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TOPIC: QFTCIMM Current Events 7-8
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Jul 7 2011 10:51 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
"> * Game 7 (2011-06-27), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 5. A dress worn by Marilyn Monroe was auctioned for $4,600,000
> this week. In which film did she wear the frock?
The Seven Year Itch
> 9. Maria Gomes Valentin died in Brazil this week. She was the
> oldest person in the world according to Guinness. She fell
> one week shy of which birthday (within 2)?
115
> 10. The cover of a book by Canadian Author Lawrence Hill was
> burned June 22 in a park in Amsterdam. Why?
It was cold; they wanted to cook the sausages
> * Game 8 (2011-07-04), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 3. Christine Lagarde got a new job last week. As what?
Managing director of the IMF
> 5. There are four new inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame,
> three of them, incredibly, former Maple Leafs. Name any of
> the illustrious three.
Smith; Jones
> 8. Flights out of New York's JFK airport were delayed for several
> hours Wednesday as these creatures poured onto the tarmac by
> the thousands in search of a place to nest. "We ceded to
> Mother Nature", said an airport spokesman. What creatures
> were these?
Turtles
Rob
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Jul 8 2011 10:27 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
> indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly... For
> further information see my 2011-05-23 companion posting on
> "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11,
> QFTCIMM)".
> * Game 7 (2011-06-27), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. Unlikely but true: the US Open golf tournament was won by
> a Northern Irishman for the second year in a row. Who is
> the new champ?
Rory McIlroy. 4 for Joshua, Peter, and Marc.
> 2. Name the website hacked by the "Shrek" virus this week,
> allowing 30,000 less than esthetically perfect people to join.
Beautifulpeople.com.
> 3. Toronto police have agreed that this technique, used to hold
> hundreds of people in the rain for hours on the Sunday of
> the G20 weekend, will no longer be used. Which technique?
Kettling. 4 for Dan Blum and Peter.
> 4. The sax player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band died last
> weekend. He was nicknamed the Big Man, but what was his name?
Clarence Clemons. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, and Jeff.
> 5. A dress worn by Marilyn Monroe was auctioned for $4,600,000
> this week. In which film did she wear the frock?
"The Seven Year Itch". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque,
and Rob.
> 6. In other auction news, a .38 revolver went for $110,000 this
> week in furious bidding. Who was the notorious owner?
Al Capone.
> 7. Name the singer who opened the Toronto Jazz Festival on
> Friday with a free concert in David Pecaut square.
Aretha Franklin.
> 8. The Toronto Raptors named who as their new head coach
> this week?
Dwane Casey.
> 9. Maria Gomes Valentin died in Brazil this week. She was the
> oldest person in the world according to Guinness. She fell
> one week shy of which birthday (within 2)?
115th (accepting 113th-117th). 4 for Erland, Peter, Marc, Jeff,
Dan Tilque, and Rob. 2 for Joshua.
> 10. The cover of a book by Canadian Author Lawrence Hill was
> burned June 22 in a park in Amsterdam. Why?
Because it's titled "The Book of Negroes".
> * Game 8 (2011-07-04), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. Reversing its initial stance, Ottawa has agreed to fund
> clinical trials of a controversial therapy. To treat what
> disease?
Multiple sclerosis. ("Liberation therapy".).
> 2. The US Federal Election Commission ruled Thursday that this
> entertainer can use the resources of his TV show to support
> his self-named political action committee. His response to
> the decision: "I don't accept the status quo. I do accept
> Visa, Mastercard or American Express." Name the entertainer.
Stephen Colbert. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, and Dan Tilque.
> 3. Christine Lagarde got a new job last week. As what?
Managing director (the exact title was not required) of the
International Monetary Fund. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter,
Marc, Dan Tilque, and Rob.
> 4. Nortel Corporation has sold off its last remaining assets.
> They went at auction for an eye-opening $4,500,000,000 to a
> consortium whose members include RIM and Apple. What were
> Nortel's last assets?
Patents. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland.
> 5. There are four new inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame,
> three of them, incredibly, former Maple Leafs. Name any of
> the illustrious three.
Doug Gilmour, Ed Belfour, Joe Nieuwendyk.
> 6. For only the second time, the United Nations has declared
> a disease officially eradicated. This virulent disease, with
> fatality rates as high as 95%, has been fingered variously for
> the fall of the Roman Empire, the conquests of the Mongols,
> and the French and Russian revolutions. Name it.
Rinderpest (or "cattle plague"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Jeff.
