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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 10 11:24PM -0600 This set of current-events rounds is running concurrently with Game 5, Rounds 7-8 (and later with Rounds 9-10) of the same season. These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that were correct on those dates. 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 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 7 (2014-11-03), Round 1 - Current Events - The Ghomeshi Edition 1. Former CBC host Jian Ghomeshi was fired from what radio show? 2. Lucy DeCoutere is the first of Ghomeshi's alleged victims to be publicly identified. Name either of her jobs. Okay, we were kidding. That's all the Ghomeshi questions. 3. Cyclone Nilofar threatened to be the second in October to hit what country? 4. A US nurse is defying what state's Ebola-related quarantine order? 5. Give the turnout in Toronto's municipal election: either the percentage of those eligible who voted (to the nearest multiple of 5%) or the gross number of voters (with an equivalent amount of leeway). 6. Israel will reopen a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem. Give either of its names. 7. Under new sentencing guidelines convicted Mountie-killer Justin Bourque won't be eligible to apply for parole for how long? 8. Who did the Toronto Raptors play in their season-opening game? 9. Rogers Communications is teaming up with which company to try and draw a younger audience? 10. Axxxe's former crime reporter B.J. del Conte is sure to see which just-opened movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal? * Game 8 (2014-11-10), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Name the Manitoba premier who shuffled his cabinet amid a political rebellion. 2. Why was Canadian solidier Branden Stevenson in the news? 3. Name the long-term Toronto Blue Jay who was traded away in return for Marco Estrada. 4. Name the Canadian-born, Philippines-raised newly named general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. 5. Name the Golden Globes co-host, star of TV's "Parks and Recreation", and all-around funny lady who visited Toronto to promote her new memoir. 6. Name the musician who was rumored to be putting on a surprise show at Massey Hall, causing fans to line up for hours in the rain -- but there was no such show. 7. Name the Canadian bank that announced plans to slash 1,500 employees and close 120 branches. 8. Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz sparked criticism when he said young people should do what? 9. Name either of the Liberal MPs ousted from caucus amid allegations of "personal misconduct" involving female NDP MPs. 10. Name the Conservative MP who resigned after being convicted of electoral improprieties but will still receive a gold-plated pension. (What, there were current events outside Canada too?) -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "How can you develop a reputation as a straight shooter msb@vex.net | if lying is not an option?" --Alex Kozinski My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 10 11:35AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-10-20, 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 5, Round 7 - Geography - Official Languages I'm sorry, I don't speak -- um -- whatever it is you're speaking. The following is a linguistic round, involving official languages of various countries (many of which also have other official languages). In each case, we give you a language, and you name the country, or one of the countries, that officially claims it. 1. Khmer. 2. Tagalog. 3. Walloon. 4. Amharic. 5. Catalan. 6. Pashto. 7. Malagasy. 8. Urdu. 9. Swahili (you have 4 possible answers here). 10. Among this country's 10 official languages are English, Sotho, Tsonga, Xhosa, and Zulu. * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Alternative Sex Acts Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it. Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction. 1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce? 2. By what extraterrestrially-influenced process do the eggs and sperm of coral meet? 3. Who's your daddy? -- What is unusual about how the seahorse gives birth? 4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes, i.e. they lay eggs. 5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy, platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean? 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring? 7. When a butterfly drinks from a flower, it brushes against the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that other flower? (Despite the name, no trauma usually results.) 8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what? 9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs? 10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that fact that it's already equipped with what? