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* Rotating Quiz #32 results - Capone's cabbie wanted repairman - 4 messages, 3
authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3baea04abd454147?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 7 Rounds 9-10: weapons, challenge! - 7 messages, 7 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/12802cfb367c2b46?hl=en
* QFTCI11 Game 7 Rounds 7-8 answers: Britglish, sports autobios - 3 messages,
3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/2cfc0cdf755bbf9e?hl=en
* *Results* of Rare Entries Contest MSB72 - 3 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e1c0881c0d67dba9?hl=en

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TOPIC: Rotating Quiz #32 results - Capone's cabbie wanted repairman
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3baea04abd454147?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 12:53 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

Joshua Kreitzer:
> SOLILOQUY
> SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
> SELENIUM
> STALINGRAD
> SOUTH SUDAN
> SOMBRERO
> SECOND HAND ROSE
>
> The answer appears to be DE NIRO, in the sixth column reading upward.

Correct!

> (One needs to include the spaces in "SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS" and "SOUTH
> SUDAN" for the quilt to work.)

Right. That's part of what I meant when I said I wasn't exactly
following Robert's rules of ord-- er, of Quiz Quilt; the other part
is that I allowed multi-word answers at all.

The concealed hint in the answer posting was the note that I did not
insist on the space in SECOND HAND.

> Robert De Niro played Al Capone in "The Untouchables" and a cabbie
> in "Taxi Driver,"

Right...

> although I don't know what the "wanted repairman" refers to.

"Wanted" is an adjective, not a verb. In "Brazil" (1985) he played a
man declared a wanted terrorist by the authorities for violating their
monopoly on repair work.

And we're done. Over to Stephen for #33.
--
Mark Brader | The only trouble was, no despot had the resources to plan
msb@vex.net | every detail in his society's behavior. Not even planet-
Toronto | wrecker bombs had as dire a reputation for eliminating
| civilizations. --Vernor Vinge, "A Deepness in the Sky"

My text in this article is in the public domain.

== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 4:00 am
From: swp

I'll post the next one in a day or so. stay tuned...

swp

== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 4:27 am
From: Marc Dashevsky

In article <KbydnTWoN9JSguXTnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> > 7. [Music] Who lived on Second Avenue, in a Barbra Streisand song?
>
> SECOND HAND ROSE. (See also Rotating Quiz #6, from February.)
> I did not insist on the space in SECONDHAND. 1 for Stephen and Rob.

Also 1 for Marc.

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== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 8:37 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

Mark Brader:
>> SECOND HAND ROSE. (See also Rotating Quiz #6, from February.)
>> I did not insist on the space in SECONDHAND. 1 for Stephen and Rob.

Marc Dashevsky:
> Also 1 for Marc.

Oops, right. I missed putting a 1 on one line of the scoring file.
Revised results:

Stephen Perry 7
Marc Dashevsky 5
Rob Parker 5
Dan Tilque 5
Joachim Parsch 4
Pete Gayde 4
Peter Smyth 3
"Calvin" 3
Erland Sommarskog 2
--
Mark Brader | "...not one accident in a hundred deserves the name.
Toronto | [This occurrence] was simply the legitimate result
msb@vex.net | of carelessness." -- Washington Roebling

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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 7 Rounds 9-10: weapons, challenge!
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 1:31 am
From: "Peter Smyth"

>"Mark Brader" wrote in message
>news:w4OdnYMP06ndhuXTnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d@vex.net...

>* Game 7, Round 9 - Weapo ns in History
>
>1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
Discovery of steel
>2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
longbow
>3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
>
>4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
>
>5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
Hiroshima
>6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
mustard gas
>7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
caltrop
>8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
>
>9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
missiles
>10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
>
>After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
>dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
>zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
>* Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
>This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
>Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
>Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
>A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
>
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
The Cat In The Hat
>B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
sydnian
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
mancunian
>C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
Vulcan
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
luminous ether
>D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
>
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
Tiger
>E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
banjo
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
>
>F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
52
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
52

Peter Smyth

== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 3:26 am
From: Dan Tilque

Mark Brader wrote:
>
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?

invention of bronze

>
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?

longbow

>
> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?

shuriken

>
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?

pole arm

>
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?

