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* Calvin's Quiz #148 - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/7d3d6f01e52a6f40?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 3 Rounds 4,6: name a year, Bible - 4 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/04b215f44d145894?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #24 - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/58897080666e9c5e?hl=en
* QFTCIMM Current Events Final - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/58bddad9cd60903d?hl=en
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #148
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/7d3d6f01e52a6f40?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 3:14 pm
From: björn lundin
On 26 Juli, 04:48, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 4 Who wrote the song I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Irving berlin
> 5 Which scientific process is the reverse of evaporation?
Condensation
> 6 Moldova is a country on which continent?
Europe
> 7 Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the 1957 film Bridge on the
> River Kwai?
Alec guinnes
> 10 Which two countries share the world's longest common land border?
Usa and canada
>
--
björn lundin
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 10:01 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> 1 Britain's Steve Redgrave won Olympic gold which sport?
Rowing (?)
> 2 Which sci-fi TV series was created by Gene Roddenberry?
Star Trek
> 3 Tempura cuisine originated in which country?
Japan
> 4 Who wrote the song I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Irving Berlin
> 5 Which scientific process is the reverse of evaporation?
Condensation
> 6 Moldova is a country on which continent?
Europe
> 7 Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the 1957 film Bridge on the
> River Kwai?
Mickey Rooney (?)
> 8 What is the main ingredient of dahl?
Lentils
> 9 The bully Flashman was a character in which 19th century novel?
Tom Brown's Schooldays
> 10 Which two countries share the world's longest common land border?
US and Canada (?)
Rob
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 3 Rounds 4,6: name a year, Bible
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/04b215f44d145894?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 9:55 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Name a Year When...
>
> 1. Name any year... when the UK had three monarchs in the
> same year.
1551; 1553
> 2. When Canada had three Prime Ministers in the same year.
1945; 1967
> 3. When the Spanish Civil War was in progress.
1936
> 4. When the British were at war with the Boers.
1900
> 5. When the present Canadian Pacific Railway company had its
> original main line under construction.
1895; 1905
> 6. When Eglinton and Union were the two endpoints of the
> Toronto subway.
1934; 1942
> 7. When Canada had exactly 6 provinces.
1850; 1880
> 8. When the US had no vice-president.
1963
> 9. When a US election for president is known to have been won
> by a candidate who did not finish first in the popular vote.
2005
> 10. When a space shuttle was destroyed in an accident.
1985; 1986
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Biblical Quotations
>
> 1. Old Testament: "And if any man's seed of copulation go out
> from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be
> unclean until the even."
Leviticus
> 2. Old Testament: "Let the day perish wherein I was born, and
> the night in which it was said, There is a man child
> conceived."
Job; Daniel
> 3. New Testament: "And I saw in the right hand of him that
> sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside,
> sealed with seven seals."
Revelations
> 4. New Testament: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among
> us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
> begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
Matthew; Mark
> 5. Old Testament: "And I will execute great vengeance upon them
> with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord,
> when I shall lay my vengeance upon them."
Lamentations
> 6. Old Testament: "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:
> for thy love is better than wine."
David
> 7. New Testament: "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I
> understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I
> became a man, I put away childish things."
Corinthians I
> 8. New Testament: "But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew
> of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city:
> and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people."
Romans; Ephesians
> 9. Old Testament: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the
> counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
> nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful."
Ezekiel; Joshua
> 10. Old Testament: "Then I looked on all the works that my hands
> had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do:
> and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and
> there was no profit under the sun."
Joshua; Ezekiel
Rob
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 10:31 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-31,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
> I wrote one of these rounds.
That was the history round, of course.
> * Game 3, Round 4 - Name a Year When...
> Last week we had Name an Element That; this round is Name a Year
> When. On each question you must name any year when something
> happened or when something was true. In some cases it's possible
> that the thing was true for *only part of the year*; that's fine.
> For example, if we asked for a year when Rob Ford was mayor,
> 2010 would be a correct answer.
> For any questions with less than 3 possible answers, we'll allow
> a range of plus or minus 1 year, but we won't tell you in advance
> which ones those are.
> 1. Name any year... when the UK had three monarchs in the
> same year.
1936 (accepting 1935-37). (George V, Edward VIII, George VI.)
