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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 07 12:33PM -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 4 - Literature - Shakespeare, for Openers. Name the plays from which these opening lines of the Bard originate -- or get thee to a nunnery! 1. When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning or in rain? 2. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. 3. Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. 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. 5. Boatswain! 6. If music be the food of love, play on. 7. In Troy, there lies the scene. 8. In delivering my son from me, I bury a second husband. 9. I wonder how the King escaped our hands? 10. Noble patricians, patrons of my right, Defend the justice of my cause with arms; And, countrymen, my loving followers, Plead my successive title with your swords. I am his first born son that was the last That ware the imperial diadem of Rome. * Game 5, Round 6 - Canadiana - Canadian Arcana What does it mean to be Canadian? Our country's greatest minds 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. 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. 2. Canadian tennis players call this variation of the game California doubles or cutthroat doubles. Americans call it Canadian doubles. How is it played? 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? 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? 5. Though it sounds French, we actually share this term for a paper 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"? 6. What is it supposed to mean when you order a double-double coffee, eh? 7. Americans may go to the concession counter to order a soda. What palindrome do Canadians typically use in the same situation? 8. No, Walt, it's not a copyright infringement. What is the proper Canadian term for a 375 ml bottle of hard liquor? 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. 10. The American English Oxford dictionary defines this as a "foolish or uncultivated person", and cites it as a term "popularized by characters on the Canadian television show SCTV". What is the word? -- Mark Brader, Toronto / "There are three types of software documentation: msb@vex.net / tutorial, mnemonic and misleading." --Larry Colen My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 07 07:04PM > * Game 5, Round 4 - Literature - Shakespeare, for Openers. > 1. When shall we three meet again, > In thunder, lightning or in rain? Macbeth > 2. Now is the winter of our discontent > Made glorious summer by this sun of York. Richard III > 3. Two households, both alike in dignity, > In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. Romeo and Juliet > 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 > 5. Boatswain! The Tempest > 6. If music be the food of love, play on. Twelfth Night > 7. In Troy, there lies the scene. Troilus and Cressida > 9. I wonder how the King escaped our hands? Henry IV Part 2; Henry VI Part 3 > Plead my successive title with your swords. > I am his first born son that was the last > That ware the imperial diadem of Rome. Coriolanus; Titus Andronicus > 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. Clamato > 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? sugar pie; maple syrup pie > 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 > 6. What is it supposed to mean when you order a double-double > coffee, eh? two creams and two sugars > 8. No, Walt, it's not a copyright infringement. What is the proper > Canadian term for a 375 ml bottle of hard liquor? mickey > 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 tail > 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 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 08 05:02AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:5MednY9qn-4TjcDJnZ2dnUU7-I- > -- or get thee to a nunnery! > 1. When shall we three meet again, > In thunder, lightning or in rain? "Macbeth" > 2. Now is the winter of our discontent > Made glorious summer by this sun of York. "Richard III" > 3. Two households, both alike in dignity, > In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. "Romeo and Juliet" > 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" > 5. Boatswain! "The Tempest" > 6. If music be the food of love, play on. "As You Like It" > 7. In Troy, there lies the scene. "Troilus and Cressida" > Plead my successive title with your swords. > I am his first born son that was the last > That ware the imperial diadem of Rome. "Antony and Cleopatra" > 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. Clamato > 2. Canadian tennis players call this variation of the game > California doubles or cutthroat doubles. Americans call it > Canadian doubles. How is it played? 2 players against 1 > 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? sugar tart > 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 > 6. What is it supposed to mean when you order a double-double > coffee, eh? 2 creams and 2 sugars > 7. Americans may go to the concession counter to order a soda. > What palindrome do Canadians typically use in the same situation? pop > 8. No, Walt, it's not a copyright infringement. What is the proper > Canadian term for a 375 ml bottle of hard liquor? Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse > 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. rat tail > 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 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| "Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Nov 07 07:27PM Mark Brader wrote: > -- or get thee to a nunnery! > 1. When shall we three meet again, > In thunder, lightning or in rain? Macbeth > 2. Now is the winter of our discontent > Made glorious summer by this sun of York. Richard III > 3. Two households, both alike in dignity, > In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. Romeo and Juliet > 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 > 5. Boatswain! The Tempest > 6. If music be the food of love, play on. Midsummer Nights Dream > 7. In Troy, there lies the scene. Troilus and Cressida > 8. In delivering my son from me, I bury a second husband. Twelfth Night > 9. I wonder how the King escaped our hands? Henry V > Plead my successive title with your swords. > I am his first born son that was the last > That ware the imperial diadem of Rome. Julius Caesar Peter Smyth |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Nov 07 10:30PM -0800 On Friday, November 7, 2014 1:33:50 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > -- or get thee to a nunnery! > 1. When shall we three meet again, > In thunder, lightning or in rain? Macbeth > What palindrome do Canadians typically use in the same situation? > 8. No, Walt, it's not a copyright infringement. What is the proper > Canadian term for a 375 ml bottle of hard liquor? Fantasia? > 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? |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 08 02:23AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > -- or get thee to a nunnery! > 1. When shall we three meet again, > In thunder, lightning or in rain? MacBeth > 2. Now is the winter of our discontent > Made glorious summer by this sun of York. Richard III > 3. Two households, both alike in dignity, > In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. Two Gentlemen of Verona > 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. The Merchant of Venice > 5. Boatswain! The Tempest > 6. If music be the food of love, play on. A Mid-summer Night's Dream > 7. In Troy, there lies the scene. Troiles and Cressida > 8. In delivering my son from me, I bury a second husband. > 9. I wonder how the King escaped our hands? King Lear > Plead my successive title with your swords. > I am his first born son that was the last > That ware the imperial diadem of Rome. Antony and Cleopatra > 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 > coffee, eh? > 7. Americans may go to the concession counter to order a soda. > What palindrome do Canadians typically use in the same situation? pop > 8. No, Walt, it's not a copyright infringement. What is the proper > Canadian term for a 375 ml bottle of hard liquor? mickey (and they meant trademark infringement; you can't copyright a name) > 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 -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 07 12:23PM -0600 Mark Brader: > 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? By talking about all the meat he's been eating. 4 for Marc and Pete. > 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". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Marc, Peter, Dan Tilque, Jeff, and Rob. > 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. (Trois Rivières.) 4 for Joshua. > 4. In picture D, the face says it all. Give the nickname of the > viral feline. Grumpy Cat. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Peter, Pete, and Jeff. > 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. Yes, "the one with Calista Flockhart". 4 for Joshua, Jason, Marc, Peter, and Rob. > 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? "Der Untergang" ("Downfall"). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Jeff, and Rob. > 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. Joseph Kony. 4 for Dan Blum and Jeff. 3 for Joshua. > 8. The video in H has been seen more than two billion times. > Yes, billion. Who is that guy? Psy (Korean pop artist "Gangnam Style" fame). 4 for Joshua, Peter, and Pete. > 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". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Marc, and Pete. > 10. In picture J, what song is being played aboard the International > Space Station? "Space Oddity". 4 for Marc, Peter, Pete, and Rob. > 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). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Peter. > 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? Primogeniture is no longer subject to male preference, i.e. sisters and brothers now have equal precedence based on age. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque, Jeff, and Rob. > affected the succession twice since the death of Queen Anne in > 1714, i.e. there have been two kings who took the throne although > they each had an older sister. Name either of those kings. George III (Princess Augusta Frederica), Edward VII (Princess Victoria). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. Three other entrants said George V. I don't know what they might have been thinking of. He was the second child of King Edward VII, but the first one (Prince Albert Victor) had died in a flu epidemic in 1892. > 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? Heir of King Charles I. Any reference to descent from the Stuart line was sufficient. 4 for Joshua, Peter, and Dan Tilque. > 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 (accepting 1970-74). 4 for Joshua, Peter, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. 2 for Dan Blum. > 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, AKA the Duke of Edinburgh. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, and Dan Tilque. > 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. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque, Jeff, and Rob. > 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. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Rob. > 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, Sweden, Denmark (respectively). 4 for Dan Blum, Erland (the hard way), Joshua, Björn (the hard way), Peter, Pete, Dan Tilque, Jeff, and Rob. > 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 Roman Catholics. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Björn, Peter, Dan Tilque, Jeff, and Rob. Under the 2013 act, the spouse of a Roman Catholic can now inherit, but the monarch still can't be one. I accepted "not Protestant" for full points in view of the wording in question 1, but although that word appeared in the preamble of the 1701 act, the body of the earlier act referred only to "Papists" and "the Popish religion", while the 2013 act refers to "Roman Catholics". The idea that a candidate for the monarchy might not be a Christian at all apparently never entered anyone's mind. As I noted in-thread, Juan Carlos I retains the title King (unlike the practice in some other countries) even though he abdicated earlier this year. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent His Joshua Kreitzer 31 40 71 Peter Smyth 24 36 60 Dan Blum 20 34 54 Dan Tilque 4 36 40 Rob Parker 16 20 36 Jeff Turner 16 16 32 Pete Gayde 20 7 27 Marc Dashevsky 20 0 20 Jason Kreitzer 16 0 16 Erland Sommarskog 0 12 12 Björn Lundin 0 8 8 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Information! ... We want information!" msb@vex.net -- The Prisoner My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 07 11:48AM -0600 Mark Brader: > > 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. In case anyone missed it, essentially the same question came up on "Jeopardy!" the day after I posted this. It was a Daily Double in the $1,200 row, in the category of "Historial Quotations". The player bet $2,000, but had no idea of the answer: he guessed Friar Tuck. -- Mark Brader | The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. Toronto | He of all men should behave as though the law compelled him. msb@vex.net | But it is the universal weakness of mankind that what we are | given to administer we presently imagine we own. -- Wells My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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