White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

>
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.

chlorine

caltrop

>
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?

mortar

>
> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?

mines

>
> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.

blunderbuss

>
> After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
> dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
> zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
> Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
> Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?

Theodor Geisel

>
> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?

The Cat in the Hat

>
> B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?

Sydneysider

>
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?

Mancunian

>
> C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?

Vulcan

>
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?

luminiferous aether

>
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?

A-380

>
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?

Siberian tiger

>
> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

>
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
>
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?

Ontario route 401

>
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?
>

14; 33

--
Dan Tilque

Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"

== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 4:23 am
From: Marc Dashevsky

In article <w4OdnYMP06ndhuXTnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?
bronze

> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?
longbow

> 3. This small Japanese weapon in the form of a disk with sharp
> edges or spikes is sometimes called a "throwing star"
> in English, although not all of them were star-shaped.
> What is it called in Japanese?
>
> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?
launches multiple rockets simultaneously

> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?
Alamogordo, NM

> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.
mustard gas

> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
>
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?
rocket-propelled grenade

> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?
mines

> 10. This weapon invented in the 18th century was similar in
> size and function to a shotgun, but, like rifles of its era,
> it was loaded through the muzzle. Its distinctive feature
> was a barrel with a wide flared end, which made loading easy
> and also helped disperse the shot. Name it.
blunderbuss

> After completing the round, decode the rot13: Vs lbh nafjrerq nal
> dhrfgvba jvgu whfg gur anzr bs n pbhagel, jr arrq fbzrguvat n ovg
> zber fcrpvsvp. Tb onpx naq nqq fbzrguvat zber fcrpvsvp.
>
>
> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> This is the challenge round, and your categories are:
> Horton Hears a Who, Who Lives There, There is Not, Not so Tiny,
> Tiny Tim, and -- what else? -- Tim Horton.
>
> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)
>
> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?
Theodore Geissell

> A2. Several Dr. Seuss books were designed to use an extremely
> limited vocabulary of only about 250 different words,
> or in some cases, even less. The first of them, from
> 1957, is well known and had multiple sequels. What is
> its title?
The Cat In The Hat

> B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
>
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?
Mancunian

> C. There is Not (Science)
>
> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?
>
> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?
aether

> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?
Boeing 777

> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?
Bengal tiger

> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)
>
> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.
ukulele

> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)
Miss Vicki

> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
>
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?

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

== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 1:02 pm
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History

> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?

iron smelting

longbow

shuriken

> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?

multiple-tube rocket launcher

> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?

near Alamogordo New Mexico

> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.

Ypres

caltrop

> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?

mortar

> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?

mines

blunderbuss

> * Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round

> A. Horton Hears a Who (Literature)

> A1. This pair is about Dr. Seuss. What was his real name?

Theodore Geisel

The Cat in the Hat

> B. Who Lives There (Geography)

> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?

Syddie; Sydder

> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?

Mancunian

> C. There is Not (Science)

> C1. There is not a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury,
> but for a time astronomers believed there might be one,
> and even had a name proposed for it -- a name now better
> known for a fictional planet outside of our solar system.
> What was this name?

Vulcan

> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?

luminiferous ether

> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)

> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?

Boeing 777

> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?

Bengal tiger

> E. Tiny Tim (Entertainment)

> E1. Tiny Tim, who lived 1932-96, was best known (particularly
> to fans of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") for singing
> a certain song in falsetto while accompanying himself
> on a stringed instrument. Name *either* the song or
> the instrument.

ukelele

> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)

Miss Vicki

> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)

> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?

13; 17

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 2:06 pm
From: Erland Sommarskog

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 2. The bow and arrow is also a prehistoric weapon, whose
> development has continued into modern times. In 1415 the
> outcome of the battle of Agincourt was decided by a large
> force of archers armed with what type of bow?