> 7. A year after receiving public criticism from the Prime
> Minister's Office for mounting a play that allegedly condoned
> terrorism, this Toronto summer festival saw its application
> for 2011 funding denied. Coincidence? Yeah, right.
> Name the festival.
SummerWorks.
> 8. Flights out of New York's JFK airport were delayed for several
> hours Wednesday as these creatures poured onto the tarmac by
> the thousands in search of a place to nest. "We ceded to
> Mother Nature", said an airport spokesman. What creatures
> were these?
(Diamondback terrapin) turtles. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque,
and Rob.
> 9. Early in June, he went to Cuba for the removal of a tumor.
> Last week, photos surfaced of this recuperating world
> leader in avid conversation with the deathless Fidel Castro.
> Name him.
Hugo Chavez. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Marc, Jeff,
and Dan Tilque.
> 10. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council last week announced
> that it has already received 4,350 complaints regarding a
> Sun TV interview, and has politely asked Canadians not to
> send any more. Name the Canadian interpretive dancer who
> was the subject of Sun TV's on-air mugging.
Margie Gillis.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BEST SIX
Dan Blum 18 13 18 6 22 20 12 24 115
Joshua Kreitzer 16 23 20 8 20 20 14 16 115
Marc Dashevsky 20 8 20 4 16 20 16 12 104
Pete Gayde 22 8 16 4 20 24 -- -- 94
Peter Smyth 19 14 12 4 20 8 16 4 89
Dan Tilque 16 8 12 8 12 12 8 16 76
Erland Sommarskog 16 12 12 8 8 12 4 16 76
Jeff Turner 12 8 20 0 12 12 8 8 72
"Calvin" 13 15 7 4 16 15 -- -- 70
Rob Parker -- -- 10 0 16 12 8 8 54
Stephen Perry 28 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- 52
--
Mark Brader "Men are animals."
Toronto "What are women? Plants, birds, fish?"
msb@vex.net -- Spider Robinson, "Night of Power"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: RESULTS and ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 293 (GOLQ293)
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Fri, Jul 8 2011 9:19 am
From: Uni
Hugh Brodie wrote:
> Hmmm...I answered #9 with the "G-Clefs" (who charted with "I Understand..."
> in 1961) - which does fit in the alphabetic (artist) sequence (as does
> Freddie and the Dreamers). No marks were taken off for that? :-)
Darn!!!!
Uni :-)
>
> hb.
>
> "The GOLQ Institute" <list@golq.org> wrote in message
> news:mtKdnSGsEMq06o7TnZ2dnUVZ_vKdnZ2d@supernews.com...
>
>>RESULTS & ANSWER KEY for Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #293 (GOLQ293)
>>
>>Four teams tied for first this time, in order of receipt:
>>Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Trivia Group, Delphi Trivia Club, Vito & The
>>Salutations,
>>and The Gypsy's Caravan. Recently retired QM Mick Tursky (thanks for your
>>efforts, Mick), Mike Weaver, and Virve Harkonen each missed by a song.
>>
>>The median score was 441, the mean 460.
>>
>>GOLQ294 will be posted shortly.
>>
>>-- Rich Ardini
>>
>>
>>Replace all occurrences of "&" in all e-mail addresses with "@".
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Tie Breaker Scoring Key
>> + after numeric score below indicates a tie-breaker answered
>>correctly.
>> - indicates partial credit.
>> x indicates a totally incorrect guess.
>> . indicates no guess.
>>
>> # on
>>Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address Team
>>Age(s)
>>---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
>>
>>T1 500++ LV Lehigh Valley Trivia Club
>>T1 500++ DT Delphi Trivia Club (Russell, Clueless, HQR0,
>> marinoe, laurel001) <rcwkid99&rochester.rr.com> 5 35+
>>T1 500++ VS Vito & the Salutations <bailey1&colorado.edu> 6
>>boomers
>>T1 500++ GC THE GYPSY'S CARAVAN <iriss&aol.com> 3 21+
>>T5 480.. MT Mick Tursky <eriador1972&yahoo.com> 1
>>T5 480.. MW Mike Weaver 1
>>T5 480x. VH Virve Harkonen <virve_harkonen&hotmail.com> 1 30
>> 8 460++ GT THE GenaTeam <ah.rh&optusnet.com.au> 6
>>42-63
>> 9 460.- EJ The EJ'S & Co. (Ellis, Kevin, Mitch,
>> Kent, Vinnie, Kyra) <brombere&matc.edu> 6 24+
>>10 460.. HB Hugh Brodie <hugh.brodie&mcgill.ca> 1
>>T11 440.. CO The Coasters (Rick & Kathy Schubert, Magic Marc,
>> Bigfoot Mae, Regina Litman) <rns&san.rr.com> 5
>>58-61
>>T11 440.. WM Will McCorry <wmccorry&ns.sympatico.ca> 1 53
>>13 360.. NV NAVAIRHEADS <tompillion&comcast.net> 2
>>64,59
>>14 320+. RR Really Rockin'In Boston <bob&egh.com> 6
>>50s60s
>>15 240.. HT Howard Teitelbaum <Howard.Teitelbaum&gd-ais.com> 1 53
>>
>>---+-----+--+------------------------------------------------------+---+-------
>>Pos Score ID Name and E-mail address # on
>>Age(s)
>> Team
>>
>>The following table gives the individual scoring breakdown. A '-' is used
>>to
>>indicate that no guess was made for a question, whereas a zero indicates
>>that
>>a completely incorrect response was submitted.