4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, Stephen, Calvin, and Jeff. 3 for Pete.
Some earlier years might be possible if we had said
"England", but the question specified the UK.
> 2. When Canada had three Prime Ministers in the same year.
1896 (Bowell, Tupper, Laurier); 1984 (Trudeau, Turner, Mulroney);
1993 (Mulroney, Campbell, Chr�tien). 3 for Stephen.
> 3. When the Spanish Civil War was in progress.
1936-39. 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Erland, Peter, Marc, Stephen,
Calvin, Pete, Dan, Bj�rn, and Rob.
> 4. When the British were at war with the Boers.
1880-81, 1899-1902. 4 for Joshua (the hard way again), Erland,
Peter, Stephen, Calvin, Pete, Bj�rn, and Rob.
> 5. When the present Canadian Pacific Railway company had its
> original main line under construction.
1881-86. 4 for Erland. 2 for Stephen.
> 6. When Eglinton and Union were the two endpoints of the
> Toronto subway.
1954-63. 4 for Stephen.
> 7. When Canada had exactly 6 provinces.
1871-73. 4 for Bj�rn. 2 for Stephen.
> 8. When the US had no vice-president.
1776-89, 1812-17, 1832-33, 1841-45, 1850-57, 1865-69, 1875-77,
1881-89, 1899-1905, 1912-13, 1923-25, 1945-49, 1963-65, 1973-74.
4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, Marc, Stephen, Jeff, Pete, Dan, Bj�rn,
and Rob.
(First the era before the Constitution was in use; and then
any time *either* the VP or the president died or resigned.
Before 1967 when the 25th amendment was passed, the period
continued from that moment until the inauguration following the
next election; now it ends when a replacement VP is confirmed.)
> 9. When a US election for president is known to have been won
> by a candidate who did not finish first in the popular vote.
1824, 1876, 1888, 2000. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Marc, Stephen, Jeff,
Pete, and Dan.
(For elections before 1824, the popular votes were not tabulated,
so it's not known whether this ever happened then.)
> 10. When a space shuttle was destroyed in an accident.
1986, 2003 (accepting 1985-87 or 2002-04). 4 for everyone -- Joshua,
Erland, Peter, Marc, Stephen (the hard way), Calvin, Jeff, Pete,
Dan, Bj�rn, and Rob.
> * Game 3, Round 6 - Biblical Quotations
> We'll give you a quotation from the King James Version of the Bible,
> and we'll tell you whether it's from the Old or the New Testament.
> You tell us which book it's from. None of the quotes are from
> the Apocrypha, nor -- here's a further useful hint -- from the
> Book of Habakkuk.
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> 1. Old Testament: "And if any man's seed of copulation go out
> from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be
> unclean until the even."
Leviticus (15:16). 4 for Joshua, Peter, Marc, Jeff, Dan, and Rob.
3 for Pete. 2 for Stephen.
> 2. Old Testament: "Let the day perish wherein I was born, and
> the night in which it was said, There is a man child
> conceived."
Job (3:3). 4 for Erland, Stephen, and Pete. 3 for Rob.
> 3. New Testament: "And I saw in the right hand of him that
> sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside,
> sealed with seven seals."
Revelation (5:1). I accepted "Revelations", but don't try that
answer if you ever get on "Jeopardy!"; they won't. 4 for Joshua,
Erland, Peter, Stephen, Jeff, Pete, Dan, Bj�rn, and Rob.
> 4. New Testament: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among
> us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
> begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
John (1:14). 4 for Joshua, Peter, Stephen, and Pete. 3 for Dan.
> 5. Old Testament: "And I will execute great vengeance upon them
> with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord,
> when I shall lay my vengeance upon them."
Ezekiel (25:17). (A version of this was used to great effect in the
movie "Pulp Fiction".) 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Dan. 3 for Stephen.
> 6. Old Testament: "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:
> for thy love is better than wine."
Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs) (1:2). One or the other full
name was required. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Marc, Stephen, and Dan.
> 7. New Testament: "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I
> understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I
> became a man, I put away childish things."
1st Corinthians (13:11). The book number was not required.
4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Rob. 2 for Pete and Dan.
> 8. New Testament: "But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew
> of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city:
> and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people."
