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* QFTCI11 Game 3 Rounds 7-8: maple leaves, Trek fun - 9 messages, 6 authors
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* Calvin's Quiz #149 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 6 messages, 4 authors
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* Calvin's Quiz #150 - 7 messages, 7 authors
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* pardon the interruption - 4 messages, 4 authors
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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 3 Rounds 7-8: maple leaves, Trek fun
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/c50cb52329dc1e1a?hl=en
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== 1 of 9 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 30 2011 2:57 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog
Marc Dashevsky (usenet@MarcDashevsky.com) writes:
> In article <h9qdnYWLq8dJCK7TnZ2dnUVZ_vydnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
>
><entry/>
Me too!
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 2 of 9 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 30 2011 4:06 pm
From: Pete
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:h9qdnYWLq8dJCK7TnZ2dnUVZ_vydnZ2d@vex.net:
> 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 7 - Maple Leaves
>
> As you might just possibly guess from the handout
>
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/0307/leaf.jpg
>
> this is the Canadiana round. We would like to warn you that,
> in addition to removing all text from the images, in some cases
> we've also removed some of the imagery surrounding the maple
> leaf, replacing it with a continuation of the background color.
> For example, some of the leaves shown here were originally in
> tight clusters of two or three, but we're showing only the one.
> Similarly, some of the leaves are only used on certain narrow
> objects, whose edges we've removed from the handout by extending
> the background.
>
> In some cases multiple versions of a symbol used in different
> contexts or in different years are shown. These will always be
> in consecutive squares in one row on the handout, and if you are
> asked for a number then you can name *any one*.
>
> 1. Got all that? Okay, then where does leaf #37 come from?
>
> *After* answering this question, please decode the rot13:
> Guvf bar vf hfrq va inevbhf tbireazragny ybtbf, ohg gurl
> pbcvrq vg sebz fbzrjurer ryfr. Vs lbhe nafjre ersreerq gb
> fhpu n ybtb, punatr vg gb gryy jurer gubfr qrcnegzragf tbg
> vg sebz.
The Canadian Flag
>
> 2. Where would you find leaf #33?
On Canadian coins
>
> 3. Leaves #24 through 28 have all been used by the same company
> or organization. Name it.
Petro Canada
>
> 4. Please decode the rot13 after answering question 3. Yrns #1
> jnf nyfb hfrq ol n genafcbegngvba pbzcnal be betnavmngvba,
> nygubhtu abg na nveyvar. Ohg gurl ercynprq vg va gur 1960f
> jvgu gurve cerfrag ybtb pbafvfgvat va shyy bs gjb zbqvsvrq
> yrggref. Jung pbzcnal be betnavmngvba jnf gung?
ESSO
>
> 5. The next two questions deal with food-related businesses.
> What former company used leaf #36?
Tim Horton's
>
> 6. What food-related company uses leaf #32?
>
> 7. Each of the leaves in the third row of the handout, that is
> leaves #15 through 21, has been used by one of three different
> organizations working in the same field. Name any one of
> these groups *and* give the number of any one of its logos.
> By the way, the tilted stem on leaf #19 doubles as an acute
> accent over a letter E, making that logo bilingual.
>
> 8. Which leaf was used on hockey uniforms at the last Winter
> Olympics?
>
> 9. Which leaf appears on signs for the Trans-Canada Highway?
>
> 10. Which leaf appears on Canadian military aircraft?
>
> The remaining leaves include some well-known organizations and
> some from obscure sources that we just picked to fill out the grid.
> Identify the ones that you can if you like for fun, but for no
> points. The leaf numbers in rot13 are: gjb guebhtu svir, rvtug
> guebhtu guvegrra, gjragl-gjb, gjragl-guerr, guvegl, guvegl-bar,
> guvegl-sbhe, guvegl-svir, guvegl-rvtug guebhtu sbegl-gjb.
>
>
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Food, Drink, and Entertainment... Star Trek Style
>
> This round is about food, drink, and entertainment as depicted
> on the various "Star Trek" TV series. For the first 5 questions,
> name the food or drink described.
>
> 1. Although outlawed in Starfleet (at least in the original
> series), this potent tipple from a hostile power nevertheless
> seems to be present at every celebration.
Saurian Brandy
>
> 2. What is Jean-Luc Picard's favorite beverage while on duty?
> Be sufficiently specific.
>
> 3. This squirming Klingon ("KLING-on") delight, according to
> Commander Riker, is best served fresh.
>
> 4. This squirming Ferengi ("fe-RENG-ghee") delight, according
> to Quark, is best served chilled to perfection.
