- QFTCIUA Game 7, Rounds 4,6: provinciana, Great Lakes - 3 Updates
- QFTCIUA Current Events Final answers - 2 Updates
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 12 03:55PM +0100 On 2014-12-12 02:48, Mark Brader wrote: > There are official provincial and territorial flowers, animals, > rocks, trees, and for all we know, hamburgers. In this round, we'll > name some official things and you name the province or territory. hmm, more guesswork than usual... > 1. Official motto: "fortis et liber" (strong and free). > Official flower: wild rose. > Official mineral: petrified wood. Nova Scotia > 2. Official bird: Atlantic puffin. > Official flower: purple pitcher plant. > Official animal: caribou. Prince Edward Island > 3. Official flower: Pacific dogwood. > Official animal: spirit bear. > Official fish: Pacific salmon. Yukon > 4. Official flower: lady slipper. > Official bird: blue jay. > Official motto: "parva sub ingenti" (the small under the great). Ontario > 5. Official flower: blue flag iris. > Official bird: snowy owl. > Official tree: yellow birch. Quebec > 6. Official bird: rock ptarmigan. > Official animal: Canadian Eskimo dog. > Official symbol: inukshuk. North-West Territories > 7. Official bird: common loon. > Official tree: eastern white pine. > Official mineral: amethyst. Alberta > 8. Official flower: western red lily. > Official animal: white-tailed deer. > Official mineral: potash. New Brunswick > 9. Official flower: prairie crocus. > Official animal: plains bison. > Official fish: walleye. Saskachewan > 10. Official flower: mountain avens. > Official animal: Arctic grayling. > Official mineral: diamond. British Columbia -- Björn |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 12 10:33AM -0600 In article <Ur-dnTeIRaLv1BfJnZ2dnUU7-cWdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. Official motto: "fortis et liber" (strong and free). > Official flower: wild rose. > Official mineral: petrified wood. Alberta > 2. Official bird: Atlantic puffin. > Official flower: purple pitcher plant. > Official animal: caribou. Newfoundland and Labrador > 3. Official flower: Pacific dogwood. > Official animal: spirit bear. > Official fish: Pacific salmon. British Columbia > 4. Official flower: lady slipper. > Official bird: blue jay. > Official motto: "parva sub ingenti" (the small under the great). Nova Scotia; New Brunswick > 6. Official bird: rock ptarmigan. > Official animal: Canadian Eskimo dog. > Official symbol: inukshuk. Yukon; Nunavut > 7. Official bird: common loon. > Official tree: eastern white pine. > Official mineral: amethyst. New Brunswick; Nova Scotia > With only 5 lakes to consider, answers may repeat. > 1. But for the Straits of Mackinac, these two Great Lakes would > be one big lake. Name them both. Huron and Michigan > 4. Our Lake Ontario isn't the only one. There's also an Ontario > Lacus on one of the solar system's major moons. It's not water > but methane, ethane, and propane. Which moon is it on? Titan > 5. Which Great Lake sits entirely within the borders of the US? Michigan > 7. One Great Lake has suffered the most impact from > industrialization; its drainage basin includes 17 cities > with metropolitan areas of 50,000 or more. Which one? Erie > 8. As noted by Longfellow and Lightfoot, what is the Chippewayan > name for Lake Superior? Gitchigoomi > play in Great Lakes history? > 10. How many crew were lost when the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald > sink in 1975? 29 ("The church bell chimed till it rang 29 times") |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 12 09:40PM +0100 > 1. Official motto: "fortis et liber" (strong and free). > Official flower: wild rose. > Official mineral: petrified wood. Santa Cruz. Wait, there is a petrified forest in that province, but there is a small problem: it's quite far from Canada. Hm, Newfoundland? > 2. Official bird: Atlantic puffin. > Official flower: purple pitcher plant. > Official animal: caribou. Ah, this must be British Columbia! > 3. Official flower: Pacific dogwood. > Official animal: spirit bear. > Official fish: Pacific salmon. And this must be Nova Scotia! ..or maybe I should swap the answers #2 and #3. Yes, I think I go with that. > 4. Official flower: lady slipper. > Official bird: blue jay. > Official motto: "parva sub ingenti" (the small under the great). Prince Edward Island > 5. Official flower: blue flag iris. > Official bird: snowy owl. > Official tree: yellow birch. Yukon > 6. Official bird: rock ptarmigan. > Official animal: Canadian Eskimo dog. > Official symbol: inukshuk. Nuvavut > 7. Official bird: common loon. > Official tree: eastern white pine. > Official mineral: amethyst. Alberta > 8. Official flower: western red lily. > Official animal: white-tailed deer. > Official mineral: potash. Manitoba > 9. Official flower: prairie crocus. > Official animal: plains bison. > Official fish: walleye. Saskatchewan > 10. Official flower: mountain avens. > Official animal: Arctic grayling. > Official mineral: diamond. Northwest Territories. > Game 7, Round 6 - Geography - The Great Lakes > 1. But for the Straits of Mackinac, these two Great Lakes would > be one big lake. Name them both. Huron and Michigan > 2. Off the shores of Lake Huron, in Huron County, is the largest > salt mine in the world. Near what Ontario town is it found? London > Lacus on one of the solar system's major moons. It's not water > but methane, ethane, and propane. Which moon is it on? > 5. Which Great Lake sits entirely within the borders of the US? Michigan > 6. The biggest Great Lake, Lake Superior, is also the youngest. > Within 2,000 years, how old is it? 7000 > 7. One Great Lake has suffered the most impact from > industrialization; its drainage basin includes 17 cities > with metropolitan areas of 50,000 or more. Which one? Michigan > 9. In 1915 at the Chicago docks, what part did the steamer Eastland > play in Great Lakes history? Michigan -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 12 11:46AM -0600 Mark Brader: > were correct on that date... For further information see my > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition > (QFTCI*)". The Current Events game for the recently completed season is over, and, by a margin of 12 points, the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Congratulations! QFTCI Current Events will resume on about 2015-01-20. > 1. New mayor John Tory announced not only his deputy mayors but > also three additional, unofficial deputy mayors, who will > "ensure geographic representation". Name *any one* of the four. Denzil Minnan-Wong (official), Vince Crisanti, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Pam McConnell. 