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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 04 08:22AM -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 2 - Entertainment - Viral Videos The water cooler is dead. Now workplace socializing consists of sharing this week's viral video with your co-workers. The boss isn't looking, so let's get started. See the handout: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/5-2/vids.pdf (I've rearranged the questions in order of the pictures. There were no decoys in this game.) 1. The dog in picture A is the star of the viral video "Ultimate Dog Tease". How is his owner teasing him? 2. Picture B, known by the acronym AYBABTU, is from the badly-dubbed intro to a 1991 video game called Zero Wing. By the '00s, the line of pidgin English had become a nerd mantra. What's the line? 3. Picture C's "Star Wars Kid" was an example of viral videos having unintended consequences, with the young man ending up in therapy. Turns out he was Canadian. Which province was he from? 4. In picture D, the face says it all. Give the nickname of the viral feline. 5. Picture E's Dancing Baby became one of the Internet's first viral phenomena in 1996. Which TV show made it even more popular by featuring it as a metaphor for the heroine's biological clock? 6. F is an example of a "Hitler meme", in which der Fuhrer is seen to shriek insanely over everything from Kanye West to Rob Ford to Jonah Hill's Oscar nomination. Which movie provides the scene for these do-it-yourself Hitler videos? 7. Viral video G protests the African warlord who is pictured. It has received more than 90,000,000 views since debuting in 2012. Name that warlord. 8. The video in H has been seen more than two billion times. Yes, billion. Who is that guy? 9. Picture I shows the comedy group "The Lonely Island, featuring Justin Timberlake" in a video that debuted on "Saturday Night Live" in 2006. What was it called? 10. In picture J, what song is being played aboard the International Space Station? * Game 5, Round 3 - History - Succession to the British Throne 1. The Act of Settlement (1701) lays down that only Protestant heirs of Electress Sophia of Hanover may succeed to the throne. Sophia is the granddaughter of which King of England and Scotland? 2. The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 received Royal Assent on 2014-04-25. What is the most important of the changes that it provides for -- that is, the one that's likely to affect the largest number of future heirs? 3. Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished with the previous question. Gur cerivbhf flfgrz bs znyr cersrerapr unf nssrpgrq gur fhpprffvba gjvpr fvapr gur qrngu bs Dhrra Naar va 1714, v.r. gurer unir orra gjb xvatf jub gbbx gur guebar nygubhtu gurl rnpu unq na byqre fvfgre. Anzr rvgure bs gubfr xvatf. 4. Franz, Duke of Bavaria, is a pretender to the British throne, but a spokesman says: "Really, he is very happy and satisfied with being the Duke of Bavaria". What would be the basis of his claim to the British throne? 5. Within 2 years, when would Princess Elizabeth have become Queen Elizabeth II, if King Edward VIII (who had no offspring) had not abdicated? 6. A current member of the British royal family (the meaning immediate family) is presently 500th-ish in line to the throne since he is a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria through her daughter Princess Alice. Name him. 7. If the Prince of Wales outlives his mother and becomes king, and if he *doesn't* take a regnal name, then what will he be called? That is, give his first name and the appropriate number. 8. And what will the Duke of Cambridge, AKA Prince William of Wales, be called when his time comes (again, assuming that he doesn't adopt a regnal name)? 9. European monarchs Harald V, Carl XVI Gustav, and Margrethe II are all in the line of succession, although remotely. Name *any one* of the countries they already rule. 10. King Juan Carlos I of Spain, King Philippe of Belgium, and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg are also in the line of succession, but they are ineligible. Why? -- Mark Brader | "I don't care HOW you format char c; while ((c = Toronto | getchar()) != EOF) putchar(c); ... this code is msb@vex.net | a bug waiting to happen from the outset." -- Doug Gwyn My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 04 03:14PM > intro to a 1991 video game called Zero Wing. By the '00s, the > line of pidgin English had become a nerd mantra. What's the > line? All your base are belong to us > 3. Picture C's "Star Wars Kid" was an example of viral videos having > unintended consequences, with the young man ending up in therapy. > Turns out he was Canadian. Which province was he from? Ontario; British Columbia > 4. In picture D, the face says it all. Give the nickname of the > viral feline. Grumpy Cat > 5. Picture E's Dancing Baby became one of the Internet's first > viral phenomena in 1996. Which TV show made it even more popular > by featuring it as a metaphor for the heroine's biological clock? The one with Calista Flockhart > seen to shriek insanely over everything from Kanye West to Rob > Ford to Jonah Hill's Oscar nomination. Which movie provides > the scene for these do-it-yourself Hitler videos? Downfall > 7. Viral video G protests the African warlord who is pictured. > It has received more than 