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* QFTCI5GNM Final Round 2: Science - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* Calvin's Rare Entries Quiz #1 - 1 messages, 1 author
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* QFTCI5GNM Final Round 3: Arts & Literature - 2 messages, 2 authors
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Final Round 2: Science
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 25 2011 12:22 am
From: "Rob Parker"
> ** Final, Round 2 - Science
>
> 1. They are structural components designed to resist longitudinal
> compression. They provide outward-facing support in their
> lengthwise direction, and thus can be used to keep two other
> components separate.
struts
> 2. Name the force that acts to expand or lengthen the thing it
> is acting on. It involves stretching or straining.
tension
> 3. This rigid framework, usually of wood or metal, is designed
> to support a structure. It may derive its strength from the
> geometric properties of the triangle or from other factors,
> such as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry,
> or the stiffness of beam.
truss
> 4. Five space-worthy orbiters were built. Two were tragically
> lost during missions: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
> Name one of the remaining three orbiters.
Discovery
> 8. Englishman Sir Alec Jeffreys is credited with developing
> DNA profiling, or genetic fingerprinting. Within two years,
> when was his technique used to identify the killer in a
> British rape-murder case and exonerate a prime suspect?
1988; 1995
> 9. One of the signs of death that a coroner will look at is
> the settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body,
> causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin. By what
> term is this known?
lividity
> 10. "The Double Helix" (1968), an account of the discovery of
> the structure of DNA.
James Watson
> 11. "Silent Spring" (1962), a marine biologist's indictment of
> the pesticide DDT.
Rachael Carson
> 13. What is the scientific term for an apparent "throwback"
> characteristic of an organism that reveals a trait of an
> earlier ancestor?
recession
> 14. What is the name given to a type of cell division, occurring
> in all sexually reproducing organisms, in which a nucleus
> divides into 4 "daughter" nuclei, each containing half the
> chromosome number of the parent nucleus?
meiosis
> 15. What is the scientific term for the phenomenon, occurring
> in many marine organisms, by which many plants and animals
> produce visible light?
chemiluminescence
Rob
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 25 2011 9:40 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> These questions, then, were written to be asked in Toronto on
> 2010-12-13, and should be interpreted accordingly... For further
> information see my 2010-11-16 companion posting on "Five Guys
> Named Moe Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM)".
> ** Final, Round 2 - Science
This was tied for being the hardest round in the original game.
> * Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?: Ontario Edition
> One of the units studied in Grade 5 is "Forces Acting on Structures
> and Mechanisms". Let's see how you stack up against 10-year-olds.
> All definitions come from the Ontario Science Curriculum, revised
> in 2007.
> 1. They are structural components designed to resist longitudinal
> compression. They provide outward-facing support in their
> lengthwise direction, and thus can be used to keep two other
> components separate.
Struts. 4 for Marc and Rob. 2 for Stephen.
> 2. Name the force that acts to expand or lengthen the thing it
> is acting on. It involves stretching or straining.
Tension. I accepted the adjective "tensile". 4 for Marc, Peter,
Stephen, Dan, Pete, and Rob.
> 3. This rigid framework, usually of wood or metal, is designed
> to support a structure. It may derive its strength from the
> geometric properties of the triangle or from other factors,
> such as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry,
> or the stiffness of beam.
Truss. 4 for Marc, Stephen, Dan, and Rob.
> * The Space Shuttle Program
> 4. Five space-worthy orbiters were built. Two were tragically
> lost during missions: Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.
> Name one of the remaining three orbiters.
Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour. Enterprise was not space-worthy
and Voyager was not a shuttle. 4 for Peter, Dan, Pete, and Rob.
3 for Joshua.
> 5. In July 1999, this American Air Force colonel became the
> first female pilot and first female commander of a Space
> Shuttle. Name her.
Eileen Collins. Sorry, no points for "Eileen someone". 4 for
Stephen.
> 6. NASA's current plans call for the Space Shuttle to be retired
> from service in 2011. To fill the void left by the Shuttle's
> retirement, a new spacecraft is being developed to ferry
> not only passengers and cargo to the ISS but also to travel
> beyond Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars. Originally it was
> called the Crew Exploration Vehicle. You can tell us either
> the spacecraft's name or the project name.
Orion, Constellation. 4 for Peter, Stephen, and Dan.
