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* Results of Rotating Quiz #21 - 5 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c8084e138326d65c?hl=en
* Rotating Quiz #22 - 7 messages, 7 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/5cbb61a5597cab47?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 4,6: unsportsmanlike, unlike - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/60189a3904c79e80?hl=en

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TOPIC: Results of Rotating Quiz #21
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c8084e138326d65c?hl=en
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 12:57 am
From: Erland Sommarskog

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> Now, the last question (a variation on one posted by Ken Jennings
> on his web site a while back) required a 2-part answer and also
> required identifying the secret theme. (Or at least, it was
> *supposed* to -- two entrants apparently got it right *without*
> managing to getting the theme!)

No doubt that was the easiest question in the quiz. Maybe I should
have spotted Tampa Bay.

But this theme is really secret. You still have not revealed it! (The one
you had in #19b was pretty obvious, but I had a difficult Job to understand
the theme in the original #19, and I never managed to crack it.)

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

== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 1:33 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

Erland Sommarskog:
> But this theme is really secret. You still have not revealed it!

I revealed all the answers, which should be sufficient to make it obvious.

> (The one you had in #19b was pretty obvious, but I had a difficult Job
> to understand the theme in the original #19, and I never managed to
> crack it.)

Yet right there you hint at knowing it.
--
Mark Brader | "I've just checked my dictionary, though, and it does
msb@vex.net | not agree with me, which just goes to show how wrong
Toronto | dictionaries can be." --Gary Williams

== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 2:40 am
From: Dan Tilque

Mark Brader wrote:
> Okay, Rotating Quiz #21 is done.
>
> In designing this one, I could only come up with 9 questions that
> fitted the secret theme, because it wasn't until several days
> later that I realized I could've asked "In what territory was
> Friday, October 6, 1867, directly followed by Friday, October 18?"

Too bad -- that one would have been easy.

>
> Now, the last question (a variation on one posted by Ken Jennings
> on his web site a while back) required a 2-part answer and also
> required identifying the secret theme. (Or at least, it was
> *supposed* to -- two entrants apparently got it right *without*
> managing to getting the theme!)

*Shrug* It's the obvious answer, since it's the only tourist attraction
in India that people are likely to know. Well, there's that temple with
all the porn artwork, but I couldn't remember its name without Google's
help. (googling: Khajuraho is what I'm thinking of.)

Erland wrote:
> But this theme is really secret. You still have not revealed it!

Note the vowels of all the answers. Although #5 violates the theme.

--
Dan Tilque

== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 9:07 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

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

Only if you count Y as a vowel in words like "Bay".
--
Mark Brader "Never re-invent the wheel unnecessarily;
Toronto yours may have corners."
msb@vex.net -- Henry Spencer

== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 7:15 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner

On 7/10/2011 12:30 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
> Now, the last question (a variation on one posted by Ken Jennings
> on his web site a while back) required a 2-part answer and also
> required identifying the secret theme. (Or at least, it was
> *supposed* to -- two entrants apparently got it right *without*
> managing to getting the theme!) So I decided it was appropriate
> to allow 2 points for this one, making the scores below out of 10.

I hadn't worked out the theme, I only had two answers to go on.

--Jeff

--
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's
life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish
fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable
heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood,
unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #22
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/5cbb61a5597cab47?hl=en
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 8:47 am
From: swp

thank you to Mark Brader for emailing me the results of rotating quiz #21. I saw them in the newsgroup a few hours after I got the email.

please post your answers in a followup in this thread (quoting the question before each one), based only on your own knowledge. you have until july 16th philadelphia time -- so about 5 days from now. the winner gets the right to construct and publish the next quiz.

1. [politics] what nation's flag contains three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black (middle), and white (bottom)?
2. [botany] what university is home to the only known instance of a naturally-growing sequoia east of the mississippi river?
3. [geography] what is the capital of new zealand?
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?
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."
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?
10. [movies] within 3, how many lines did arnold schwarzenegger have in the movie 'the terminator' ?

swp

== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 9:18 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

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

Arrgh. It's an ex-Soviet county, not Russia, not Ukraine, and I think
not Belarus, but around there. I'll go with LATVIA.

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

Got me. U OF FLORIDA?

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

WELLINGTON.

> 4. [science] what does a 'brannock device' measure?

FOOT SIZES.

> 5. [sports, current events] derek jeter got his 3000th hit on july 9th.
> what was the pitcher's name?

JOHNSON.

> 6. [entertainment] what television show that ran from 1978 to 1991 is
> being revived on the tnt network in summer 2012?

JOHNSON & JOHNSON. :-)

> 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."

Never read it. "ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER"?

> 8. [history] john hancock signed the declaration of independence on july
> 4th, 1776 along with 1 other person. name him.

I'll try SAMUEL ADAMS.

> 9. [music] whhat do the letters in the name 'abba' stand for?

AGNETHA, BJ�RN, BENNY, and ANNA-FRID. Perhaps even in that order.

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

Interesting question! He doesn't speak much, does he? This would be
most interesting of 0 was a correct answer, so I'll say SIX.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "The brain is amazing when it's amazing, with
msb@vex.net | apologies to Robert Biddle." --Steve Summit

My text in this article is in the public domain.

== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 9:57 am
From: Marc Dashevsky

In article <1c750def-5258-4f03-818d-8726b980a7f5@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com>, Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com says...
> thank you to Mark Brader for emailing me the results of rotating quiz #21. I saw them in the newsgroup a few hours after I got the email.
>
> please post your answers in a followup in this thread (quoting the question before each one), based only on your own knowledge. you have until july 16th philadelphia time -- so about 5 days from now. the winner gets the right to construct and publish the next quiz.
>
> 1. [politics] what nation's flag contains three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black (middle), and white (bottom)?
Estonia

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

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

> 4. [science] what does a 'brannock device' measure?
shoe fit (this is hardly science)

> 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?
> 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."
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

> 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?
The first initials of the first names of the four members

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

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

== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 10:33 am
From: Erland Sommarskog

swp (Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com) writes:
> 1. [politics] what nation's flag contains three equal horizontal bands
> of blue (top), black (middle), and white (bottom)?

Across the water from here: Estonia.

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

Wellington

> 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."

Huckleberry Finn

> 8. [history] john hancock signed the declaration of independence on july
> 4th, 1776 along with 1 other person. name him.

George Washington

> 9. [music] whhat do the letters in the name 'abba' stand for?

Agneta (Fältskog), Björn (Ulvaeus), Benny (Andersson) and Annifrid
(Lyngstad)

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

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

== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 1:18 pm
From: björn lundin

On 10 Juli, 17:47, swp <Stephen.W.Pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> thank you to Mark Brader for emailing me the results of rotating quiz #21. I saw them in the newsgroup a few hours after I got the email.
>
> please post your answers in a followup in this thread (quoting the question before each one), based only on your own knowledge. you have until july 16th philadelphia time -- so about 5 days from now. the winner gets the right to construct and publish the next quiz.
>
> 1. [politics] what nation's flag contains three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black (middle), and white (bottom)?
Estonia
> 3. [geography] what is the capital of new zealand?
Wellington
> 6. [entertainment] what television show that ran from 1978 to 1991 is being revived on the tnt network in summer 2012?
Dallas. And larry hagman is in...
> 8. [history] john hancock signed the declaration of independence on july 4th, 1776 along with 1 other person. name him.
Being european i'll guess. Samuel adams
> 9. [music] whhat do the letters in the name 'abba' stand for?
Agnetha, Björn, Benny, Anni-Frid. First letter of the names of the
band members.
> 10. [movies] within 3, how many lines did arnold schwarzenegger have in the movie 'the terminator' ?
Does he talk at all?
0 words
--
Björn Lundin

> swp

== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 4:27 pm
From: "Peter Smyth"

"swp" wrote in message
news:1c750def-5258-4f03-818d-8726b980a7f5@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com...
>
>thank you to Mark Brader for emailing me the results of rotating quiz #21.
>I saw them in the newsgroup a few hours after I got the email.
>
>please post your answers in a followup in this thread (quoting the question
>before each one), based only on your own knowledge. you have until july
>16th philadelphia time -- so about 5 days from now. the winner gets the
>right to construct and publish the next quiz.
>
>1. [politics] what nation's flag contains three equal horizontal bands of
>blue (top), black (middle), and white (bottom)?
Estonia
>2. [botany] what university is home to the only known instance of a
>naturally-growing sequoia east of the mississippi river?
>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?
Dallas
>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."
>8. [history] john hancock signed the declaration of independence on july
>4th, 1776 along with 1 other person. name him.
Thomas Jefferson
>9. [ music] whhat do the letters in the name 'abba' stand for?
The initials of the members of the group
>10. [movies] within 3, how many lines did arnold schwarzenegger have in the
>movie 'the terminator' ?
3

Peter Smyth

== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 7:21 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner

On 7/10/2011 11:47 AM, swp wrote:
>
> 1. [politics] what nation's flag contains three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black (middle), and white (bottom)?
> 2. [botany] what university is home to the only known instance of a naturally-growing sequoia east of the mississippi river?
> 3. [geography] what is the capital of new zealand?
Christchurch
> 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?
The Cosby Show
> 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?
The initials of the band members
> 10. [movies] within 3, how many lines did arnold schwarzenegger have in the movie 'the terminator' ?
3

--Jeff

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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 4,6: unsportsmanlike, unlike
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 7:04 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner

On 7/9/2011 1:43 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * 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.
>
> 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.)

Stojko

> 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.

Kerrigan, Harding

> 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.

MG (Mike's Garage, innit?)

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

HSN

> 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.

Oakland Seals

> 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

> 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.

Income from illegal sources

> 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.

Wilfrid Laurier

> 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

> 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.
Bakerloo
> 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.
>
> 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.
Havana Brown
> 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.
Guerrero
> 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.

--Jeff

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 10 2011 8:02 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

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

Jeff Turner:
> Bakerloo

It does look a bit implausible, doesn't it? Actually its original
name, when it was a separate company, was the Baker Street and
Waterloo Railway. It opened in 1906 and at about the same time
some newspaper writer came up with the idea of portmanteauing the
name down to Bakerloo. Before opening, it had come into common
ownership with some other lines, and the new owners quickly decided
to adopt short names for each one for public convenience -- for
example, their Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
became the Piccadilly. Their decision to use "Bakerloo" as one of
these short names met with a certain astonishment in some quarters,
but the name has remained ever since.

Some years later, in the London Transport era, a line that had been
formed by combining parts of two others was renamed the Edgware,
Highgate and Morden Line. This gave rise to suggestions by the public
for a shortened name in the same style -- suggestions that included
Medgeway, Edgmorden, and Mordenware! In the end LT renamed it the
Northern Line instead.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Subway Emergency Instructions...
msb@vex.net | * Do not pull the emergency cord. -- MTA, NYC

My text in this article is in the public domain.

== 3 of 3 ==
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

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