90,000,000 views since debuting > in 2012. Name that warlord. Kony > 9. Picture I shows the comedy group "The Lonely Island, featuring > Justin Timberlake" in a video that debuted on "Saturday Night > Live" in 2006. What was it called? Dick in a Box > 10. In picture J, what song is being played aboard the International > Space Station? Rocket Man > heirs of Electress Sophia of Hanover may succeed to the throne. > Sophia is the granddaughter of which King of England and > Scotland? James I (VI of Scotland) > on 2014-04-25. What is the most important of the changes that > it provides for -- that is, the one that's likely to affect > the largest number of future heirs? gender is ignored when determining succession > nssrpgrq gur fhpprffvba gjvpr fvapr gur qrngu bs Dhrra Naar va > 1714, v.r. gurer unir orra gjb xvatf jub gbbx gur guebar nygubhtu > gurl rnpu unq na byqre fvfgre. Anzr rvgure bs gubfr xvatf. Edward VII > 5. Within 2 years, when would Princess Elizabeth have become > Queen Elizabeth II, if King Edward VIII (who had no offspring) > had not abdicated? 1965; 1970 > immediate family) is presently 500th-ish in line to the throne > since he is a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria through > her daughter Princess Alice. Name him. Prince Philip > 7. If the Prince of Wales outlives his mother and becomes king, > and if he *doesn't* take a regnal name, then what will he be > called? That is, give his first name and the appropriate number. Charles III > 8. And what will the Duke of Cambridge, AKA Prince William of > Wales, be called when his time comes (again, assuming that he > doesn't adopt a regnal name)? William V > 9. European monarchs Harald V, Carl XVI Gustav, and Margrethe II > are all in the line of succession, although remotely. Name *any > one* of the countries they already rule. Sweden > 10. King Juan Carlos I of Spain, King Philippe of Belgium, and > Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg are also in the line of > succession, but they are ineligible. Why? They're Catholic (didn't Juan Carlos abdicate?) -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 04 04:40PM +0100 > on 2014-04-25. What is the most important of the changes that > it provides for -- that is, the one that's likely to affect > the largest number of future heirs? There is no longer any preference for men to inherit the throne, but men and women are no equal in order. > nssrpgrq gur fhpprffvba gjvpr fvapr gur qrngu bs Dhrra Naar va > 1714, v.r. gurer unir orra gjb xvatf jub gbbx gur guebar nygubhtu > gurl rnpu unq na byqre fvfgre. Anzr rvgure bs gubfr xvatf. George V > 5. Within 2 years, when would Princess Elizabeth have become > Queen Elizabeth II, if King Edward VIII (who had no offspring) > had not abdicated? 1964 > 7. If the Prince of Wales outlives his mother and becomes king, > and if he *doesn't* take a regnal name, then what will he be > called? That is, give his first name and the appropriate number. Charles IV > 8. And what will the Duke of Cambridge, AKA Prince William of > Wales, be called when his time comes (again, assuming that he > doesn't adopt a regnal name)? William III > 9. European monarchs Harald V, Carl XVI Gustav, and Margrethe II > are all in the line of succession, although remotely. Name *any > one* of the countries they already rule. Norway, Swededn and Denmark, in that order. Now that's an idea! We could dump C-G on the British throne as a consolation when we make the country a republic! > 10. King Juan Carlos I of Spain, King Philippe of Belgium, and > Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg are also in the line of > succession, but they are ineligible. Why? As was said earlier, they are not Protestants. But, hey, London could be worth a mass! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 05 12:50AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:YPmdnRJ0p6GwfMXJnZ2dnUU7- > intro to a 1991 video game called Zero Wing. By the '00s, the > line of pidgin English had become a nerd mantra. What's the > line? All your base are belong to us > 3. Picture C's "Star Wars Kid" was an example of viral videos having > unintended consequences, with the young man ending up in therapy. > Turns out he was Canadian. Which province was he from? Quebec > 4. In picture D, the face says it all. Give the nickname of the > viral feline. Grumpy Cat > 5. Picture E's Dancing Baby became one of the Internet's first > viral phenomena in 1996. Which TV show made it even more popular > by featuring it as a metaphor for the heroine's biological clock? "Ally McBeal" > seen to shriek insanely over everything from Kanye West to Rob > Ford to Jonah Hill's Oscar nomination. Which movie provides > the scene for these do-it-yourself Hitler videos? "Downfall" > 7. Viral video G protests the African warlord who is pictured. > It has received more than 90,000,000 views since debuting > in 2012. Name that warlord. Kody > 8. The video in H has been seen more than two billion times. > Yes, billion. Who is that guy? Psy > 9. Picture I shows the comedy group "The Lonely Island, featuring > Justin Timberlake" in a video that debuted on "Saturday Night > Live" in 2006. What was it called? "Dick in a Box" > 10. In picture J, what song is being played aboard the International > Space Station? "Across the Universe" > heirs of Electress Sophia of Hanover may succeed to the throne. > Sophia