• QFTCINO25 Game 9, Rounds 2-3: coastal cities and authors

    From Mark Brader@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 23, 2026 14:22:05
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-03-24,
    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 9, Round 2 - Geography - Coastal Cities

    We give you a country's most populous coastal city; you name
    the country.

    1. Kiel.
    2. Varna.
    3. Busan.
    4. Split.
    5. Jeddah.
    6. Odessa.
    7. Mombasa.
    8. Latakia.
    9. Chittagong.
    10. Barranquilla.


    * Game 9, Round 3 - Literature - Author! Author!

    oe give you some of their works (some fiction, some non-fiction).
    You tell us who wrote them.

    1. "The Secret Sharer", "Typhoon", "Nostromo".
    2. "The Bluest Eye", "Beloved", "Jazz", "A Mercy".
    3. "All My Sons", "After the Fall", "The Crucible".
    4. "Dr. Faustus", "Tamburlaine", "The Jew of Malta".
    5. "Waiting for Godot", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Happy Days".
    6. "The Caretaker", "The Homecoming", "The Birthday Party".
    7. "Fifth Business", "The Manticore", "What's Bred in the Bone".

    8. "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Gold Bug", "The Murders in the
    Rue Morgue".

    9. "Death of the Hired Man", "Birches", "Stopping by Woods on a
    Snowy Evening".

    10. "The Return of the Native", "The Mayor of Casterbridge",
    "Tess of the D'Urbervilles".

    --
    Mark Brader | "Of course, the most important part of making the
    Toronto | proposal something special for both of you is
    msb@vex.net | addressing it to the right person." --Mara Chibnik

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  • From Dan Tilque@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 23, 2026 14:31:07
    On 1/23/26 06:22, Mark Brader wrote:


    * Game 9, Round 2 - Geography - Coastal Cities

    We give you a country's most populous coastal city; you name
    the country.

    1. Kiel.

    Germany

    2. Varna.

    Bulgaria

    3. Busan.

    South Korea

    4. Split.

    Croatia

    5. Jeddah.

    Jordan

    6. Odessa.

    Ukraine

    7. Mombasa.

    Mozambique

    8. Latakia.

    Lithuania

    9. Chittagong.

    Bangladesh

    10. Barranquilla.


    * Game 9, Round 3 - Literature - Author! Author!

    oe give you some of their works (some fiction, some non-fiction).
    You tell us who wrote them.

    1. "The Secret Sharer", "Typhoon", "Nostromo".
    2. "The Bluest Eye", "Beloved", "Jazz", "A Mercy".
    3. "All My Sons", "After the Fall", "The Crucible".
    4. "Dr. Faustus", "Tamburlaine", "The Jew of Malta".
    5. "Waiting for Godot", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Happy Days".
    6. "The Caretaker", "The Homecoming", "The Birthday Party".
    7. "Fifth Business", "The Manticore", "What's Bred in the Bone".

    8. "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Gold Bug", "The Murders in the
    Rue Morgue".

    Edgar Allan Poe


    9. "Death of the Hired Man", "Birches", "Stopping by Woods on a
    Snowy Evening".

    Robert Frost


    10. "The Return of the Native", "The Mayor of Casterbridge",
    "Tess of the D'Urbervilles".


    --
    Dan Tilque

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  • From Dan Blum@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 23, 2026 23:00:31
    Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

    * Game 9, Round 2 - Geography - Coastal Cities

    1. Kiel.

    Germany

    2. Varna.

    Poland

    3. Busan.

    South Korea

    4. Split.

    Croatia

    5. Jeddah.

    Saudi Arabia

    6. Odessa.

    Ukraine

    7. Mombasa.

    Kenya

    9. Chittagong.

    Myanmar

    10. Barranquilla.

    Colombia

    * Game 9, Round 3 - Literature - Author! Author!

    1. "The Secret Sharer", "Typhoon", "Nostromo".

