These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-05-14,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin', but have
been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.

For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

* Game 3, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)

Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.

1. Which US bank lost about $2,000,000,000 through a "terrible,
egregious mistake"?

2. Why was Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in the news this
week?

* Game 3, Round 2 - History - Common Latin Phrases

This round is an in situ test of whether you are compos mentis
of Latin phrases, those short italic inclusions in sentences.
Give the most common intent or usage for each of terms, or you
will be kicking yourself ex post. Don't expect romanes eunt domus.

*Note* that the "most common" intent or usage is not necessarily
the same as a literal translation of the Latin. In some cases a
literal translation will be deemed too far from the most common
usage today, and marked wrong. Feel free to explain your answers
at length to clarify the meaning; just be sure, if you make two
guesses that are similar, to clearly identify them as separate
answers rather than one answer and a clarification.

1. Mala fide.
2. Alma mater.
3. Ante bellum.
4. Caveat emptor.
5. Corpus delicti.
6. Cum laude.
7. De jure.
8. Ex cathedra.
9. In camera.
10. Pro tempore.

* Game 3, Round 3 - Literature - Chapter and Verse

We give you the year of a novel, poem, or other work, and a list
of some of its chapter, verse, or other sub-divisional titles
(in order as they occur in the work). You name the work.

Note: where applicable we need the specific novel, not the series.
Also note: the works may not be in English, in which case the
titles shown were taken from a noted translation.

1. 1964: "The First Two Finders", "Grampa Joe Takes a Gamble",
"The Big Day Arrives", "Good-Bye Violet", "The Nut Room",
"The Other Kids Go Home".

2. 1850: "The Prison Door", "Hester At Her Needle", "Pearl",
"The Leech and His Patient", "The Minister's Vigil", "The Pastor
and His Parishioner", "The Procession".

3. 2007: "The Wedding", "Kreacher's Tale", "Godric's Hollow", "Shell
Cottage", "The Lost Diadem", "King's Cross", "Nineteen Years
Later".

4. 8th Century BC: "Paris, Menelaus and Helen", "The Armies Clash",
"Diomedes Goes to Battle", "Zeus Deceived", "Achilles Returns
to Battle", "The Death of Hector".

5. 1865: "The Pool of Tears", "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale", "Pig
and Pepper", "The Mock Turtle's Story", "The Lobster Quadrille".

6. 1859: "The Wine-Shop", "The Shoemaker", "Five Years Later",
"Monseigneur in Town", "Two Promises", "Still Knitting",
"The Knitting Done", "The Footsteps Die Out Forever".

7. 1950: "What Lucy Found There", "Turkish Delight", "A Day
with the Beavers", "Aslan is Nearer", "Peter's First Battle",
"The Hunting of the White Stag".

8. 1920: "Proteus", "Lotus Eaters", "Hades", "Scylla and Charybdis",
"Sirens", "Oxen of the Sun", "Circe", "Ithica", "Penelope".

9. 1885: "Our Gang's Dark Oath", "I Fool Pap and Get Away",
"I Spare Miss Watson's Jim", "An Arkansas Difficulty", "Why
They Didn't Hang Jim".

10. 1937: "An Unexpected Party", "Over Hill and Under Hill",
"Riddles in the Dark", "Flies and Spiders", "Barrels out
of Bounds", "On the Doorstep", "A Thief in the Night", "The
Return Journey".

This round included an emergency question. Answer if you like
for fun, but for no points.

11. 5th Century BC: "Laying Plans", "Tactical Dispositions", "Weak
Points and Strong", "Maneuvering", "Terrain", "The Use of Spies".

--
Mark Brader, Toronto "You can fool too many of the people
msb@vex.net too much of the time." -- James Thurber

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 3, Round 2 - History - Common Latin Phrases
>
> 1. Mala fide.

Bad faith. For example, you bought this widget for a good price from
someone you had all reason to suspect having stolen it.

> 2. Alma mater.

