Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-07-18,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

> * Game 10, Round 4 - Pseudo-Science - Astrology

> The belief in a connection between the cosmos and terrestrial
> matters has played an important part in human history. You may
> be more familiar with it as horse puckey.

> 1. Each astrological age is approximately 2,150 years long,
> on average. In which astrological age are we now, according
> to the lyrics of a 5th Dimension hit?

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

I have seen it explained that the lyric about "the *dawning* of the
Age of Aquarius" does not mean actually that this age has started;
rather, it means that since it *will* be starting in a century or so,
and since the transition is gradual, its astrological effects are
beginning to be felt. However, "Aquarius" was the expected answer
and I have no problem accepting it for quiz purposes.

> 2. The Mayan tradition combined astronomy and astrology. The most
> famous Mayan astrological observatory still intact is the
> Caracol observatory in which ancient Mayan city?

Chichen Itza. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.

> 3. Particularly important in the development of the horoscope
> in astrology was this astrologer and astronomer whose work
> the "Tetrabiblos" laid the basis of the Western astrological
> tradition. Who?

Ptolemy. 4 for Dan Blum.

> 4. In 1556 this astronomer and seer was summoned to the French
> court by Queen Catherine de Medici, and commissioned to draw up
> the horoscope of the royal children. Pleased with the results,
> she remained his patron until his death. Name him.

Nostradamus. 4 for Joshua.

> 5. Name the method of interpreting the ongoing movement of the
> planets as they move through the horoscope. This is most often
> done for the birth chart of an individual. Particular attention
> is paid to changes of sign, or house.

Transiting.

> 6. This motion of a planet is its apparent backward motion through
> the sky caused by the Earth traveling past a slower-moving outer
> planet, or when the Earth is itself passed by a faster-moving
> inner body. In astrology, this backward movement is thought
> to be unlucky. What is it called?

Retrograde motion. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.

> 7. She was one of the best-known American astrologers and psychics
> of the 20th century, due to her syndicated newspaper astrology
> column, some well-publicized predictions, and a best-selling
> biography, "My Life and Prophecies". She also was the author
> of "Do Cats have ESP?" Name her.

Jeanne Dixon. 4 for Joshua.

> 8. Name this American astrologer and astrology consultant to the
> rich and famous. He wrote numerous books on the subject,
> including "My World of Astrology" and his autobiography "In the
> Sky", but he is probably the most widely known for his books
> on the popular sun-sign astrology.

Sydney Omarr.

> 9. Modern astrologers use data provided by astronomers which are
> transformed to a set of astrological tables showing the
> changing zodiacal positions of the heavenly bodies through time.
> What are these tables called?

Ephemerides. (5 syllables; the singular is "ephemeris".)
4 for Dan Tilque.

> 10. Astrology itself can be divided into two camps: "Natural
> astrologers" study the motions of the heavenly bodies, timing of
> eclipses, etc. The other type studies the supposed correlations
> between the positions of various celestial objects and the
> affairs of human beings. What are they known as?

Judicial astrologers.

> * Game 10, Round 5 - Audio - Shakespeare

> Surprise! You get three rounds in this set (so the score for
> the game will be your best 7 out of 9 rounds). That's because
> I think the audio round in this game is playable in textual form,
> so I'm including it in this posting.

> In each case, name the play by Shakespeare that these lines come
> from (some edition of). (In the original game, questions #7-10
> required the players to name the actor or actress speaking in
> the audio clip, but I'll just make it "name the play" for these
> as well.)

> 1. Man 1:
> She thank'd me,
> And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her,
> I should but teach him how to tell my story,
> And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake:
> She loved me for the dangers I had pass'd,
> And I loved her that she did pity them.
> This only is the witchcraft I have used.
> Here comes the lady; let her witness it.
> Man 2:
> I think this tale would win my daughter too.

"Othello" (Act 1, Scene 3; Othello and the Duke of Venice).