is the granddaughter of which King of England and > Scotland? James I of England (and VI of Scotland) > on 2014-04-25. What is the most important of the changes that > it provides for -- that is, the one that's likely to affect > the largest number of future heirs? absolute (gender-blind) primogeniture (as opposed to males-first primogeniture) > nssrpgrq gur fhpprffvba gjvpr fvapr gur qrngu bs Dhrra Naar va > 1714, v.r. gurer unir orra gjb xvatf jub gbbx gur guebar nygubhtu > gurl rnpu unq na byqre fvfgre. Anzr rvgure bs gubfr xvatf. Edward VII > but a spokesman says: "Really, he is very happy and satisfied > with being the Duke of Bavaria". What would be the basis of > his claim to the British throne? the Jacobite claim (i.e. he is the person who would be monarch if the 1688 Revolution had not taken place) > 5. Within 2 years, when would Princess Elizabeth have become > Queen Elizabeth II, if King Edward VIII (who had no offspring) > had not abdicated? 1972 > immediate family) is presently 500th-ish in line to the throne > since he is a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria through > her daughter Princess Alice. Name him. Prince Philip > 7. If the Prince of Wales outlives his mother and becomes king, > and if he *doesn't* take a regnal name, then what will he be > called? That is, give his first name and the appropriate number. Charles III > 8. And what will the Duke of Cambridge, AKA Prince William of > Wales, be called when his time comes (again, assuming that he > doesn't adopt a regnal name)? William V > 9. European monarchs Harald V, Carl XVI Gustav, and Margrethe II > are all in the line of succession, although remotely. Name *any > one* of the countries they already rule. Norway > 10. King Juan Carlos I of Spain, King Philippe of Belgium, and > Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg are also in the line of > succession, but they are ineligible. Why? they are Catholic -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Nov 04 04:54PM -0800 On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 9:22:38 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > intro to a 1991 video game called Zero Wing. By the '00s, the > line of pidgin English had become a nerd mantra. What's the > line? All Your Base Are Belong To Us > Turns out he was Canadian. Which province was he from? > 4. In picture D, the face says it all. Give the nickname of the > viral feline. Grumpy Cat > 5. Picture E's Dancing Baby became one of the Internet's first > viral phenomena in 1996. Which TV show made it even more popular > by featuring it as a metaphor for the heroine's biological clock? "Ally McBeal" > seen to shriek insanely over everything from Kanye West to Rob > Ford to Jonah Hill's Oscar nomination. Which movie provides > the scene for these do-it-yourself Hitler videos? "Inglourious Basterds" > 9. Picture I shows the comedy group "The Lonely Island, featuring > Justin Timberlake" in a video that debuted on "Saturday Night > Live" in 2006. What was it called? "Dick in the box" > immediate family) is presently 500th-ish in line to the throne > since he is a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria through > her daughter Princess Alice. Name him. Prince William |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 05 08:29AM +0100 > (didn't Juan Carlos abdicate?) If memory serves, he has announced his abdication, but it has not taken place yet. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 04 08:18AM -0600 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2014-09-15 companion posting on "Questions from the > Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 4 is over and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Congratulations! > Ambulance Corps at Ypres in 1915 when he took shrapnel to the > leg and was sent home. He later would famously tend the wounded > in Spain and China. Who he? Dr. Norman Bethune. Yes, Dan Tilque, that guy, but 0 points. > 2. Another U of T medical grad, Maj. L.B. Robertson, likely saved > thousands of lives by introducing this procedure to British > military hospitals during the War. What procedure? Blood transfusions. 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete. > 3. On October 17, 1917 -- four months after his last foray against > the Germans -- which war hero married Timothy Eaton's > granddaughter at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church? Billy Bishop. > 4. This soon-to-be-famous young American came to Toronto in 1917 > to work as a volunteer nurse. Her life was changed when she > saw her first air show. Name her. Amelia Earhart. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Marc, Dan Tilque, Jeff, Bruce, and Rob. > 5. The most famous of their kind during WW1, who or what were > the Dumbbells? A Canadian musical-comedy troupe who performed for servicemen across France. > Ypres. Their mother Mary died in the sinking of the Lusitania, > en route to viewing her son's body. Name their famous forebear, > the father of public education in Ontario. First name required. Egerton Ryerson. > 7. A dubious Toronto landmark during the Great War was the Stanley > Barracks, adjacent to the CNE grounds. What was it used for? Internment of "enemy aliens", i.e. residents of Canada who were born in enemy territories (including Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, and Ukrainians). I did not accept references to prisoners or POWs as close enough. 