(Someone's) old school

> 3. Ante bellum.

Before the war.

> 4. Caveat emptor.

With reservations for.

> 6. Cum laude.

With compliments

> 7. De jure.

According to law.

> 9. In camera.

In the room

> * Game 3, Round 3 - Literature - Chapter and Verse
>
> 4. 8th Century BC: "Paris, Menelaus and Helen", "The Armies Clash",
> "Diomedes Goes to Battle", "Zeus Deceived", "Achilles Returns
> to Battle", "The Death of Hector".

The Illiade
> 5. 1865: "The Pool of Tears", "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale", "Pig
> and Pepper", "The Mock Turtle's Story", "The Lobster Quadrille".

Alice in Wonderland
> 8. 1920: "Proteus", "Lotus Eaters", "Hades", "Scylla and Charybdis",
> "Sirens", "Oxen of the Sun", "Circe", "Ithica", "Penelope".

Odyssues

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 3, Round 2 - History - Common Latin Phrases

> 1. Mala fide.

bad faith

> 2. Alma mater.

school one graduated from

> 3. Ante bellum.

before the American Civil War
(in the US this is the usage, anyway)

> 4. Caveat emptor.

buyer beware

> 6. Cum laude.

with honors

> 7. De jure.

according to law

> 8. Ex cathedra.

officially

> 9. In camera.

privately

> 10. Pro tempore.

temporarily

> * Game 3, Round 3 - Literature - Chapter and Verse

> 1. 1964: "The First Two Finders", "Grampa Joe Takes a Gamble",
> "The Big Day Arrives", "Good-Bye Violet", "The Nut Room",
> "The Other Kids Go Home".

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

> 2. 1850: "The Prison Door", "Hester At Her Needle", "Pearl",
> "The Leech and His Patient", "The Minister's Vigil", "The Pastor
> and His Parishioner", "The Procession".

The Scarlet Letter

> 3. 2007: "The Wedding", "Kreacher's Tale", "Godric's Hollow", "Shell
> Cottage", "The Lost Diadem", "King's Cross", "Nineteen Years
> Later".

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

> 4. 8th Century BC: "Paris, Menelaus and Helen", "The Armies Clash",
> "Diomedes Goes to Battle", "Zeus Deceived", "Achilles Returns
> to Battle", "The Death of Hector".

The Iliad

> 5. 1865: "The Pool of Tears", "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale", "Pig
> and Pepper", "The Mock Turtle's Story", "The Lobster Quadrille".

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

> 6. 1859: "The Wine-Shop", "The Shoemaker", "Five Years Later",
> "Monseigneur in Town", "Two Promises", "Still Knitting",
> "The Knitting Done", "The Footsteps Die Out Forever".

A Tale of Two Cities

> 7. 1950: "What Lucy Found There", "Turkish Delight", "A Day
> with the Beavers", "Aslan is Nearer", "Peter's First Battle",
> "The Hunting of the White Stag".

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

> 8. 1920: "Proteus", "Lotus Eaters", "Hades", "Scylla and Charybdis",
> "Sirens", "Oxen of the Sun", "Circe", "Ithica", "Penelope".

Ulysses

> 9. 1885: "Our Gang's Dark Oath", "I Fool Pap and Get Away",
> "I Spare Miss Watson's Jim", "An Arkansas Difficulty", "Why
> They Didn't Hang Jim".

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

> 10. 1937: "An Unexpected Party", "Over Hill and Under Hill",
> "Riddles in the Dark", "Flies and Spiders", "Barrels out
> of Bounds", "On the Doorstep", "A Thief in the Night", "The
> Return Journey".

The Hobbit

> 11. 5th Century BC: "Laying Plans", "Tactical Dispositions", "Weak
> Points and Strong", "Maneuvering", "Terrain", "The Use of Spies".