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "...everything else in [the] list is wrong; msb@vex.net | why should [this] be correct?" -- Rob Novak My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 10 06:01PM > * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Official Languages > 1. Khmer. Cambodia > 2. Tagalog. Phillipines > 3. Walloon. Belgium > 4. Amharic. Ethiopia > 5. Catalan. Spain > 6. Pashto. Afghanistan > 7. Malagasy. Madagascar > 8. Urdu. Pakistan > 9. Swahili (you have 4 possible answers here). Democratic Republic of the Congo; Kenya > 10. Among this country's 10 official languages are English, Sotho, > Tsonga, Xhosa, and Zulu. South Africa > * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Alternative Sex Acts > 1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce? sporulation > 2. By what extraterrestrially-influenced process do the eggs and > sperm of coral meet? tides > 3. Who's your daddy? -- What is unusual about how the seahorse > gives birth? The male carries the eggs and so gives birth > 4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes, i.e. they > lay eggs. platypus > 5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy, > platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean? They carry the eggs until they hatch, rather than laying them > 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring? mule; jenny > the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly > visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that > other flower? (Despite the name, no trauma usually results.) pistil > 8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what? stamen > 9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs? under its shell > 10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that > fact that it's already equipped with what? both sets of reproductive organs -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Nov 10 06:33PM Mark Brader wrote: > languages). In each case, we give you a language, and you name > the country, or one of the countries, that officially claims it. > 1. Khmer. Cambodia > 2. Tagalog. Philippines > 3. Walloon. Belgium > 4. Amharic. Bangladesh > 5. Catalan. Spain > 6. Pashto. Afghanistan > 7. Malagasy. Madagascar > 8. Urdu. Pakistan > 9. Swahili (you have 4 possible answers here). Uganda > 10. Among this country's 10 official languages are English, Sotho, > Tsonga, Xhosa, and Zulu. South Africa > Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it. > Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction. > 1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce? Spores > sperm of coral meet? > 3. Who's your daddy? -- What is unusual about how the seahorse > gives birth? The male gives birth > 4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes, i.e. they > lay eggs. Platypus > 5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy, > platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean? > 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring? Ass, Mule > the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly > visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that > other flower? (Despite the name, no trauma usually results.) Stamen > 8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what? Stamen > 9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs? In its antennae > 10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that > fact that it's already equipped with what? both male and female sex organs Peter Smyth |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 10 08:57PM +0100 On 2014-11-10 18:35, Mark Brader wrote: > languages). In each case, we give you a language, and you name > the country, or one of the countries, that officially claims it. > 1. Khmer. Cambodia > 2. Tagalog. New zeeland > 3. Walloon. South africa > 4. Amharic. Lebanon > 5. Catalan. Spain > 6. Pashto. Afganistan > 7. Malagasy. Malaysia > 8. Urdu. India > 9. Swahili (you have 4 possible answers here). Kenya > 10. Among this country's 10 official languages are English, Sotho, > Tsonga, Xhosa, and Zulu. Lesotho > Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it. > Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction. > 1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce? Cloning > 2. By what extraterrestrially-influenced process do the eggs and > sperm of coral meet? By means of tide (high/low water) > 3. Who's your daddy? -- What is unusual about how the seahorse > gives birth? It's the male who gives birth > 4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes, i.e. they > lay eggs. platypus > 5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy, > platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean? They turn into females if there are too many males > 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring? mule > 8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what? pistill > 9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs? They may mate with themself, so I guess beside each other > 10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that > fact that it's already equipped with what? Both sexes, ie they are both male and female, but can not mate with themselves, unlike the snails above ... -- -- Björn |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 10 10:35PM +0100 > * Game 5, Round 7 - Geography - Official Languages > 1. Khmer. Cambodia > 2. Tagalog. Phillipines > 3. Walloon. Belgium (But it is not an official language in Belgium; the official name for the language in question is French.) > 4. Amharic. Ethiopia > 5. Catalan. Andorra (Probably the quiz masters wanted Spain, but Catalan is not an official language of all of Spain. But it is the official language of all of Andorra.) > 6. Pashto. Afghanistan > 7. Malagasy. Madagascar > 8. Urdu. Pakistan > 9. Swahili (you have 4 possible answers here). Kenya > 10. Among this country's 10 official languages are English, Sotho, > Tsonga, Xhosa, and Zulu. South Africa. I thought they had 11 official languages > Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it. > Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction. > 1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce? Sponges > 3. Who's your daddy? -- What is unusual about how the seahorse > gives birth? The man carries the baby. > 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring? Mule -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 10 11:13PM +0100 On 2014-11-10 22:35, Erland Sommarskog wrote: >> > 3. Walloon. > Belgium (But it is not an official language in Belgium; the official > name for the language in question is French.) And that really tricked me into a wild guess instead ... Good catch. -- Björn |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Nov 10 06:04PM -0800 On Monday, November 10, 2014 12:35:17 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 3. Walloon. > 4. Amharic. > 5. Catalan. Spain > 7. Malagasy. > 8. Urdu. > 9. Swahili (you have 4 possible answers here). Kenya > sperm of coral meet? > 3. Who's your daddy? -- What is unusual about how the seahorse > gives birth? It's the only species where the male gives birth. > 4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes, i.e. they > lay eggs. Platypus. > 5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy, > platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean? > 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring? Mule > visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that > other flower? (Despite the name, no trauma usually results.) > 8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what? Pistil > 9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs? > 10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that > fact that it's already equipped with what? Both forms of reproductive organs |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 11 02:37AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:SeKdnQufcbjOav3JnZ2dnUU7- > In each case, we give you a language, and you name > the country, or one of the countries, that officially claims it. > 1. Khmer. Cambodia > 2. Tagalog. Philippines > 3. Walloon. Belgium > 4. Amharic. Ethiopia > 5. Catalan. Spain > 6. Pashto. Afghanistan > 7. Malagasy. Madagascar > 8. Urdu. Pakistan > 9. Swahili (you have 4 possible answers here). Tanzania; Kenya > 10. Among this country's 10 official languages are English, Sotho, > Tsonga, Xhosa, and Zulu. South Africa > * Game 5, Round 8 - Science - Alternative Sex Acts > Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction. > 1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce? spores > 3. Who's your daddy? -- What is unusual about how the seahorse > gives birth? the male gives birth > 4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes, i.e. they > lay eggs. duck-billed platypus > 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring? mule > the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly > visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that > other flower? (Despite the name, no trauma usually results.) pistil > 8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what? stamen > 10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that > fact that it's already equipped with what? both male and female genitalia |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 10 06:42PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > languages). In each case, we give you a language, and you name > the country, or one of the countries, that officially claims it. > 1. Khmer. Cambodia > 2. Tagalog. Philippines > 3. Walloon. Belgium > 4. Amharic. Ethiopia > 5. Catalan. Spain > 6. Pashto. Afghanistan > 7. Malagasy. Madagascar > 8. Urdu. Pakistan > 9. Swahili (you have 4 possible answers here). Kenya > 10. Among this country's 10 official languages are English, Sotho, > Tsonga, Xhosa, and Zulu. South Africa > Birds do it, bees do it, even spiny monotremes do it. Let's do it. > Let's have a trivia round on plant and animal reproduction. > 1. By what means do mushrooms reproduce? spores > 2. By what extraterrestrially-influenced process do the eggs and > sperm of coral meet? full moon > 3. Who's your daddy? -- What is unusual about how the seahorse > gives birth? males incubate the eggs > 4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes, i.e. they > lay eggs. duckbilled platypus > 5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy, > platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean? they lay eggs, but hatch them internally > 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring? mule > the anthers and gets covered with pollen. When the butterfly > visits another flower, the pollen attaches to what part of that > other flower? (Despite the name, no trauma usually results.) stamen > 8. The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant is called what? pistil > 9. Where are a snail's reproductive organs? its head > 10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that > fact that it's already equipped with what? reproductive organs for both sexes -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 10 11:33AM -0600 Mark Brader: > * Game 5, Round 4 - Literature - Shakespeare, for Openers. > Name the plays from which these opening lines of the Bard originate > -- or get thee to a nunnery! This was the hardest round in the original game. > 1. When shall we three meet again, > In thunder, lightning or in rain? "Macbeth". (The first witch is speaking.) 