>>
>> Song#
>> 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
>>25
>>--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
>>
>>LV 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>DT 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>VS 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>GC 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>MT 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>MW 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>VH 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>GT 20 0 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>EJ 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>HB 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>CO 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>WM 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
>>20
>>NV 20 20 20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 - 20 20 0 20
>>0 - - - -
>>RR 20 20 - - 20 20 20 - - - 20 20 20 - 20 20 - - 20 20 - 20 20 20
>>20
>>HT - 20 - - 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 20 - 20 20
>>0 -
>>
>>--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
>> 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
>>25
>>
>>=============================================================================
>>GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #293 ANSWERS:
>>
>>Answers are in the form:
>>#number) Artist: Title (year[s]) [peak position on Pop chart] {peak R&B}
>>
>>[-] = did not make pop chart
>>{-} = did not make R&B chart
>>{F} = made R&B chart as a flip side
>>{n/c} = no Billboard R&B chart published during this recording's period
>> of peak popularity
>>=============================================================================
>>
>>#01) Animals: "Boom Boom" (1964) [43] {-}
>>
>>#02) Archie Bell & The Drells: "Tighten Up" (1968) [1] {1}
>>
>>#03) Box Tops: "Choo Choo Train" (1968) [26] {-}
>>
>>#04) Buchanan Brothers: "Son Of A Lovin' Man" (1969) [61] {-}
>>
>>#05) Chiffons: "Sweet Talking Guy" (1966) [10] {-}
>>
>>#06) Les Cooper and The Soul Rockers: "Wiggle Wobble" (1962) [22] {12}
>>QM: This song was in regular rotation at my junior high school dances.
>>
>>#07) Dovells: "Bristol Twistin' Annie" (1962) [27] {28}
>>
>>#08) Easybeats: "St. Louis" (1969) [100] {-}
>> QM: The Easybeats eventually morphed into Flash & The Pan.
>>
>>#09) Freddie And The Dreamers: "I Understand (Just How You Feel)"
>> (1965) [36]
>>{-}
>>
>>#10) James Gilreath: "Little Band of Gold" (1963) [21] {19}
>>
>>#11) Gogi Grant: "The Wayward Wind" (1956) [1] {-}
>>
>>#12) Bobby Hendricks: "Itchy Twitchy Feeling" (1958) [25] {5}
>>
>>#13) Hondells: "Little Honda" (1964) [9] {-}
>>
>>#14) Sonny James: "First Date, First Kiss, First Love" (1957) [25] {-}
>>
>>#15) Knockouts: "Darling Lorraine" (1959) [46] {-}
>>
>>#16) Lolita: "Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea)" (1960) [5] {-}
>> QM: I was surprised at the lack or recognition for this song, it was a
>>big
>> hit in my town.
>>
>>#17) Mamas & The Papas: "Dancing Bear" (1967) [51] {-}
>> HT: Denny Doherty cited thas as his favorite M&P song.
>>
>>#18) New Colony Six: "Love You So Much" (1967) [61] {-}
>>
>>#19) Gene Pitney: "She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)"
>> (1969) [89]
>>{-}
>> QM: This song started out as a shampoo commercial for two different
>>brands,
>> similar to Carpenters: "We've Only Just Begun" which originally was a
>> bank jingle in California.
