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* QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 4,6: unsportsmanlike, unlike - 4 messages, 4 authors
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* Rotating Quiz #22 - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Results of Rotating Quiz #21 - 3 messages, 3 authors
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* QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 7-8: detectives, Oscar-winners - 4 messages, 4 authors
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 4,6: unsportsmanlike, unlike
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 9:25 pm
From: Dan Tilque

Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-24,
> 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 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
>
> 1. Name the American cyclist who was stripped of his 2006 Tour
> de France title after a positive drug test. He alleged that
> Lance Armstrong was also doping.

Landis

>
> 2. This American sprinter forfeited her five medals from the
> 2000 Sydney Olympics after later testing positive for banned
> substances. She has since started a pro basketball career
> in the WNBA.
>
> 3. Name *either* player involved in the infamous broken-bat
> incident in the second game of the 2000 World Series.
> The Yankees' starting pitcher hurled the broken barrel of
> a bat at his opponent from the Mets, narrowly missing him
> with the jagged edge.
>
> 4. In 2005, this former Oakland A's slugger published his book
> "Juiced". In it, he claims he injected several ballplayers,
> including Mark McGwire, with steroids.
>
> 5. Name the pairs figure skaters from Canada who were belatedly
> awarded gold medals for their performance at the 2002 Salt
> Lake City Olympics. The upgrade followed the discovery
> of a fixing scandal involving the French judge. We need
> *both* names. (As usual, surnames will do.)
>
> 6. Name the two female figure skaters forever joined together
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.

Tanya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan

>
> 7. What former NHL enforcer's memoir, "Tough Guy", was released
> shortly after his death in 2010?
>
> 8. Workplace sexual harassment charges hounded this quarterback
> after he allegedly sent suggestive text messages and sexually
> explicit photos of himself to a New York Jets employee.
>
> 9. Name *either* soccer player involved in the momentous 2006
> World Cup head-butting incident.
>
> 10. After being booed for committing a fielding error, George
> Bell told the press that the Toronto fans could kiss his what?
> The answer is two words.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
>
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.

Sweden

>
> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.

>
> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.

ACM

>
> 4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".

"The Man with the Golden Eye"

>
> 5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.

New England Whalers

>
> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.

black

>
> 7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
> tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
> employment income, income from illegal sources, other
> employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
> income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.

professional income

>
> 8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.

St-Laurent

>
> 9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.

Vernon Dursley

>
> 10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.

Albert

>
>
> This round was originally played as a handout round. As well as the
> 10 lists above, the handout also showed 14 others as decoys, each
> of them also having one spurious entry. Pick out the spurious
> entry in the remaining lists if you like for fun, but for no points:
>
> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.
>
> 12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".

Henry VIII

>
> 13. ...a current TTC bus route? Bathurst, Bathurst North,
> Don Mills, Eglinton East, Eglinton West, Islington,
> Islington South, Malton, Roncesvalles, Van Horne.
>
> 14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.
>
> 15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
> Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.
>
> 16. ...a category of puzzle used in recent seasons on "Wheel
> of Fortune"? Abstract Concept, Before & After, Living Thing,
> Occupation, Same Letter, Same Name, Show Biz, Thing, TV Title,
> What Are You Doing?
>
> 17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
> europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
> scandium.

italium

>
> 18. ...a current electoral district? Beaches - East York,
> Don Valley East, Don Valley West, Etobicoke Centre, North
> York Centre, St. Paul's, Scarborough Centre, Scarborough
> Southwest, Toronto Centre, York South - Weston.
>
> 19. ...a past winner of a Canadian Inquisition individual
> scoring prize? Harvey Barron, Scot Blythe, Rodney Boyd,
> Mark Brader, Mel Bradshaw, Sam Bucovetsky, Jim Burton,
> Jim Kempkes, Jim O'Malley, Jim Slotek.
>
> 20. ...a novel by Sue Grafton? "A is for Alibi", "C is for
> Corpse", "G is for Gumshoe", "H is for Homicide", "I is
> for Innocent", "J is for Judgment", "K is for Killer",
> "M is for Murder", "N is for Noose", "O is for Outlaw".
>
> 21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
> Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
> shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
> Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.

