The name of the bridge forms the title -- what is it?
9. Based on the World War II allied military Operation
Market-Garden, the book and 1977 movie "A Bridge Too Far"
describes the failed attempt of British and Polish forces to
capture three bridges in the Netherlands that would allow access
over the Rhine into Germany -- but they failed to capture the
last bridge, hence the title. The bridge was simply called
the Rhine Bridge, but it's remembered by the city where it was
located -- name that city.
10. This 1940 tear-jerker movie, set during World War I, stars
Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor. Leigh plays a ballerina who
tragically falls in love with a soldier she meets on a bridge
in London. The name of the bridge forms the title -- what is it?
* Game 6, Round 3 - Canadiana Literature - Quebec Literature
Given the work or works and year of publication, and in some cases
additional information, name the writer. Authors are Quebec
writers in any language, and may have been born elsewhere but
lived in Quebec and wrote there.
1. "Kamouraska" (1970).
2. "Beautiful Losers" (1966).
3. "Maria Chapdelaine" (1913).
4. "The Hockey Sweater" (1979).
5. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" (1959).
6. "The Tin Flute" ("Bonheur d'occasion)" (1947).
7. "Les Belles-soeurs" ("The Sisters-in-Law)" (1965).
8. "Two Solitudes" (1945). Born in Nova Scotia but lived and
wrote in Montreal.
9. "My Heart is Broken and Other Stories" (1964). From Montreal
but lived in Paris.
10. "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" (1960), "Black Robe" (1985).
From Belfast, but lived and wrote in Montreal.
I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.
* Game 6, Round 2 - Geography - Famous Bridges
We'll provide brief descriptions of 10 famous bridges -- real
and fictional. You tell us their names.
1. Completed in 1964, this suspension bridge connects the New York
City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. It was the longest
bridge of its kind in the world until 1981.
3. At the time of its opening in 1937, this bridge was the world's
longest and tallest suspension bridge. It is still considered
by many to be the most beautiful and most photographed bridge
in the world.
4. Completed in 1591, this stone bridge is one of the top tourist
attractions in Venice and one four bridges spanning the city's
Grand Canal.
The remaining questions involve fictional bridges or real bridges
made famous in works of fiction, music, or film:
7. Name the bridge that Billie Joe MacAllister jumped from in the
1967 hit song by Bobbie Gentry.
8. This fictional bridge is in a 1927 Pulitzer-prizewinning novel
by American writer Thornton Wilder. The novel tells the story
of several people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge
in Peru. The name of the bridge forms the title -- what is it?
9. Based on the World War II allied military Operation
Market-Garden, the book and 1977 movie "A Bridge Too Far"
describes the failed attempt of British and Polish forces to
capture three bridges in the Netherlands that would allow access
over the Rhine into Germany -- but they failed to capture the
last bridge, hence the title. The bridge was simply called
the Rhine Bridge, but it's remembered by the city where it was
located -- name that city.
10. This 1940 tear-jerker movie, set during World War I, stars
Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor. Leigh plays a ballerina who
tragically falls in love with a soldier she meets on a bridge
in London. The name of the bridge forms the title -- what is it?
* Game 6, Round 3 - Canadiana Literature - Quebec Literature
Given the work or works and year of publication, and in some cases
additional information, name the writer. Authors are Quebec
writers in any language, and may have been born elsewhere but
lived in Quebec and wrote there.
5. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" (1959).
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-02-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.
All questions were written by members of the Night Owls, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting
of other rounds. For further information please see my 2024-08-30
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 2 - Geography - Famous Bridges
Ever since the ancient Romans -- and even before -- bridges have
been among the "stars" of the engineering world. Many of these
architectural marvels have played major roles in capturing our
imagination, advancing economic progress, defining the civilizations
that created them, and acting as universally recognized symbols
for the cities and locales where they are located. Oh, and helping
people cross rivers and valleys more easily.
We'll provide brief descriptions of 10 famous bridges -- real
and fictional. You tell us their names.
1. Completed in 1964, this suspension bridge connects the New York
City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. It was the longest
bridge of its kind in the world until 1981.
