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* QFTCIMM Current Events 9-10 - 3 messages, 3 authors
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* Calvin's Quiz #146 - ANSWERS & RESULTS - 2 messages, 1 author
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* Rotating Quiz #23 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/f59e75187d04f9d6?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 3 Rounds 4,6: name a year, Bible - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/04b215f44d145894?hl=en
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TOPIC: QFTCIMM Current Events 9-10
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/ee9ce9ad16605ba5?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Fri, Jul 22 2011 4:38 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> * Game 9 (2011-07-11), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. Which picture shows a murder victim whose phone was hacked by
> "News of the World"?
O; G
> 2. Which picture shows one of the title characters of the film
> "Horrible Bosses", which opened Friday?
L; E
> 3. Which picture shows someone who became a head of government
> in the past week?
J; N
> 4. Which picture shows someone on trial for perjury?
G; Q
> 5. Which picture bears a significant connection to Montreal-born
> Erdem Moralioglu?
H; P
> 7. Gur Pnanqvna obng Gnueve (cvpgher Z) jnf ceriragrq sebz
> fnvyvat gb Tnmn. Jung vf gur angvbanyvgl bs gur zna va
> havsbez?
Greek
> 9. Gur npgerff cvpgherq va X qvrq guvf jrrx. Anzr ure.
Anna Massey
> 10. Jul qbrf gur zna fubja va W unir uvf unaqf va gur nve?
His sister has just won the Thai election
> * Game 10 (2011-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. The last NASA space shuttle flight was launched last week.
> What is the name of the shuttle?
Atlantis
> 2. Germany was the two-time defending champion in the Women's
> World Cup and they looked like a shoo-in this time around.
> But what country knocked them out of the tournament last week?
Australia; Japan
> 7. At $332/month, Toronto is the second most expensive city in
> Canada for parking. Which is the first in Canada?
Quebec; Montreal
> 8. In the midst of media scandals, Rupert Murdoch was forced
> to withdraw his bid to take over what media company?
BSkyB
> 10. He created "The Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island".
> He died last week at age 94. Who was he?
His obituary was re-printed in "The Age" here in Melbourne, but I can't
remember his name.
Rob
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 23 2011 11:50 am
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 7/21/2011 12:38 AM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 9 (2011-07-11), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> Please see the three handout pages at
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/r1g9/page1.jpg
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/r1g9/page2.jpg
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/r1g9/page3.jpg
>
> 1. Which picture shows a murder victim whose phone was hacked by
> "News of the World"?
D
> 2. Which picture shows one of the title characters of the film
> "Horrible Bosses", which opened Friday?
>
> 3. Which picture shows someone who became a head of government
> in the past week?
>
> 4. Which picture shows someone on trial for perjury?
N, L
> 5. Which picture bears a significant connection to Montreal-born
> Erdem Moralioglu?
>
> After you have finished the above 5 questions, please decode the rot13
> to see the remaining ones, where you will be given a picture letter and
> asked a question.
>
> Gur arkg 3 dhrfgvbaf ner nobhg cvpgherf ba cntr 3.
>
> 6. Fbzrbar orfvqrf Ebtre Pyrzraf jnf va pbheg ynfg jrrx.
> Anzr gur zna va D.
>
> 7. Gur Pnanqvna obng Gnueve (cvpgher Z) jnf ceriragrq sebz
> fnvyvat gb Tnmn. Jung vf gur angvbanyvgl bs gur zna va
> havsbez?
>
> 8. Jub vf gur jbzna va cvpgher B fhvat sbe nggrzcgrq encr?
>
> Gur ynfg 2 dhrfgvbaf ner nobhg cvpgherf ba cntr 2.
>
> 9. Gur npgerff cvpgherq va X qvrq guvf jrrx. Anzr ure.
>
> 10. Jul qbrf gur zna fubja va W unir uvf unaqf va gur nve?
>
> Gur erznvavat cvpgherf ner N, O, P, S, U, A, naq C. Vs lbh yvxr,
> sbe sha, ohg sbe ab cbvagf, vqragvsl gur pvephzfgnaprf bs N naq O
> naq gur crbcyr va gur bgure 5.
>
>
> * Game 10 (2011-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 1. The last NASA space shuttle flight was launched last week.