Canadian shorthair

>
> 22. ...a past Toronto Blue Jays manager? Bobby Cox, Jim Fregosi,
> Cito Gaston, John Gibbons, Roy Hartsfield, Buck Martinez,
> Bobby Mattick, Joe Torre, Carlos Tosca, Jimy Williams.
>
> 23. ...a state of Mexico? Acapulco, Baja California, Chiapas,
> Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Quintana Roo,
> Yucatan.

Acapulco

>
> 24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
> Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
> Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
> Duke of Wellington.
>

Earl Grey

--
Dan Tilque

== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 11 2011 1:44 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer

On Jul 9, 12:43 am, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
>
> 6. Name the two female figure skaters forever joined together
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.

Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan

> 8. Workplace sexual harassment charges hounded this quarterback
> after he allegedly sent suggestive text messages and sexually
> explicit photos of himself to a New York Jets employee.

Brett Favre (?)

> 9. Name *either* soccer player involved in the momentous 2006
> World Cup head-butting incident.

Zinedine Zidane

> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
>
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.

Sweden

> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.

> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.

ACM; Slice

> 4. Which one was not a James Bond movie? "Die Another Day",
> "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "The Living
> Daylights", "The Man with the Golden Eye", "On Her Majesty's
> Secret Service", "Quantum of Solace", "The Spy Who Loved Me",
> "Tomorrow Never Dies".

"The Man with the Golden Eye"

> 5. Which one was never the name of an NHL team? Dallas Stars,
> Hamilton Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Maroons,
> New England Whalers, New York Americans, Oakland Seals,
> Quebec Bulldogs, Toronto St. Patricks, Winnipeg Jets.

Milwaukee Brewers; Quebec Bulldogs

> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.

pink; yellow

> 8. Which one does not appear on the current design of some
> denomination of Canadian or American paper money? Robert
> Borden, Queen Elizabeth II, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses
> S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, William Lyon Mackenzie King,
> Wilfrid Laurier, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Macdonald, Louis
> St-Laurent.

Ulysses S. Grant; Robert Borden

> 9. Which one is not a Harry Potter character? Albus Dumbledore,
> Vernon Dursley, Clive Feather, Hermione Granger, Rubeus
> Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall,
> Severus Snape, Ginny Weasley.

Clive Feather

> 10. This final question is about the British monarchy --
> kings of England, kings of Great Britain, kings of the UK
> -- and we're talking about the regnal name, meaning the
> name they went by as king. So on that basis, of this list,
> which one was not a king? Albert, Charles, Edward, Egbert,
> George, James, John, Richard, Stephen, William.

Albert

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 11 2011 3:03 pm
From: "Rob Parker"

> * Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct
>
> 6. Name the two female figure skaters forever joined together
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.

Nancy Kerrigan & Tonya Harding

> 10. After being booed for committing a fielding error, George
> Bell told the press that the Toronto fans could kiss his what?
> The answer is two words.

fat arse

> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others
>
> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.

Sweden

> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.

> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.

ACM; AMC

"The Man with the Golden Eye"

Hamilton Tigers; Toronto St. Patricks

> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.

Orange

> 7. Which one is not a type of income listed on the T1 General
> tax return for 2010? Business income, commission income,
> employment income, income from illegal sources, other
> employment income, professional income, rental income, RRSP
> income, social assistance payments, taxable capital gains.

commission income; income from illegal sources

Robert Borden; Louis St-Laurent.

Clive Feather

Albert

> This round was originally played as a handout round. As well as the
> 10 lists above, the handout also showed 14 others as decoys, each
> of them also having one spurious entry. Pick out the spurious
> entry in the remaining lists if you like for fun, but for no points:
>
> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.

Trafalgar

> 12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".

"Henry VIII"

> 14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.

vibrion

> 15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
> Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.

