ROUND 10 -- CHALLENGE ROUND
ROUND 10 -- CHALLENGE ROUND
A. Travel Guides
B. TV Moms
C. Documentaries about Musicians
D. Canadian Prime Ministers
E. Scientific Masterworks in Latin
F. NBA All-Star Game
Travel Guides
A1. The first in this line of guide books was, claimed its editors, "put
together in a backstreet Chinese hotel in Singapore in 1975," and
"written at a kitchen table and collated, trimmed and stapled by hand."
Now there are over 650 books in the series. Name it.
Lonely Planet
A2. This line of guide books has been published since 1835, originally
in German. The books became so well known that their name is sometimes
used colloquially as a synonym for "guide book".
Baedeker's
TV Moms
B1. In these questions you will be asked to name the actress who played the
mother in the given program. Who played Florida Evans in Good Times?
Esther Rolle
B2. Who played Olivia Walton in The Waltons?
Michael Learned
Documentaries about Musicians
C1. In these questions you will be asked to name the musician who was the
subject of an Academy Award-winning documentary feature film. Name
the often-married big band leader and clarinetist was the subject of
a 1985 biography by Brigitte Berman.
Artie Shaw
("Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got")
C2. This violinist's 1979 tour of China was documented by Murray Lerner.
Isaac Stern
("From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern in China" (1980))
Canadian Prime Ministers
D1. Name any year during which Arthur Meighen was Prime Minister.
1920, 1921, 1926
(1st term July 1920 - December 1921,
2nd term June - September 1926)
D2. Within 1, what year did Richard Bennett become Prime Minister?
1930 (accept 1929 - 1931)
Scientific Masterworks in Latin
E1. The Latin title of this book translates to "The Mathematical Principles
of Natural Philosophy". What great scientist wrote it?
Sir Isaac Newton
("Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica")
E2. The Latin title of this book may be translated as "About the Revolutions
of the Heavenly Spheres". Again, name the author.
Nicolaus Copernicus
("De revolutionibus orbium coelestium")
NBA All-Star Game
F1. The 2003 NBA All-Star Game will be played this coming Sunday.
Which Houston Rockets rookie will start at centre for the Western
Conference team?
Yao Ming
(Yao is his surname)
F2. Where will the game be held this year? Name either the arena or the
city.
Philips Arena, Atlanta