The Art of War

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

On 5/14/22 21:09, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
>
> Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. Which US bank lost about $2,000,000,000 through a "terrible,
> egregious mistake"?
>
> 2. Why was Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in the news this
> week?
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 2 - History - Common Latin Phrases
>
> This round is an in situ test of whether you are compos mentis
> of Latin phrases, those short italic inclusions in sentences.
> Give the most common intent or usage for each of terms, or you
> will be kicking yourself ex post. Don't expect romanes eunt domus.
>
> *Note* that the "most common" intent or usage is not necessarily
> the same as a literal translation of the Latin. In some cases a
> literal translation will be deemed too far from the most common
> usage today, and marked wrong. Feel free to explain your answers
> at length to clarify the meaning; just be sure, if you make two
> guesses that are similar, to clearly identify them as separate
> answers rather than one answer and a clarification.
>
> 1. Mala fide.

bad faith

> 2. Alma mater.

school that you graduated from

> 3. Ante bellum.

something from before the American Civil War

> 4. Caveat emptor.

let the buyer beware

> 5. Corpus delicti.

delicious body :-)

> 6. Cum laude.

graduated with a high grade point average

> 7. De jure.

by law

> 8. Ex cathedra.

refering to papal decrees that are pronouncements of official doctrine

> 9. In camera.

legislative body acting as a committee of the whole

> 10. Pro tempore.

US Senate: President pro tempore -- substitute presiding officer when
the Vice President is not in attendance

(that's one answer, just in case you weren't sure)

>
>
> * Game 3, Round 3 - Literature - Chapter and Verse
>
> We give you the year of a novel, poem, or other work, and a list
> of some of its chapter, verse, or other sub-divisional titles
> (in order as they occur in the work). You name the work.
>
> Note: where applicable we need the specific novel, not the series.
> Also note: the works may not be in English, in which case the
> titles shown were taken from a noted translation.
>
> 1. 1964: "The First Two Finders", "Grampa Joe Takes a Gamble",
> "The Big Day Arrives", "Good-Bye Violet", "The Nut Room",
> "The Other Kids Go Home".
>
> 2. 1850: "The Prison Door", "Hester At Her Needle", "Pearl",
> "The Leech and His Patient", "The Minister's Vigil", "The Pastor
> and His Parishioner", "The Procession".
>
> 3. 2007: "The Wedding", "Kreacher's Tale", "Godric's Hollow", "Shell
> Cottage", "The Lost Diadem", "King's Cross", "Nineteen Years
> Later".
>
> 4. 8th Century BC: "Paris, Menelaus and Helen", "The Armies Clash",
> "Diomedes Goes to Battle", "Zeus Deceived", "Achilles Returns
> to Battle", "The Death of Hector".

The Iliad

>
> 5. 1865: "The Pool of Tears", "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale", "Pig
> and Pepper", "The Mock Turtle's Story", "The Lobster Quadrille".

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

>
> 6. 1859: "The Wine-Shop", "The Shoemaker", "Five Years Later",
> "Monseigneur in Town", "Two Promises", "Still Knitting",
> "The Knitting Done", "The Footsteps Die Out Forever".

The Three Musketeers

>
> 7. 1950: "What Lucy Found There", "Turkish Delight", "A Day
> with the Beavers", "Aslan is Nearer", "Peter's First Battle",
> "The Hunting of the White Stag".

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

>
> 8. 1920: "Proteus", "Lotus Eaters", "Hades", "Scylla and Charybdis",
> "Sirens", "Oxen of the Sun", "Circe", "Ithica", "Penelope".
>
> 9. 1885: "Our Gang's Dark Oath", "I Fool Pap and Get Away",
> "I Spare Miss Watson's Jim", "An Arkansas Difficulty", "Why
> They Didn't Hang Jim".

Huckleberry Finn

>
> 10. 1937: "An Unexpected Party", "Over Hill and Under Hill",
> "Riddles in the Dark", "Flies and Spiders", "Barrels out
> of Bounds", "On the Doorstep", "A Thief in the Night", "The
> Return Journey".

