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* QFTCINO Final, Round 7 answers: Arts & Literature - 2 messages, 2 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/56c142647f6b946d?hl=en
* QFTCINO Final, Round 8: Miscellaneous - 7 messages, 7 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0fdcb37353fba805?hl=en
* calvin's quiz #320 - 4 messages, 4 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e353f69d6f937fca?hl=en
* Trivia hunt: Double your letters, double your fun - 6 messages, 6 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/63cf7728bca3820a?hl=en
* Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 321 (GOLQ321) - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a732a15d279d664d?hl=en
* calvin's quiz #319 - ANSWERS & SCORES V2 - 2 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a5d760b21bda6b1a?hl=en
* QFTCINO Final, Round 9: Science - 4 messages, 3 authors
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3ef9b408068409bd?hl=en

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TOPIC: QFTCINO Final, Round 7 answers: Arts & Literature
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/56c142647f6b946d?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Oct 4 2013 6:24 pm
From: swp


On Friday, October 4, 2013 1:43:35 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> Mark Brader:
> > ** Final, Round 7 - Arts & Literature
> > * Poets
> > We'll give you the name of a poem, you give us the author.
> > 4. "Prometheus".
> George Gordon, Lord Byron. 2 for Calvin.

protest.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_%28Goethe%29

swp




== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Fri, Oct 4 2013 11:15 pm
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
>>> ** Final, Round 7 - Arts & Literature
>>> * Poets
>>> We'll give you the name of a poem, you give us the author.
>>> 4. "Prometheus".
>> George Gordon, Lord Byron. 2 for Calvin.

Stephen Perry:
> protest.

Lord Byron's poem "Prometheus" is 59 lines long and begins:

Titan! to whose immortal eyes
The sufferings of mortality,
Seen in their sad reality,
Were not as things that gods despise;
What was thy pity's recompense?

Johann von Goethe's poem "Prometheus" is 56 lines long and begins:

Bedecke deinen Himmel, Zeus,
Mit Wolkendunst
Und übe, dem Knaben gleich,
Der Disteln köpft
An Eichen dich und Bergeshöhen!

or in one translation:

Cover thy spacious heavens, Zeus,
With clouds of mist,
And, like the boy who lops
The thistles' heads,
Disport with oaks and mountain-peaks

And then there's Percy Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound", which is not
just a poem, but a play in verse, like Shakespeare. It's approximately
20,000 lines long and begins with Prometheus saying:

Monarch of Gods and Daemons, and all Spirits
But One, who throng those bright and rolling worlds
Which Thou and I alone of living things
Behold with sleepless eyes! regard this Earth
Made multitudinous with thy slaves, whom thou
Requitest for knee-worship, prayer, and praise,
And toil, and hecatombs of broken hearts,
With fear and self-contempt and barren hope.

I'm scoring Shelley as almost correct, so that makes:

4 for Stephen. 3 for Joshua and Calvin (the hard way).


Revised scores, if there are now no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 BEST
TOPICS-> His Ent Geo Spo Lit THREE
Stephen Perry 52 40 48 55 48 155
Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 26 27 31 103
Marc Dashevsky 20 42 20 39 12 101
Pete Gayde 24 35 -- 40 -- 99
Dan Blum 40 14 16 12 33 89
Dan Tilque 24 12 8 20 16 60
Jeff Turner -- 23 -- 24 12 59
"Calvin" 20 16 6 15 19 55
Peter Smyth 28 10 -- -- 16 54
Rob Parker 9 23 4 -- -- 36
Erland Sommarskog 8 0 16 -- -- 24
Bruce Bowler 19 -- -- -- -- 19

--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Asteroid Nearly Misses Earth"
msb@vex.net | --Washington Post, June 24, 2002

My text in this article is in the public domain.





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TOPIC: QFTCINO Final, Round 8: Miscellaneous
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/0fdcb37353fba805?hl=en
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== 1 of 7 ==
Date: Fri, Oct 4 2013 6:46 pm
From: swp


On Friday, October 4, 2013 2:22:04 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?

figgy duff?

> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?

cinnamon bread

> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?

caramel pecan sweet rolls

>
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."

albert einstein

> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."

churchill

> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

bobby oppenheimer

>
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.

aglet

> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.

ferrule

> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.

philtrum

>
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".

anne hathaway

> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.

dave thomas

> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".

richard hatch

>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.

cisco

> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.

hp

> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.

skype?


swp




== 2 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 5 2013 7:34 am
From: Joshua Kreitzer


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:R42dncOxKJDRmtLPnZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@vex.net:

>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?

fry bread

> * Quotations
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

Oppenheimer

> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.

aglet

> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.

philtrum

> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".

Anne Hathaway

> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.

Dave Thomas

> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".

Richard Hatch

> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.

Cisco

> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.

HP

> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.

Skype

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com





== 3 of 7 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 5 2013 8:31 pm
From: Jeffrey Turner


On 10/4/2013 2:22 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
>
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
>
>
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
>
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

Oppenheimer

> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.

Aglet

> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.

Philtrum

> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".

Ann

> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.

Dave Thomas

> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
>
>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.
Cisco
> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.

> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.

--Jeff




== 4 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Oct 6 2013 3:07 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 04:22:04 +1000, Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:


> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets

Just when I think these rounds can't get any more esoteric...


> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."

Chamberlain, Hitler

> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
>
>
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.

Tittle

> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.

Philtrum


> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".

Anne Hathaway

> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.
>
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".

Richard Hatch


> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.

Cisco

> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.

HP

> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.



--
cheers,
calvin




== 5 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Oct 6 2013 6:40 pm
From: Dan Tilque


Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?
>
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?
>
>
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."

Gandhi

>
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."
>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
>
>
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.

aglet

>
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.

philtrum

>
>
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".
>
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.

Dave Thomas

>
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".
>
>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.

Cisco

> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.

Hewlett-Packard

> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.
>


--
Dan Tilque

Who needs TV when you can have the whole Internet insulting your
intelligence? -- Ziggy




== 6 of 7 ==
Date: Sun, Oct 6 2013 11:35 pm
From: Pete


msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
news:R42dncOxKJDRmtLPnZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@vex.net:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22,
> 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.
>
> All questions were written by members of the Night Owls, and are
> used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
> been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
> my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
>
>
> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous
>
> * Canadian Signature Sweets
>
> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.
>
> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?

Bread pudding

>
> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?
>
> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?

Cinnamon rolls

>
>
> * Quotations
>
> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.
>
> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."
>
> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."

Winston Churchill

>
> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
>
>
> * Whatchamacallits
>
> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.
>
> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.

Aglet

>
> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.
>
> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.
>
>
> * Same Names
>
> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.
>
> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".

Anne Hathaway

>
> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.

Bob Thomas

>
> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".

Dirk Bogarde

>
>
> * Logos Without Corporate Names
>
> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.
>
> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.

Cisco

> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.

HP

> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.

Twitter

>

Pete




== 7 of 7 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 7 2013 11:28 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> see my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


> ** Final, Round 8 - Miscellaneous

> * Canadian Signature Sweets

> This triplet is about Canadian signature sweets. We will show you
> the sweet and tell you where it is most commonly associated with,
> and you provide the name.

> 1. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet1.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Newfoundland. What is it called?

Figgy duff. 4 for Stephen.

> 2. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet2.jpg>
> is found in Ottawa. What is it called?

Beaver tails or elephant ears.

> 3. This sweet <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/sweet3.jpg>
> is commonly associated with Quebec. What is it called?

Nun's farts (pets de souers)!


> * Quotations

> This triple was badly written, with two apocryphal quotations out
> of three in the original game; I've substituted genuine quotations
> by the same people.

> 4. Who said the following? "Striving for peace and preparing
> for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time
> more so than ever."

Albert Einstein (in a radio interview in 1950). 4 for Marc
and Stephen.

The quote in the original question was: "The significant problems
we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at
when we created them". Einstein did say something similar, in a
1946 fundraising solicitation for the Emergency Committee of Atomic
Scientists, but it wasn't about unspecified "significant problems",
it was about one problem identified in an earlier sentence: "the
unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of
thinking"; and he referred not to levels of thinking, but to types of
thinking and levels that mankind might attain. His actual wording
asked for money "to let the people know that a new type of thinking
is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels".

> 5. Who said the following? The country whose name we've deleted
> was his own. "...their generals told their Prime Minister and
> his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks <country> will have her
> neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken; some neck."

