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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 03:25AM -0500 Mark Brader: > I've edited it to increase the difficulty just a bit, while still > hopefully keeping it fun. Anyway, in each case you simply have > to complete the last line with one or more words as appropriate. In the original version of the round you were told how many words were required, but that was problematic for questions #1 and 3, and as long as I was making the round a bit harder, I decided I might as well just eliminate the hint. Also, in the original version, on questions #2, 8, 9, and 10 everything but the last word was supplied. > Had a daughter named Nan, > Ran away with a man, > And as for the bucket, _______. Nantucket (Nan took it). 4 for Dan, Joshua, Bruce, Jeff, and Rob. 3 for Marc. > It said on the door, > "Don't spit on the floor", > So he stood up and _______. Spat on the ceiling. (No insult intended to any Darjeelingians, eh?) 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Peter, Jason, Jeff, and Rob. > He can take in his beak > Enough food for a week > But damned if I see how the _______. Helican (hell he can). 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Jeff, and Rob. > They returned from the ride > With the lady inside > And the smile on the _______. Face of the tiger. 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Jeff, and Rob. > On the strength of one bean > He'd fart "God Save the Queen" > And Beethoven's _______. Moonlight Sonata. 4 for Dan, Joshua, Bruce, Jeff, and Rob. > So they limited love > To the regions above > And thus remained perfectly _______. Chaste. 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Peter, Jason, Jeff, and Rob. > For a fellow unkind > Pulled his chair out behind, > Just to see, so he said, if he'd _______. Bounce. 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Peter, Jeff, and Rob. > She departed one day, > In an Einsteinian way, > And returned on the _______. Previous night. 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Peter, Jason, Jeff, and Rob. > Gert's writing is bunk, > Ep's sculpture is junk, > And no one can _______. Understand Ein. 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, and Jeff. > 10. There was a young lady from Crewe > Whose limerick stopped at _______. Line 2. 4 for Dan, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Peter, and Jeff. The one whose limerick stopped at line 1 was the young man of Verdun. > * Game 1, Round 8 - Baseball - Not the Major Leagues Sports - Baseball, that is. > 1. The closest thing baseball has to a World Cup is the World > Baseball Classic, a national team competition held every 4 years. > Which nation is the current world champion? Dominican Republic. The team they beat in the final was Puerto Rico, which nobody guessed either. > 2. Although baseball's origins are unclear, it has existed in > Canada roughly as long as in the US. The Canadian Baseball > Hall of Fame is located in which Southern Ontario community? St. Thomas. > when the Ottawa Lynx moved to become the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. > But from 1945 to 1960 there were three countries with teams in > the league; what was the other one? Cuba. (The Havana Sugar Kings.) 4 for Dan, Bruce, and Jeff. > then the so-called Little World Series against the American > Association champion Louisville Colonels. Which famous player > was the Royals' heroic leader? Jackie Robinson. 4 for Joshua and Jeff. > it moved. The team kept its association with the Boston Red > Sox, a relationship that continues to this day. What city do > they play in now? Pawtucket, RI. (Pawtucket Red Sox.) 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Jeff. 3 for Dan. > the Toledo Mud Hens and the Durham Bulls, but not the Blue Jays' > current affiliate. Name the Jays' associated AAA franchise -- > city and team name required. Buffalo Bisons. > of Hokkaido and is called the Fighters, but the team's full > name also includes the name of the company that owns them... and > produces a popular food product. What company is that? Nippon Ham. (Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.) 4 for Joshua. > 8. This Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagle was the big-money Japanese > MLB signing for 2014 and he's had early success with the Yankees. > Name him. Masahiro Tanaka. > One notable exception is Ichiro Suzuki. But one other Japanese > outfielder had a long and distinguished American career, > including being named MVP of the 2009 World Series. Name him. Hideki Matsui. 4 for Marc. > 10. This player's entire 20+ year career was with the Yomiuri > Giants. His 868 career home runs are more than 100 above the > all-time MLB record. Name him. Sadaharu Oh. 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Jeff. 3 for Bruce. As usual, "Oh" would have been sufficient, but adding extra detail when not requested puts your points at risk. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Sci His Lit Can Lit Spo FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 24 14 28 19 40 16 111 Marc Dashevsky 32 31 8 8 35 12 110 Dan Blum 32 27 8 8 40 7 107 Rob Parker 28 16 23 0 32 0 99 Bruce Bowler 28 8 12 4 40 7 88 Peter Smyth 16 23 12 4 20 0 71 Dan Tilque 32 24 4 0 -- -- 60 Jeff Turner -- -- 0 0 40 16 56 Björn Lundin 8 28 0 4 0 0 40 Pete Gayde 19 14 -- -- -- -- 33 Erland Sommarskog 7 23 -- -- -- -- 30 Jason Kreitzer 12 0 0 4 12 0 28 "Calvin" 21 3 -- -- -- -- 24 -- Mark Brader Twas unix and the C++ Toronto Did compile and load upon the vax: msb@vex.net All Ritchie was the Kernighan, And Lisp ran in GNU EMACS. --Larry Colen (after Lewis Carroll) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 25 03:58AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Had a daughter named Nan, > Ran away with a man, > And as for the bucket, _______. Nan took it > They returned from the ride > With the lady inside > And the smile on the _______. face of the tiger > So they limited love > To the regions above > And thus remained perfectly _______. chaste > For a fellow unkind > Pulled his chair out behind, > Just to see, so he said, if he'd _______. bounce > She departed one day, > In an Einsteinian way, > And returned on the _______. previous night > Gert's writing is bunk, > Ep's sculpture is junk, > And no one can _______. understand Ein > 10. There was a young lady from Crewe > Whose limerick stopped at _______. line two > when the Ottawa Lynx moved to become the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. > But from 1945 to 1960 there were three countries with teams in > the league; what was the other one? Cuba > it moved. The team kept its association with the Boston Red > Sox, a relationship that continues to this day. What city do > they play in now? Providence RI > 10. This player's entire 20+ year career was with the Yomiuri > Giants. His 868 career home runs are more than 100 above the > all-time MLB record. Name him. Oh -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 06:07AM -0500 If Dan Tilque's answers had been posted on time, he would have scored 28 points on Round 7 and 8 on Round 8. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I can't tell from this... whether you're msb@vex.net | a wise man or a wise guy." --Ted Schuerzinger |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 03:28AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-09-15, 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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1, Round 9 - Geography - The State I'm In We'll name some states, provinces, or other political subdivisions. You name the country. All spellings are as used in the CIA World Factbook. 1. Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Hubei. 2. Batman, Hakkari, Samsun, Van. 3. Cordoba, Formosa, Rio Negro, Santa Fe. 4. Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Parana, Rio Grande do Norte. 5. Borno, Edo, Gombe, Jigawa. 6. Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Punjab, Sindh. 7. Assam, Kerala, Nagaland, Sikkim. 8. Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Schaffhausen, Zug. 9. Andalucia, Extremadura, Illes Baleares (Balearic Islands), Murcia. 10. Chiapas, Colima, Hidalgo, Sonora. * Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Nicknames and Pseudonyms A. History - American Western Outlaws A1. Robert Leroy Parker was one half of a famous duo in the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. What's he better known as? A2. Born William Henry McCarty Jr. in New York City, this famous outlaw took part in the Lincoln County War and died when he was 21. What was his infamous nickname? B. Geography - Blessings B1. Albanian-born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu lived and worked the majority of her life in India caring for the poor. She was beatified in 2003. What's she better known as? B2. Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone was born in the duchy of Spoleto in the Holy Roman Empire and spent most of his life in Italy. Although never ordained as a priest, he founded the Franciscan religious order and was proclaimed a saint by Pope Gregory IX. What is he known as today? C. Art C1. Born on the island of Crete, Domenikos Theotokopoulos was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. He normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters; but what other name is he now known by? C2. Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi (or Amerighi) made dramatic use of light in his work, and was also a formative influence on Baroque painting. He's better known by the name of a town: what is it? D. Literature - Fictional Characters D1. Don Diego de la Vega is a character created by Johnson McCulley and first serialized in a work called "The Curse of Capistrano". What was his secret identity? D2. Sir Percy Blakeney is the hero of a novel and play by Baroness Orczy set during the Reign of Terror at the beginning of the French Revolution. What was his secret identity? E. Sports & Leisure E1. Edson Arantes do Nascimento is Brazilian soccer royalty. He is a 3-time World Cup winner and in 2000 shared the FIFA Player of the Century prize with Diego Maradona. How is he known worldwide? E2. Garik Kimovich Weinstein is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former world chess champion, a writer and political activist. How is he known worldwide? F. Miscellaneous - Cosmetics F1. Florence Nightingale Graham, from Woodbridge ON, founded and built a cosmetics empire in the US. At the peak of her career she was one of the wealthiest women in the world. What name was she known by for business purposes? F2. Josephine Esther Mentzer and her husband co-founded a famous American cosmetics company. She was the only woman on Time magazine's 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the 20th century. What name was she better known by? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Any company large enough to have a research lab msb@vex.net | is large enough not to listen to it. --Alan Kay My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Sep 25 11:34AM +0200 On 2014-09-25 10:28, Mark Brader wrote: > You name the country. All spellings are as used in the CIA World > Factbook. > 1. Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Hubei. Japan > 2. Batman, Hakkari, Samsun, Van. South korea > 3. Cordoba, Formosa, Rio Negro, Santa Fe. Mexico > 4. Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Parana, Rio Grande do Norte. Panama > 5. Borno, Edo, Gombe, Jigawa. Borneo > 6. Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier > Province), Punjab, Sindh. India > 7. Assam, Kerala, Nagaland, Sikkim. Egypt > 8. Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Schaffhausen, Zug. Switserland > 9. Andalucia, Extremadura, Illes Baleares (Balearic Islands), > Murcia. Spain > 10. Chiapas, Colima, Hidalgo, Sonora. Brazil > A2. Born William Henry McCarty Jr. in New York City, this > famous outlaw took part in the Lincoln County War and died > when he was 21. What was his infamous nickname? Billy the Kid > B1. Albanian-born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu lived and worked the > majority of her life in India caring for the poor. She was > beatified in 2003. What's she better known as? Mother Teresa > D1. Don Diego de la Vega is a character created by Johnson > McCulley and first serialized in a work called "The Curse > of Capistrano". What was his secret identity? Zorro > Baroness Orczy set during the Reign of Terror at the > beginning of the French Revolution. What was his secret > identity? The Scarlet Pimpernel > He is a 3-time World Cup winner and in 2000 shared the > FIFA Player of the Century prize with Diego Maradona. > How is he known worldwide? Zicco -- -- Björn |
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