Summer 2006: Week 4, Round 10
Challenge
A "COLOURFUL" Round
[ A: CANADIAN BLUE PENCILS: Name the famous editor: ]
[ B: CARMEN (Carmine) ]
[ C: RED-LETTER DAYS : Identify the Saint. ]
[ D: LORNE GREENE ]
[ E: ALL-BLACKS - New Zealand's Rugby Squad. ]
[ F: THE ORANGE PARADE - a fading ritual. ]
A. CANADIAN BLUE PENCILS: Name the famous editor:
1. Renowned editor of McLean's magazine in the 60's and 70's, and still a contributor to it
A: Peter C, Newman
2. Long-time editor and publisher of the Peterborough Examiner from 1940 to 1965
A: Robertson Davies
B. CARMEN (Carmine)
1. Although the well-known opera is by Bizet, the original publication of Carmen came in 1845 in the
form of a novella. Who was its French author?
A: Prosper Merimee.
2. A recent film adaptation, Karmen Gei, is a highly politicized story set in a prison on Goree Island,
In what African country was it filmed?
A: Senegal
C. RED-LETTER DAYS : Identify the Saint.
1. Celebrated on November 22, this virgin saint is the patron of church music.
A: St. Cecilia
2. Celebrated in the Church calendar on July 15, this Bishop of Winchester has a Saints Day which is
used to predict English summer weather for the next 40 days.
A: St. Swithin
D. LORNE GREENE
1. What was Lorne Greene's nickname to his CBC listeners?
A: The Voice of Doom.
2. In 1964 Greene had a hit song with this mostly spoken song of the American west.
A: Ringo
E. ALL-BLACKS - New Zealand's Rugby Squad.
1. What ritual do the All-Blacks perform before each match?
A: They do the "haka", a Maori war dance.
2. The annual test for this team is the Tri-Nation Cup, in which they confront their two leading
rivals. One is Australia. What national side is the third participant in this tournament?
A: South Africa
F. THE ORANGE PARADE - a fading ritual.
1. This annual event celebrates the last battle in a civil war. What is the battle?
A: The Battle of the Boyne.
2. Which symbolic figure is always the leader of the parade astride a white horse?
A: "King Billy" - William of Orange.