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* Calvin's Quiz #120 - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* QFTCI5GNM Game 10 Rounds 9-10 answers: Reubens, challenge - 1 messages, 1
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* QFTCI5GNM Final Round 2: Science - 2 messages, 2 authors
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* Rotating Quiz #12, April 20 - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #120
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e75ed79e7e4aa490?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Apr 21 2011 10:00 pm
From: Pete
Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote in
news:op.vt9ergpyyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au:
>
> Which country shares land borders with all of the following countries
> (and no others)?
>
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India
Pakistan
> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa
Namibia
> 3 Senegal
Gabon
> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia
Finland
> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon
Syria
> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia
Panama
> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus
Lithuania
> 8 France, Spain
Andorra
> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia
Libya
> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
Paraguay
>
> Happy Easter.
>
Pete
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 23 2011 12:37 am
From: "Rob Parker"
> 1 Iran, Afghanistan, China, India
Pakistan
> 2 Angola, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa
Namibia (?)
> 3 Senegal
The Gambia
> 4 Sweden, Norway, Russia
Finland
> 5 Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon
Syria
> 6 Costa Rica, Colombia
Panama
> 7 Latvia, Poland, Russia, Belarus
Estonia (?)
> 8 France, Spain
Andorra
> 9 Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia
Libya (Go Gadaffi, go!)
> 10 Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
Paraguay
Rob
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Game 10 Rounds 9-10 answers: Reubens, challenge
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a82f92a106bdba22?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Apr 22 2011 9:17 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2010-12-06,
> 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)".
Stephen Perry wins this game. Congratulations!
> * Game 10, Round 9 - Arts & Literature - Reuben Awards
> The Reuben Awards have been presented annually since 1946 by
> the National Cartoonist Society in the US to the Cartoonist of
> the Year. The award is named after Rube Goldberg, the society's
> first president. We'll give you the year and the cartoonist's name,
> and you tell us the name of the winning comic strip.
> 1. 1951, Walt Kelly.
"Pogo". 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan, Stephen, and Pete.
> 2. 1957, Hal Foster.
"Prince Valiant". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> 3. 1948, Chic Young.
"Blondie". 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan, and Stephen.
> 4. 1953, Mort Walker.
"Beetle Bailey". 4 for Erland, Calvin, Joshua, Dan, Stephen,
and Pete.
> 5. 1982, Bil Keane.
"Family Circus". 4 for Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Dan, Stephen, and Pete.
> 6. 1985, Lynn Johnston.
"For Better or for Worse". 4 for Calvin, Marc, Joshua, Dan, Stephen,
and Pete.
> 7. 1997, Scott Adams.
"Dilbert". 4 for everyone -- Erland, Calvin, Peter, Marc, Joshua,
Dan, Stephen, and Pete. (Why am I not surprised?)
> 8. 1989, Jim Davis.
"Garfield". 4 for Calvin, Peter, Marc, Joshua, Dan, Stephen,
and Pete.
> 9. 1973, Dik Browne.
"Hagar the Horrible". 4 for Calvin, Joshua, and Pete. 2 for Stephen.
> 10. 1976, Ernie Bushmiller.
"Nancy". 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan, Stephen, and Pete.
> * Game 10, Round 10 - Challenge Round
> A. Canadian Nobel Prize Winners
> In each case, name the scientist.
> A1. In 1989 he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with
> Thomas R. Cech for their work on the catalytic properties
> of ribonucleic acid.
Sidney Altman.
> A2. Although he was born in England, he did his post-doctoral
> work at the University of British Columbia. And in 1993
> he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kary Mullis.
Michael Smith.
I didn't know these two either.
> B. "Big Bang Theory" Guest Stars
> B1. Name the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" actor who has
> made several guest appearances on CBS's "The Big Bang
> Theory" and become Sheldon Cooper's nemesis.
Wil Wheaton. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
> B2. Name *either* the "Battlestar Galactica" actress or the
> "Star Trek" original series actor who appeared together
> in Harold Wolowitz's fantasies in an episode earlier
> this season.
Katee Sackhoff, George Takei. 4 for Stephen.
> C. Great NFL Comebacks
> C1. The Dallas Cowboys were down 28-13 in the 4th quarter of a
> 1972 divisional playoff game against the San Francisco
> 49ers, when Cowboys' Coach Tom Landry pulled quarterback
> Craig Morton and replaced him with what quarterback,
> who led the Cowboys to a 30-28 win and earned himself
> the nickname Captain Comeback?
Roger Staubach. 4 for Marc, Dan, and Stephen.
> C2. The Buffalo Bills were losing 35-3 to the Houston Oilers
> in the second half of a 1993 wildcard playoff game,
> and without their starting quarterback, Jim Kelly,
> due to injury. However, they came back to take the
> lead and eventually win the game in overtime on a Doug
> Christie field goal. Name the Bills' backup QB who led
> them to victory.
Frank Reich.
> D. This Day in History
> D1. The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
> was adopted on December 6, 1865. What did this amendment
> prohibit?
Slavery or involuntary servitude. 4 for Peter, Marc, Joshua, Dan,
Stephen, and Pete. 3 for Calvin.