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Jason, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Rob. > 2. Now is the winter of our discontent > Made glorious summer by this sun of York. "King Richard III". (The Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III.) 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Pete, and Rob. > 3. Two households, both alike in dignity, > In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. "Romeo and Juliet". (The chorus.) 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Rob, and Jeff. > 4. Tush! Never tell me, I take it much unkindly > That thou, Iago, who hast my purse > As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this. "Othello". (Roderigo.) 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Marc, Pete, Rob, and Jeff. > 5. Boatswain! "The Tempest". (The shipmaster.) 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Rob. > 6. If music be the food of love, play on. "Twelfth Night". (Orsino, Duke of Illyria.) 4 for Dan Blum and Rob. > 7. In Troy, there lies the scene. "Troilus and Cressida". (Prologue.) 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > 8. In delivering my son from me, I bury a second husband. "All's Well that Ends Well". (The Countess of Rousillon.) > 9. I wonder how the King escaped our hands? "King Henry VI, Part 3" -- but "Henry VI" was sufficient. (The Earl of Warwick.) 2 for Dan Blum. > Plead my successive title with your swords. > I am his first born son that was the last > That ware the imperial diadem of Rome. "Titus Andronicus". (Saturninus.) 2 for Dan Blum. > have wrestled with this question for ages, when they should have > been doing something useful with their time. Anyway, here are > 10 questions about things that are pointedly Canadian. And this was the easiest round in the original game. > 1. This drink was invented in 1969 by Walter Chell of the Calgary > Inn, who reasoned from the Italian dish spaghetti alle vongole > that clams and tomato sauce might make a good drink. Name it. The Bloody Caesar. > 2. Canadian tennis players call this variation of the game > California doubles or cutthroat doubles. Americans call it > Canadian doubles. How is it played? Two players against one. 4 for Joshua and Rob. > 3. It's considered the consummate Canadian dessert item, although > some Americans claim it's simply a pecan pie without the pecans. > What is it? Butter tart (or sugar pie). I accepted "sugar tart". 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 4. Also made in Canada, this candy bar consists of alternating > layers of vanilla wafer and a coffee-flavored soft candy, > covered with milk chocolate. What is it? Coffee Crisp. > product with the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. > What is supposedly the proper Canadian way to refer to what > the Americans call a "napkin"? Serviette. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Pete, Rob, and Jeff. > 6. What is it supposed to mean when you order a double-double > coffee, eh? Two creams, two sugars. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Jeff. > 7. Americans may go to the concession counter to order a soda. > What palindrome do Canadians typically use in the same situation? Pop. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Rob. Yeah, lots of Americans use "pop" too, and there are other regional possibilities in the US. > 8. No, Walt, it's not a copyright infringement. What is the proper > Canadian term for a 375 ml bottle of hard liquor? A mickey. No points for "Mickey Mouse". 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 9. President Obama consumed one of these fried-dough treats during > his visit to Ottawa in 2009. They are named for their > resemblance to a large rodent's body part. Beaver tails. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Jeff. 2 for Rob. > a "foolish or uncultivated person", and cites it as a term > "popularized by characters on the Canadian television show SCTV". > What is the word? Hoser. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, Pete, and Jeff. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent His Lit Can Joshua Kreitzer 31 40 24 24 119 Dan Blum 20 34 32 23 109 Peter Smyth 24 36 24 0 84 Rob Parker 16 20 24 14 74 Dan Tilque 4 36 16 16 72 Jeff Turner 16 16 8 16 56 Pete Gayde 20 7 16 11 54 Marc Dashevsky 20 0 20 12 52 Jason Kreitzer 16 0 4 4 24 Erland Sommarskog 0 12 -- -- 12 Björn Lundin 0 8 -- -- 8 -- Mark Brader "Succeed, and you'll be remembered for a very long time. Toronto Fail, and you'll be remembered even longer." msb@vex.net -- Hel Faczel (John Barnes: ...the Martian King) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 10 11:38AM > Rotating Quiz #161 is over and Jeffrey Turner is the winner. He > may set RQ #162 at his convenience. Jeffery, any forecast about your convenience? -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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