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* QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 9-10: sports movies, challenge round - 3 messages, 3
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* Calvin's Quiz #155 - 3 messages, 3 authors
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* Rotating Quiz #27 - 4 messages, 3 authors
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 4 Rounds 9-10: sports movies, challenge round
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 12:11 am
From: Joachim Parsch
Mark Brader schrieb:
> * Game 4, Round 9 - Sports Movies
>
> This is the entertainment round; it is also the sports round.
> We'd like to thank Unnatural Axxe for this idea, which they used
> in the last Final they wrote. For each question, we will name one
> or two movies whose plot revolves around a certain sport, and you
> must name the sport. In some cases other sports may come up in
> a secondary way in the movie, but you must name the main one in
> the plot.
>
> Note, some of the sports may be a bit non-mainstream -- but we do
> promise that none of them will be poker.
>
> 1. "National Velvet" (1944).
American Football?
> 2. "Kansas City Bomber" (1972), "Whip It" (2009).
American Football?
> 3. "Kingpin" (1996).
Bowling.
> 4. "A Knight's Tale" (2001).
Chess.
> 5. "Bring It On" (2000), "Fired Up!" (2009).
American Football?
> 6. "Personal Best" (1982).
Track & Field.
> 7. "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002).
Soccer.
> 8. "Tin Cup" (1996).
Golf.
> 9. "The Harder They Fall" (1956).
Boxing.
> 10. "Men with Brooms" (2002).
Curling? (apart from Quidditch the only sport I know, where
brooms are used)
>
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13:
> Inevbhf fcbegf ner pnyyrq "sbbgonyy" va qvssrerag pbhagevrf. Vs lbh
> tnir gung nafjre, cyrnfr vqragvsl gur fcrpvsvp fcbeg lbh zrna.
>
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round from Mars
>
> This is the challenge round from Mars. Your categories are
> Field of Mars, Mars, Martial, Martial *Arts*, *Marital* Arts,
> and Marital *Art*.
>
> A. Field of Mars (Geography)
>
> A1. In what national capital city would you find a park
> whose name translates into English as "Field of Mars"?
>
> A2. Please decode the rot13 only after you are done with
> question A1. Gur Cnevf cnex va gur ynfg dhrfgvba jnf
> gur Punzc-qr-Znef. Nqwnprag gb rnpu raq bs guvf cnex, naq
> ba gur fnzr fvqr bs gur evire Frvar, vf bar bs gur pvgl'f
> ynaqznexf. Va Serapu be Ratyvfu, anzr rvgure ynaqznex.
Tour d'Eiffel?
> B. Mars (Science)
>
> B1. How long is a year on the planet Mars? Please answer
> in Earth days, within 100.
600.
> B2. Mars has a thin atmosphere consisting primarily of
> what gas?
CO2.
> C. Martial (Literature)
>
> C1. The poet Martial was best known for 12 books of short
> satirical verses, called what?
>
> C2. What language were Martial's <answer C1> written in?
French?
> D. Martial Arts (Sports)
>
> D1. What martial art has a name that means "gentle way"?
> It is derived from an older martial art whose name means
> "gentle skill" or "gentle art".
Jiu-Jitsu.
> D2. What martial art has a name that means "empty hand"?
Taekwondo?
> E. Marital Arts (Miscellaneous)
>
> These two questions are actually about sex... we apologize for
> any implication that that might have something to do with marriage.
> Specifically, they are about *4-letter acronyms* related to sex.
>
> E1. What does BDSM stand for?
Bondage-Discipline-Sadism-Masochism.
> E2. What does MILF stand for?
Mother I'd Like to Fuck.
> F. Marital Art (Entertainment)
>
> These two questions are about movies whose lead characters were
> married couples, and were played by real-life *unmarried* couples.
>
> F1. This is a 2005 action comedy with Brad Pitt and Angelina
> Jolie playing secret agents specializing in assassination.
> Name the movie.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
> F2. What was the title of the 1949 comedy starring
> Katharine Hepburn as a lawyer defending a woman who shot
> her own husband, and Spencer Tracy as Hepburn's husband,
> the prosecutor?
"Marriage War" (Literal translation of German title "Ehekrieg")
This probably has nothing to do with the original title..-
Joachim
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 10:35 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Mark Brader" wrote in message
news:xtydnQIhybchzdrTnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@vex.net...
>
>These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-02-07,
>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 both of these rounds.
>
>
>* Game 4, Round 9 - Sports Movies
>
>This is the entertainment round; it is also the sports round.
>We'd like to thank Unnatural Axxe for this idea, which they used
>in the last Final they wrote. For each question, we will name one
>or two movies whose plot revolves around a certain sport, and you
>must name the sport. In some cases other sports may come up in
>a secondary way in the movie, but you must name the main one in
>the plot.