Winston Churchill (to the Parliament of Canada in 1941; "they"
were the French). 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.

The quote in the original question was: "Any man who is under 30, and
is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not
a conservative, has no brains." It's not known who really said this
or what the original wording was; but Churchill actually changed *from
the Conservative Party to the Liberals* just before he turned 30,
before switching *back* to the Conservatives 20 years later.

> 6. Who famously quoted the following on a historic occasion?
> "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

Robert J. Oppenheimer (at the first nuclear test in 1945).
4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, and Jeff.


> * Whatchamacallits

> We give you the description and a picture; you give us the
> obscure name.

> 7. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what7.png> The piece of
> plastic covering the end of your shoelace.

Aglet. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Jeff, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.

> 8. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what8.jpg> The metal
> band that connects the pencil eraser to the end of the pencil.

Ferrule. 4 for Bruce and Stephen.

> 9. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/what9.jpg> The vertical
> groove between your lip and nose.

Philtrum. I scored "philtum" is almost correct, but rejected
"plustrum" -- both close decisions. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen,
Joshua, Jeff, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Bruce.


> * Same Names

> This is a triple on famous people with the same name. We give
> the description of the two people who share the same name, and
> you give that shared name.

> 10. The wife of William Shakespeare, and the actress who has
> recently appeared in "Les Miserables" and "The Dark Knight
> Rises".

Anne Hathaway. No points for just "Ann"! 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum,
Marc, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete.

A version of this question appeared on "The Million Second Quiz"
on 2013-09-11.

> 11. The founder of Wendy's, and a Canadian comic actor.

Dave Thomas. No points for "Bob Thomas". 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum,
Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Jeff, and Dan Tilque.

> 12. The actor who played Captain Apollo in the original
> "Battlestar Galactica" and Tom Zarek in the reboot of
> "Battlestar Galactica", and the first winner of "Survivor".

Richard Hatch. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Calvin.


> * Logos Without Corporate Names

> Please identify the corporate or brand name that we have removed
> from each logo.

> 13. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo13.png>.

Cisco. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Jeff, Calvin,
Dan Tilque, and Pete.

> 14. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo14.png>.

HP (Hewlett-Packard). 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Joshua,
Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete.

> 15. <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/logo15.png>.

Skype. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Stephen, and Joshua.


Scores, if there are no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> His Ent Geo Spo Lit Mis FOUR
Stephen Perry 52 40 48 55 48 52 207
Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 26 27 31 36 139
Marc Dashevsky 20 42 20 39 12 28 129
Dan Blum 40 14 16 12 33 32 121
Pete Gayde 24 35 -- 40 -- -- 99
Dan Tilque 24 12 8 20 16 20 80
Jeff Turner -- 23 -- 24 12 20 79
"Calvin" 20 16 6 15 19 20 75
Peter Smyth 28 10 -- -- 16 12 66
Bruce Bowler 19 -- -- -- -- 35 54
Rob Parker 9 23 4 -- -- -- 36
Erland Sommarskog 8 0 16 -- -- -- 24
"Pete" -- -- -- -- -- 20 20

--
Mark Brader "Those who do not understand UNIX
Toronto are condemned to reinvent it."
msb@vex.net -- Henry Spencer

My text in this article is in the public domain.





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TOPIC: calvin's quiz #320
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/e353f69d6f937fca?hl=en
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 5 2013 12:09 am
From: Dan Tilque


calvin wrote:
>
> 1 How many in one gross?

144

> 2 Is albumen an egg white or an egg yolk?

egg white

> 3 How are War, Famine, Pestilence and Death collectively known?

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

> 4 Which famous Australian was born Eleanor Nancy Gow in 1964?
> 5 The first successful heart transplant operation took place in which
> country?

South Africa

> 6 In chess, which piece can only move on squares of one colour?

bishop

> 7 Which long-running American band's hits include "Rosanna" and
> "Africa"?
> 8 What is the title given to the rulers of Oman and Brunei?

sultan

> 9 What line in a map joins places of equal elevation?

isostat

> 10 Sandy Lyle is a former champion in which sport?
>


--
Dan Tilque

Who needs TV when you can have the whole Internet insulting your
intelligence? -- Ziggy




== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 5 2013 2:03 am
From: Gareth Owen


calvin <334152@gmail.com> writes:

> 1 How many in one gross?

