Kyle Forces a Quiz

Answer: Mousseline

Forcemeat is a term that refers to any of a number of mixtures of lean meat that has been mixed with fat, to produce a mixture that can be eaten as is (if the meat was previously cooked), or used in the making of sausages, pâtés, terrines, and a range of other goodies. There are specific names for different styles of forcemeat, which refer to both the balance of meat with fat, and the texture to which it has been ground. Mousseline is very light, as it includes eggs and cream as well as the lean meat (often veal, poultry or seafood) instead of using the pork fat which is more commonly used in other styles of forcemeat.

Mousseline is also the name of a very fine cotton fabric. Mustard is a condiment made from the mustard plant, a musette was a medieval woodwind instrument, and a mouse may be found either near your computer or (less ideally) running around your house, like the one looney_tunes saw last week.

Answer: Michael Jackson

"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and was the first song to feature what would become Michael Jackson's trademark falsetto vocals.

The song was released between the Star Wars movies "IV - A New Hope" (1977) and "V - The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) although Jackson always remained tight-lipped about any possible inspiration. Glendathecat picked this song out after provocation.

Answer: Wind force

If you've ever paid attention to your local weather report, you may have heard a particularly blustery or stormy day described as being "force n" (where n is a number, usually between zero and thirteen inclusive). This refers to the Beaufort scale of wind force measurement (though, strictly speaking, it's for wind speed and wave height). Developed by Francis Beaufort in the early 1800s and refined over the centuries, each point on the scale is identifiable by both a range of wind speed and a delightful description of the conditions on land and sea ("dust and loose paper raised, small branches begin to move" for Force 4, for example).

In modern times, a wind of Force 5 (fresh breeze) or less is likely to be fairly inconsequential, while anything Force 6 (strong breeze) and above will begin to have more of a noticeable effect on the environment.

Eburge promises that Kyle didn't unleash the furies on him to submit this question.

Answer: Alistair MacLean

Both the film and the novel were sequels to "The Guns of Navarone", a 1957 novel by MacLean which was made into a 1961 film starring Gregory Peck and David Niven. However for the most part, the film "Force 10 from Navarone" only shared a title and a few characters with MacLean's 1968 novel. The 1968 novel was more a sequel to the 1961 film rather than the original novel, as it included characters from the film who weren't in the original book. The intent was to create a novel that would serve as the basis for the sequel film, but when the studio finally got around to filming the sequel, the script varied greatly from the book. MacLean then used some of the plot ideas from the 1978 film in his 1982 novel "Partisans". Confused? Well let's focus on the 1978 film. It starred Robert Shaw and Edward Fox in the roles originally played by Peck and Niven, and "Force 10" was an American sabotage unit led by Harrison Ford that worked with Shaw and Fox on a WWII mission in Yugoslavia. Ford's character Colonel Barnsby didn't appear in MacLean's 1968 novel, and "Force 10" was the codename for the mission, not an American squad, in the book.

PDAZ enjoys the plot twists of Alistair MacLean's novels.

Answer: Bosnia and Herzegovina

After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, Bosnia found itself in the midst of a bloody civil war. The Bosnian Serb Army supported by Serbia carried out widespread atrocities against the Bosnian Muslims. With the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995 which resulted in the deaths of over 8000 Bosnian Muslim men, pressure built on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations (UN) to intervene. Operation Deliberate Force was carried out in August and September 1995. It involved an air campaign by NATO to support the UN's ground forces. This was a turning point in the Bosnian War which had raged on for over three years till then. In December 1995, NATO sent a peacekeeping force to Bosnia to enforce the Dayton Peace Agreement.

Zobra_Scank deliberately placed this question here of her own free will.

Answer: Tees

Many people only think of the commercial aspect of the river Tees as it passes between Middlesbrough and Stockton, but the upper reaches of the river pass through some spectacularly beautiful countryside. High Force is the one of the highest waterfalls in England and was sketched by J.M.W. Turner in 1816, and later provided footage for the film "Mackenna's Gold".

MaggieG's question just happened to fall into place in this spot. No forcing needed.

Answer: Cat and Mouse Act

In 1909, the Women's Social and Political Union - the more militant of the British Suffragette organisations - began to use hunger strikes. If they were given a prison sentence for any of their activities, such as breaking windows, heckling male politicians, setting fire to mailboxes, etc., the reaction of many was to refuse food. The authorities would then force-feed them, often leading to other problems, both for the health of the women and for the reputation of the authorities.

The 'Cat and Mouse Act' said that when the women became ill and near death from refusing food, they would be released but as soon as they recovered, they would be sent back to prison until they became ill again, were released, recovered, and so on. The Government hoped this would absolve them from any responsibility for the women's state of health and that by releasing them when they were weak from starving themselves, the women would be unable to participate in suffragette actions. The Act didn't in fact seem to stop the Suffragettes who continued their violent protests until the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 but it did stop the use of force-feeding in most cases.

Flopsymopsy is relieved she's never had to be force-fed.

Answer: Chamberlen

It is thought that Peter Chamberlen, who was the obstetrician to Henrietta, wife of Charles I of England, perfected the forceps instrument and the technique with which they were used to save the life of both baby and mother during difficult deliveries.
The Chamberlen family kept their technique a secret for years, even insisting that the labouring mother was blindfolded during their use. They were instrumental (pardon the pun!) in the safe, live delivery of many babies who would otherwise have perished, often along with their mother.

Rowena was the last to fill in a question, but did so of her own volition, presumably to avoid being drafted.

Answer: General Dodonna

Many people erroneously believe that it was Obi-wan who first uttered the phrase in Episode IV "A New Hope", but while he does speak of the Force, he never actually says the actual phrase, "May the Force be with you." What he does say is:

"The Force will be with you... always."
"Luke, the Force will be with you."
"Use the Force, Luke."
"Remember, the Force will be with you always."

It is General Dodonna who says it for the first time after briefing the pilots on the upcoming attack on the Death Star. Han Solo repeats it shortly thereafter in his farewell conversation with Luke.

reedy is wise in the ways of the Force.

Answer: Playing card games

Leave it to Kyle to end off his own quiz a year after creating it and forcing the Llamas to write questions with a quiz about the very thing he actually didn't do...

...which I guess, was play card games. You've probably heard the phrase before-- to force someone's hand-- and while it derived from people playing card games in which their cards needed to be guarded and hidden, it alluded to the idea of backing them into a corner or provoking them with proper wagering to force a tell or, even better, force them to back out or show their hand. Poker players do it all the time with mind games.

Fortunately, beyond simply asking nicely and passive aggressively spamming some chat boards, Kyle can only do so much hand-forcing to get a quiz to the queue.