2. This bridge in northern England was the scene of a famous battle
in 1066 between the victorious army of King Harold Godwinson
of England and Norwegian forces led by King Harald Hardrada.
The victory by English forces brought an end to major Viking
attacks on English territory.
3. At the time of its opening in 1937, this bridge was the world's
longest and tallest suspension bridge. It is still considered
by many to be the most beautiful and most photographed bridge
in the world.
4. Completed in 1591, this stone bridge is one of the top tourist
attractions in Venice and one four bridges spanning the city's
Grand Canal.
5. At nearly 13 km (8 miles) in length, this bridge linking Prince
Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick on Canada's east coast
is Canada's longest bridge. It rises 131 feet above the water
in places and opened in 1997.
6. This Toronto bridge system connects Bloor St. on the west with
Danforth Av. on the east. Completed in 1918, it spans an area
that includes the Rosedale Ravine and the Don River valley.
The bridge and bridge system figures prominently in Michael
Ondaatje's novel "In the Skin of a Lion".
The remaining questions involve fictional bridges or real bridges
made famous in works of fiction, music, or film:
7. Name the bridge that Billie Joe MacAllister jumped from in the
1967 hit song by Bobbie Gentry.
8. This fictional bridge is in a 1927 Pulitzer-prizewinning novel
by American writer Thornton Wilder. The novel tells the story
of several people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge
in Peru. The name of the bridge forms the title -- what is it?
9. Based on the World War II allied military Operation
Market-Garden, the book and 1977 movie "A Bridge Too Far"
describes the failed attempt of British and Polish forces to
capture three bridges in the Netherlands that would allow access
over the Rhine into Germany -- but they failed to capture the
last bridge, hence the title. The bridge was simply called
the Rhine Bridge, but it's remembered by the city where it was
located -- name that city.
10. This 1940 tear-jerker movie, set during World War I, stars
Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor. Leigh plays a ballerina who
tragically falls in love with a soldier she meets on a bridge
in London. The name of the bridge forms the title -- what is it?
* Game 6, Round 3 - Canadiana Literature - Quebec Literature
Given the work or works and year of publication, and in some cases
additional information, name the writer. Authors are Quebec
writers in any language, and may have been born elsewhere but
lived in Quebec and wrote there.
1. "Kamouraska" (1970).
2. "Beautiful Losers" (1966).
3. "Maria Chapdelaine" (1913).
4. "The Hockey Sweater" (1979).
5. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" (1959).
6. "The Tin Flute" ("Bonheur d'occasion)" (1947).
7. "Les Belles-soeurs" ("The Sisters-in-Law)" (1965).
8. "Two Solitudes" (1945). Born in Nova Scotia but lived and
wrote in Montreal.
9. "My Heart is Broken and Other Stories" (1964). From Montreal
but lived in Paris.
10. "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" (1960), "Black Robe" (1985).
From Belfast, but lived and wrote in Montreal.
* Game 6, Round 2 - Geography - Famous Bridges
1. Completed in 1964, this suspension bridge connects the New York
City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. It was the longest
bridge of its kind in the world until 1981.
2. This bridge in northern England was the scene of a famous battle
in 1066 between the victorious army of King Harold Godwinson
of England and Norwegian forces led by King Harald Hardrada.
The victory by English forces brought an end to major Viking
attacks on English territory.
3. At the time of its opening in 1937, this bridge was the world's
longest and tallest suspension bridge. It is still considered
by many to be the most beautiful and most photographed bridge
in the world.
4. Completed in 1591, this stone bridge is one of the top tourist
attractions in Venice and one four bridges spanning the city's
Grand Canal.
9. Based on the World War II allied military Operation
Market-Garden, the book and 1977 movie "A Bridge Too Far"
describes the failed attempt of British and Polish forces to
capture three bridges in the Netherlands that would allow access
over the Rhine into Germany -- but they failed to capture the
last bridge, hence the title. The bridge was simply called
the Rhine Bridge, but it's remembered by the city where it was
located -- name that city.