144

> 2 Is albumen an egg white or an egg yolk?

White

> 3 How are War, Famine, Pestilence and Death collectively known?

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

> 4 Which famous Australian was born Eleanor Nancy Gow in 1964?

Ricky Ponting

> 5 The first successful heart transplant operation took place in which
> country?

South Africa

> 6 In chess, which piece can only move on squares of one colour?

Bishops

> 7 Which long-running American band's hits include "Rosanna" and
> "Africa"?

Toto

> 8 What is the title given to the rulers of Oman and Brunei?

Sultan

> 9 What line in a map joins places of equal elevation?

Contour (though there's probably a specfic iso-word too)

> 10 Sandy Lyle is a former champion in which sport?

Golf




== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Oct 6 2013 11:28 pm
From: Pete


calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in news:op.w4fe3yqf2wood3@homepc:

>
> 1 How many in one gross?

144

> 2 Is albumen an egg white or an egg yolk?

White

> 3 How are War, Famine, Pestilence and Death collectively known?

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

> 4 Which famous Australian was born Eleanor Nancy Gow in 1964?
> 5 The first successful heart transplant operation took place in
> which country?

South Africa

> 6 In chess, which piece can only move on squares of one colour?

Bishop

> 7 Which long-running American band's hits include "Rosanna" and
> "Africa"?

Toto

> 8 What is the title given to the rulers of Oman and Brunei?

Sultan

> 9 What line in a map joins places of equal elevation?

Isobars

> 10 Sandy Lyle is a former champion in which sport?

Golf

>

Pete




== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 7 2013 2:01 am
From: "David B"


1 How many in one gross?

144

2 Is albumen an egg white or an egg yolk?

White

3 How are War, Famine, Pestilence and Death collectively known?
4 Which famous Australian was born Eleanor Nancy Gow in 1964?

Elle McPherson

5 The first successful heart transplant operation took place in which
country?

France

6 In chess, which piece can only move on squares of one colour?

Bishop

7 Which long-running American band's hits include "Rosanna" and "Africa"?

Toto

8 What is the title given to the rulers of Oman and Brunei?

Sultan

9 What line in a map joins places of equal elevation?

Contour

10 Sandy Lyle is a former champion in which sport?

Africa

D





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TOPIC: Trivia hunt: Double your letters, double your fun
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/63cf7728bca3820a?hl=en
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== 1 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 5 2013 2:11 am
From: Dan Tilque


I'm not sure how well this is going to work, but I had an idea for a
somewhat different kind of contest than the usual ones we have. So this
is going to be a test.

OBJECT: For each letter of the alphabet, think of the alphabetically
first word that has that letter doubled. That is, the first word with a
double A, the first with a double B, etc. Well, except that we'll skip
J, Q, X, and Y since there are very few words with those letters
doubled. (In fact, the only acceptable words I know of for Q and X are
found in the OED.)

ALLOWED WORDS: Only those that would be acceptable in Scrabble are
allowed. That means no capitalized words and none with punctuation or
internal spaces. Words must be found in an English-language dictionary
other than the OED.

Inflected word forms count the same as their uninflected forms unless
only the inflected form has the doubled letter.

Contest will run until 9:00 p.m. (UTC +7), Saturday, Oct 12 (one week
from today). I'll post a reminder on Friday.

For convenience in scoring, delete all this introductory text, fill in
the following table, and either email or (preferably) post your entry.

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W
Z

SCORING: The best word for each letter scores 5, second best word scores
3 and third best 1. It doesn't matter how many people get each of the
words. Everyone getting the best word gets 5, etc.

Final note: This is a contest, so you are not allowed to use reference
materials such as looking words up in the dictionary or googling.
Grepping on a word list is also right out. And, of course, do not view
others' answers before posting your entry.