> What is the name of the shuttle?
Atlantis
> 2. Germany was the two-time defending champion in the Women's
> World Cup and they looked like a shoo-in this time around.
> But what country knocked them out of the tournament last week?
Sweden
> 3. Another celebrity newborn with a ridiculous name: "Harper
> Seven" came into the world last week. Who are her parents?
> (Last name is sufficient.)
>
> 4. General Salva Kiir is the new president of what country?
South Sudan
> 5. A funny thing happened on his way to the Honda Indy Toronto
> race: the Grand Marshal was pulled over for speeding, but
> let off with just a warning. Who was the Indy Grand Marshal?
>
> 6. John Baird said Canada is boycotting the UN Conference on
> Disarmament -- the only country to do so -- because what
> country is chairing the hearings?
>
> 7. At $332/month, Toronto is the second most expensive city in
> Canada for parking. Which is the first in Canada?
Montreal
> 8. In the midst of media scandals, Rupert Murdoch was forced
> to withdraw his bid to take over what media company?
Sky B
> 9. He's the first Yankee to reach 3,000 hits and the 28th person
> in Major League history. Name him.
Jeter
> 10. He created "The Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island".
> He died last week at age 94. Who was he?
--Jeff
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 23 2011 10:55 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. If any
> answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected
> to give the answers that were correct on those dates... For
> further information see my 2011-05-23 companion posting on
> "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI5GNM, QFTCI11,
> QFTCIMM)".
> * Game 9 (2011-07-11), Round 1 - Current Events
> Please see the three handout pages at
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/r1g9/page1.jpg
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/r1g9/page2.jpg
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/r1g9/page3.jpg
> 1. Which picture shows a murder victim whose phone was hacked by
> "News of the World"?
D (Millie Dowler). 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Pete,
and Jeff. 3 for Marc. 2 for Stephen.
> 2. Which picture shows one of the title characters of the film
> "Horrible Bosses", which opened Friday?
E (Jennifer Aniston). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.
2 for Rob.
> 3. Which picture shows someone who became a head of government
> in the past week?
G (Yingluck Shinawatra, of Thailand). 4 for Calvin.
> 4. Which picture shows someone on trial for perjury?
L (Roger Clemens). 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, Joshua, and Pete.
3 for Calvin and Peter. 2 for Dan Blum and Jeff.
> 5. Which picture bears a significant connection to Montreal-born
> Erdem Moralioglu?
I (He designed her dress). 4 for Marc.
> After you have finished the above 5 questions, please decode the rot13
> to see the remaining ones...
> 6. Someone besides Roger Clemens was in court last week.
> Name the man in Q.
Ratko Mladic (The International Criminal Court in the Hague asked
him how he pleaded to charges of war crimes). 4 for Erland, Marc,
and Pete.
> 7. The Canadian boat Tahrir (picture M) was prevented from
> sailing to Gaza. What is the nationality of the man in
> uniform?
Greek (it was to have sailed from Crete). 4 for Erland and Rob.
3 for Joshua.
> 8. Who is the woman in picture O suing for attempted rape?
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (Tristane Banon, a French writer).
4 for Calvin, Erland, Dan Tilque, Marc, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
> 9. The actress pictured in K died this week. Name her.
Anna Massey (Raymond's daughter). 4 for Rob.
> 10. Why does the man shown in J have his hands in the air?
President Lee Myung-bak is celebrating the awarding of the 2018
Winter Olympics to a South Korean city, namely Pyeongchang.
(I was surprised nobody got this; I did in the original game.)
> The remaining pictures are A, B, C, F, H, N, and P. If you like,
> for fun, but for no points, identify the circumstances of A and B
> and the people in the other 5.
A. Will and Kate again, this time visiting fire-ravaged Slave
Lake, Alberta.
B. South Sudan is born as an independent country.
C. Novak Djokavic celebrates Wimbledon win.
F. Deceased former First Lady Betty Ford.
H. Deceased York Region policeman Garrett Styles.
N. Syrian president Bashir el-Assad, who attempted to suppress.
protesters in his country.
P. Deceased actor Gordon Tootoosis.
Calvin got B and C.
> * Game 10 (2011-07-18), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. The last NASA space shuttle flight was launched last week.
> What is the name of the shuttle?