>
>Note, some of the sports may be a bit non-mainstream -- but we do
>promise that none of them will be poker.
>
>1. "National Velvet" (1944).
Horse Racing
>2. "Kansas City Bomber" (1972), "Whip It" (2009).
>3. "Kingpin" (1996).
Ten Pin Bowling
>4. "A Knight's Tale" (2001).
Jousting
>5. "Bring It On" (2000), "Fired Up!" (2009).
>6. "Personal Best" (1982).
Athletics
>7. "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002).
Association Football
>8. "Tin Cup" (1996).
Golf
>9. "The Harder They Fall" (1956).
Boxing
>10. "Men with Brooms" (2002).
Curling
>
>After completing the round, please decode the rot13:
>Inevbhf fcbegf ner pnyyrq "sbbgonyy" va qvssrerag pbhagevrf. Vs lbh
>tnir gung nafjre, cyrnfr vqragvsl gur fcrpvsvp fcbeg lbh zrna.
>
>
>* Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round from Mars
>
>This is the challenge round from Mars. Your categories are
>Field of Mars, Mars, Martial, Martial *Arts*, *Marital* Arts,
>and Marital *Art*.
>
>A. Field of Mars (Geography)
>
> A1. In what national capital city would you find a park
> whose name translates into English as "Field of Mars"?
Paris
> A2. Please decode the rot13 only after you are done with
> question A1. Gur Cnevf cnex va gur ynfg dhrfgvba jnf
> gur Punzc-qr-Znef. Nqwnprag gb rnpu raq bs guvf cnex, naq
> ba gur fnzr fvqr bs gur evire Frvar, vf bar bs gur pvgl'f
> ynaqznexf. Va Serapu be Ratyvfu, anzr rvgure ynaqznex.
Arc de Triomphe, Louvre
>B. Mars (Science)
>
> B1. How long is a year on the planet Mars? Please answer
> in Earth days, within 100.
800
> B2. Mars has a thin atmosphere consisting primarily of
> what gas?
Carbon Dioxide
>C. Martial (Literature)
>
> C1. The poet Martial was best known for 12 books of short
> satirical verses, called what?
>
> C2. What language were Martial's <answer C1> written in?
Greek, Latin
>D. Martial Arts (Sports)
>
> D1. What martial art has a name that means "gentle way"?
> It is derived from an older martial art whose name means
> "gentle skill" or "gentle art".
Tai Chi
> D2. What martial art has a name that means "empty hand"?
Karate
>E. Marital Arts (Miscellaneous)
>
>These two questions are actually about sex... we apologize for
>any implication that that might have something to do with marriage.
>Specifically, they are about *4-letter acronyms* related to sex.
>
> E1. What does BDSM stand for?
Bondage Domination Sadism Masochism
> E2. What does MILF stand for?
Mother I'd Like to Fuck
>F. Marital Art (Entertainment)
>
>These two questions are about movies whose lead characters were
>married couples, and were played by real-life *unmarried* couples.
>
> F1. This is a 2005 action comedy with Brad Pitt and Angelina
> Jolie playing secret agents specializing in assassination.
> Name the movie.
>
> F2. What was the title of the 1949 comedy starring
> Katharine Hepburn as a lawyer defending a woman who shot
> her own husband, and Spencer Tracy as Hepburn's husband,
> the prosecutor?
Peter Smyth
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 3:54 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> * Game 4, Round 9 - Sports Movies
>
> 1. "National Velvet" (1944).
Horse racing
> 2. "Kansas City Bomber" (1972), "Whip It" (2009).
Roller skating
> 3. "Kingpin" (1996).
Bowling
> 4. "A Knight's Tale" (2001).
Jousting (?)
> 5. "Bring It On" (2000), "Fired Up!" (2009).
Boxing; dog-sled racing
> 6. "Personal Best" (1982).
Swimming; athletics
> 7. "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002).
Football (ie. soccer)
> 8. "Tin Cup" (1996).
Dog-sled racing; begging
> 9. "The Harder They Fall" (1956).
Boxing
> 10. "Men with Brooms" (2002).
Curling (?)
> After completing the round, please decode the rot13:
> Inevbhf fcbegf ner pnyyrq "sbbgonyy" va qvssrerag pbhagevrf. Vs lbh
> tnir gung nafjre, cyrnfr vqragvsl gur fcrpvsvp fcbeg lbh zrna.
did that at the time ;-)
> * Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round from Mars
>
> A1. In what national capital city would you find a park
> whose name translates into English as "Field of Mars"?