    Conrad

    2. "The Bluest Eye", "Beloved", "Jazz", "A Mercy".

    McMillan

    4. "Dr. Faustus", "Tamburlaine", "The Jew of Malta".

    Marlowe

    5. "Waiting for Godot", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Happy Days".

    Beckett

    7. "Fifth Business", "The Manticore", "What's Bred in the Bone".

    Coover

    8. "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Gold Bug", "The Murders in the
    Rue Morgue".

    Poe

    9. "Death of the Hired Man", "Birches", "Stopping by Woods on a
    Snowy Evening".

    Frost

    10. "The Return of the Native", "The Mayor of Casterbridge",
    "Tess of the D'Urbervilles".

    Hardy

    --
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Dan Blum tool@panix.com
    "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

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  • From Pete Gayde@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 23, 2026 22:39:06
    Mark Brader wrote:
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-03-24,
    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 9, Round 2 - Geography - Coastal Cities

    We give you a country's most populous coastal city; you name
    the country.

    1. Kiel.

    Germany

    2. Varna.

    Finland

    3. Busan.

    South Korea

    4. Split.

    Croatia

    5. Jeddah.

    Saudi Arabia

    6. Odessa.

    Ukraine

    7. Mombasa.

    Kenya; Tanzania

    8. Latakia.

    Bulgaria; Moldova

    9. Chittagong.

    Sri Lanka; Pakistan

    10. Barranquilla.

    Colombia



    * Game 9, Round 3 - Literature - Author! Author!

    oe give you some of their works (some fiction, some non-fiction).
    You tell us who wrote them.

    1. "The Secret Sharer", "Typhoon", "Nostromo".
    2. "The Bluest Eye", "Beloved", "Jazz", "A Mercy".
    3. "All My Sons", "After the Fall", "The Crucible".

    Miller

    4. "Dr. Faustus", "Tamburlaine", "The Jew of Malta".

    Goethe

    5. "Waiting for Godot", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Happy Days".

    Roth

    6. "The Caretaker", "The Homecoming", "The Birthday Party".
    7. "Fifth Business", "The Manticore", "What's Bred in the Bone".

    8. "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Gold Bug", "The Murders in the
    Rue Morgue".

    Poe


    9. "Death of the Hired Man", "Birches", "Stopping by Woods on a
    Snowy Evening".

    10. "The Return of the Native", "The Mayor of Casterbridge",
    "Tess of the D'Urbervilles".


    Pete Gayde

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  • From Joshua Kreitzer@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 23, 2026 23:01:27
    On 1/23/2026 8:22 AM, Mark Brader wrote:

    * Game 9, Round 2 - Geography - Coastal Cities

    We give you a country's most populous coastal city; you name
    the country.

    1. Kiel.

    Germany

    2. Varna.

    Bulgaria

    3. Busan.

    South Korea

    4. Split.

    Croatia

    5. Jeddah.

    Saudi Arabia

    6. Odessa.

    Ukraine

    7. Mombasa.

    Kenya

    8. Latakia.

    Cyprus

    9. Chittagong.

    Myanmar

    10. Barranquilla.

    Colombia

    * Game 9, Round 3 - Literature - Author! Author!

    oe give you some of their works (some fiction, some non-fiction).
    You tell us who wrote them.

    1. "The Secret Sharer", "Typhoon", "Nostromo".

    Conrad

    2. "The Bluest Eye", "Beloved", "Jazz", "A Mercy".

    Morrison

    3. "All My Sons", "After the Fall", "The Crucible".

    Miller

    4. "Dr. Faustus", "Tamburlaine", "The Jew of Malta".

    Marlowe

    5. "Waiting for Godot", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Happy Days".

    Beckett

    6. "The Caretaker", "The Homecoming", "The Birthday Party".

    Pinter

    8. "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Gold Bug", "The Murders in the
    Rue Morgue".