> * Forensics
> 7. Started in 1971, the University of Tennessee Anthropological
> Research Facility was the first of its kind in the United
> States to study the decomposition of human remains. It is
> better known by what nickname, which is also the title of a
> Patricia Cornwell novel?
"The Body Farm". 4 for Marc. 3 for Joshua.
> 8. Englishman Sir Alec Jeffreys is credited with developing
> DNA profiling, or genetic fingerprinting. Within two years,
> when was his technique used to identify the killer in a
> British rape-murder case and exonerate a prime suspect?
1987 (accepting 1985-89). 4 for Stephen, Calvin, and Dan. 3 for Pete
and Rob. 2 for Joshua.
> 9. One of the signs of death that a coroner will look at is
> the settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body,
> causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin. By what
> term is this known?
Livor mortis or (post-mortem) lividity. 4 for Marc and Rob.
> * Scientific Literature
> Given the title of a book, its year of publication, and a brief
> description, name the author.
> 10. "The Double Helix" (1968), an account of the discovery of
> the structure of DNA.
James Watson. 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Rob. 3 for Peter.
2 for Calvin and Pete.
> 11. "Silent Spring" (1962), a marine biologist's indictment of
> the pesticide DDT.
Rachel Carson. 4 for Marc, Erland, Stephen, Dan, Pete, and Rob.
> 12. "Guns, Germs, and Steel" (1997), in which a UCLA professor
> of geography and physiology argues that geographical and
> environmental factors shaped the modern world.
Jared Diamond. 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Dan.
> * Biology Terms
> 13. What is the scientific term for an apparent "throwback"
> characteristic of an organism that reveals a trait of an
> earlier ancestor?
Atavism. 4 for Marc, Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 14. What is the name given to a type of cell division, occurring
> in all sexually reproducing organisms, in which a nucleus
> divides into 4 "daughter" nuclei, each containing half the
> chromosome number of the parent nucleus?
Meiosis. (Not mitosis, which is the ordinary division into 2 cells.)
4 for Marc, Stephen, Dan, and Rob. 2 for Peter and Joshua.
> 15. What is the scientific term for the phenomenon, occurring
> in many marine organisms, by which many plants and animals
> produce visible light?
Bioluminescence. "Luminescence" was not sufficient. 4 for Marc,
Peter, Stephen, Joshua, and Dan.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUND-> 2
TOPIC-> Sci
Marc Dashevsky 44
Stephen Perry 38
Dan Tilque 36
Rob Parker 35
Joshua Kreitzer 26
Peter Smyth 21
Pete Gayde 17
"Calvin" 10
Erland Sommarskog 4
--
Mark Brader | The chief use to which we put our love of the truth is
Toronto | in persuading ourselves that what we love is true.
msb@vex.net | -- Pierre Nicole, c.1675
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: Calvin's Rare Entries Quiz #1
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 25 2011 1:06 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> Enter by emailing your answers and any supporting docs / URLs to
> 334152[at]gmail.com by midnight Tuesday, 26th April, Gold Coast time (UTC
> +10 hours).
In case anyone else missed that Calvin wanted the replies to a completely
different address, and have problems of getting through to the address
in his header, the address is above.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Final Round 3: Arts & Literature
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/9fe95824c2618833?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 25 2011 9:43 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
These questions, were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-13,
and should be interpreted accordingly.
On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
my 2010-11-16 companion posting on "Five Guys Named Moe Questions
from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM)".
All questions were written by members of Five Guys Named Moe,
and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
* Alliteratively Named Choreographers
In each case, name the alliteratively named choreographer.
1. At 6 feet 6½ inches (1.99 m), this choreographer/director is
unusually tall for a dancer. Over the course of his career,
he has won 9 Tony Awards, including two in 1983, one for
Best Actor in a Musical and one for Best Choreography for
"My One and Only".
2. In a single year he choreographed "42nd Street", "Footlight
Parade", and "Gold Diggers of 1933".
3. He was an American choreographer and activist who is
credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing
African-American participation. His choreographic masterpiece
"Revelations" is believed to be the best known and most
often seen modern dance performance.
* Top 100 Crime and Mystery Novels
In 1990, the British-based Crime Writers' Association (CWA)
published its list of the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, and
in 1995 the US-based Mystery Writers of America (MWA) followed
suit with its Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time. We'll give
you the title and date of a novel, and its rank on both lists;
you name the author.