Himalia

> 17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
> europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
> scandium.

europium

> 21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
> Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
> shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
> Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.

Somali

> 24. ...a past British prime minister? Clement Attlee, Tony
> Blair, James Callaghan, Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home,
> Earl Grey, Alastor Moody, Robert Peel, Robert Walpole,
> Duke of Wellington.

Alastor Moody

Rob

== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 11 2011 9:54 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-24,
> 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 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".

> I wrote one of these rounds.

That was the "not like the others" round.

> * Game 2, Round 4 - Unsportsmanlike Conduct

> 1. Name the American cyclist who was stripped of his 2006 Tour
> de France title after a positive drug test. He alleged that
> Lance Armstrong was also doping.

Floyd Landis. 4 for Peter and Dan Tilque.

> 2. This American sprinter forfeited her five medals from the
> 2000 Sydney Olympics after later testing positive for banned
> substances. She has since started a pro basketball career
> in the WNBA.

Marion Jones. ("Jones" was sufficient -- after all, it was when
Ken Jennings played his first game of Jeopardy! and just wrote
"Who is Jones?" on the Final Jeopardy! round.) 4 for Peter.

> 3. Name *either* player involved in the infamous broken-bat
> incident in the second game of the 2000 World Series.
> The Yankees' starting pitcher hurled the broken barrel of
> a bat at his opponent from the Mets, narrowly missing him
> with the jagged edge.

Roger Clemens (shishkabobber), Mike Piazza (intended shishkabobbee).
4 for Marc.

> 4. In 2005, this former Oakland A's slugger published his book
> "Juiced". In it, he claims he injected several ballplayers,
> including Mark McGwire, with steroids.

José Canseco. 4 for Marc.

> 5. Name the pairs figure skaters from Canada who were belatedly
> awarded gold medals for their performance at the 2002 Salt
> Lake City Olympics. The upgrade followed the discovery
> of a fixing scandal involving the French judge. We need
> *both* names. (As usual, surnames will do.)

Jamie Salé, David Pelletier.

> 6. Name the two female figure skaters forever joined together
> by the notorious knee-clubbing incident at the US Olympic
> trials of 1994. Again, *both* names please.

Tonya Harding (conspirator), Nancy Kerrigan (clubbee). 4 for Peter,
Marc, Dan Blum, Jeff, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Rob.

> 7. What former NHL enforcer's memoir, "Tough Guy", was released
> shortly after his death in 2010?

Bob Probert.

> 8. Workplace sexual harassment charges hounded this quarterback
> after he allegedly sent suggestive text messages and sexually
> explicit photos of himself to a New York Jets employee.

Brett Favre (rhymes with "carve"). 4 for Marc and Joshua.

> 9. Name *either* soccer player involved in the momentous 2006
> World Cup head-butting incident.

Zinedine Zidane (header), Marco Materazzi (headee). 4 for Erland
(the hard way), Peter, John, and Joshua.

> 10. After being booed for committing a fielding error, George
> Bell told the press that the Toronto fans could kiss his what?
> The answer is two words.

Purple butt (synonyms for "butt" were acceptable, but "purple"
was needed).

> * Game 2, Round 6 - One of These Things is Not Like the Others

This was the easiest round in the original game.

> 1. Please look at the following list, and tell us: which one
> is not a member of the G8 (the Group of 8)? Canada, France,
> Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, US.

Sweden. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Peter, Marc, John, Dan Blum,
Jeff, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Rob.

> 2. Which one is not a US state abbreviation? MA, MD, ME, MG,
> MI, MN, MO, MS, MT.

MG. 4 for everyone.

> 3. Which one is not a cable TV channel available in Toronto?
> ACM, AMC, CMT, TCM, HSN, TSN, Slice, Spike, Space, W.

ACM (Academy of Country Music, among other things). 4 for Dan Tilque.
3 for Peter, Joshua, and Rob.

"The Man with the Golden Eye" (combination of two Bond titles).
4 for Peter, John, Dan Blum, Jeff, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Rob.