The Hobbit

>
> This round included an emergency question. Answer if you like
> for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. 5th Century BC: "Laying Plans", "Tactical Dispositions", "Weak
> Points and Strong", "Maneuvering", "Terrain", "The Use of Spies".

The Art of War

--
Dan Tilque

On Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 11:09:42 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:

> * Game 3, Round 2 - History - Common Latin Phrases
>
> This round is an in situ test of whether you are compos mentis
> of Latin phrases, those short italic inclusions in sentences.
> Give the most common intent or usage for each of terms, or you
> will be kicking yourself ex post. Don't expect romanes eunt domus.
>
> *Note* that the "most common" intent or usage is not necessarily
> the same as a literal translation of the Latin. In some cases a
> literal translation will be deemed too far from the most common
> usage today, and marked wrong. Feel free to explain your answers
> at length to clarify the meaning; just be sure, if you make two
> guesses that are similar, to clearly identify them as separate
> answers rather than one answer and a clarification.
>
> 1. Mala fide.

bad faith

> 2. Alma mater.

the school from which one graduated

> 3. Ante bellum.

before the war

> 4. Caveat emptor.

let the buyer beware
> 5. Corpus delicti.

evidence of crime

> 6. Cum laude.

with honors

> 7. De jure.

by law

> 8. Ex cathedra.

from a bishop's seat (used in reference to a declaration to indicate its officialness)

> 9. In camera.

in (a judge's) chambers
> 10. Pro tempore.

temporary

> * Game 3, Round 3 - Literature - Chapter and Verse
>
> We give you the year of a novel, poem, or other work, and a list
> of some of its chapter, verse, or other sub-divisional titles
> (in order as they occur in the work). You name the work.
>
> 1. 1964: "The First Two Finders", "Grampa Joe Takes a Gamble",
> "The Big Day Arrives", "Good-Bye Violet", "The Nut Room",
> "The Other Kids Go Home".

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

> 2. 1850: "The Prison Door", "Hester At Her Needle", "Pearl",
> "The Leech and His Patient", "The Minister's Vigil", "The Pastor
> and His Parishioner", "The Procession".

"The Scarlet Letter"
> 3. 2007: "The Wedding", "Kreacher's Tale", "Godric's Hollow", "Shell
> Cottage", "The Lost Diadem", "King's Cross", "Nineteen Years
> Later".

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

> 4. 8th Century BC: "Paris, Menelaus and Helen", "The Armies Clash",
> "Diomedes Goes to Battle", "Zeus Deceived", "Achilles Returns
> to Battle", "The Death of Hector".

"The Iliad"

> 5. 1865: "The Pool of Tears", "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale", "Pig
> and Pepper", "The Mock Turtle's Story", "The Lobster Quadrille".

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"; "Through the Looking Glass"

> 6. 1859: "The Wine-Shop", "The Shoemaker", "Five Years Later",
> "Monseigneur in Town", "Two Promises", "Still Knitting",
> "The Knitting Done", "The Footsteps Die Out Forever".

"A Tale of Two Cities"

> 7. 1950: "What Lucy Found There", "Turkish Delight", "A Day
> with the Beavers", "Aslan is Nearer", "Peter's First Battle",
> "The Hunting of the White Stag".

"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"

> 8. 1920: "Proteus", "Lotus Eaters", "Hades", "Scylla and Charybdis",
> "Sirens", "Oxen of the Sun", "Circe", "Ithica", "Penelope".

"Ulysses"

> 9. 1885: "Our Gang's Dark Oath", "I Fool Pap and Get Away",
> "I Spare Miss Watson's Jim", "An Arkansas Difficulty", "Why
> They Didn't Hang Jim".

"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
> 10. 1937: "An Unexpected Party", "Over Hill and Under Hill",
> "Riddles in the Dark", "Flies and Spiders", "Barrels out
> of Bounds", "On the Doorstep", "A Thief in the Night", "The
> Return Journey".

