mathNEWSquiz #4

Wow... was last week ever close. Congratulations to Mission BananaRama, and the St. Paul's Shadow Council who both got 26 (of 30) and to Josh Chud who was incredibly close behind with 25. With my extraordinarily random method of selecting a winner, the St. Paul's Shadow Council is the winner again this week. (Andrew remembers to point out that one of the councillors can collect the group prize from the MathSoc office.) Also thanks to: Carrie Howells, Kyle S, Caitlin Martin (who got the questions the winners missed), Jamie Wheeler, Glen J Galang, Effervescent Boy and Little Bubbly, and Greg Morey for your great and sometimes amusing answers.

Last week's answers were: Songs: 1) Dave Matthews Band, "Crash into Me"; 2) Shania Twain, "Man, I feel like a woman"; 3) Venga Boys, "Boom Boom Boom Boom"; 4) Blink 182, "What's My age again?"; 5) Geri Halliwell, "Look at Me". Movies: 1) David O'Hara in Braveheart; 2) James Earl Jones in Star Wars; 3) Henry Fonda in Battle of the Bulge; 4) Morgan Freeman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; 5) Brian O'Halloran in Clerks. Oscars: 1) 37 (38 as of last week); 2) 5; 3) The Color Purple; 4) Jessica Tandy; 5) Driving Miss Daisy. WWII: 1) Juno Beach; 2) Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, France; 3) Lexington; 4) Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz; 5) HMS Hood

Now for this week. Remember that Daryl takes credit/blame for the songs.

Song Quotes
(1 pt. for song, 1 for artist)

1. Wouldn't it be great if no one ever got offended,
   And wouldn't it be great to say what's really on your mind?
   I've always said all the rules are made for bending,
   And if I let my hair down, would that be such a crime?
2. Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
   She said she's like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
   She walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
   Just like she's walking on a wire in the circus
3. Stop the looting, stop the shooting
   Pick pocking on the corner
   See as the rich is getting richer
   The poor is getting poorer
4. Well he's on the table.
   And he's gone to code.
   And I do not think anyone knows.
   What they are doing here.
5. One foot in the hole
   One foot gettin' deeper
   Crank it to eleven
   And blow another speaker

Movie Quotes
(1 pt. for movie, 1 for actor)

1. "You are in a position to demand nothing sir, where I am in a position to grant nothing."
2. "I have more exhibits your honour, though I hesitate to bring them forward."
3. "No fucking shit lady! Do I sound like I'm ordering a pizza?"
4. "Let's be honest now, so that we don't spend the next ten years being nice to each other."
5. "The Bradbury is more than just a hotel, it's a family. It's a place where you have an eccentric old bellhop, or a manager who makes thousands of dollars in long distance phone calls. That doesn't mean you want that person exposed or fired. Because that would be distressing to the family."

Canadian Government

1. Who is the head of state in Canada?
2. Where is the National Assembly?
3. What three positions in Canada merit the title "Right Honourable"?
4. At what age must a senator retire?
5. What is the highest ranking civil service position in Canada?

Literature

1. Why is there no joy in Mudville?
2. Who did Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert adopt?
3. Complete: "...And if I should die, think only this of me: There is some Corner of a foreign field, that is forever ---------."
4. "To you from failing hands we throw the torch be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep..." is an excerpt from which poem? (BONUS POINT if you can name the famous room in which this quote was displayed)
5. "Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war" is a quote from which play?

Andrew "future stats major" Drummond
Daryl "Teddybear" McEachern