    Poe

    9. "Death of the Hired Man", "Birches", "Stopping by Woods on a
    Snowy Evening".

    Frost

    10. "The Return of the Native", "The Mayor of Casterbridge",
    "Tess of the D'Urbervilles".

    Hardy

    --
    Joshua Kreitzer
    gromit82@hotmail.com

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  • From Erland Sommarskog@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, January 24, 2026 22:31:41
    Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
    * Game 9, Round 2 - Geography - Coastal Cities

    We give you a country's most populous coastal city; you name
    the country.

    1. Kiel.

    Germany

    2. Varna.

    Bulgaria

    3. Busan.

    South Korea

    4. Split.

    Croatia

    5. Jeddah.

    Saudi Arabia

    6. Odessa.

    Ukraine

    7. Mombasa.

    Kenya

    8. Latakia.

    Syria

    9. Chittagong.

    Bangladesh

    10. Barranquilla.

    Colombia


    * Game 9, Round 3 - Literature - Author! Author!

    4. "Dr. Faustus", "Tamburlaine", "The Jew of Malta".

    Goethe

    5. "Waiting for Godot", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Happy Days".

    Samuel Beckett

    8. "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Gold Bug", "The Murders in the
    Rue Morgue".

    Edgar Alla Poe


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  • From Mark Brader@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 23:28:56
    Mark Brader:
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-03-24,
    and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
    please see my 2024-08-30 companion posting on "Questions from the
    Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


    * Game 9, Round 2 - Geography - Coastal Cities

    We give you a country's most populous coastal city; you name
    the country.

    1. Kiel.

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

    2. Varna.

    Bulgaria. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Erland.

    3. Busan.

    South Korea. 4 for everyone.

    4. Split.

    Croatia. 4 for everyone.

    5. Jeddah.

    Saudi Arabia. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Erland.

    6. Odessa.

    Ukraine. 4 for everyone.

    7. Mombasa.

    Kenya. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland. 3 for Pete.

    8. Latakia.

    Syria. 4 for Erland.

    9. Chittagong.

    Bangladesh. 4 for Dan Tilque and Erland.

    10. Barranquilla.

    Colombia. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Erland.


    * Game 9, Round 3 - Literature - Author! Author!

    oe give you some of their works (some fiction, some non-fiction).
    You tell us who wrote them.

    1. "The Secret Sharer", "Typhoon", "Nostromo".

    Joseph Conrad. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    2. "The Bluest Eye", "Beloved", "Jazz", "A Mercy".

    Toni Morrison. 4 for Joshua.

    3. "All My Sons", "After the Fall", "The Crucible".

    Arthur Miller. 4 for Pete and Joshua.

    4. "Dr. Faustus", "Tamburlaine", "The Jew of Malta".

    Christopher Marlowe. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    5. "Waiting for Godot", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Happy Days".

    Samuel Beckett. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland.

    6. "The Caretaker", "The Homecoming", "The Birthday Party".

    Harold Pinter. 4 for Joshua.

    7. "Fifth Business", "The Manticore", "What's Bred in the Bone".

    Robertson Davies.

    8. "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Gold Bug", "The Murders in the
    Rue Morgue".

    Edgar Allen Poe. 4 for everyone.

    9. "Death of the Hired Man", "Birches", "Stopping by Woods on a
    Snowy Evening".

    Robert Frost. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Joshua.

    10. "The Return of the Native", "The Mayor of Casterbridge",
    "Tess of the D'Urbervilles".

    Thomas Hardy. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.


    Scores, if there are no errors:

    GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
    TOPICS-> Geo Lit
    Joshua Kreitzer 32 36 68
    Dan Blum 28 24 52
    Erland Sommarskog 40 8 48
    Pete Gayde 27 8 35
    Dan Tilque 24 8 32

    --
    Mark Brader "He'll spend at least part of his life
    Toronto in prison, or parliament, or both."
    msb@vex.net --Peter Moylan

    My text in this article is in the public domain.

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