"The Hobbit"

> This round included an emergency question. Answer if you like
> for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. 5th Century BC: "Laying Plans", "Tactical Dispositions", "Weak
> Points and Strong", "Maneuvering", "Terrain", "The Use of Spies".

"The Art of War"

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-05-14,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin', but have
> been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
> I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
>
> Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. Which US bank lost about $2,000,000,000 through a "terrible,
> egregious mistake"?
>
> 2. Why was Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in the news this
> week?
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 2 - History - Common Latin Phrases
>
> This round is an in situ test of whether you are compos mentis
> of Latin phrases, those short italic inclusions in sentences.
> Give the most common intent or usage for each of terms, or you
> will be kicking yourself ex post. Don't expect romanes eunt domus.
>
> *Note* that the "most common" intent or usage is not necessarily
> the same as a literal translation of the Latin. In some cases a
> literal translation will be deemed too far from the most common
> usage today, and marked wrong. Feel free to explain your answers
> at length to clarify the meaning; just be sure, if you make two
> guesses that are similar, to clearly identify them as separate
> answers rather than one answer and a clarification.
>
> 1. Mala fide.
> 2. Alma mater.

School attended

> 3. Ante bellum.

Pre war

> 4. Caveat emptor.

Buyer beware

> 5. Corpus delicti.

Dead body

> 6. Cum laude.

With honor

> 7. De jure.

Of the day

> 8. Ex cathedra.
> 9. In camera.
> 10. Pro tempore.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 3 - Literature - Chapter and Verse
>
> We give you the year of a novel, poem, or other work, and a list
> of some of its chapter, verse, or other sub-divisional titles
> (in order as they occur in the work). You name the work.
>
> Note: where applicable we need the specific novel, not the series.
> Also note: the works may not be in English, in which case the
> titles shown were taken from a noted translation.
>
> 1. 1964: "The First Two Finders", "Grampa Joe Takes a Gamble",
> "The Big Day Arrives", "Good-Bye Violet", "The Nut Room",
> "The Other Kids Go Home".

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

>
> 2. 1850: "The Prison Door", "Hester At Her Needle", "Pearl",
> "The Leech and His Patient", "The Minister's Vigil", "The Pastor
> and His Parishioner", "The Procession".

The Scarlet Letter

>
> 3. 2007: "The Wedding", "Kreacher's Tale", "Godric's Hollow", "Shell
> Cottage", "The Lost Diadem", "King's Cross", "Nineteen Years
> Later".

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

>
> 4. 8th Century BC: "Paris, Menelaus and Helen", "The Armies Clash",
> "Diomedes Goes to Battle", "Zeus Deceived", "Achilles Returns
> to Battle", "The Death of Hector".
>
> 5. 1865: "The Pool of Tears", "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale", "Pig
> and Pepper", "The Mock Turtle's Story", "The Lobster Quadrille".
>
> 6. 1859: "The Wine-Shop", "The Shoemaker", "Five Years Later",
> "Monseigneur in Town", "Two Promises", "Still Knitting",
> "The Knitting Done", "The Footsteps Die Out Forever".

A Tale of Two Cities

>
> 7. 1950: "What Lucy Found There", "Turkish Delight", "A Day
> with the Beavers", "Aslan is Nearer", "Peter's First Battle",
> "The Hunting of the White Stag".

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

>
> 8. 1920: "Proteus", "Lotus Eaters", "Hades", "Scylla and Charybdis",
> "Sirens", "Oxen of the Sun", "Circe", "Ithica", "Penelope".
>
> 9. 1885: "Our Gang's Dark Oath", "I Fool Pap and Get Away",
> "I Spare Miss Watson's Jim", "An Arkansas Difficulty", "Why
> They Didn't Hang Jim".

