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* Calvin's Quiz #166 - 1 messages, 1 author
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* QFTCI11 Game 8 Rounds 9-10: NBA nicknames, challenge - 2 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Calvin's Quiz #166
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 3 2011 10:31 pm
From: Dan Tilque

Calvin wrote:
>
>
> 1 Which role did Johnny Depp play in the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland?

white rabbit

> 2 Who had a No 1 in 1986 with 'The Lady In Red'?

Billy Joel

> 3 In which country did the now extinct moa bird live?

New Zealand

> 4 Which sportsman was known as The Golden Bear?

Jack Nicklaus

> 5 What flavour is Sambuca liqueur?

coffee

> 6 Is the population of Melbourne approximately 3, 4 or 5 million?

3 million

> 7 Dan Castellaneta and Nancy Cartwright star in which US TV comedy
> series?
> 8 The musical, TV series and movie Fame were all set in which US city?

New York

> 9 Which world famous product was originally marketed as a brain tonic ?

Coke

> 10 Providence is the capital city of which US state?

row die-land (Rhode Island)

--
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: QFTCI11 Game 8 Rounds 9-10: NBA nicknames, challenge
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Oct 4 2011 9:50 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

Mark Brader:
> Well, at least you produced an actual acronym...

Anagram. Anagram. Anagram. Anagram. Maganar. Ganrama. Agraman.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "... people are *always* doing stuff ...
msb@vex.net that I wish were typos" --Marcy Thompson

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Oct 4 2011 9:32 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-14,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".

Game 8 is over and Stephen Perry wins again. Congratulations, sir!

> I wrote one of these rounds.

That was the challenge round, of course.

> * Game 8, Round 9 - NBA Player Nicknames

> For each question, we give will you the nickname of an NBA
> basketball player, and you give us the real name.

Y'know, the scores in this round would have been noticeably different
if spelling had counted. I'm just sayin'.

> 1. Hair Canada.

Steve Nash. 4 for Stephen.

> 2. The Worm.

Dennis Rodman. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Calvin, Stephen, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.

> 3. Sir Charles.

Charles Barkley. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Peter, Calvin, Dan Blum, Jeff,
Stephen, Pete, and Dan Tilque.

> 4. Dr. J.

Julius Erving. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Calvin, Dan Blum, Jeff, Stephen,
Pete, and Dan Tilque.

> 5. Mailman.

Karl Malone. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Calvin, Stephen, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.

> 6. His Airness.

Michael Jordan. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Peter, Joachim, Calvin, Dan Blum,
Jeff, Stephen, Pete, and Dan Tilque.

> 7. The Stilt.

Wilt Chamberlain. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Calvin, Jeff, Stephen, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.

> 8. Larry Legend.

Larry Bird. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Peter, Joachim, Calvin, Dan Blum,
Jeff, Stephen, Pete, and Dan Tilque.

> 9. Pistol Pete.

Pete Maravich. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Calvin, Jeff, Stephen, Pete,
and Dan Tilque.

> 10. The Big O.

Oscar Robertson or Oliver Miller. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Jeff, Stephen,
and Pete. 3 for Dan Tilque.

> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round

> A. We Call it Switzerland

> A1. Switzerland has four official languages, but in these
> questions we'll only deal with the two most used,
> i.e. German and French. *Spell the word* for
> "Switzerland" (not the long form "Swiss Confederation"
> that we needed in Game 4, Round 2; just "Switzerland") in
> either German or French. You *must* say which language.

German: Schweiz. French: Suisse. I accepted "suisse" because we did
not insist on the capital letter being mentioned in the original game.
4 for Marc, Joshua (the hard way), Erland (also the hard way), Peter,
Joachim, Stan, Calvin, Rob, Stephen, and Pete.

> A2. *Spell* the name of Switzerland's capital city in either
> German or French. You must say which language.

German: Bern. French: Berne. 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Erland,
Peter, Joachim, Stan, Stephen, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin.

For those under the impression the capital is Geneva: it's spelled
Genï¿½ve in French or Genf in German.

> B. Anagrammed Titles Containing the Letters OCT

> B1. "Torchwood" was a spinoff, and an anagram of the title,
> of what science-fiction TV series?

"Doctor Who". 4 for Joshua, Peter, Stan, Calvin, Rob, Dan Blum,
Jeff, Stephen, Pete, and Dan Tilque.