>
> 5. This "warrior's drink" became one of Worf's favorites.
>
> 6. Turning now to entertainment for the remaining questions,
> we'll stay with the subject of Worf for this one. Klingons
> pride themselves on their prowess in weapon usage and martial
> arts, staging many competitions. Worf's favorite weapon
> in competition is a large, curved blade with a lengthwise
> handle and multiple spiked ends. What's it called?
>
> 7. This entertainment venue and medium appears in many
> episodes of different Star Trek series, starting with "Star
> Trek: The Next Generation". It is often used to render 19th
> or 20th century retro settings -- for example, for the Dixon
> Hill detective stories, and the adventures of Captain Proton,
> science-fiction hero. What is this venue and medium called?
The Holodeck
>
> 8. More than one starship captain has been entranced by green,
> dancing slave girls from what star system?
>
> 9. Commander Riker was king of the Enterprise at this game, at
> least until Data started playing. But Data once played
> against holodeck reproductions of Albert Einstein, Stephen
> Hawking, and Sir Isaac Newton. What game is this?
>
> 10. Another game of chance, seen especially on "Star Trek:
> Deep Space Nine", is a roulette-style game developed by
> the Ferengi. The players are frequently distracted by
> intoxicating beverages and lovely girls. Name the game.
>
Pete
== 3 of 9 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 30 2011 5:46 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <r9CdnYW8U4SD46nTnZ2dnUVZ_o2dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> Marc Dashevsky:
> > <entry/>
>
> ?
Alternatively written <entry></entry>
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== 4 of 9 ==
Date: Sat, Jul 30 2011 9:14 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Marc Dashevsky:
> > > <entry/>
Mark Brader:
> > ?
Marc Dashevsky:
> Alternatively written <entry></entry>
So?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Not looking like Pascal is not
msb@vex.net a language deficiency!" -- Doug Gwyn
== 5 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 8:14 am
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <a_GdneAb4pE-S6nTnZ2dnUVZ_omdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> Marc Dashevsky:
> > > > <entry/>
>
> Mark Brader:
> > > ?
>
> Marc Dashevsky:
> > Alternatively written <entry></entry>
>
> So?
I wanted you to give you the opportunity to distinguish between
an entry with no answers and an entry that wasn't submitted.
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== 6 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 3:23 pm
From: Calvin
On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:25:40 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> 9. Commander Riker was king of the Enterprise at this game, at
> least until Data started playing. But Data once played
> against holodeck reproductions of Albert Einstein, Stephen
> Hawking, and Sir Isaac Newton. What game is this?
Chess, 3-D chess
--
cheers,
calvin
== 7 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 3:29 pm
From: "Rob Parker"
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Maple Leaves
>
> 1. Got all that? Okay, then where does leaf #37 come from?
Canadian national flag
> 3. Leaves #24 through 28 have all been used by the same company
> or organization. Name it.
Air Canada
> 4. Please decode the rot13 after answering question 3. Yrns #1
> jnf nyfb hfrq ol n genafcbegngvba pbzcnal be betnavmngvba,
> nygubhtu abg na nveyvar. Ohg gurl ercynprq vg va gur 1960f
> jvgu gurve cerfrag ybtb pbafvfgvat va shyy bs gjb zbqvsvrq
> yrggref. Jung pbzcnal be betnavmngvba jnf gung?
CPR
> 8. Which leaf was used on hockey uniforms at the last Winter
> Olympics?
39; 13
> 9. Which leaf appears on signs for the Trans-Canada Highway?
42; 37
> 10. Which leaf appears on Canadian military aircraft?
7; 30
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Food, Drink, and Entertainment... Star Trek Style
>
> 2. What is Jean-Luc Picard's favorite beverage while on duty?
> Be sufficiently specific.
Earl Grey tea
> 7. This entertainment venue and medium appears in many
> episodes of different Star Trek series, starting with "Star
> Trek: The Next Generation". It is often used to render 19th
> or 20th century retro settings -- for example, for the Dixon
> Hill detective stories, and the adventures of Captain Proton,
> science-fiction hero. What is this venue and medium called?
Holodeck
> 9. Commander Riker was king of the Enterprise at this game, at
> least until Data started playing. But Data once played
> against holodeck reproductions of Albert Einstein, Stephen
> Hawking, and Sir Isaac Newton. What game is this?
Poker
Rob - who has obviously spent far too long away from Star Trek ;-)
== 8 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 5:19 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Marc Dashevsky:
> I wanted you to give you the opportunity to distinguish between
> an entry with no answers and an entry that wasn't submitted.
