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- QFTCIUA Game 5, Rounds 9-10: teams, veggie challenge - 2 Updates
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| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Nov 14 04:59PM On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:24:11 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > The first 4 questions are about US universities famous for their > basketball or football teams. In each case name the university. > 1. This Durham NC university's teams are nicknamed the Blue Devils. Duke > is named for a Jesuit saint. > 3. This PAC-12 school's teams are the Trojans and a famous alumnus > is O.J. Simpson. USC, UCLA > 4. South Bend IN is home to which perennial power? Perdue? > 9. The National Basketball Association has 4 teams whose official > name doesn't end in S. Two are in Florida -- the Magic and the Heat. > Name *either of the other two*. Jazz > 10. The National Hockey League has 3 teams whose official nickname > doesn't end in S. Again, one is in Florida -- the Lightning -- so > please name *either of the other two*. Avalanche > has been handed out, usually on Oscar Eve. Name that award, > which has seen worst actresses Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock > accept their trophies in person. Razzie > opens with the discovery by homicide detectives that the victim > of a grisly murder is covered, not in blood, but in tomato juice. > It spawned three sequels. Name it. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes > on a botanical mission to Tahiti. The mission: to bring a plant > to the West Indies in hopes of introducing it as food for slaves. > What plant? Bread Fruit > and caused one of the great human tragedies of the 19th century, > and sowed the seeds of prolonged unrest in the British Isles. By > what name do we know this crisis? Irish Potato Famine > that it seems to be named for, its name is a corruption of > "girasole", the Italian word for sunflower. This root vegetable > can be used in stir-frying in place of water chestnuts. Name it. Jerusalem Artichoke > C2. Also called Bibb lettuce, this salad ingredient is so named > because farmers in the vicinity of a certain East Coast American > city were responsible for its early cultivation. Name it. Boston Lettuce > D1. Andy Warhol famously designed the still-life print that > adorns the cover of the debut album by the Velvet Underground. > What did he depict? Campbell's Tomato Soup > to change the name of rapeseed oil to one that incorporated the > name of the country and did not contain "rape". > What did rapeseed oil become known as? Canola > haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me > eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going > to eat any more broccoli." GHW Bush |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 14 07:56PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:4KydneIU4OOmdPnJnZ2dnUU7- > The first 4 questions are about US universities famous for their > basketball or football teams. In each case name the university. > 1. This Durham NC university's teams are nicknamed the Blue Devils. Duke > 2. This Spokane WA university, whose teams play as the Bulldogs, > is named for a Jesuit saint. Gonzaga > 3. This PAC-12 school's teams are the Trojans and a famous alumnus > is O.J. Simpson. University of Southern California > 4. South Bend IN is home to which perennial power? Notre Dame > Now some questions from overseas: > 5. Saracens would play Harlequins in the top league of what English > professional sport? Rugby Union > 6. In this sport, a final score might be reported as "Collingwood, > 16.12 (108) defeated St. Kilda, 7.10 (52)". What sport? Australian Rules Football > 7. In the English Premier League, Liverpool FC isn't the only team > playing in the city of Liverpool. Name the other one. Everton > 8. Also in the English Premier League, what major city does Aston > Villa FC call home? Birmingham > 9. The National Basketball Association has 4 teams whose official > name doesn't end in S. Two are in Florida -- the Magic and > the Heat. Name *either of the other two*. Utah Jazz > 10. The National Hockey League has 3 teams whose official nickname > doesn't end in S. Again, one is in Florida -- the Lightning -- > so please name *either of the other two*. Wild > has been handed out, usually on Oscar Eve. Name that award, > which has seen worst actresses Halle Berry and Sandra > Bullock accept their trophies in person. Razzies > opens with the discovery by homicide detectives that the > victim of a grisly murder is covered, not in blood, but in > tomato juice. It spawned three sequels. Name it. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes > on a botanical mission to Tahiti. The mission: to bring > a plant to the West Indies in hopes of introducing it as > food for slaves. What plant? Breadfruit > tuber and caused one of the great human tragedies of the > 19th century, and sowed the seeds of prolonged unrest in > the British Isles. By what name do we know this crisis? Irish Potato Famine > D1. Andy Warhol famously designed the still-life print that > adorns the cover of the debut album by the Velvet > Underground. What did he depict? Campbells Tomato Soup can > F1. This presidential candidate famously dealt his campaign > a setback when he suggested that struggling farmers in Iowa > diversify by growing Belgian endives. Name him. Gerald Ford; Jimmy Carter > I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother > made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States > and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli." George H. W. Bush Pete |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 14 03:43AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > Amy Poehler. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Marc -- thus making the > round count for everyone. The last time this happened and I was the only one to give a valid answer, it actually hurt me in the scoring. While I may have had a higher score, some of the others' scores went up by more than mine. Sounds counterintuitive, but that's the way it worked out. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 14 05:58AM -0600 Mark Brader: > > Amy Poehler. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Marc -- thus making the > > round count for everyone. Dan Tilque: > answer, it actually hurt me in the scoring. While I may have had a > higher score, some of the others' scores went up by more than mine. > Sounds counterintuitive, but that's the way it worked out. Could be. It all depends on your score on the third-worst round. -- Mark Brader "It's okay to have our own language if we feel Toronto we need it, but why does it have to be used msb@vex.net as a nose to look down?" -- Becky Slocombe My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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