Paris
> A2. Please decode the rot13 only after you are done with
> question A1. Gur Cnevf cnex va gur ynfg dhrfgvba jnf
> gur Punzc-qr-Znef. Nqwnprag gb rnpu raq bs guvf cnex, naq
> ba gur fnzr fvqr bs gur evire Frvar, vf bar bs gur pvgl'f
> ynaqznexf. Va Serapu be Ratyvfu, anzr rvgure ynaqznex.
Eiffel Tower
> B1. How long is a year on the planet Mars? Please answer
> in Earth days, within 100.
650
> B2. Mars has a thin atmosphere consisting primarily of
> what gas?
Nitrogen; carbon dioxide
> C2. What language were Martial's <answer C1> written in?
French; Latin
> D1. What martial art has a name that means "gentle way"?
> It is derived from an older martial art whose name means
> "gentle skill" or "gentle art".
Judo; jujitsu
> D2. What martial art has a name that means "empty hand"?
Taekwando; aikido
> E1. What does BDSM stand for?
bondage, domination, sadism, masochism
Rob
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #155
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2476dbb23333d9e3?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 6:46 am
From: "David"
> 1 How many pieces of wood are required for a cricket wicket?
5
> 2 Which company produces the fragrance Obsession?
Calvin Klein
> 3 What is the default font in Microsoft Word?
Arial
> 4 Who wrote the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls?
> 5 What is the Fremantle Doctor?
A wind
> 6 Odele and Odette are characters in which ballet?
> 7 Menthol is primarily extracted from which plant?
Mint
> 8 Kiel is a city in which European country?
Germany
> 9 Sam Phillips founded which iconic record label in 1952?
Sun Records
> 10 Which doctor is also an American soft drink?
Dr. Pepper
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 10:26 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vz79s70myr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>1 How many pieces of wood are required for a cricket wicket?
5
>2 Which company produces the fragrance Obsession?
Calvin Klein
>3 What is the default font in Microsoft Word?
Arial
>4 Who wrote the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls?
>5 What is the Fremantle Doctor?
wind
>6 Odele and Odette are characters in which ballet?
Swan Lake
>7 Menthol is primarily extracted from which plant?
>8 Kiel is a city in which European country?
Austria
>9 Sam Phillips founded which iconic record label in 1952?
Motown
>10 Which doctor is also an American soft drink?
Pepper
Peter Smyth
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 2:16 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 How many pieces of wood are required for a cricket wicket?
4
> 2 Which company produces the fragrance Obsession?
> 3 What is the default font in Microsoft Word?
ariel
> 4 Who wrote the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls?
Hemingway
> 5 What is the Fremantle Doctor?
> 6 Odele and Odette are characters in which ballet?
> 7 Menthol is primarily extracted from which plant?
mint
> 8 Kiel is a city in which European country?
Germany
> 9 Sam Phillips founded which iconic record label in 1952?
> 10 Which doctor is also an American soft drink?
Dr Pepper
--
Dan Tilque
Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #27
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 10:30 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"swp" wrote in message
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>
>once more into the breach dear friends!
>
>a bonus point is available for figuring out the theme of the quiz.
>
>1. [politics] who won the ames straw poll held in ames, iowa on august 13th
>2011
Michelle Bachmann
>2. [thespians] who played james tiberius kirk in the star trek movie
>franchise of the 1960s.
William Shatner
>3. [sports] who did the chicago cubs place on the disqualified list for 30
>days, without pay, for his "intolerable" actions in and after a game
>against the atlanta braves on august 13th.
>4. [geography] in which country is the city of latakia?
>5. [finance] the leader of italy's largest union is threatening a general
>strike against an austerity package that premier silvio berlusconi's
>government hastily pushed through to balance the budget by 2013 and avoid
>financial collapse. name either the union, or its leader.
>6. [political activism] what is the name of the group that threatened cyber
>attacks against the bay area rapid transit system and fullerton california
>police department?
Anonymous
>7. [famine] name any of the countries currently enduring widespread famine
>on the horn of africa.
Somalia
>8. [arts] bugs bunny loved opera so much that he squashed the entire 18
>hours of richard wagner's der ring des nibelungen down to how many minutes?
18
>9. [geography] stockholm is made up of 14 islands connected by bridges on
>lake mälaren, which flows into the baltic sea and passes an archipelago
>with about 24000 islands and islets. Within 3, how many bridges?
37
>10. [government approved aussie content] an ash cloud from a volcano
>thinned over australia wednesday (august 10th), freeing commercial
>airliners to take to the skies after grounding them this week. where is the
>volcano?