Huckleberry Finn

>
> 10. 1937: "An Unexpected Party", "Over Hill and Under Hill",
> "Riddles in the Dark", "Flies and Spiders", "Barrels out
> of Bounds", "On the Doorstep", "A Thief in the Night", "The
> Return Journey".
>
> This round included an emergency question. Answer if you like
> for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. 5th Century BC: "Laying Plans", "Tactical Dispositions", "Weak
> Points and Strong", "Maneuvering", "Terrain", "The Use of Spies".

The Art of War

>

Pete Gayde

On Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 12:09:42 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-05-14,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin', but have
> been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
> I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.
>
> For further information, including an explanation of the """
> notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2021-07-20
> companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
>
> Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. Which US bank lost about $2,000,000,000 through a "terrible,
> egregious mistake"?

jpmorgan-chase

> 2. Why was Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in the news this
> week?

he renounced his u.s. citizenship

>
> * Game 3, Round 2 - History - Common Latin Phrases
>
> This round is an in situ test of whether you are compos mentis
> of Latin phrases, those short italic inclusions in sentences.
> Give the most common intent or usage for each of terms, or you
> will be kicking yourself ex post. Don't expect romanes eunt domus.
>
> *Note* that the "most common" intent or usage is not necessarily
> the same as a literal translation of the Latin. In some cases a
> literal translation will be deemed too far from the most common
> usage today, and marked wrong. Feel free to explain your answers
> at length to clarify the meaning; just be sure, if you make two
> guesses that are similar, to clearly identify them as separate
> answers rather than one answer and a clarification.
>
> 1. Mala fide.

an intentionally illegal act

> 2. Alma mater.

the school one attended

> 3. Ante bellum.

before the american civil war

> 4. Caveat emptor.

buyer beware

> 5. Corpus delicti.

evidence of a crime

> 6. Cum laude.

with honors

> 7. De jure.

according to law

> 8. Ex cathedra.

infallible papal proclamations

> 9. In camera.

in secret

> 10. Pro tempore.

temporary

>
> * Game 3, Round 3 - Literature - Chapter and Verse
>
> We give you the year of a novel, poem, or other work, and a list
> of some of its chapter, verse, or other sub-divisional titles
> (in order as they occur in the work). You name the work.
>
> Note: where applicable we need the specific novel, not the series.
> Also note: the works may not be in English, in which case the
> titles shown were taken from a noted translation.
>
> 1. 1964: "The First Two Finders", "Grampa Joe Takes a Gamble",
> "The Big Day Arrives", "Good-Bye Violet", "The Nut Room",
> "The Other Kids Go Home".

charlie and the chocolate factory

> 2. 1850: "The Prison Door", "Hester At Her Needle", "Pearl",
> "The Leech and His Patient", "The Minister's Vigil", "The Pastor
> and His Parishioner", "The Procession".

the scarlet letter

> 3. 2007: "The Wedding", "Kreacher's Tale", "Godric's Hollow", "Shell
> Cottage", "The Lost Diadem", "King's Cross", "Nineteen Years
> Later".

harry potter and the deathly hollows

> 4. 8th Century BC: "Paris, Menelaus and Helen", "The Armies Clash",
> "Diomedes Goes to Battle", "Zeus Deceived", "Achilles Returns
> to Battle", "The Death of Hector".

the iliad

> 5. 1865: "The Pool of Tears", "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale", "Pig
> and Pepper", "The Mock Turtle's Story", "The Lobster Quadrille".

alice's adventures in wonderland

> 6. 1859: "The Wine-Shop", "The Shoemaker", "Five Years Later",
> "Monseigneur in Town", "Two Promises", "Still Knitting",
> "The Knitting Done", "The Footsteps Die Out Forever".

a tale of two cities

> 7. 1950: "What Lucy Found There", "Turkish Delight", "A Day
> with the Beavers", "Aslan is Nearer", "Peter's First Battle",
> "The Hunting of the White Stag".