The intended answer was the Milwaukee Brewers (a baseball team;
the NHL has never had a team in Milwaukee). But I forgot that the
New England Whalers were renamed the Hartford Whalers# at the same
time as they joined the NHL (they used that name 1979-97 before
becoming the Carolina Hurricanes), so that answer is also correct.
4 for Marc, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua.

As for the rest:
* The Quebec Bulldogs# and Hamilton Tigers were the same team, as
it existed in 1919-20 and 1920-25 respectively.
* The Dallas Stars are a current team, using that name since 1993.
* The Montreal Maroons operated 1924-38.
* The New York Americans operated 1925-41 under that name, then
1941-42 as the Brooklyn Americans (although they never played
in Brooklyn).
* The Oakland Seals# operated 1970-76 under that name; at other
times they were the California Seals, the California Golden Seals,
and the Cleveland Barons.
* The Toronto St. Patricks used that name 1919-27 and are now the
Toronto Maple Leafs.
* The original Winnipeg Jets# operated 1979-96 under that name, and
are now the Phoenix Coyotes. Since this round was written, a new
Winnipeg Jets team has been created and is to begin operating
this year.

The four teams marked # operated in other leagues, in some cases
with different names, before joining the NHL.

> 6. Which one is not the color of one of the balls normally used
> when playing snooker? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
> pink, brown, black, white.

Orange. 4 for Erland, Peter, John, and Rob.

Income from illegal sources. 4 for Erland, John, and Jeff.
2 for Dan Blum and Rob.

Louis St-Laurent. 4 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum and Rob.

The others are on the C$100, C$20, US$100, US$50, US$10, C$50, C$5,
US$5, and C$10 respectively.

Clive Feather (a friend of mine). 4 for Peter, John, Dan Blum,
Jeff, Joshua, and Rob.

Vernon Dursley was a wrong guess twice; he's the uncle that Harry
has to live with when he's not at Hogwarts.

Albert. (According to the movie "The King's Speech", it was "too
Germanic" for Prince Albert to make it his regnal name, so he became
King George VI.) 4 for Erland, Peter, Marc, John, Jeff, Dan Tilque,
Joshua, and Rob. 3 for Dan Blum.

> 11. Which one is not... a line of the London Underground?
> Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan,
> Northern, Piccadilly, Trafalgar, Victoria.

Trafalgar. (London has a Trafalgar Square, but no Underground line
is named after it.) Erland, Peter, John, Dan Blum, and Rob got this.

> 12. ...a play by Shakespeare? "Cymbeline", "Henry IV Part I",
> "Henry IV Part II", "Henry IV Part III", "Henry V",
> "Henry VIII", "Richard II", "The Taming of the Shrew",
> "Timon of Athens", "Titus Andronicus".

"Henry IV Part III". Peter, John, and Dan Blum got this.

> 13. ...a current TTC bus route? Bathurst, Bathurst North,
> Don Mills, Eglinton East, Eglinton West, Islington,
> Islington South, Malton, Roncesvalles, Van Horne.

Roncesvalles (a street served by the King streetcar).

> 14. ...a musical instrument? Alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium,
> fife, harmonium, mellotron, ocarina, serpent, theremin,
> vibrion.

Vibrion (a pathogenic organism). Erland, Marc, John, Rob, and Peter
(on the second guess) got this.

> 15. ...a moon of Jupiter? Adrastea, Amalthea, Callisto, Europa,
> Eurydice, Eurydome, Ganymede, Hermippe, Himalia, Io.

Eurydice (a nymph in Greek mythology).

> 16. ...a category of puzzle used in recent seasons on "Wheel
> of Fortune"? Abstract Concept, Before & After, Living Thing,
> Occupation, Same Letter, Same Name, Show Biz, Thing, TV Title,
> What Are You Doing?

Abstract Concept (it would be categorized as a "Thing"). Dan Blum
got this.

> 17. ...a chemical element? Americium, berkelium, californium,
> europium, francium, germanium, indium, italium, polonium,
> scandium.