Acts (of the Apostles) (21:39). I scored "Apostles" as almost
correct. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Stephen.
> 9. Old Testament: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the
> counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
> nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful."
Psalms (1:1). 4 for Peter, Marc, Stephen, and Pete.
> 10. Old Testament: "Then I looked on all the works that my hands
> had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do:
> and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and
> there was no profit under the sun."
Ecclesiastes (2:11). 4 for Joshua and Dan.
Scores, if there are no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Spo Sci His Lit
Stephen Perry 32 24 35 33 124
Joshua Kreitzer 31 36 24 32 123
Marc Dashevsky 24 36 16 16 92
Peter Smyth 8 35 24 24 91
Pete Gayde 32 12 23 21 88
Jeff Turner 28 32 16 8 84
Dan Blum 4 28 16 25 73
Rob Parker 0 32 16 15 63
Dan Tilque 20 32 -- -- 52
"Calvin" 11 16 16 0 43
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 24 12 40
Bj�rn Lundin -- -- 20 4 24
John Masters 0 8 -- -- 8
--
Mark Brader "God help us if [the Nazis]'d won;
Toronto I cannot imagine their sitcoms."
msb@vex.net --James Lileks
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 27 2011 8:39 am
From: swp
On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 1:31:23 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
> > I wrote one of these rounds.
>
> That was the history round, of course.
of course
> > * Game 3, Round 4 - Name a Year When...
> > 10. When a space shuttle was destroyed in an accident.
>
> 1986, 2003 (accepting 1985-87 or 2002-04). 4 for ... Stephen (the hard way) ...
hard? you have no idea
>
> > * Game 3, Round 6 - Biblical Quotations
>
> This was the hardest round in the original game.
>
> > 6. Old Testament: "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:
> > for thy love is better than wine."
>
> Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs) (1:2). One or the other full
> name was required. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Marc, Stephen, and Dan.
since you specified the KJV Bible, wouldn't there be only 1 correct answer?
> > 7. New Testament: "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I
> > understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I
> > became a man, I put away childish things."
>
> 1st Corinthians (13:11). The book number was not required.
why wasn't the book # required? is it in both?
> > 8. New Testament: "But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew
> > of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city:
> > and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people."
>
> Acts (of the Apostles) (21:39). I scored "Apostles" as almost
> correct. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Stephen.
ok, so who got the "almost" score there?
> Scores, if there are no errors:
see above
swp
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 27 2011 9:16 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> > Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs) (1:2). One or the other full
> > name was required. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Marc, Stephen, and Dan.
Stephen Perry:
> since you specified the KJV Bible, wouldn't there be only 1 correct answer?
The KJV was the source of the specific version of the pasages, but
we didn't specify that the books had to be named as given in it.
> > 1st Corinthians (13:11). The book number was not required.
>
> why wasn't the book # required? is it in both?
Because it was a brutally hard round and I was looking for ways to
give entrants the players a break. Who the hell knows anything about
the Bible?
> > Acts (of the Apostles) (21:39). I scored "Apostles" as almost
> > correct. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, and Stephen.
>
> ok, so who got the "almost" score there?
Oops! 3 for Erland. Revised scores, if there are now no errors:
ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Spo Sci His Lit
Stephen Perry 32 24 35 33 124
Joshua Kreitzer 31 36 24 32 123
Marc Dashevsky 24 36 16 16 92
Peter Smyth 8 35 24 24 91
Pete Gayde 32 12 23 21 88
Jeff Turner 28 32 16 8 84
Dan Blum 4 28 16 25 73
Rob Parker 0 32 16 15 63
Dan Tilque 20 32 -- -- 52
"Calvin" 11 16 16 0 43
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 24 11 39
Björn Lundin -- -- 20 4 24
John Masters 0 8 -- -- 8
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
"I am good at fooling myself into believing that what I wrote
is what I meant. I am also good at fooling myself into believing
that what I meant is what I should have meant." --Kent Beck
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #24
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/58897080666e9c5e?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 10:10 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> 1. Name any mayor of Chicago other than one of the Daleys or Rahm Emanuel.
Johnson
> 2. The recently opened play "Ernie" chronicles the life of former Detroit
> Tigers' broadcaster Ernie Harwell. Name any of the other 3 Major League
> teams for which Harwell was broadcaster.