Oh. You might have done that, then.
:-)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | A driver I know is getting uncomfortably close to
msb@vex.net | earning the nickname "Crash". --Lee Ayrton
== 9 of 9 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 5:20 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
Rob Parker:
> CPR
Sorry, no points for "off by one"!
--
Mark Brader "... Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan
Toronto are Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan,
msb@vex.net and I am not." -- Steve Summit
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #149 - ANSWERS & SCORES
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/dcc03235316bcb75?hl=en
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 5:09 pm
From: Calvin
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:43:28 +1000, Calvin <calvin@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 Who lit the Olympic Torch at the 1996 Atlanta Games?
Muhammad Ali
8/10
Hank Aaron???
> 2 The 1984 TV series The Jewel in the Crown was set in which
> commonwealth country?
India
9/10
> 3 Which British city was known as Cottonopolis during the 19th century?
Manchester
7/10
> 4 Felix Unger and Oscar Madison were characters in which TV show?
The Odd Couple
7/10
> 5 Who, in 1998 and at the age of 77, became the oldest person to travel
> in space?
John Glenn
8/10
Rupert Murdoch was a nice guess :-)
> 6 In which country is the World Heritage site of Angkor Wat?
Cambodia
9/10
> 7 Which entertainer, born in 1942, is known as Mr Las Vegas?
Wayne Newton
6/10
> 8 Which device did George Eastman invent in 1900?
Box brownie camera. I'll accept any reference to a portable, low-cost or
mass-produced camera, but camera alone was not sufficient.
4/10
> 9 Vodka, Galliano and orange juice make which cocktail?
Harvey Wallbanger
4/10
> 10 What was Fred Flintstones favourite sport?
[Ten Pin] Bowling
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL Quiz 149
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Bjorn Lundin
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Erland S
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 Jeffrey Turner
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 Rob Parker
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 Stephen Perry
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
8 9 7 7 8 9 6 4 4 7 69 TOTAL
69%
Congratulations Dan- your first solo IIRC.
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 5:24 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)
"Calvin":
> > 1 Who lit the Olympic Torch at the 1996 Atlanta Games?
>
> Muhammad Ali
> 8/10
> Hank Aaron???
"??"? It's a perfectly reasonable guess -- a very famous athlete
(and in an actual major sport, too), who played for the Braves
for almost his whole career.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
We can design a system that's proof against accident and stupidity;
but we CAN'T design one that's proof against deliberate malice.
--a spaceship designer in Arthur C. Clarke's "2001: A Space Odyssey"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 6:07 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:24:29 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> "Calvin":
>> > 1 Who lit the Olympic Torch at the 1996 Atlanta Games?
>>
>> Muhammad Ali
>> 8/10
>> Hank Aaron???
>
> "??"? It's a perfectly reasonable guess -- a very famous athlete
> (and in an actual major sport, too), who played for the Braves
> for almost his whole career.
But with no connection to the Olympics AFAIK.
--
cheers,
calvin
== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 9:13 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Calvin wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:24:29 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
>
>> "Calvin":
>>> > 1 Who lit the Olympic Torch at the 1996 Atlanta Games?
>>>
>>> Muhammad Ali
>>> 8/10
>>> Hank Aaron???
>>
>> "??"? It's a perfectly reasonable guess -- a very famous athlete
>> (and in an actual major sport, too), who played for the Braves
>> for almost his whole career.
>
> But with no connection to the Olympics AFAIK.
>
He has a connection to Atlanta, though, since that's where the Braves
are. Is there a requirement that the torch lighter have a prior
connection to the Olympics? Never heard of it.
--
Dan Tilque (who was a fan of Hank Aaron when he played for the Milwaukee
Braves.)
== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 9:18 pm
From: Calvin
On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:13:49 +1000, Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>
wrote:
> Calvin wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:24:29 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
>>
>>> "Calvin":
>>>> > 1 Who lit the Olympic Torch at the 1996 Atlanta Games?
>>>>
>>>> Muhammad Ali
>>>> 8/10
>>>> Hank Aaron???
>>>
>>> "??"? It's a perfectly reasonable guess -- a very famous athlete
>>> (and in an actual major sport, too), who played for the Braves
>>> for almost his whole career.
>> But with no connection to the Olympics AFAIK.
>>
>
> He has a connection to Atlanta, though, since that's where the Braves
> are. Is there a requirement that the torch lighter have a prior
> connection to the Olympics? Never heard of it.