Italium (a made-up name). Erland, Peter, Marc, Dan Blum,
and Dan Tilque got this.

> 18. ...a current electoral district? Beaches - East York,
> Don Valley East, Don Valley West, Etobicoke Centre, North
> York Centre, St. Paul's, Scarborough Centre, Scarborough
> Southwest, Toronto Centre, York South - Weston.

North York Centre (a subway station).

> 19. ...a past winner of a Canadian Inquisition individual
> scoring prize? Harvey Barron, Scot Blythe, Rodney Boyd,
> Mark Brader, Mel Bradshaw, Sam Bucovetsky, Jim Burton,
> Jim Kempkes, Jim O'Malley, Jim Slotek.

Jim Burton (a name made up to the the "last initial B" and "first
name Jim" patterns of the other names selected -- no, I was not a
correct answer!).

By the way, Harvey and Rodney are also members of the Usual Suspects.

> 20. ...a novel by Sue Grafton? "A is for Alibi", "C is for
> Corpse", "G is for Gumshoe", "H is for Homicide", "I is
> for Innocent", "J is for Judgment", "K is for Killer",
> "M is for Murder", "N is for Noose", "O is for Outlaw".

"M is for Murder" (M is actually "for Malice").

> 21. ...a breed of cat currently recognized by the Cat Fanciers'
> Association? Abyssinian, American shorthair, British
> shorthair, Burmese, Canadian shorthair, Havana brown, Persian,
> Russian blue, Siamese, Somali.

Canadian shorthair (a made-up name). Marc, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque
got this.

> 22. ...a past Toronto Blue Jays manager? Bobby Cox, Jim Fregosi,
> Cito Gaston, John Gibbons, Roy Hartsfield, Buck Martinez,
> Bobby Mattick, Joe Torre, Carlos Tosca, Jimy Williams.

Joe Torre (a past manager of several other teams).

> 23. ...a state of Mexico? Acapulco, Baja California, Chiapas,
> Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Quintana Roo,
> Yucatan.

Acapulco (a city in the state of Guerrero). Marc and Dan Tilque
got this.

Alastor Moody (a Harry Potter character). Erland, Peter, John,
Dan Blum, and Rob got this.

Scores, if there are no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Spo Mis
Joshua Kreitzer 40 12 26 78
Dan Tilque 36 8 28 72
Dan Blum 40 4 27 71
Peter Smyth 24 16 27 67
Marc Dashevsky 32 16 16 64
Jeff Turner 36 4 24 64
Rob Parker 12 4 31 47
John Masters -- 4 28 32
Erland Sommarskog 8 4 20 32
"Calvin" 16 -- -- 16

--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "To err is human, but to error requires a computer."
msb@vex.net | -- Harry Lethall

My text in this article is in the public domain.

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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #22
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 11 2011 2:40 am
From: Dan Tilque

swp wrote:

> 1. [politics] what nation's flag contains three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black (middle), and white (bottom)?

Belarus

> 2. [botany] what university is home to the only known instance of a naturally-growing sequoia east of the mississippi river?

Temple University

> 3. [geography] what is the capital of new zealand?

Wellington

> 4. [science] what does a 'brannock device' measure?
> 5. [sports, current events] derek jeter got his 3000th hit on july 9th. what was the pitcher's name?
> 6. [entertainment] what television show that ran from 1978 to 1991 is being revived on the tnt network in summer 2012?

Hill Street Blues

> 7. [literature] which of mark twain's books begins with the following preface?
> "PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."

Tom Sawyer

> 8. [history] john hancock signed the declaration of independence on july 4th, 1776 along with 1 other person. name him.
> 9. [music] whhat do the letters in the name 'abba' stand for?

Initials of the artists' first names. Björn was one of them, but I can't
remember the rest.

> 10. [movies] within 3, how many lines did arnold schwarzenegger have in the movie 'the terminator' ?