> B2. In one of Jake Gyllenhaal's first movie roles, at age 19,
> he played a would-be rocket scientist named Homer Hickam,
> in a small town in the time of Sputnik. Hickam was a
> real person, who did grow up to be a rocket scientist,
> and the movie was based on his memoir "Rocket Boys" --
> a title that was anagrammed to give what title for the
> movie and for a later edition of the book?

"October Sky". 4 for Joshua, Joachim, Stan, Rob, Dan Blum, Stephen,
and Pete.

Incidentally, *this* week's game, played on Monday, had a challenge
round pair on movies with October in the title. The first one was
about "The Hunt for Red October", so when I picked the second,
I remarked that I was hoping for "First Monday in October". Instead,
what I was asked was the reverse of this question -- with the answer
"Rocket Boys". Oddly enough, I knew it.

> C. Emergency-Room Acronyms

> C1. Fans of TV shows such as "ER" have often heard
> emergency-room doctors giving orders like "type,
> cross-match, and CBC" -- even if the show was on some
> other network. So, in the context of that order, what
> does CBC stand for?

Complete Blood Count. 4 for Marc, Stan, Dan Blum, and Stephen.

> C2. In cases of a head injury, a CAT scan may be ordered --
> even if the patient is human. The acronym is also heard
> in the form "CT scan". In either version, what does it
> stand for?

Computerized (Axial) Tomography, or similar forms. 4 for Marc,
Joshua, Joachim, Stan, Rob, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.

"Jeopardy!" asked a form of this question last week, but they gave
the words "Computerized" and "Tomography" and just asked for "Axial".

> D. Titles of Nobility in England

> D1. In the English aristocracy, below the monarchy there
> are five ranks known as "titles of nobility". The lowest
> is baron; the highest is duke; name any of the three
> in between.

Viscount, earl, marquess. (Knights and baronets are not nobility.
Baron was stated in the question to be wrong!) 4 for Marc, Joshua,
Erland, Peter, Joachim, Stan (the hard way), Calvin (the hard way),
Rob, Dan Blum, Jeff, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Stephen.

> D2. Decode the rot13 only after you have finished with
> question D1. The wife of a baron, viscount, or duke
> is a baroness, viscountess, or duchess respectively.
> The titles of the wives of an earl and a marquess are
> less obvious. Name either one -- the wife of an earl
> or the wife of a marquess.

Countess, marchioness. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Peter, Stan (the hard
way), Calvin, Rob, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque.

> E. In Earlier Decades, the TTC Used to...

> E1. Today in Toronto we have buses, streetcars, subways,
> and the Scarborough RT line. But in earlier decades, the
> TTC used to operate two other types of passenger vehicle
> in regular daily public service. Name *either* one.
> And *after* answering this question, please decode
> the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq gebyyrlf, cyrnfr fhccyl n zber
> fcrpvsvp nafjre.

Boats (viz. the island ferry); trolleybuses, also called
trolley coaches, electric buses, trackless trolleys, or
trackless trams. ("Trolley cars" is wrong; the streetcars, or
trams, used here are still trolley cars. And they replaced the
last horse-drawn transit about 30 years before the TTC was formed.)
4 for Peter, Rob, and Dan Tilque.

> E2. Since 1973, in the former Metro Toronto, now the
> amalgamated City of Toronto, you can travel any distance
> by TTC for the same regular fare. But in earlier decades,
> the TTC used to have limits on that. From 1956 to 1973,
> *what did they call* the central part of Metro that you
> could reach from downtown Toronto without paying extra?
> This included all of the City of Toronto as it then was,
> but not much more than that. What did they call it?

Zone 1, like London or the Paris RER today. (Before that, from
1954 to 1956, it was the Central Zone.) 4 for Stan and Dan Tilque.
3 for Calvin.

> F. The Other US Presidential Assassinations

> F1. Everyone knows about the assassinations of Presidents
> Lincoln and Kennedy. But on September 6, 1901,
> President William McKinley was shot while attending
> the Pan American Exposition, and died 8 days later.
> Name *either* the assassin or the city.

Leon Czolgosz (roughly "chol-gosh"), Buffalo. 4 for Marc, Joshua,
Erland, Peter, Stan, Dan Blum, Jeff, Stephen, Pete, and Dan Tilque.

> F2. McKinley's 8-day survival after his shooting wasn't as
> long as President James Garfield managed after he was
> shot on July 2, 1881. *Either* name the assassin,
> *or* tell us -- within 20% of the correct number --
> how many days Garfield survived for. (If you prefer,
> you can give the date in 1881 when he died, with the
> same number of days' leeway allowed.)