New York Yankees
> 3. At the time it was built, Toronto's CN Tower was the tallest free-
> standing structure in the world. It has since been topped by 2 completed
> structures. Name either one.
Taipei 101
> 4. Burlington, Vermont, lies on the shores of which lake?
>
> 5. The highest peak in Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, has a
> connection to another location mentioned in this quiz. What is that
> connection?
A road
> 6. A major part of Acadia National Park is its "Carriage Roads", used
> today
> mainly by cyclists. These roads were financed and constructed by which
> American philanthropic family?
Rockefeller
> 7. The person pictured on bottles of Samuel Adams beer is not Samuel
> Adams.
> Which other American patriot is depicted?
Paul Revere
> 8. I-90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States. Name both
> cities that contain its eastern and western terminus points.
New York & Seattle
> 9. Name the only National Park in the state of Ohio.
>
> 10. Two members of the Order of the British Empire have served Chicago as
> leaders of major cultural institutions. The first was Sir Georg Solti
> (KBE), Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991.
> Name the second, who still holds his post.
Rob
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TOPIC: QFTCIMM Current Events Final
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/58bddad9cd60903d?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 10:36 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Now it's time for the final Current Events round from the season
just ended, from the Final. There are 15 questions in 5 groups.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-07-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have
changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the
answers that were correct on that date.
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 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions
from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
All questions were written by members of the Misplaced Modifiers,
and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me.
** Final, Round 1 - Current Events
* International
1. When it came out that London's Metropolitan Police
(a.k.a. Scotland Yard) had hired a former deputy editor of
the "News of the World" to advise on PR, the Commissioner
resigned. Name this ex-chief.
2. American General David Petraeus has handed over command of
NATO forces in Afghanistan. What will be his next job?
3. Within 10,000,000,000 euros, what is the announced cost of
the new rescue package for Greece?
* Arts and Entertainment
4. A freak windstorm toppled the main stage at Ottawa Bluesfest
Monday, leading to serious injuries. Who was on stage at
the time?
5. Fresh off a well-publicized break-up, this star's private
performance at a Ukrainian wedding netted a reported
$1,000,000. That should help with the alimony payments.
Name the star.
6. He kept Ontarians company on Saturday nights for 25 years,
from 1974 to 1999. Name the TV personality who died Friday
at the age of 86.
* Local
7. Possibly in an effort to justify future cutbacks to libraries,
Councillor Doug Ford erroneously pointed out that in his
"area", there are more libraries than what?
8. With the aim of reducing disease, the Faculty of Engineering
at the U of T was one of only 8 universities in North
America to be awarded $400,000 from the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation to develop a new, efficient, low-cost what?
9. What new area code will be introduced in Toronto starting
March 25, 2013?
* National
10. In Kananaskis, energy ministers developing a national
energy plan fell out over the wording of the meeting's
final communique, when Ontario's Energy Minister Brad Duguid
objected to the use of two adjectives describing Alberta's
oil sands. Give either adjective.
11. Despite repeated pressure from the National Capital
Commission and a 3-year-old Auditor General's report urging
haste, the Prime Minister's office confirmed last week that
he has no plans to speed up the $10,000,000 renovation of
which nationally significant structure?
12. Statistics Canada data released last week states that the
police-reported crime rate, measuring the overall volume of
crime in Canada, has reached its lowest level since what year?
* Sports
13. TFC fielded a number of new players at Wednesday's game,
including two new designated players. Name either.
14. Who was the winner of this year's British Open?
15. The Blue Jays announced they would retire Robbie Alomar's
uniform number. This is the first number ever retired by
the team. What is the number?
--
Mark Brader | "I noted with some interest that Fahrenheit was
Toronto | also used in the weather forecast, but there the
msb@vex.net | gas marks were missing." -- Ivan A. Derzhanski
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 26 2011 11:08 pm
From: Calvin
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:36:20 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Final, Round 1 - Current Events
>
> * International
>
> 1. When it came out that London's Metropolitan Police
> (a.k.a. Scotland Yard) had hired a former deputy editor of
> the "News of the World" to advise on PR, the Commissioner
> resigned. Name this ex-chief.
Yates?