--
Dan Tilque

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TOPIC: Results of Rotating Quiz #21
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 11 2011 2:43 am
From: Dan Tilque

Mark Brader wrote:
> Dan Tilque:
>> ...#5 violates the theme.
>
> Only if you count Y as a vowel in words like "Bay".

Do you pronounce a consonantal Y there?

--
Dan Tilque

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 11 2011 6:59 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

Dan Tilque:
>>> ...#5 violates the theme.

Mark Brader:
>> Only if you count Y as a vowel in words like "Bay".

Dan Tilque:
> Do you pronounce a consonantal Y there?

Do you pronounce a vowel Y there? (That is, like long or short I.)
I view it as a silent consonant, like GH in "weigh".
--
Mark Brader | "You can't go around quoting politicians accurately:
Toronto | that's dirty journalism, and you know it!"
msb@vex.net | --The Senator was Indiscreet

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 11 2011 1:27 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> Do you pronounce a vowel Y there? (That is, like long or short I.)
> I view it as a silent consonant, like GH in "weigh".

What are silent consonants in this utterly confused language known as
English is not always easy to tell, but "ba" and "bay" are certainly
not pronounced the same. Then again "bay" has the same sounds as "bake",
save the final /k/.

Whatever, I agree that Y cannot count as a vowel here.

--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se

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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 7-8: detectives, Oscar-winners
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 11 2011 9:58 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-24,
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 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".

I wrote one of these rounds.

* Game 2, Round 7 - Detectives and their Creators

For each of the fictional professional or amateur detectives
that we name, name the author on the list below who created them.
Note that in some cases the author may also have created another
better-known detective.

1. John Rebus.
2. Thomas Lynley.
3. Sir Henry Merrivale.
4. Reg Wexford.
5. Father Brown.
6. Lord Peter Wimsey.
7. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, later Beresford.
8. Andy Dalziel ("dee-ELL").
9. William Edward "Jack" Frost.
10. Jane Tennison.

* Game 2, Round 8 - Six Characters in Search of an Oscar-Winner

On each question we will name six movie characters who have been
played by the same Oscar-winning star, in chronological order of
the six movies. Of course, some of these characters may also
have been played by other people at other times. We will also
give you the dates of the first and last movies in each list.
And you, of course, must name the actor or actress.

1. 1944-94: Velvet Brown, Kay Banks, Maggie Pollitt, Helen of
Troy, Zee Blakeley, Pearl Slaghoople.

2. 1940-67: Thomas Edison, Henry Jekyll, Adam Bonner, Stanley
Banks, Judge Haywood, Matt Drayton.

3. 1990-99: Vivian Ward, Darby Shaw, Mary Reilly, Alice Sutton,
Anna Scott, Maggie Carpenter.

4. 1961-94: Eddie Felson, Henry Gondorff, Frank Galvin, Governor
Long, General Groves, Sidney J. Mussburger.

5. 1932-59: Tony Camonte, Louis Pasteur, Wang Lung, Émile Zola,
Benito Juárez, Sam Abelman.

6. 1953-89: Princess Ann, Rima, Reggie Lampert, Nicole Bonnet
["Bon-NAY"], Lady Marian, Hap.

7. 1979-2006: Joanna Kramer, Sophie Zawistowski, Karen Silkwood,
Karen Blixen, Aunt Josephine, Miranda Priestly.

8. 1950-73: Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Father Brown,
Professor Marcus, Colonel Nicholson, Prince Feisal, Chancellor
and Führer Adolf Hitler.

9. 1987-2007: Ronny Cammareri, Stanley Goodspeed, Cameron Poe,
Antonio Corelli, Donald Kaufman, Benjamin Gates.

10. 1997-2007: Bud White, John Nash, Jack Aubrey, Jim Braddock,
Ben Wade, Richie Roberts.

Please read the rot13 after you have finished with the round:
Vs lbh whfg nafjrerq "Urcohea" gb nal dhrfgvba, jr arrq gur
svefg anzr. Tb onpx naq chg vg va.
--
Mark Brader | Obviously an off by 1 error somewhere. You know
Toronto | the kind, where you intend to put something simple
msb@vex.net | like "while (1=0) {" and type "while (1=1) {" instead.
--Stephen Perry
My text in this article is in the public domain.

== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 11 2011 10:25 pm
From: John Masters

On 2011-07-12 05:58:27 +0100, Mark Brader said:

Ian Rankin

> 2. Thomas Lynley.

Elizabeth George

> 3. Sir Henry Merrivale.
> 4. Reg Wexford.
> 5. Father Brown.

G K Chesterton

> 6. Lord Peter Wimsey.

Dorothy Sayers

> 7. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, later Beresford.
> 8. Andy Dalziel ("dee-ELL").

Reginald Hill

> 9. William Edward "Jack" Frost.

R D Wingfield

> 10. Jane Tennison.

Lynda La Plante

>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Six Characters in Search of an Oscar-Winner
>
> On each question we will name six movie characters who have been
> played by the same Oscar-winning star, in chronological order of
> the six movies. Of course, some of these characters may also
> have been played by other people at other times. We will also
> give you the dates of the first and last movies in each list.
> And you, of course, must name the actor or actress.
>
> 1. 1944-94: Velvet Brown, Kay Banks, Maggie Pollitt, Helen of
> Troy, Zee Blakeley, Pearl Slaghoople.

Elizabeth Taylor

>
> 2. 1940-67: Thomas Edison, Henry Jekyll, Adam Bonner, Stanley
> Banks, Judge Haywood, Matt Drayton.
>
> 3. 1990-99: Vivian Ward, Darby Shaw, Mary Reilly, Alice Sutton,
> Anna Scott, Maggie Carpenter.

Julia Roberts

>
> 4. 1961-94: Eddie Felson, Henry Gondorff, Frank Galvin, Governor
> Long, General Groves, Sidney J. Mussburger.
>
> 5. 1932-59: Tony Camonte, Louis Pasteur, Wang Lung, Émile Zola,
> Benito Juárez, Sam Abelman.
>
> 6. 1953-89: Princess Ann, Rima, Reggie Lampert, Nicole Bonnet
> ["Bon-NAY"], Lady Marian, Hap.
>
> 7. 1979-2006: Joanna Kramer, Sophie Zawistowski, Karen Silkwood,
> Karen Blixen, Aunt Josephine, Miranda Priestly.

Meryl Streep

>
> 8. 1950-73: Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Father Brown,
> Professor Marcus, Colonel Nicholson, Prince Feisal, Chancellor
> and Führer Adolf Hitler.
>
> 9. 1987-2007: Ronny Cammareri, Stanley Goodspeed, Cameron Poe,
> Antonio Corelli, Donald Kaufman, Benjamin Gates.

Nicholas Cage

>
> 10. 1997-2007: Bud White, John Nash, Jack Aubrey, Jim Braddock,
> Ben Wade, Richie Roberts.

Matt Damon

>
> Please read the rot13 after you have finished with the round:
> If you just answered "Hepburn" to any question, we need the
> first name. Go back and put it in.

== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Jul 11 2011 11:25 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky

In article <65-dnWk7b5HuSYbTnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Detectives and their Creators
>
> For each of the fictional professional or amateur detectives
> that we name, name the author on the list below who created them.
> Note that in some cases the author may also have created another
> better-known detective.
>
> Margery Allingham | Ngaio Marsh
> Lawrence Block | Lynda La Plante
> Giles Blunt | Henning Mankell
> John Dickson Carr | Sara Paretsky
> G.K. Chesterton | Ian Rankin
> Agatha Christie | Ruth Rendell
> Colin Dexter | Peter Robinson
> Carter Dickson | Dorothy Sayers
> Elizabeth George | Rex Stout
> Sue Grafton | Patricia Wentworth
> Reginald Hill | R.D. Wingfield
>
> 1. John Rebus.
> 2. Thomas Lynley.
Elizabeth George