--
Dan Tilque




== 2 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 5 2013 10:22 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


A aa
B abbacy
C accapella
D add
E alee
F affable
G bagged
H fishhook
I aalii
K bakkala
L accapella
M anagrammed
N banned
O afoot
P apparent
R arrant
S amass
T abattoir
U continuum
V bivvy
W bowward
Z dazzle
--
Mark Brader | "... there is no such word as 'impossible' in
Toronto | my dictionary. In fact, everything between
msb@vex.net | 'herring' and 'marmalade' appears to be missing."
| -- Dirk Gently (Douglas Adams)




== 3 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 5 2013 10:31 am
From: Marc Dashevsky


In article <l2ol4m$kqb$1@dont-email.me>, dtilque@frontier.com says...
> A aa
> B abbess
> C accede
> D add
> E addressee
> F affair
> G aggregate
> H fishhook
> I radii
> K bookkeeper
> L actually
> M accommodate
> N annal
> O afternoon
> P appall
> R arrange
> S abscess
> T abutter
> U vacuum
> V savvy
> W powwow
> Z abuzz







== 4 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 5 2013 11:15 am
From: swp


On Saturday, October 5, 2013 5:11:11 AM UTC-4, Dan Tilque wrote:
> OBJECT: For each letter of the alphabet, think of the alphabetically
> first word that has that letter doubled. That is, the first word with a
> double A, the first with a double B, etc. Well, except that we'll skip
> J, Q, X, and Y since there are very few words with those letters
> doubled. (In fact, the only acceptable words I know of for Q and X are
> found in the OED.)

a aa
b abba
c accapella
d add
e abductee
f affabilities
g abegging
h bathhouse (unless 'aarrghh' is a word in some dictionary)
i allii
j hajj
k bookkeeper
l abolla
m accommodate
n alienness
o abloom
p airdropped
q ...
r aberrance
s abbess
t abattis
u continuum
v chivvied
w arrowwood
x ...
y sayyid
z abuzz

I don't know of any with a double q or double xx that are not proper nouns.

swp




== 5 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 5 2013 11:48 am
From: Curlytop


> A aardvark
> B bubble
> C access
> D addled
> E beer
> F effort
> G haggle
> H bathhouse
> I skiing
Dulhejjia (last month of the Muslim calendar)
> K bookkeeper
> L ball
> M clammy
> N banner
> O foot
> P tapper
> R carrot
> S hiss
> T butter
> U vacuum
> V bovver
> W bowwow
> Z buzzer
--
ξ: ) Proud to be curly

Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply




== 6 of 6 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 5 2013 1:00 pm
From: "Chris F.A. Johnson"


> A aa
> B abbey
> C accommodate
> D address
> E abandonee
> F affable
> G agglomerate
> H bathhouse
> I aalii
> K bookkeeper
> L all
> M ammeter
> N annal
> O adulthood
> P appal
> R arrant
> S assail
> T attainder
> U continuum
> V bevvy
> W arrowwood
> Z abuzz

--
Chris F.A. Johnson





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TOPIC: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 321 (GOLQ321)
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a732a15d279d664d?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Oct 5 2013 9:52 am
From: The GOLQ Institute


GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #321 (GOLQ321)

Welcome to GOLQ321! The quiz has no specific theme. The songs are a pretty
even mix of top and medium hits from all styles throughout the years, with
two real stumpers, in hopes that we don't produce a ten-way tie for first
place with all perfect scores. Enjoy!

-- Tom & Rick <golq321@golq.org>

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of the GOLQs, and we disapprove of this practice.

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E-mail your entry to <golq321@golq.org>. By using this address, you
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Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #321
Recordings #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969
Due 5:00 p.m. EDT (GMT-4), Thursday, October 31, 2013
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As I walk by the seaside
As I walk through the grass
I see little bluebirds
Making love while I pass
Bees are humming
And they're singing everywhere
Everyone's in love
#01)

Oh, I tell my impatient heart
There is nothing I can do
Oo-oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh
#02)

Please make my dreams of you come true
Don't make me cry a tear for you
Don't make me cry a tear for you
#03)

You say, "Yes"
I say, "No"
You say, "Stop"
And I say, "Go, go, go"
#04)

She had a picture of a cowboy tattooed on her spine
Saying Phoenix, Arizona, nineteen forty-nine
#05)

Never dreamed anybody
Could kiss that-a way
Bring me bliss that-a way
What a kiss that-a way
#06)

Like-a way you walk
I like the way you talk
I like-a way you walk I like the way you talk
#07)