Crossbow

> 4. The Katyusha ("kat-you-sha") was a Soviet weapon of
> World War II, perhaps better known by the nickname "Stalin's
> organ". Basically a modernized version of the 15th century
> Korean hwacha, what sort of weapon was "Stalin's organ"?

Artillery

> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?

In New Mexico

> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.

Cyanide

> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?

I believe it is called "fotangel" in Swedish. I looked it up my Swedish-
English dictionary, but it was not listed.

> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?

Haubits

Trantor

> C2. Sound waves are fluctuations in the medium of air or
> other substances; at one time it was believed that
> electromagnetic waves, such as light and radio, were
> fluctuations in a medium that must pervade the universe.
> There is not really such a medium, scientists now believe;
> but when they did believe in it, what did they call it?

Ether

> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?

Airbus 320

> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?

Lion

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

== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 5:59 pm
From: Pete

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:w4OdnYMP06ndhuXTnZ2dnUVZ_h-
dnZ2d@vex.net:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-07,
> 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 7, Round 9 - Weapons in History
>
> 1. Daggers have existed since prehistoric times, but the sword,
> with its longer blade, is a later development. What specific
> technological change first made it practical for the blade
> of a sword to be as long as, say, 30 inches?

Tempered steel

Crossbow

Nunchuk

Rocket

>
> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?

Alamagordo

>
> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.

Mustard gas; Ypres

>
> 7. This is a simple defensive weapon consisting of a rigid
> framework of small spikes pointing in different directions;
> for example, four spikes whose points mark a regular
> tetrahedron. When a lot of these are strewn over a road
> surface, at least one spike of each one will be pointing
> upwards, so impeding the movement of enemy horses or vehicles.
> The name of this simple weapon is taken from a type of
> thistle; what is it called?
>
> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?

Mortar

Cannon balls

Blunderbuss

Theodore Geisel

The Cat in the Hat

>
> B. Who Lives There (Geography)
>
> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?
>
> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?

Mancunian

Krypton

Ether

>
> D. Not so Tiny (Miscellaneous)
>
> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?

Boeing 747

>
> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?

Lion

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

>
> E2. Either give Tiny Tim's real name (first and last), *or*
> name his first wife (her nickname or original surname)

Miss Vicki

>
> F. Tim Horton (Canadiana)
>
> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?
>
> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?

15; 10

Pete

== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Wed, Sep 21 2011 12:41 am
From: "Rob Parker"

alloys

longbow

multiple rocket launcher

> 5. Where was the first atomic bomb, as they called it in those
> days, exploded?

White Sands, New Mexico

> 6. Either name the first lethal poison gas to be used in World
> War I, or the battle site where it was first used.

chlorine

caltrop
[This was part of one of emblems of DSTO, where I used to work]

> 8. In its modern form, this is one of the lightest artillery
> weapons. It can shoot its projectiles at a steep upward
> angle so as to hit targets beyond intervening obstacles.
> What's it called?

mortar

> 9. Names of weapons have a way of shifting from one to another
> weapon over time. In 1864, Admiral David Farragut said
> "Damn the torpedoes!" -- but what would we call those
> "torpedoes" today?

mines

blunderbuss

Theodore something :-(

"The Cat In The Hat"; "Green Eggs And Ham"

> B1. What is the term for a resident of Sydney, Australia?

Sydney-sider

> B2. What is the term for a resident of Manchester, England?

Mancunian

ether

> D1. What is the heaviest model of passenger airliner now in
> regular commercial fleet service?

A380 Airbus

> D2. What is the heaviest species among the big cats?

tiger; lion

ukelele

> F1. Tim Horton died in a traffic accident on the highway
> connecting two of the cities whose hockey teams he
> played for. What highway?

Trans-Canada Highway

> F2. When Horton played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, what
> number did he wear?

Rob

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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 5:20 am
From: Erland Sommarskog

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> I was somewhat amused about 2� hours ago when *tonight's* challenge
> round repeated questions 9 and 10 from this game, only reversing
> the question/answer direction to ask for "zucchini" and "arugula".
> One of the two was left when my term came up, so I got to pick it and,
> yes, got it right.