Atlantis. 4 for Erland, Marc, Dan Blum, Stephen, Peter, Rob,
and Jeff.
> 2. Germany was the two-time defending champion in the Women's
> World Cup and they looked like a shoo-in this time around.
> But what country knocked them out of the tournament last week?
Japan. 4 for Erland, Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Peter, and Pete.
2 for Calvin and Rob.
> 3. Another celebrity newborn with a ridiculous name: "Harper
> Seven" came into the world last week. Who are her parents?
> (Last name is sufficient.)
Victoria and David Beckham. 4 for Calvin, Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum,
Stephen, and Peter.
> 4. General Salva Kiir is the new president of what country?
South Sudan. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Jeff.
3 for Pete.
> 5. A funny thing happened on his way to the Honda Indy Toronto
> race: the Grand Marshal was pulled over for speeding, but
> let off with just a warning. Who was the Indy Grand Marshal?
Dan Aykroyd. Oh, all right, 4 for Stephen.
> 6. John Baird said Canada is boycotting the UN Conference on
> Disarmament -- the only country to do so -- because what
> country is chairing the hearings?
North Korea. 4 for Peter. 3 for Joshua.
> 7. At $332/month, Toronto is the second most expensive city in
> Canada for parking. Which is the first in Canada?
Calgary ($472/month).
> 8. In the midst of media scandals, Rupert Murdoch was forced
> to withdraw his bid to take over what media company?
BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting). "Sky" was sufficient. 4 for
Calvin, Erland, Dan Tilque, Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Peter, Pete,
Rob, and Jeff.
> 9. He's the first Yankee to reach 3,000 hits and the 28th person
> in Major League history. Name him.
Derek Jeter. 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Peter, Pete,
and Jeff.
> 10. He created "The Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island".
> He died last week at age 94. Who was he?
Sherwood Schwartz. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST EIGHT
Joshua Kreitzer 16 23 20 8 20 20 14 16 15 23 153
Dan Blum 18 13 18 6 22 20 12 24 14 16 145
Marc Dashevsky 20 8 20 4 16 20 16 12 19 16 139
Pete Gayde 22 8 16 4 20 24 -- -- 16 19 129
Peter Smyth 19 14 12 4 20 8 16 4 7 24 120
Erland Sommarskog 16 12 12 8 8 12 4 16 12 16 104
Jeff Turner 12 8 20 0 12 12 8 8 6 16 96
Dan Tilque 16 8 12 8 12 12 8 16 8 12 96
"Calvin" 13 15 7 4 16 15 -- -- 15 10 95
Stephen Perry 28 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 32 94
Rob Parker -- -- 10 0 16 12 8 8 10 10 74
--
Mark Brader | "On our campus the UNIX system has proved to be not
Toronto | only an effective software tool, but an agent of
msb@vex.net | technical and social change within the University."
| -- John Lions, 1979
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #146 - ANSWERS & RESULTS
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3dcb74c793322ca8?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 23 2011 7:23 pm
From: Calvin
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:45:37 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> "Calvin":
>> > 10 Which member of the Beatles has the middle name Winston?
>>
>> John Lennon
>> 7/13
>> All four Beatles were given by the various posters, so we had all bases
>> covered :-)
>
> Yes, well, we might have had an easier time guessing if not for the
> present-tense verb.
Point taken, though I don't see any easy way to re-word the question.
Using past tense makes it 50-50 at worst.
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 23 2011 7:22 pm
From: Calvin
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:38:56 +1000, David <askforEmail@gmail.com> wrote:
> I only got 8.
> I got questions 7 and 9 wrong.
Thanks David. make that a 3-way tie.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 146
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 David
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Erland S
0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 Joachim Parsch
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 John Masters
1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 Mark Brader
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 Rob Parker
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 Stan Brown
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
9 12 10 6 11 8 5 11 5 7 84 TOTAL
65%
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #23 - ANSWERS & SCORES
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 23 2011 7:34 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:22:27 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 Which economic term named after a 19th century Scottish economist
> describes an often inferior good which paradoxically is consumed more as
> its price rises, violating the law of demand?
Giffen Good
0/11
> 2 Which American entertainer, actor and performance artist was the
> subject of a 1992 song by R.E.M. and a 1999 film by Milos Forman?