4 for Stephen. > 2. Former Governor-General Michaëlle Jean will be leading what > international organization? La Francophonie. 4 for Stephezn. > chokehold may have killed an unarmed black man. On videotape, > the victim gasped a phrase that has "gone viral" in protest. > What did he say? "I can't breathe." 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Rob, Stephen, Peter, and Jason. > * Miscellaneous > 4. King Richard III's remains were in the news, 2 years after > being dug up in a parking lot, when they revealed what? Infidelity. (Any reference to this was sufficient.) 4 for Peter. Barring mutations, a man's Y chromosome is passed on identically to his sons. But Richard III's Y chromosome doesn't match those of a number of men descended through the male line from the 5th Duke of Beaufort (1744-1803), although the duke was supposed to have been a male-line descendant of Richard's. There is no data available to say which generation the infidelity occurred in, but if it was early enough, several past monarchs may not have been the legitimate descendants of previous monarchs that they were supposed to be. > 5. NASA successfully launched and recovered a space capsule. > The test flight was unmanned but the capsule is eventually > intended for a manned Mars mission. Name the capsule. Orion. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Rob, and Stephen. > 6. An Italian historian sparked controversy by speculating that > the Mona Lisa portrays da Vinci's mother Caterina, who he > further speculates was of what nationality? Chinese. 4 for Marc. > * Sports > 7. The Toronto Raptors are off to a great start, but they lost a > star player for at least a month due to a groin injury. Who? DeMar DeRozan. 4 for Stephen. > 8. Canadian football had two championship games, the Vanier Cup > for universities and the Grey Cup for the CFL. Give the full > name of either winning team. Université de Montréal Carabins, Calgary Stampeders. 4 for Stephen. Both losing teams were from Hamilton: MacMaster U. and the Tiger-Cats. > 9. The Blue Jays traded Brett Lawrie and prospects for last year's > AL All-Star third baseman. Name him. Josh Donaldson. 4 for Stephen. > 10. Alberta premier Jim Prentice is promoting a proposed > $12,000,000,000 oil pipeline, including a meeting with Premier > Kathleen Wynne. What is the name of the pipeline? Energy East. > 11. The Bank of Canada announced it will keep its benchmark > "overnight rate target" unchanged -- at what interest rate? 1%. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Peter. > controversial program of buying retailers' gift cards from > customers for cash. What percentage of face value were they > offering? 50%. 4 for Marc and Stephen. 2 for Rob. > 13. A teaser trailer was released for a highly anticipated movie, > sparking an Internet fuss. A black actor was cast in a role > some apparently think is just for white men. What movie? "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens". (Either the episode number or the subtitle was required.) 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Peter, and Jason. John Boyega plays an Imperial storm trooper. Speaking of "Star Wars", see also: http://xkcd.com/1458 > 14. A new James Bond movie was announced. Either name the movie > or tell us who was cast as the villain. "SPECTRE", Christoph Waltz. 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Stephen. > 15. And finally, today's Jian Ghomeshi question. The CBC > contravened its own policy by accepting $5,000 from a record > label to defray Ghomeshi's travel expenses -- to interview who? Tom Petty. 4 for Stephen. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F BEST NINE Joshua Kreitzer 16 14 10 20 16 24 11 4 6 16 16 143 Marc Dashevsky 16 8 0 16 16 20 12 4 12 12 20 132 Dan Blum 8 13 4 8 14 20 12 4 4 16 15 110 Peter Smyth 15 12 4 4 12 12 -- -- 4 12 14 89 Rob Parker 16 6 4 12 16 12 8 0 -- -- 10 84 Pete Gayde -- -- 0 16 20 24 -- -- 8 4 -- 72 Erland Sommarskog 8 8 0 16 16 0 8 0 8 8 -- 72 Dan Tilque 12 8 0 4 8 8 8 0 8 4 8 68 Jason Kreitzer 8 0 8 8 4 12 -- -- 4 12 8 64 Jeff Turner 12 4 -- -- 8 16 12 0 -- -- -- 52 Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 48 48 Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8 11 -- 19 Björn Lundin -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 4 -- 8 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "'Other than they typo'? Oh, the irony!" msb@vex.net | --Stan Brown My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 12 11:48AM -0600 Mark Brader: > The Current Events game for the recently completed season is over, > and, by a margin of 12 points, the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Would you believe... 11 points? -- Mark Brader "How diabolically clever: a straightforward message! Toronto Only a genius could have thought of that." msb@vex.net -- Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) |
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