Not required exactly, but it is customary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_lit_the_Olympic_Cauldron
At least no-one suggested Ted Turner :-)
--
cheers,
calvin
== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 11:38 pm
From: björn lundin
On 28 Juli, 05:43, Calvin <cal...@phlegm.com> wrote:
> 1 Who lit the Olympic Torch at the 1996 Atlanta Games?
Muhammed ali
> 2 The 1984 TV series The Jewel in the Crown was set in which commonwealth
> country?
India
> 3 Which British city was known as Cottonopolis during the 19th century?
Birmingham
> 5 Who, in 1998 and at the age of 77, became the oldest person to travel in
> space?
Rupert murdoch
> 6 In which country is the World Heritage site of Angkor Wat?
Cambodia
> 8 Which device did George Eastman invent in 1900?
Vacuumcleaner
> 9 Vodka, Galliano and orange juice make which cocktail?
Screwdriver
> 10 What was Fred Flintstones favourite sport?
Baseball
--
Björn lundin
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #150
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/58ef2a6ad6f41dcb?hl=en
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 5:27 pm
From: Calvin
https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6c6b885b636dba7099
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
--
cheers,
calvin
== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 7:07 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <op.vzid7yctyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au>, calvin@phlegm.com says...
> https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6c6b885b636dba7099
1. Mexico
2. Austria
3. Afghanistan [Haven't we had #2 and #3 before?]
4. Vietnam
5. Zambia
6. Bolivia
7. South Sudan
8. Namibia
9. Laos
10. Yemen
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== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Jul 31 2011 9:33 pm
From: Dan Tilque
Calvin wrote:
>
>
> https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6c6b885b636dba7099
>
>
> 1.
Mexico
> 2.
Austria
> 3.
Afghanistan
> 4.
Vietnam
> 5.
Malawi
> 6.
Bolivia
> 7.
South Sudan
> 8.
Angola
> 9.
Laos
> 10.
Yemen
--
Dan Tilque
== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 1 2011 12:28 am
From: Joachim Parsch
Calvin schrieb:
>
> https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6c6b885b636dba7099
>
> 1.
Mexico
> 2.
Austria
> 3.
> 4.
Philippines
> 5.
Tansania
> 6.
Bolivia
> 7.
South Sudan
> 8.
Angola
> 9.
Laos
> 10.
Yemen
Joachim
== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 1 2011 12:40 am
From: "Peter Smyth"
"Calvin" wrote in message
news:op.vzid7yctyr33d7@04233-jyhzp1s.staff.ad.bond.edu.au...
>
>https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6c6b885b636dba7099
>
>
>1. Mexico
>2. Iceland
>3. Iceland
>4. Vietnam
>5. Uganda
>6. Bolivia
>7. South Sudan
>8. Angola
>9. Cambodia
>10. Yemen
Peter Smyth
== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 1 2011 10:50 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
Calvin (calvin@phlegm.com) writes:
> 1.
M�jico
> 2.
�sterreich
> 3.
Afghanistan
> 4.
Vietnam
> 5.
Malawi
> 6.
Bolivia
> 7.
South Sudan
> 8.
Angola
> 9.
Laos
> 10.
Yemen
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 1 2011 2:30 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner
On 7/31/2011 8:27 PM, Calvin wrote:
>
>
> https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8a6c6b885b636dba7099
>
>
> 1. Mexico
> 2. Hungary
> 3. Afghanistan
> 4. Vietnam
> 5. Burundi
> 6. Bolivia
> 7. South Sudan
> 8. Angola
> 9. Laos
> 10. Aden
--Jeff
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TOPIC: pardon the interruption
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/8bcc75100aea763e?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 1 2011 10:31 am
From: swp
is this thing on?
i seem to be losing posts again, including my own. must be revenge or karma or something for using capital letters so often recently.
i don't mind losing, i mind not being allowed to try.
swp
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 1 2011 11:07 am
From: Erland Sommarskog
swp (Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com) writes:
> is this thing on?
Yes. At least at eternal-september. Why didn't you stay there?
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 1 2011 11:47 am
From: Marc Dashevsky
In article <a72d705e-fff1-40a3-924c-370fe6803585@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com>, Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com says...
> is this thing on?
>
> i seem to be losing posts again, including my own. must be revenge or karma or something for using capital letters so often recently.
>
> i don't mind losing, i mind not being allowed to try.
>
> swp
I heard that google groups had just gone through another bout of failing to post.
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== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Aug 1 2011 4:18 pm
From: Calvin
On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:31:02 +1000, swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com> wrote:
> is this thing on?
Received this post, but can't see any entry for CQ150.
--
cheers,
calvin
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