4 for Dan Blum. > men per capita than any municipality in Canada. Name *any one* > of the major streets that meet in or define the borders of the > former Earlscourt. It's from St. Clair Av. and Dufferin St. west to Old Weston Rd., north to Rogers Rd. and south to Davenport Rd.; accepting any of those. > the title of "official eyewitness" to the War -- i.e. its > official photographer and painter -- by the government of Canada. > By what noble name is Max Aitken better known? Lord Beaverbrook. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > Sorblum, a WW1 veteran buried in 1919 at Holy Blossom Cemetery on > Pape Av. But how is he identified on his headstone, a reference > to his then-uncertain identity? An Unknown Soldier. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Rob. 3 for Pete. http://www.canadianheadstones.com/on/_image.php?ef=L2hvbWUvZ2VuZGV4bmUvcHVibGljX2h0bWwvb24vcGhvdG9zL2NvdW50eTA1My9jMDUzX3NvcmJsdW1fZ19pZDUxOTc3LmpwZw%3D%3D&n=1 > monk with a skill for breeding plants". But this Augustinian > friar is now known as the father of modern genetics. > Who was he? Gregor Mendel. 4 for Björn, Peter, Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Marc, Dan Tilque, Jeff, and Bruce. Mendeleyev was a different guy -- he created the periodic table. > he received a papal indult. But later his heliocentric > theories would be condemned by both the Catholic Church and > Martin Luther. Name that canonical scholar and astronomer. Nicolaus Copernicus. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Marc, and Dan Tilque. Galileo lived in Italy, remember? > B1. Henry II is often quoted as saying, circa 1170, "Will no one > rid me of this turbulent priest?" Sure enough, someone did. > But who was that priest? Thomas Becket. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Rob. > the candidacy of John F. Kennedy because of Kennedy's > Catholicism. He famously counseled Richard Nixon during > Watergate. Name that politically connected preacher. Billy Graham. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Marc, Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Rob. > is bast known by the pseudonym he used while writing what > are now classic works of children's literature. Give that > pen name. Lewis Carroll. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Marc, Dan Tilque, Jeff, Bruce, and Rob. > wrote the plays "Job", "David", and "Our God's Brother", > before changing his career path. Name that playwright who > had a much more storied career as the Vicar of Christ. Karol Wojtyla a.k.a. Pope John Paul II. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Jeff. > D. Geography > D1. Brigham Young University, named for the man the Mormons call > "the American Moses", is in what city? Provo UT. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum and Marc. > D2. In the 1600s, Jesuit Father Jacques Marquette joined Louis > Joliet, to become the first non-natives to map one of North > America's primary waterways. Which one? Mississippi R. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Rob. The most interesting wrong answer was "St. Lawrence Seaway", a term that specifically refers to the St. Lawrence River as modified in the 1950s by dams and canals to make it navigable by big ships. But, hey, what's 300 years and about 1,000 miles between friends? :-) > E1. Which Presbyterian minister was an American educator who > created a PBS children's series that ran for 33 years? > Can you answer this question? I know you could. Mr. Fred Rogers. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Pete, Marc, Dan Tilque, Jeff, and Bruce. > E2. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is the author of more than 30 books, > including "Kosher Sex". But he's most famous as the > spiritual advisor to a tragic musical celebrity. Which one? Michael Jackson. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Rob. > F1. Name the Canadian evangelical talk show hosted by David > Mainse that became the flagship program of the > Christian-themed Crossroads Television System. "100 Huntley Street". CTS is now called "Yes TV". > F2. In 2004 this late Baptist minister was named the greatest > Canadian of all time in a national viewer survey by CBC. > Name him. T.C. "Tommy" Douglas. (Also premier of Saskatchewan and then leader of the federal NDP.) 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Lit Ent Sci His Can Can Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 40 32 36 28 20 12 16 44 200 Dan Blum 32 31 28 24 35 0 16 37 187 Marc Dashevsky 28 28 28 40 16 16 8 30 170 Dan Tilque 36 12 -- -- 24 0 8 40 120 Peter Smyth 28 16 16 28 -- -- 4 24 116 Rob Parker 32 0 16 36 -- -- 8 18 110 Bruce Bowler 16 24 4 36 -- -- 4 20 104 Erland Sommarskog 28 0 8 31 20 0 0 8 95 Jeff Turner 16 24 -- -- 20 8 4 16 88 Jason Kreitzer 8 12 28 4 0 0 4 12 68 Pete Gayde -- -- -- -- 8 24 9 16 57 Björn Lundin 20 8 4 4 8 0 0 4 48 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net The time-sharing system was designed very much for the convenience of its first users, who happened also to be its designers and im- plementers. In practice it has proved to be convenient and effective for all its users, be they novice or expert. --John Lions My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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