Her mouth's a little too wide
And her nose a wee bit long
And when you take a good look at her
Her shape seems all wrong
#08)

I say, "Lover, there isn't any other, no no no no"
I say, "Lover, there is no other"
#09)

She wants to be just like Zsa Zsa Gabor
Even though she's the girl next door
#10)

You made me cry
When you said good-bye
#11)

You used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
#12)

So, Darling, dry your eyes
So many other guys
Would give the world I'm sure
To wear the shoes he wore
#13)

Just look over your shoulder
#14)

They said your cheatin' heart would make me cry
And like a fool I gave it a try
I should have listened when they told me so
#15)

Which one will have a broken heart
The memories, the memories we shared together
I can't believe you want us to part
#16)

Melt my heart like April snow
#17)

Now he understands
When I bring him troubles to share
He's always there
#18)

Two lips must insist
On two more to be kissed
Or they'll never know
What love can do
#19)

Have I ever told you
How good it feels to hold you
It isn't easy to explain
#20)

All my friends should want you too
I understand it (Be alright)
I hope I get to you before they do
The way I planned it (Be outta sight)
#21)

From Soho down to Brighton
#22)

Here I stand
Watching the tide go out
So all alone and blue
Just dreaming dreams of you
#23)

You're close to me and I'm close to you
Oooh-wee baby, is that lipstick new
#24)

Woah, yes, get it off, off of my shoulder
#25)

------------
Tie-Breakers
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I was down in Savannah eatin' cream and bananas
When the heat just made me faint
I began to get cross-eyed, I thought I was lost, I'd
Begun to see things as they ain't
#T1)

You may ask me how I know
My Lord is real
You may doubt the things I say
And doubt the way I feel
But I know he's real today
He'll always be
#T2)

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TOPIC: calvin's quiz #319 - ANSWERS & SCORES V2
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/a5d760b21bda6b1a?hl=en
==============================================================================

== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Oct 6 2013 3:08 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 21:19:51 +1000, David B <askforemail@gmail.com> wrote:

> Not that it affects anything but I didn't put The Mask.
>
> I put 'There's something about Mary'

Thanks David. Revised scores:

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 319
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 45 Gareth Owen
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 40 Mark Brader
1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 36 David Brown
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 36 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 36 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 38 Peter Smyth
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 40 Chris Johnson
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 26 Erland S
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 28 Jeffrey Turner
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
9 7 3 7 5 2 5 5 3 7 53 59%


--
cheers,
calvin




== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, Oct 6 2013 3:08 pm
From: calvin <334152@gmail.com>


On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 21:19:51 +1000, David B <askforemail@gmail.com> wrote:

> Not that it affects anything but I didn't put The Mask.
>
> I put 'There's something about Mary'

Thanks David. Revised scores:

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 319
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 45 Gareth Owen
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 40 Mark Brader
1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 36 David Brown
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 36 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 36 Dan Tilque
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 38 Peter Smyth
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 40 Chris Johnson
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 26 Erland S
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 28 Jeffrey Turner
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
9 7 3 7 5 2 5 5 3 7 53 59%


--
cheers,
calvin





==============================================================================
TOPIC: QFTCINO Final, Round 9: Science
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trivia/t/3ef9b408068409bd?hl=en
==============================================================================

== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 7 2013 11:35 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22,
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.

All questions were written by members of the Night Owls, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information see
my 2013-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


** Final, Round 9 - Science

* Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science

1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?

2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
for Chemistry in 1986?

3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
Montreal. Who was he?


* The Planets

4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
Which planet is this?

5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?

6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
water if only you could find a large enough ocean.


* Physics - Eponymous SI Units

Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
(And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)

7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
decay, which is measured in decays per second?

8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?

9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?


* Insects

10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?

11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?

12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
What phylum is this?


* Acronyms

13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?

14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
letters "LA"?

15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
the acronym SETI?

--
Mark Brader | "For the stronger we our houses do build,
Toronto | The less chance we have of being killed."
msb@vex.net | -- William McGonagall, "The Tay Bridge Disaster"

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 7 2013 11:47 am
From: msb@vex.net (Mark Brader)


As you know, when I have available current-events rounds from a current
Canadian Inquisition season, it's been my practice to interrupt the
posting of other rounds so that they can appear while they're still
reasonably current. If I continue doing this, it means that the game
based on the Final of 2013-04-22 will be interrupted again this week,
between Rounds 9 and 10, by another current events set.