> D2. What country declared its independence from Russia on
> December 6, 1917?
Finland. 4 for Erland, Peter, Marc, and Stephen. 3 for Calvin
and Pete.
> D3. For fun, but for no points: what was the *other* big
> news story of December 6, 1917?
The Halifax Explosion. Stephen got this.
> E. Countries Canada does Not Want You to Visit
> Canada's Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Trade has
> travel warnings and recommendations for many countries; however,
> there are only a handful where avoiding all travel is recommended.
> We will give you a portion of the official warning for a country
> that the government does not recommend you travel to under any
> circumstances; you give us the name of the country.
> E1. Canadians should be aware that the situation throughout
> this country has been tense since the International
> Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against
> President Al Bashir on March 4, 2009. Following the ICC
> announcement, the government of this country expelled
> numerous aid agencies.
Sudan. 4 for Erland, Peter, Joshua, and Stephen.
> E2. The security situation in this country is highly
> unstable. Since late December 2006, the transitional
> federal government and rebel groups have been fighting
> over the control of the south-central area including
> the capital.
Somalia. 4 for Erland, Peter, Joshua, and Dan. Chuckle points to
Stephen for "Los Angeles".
> F. A War Cry and a Motto
> F1. "Blood and Fire" is the war cry of what army? Hint:
> The blood refers to the blood of Jesus and the fire
> refers to the fire of the Holy Spirit.
The Salvation Army. 4 for Erland, Calvin, Peter, Marc, Dan, Stephen,
and Pete.
> F2. "Don't be evil" is the informal corporate motto of
> what company?
Google. 4 for Peter, Marc, Joshua, Dan, Stephen, and Pete.
3 for Calvin.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci His Geo Spo Ent Can Art Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 40 28 27 32 40 7 38 32 210
Joshua Kreitzer 32 27 24 24 28 0 40 20 175
Marc Dashevsky 35 20 24 20 36 0 28 20 163
"Calvin" 17 6 30 20 30 0 24 13 134
Peter Smyth 32 8 28 24 16 0 8 24 132
Pete Gayde 24 20 -- -- 40 0 32 15 131
Dan Tilque 15 18 24 20 -- -- 32 20 129
Dan Blum 32 18 16 36 -- -- -- -- 102
Erland Sommarskog 12 12 32 16 -- -- 8 16 96
Rob Parker 32 16 20 12 -- -- -- -- 80
Jeff Turner 32 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- 44
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | In the affairs of this world men are saved,
msb@vex.net | not by faith, but by the want of it. --Franklin
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: QFTCI5GNM Final Round 2: Science
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Apr 22 2011 9:28 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
I'm now starting to post questions from the Final of the September-
December 2010 season. Since rounds in the Final have 15 questions
I'll be posting them one at a time. However, there will be a hiatus
after the first two rounds, as I'll then be traveling and off-net
until Victoria Day.
By that time there should have been two games played in the May-August
2011 Canadian Inquistion season, written by the Misplaced Modifiers,
and my plan is that when I come back I'll start by posting a Current
Events set. After that I'll return to this Final, of which 8 rounds
will be posted altogether. And then, sometime around Canada Day,
I'll start posting regular questions from the January-April 2011
season written by the Usual Suspects.
These questions, then, 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 2 - Science
* 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.
2. Name the force that acts to expand or lengthen the thing it
is acting on. It involves stretching or straining.
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.
* 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.
5. In July 1999, this American Air Force colonel became the
first female pilot and first female commander of a Space
Shuttle. Name her.
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.
* 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?
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?
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?
* 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.
11. "Silent Spring" (1962), a marine biologist's indictment of
the pesticide DDT.
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.
* Biology Terms
13. What is the scientific term for an apparent "throwback"
characteristic of an organism that reveals a trait of an
earlier ancestor?
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?
15. What is the scientific term for the phenomenon, occurring
in many marine organisms, by which many plants and animals
produce visible light?
--
Mark Brader "TeX has found at least one bug in every Pascal
Toronto compiler it's been run on, I think, and at least
msb@vex.net two in every C compiler." -- Knuth
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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Date: Fri, Apr 22 2011 11:31 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <3pydnXpLSr7nyC_QnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> ** Final, Round 2 - Science
>
> * 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.
strut
> 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
> * 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.
Enterprise
> 5. In July 1999, this American Air Force colonel became the
> first female pilot and first female commander of a Space
> Shuttle. Name her.
>
> 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.
>
>
> * 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?
Body Farm
> 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?
>
> 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
> * 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.
Watson
> 11. "Silent Spring" (1962), a marine biologist's indictment of
> the pesticide DDT.
Rachel Carson
> 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
> * 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
> 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?
bioluminescence
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #12, April 20
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Apr 23 2011 12:26 am
From: "Rob Parker"
> 1-7 Name the actors who played the Seven
Yul Brynner
Robert Vaughn
Charles Bronson
Steve McQueen
... and three others
> 8 Name the actor who led the outlaws
>
> 9 Name the director of The Magnificent Seven
John Mills (?)
> 10 The Magnificent Seven is an Americanization of a film by what
> foreign director?
Kurasawa
Rob
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