* Game 6, Round 3 - Canadiana Literature - Quebec Literature
5. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" (1959).
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-02-24,
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, Round 2 - Geography - Famous Bridges
Ever since the ancient Romans -- and even before -- bridges have
been among the "stars" of the engineering world. Many of these
architectural marvels have played major roles in capturing our
imagination, advancing economic progress, defining the civilizations
that created them, and acting as universally recognized symbols
for the cities and locales where they are located. Oh, and helping
people cross rivers and valleys more easily.
We'll provide brief descriptions of 10 famous bridges -- real
and fictional. You tell us their names.
1. Completed in 1964, this suspension bridge connects the New York
City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. It was the longest
bridge of its kind in the world until 1981.
2. This bridge in northern England was the scene of a famous battle
in 1066 between the victorious army of King Harold Godwinson
of England and Norwegian forces led by King Harald Hardrada.
The victory by English forces brought an end to major Viking
attacks on English territory.
3. At the time of its opening in 1937, this bridge was the world's
longest and tallest suspension bridge. It is still considered
by many to be the most beautiful and most photographed bridge
in the world.
4. Completed in 1591, this stone bridge is one of the top tourist
attractions in Venice and one four bridges spanning the city's
Grand Canal.
5. At nearly 13 km (8 miles) in length, this bridge linking Prince
Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick on Canada's east coast
is Canada's longest bridge. It rises 131 feet above the water
in places and opened in 1997.
6. This Toronto bridge system connects Bloor St. on the west with
Danforth Av. on the east. Completed in 1918, it spans an area
that includes the Rosedale Ravine and the Don River valley.
The bridge and bridge system figures prominently in Michael
Ondaatje's novel "In the Skin of a Lion".
The remaining questions involve fictional bridges or real bridges
made famous in works of fiction, music, or film:
7. Name the bridge that Billie Joe MacAllister jumped from in the
1967 hit song by Bobbie Gentry.
8. This fictional bridge is in a 1927 Pulitzer-prizewinning novel
by American writer Thornton Wilder. The novel tells the story
of several people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge
in Peru. The name of the bridge forms the title -- what is it?
9. Based on the World War II allied military Operation
Market-Garden, the book and 1977 movie "A Bridge Too Far"
describes the failed attempt of British and Polish forces to
capture three bridges in the Netherlands that would allow access
over the Rhine into Germany -- but they failed to capture the
last bridge, hence the title. The bridge was simply called
the Rhine Bridge, but it's remembered by the city where it was
located -- name that city.
10. This 1940 tear-jerker movie, set during World War I, stars
Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor. Leigh plays a ballerina who
tragically falls in love with a soldier she meets on a bridge
in London. The name of the bridge forms the title -- what is it?
* Game 6, Round 3 - Canadiana Literature - Quebec Literature
Given the work or works and year of publication, and in some cases
additional information, name the writer. Authors are Quebec
writers in any language, and may have been born elsewhere but
lived in Quebec and wrote there.
1. "Kamouraska" (1970).
2. "Beautiful Losers" (1966).
3. "Maria Chapdelaine" (1913).
4. "The Hockey Sweater" (1979).
5. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" (1959).
6. "The Tin Flute" ("Bonheur d'occasion)" (1947).
7. "Les Belles-soeurs" ("The Sisters-in-Law)" (1965).Michel Tremblay.
"
8. "Two Solitudes" (1945). Born in Nova Scotia but lived and
wrote in Montreal.
9. "My Heart is Broken and Other Stories" (1964). From Montreal
but lived in Paris.
10. "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" (1960), "Black Robe" (1985).
From Belfast, but lived and wrote in Montreal.
The bridge at Nijmegen was across the Waal, not the Rhina, and
was successfully captured by the Allies and held for about a week.
Remagen is in Germany, and the bridge there was the first one over
the Rhina uccessfully captured by the Allies -- in an unplanned
attack about 5 months later, when they realized the German attempt
to demolish it had failed.
The bridge at Nijmegen was across the Waal, not the Rhina...
Rhina?
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