Should I:

[1] Continue as I have been doing?

[2] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
without interruption, delaying the current-events questions so they
are 3 days staler than usual?

[3] Vary my pattern one time so that the Final game can be completed
without interruption, posting the current-events questions as soon
as I have them and letting the current-events round run concurrently
with the Final game?

[4] Abandon my previous pattern and always allow current-events question
sets (which tend to attract fewer entrants) to be posted concurrently
with the regular non-current-events postings as in option 3?

Personally I've come around to preferring option 4, but if there's a
consensus for another option, I'll go with that.
--
Mark Brader And as in nerdish thought he stood,
Toronto the Jargontalk, with awk and grep,
msb@vex.net Came geeking through the Cobol wood,
and edlin as it schlepped.
--Larry Colen (after Lewis Carroll)

My text in this article is in the public domain.




== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 7 2013 1:05 pm
From: tool@panix.com (Dan Blum)


Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-22,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.

> ** Final, Round 9 - Science

> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science

> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?

Soddy

> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?

Rutherford

> * The Planets

> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?

Venus

> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?

Uranus

> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.

Saturn

> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units

> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?

curie

> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m?/s??

joule; dyne

> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s??

pascal

> * Insects

> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?

beetle

> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?

butterflies and moths

> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?

Arthropoda

> * Acronyms

> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?

direction and ranging

> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?

light amplification

> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?

extraterrestial intelligence

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== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Mon, Oct 7 2013 2:02 pm
From: Dan Tilque


Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Final, Round 9 - Science
>
> * Canada and the Nobel Prizes in Science
>
> 1. In 1923, the Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Frederick
> Banting and his supervisor. Who was Banting's supervisor?

Bohr

>
> 2. Which University of Toronto professor shared the Nobel Prize
> for Chemistry in 1986?
>
> 3. Considered the father of nuclear physics, this New-Zealand-born
> scientist earned his Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, based
> on experiments on radioactivity done at McGill University in
> Montreal. Who was he?

Rutherford

>
>
> * The Planets
>
> 4. Of the 8 official planets, one rotates "sideways" with
> its poles almost in its orbital plane. Ignore that one.
> Of the other 7, one rotates "backwards" or retrograde, so
> that the sun would rise in the west and set in the east.
> Which planet is this?

Venus

>
> 5. All 27 of this planet's moons are named after characters
> either from Shakespeare or from the poem "Rape of the Lock"
> by Alexander Pope. What is this name of this literary planet?

Uranus

>
> 6. What is the least dense planet, with an average density of
> just 69% of water? This planet would actually float on
> water if only you could find a large enough ocean.

Saturn

>
>
> * Physics - Eponymous SI Units
>
> Many of the International System of Units (SI) are eponymous.
> The answers of all parts of this triple are also names of people.
> (And none of them includes a scaling prefix such as mega-.)
>
> 7. What is the eponymous name for the SI unit of radioactive
> decay, which is measured in decays per second?

Curie

>
> 8. What is the eponymous SI unit of energy or work equal to
> 1 newton meter, or 1 kg m²/s²?

Joule

>
> 9. What is the SI unit of pressure, which is equal to 1 newton
> per square meter, or 1 kg/m s²?

Pascal

>
>
> * Insects
>
> 10. The Coleoptera are the largest order of insects, containing
> about 50% of all known insect species. What is the common
> English term for members of the order of Coleoptera?

beetles

>
> 11. The insect order of Lepidoptera includes what insects?

grasshoppers

>
> 12. Insects are a class within a larger phylum that also includes
> crustaceans, arachnids, millipedes, and centipedes.
> What phylum is this?

arthropods

>
>
> * Acronyms
>
> 13. "RA" in the acronym RADAR means RAdio. What three words are
> represented by the "DAR" part of the acronym?

Detection And Ranging

>
> 14. In the acronym LASER, what two words are represented by the
> letters "LA"?

Light Amplification

>
> 15. What two words are represented by the last three letters of
> the acronym SETI?
>

ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence

--
Dan Tilque

Who needs TV when you can have the whole Internet insulting your
intelligence? -- Ziggy




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