I guess that is a hint that we should try to remember those questions and
answers. :-)

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

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 7:15 am
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> > 2. This British term for a rude, aggressive, and possibly
> > violent young man was apparently derived from the word "boy".
> > What is it?

> Yob or yobbo. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Rob,
> and Pete.

"Chav" probably comes from Romani for "boy" (or "child") - no points for
that? I didn't think so.

> > 9. We call it zucchini. They sometimes do too, but what else
> > do they call it?

> Courgette. 4 for Stan, Peter, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Calvin.

However, I will seriously quibble about this one. Dictionary.com says
for one definition of "marrow" to see "vegetable marrow," and for the
latter says "any of various summer squashes, as the cocozelle and zucchini."

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 10:25 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

Mark Brader:
> > > 9. We call it zucchini. They sometimes do too, but what else
> > > do they call it?

> > Courgette. 4 for Stan, Peter, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Calvin.

Dan Blum:
> However, I will seriously quibble about this one. Dictionary.com says
> for one definition of "marrow" to see "vegetable marrow," and for the
> latter says "any of various summer squashes, as the cocozelle and zucchini."

Protest accepted. 4 for Dan Blum. Revised scores, if there are now
no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Sci Ent Geo Can Mis Lit
Stephen Perry 28 32 36 22 24 35 131
Joshua Kreitzer 40 36 17 13 20 20 116
Peter Smyth 40 8 32 0 32 12 116
Dan Tilque 40 8 16 14 28 16 100
Marc Dashevsky 36 24 8 8 12 20 92
Dan Blum 40 16 10 3 23 12 91
Rob Parker 32 14 8 10 32 12 90
"Calvin" 24 15 26 5 24 9 89
Erland Sommarskog 27 0 8 0 8 0 43
Jeff Turner 40 0 -- -- -- -- 40
Pete Gayde -- -- 9 8 8 12 37
Stan Brown -- -- -- -- 16 0 16

--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Astronauts practice landing on laptops"
msb@vex.net | --Ft. Myers, FL, News-Press, March 13, 1994

My text in this article is in the public domain.

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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 8:07 am
From: Phil Carmody

Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> writes:
> Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >> | 8. Name a medium in which a version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide
> >> | to the Galaxy" (written originally by Douglas Adams) has been
> >> | produced and commercially distributed.
> >>
> >> 6 Computer game [= PC game]
> >
> > Is the computer game actually a version of THGTTG as written by
> > Adams, or is it merely based on THGTTG?
>
> The game was written as a join effort by Steve Meretzky of Infocom and
> Douglas Adams.
>
> From an interview with Steve Meretzky:
>
> > What are your memories of working on the game?
> >
> > The original goal was that we'd do the design together, Douglas would
> > write the most important text passages, and I'd fill in around them,

If it was a version of THGTTG, then he wouldn't need to write it,
as it would already be written. It sounds like he's writing something
new.

Phil,
--
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."
-- Napoleon

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 8:32 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

Phil Carmody:
> If it was a version of THGTTG, then he wouldn't need to write it,
> as it would already be written. It sounds like he's writing something
> new.

By that logic, he didn't need to write the books because he'd already
written the radio scripts. Adaptation for a new medium involves writing.
--
Mark Brader | "'"'Tisn't very easy to tell if a '"' or ''' mark
Toronto | is an opening or closing quote or ditto or prime,"
msb@vex.net | said Mark,' said 6'2" d'Artagnan," said Mark Brader.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Sep 20 2011 8:42 am
From: Willem

Mark Brader wrote:
) Phil Carmody:
)> If it was a version of THGTTG, then he wouldn't need to write it,
)> as it would already be written. It sounds like he's writing something
)> new.
)
) By that logic, he didn't need to write the books because he'd already
) written the radio scripts. Adaptation for a new medium involves writing.

Especially given the significant differences between the radio scripts
and the books. And the TV series. And the movie. And, yes, the game.

SaSW, Willem
--
Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for any of the statements
made in the above text. For all I know I might be
drugged or something..
No I'm not paranoid. You all think I'm paranoid, don't you !
#EOT

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