the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe

> 8. 1920: "Proteus", "Lotus Eaters", "Hades", "Scylla and Charybdis",
> "Sirens", "Oxen of the Sun", "Circe", "Ithica", "Penelope".

ulysses

> 9. 1885: "Our Gang's Dark Oath", "I Fool Pap and Get Away",
> "I Spare Miss Watson's Jim", "An Arkansas Difficulty", "Why
> They Didn't Hang Jim".

the adventures of huckleberry finn

> 10. 1937: "An Unexpected Party", "Over Hill and Under Hill",
> "Riddles in the Dark", "Flies and Spiders", "Barrels out
> of Bounds", "On the Doorstep", "A Thief in the Night", "The
> Return Journey".

the hobbit

> This round included an emergency question. Answer if you like
> for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. 5th Century BC: "Laying Plans", "Tactical Dispositions", "Weak
> Points and Strong", "Maneuvering", "Terrain", "The Use of Spies".

the art of war

> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto "You can fool too many of the people
> m...@vex.net too much of the time." -- James Thurber
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.

swp

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-05-14,
> and should be interpreted accordingly...
> I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days.

Sorry I'm late.
> For further information... see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on
> "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

> * Game 3, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)

> Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.

> 1. Which US bank lost about $2,000,000,000 through a "terrible,
> egregious mistake"?

J.P. Morgan Chase. (I accepted either part.) Stephen got this.

> 2. Why was Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in the news this
> week?

In order to avoid paying taxes, he moved to Singapore and renounced
his US citizenship. (Again, either of the key parts was acceptable.)
Stephen got this.

> * Game 3, Round 2 - History - Common Latin Phrases

> This round is an in situ test of whether you are compos mentis
> of Latin phrases, those short italic inclusions in sentences.
> Give the most common intent or usage for each of terms, or you
> will be kicking yourself ex post. Don't expect romanes eunt domus.

The last words there appear in the movie "Monty Python's Life of
Brian": they're incorrect Latin for "Romans go home". In the movie,
someone writes those words as a protest message and a Roman soldier
sees him and makes him correct all the errors, one by one, then
write out the correct version 100 times.

> *Note* that the "most common" intent or usage is not necessarily
> the same as a literal translation of the Latin. In some cases a
> literal translation will be deemed too far from the most common
> usage today, and marked wrong. Feel free to explain your answers
> at length to clarify the meaning; just be sure, if you make two
> guesses that are similar, to clearly identify them as separate
> answers rather than one answer and a clarification.

I repeat, "in some cases". I had to make some judgement calls here,
but all decisions of this type are final.

> 1. Mala fide.

[Literal: "In bad faith"] Refers to a deliberately illegal or
improper action. I accepted "bad faith". 4 for Erland, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen.

> 2. Alma mater.

["Nourishing mother"] A school one attended or is currently
attending. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
Pete, and Stephen.

> 3. Ante bellum.

["Before the war"] Before the American Civil War. 4 for Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, and Stephen.

> 4. Caveat emptor.

["Let the buyer beware"] Responsibility for the quality of goods is
the buyer's. I accepted "buyer beware". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Joshua, Pete, and Stephen.

> 5. Corpus delicti.

["Body remaining"] The evidence that a crime has been committed;
also accepting "the body of a murder victim", as this is a popular
usage, but just "dead body" is not specific enough. 4 for Joshua
and Stephen.

> 6. Cum laude.

["With praise"] With honors, with above-average grades. 4 for
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Pete, and Stephen.

> 7. De jure.

["By the law"] Refers to something considered officially to be true,
as opposed to the actual [de facto -- "by the fact"] situation.
I accepted "according to law" or "in law" but not "by law", which
does not have this sense. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Stephen.

> 8. Ex cathedra.

["From the chair"] Refers to declarations from the Pope when he is
being infallible. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen.

> 9. In camera.

["In the chamber"] In secret, in private. I accepted references
to a judge's chambers. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen.

> 10. Pro tempore.

["For the time"] Temporary, for the time being. 4 for Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen.