Andy Kaufman
6/11
> 3 Which principle, first stated in 1969, holds that "in a hierarchy
> every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"?
The Peter Principle
9/11
> 4 Which American author was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both years
> marking visits to Earth by Halley's Comet?
Mark Twain
8/11
> 5 Which 1923 satirical work by Jaroslav Ha¨ek, one of the first anti-war
> novels, recounts the hilarious adventures of a private in the
> Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War?
The Good Soldier Svejk
2/11
Recommended reading!
> 6 Based on a traditional African horn made from an antelope horn, which
> two-foot long, plastic musical instrument received worldwide publicity
> during the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa?
Vuvuzela
11/11
Bloody things ought to be banned
> 7 Which fictional company does James Bond generally claim is his
> employer while working undercover?
Universal Exports
1.5/11
> 8 Which Harvard Business School professor specialises in competitive
> advantage and is perhaps best known for his "five forces" framework for
> industry analysis and business strategy development?
Michael Porter
1/11
Well done Rob, but seriously have *none* of you taken a first year
business course in the past 30 years???
> 9 Which English film director known for his social-realist style has
> produced works including Cathy Come Home (1966), Kes (1969) and
> Riff-Raff (1991)?
Ken Loach
2/11
> 10 Which Russian resort city located on the Black Sea will host the 2014
> winter Olympics?
Sochi
5/11
Not to be confused with Leningrad.
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL RQ 23
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Dan Tilque
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 David
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Erland S
0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 Jeffrey Turner
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 Joachim Parsch
0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 1 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 1 5.5 Mark Brader
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 Pete Gayde
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 Peter Smythe
0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Rob Parker
0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 Stephen Perry
0 6 9 8 2 11 1.5 1 2 5 45.5 TOTAL
41%
Joachim and Pete take it with 6 and win the honour of compiling RQ24.
First in gets it.
Thanks for playing.
--
cheers,
calvin
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 3 Rounds 4,6: name a year, Bible
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/04b215f44d145894?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 23 2011 10:58 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-01-31,
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 3, Round 4 - Name a Year When...
Last week we had Name an Element That; this round is Name a Year
When. On each question you must name any year when something
happened or when something was true. In some cases it's possible
that the thing was true for *only part of the year*; that's fine.
For example, if we asked for a year when Rob Ford was mayor,
2010 would be a correct answer.
For any questions with less than 3 possible answers, we'll allow
a range of plus or minus 1 year, but we won't tell you in advance
which ones those are.
1. Name any year... when the UK had three monarchs in the
same year.
2. When Canada had three Prime Ministers in the same year.
3. When the Spanish Civil War was in progress.
4. When the British were at war with the Boers.
5. When the present Canadian Pacific Railway company had its
original main line under construction.
6. When Eglinton and Union were the two endpoints of the
Toronto subway.
7. When Canada had exactly 6 provinces.
8. When the US had no vice-president.
9. When a US election for president is known to have been won
by a candidate who did not finish first in the popular vote.
10. When a space shuttle was destroyed in an accident.
* Game 3, Round 6 - Biblical Quotations
We'll give you a quotation from the King James Version of the Bible,
and we'll tell you whether it's from the Old or the New Testament.
You tell us which book it's from. None of the quotes are from
the Apocrypha, nor -- here's a further useful hint -- from the
Book of Habakkuk.
1. Old Testament: "And if any man's seed of copulation go out
from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be
unclean until the even."
2. Old Testament: "Let the day perish wherein I was born, and
the night in which it was said, There is a man child
conceived."
3. New Testament: "And I saw in the right hand of him that
sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside,
sealed with seven seals."
4. New Testament: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among
us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
5. Old Testament: "And I will execute great vengeance upon them
with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord,
when I shall lay my vengeance upon them."
6. Old Testament: "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:
for thy love is better than wine."
7. New Testament: "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I
understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I
became a man, I put away childish things."
8. New Testament: "But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew
of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city:
and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people."
9. Old Testament: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful."
10. Old Testament: "Then I looked on all the works that my hands
had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do:
and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and
there was no profit under the sun."
--
Mark Brader "The world little knows or cares the storm through
Toronto which you have had to pass. It asks only if you
msb@vex.net brought the ship safely to port." -- Joseph Conrad
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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