> 3. Sir Henry Merrivale.
> 4. Reg Wexford.
> 5. Father Brown.
> 6. Lord Peter Wimsey.
Dorothy Sayers

> 7. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, later Beresford.
Agatha Christie

> 8. Andy Dalziel ("dee-ELL").
> 9. William Edward "Jack" Frost.
> 10. Jane Tennison.
>
>
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Six Characters in Search of an Oscar-Winner
>
> On each question we will name six movie characters who have been
> played by the same Oscar-winning star, in chronological order of
> the six movies. Of course, some of these characters may also
> have been played by other people at other times. We will also
> give you the dates of the first and last movies in each list.
> And you, of course, must name the actor or actress.
>
> 1. 1944-94: Velvet Brown, Kay Banks, Maggie Pollitt, Helen of
> Troy, Zee Blakeley, Pearl Slaghoople.
>
> 2. 1940-67: Thomas Edison, Henry Jekyll, Adam Bonner, Stanley
> Banks, Judge Haywood, Matt Drayton.
Spencer Tracy

> 3. 1990-99: Vivian Ward, Darby Shaw, Mary Reilly, Alice Sutton,
> Anna Scott, Maggie Carpenter.
>
> 4. 1961-94: Eddie Felson, Henry Gondorff, Frank Galvin, Governor
> Long, General Groves, Sidney J. Mussburger.
Paul Newman

> 5. 1932-59: Tony Camonte, Louis Pasteur, Wang Lung, Émile Zola,
> Benito Juárez, Sam Abelman.
>
> 6. 1953-89: Princess Ann, Rima, Reggie Lampert, Nicole Bonnet
> ["Bon-NAY"], Lady Marian, Hap.
Audrey Hepburn

> 7. 1979-2006: Joanna Kramer, Sophie Zawistowski, Karen Silkwood,
> Karen Blixen, Aunt Josephine, Miranda Priestly.
Meryl Streep

> 8. 1950-73: Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Father Brown,
> Professor Marcus, Colonel Nicholson, Prince Feisal, Chancellor
> and Führer Adolf Hitler.
>
> 9. 1987-2007: Ronny Cammareri, Stanley Goodspeed, Cameron Poe,
> Antonio Corelli, Donald Kaufman, Benjamin Gates.
Nicholas Cage

> 10. 1997-2007: Bud White, John Nash, Jack Aubrey, Jim Braddock,
> Ben Wade, Richie Roberts.
Russell Crowe

--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.

== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Jul 12 2011 12:36 am
From: "Peter Smyth"

"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:65-dnWk7b5HuSYbTnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d@vex.net...
>
>These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-24,
>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 2011-05-23 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
>Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
>I wrote one of these rounds.
>
>
>* Game 2, Round 7 - Detectives and their Creators
>
>For each of the fictional professional or amateur detectives
>that we name, name the author on the list below who created them.
>Note that in some cases the author may also have created another
>better-known detective.
>
> Margery Allingham | Ngaio Marsh
> Lawrence Block | Lynda La Plante
> Giles Blunt | Henning Mankell
> John Dickson Carr | Sara Paretsky
> G.K. Chesterton | Ian Rankin
> Agatha Christie | Ruth Rendell
> Colin Dexter | Peter Robinson
> Carter Dickson | Dorothy Sayers
> Elizabeth George | Rex Stout
> Sue Grafton | Patricia Wentworth
> Reginald Hill | R.D. Wingfield
>
>1. John Rebus.
Ian Rankin
>2. Thomas Lynley.
Rex Stout
>3. Sir Henry Merrivale.
Carter Dickson (are you aware that is a pseudonym of John Dickson Carr?)
>4. Reg Wexford.
Ruth Rendell
>5. Father Brown.
GK Chesterton
>6. Lord Peter Wimsey.
Dorothy Sayers
>7. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, later Beresford.
Lawrence Block
>8. Andy Dalziel ("dee-ELL").
Reginald Hill
>9. William Edward "Jack" Frost.
Reginald Hill
>10. Jane Tennison.
Lynda La Plante

Peter Smyth

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