> 2. Woman:
> Yet show some pity.
> Man:
> I show it most of all when I show justice;
> For then I pity those I do not know,
> Which a dismiss'd offence would after gall,
> And do him right that, answering one foul wrong,
> Lives not to act another. Be satisfied;
> Your brother dies to-morrow; be content.
> Woman:
> So you must be the first that gives this sentence,
> And he that suffers. O, it is excellent
> To have a giant's strength! But it is tyrannous
> To use it like a giant.

"Measure for Measure" (Act 2, Scene 2; Isabella and Angelo).
4 for Joshua.

> 3. Man:
> If I stand here, I saw Banquo!
> Woman:
> Fie, for shame!
> Man:
> Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time,
> Ay, and since too, murthers have been perform'd
> Too terrible for the ear. The time has been,
> That, when the brains were out, the man would die,
> And there an end; but now they rise again,
> With twenty mortal murthers on their crowns,
> And push us from our stools.
> Woman:
> You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting,
> With most admired disorder.

"Macbeth" (Act 3, Scene 4; Macbeth and Lady Macbeth). 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.

> 4. Woman 1:
> Let's appoint him a meeting!
> Woman 2:
> What tempest, I trow, threw this whale, with so many tuns
> of oil in his belly, ashore at Windsor? If my husband saw
> this letter! It would give eternal food to his jealousy.
> Woman 1:
> My good man is as far from jealousy as I am from giving
> him cause.
> Woman 2:
> You are the happier woman.
> Woman 1:
> Let's consult together against this greasy knight.

"The Merry Wives of Windsor" (Act 2, Scene 1; Mrs. Page and
Mrs. Ford). 4 for Dan Blum.

I needed to look up the first-quoted line. It means "Let's arrange
a meeting with him".

> 5. Woman:
> We are not the first
> Who with best meaning have incurr'd the worst.
> For thee, oppressed king, I am cast down;
> Myself could else outfrown false Fortune's frown.
> Shall we not see these daughters and these sisters?
> Man:
> No, no, no, no! Come, let's away to prison.
> We two alone will sing like birds i' th' cage.
> When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down
> And ask of thee forgiveness.

"King Lear" (Act 5, Scene 3, Cordelia and Lear).

> 6. Man:
> But this rough magic
> I here abjure; and, when I have requir'd
> Some heavenly music -- which even now I do --
> To work mine end upon their senses that
> This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff,
> Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,
> And deeper than did ever plummet sound
> I'll drown my book.

"The Tempest" (Act 5, Scene 1; Prospero). 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

> 7. Man:
> The sixth age shifts
> Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
> With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
> His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide
> For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
> Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
> And whistles in his sound.

"As You Like It" (Act 2, Scene 7; Jaques). 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

> 8. Man:
> Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
> Like a Colossus, and we petty men
> Walk under his huge legs and peep about
> To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
> Men at some time are masters of their fates:
> The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
> But in ourselves that we are underlings.
> Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that "Caesar"?
> Why should that name be sounded more than yours?

"Julius Caesar", of course. (Act 1, Scene 2; Cassius). 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.

> 9. Man:
> To sing a song that old was sung,
> From ashes ancient Gower is come;
> Assuming man's infirmities,
> To glad your ear, and please your eyes.
> It hath been sung at festivals,
> On ember-eves and holy-ales;
> And lords and ladies in their lives
> Have read it for restoratives

"Pericles, Prince of Tyre" (Prologue; Gower).

If Wikipedia is correct, this play was formerly not included
in "complete Shakespeare" collections, but now it often is,
and is seen as a collaboration by Shakespeare and another writer.

> 10. Woman:
> Now to all sense 'tis gross
> You love my son; invention is asham'd,
> Against the proclamation of thy passion,
> To say thou dost not. Therefore tell me true;
> But tell me then, 'tis so; for, look, thy cheeks
> Confess't, th' one to th' other; and thine eyes
> See it so grossly shown in thy behaviours
> That in their kind they speak it; only sin
> And hellish obstinacy tie thy tongue,
> That truth should be suspected. Speak, is't so?