4. "The Daughter of Time" (1951): CWA #1, MWA #4.
5. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934): CWA #30, MWA #14.
6. "The Mask of Dimitrios" (1939), also known as "A Coffin for
Dimitrios": CWA #24, MWA #17.
* Plagiarism Controversies
7. In 1892, this author was accused of plagiarizing Margaret
T. Canby's story "The Frost Fairies" in her short story "The
Frost King". The author was brought before a tribunal of
the Perkins Institute for the Blind, where she was acquitted
by a single vote. Name her.
8. In 1978, this author was sued for plagiarism by Harold
Courlander, author of the novel "The African". The author
reportedly paid Mr. Courlander $650,000 in an out-of-court
settlement. Name the author, or his novel that contained
the allegedly plagiarized material.
9. This American politician was forced to withdraw from the 1988
Democratic US Presidential Nominations when it was alleged
that he had failed a 1965 introductory law school course on
legal methodology due to plagiarism. This did not impact
too much on his long-term political career however, as he
was elected 4 more times to the Senate before having to
resign his seat to fill his current role. Name him.
* 20th Century Painters
In each case, name the painter.
10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/10.jpg
11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/11.jpg
12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/12.jpg
* Banned Books
13. Written between 1958 and 1968, the 3-volume work "The Gulag
Archipelago", a nonfiction account of Soviet forced-labor
camps, was banned by the Soviet Union, but in 2009 it was
added to the Russian high school curriculum. Name the author.
14. The 1981 novel "July's People" was banned in apartheid-era
South Africa but is now part of the school curriculum.
Name the Nobel-laureate author.
15. The 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" was banned by Boston courts
in 1962 for obscenity, a ruling that was reversed in 1966.
Name the author.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "We are informed many things,
msb@vex.net | some of them correct." --Greg Goss
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon, Apr 25 2011 10:12 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer
On Apr 25, 11:43 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature
>
> * Alliteratively Named Choreographers
>
> In each case, name the alliteratively named choreographer.
>
> 1. At 6 feet 6½ inches (1.99 m), this choreographer/director is
> unusually tall for a dancer. Over the course of his career,
> he has won 9 Tony Awards, including two in 1983, one for
> Best Actor in a Musical and one for Best Choreography for
> "My One and Only".
Tommy Tune
> 2. In a single year he choreographed "42nd Street", "Footlight
> Parade", and "Gold Diggers of 1933".
Busby Berkeley
> 3. He was an American choreographer and activist who is
> credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing
> African-American participation. His choreographic masterpiece
> "Revelations" is believed to be the best known and most
> often seen modern dance performance.
Alvin Ailey
> * Top 100 Crime and Mystery Novels
>
> We'll give
> you the title and date of a novel, and its rank on both lists;
> you name the author.
>
> 5. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934): CWA #30, MWA #14.
James M. Cain
> * Plagiarism Controversies
>
> 8. In 1978, this author was sued for plagiarism by Harold
> Courlander, author of the novel "The African". The author
> reportedly paid Mr. Courlander $650,000 in an out-of-court
> settlement. Name the author, or his novel that contained
> the allegedly plagiarized material.
Alex Haley; "Roots"
> 9. This American politician was forced to withdraw from the 1988
> Democratic US Presidential Nominations when it was alleged
> that he had failed a 1965 introductory law school course on
> legal methodology due to plagiarism. This did not impact
> too much on his long-term political career however, as he
> was elected 4 more times to the Senate before having to
> resign his seat to fill his current role. Name him.
Joe Biden
> * 20th Century Painters
>
> In each case, name the painter.
>
> 10.http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/10.jpg
Mondrian
> 11.http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/11.jpg
Picasso
> 12.http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/fi.03/art/12.jpg
Picasso
> * Banned Books
>
> 13. Written between 1958 and 1968, the 3-volume work "The Gulag
> Archipelago", a nonfiction account of Soviet forced-labor
> camps, was banned by the Soviet Union, but in 2009 it was
> added to the Russian high school curriculum. Name the author.
Solzhenitsyn
> 14. The 1981 novel "July's People" was banned in apartheid-era
> South Africa but is now part of the school curriculum.
> Name the Nobel-laureate author.
Gordimer
> 15. The 1959 novel "Naked Lunch" was banned by Boston courts
> in 1962 for obscenity, a ruling that was reversed in 1966.
> Name the author.
Burroughs
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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