Charles Guiteau; 78 days (accepting 63-93) until September 19
(accepting September 4 - October 4). 4 for Joshua, Stan, Dan Blum,
Jeff, and Stephen.

Scores, if there are no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> His Sci Mis Lit Ent Art Spo Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 36 22 27 27 40 40 40 39 222
Joshua Kreitzer 28 10 34 24 40 36 36 36 210
Pete Gayde 28 4 20 8 40 32 36 24 180
Dan Blum 40 32 20 20 32 8 16 32 176
Marc Dashevsky 16 19 32 12 40 24 36 24 175
Dan Tilque 28 24 20 8 36 0 35 32 175
Rob Parker 20 28 12 12 36 32 0 28 156
Peter Smyth 28 16 20 0 34 8 12 28 138
"Calvin" 28 15 9 8 30 10 32 22 137
Jeff Turner 20 24 8 11 32 12 28 16 132
Erland Sommarskog 8 8 16 0 28 36 0 16 112
Stan Brown 32 28 -- -- -- -- 0 44 104
Joachim Parsch -- -- -- -- 28 4 8 20 60
Bruce Bowler 8 32 -- -- -- -- -- -- 40

--
Mark Brader | "I thought it was a big joke.
Toronto | Dr. Brader is known for joking around a lot."
msb@vex.net | --Matthew McKnight

My text in this article is in the public domain.

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TOPIC: QFTCI11 Game 9 Rounds 2-3: mountains and -eering
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Oct 4 2011 9:34 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-21,
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 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".

I did not write either of these rounds.

* Game 9, Round 2 - Mountain Features

On the handout list below, you will find the names of several types
of mountain features. On each question we give you a description
and you give us the name from the list.

1. An accumulation of rocks and debris carried down by a glacier.

2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.

5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
upper part of a mountain.

9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
mass of ice.

10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.

* Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering

You aren't done with the handout from the science round, because
the sports round is about mountaineering. Once again, we'll describe
a term and you give us its name from the list.

1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.

5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
ice or snow.

6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
rope wrapped around your body.

7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.

9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
boots for climbing on ice.

10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
<answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
during difficult climbing.

--
Mark Brader | "I'm surprised there aren't laws about this in the USA..."
msb@vex.net | "Of course there are laws about this in the USA.
Toronto | Without even reading further to find out what 'this' is."
| --Rob Bannister and Evan Kirshenbaum

My text in this article is in the public domain.

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Oct 4 2011 10:28 pm
From: Marc Dashevsky

> 2. A pass or low point on a ridge.
saddle

> 3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.
chimney

> 4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
> to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.
>
> 5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.
scree

> 6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.
crevasse

> 7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.
arête

> 8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
> upper part of a mountain.
>
> 9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
> mass of ice.
>
> 10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering
>
> You aren't done with the handout from the science round, because
> the sports round is about mountaineering. Once again, we'll describe
> a term and you give us its name from the list.
>
> 1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.
piton

> 2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.
bivouac

> 3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.
glissade

> 4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.
>
> 5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
> ice or snow.
ice screw

> 6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
> rope wrapped around your body.
rappell

> 7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
> it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.
belay

> 8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
> jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.
>
> 9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
> boots for climbing on ice.
crampon

> 10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
> <answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
> during difficult climbing.
carabiner

--
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== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Oct 4 2011 10:36 pm
From: Joshua Kreitzer

On Oct 4, 11:34 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Game 9, Round 2 - Mountain Features
>
> On the handout list below, you will find the names of several types
> of mountain features. On each question we give you a description
> and you give us the name from the list.

> 1. An accumulation of rocks and debris carried down by a glacier.

cascade

> 2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

couloir

> 3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

moraine; col

> 4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
> to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.

crater; chimney

> 5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

scree

> 6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

crevasse

> 7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

moraine; col

> 8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
> upper part of a mountain.

glissade; bergschrund

> 9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
> mass of ice.

chimney; bergschrund

> 10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.

fault; bergschrund

> * Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering
>
> Once again, we'll describe
> a term and you give us its name from the list.
>
> 1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

piton; crampon

> 2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

bivouac

> 3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

abseil; belay

> 4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.

alpine butterfly knot; clove hitch

> 5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
> ice or snow.

ice screw

> 6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
> rope wrapped around your body.

belay; abseil

> 7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
> it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

rappel

> 8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
> jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.

jumar; bergschrund

> 9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
> boots for climbing on ice.

jumar; bergschrund

> 10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
> <answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
> during difficult climbing.

nut; cirque

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

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