> 2. American General David Petraeus has handed over command of
> NATO forces in Afghanistan. What will be his next job?
Chief of the CIA, Chief of the FBI
> 3. Within 10,000,000,000 euros, what is the announced cost of
> the new rescue package for Greece?
120 billion, 140 billion euros
> * Arts and Entertainment
>
> 4. A freak windstorm toppled the main stage at Ottawa Bluesfest
> Monday, leading to serious injuries. Who was on stage at
> the time?
Beiber?
> 5. Fresh off a well-publicized break-up, this star's private
> performance at a Ukrainian wedding netted a reported
> $1,000,000. That should help with the alimony payments.
> Name the star.
J Lo?
> 6. He kept Ontarians company on Saturday nights for 25 years,
> from 1974 to 1999. Name the TV personality who died Friday
> at the age of 86.
>
>
> * Local
>
> 7. Possibly in an effort to justify future cutbacks to libraries,
> Councillor Doug Ford erroneously pointed out that in his
> "area", there are more libraries than what?
>
> 8. With the aim of reducing disease, the Faculty of Engineering
> at the U of T was one of only 8 universities in North
> America to be awarded $400,000 from the Bill and Melinda
> Gates Foundation to develop a new, efficient, low-cost what?
Malaria vaccine, AIDS drugs
> 9. What new area code will be introduced in Toronto starting
> March 25, 2013?
>
>
> * National
>
> 10. In Kananaskis, energy ministers developing a national
> energy plan fell out over the wording of the meeting's
> final communique, when Ontario's Energy Minister Brad Duguid
> objected to the use of two adjectives describing Alberta's
> oil sands. Give either adjective.
>
> 11. Despite repeated pressure from the National Capital
> Commission and a 3-year-old Auditor General's report urging
> haste, the Prime Minister's office confirmed last week that
> he has no plans to speed up the $10,000,000 renovation of
> which nationally significant structure?
>
> 12. Statistics Canada data released last week states that the
> police-reported crime rate, measuring the overall volume of
> crime in Canada, has reached its lowest level since what year?
>
>
> * Sports
>
> 13. TFC fielded a number of new players at Wednesday's game,
> including two new designated players. Name either.
>
> 14. Who was the winner of this year's British Open?
McIlroy
> 15. The Blue Jays announced they would retire Robbie Alomar's
> uniform number. This is the first number ever retired by
> the team. What is the number?
--
cheers,
calvin
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Wed, Jul 27 2011 9:35 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)
Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> ** Final, Round 1 - Current Events
> * International
> 1. When it came out that London's Metropolitan Police
> (a.k.a. Scotland Yard) had hired a former deputy editor of
> the "News of the World" to advise on PR, the Commissioner
> resigned. Name this ex-chief.
Harrington
> 2. American General David Petraeus has handed over command of
> NATO forces in Afghanistan. What will be his next job?
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
> 3. Within 10,000,000,000 euros, what is the announced cost of
> the new rescue package for Greece?
45,000,000,000 euro; 110,000,000,000 euro
> * Arts and Entertainment
> 5. Fresh off a well-publicized break-up, this star's private
> performance at a Ukrainian wedding netted a reported
> $1,000,000. That should help with the alimony payments.
> Name the star.
Marc Anthony
> * Local
> 7. Possibly in an effort to justify future cutbacks to libraries,
> Councillor Doug Ford erroneously pointed out that in his
> "area", there are more libraries than what?
Tim Horton's
> 8. With the aim of reducing disease, the Faculty of Engineering
> at the U of T was one of only 8 universities in North
> America to be awarded $400,000 from the Bill and Melinda
> Gates Foundation to develop a new, efficient, low-cost what?
water purification system
> * National
> 10. In Kananaskis, energy ministers developing a national
> energy plan fell out over the wording of the meeting's
> final communique, when Ontario's Energy Minister Brad Duguid
> objected to the use of two adjectives describing Alberta's
> oil sands. Give either adjective.
limited
> 12. Statistics Canada data released last week states that the
> police-reported crime rate, measuring the overall volume of
> crime in Canada, has reached its lowest level since what year?
1957; 1965
> * Sports
> 15. The Blue Jays announced they would retire Robbie Alomar's
> uniform number. This is the first number ever retired by
> the team. What is the number?
17; 24
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
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