> * Game 3, Round 3 - Literature - Chapter and Verse

> We give you the year of a novel, poem, or other work, and a list
> of some of its chapter, verse, or other sub-divisional titles
> (in order as they occur in the work). You name the work.

> Note: where applicable we need the specific novel, not the series.
> Also note: the works may not be in English, in which case the
> titles shown were taken from a noted translation.

> 1. 1964: "The First Two Finders", "Grampa Joe Takes a Gamble",
> "The Big Day Arrives", "Good-Bye Violet", "The Nut Room",
> "The Other Kids Go Home".

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. 4 for Dan Blum,
Joshua, Pete, and Stephen.

> 2. 1850: "The Prison Door", "Hester At Her Needle", "Pearl",
> "The Leech and His Patient", "The Minister's Vigil", "The Pastor
> and His Parishioner", "The Procession".

"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Pete, and Stephen.

> 3. 2007: "The Wedding", "Kreacher's Tale", "Godric's Hollow", "Shell
> Cottage", "The Lost Diadem", "King's Cross", "Nineteen Years
> Later".

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling. 4 for
Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Stephen.

If you weren't sure which Potter book this was, even with the date,
the last chapter title should have been a hint -- it's an epilogue
and therefore this is the last of the series.

> 4. 8th Century BC: "Paris, Menelaus and Helen", "The Armies Clash",
> "Diomedes Goes to Battle", "Zeus Deceived", "Achilles Returns
> to Battle", "The Death of Hector".

The "Iliad" by Homer. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua,
and Stephen.

> 5. 1865: "The Pool of Tears", "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale", "Pig
> and Pepper", "The Mock Turtle's Story", "The Lobster Quadrille".

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. 4 for Erland,
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen.

Strictly speaking "Alice in Wonderland" is a series consisting of
two short novels, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and the sequel
"Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There". But since
they are sometimes published as a single book, I accepted the series
title and forgave a wrong second guess of the other book.

> 6. 1859: "The Wine-Shop", "The Shoemaker", "Five Years Later",
> "Monseigneur in Town", "Two Promises", "Still Knitting",
> "The Knitting Done", "The Footsteps Die Out Forever".

"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Pete, and Stephen.

> 7. 1950: "What Lucy Found There", "Turkish Delight", "A Day
> with the Beavers", "Aslan is Nearer", "Peter's First Battle",
> "The Hunting of the White Stag".

"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis. 4 for Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Joshua, Pete, and Stephen.

> 8. 1920: "Proteus", "Lotus Eaters", "Hades", "Scylla and Charybdis",
> "Sirens", "Oxen of the Sun", "Circe", "Ithica", "Penelope".

"Ulysses" by James Joyce. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Stephen.
3 for Erland.

> 9. 1885: "Our Gang's Dark Oath", "I Fool Pap and Get Away",
> "I Spare Miss Watson's Jim", "An Arkansas Difficulty", "Why
> They Didn't Hang Jim".

"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain. I accepted
"Huckleberry Finn" for full points. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Joshua, Pete, and Stephen.

> 10. 1937: "An Unexpected Party", "Over Hill and Under Hill",
> "Riddles in the Dark", "Flies and Spiders", "Barrels out
> of Bounds", "On the Doorstep", "A Thief in the Night", "The
> Return Journey".

"The Hobbit, or There and Back Again" by J.R.R. Tolkien. 4 for
Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Stephen.

> This round included an emergency question. Answer if you like
> for fun, but for no points.

> 11. 5th Century BC: "Laying Plans", "Tactical Dispositions", "Weak
> Points and Strong", "Maneuvering", "Terrain", "The Use of Spies".

"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Pete,
and Stephen got this.

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Lit
Stephen Perry 40 40 80
Dan Blum 32 40 72
Joshua Kreitzer 32 40 72
Dan Tilque 28 20 48
Pete Gayde 12 24 36
Erland Sommarskog 12 11 23