"All's Well that Ends Well" (Act 1, Scene 3; Countess of Rousillon).

> * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana History - Toronto Riots and Demonstrations

> It's been over a year since Toronto hosted the G20 riots.
> Let's look back on some riotous days from our local history.

> 1. June 2010. The so-called "5-meter law" passed by the Ontario
> government provides police with dubious justification for
> harassing citizens during the lead-up to the G20. The government
> would later promise to repeal the 1939 act under which the law
> was passed. Name that act.

Public Works Protection Act. (It was repealed in 2015.)

> 2. 1980-06-02. The "Punk Rock Riot". After fans get overheated
> at a concert by local punkers Teenage Head, this venue bans
> rock concerts for several years. Name it.

Ontario Place Forum.

> 3. 1918-08-01. Up and down Yonge St., police battle an angry mob
> of thousands, among them many returned war veterans.
> The rioters are intent on destroying restaurants and other
> businesses belonging to a Toronto ethnic group whose nation of
> origin has maintained neutrality through the First World War.
> Which ethnicity?

Greek. 2 for Dan Tilque.

> 4. 2000-06-15. Rocks and paint-bombs are hurled by demonstrators
> at police protecting Queen's Park. 300 mounted police respond
> with batons and pepper-spray. Toronto police chief Julian
> Fantino calls the actions of the organizers "domestic terrorism."
> Name the group behind the protest.

Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP).

> 5. 1992-05-04. The Yonge St. Riot leads to 30 arrests and hundreds
> of smashed windows. The riot starts out as a demonstration
> against the Toronto police shooting of alleged crack dealer
> Raymond Lawrence, but takes its main impetus from a US court
> decision handed down 5 days previously. In what case?

The police brutality alleged to have been committed in Los Angeles
by LAPD Sgt. Stacey Koon and Officers Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind,
Theodore Briseno, against Rodney King. They had just been acquitted,
but this was seen as a miscarriage of justice. 4 for Joshua,
Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum.

> 6. Sunday, 1875-10-03. The Jubilee Riots. The presence of armed
> militia to keep the peace doesn't keep downtown Toronto from
> erupting into mayhem as a religious procession is attacked
> with stones and guns. Of which ethnicity are the marchers
> under attack?

Irish. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. 3 for Dan Tilque.

> 7. 1933-08-16. Fists, clubs, bricks, and pipes. A 6-hour brawl
> erupts in Willowvale Park after a swastika banner is unfurled at
> a baseball game involving the mostly Jewish Harbord Playground
> club. How do Torontonians know Willowvale Park today?

Christie Pits Park.

> 8. During the 1930s, under Chief Dennis Draper, a special Toronto
> police team is formed to break strikes, disrupt demonstrations,
> and generally keep Toronto's lefties in check. In one instance,
> they disperse a crowd of 2,000 by turning their motorcycle
> exhaust pipes towards them to create a noxious cloud.
> Modeled and named after similar units in US police forces,
> how is this team known?

The Red Squad.

> 9. 1980-08-19. A no-show by this rock star sends 13,000 fans at
> the CNE Grandstand into a frenzy. Police defend themselves
> from projectiles with folding chairs. 31 are arrested,
> 12 hospitalized. Name the rocker.

Alice Cooper.

> 10. 1981-02-08. Several days after the heavy-handed Operation Soap
> arrests 287 gay men in Toronto, demonstrators take over the
> streets of downtown, marching aggressively on 52 Division and
> Queen's Park. How are these "riots" known?

The Bathhouse Riots.

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 BEST
TOPICS-> Lit Geo Sci Aud Can THREE
Joshua Kreitzer 28 25 16 20 8 73
Dan Tilque 4 28 16 8 9 53
Dan Blum 16 16 16 20 8 52
Pete Gayde 3 29 -- -- -- 32
Erland Sommarskog 0 8 4 0 0 12

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