>>
>>#20) Bobby Rydell: "Sway" (1960) [14] {-}
>>
>>#21) Sensations: "Music, Music, Music" (1961) [54] {12}
>>
>>#22) Edwin Starr: "Twenty-Five Miles" (1969) [6] {6}
>>
>>#23) Turtles: "She's My Girl" (1967) [14] {-}
>>
>>#24) Ian Whitcomb and Bluesville: "You Turn Me On (Turn On Song)"
>> (1965) [8]
>>{-}
>>
>>#25) Nancy Wilson: "Don't Come Running Back To Me" (1965) [58] {-}
>>
>>#T1) Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks: "I Scare Myself" (1969) [-] {-}
>> QM: Dan was part of the San Francisco music scene in the late 60s. After
>> four albums, he worked his way up to be on the cover of the Rolling
>> Stone, then abruptly disbanded the group. This is perhaps his most
>> recognizable song. Thomas Dolby also did an interesting version of
>>this.
>> Listeners should check YouTube for the Thomas Dolby - I Scare Myself
>> (Edit) (2009 Digital Remaster).
>>
>>#T2) Mickey Newbury: "Wrote A Song A Song/Angeline" (1969) [-] {-}
>> QM: From his "Looks Like Rain" album (a QM personal favorite), the first
>>of
>> three albums that were considered revolutionary and influential to
>>the
>> 'outlaw cowboy' movement and for their production recording
>>techniques.
>> His best known work may be "An American Trilogy" which would become
>>an
>> Elvis concert staple. San Francisco Mabel Joy from this album became
>>his
>> most honored song, but this cut may capture his recording techniques
>>a
>> little better. As a songwriter, Mickey simultaneously had four Top 10
>> songs on four different charts in the late 60s, including Just
>>Dropped
>> In... by the First Edition. His work was recently re-mastered and
>>added
>> to iTunes. His Wikipedia page is an excellent source for further
>> information.
>>
>>=============================================================================
>>
>>This chart ranks the songs/artists from most to least recognized. The
>>second
>>number on the line denotes the average number of points scored on that
>>song
>>(total points divided by number of entrants, to 1 decimal place). For
>>comparison purposes, tie-breakers are scored here on the usual 20-point
>>scale.
>>
>>Rank Avg. Song
>>----+----+----+--------------------------------------------------------------
>>T01 20.0 #05 Chiffons: "Sweet Talking Guy"
>>T01 20.0 #11 Gogi Grant: "The Wayward Wind"
>>T01 20.0 #13 Hondells: "Little Honda"
>>T01 20.0 #20 Bobby Rydell: "Sway"
>>T01 18.7 #01 Animals: "Boom Boom"
>>T01 18.7 #02 Archie Bell & The Drells: "Tighten Up"
>>T01 18.7 #07 Dovells: "Bristol Twistin' Annie"
>>T01 18.7 #09 Freddie And The Dreamers: "I Understand (Just How You Feel)"
>>T01 18.7 #12 Bobby Hendricks: "Itchy Twitchy Feeling"
>>T01 18.7 #15 Knockouts: "Darling Lorraine"
>>T01 18.7 #19 Gene Pitney: "She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)"
>>T01 18.7 #22 Edwin Starr: "Twenty-Five Miles"
>>T01 18.7 #23 Turtles: "She's My Girl"
>>T01 18.7 #24 Ian Whitcomb and 2 of Clubs: "You Turn Me On (Turn On Song)"
>>T01 17.3 #03 Box Tops: "Choo Choo Train"
>>T01 17.3 #18 New Colony Six: "Love You So Much"
>>T01 17.3 #21 Sensations: "Music, Music, Music"
>>T01 17.3 #25 Nancy Wilson: "Don't Come Running Back To Me"
>>T01 16.0 #04 Buchanan Brothers: "Son Of A Lovin' Man"
>>T01 16.0 #10 James Gilreath: "Little Band of Gold"
>>T01 16.0 #14 Sonny James: "First Date, First Kiss, First Love"
>>T01 16.0 #17 Mamas & The Papas: "Dancing Bear"
>>T01 14.7 #16 Lolita: "Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea)"
>>T01 13.3 #06 Les Cooper and The Soul Rockers: "Wiggle Wobble"
>>T01 13.3 #08 Easybeats: "St. Louis"
>>T01 8.0 #T1 Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks: "I Scare Myself"
>>T01 7.3 #T2 Mickey Newbury: "Wrote A Song A Song/Angeline"
>>----+----+----+---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 2 Rounds 4,6: unsportsmanlike, unlike
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Date: Fri, Jul 8 2011 10:43 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 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.)
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
--
Mark Brader "'... Fifty science-fiction magazines don't give
Toronto you half the naked women that a good issue of
msb@vex.net the Sunday Times does.'" --SPACE, James Michener
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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