Indonesia
Peter Smyth
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 11:21 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
swp (Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com) writes:
> 1. [politics] who won the ames straw poll held in ames, iowa on august
> 13th 2011
Michelle Bachman. Wake up and smell the coffee! Eh,I mean the tea.
> 4. [geography] in which country is the city of latakia?
Syria. But I read your quiz in the morning, sighed when I read your question
#9, and now I'm doing it after having read the newspaper, where there was
a notice about Latkia. Else I would not have had to guess wildly.
> 5. [finance] the leader of italy's largest union is threatening a
> general strike against an austerity package that premier silvio
> berlusconi's government hastily pushed through to balance the budget by
> 2013 and avoid financial collapse. name either the union, or its
> leader.
Susanna Camosso. But I would definitely not have known if I first hadn't
read the question, and then the news paper.
> 7. [famine] name any of the countries currently enduring widespread
> famine on the horn of africa.
Somalia
> 9. [geography] stockholm is made up of 14 islands connected by bridges
> on lake mälaren, which flows into the baltic sea and passes an
> archipelago with about 24000 islands and islets. Within 3, how many
> bridges?
So that is an awful question! First of all which bridges am I supposed
to count? Only those between islands in Mälaren? Some of the islands
are in the sea. Other islands sits right between different arms of the
outlet. And some islands would not be islands if it wasn't for human hands.
Other spots would maybe have been islands if man had stayed out. And
there are areas that used to be islands that no longer are without
human intervention. And whatever, the largest part of Stockholm is on
the mainland, so saying that it is made up of 14 islands is not very
accurate. I have difficulties to count to 14. Or stop at 14 depending
on how you count.
And what kind of bridges? Motorways? Railway? Tram? The underground?
I sat down and listed all bridges that is connected to an island on
either side and arrived at a number of 40. But that number may be off
by several. I may have forgotten one or two. I may be incorrectly
counting one bridge as two, because it touches some island on the way.
And Stockholm is not a museum, but bridges come and go.
> 10. [government approved aussie content] an ash cloud from a volcano
> thinned over australia wednesday (august 10th), freeing commercial
> airliners to take to the skies after grounding them this week. where is
> the volcano?
Chile
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 11:39 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Erland Sommarskog (esquel@sommarskog.se) writes:
> I sat down and listed all bridges that is connected to an island on
> either side and arrived at a number of 40.
I notice that Mark and someone more answered 40, but unfortunately for all
of us, I had missed a at least three bridges. I was also incorrect in my
recollection how Centralleden and the railway connects from Södermalm and
Norrmalm. Both lands on Riddarholmen and Stadsholmen but I had not counted
all branches. And maybe they shouldn't.
There are also other edge cases. Kungsbron really consists of two
bridges, one for each lane. There are two roads from Stadsholmen to
Norrmalme that leads over Helgeandsholmen. By names thats three
bridges, since Norrbro essentially leads above Helgeandsholmen. But
you can reach the islet from the bridge. (In my original count I had
this as one bridge, but I had forgotten by the other two bridges leading
to and from the island.)
We'll see how many bridges Stephen has found in a couple of days.
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 15 2011 4:07 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
1. [politics] who won the ames straw poll held in ames, iowa on august 13th
2011
Bachmann
2. [thespians] who played james tiberius kirk in the star trek movie
franchise of the 1960s.
William Shatner (TV series, rather than movies in the 1960s)
3. [sports] who did the chicago cubs place on the disqualified list for 30
days, without pay, for his "intolerable" actions in and after a game against
the atlanta braves on august 13th.
Johnson
4. [geography] in which country is the city of latakia?
Syria
5. [finance] the leader of italy's largest union is threatening a general
strike against an austerity package that premier silvio berlusconi's
government hastily pushed through to balance the budget by 2013 and avoid
financial collapse. name either the union, or its leader.
National Union of Workers
6. [political activism] what is the name of the group that threatened cyber
attacks against the bay area rapid transit system and fullerton california
police department?
7. [famine] name any of the countries currently enduring widespread famine
on the horn of africa.
Somalia
8. [arts] bugs bunny loved opera so much that he squashed the entire 18
hours of richard wagner's der ring des nibelungen down to how many minutes?
7
9. [geography] stockholm is made up of 14 islands connected by bridges on
lake mälaren, which flows into the baltic sea and passes an archipelago with
about 24000 islands and islets. Within 3, how many bridges?
42
10. [government approved aussie content] an ash cloud from a volcano thinned
over australia wednesday (august 10th), freeing commercial airliners to take
to the skies after grounding them this week. where is the volcano?
Chile - I assume. It didn't make the news here, so perhaps it was only
international flights to South America (with the ash cloud thinning there,
rather than over Australia), rather than all flights in southern states of
Oz, as was the case a couple of months ago.
Rob
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