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- QFTCIUA Game 5, Rounds 7-8: languages and sex - 1 Update
- QFTCIUA Current Events 7-8 - 5 Updates
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 12 02:52AM -0500 In article <SeKdnQufcbjOav3JnZ2dnUU7-UudnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 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. Madigascar > 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? tides > 3. Who's your daddy? -- What is unusual about how the seahorse > gives birth? male carries eggs until they hatch > 4. Name either of the mammal species that are monotremes, i.e. they > lay eggs. duckbill platypus > 5. Many species of sharks and fish, including the common guppy, > platys, and swordtails, are ovoviviparous. What does this mean? eggs hatch within the mother > 6. A male donkey and a female horse produce what offspring? mule [interchanged the sexes for a more challenging question] > 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? head > 10. An earthworm needs another earthworm to reproduce despite that > fact that it's already equipped with what? both male and female parts |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 11 03:12PM > * Game 7 (2014-11-03), Round 1 - Current Events - The Ghomeshi Edition > 4. A US nurse is defying what state's Ebola-related quarantine > order? Maine > percentage of those eligible who voted (to the nearest multiple > of 5%) or the gross number of voters (with an equivalent amount > of leeway). 35%; 45% > 6. Israel will reopen a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem. > Give either of its names. Temple of the Mount > 7. Under new sentencing guidelines convicted Mountie-killer Justin > Bourque won't be eligible to apply for parole for how long? 10 years; 15 years > 10. Axxxe's former crime reporter B.J. del Conte is sure to see > which just-opened movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal? Nightcrawler > * Game 8 (2014-11-10), Round 1 - Current Events > 2. Why was Canadian solidier Branden Stevenson in the news? He was killed by the Parliament attacker > 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. Amy Poehler -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 11 10:38PM +0100 > * Game 7 (2014-11-03), Round 1 - Current Events - The Ghomeshi Edition > 3. Cyclone Nilofar threatened to be the second in October to hit > what country? Iran > 4. A US nurse is defying what state's Ebola-related quarantine > order? Maine > percentage of those eligible who voted (to the nearest multiple > of 5%) or the gross number of voters (with an equivalent amount > of leeway). 55 > 6. Israel will reopen a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem. > Give either of its names. Temple mountain -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Rob Parker" <NOSPAMrobpparker@optusnet.com.au.FORME>: Nov 12 09:12AM +1100 > * Game 7 (2014-11-03), Round 1 - Current Events - The Ghomeshi Edition > 3. Cyclone Nilofar threatened to be the second in October to hit > what country? China; Vietnam > 4. A US nurse is defying what state's Ebola-related quarantine > order? Maine > percentage of those eligible who voted (to the nearest multiple > of 5%) or the gross number of voters (with an equivalent amount > of leeway). 45%; 70% > 6. Israel will reopen a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem. > Give either of its names. Dome of the Rock > 7. Under new sentencing guidelines convicted Mountie-killer Justin > Bourque won't be eligible to apply for parole for how long? 42 years; 55 years > * Game 8 (2014-11-10), Round 1 - Current Events > 2. Why was Canadian solidier Branden Stevenson in the news? He shot the guy who shot Cirillo Rob |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 12 05:31AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:acGdnXu6GsYfAPzJnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 7 (2014-11-03), Round 1 - Current Events - The Ghomeshi Edition > 4. A US nurse is defying what state's Ebola-related quarantine > order? Maine > percentage of those eligible who voted (to the nearest multiple > of 5%) or the gross number of voters (with an equivalent amount > of leeway). 50%; 55% > 6. Israel will reopen a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem. > Give either of its names. Temple Mount > 7. Under new sentencing guidelines convicted Mountie-killer Justin > Bourque won't be eligible to apply for parole for how long? 30 years; 25 years > 8. Who did the Toronto Raptors play in their season-opening game? Atlanta Hawks; Milwaukee Bucks > 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. Amy Poehler -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 12 02:38AM -0500 In article <acGdnXu6GsYfAPzJnZ2dnUU7-LOdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > what country? > 4. A US nurse is defying what state's Ebola-related quarantine > order? Maine > of leeway). > 6. Israel will reopen a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem. > Give either of its names. Temple Mount > 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? Nightcrawler > 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. Amy Poehler > 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. Bieber |
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