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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 23 11:47PM -0600 Mark Brader: > You say you want a revolution? This round is about Mother Russia > from Napoleon to Stalin. > 1. Under which Czar did Russia repel Napoleon's invasion? Alexander I. 2 for Calvin. > 2. This Czar is often called the Abraham Lincoln of Russia. > He was a reformer who freed the serfs in 1866 and was > assassinated. Name him. Alexander II. 4 for Calvin. > 3. According to Boney M., Rasputin was Russia's greatest love > machine. That may be, but can you name the czarina he > spiritually advised? Alexandra. 4 for Pete. > 4. Who led the provisional government of Russia between the fall > of the czars and the takeover by the Bolsheviks? Alexander Kerensky. 4 for Dan. > for it. Now, what exactly is the connection between that > last Alexander and the Russian Revolution 30 years later? > Be specific. He was Lenin's brother. > Russia via Finland by the Germans, the exiled Lenin addressed > them with a barn-burner of a speech that served as a call > to revolution. By what name is that speech now known? The April Theses. > 7. What significant event happened at Yekaterinburg, Russia, > on 1918-07-17? The former czar was executed, along with his family. 4 for Dan, Pete, and Marc. 2 for Calvin. > 8. In the Russian Civil War of 1917-22, the Bolsheviks' "Red Army" > fought anti-Communist forces known by what name? The White Army (or White Russians). 4 for Dan, Pete, Erland, Calvin, and Marc. > 9. What relevant event happened on 1940-08-21 in the Mexico City > suburb of Coyoacán? Leon Trotsky was murdered by a Stalinist agent. 4 for Dan, Pete, Erland, Calvin, and Marc. > 10. Either name the Bolshevik secret police under Lenin, or give > the new name they adopted in 1934 under Stalin. (Give the > short form in either case.) Cheka, NKVD. 4 for Dan, Erland, and Calvin. > there are no decoys in this round. Note also that the letters > are *below* the pictures; the bottom picture on each page is > unlettered and intended for humor value. This was the easiest round in the original game. > 1. In picture A, who is this pop crooner, most popular in the > 1960s and 1970s? B.J. Thomas. 4 for Pete, Marc, and Bruce. > 2. In picture B, who is B.J.'s sidekick in this 1979-81 comedy > series? (Give the name as it appears in the title.) The Bear. 4 for Dan, Pete, Calvin, and Bruce. > 3. In picture C, who is this Maple Leaf great, sometimes nicknamed > "B.J."? Borje Salming. 4 for Pete and Erland. > 4. Picture D shows a relief pitcher for the Jays from 2006 to 2009. > He signed a big contract, but his career was cut short by > arm problems. Name him. B.J. Ryan. > 5. Picture E. Name this *character* from a long-running 1970s > sitcom. Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt. 4 for Dan, Pete, Calvin, Marc, and Bruce. Played by Mike Farrell, he appeared on "M*A*S*H" from season 4 onwards, i.e. starting in 1975. > 6. Picture F is for the youngsters -- a 21st-century entertainment > question! Name this writer and actor from a popular 2000s > comedy series. B.J. Novak. 4 for Calvin. He played Ryan Howard on the US version of "The Office" for almost its entire run. > 7. In picture G, Billie Joe Armstong says hello. Name the band > pictured. Green Day. 4 for Dan. > 8. In picture H, the "J." in "B.J." is not the middle initial. > We ran out of amusing ones. Bon Jovi would've been nice here, > but you get this guy instead. Give his *first and last name*. Billy Joel. 4 for Dan, Pete, Calvin, Marc, and Bruce. > in World War I and later lent his name to a popular and stylish > line of battle tanks. His nickname was "Black Jack", so they > probably called him "B.J." behind his back. Name him. John James Pershing. 4 for Dan, Pete, Calvin, Marc, and Bruce. > 10. In picture J, meet B.J. Vorster, the prime minister 1966-78 -- > of which nation? South Africa. 4 for Dan, Erland, and Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Mis "Calvin" 20 24 44 Dan Blum 20 24 44 Pete Gayde 16 24 40 Marc Dashevsky 12 16 28 Erland Sommarskog 12 8 20 Bruce Bowler 0 20 20 -- Mark Brader | "What ever happened to the concept of 'less is more'?" Toronto | "Ah, but if less is more, then just think how much msb@vex.net | more more would be." -- Frasier (David Lloyd) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 24 12:58AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > 2. This Czar is often called the Abraham Lincoln of Russia. > He was a reformer who freed the serfs in 1866 and was > assassinated. Name him. Nicholas I > 3. According to Boney M., Rasputin was Russia's greatest love > machine. That may be, but can you name the czarina he > spiritually advised? Catherine > to revolution. By what name is that speech now known? > 7. What significant event happened at Yekaterinburg, Russia, > on 1918-07-17? Tsar and his family murdered > 8. In the Russian Civil War of 1917-22, the Bolsheviks' "Red Army" > fought anti-Communist forces known by what name? White Army > 9. What relevant event happened on 1940-08-21 in the Mexico City > suburb of Coyoacán? assassination of Trotsky > 10. Either name the Bolshevik secret police under Lenin, or give > the new name they adopted in 1934 under Stalin. (Give the > short form in either case.) KGB > arm problems. Name him. > 5. Picture E. Name this *character* from a long-running 1970s > sitcom. Hunnicutt > in World War I and later lent his name to a popular and stylish > line of battle tanks. His nickname was "Black Jack", so they > probably called him "B.J." behind his back. Name him. Pershing -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 24 04:08AM -0600 If Dan Tilque had posted his answers on time, he would have scored 12 points on Round 2 and 8 on Round 3. -- Mark Brader | "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. Toronto | "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have msb@vex.net | come here. This is, after all, a Bridge Club." | -- Ray Lee (after Lewis Carroll) |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 23 11:50PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-11-10, 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 5 days (instead of the usual 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 8, Round 4 - Canadiana Literature - Canada Reads Each year since 2002, CBC Radio's "Canada Reads" contest has had 5 Canadian celebrities advocate for 5 books, with a winner chosen by panel. Note that nominated books aren't required to be newly published; in fact, older favorites are often included. Recently the show was moderated by an allegedly disgraced CBC host whose name we shall not speak tonight, but we still like the contest. 1. The inaugural "Canada Reads" in 2002 saw Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies out-debate the likes of Megan Follows and Kim Campbell. His chosen book was by Michael Ondaatje and it "fictionalizes the lives of the immigrants whose contributions to building Toronto in the early 1900s never became part of the city's official history". Name the book. 2. In 2003, Justin Trudeau's pick didn't win, but it's still a good read. It was Wayne Johnston's 1998 work of historical fiction based on the life of Joey Smallwood. Name the book. 3. In 2004 Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo backed the winner, "The Last Crossing", part of an award-winning trilogy set in the 19th-century American and Canadian West, also including titles "The Englishman's Boy" and "A Good Man". Name the Saskatchewan-based *author*. 4. The 2005 contest foreshadowed Olivia Chow's mayoral candidacy when she couldn't even take a Booker Prize short-listed work to victory ("Oryx and Crake"). But neither could Molly Johnson and Rufus Wainwright succeed with "Beautiful Losers", the 1966 work of *which author/musician*? 5. Musicians seem to be good literary debaters. In 2006 John K. Samson, lead singer of the Winnipeg band the Weakerthans, won the contest for which author's recent novel "A Complicated Kindness"? 6. The 2007 contest brought back the first five winning presenters. Bragging rights went to the Weakerthans, with Heather O'Neill's recent debut novel about a "12-year-old protagonist named Baby who lives with her heroin-addicted, frequently-moving father Jules". Name the book. 7. The 2008 contest-winning book was written by a former Canadian Inquisition member -- Paul Quarrington. It was a comic novel about an aging retired hockey player. Give the title. 8. The musician and author who advocated <answer 7> would later have a book of his own nominated. The 2012 contest included his 1998 non-fiction, partly autobiographical work "On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock". Who? 9. Joseph Boyden has been nominated twice, first in 2006 for his debut novel "Three Day Road", and now his work "The Orenda" has won the 2014 competition. But it was the *other* book of this trilogy that took the Giller Prize, in 2008. Name it. 10. No big surprise, but the only author with three books nominated is Margaret Atwood, for "Oryx and Crake", "The Handmaid's Tale", and a more recent (2009) novel. This last one was advocated by Stephen Lewis for its environmental theme, and its storyline is connected to that of "Oryx and Crake". Name it. * Game 8, Round 6 - Geography - Fun with Municipalities Name that municipality! 1. What city in the Canadian North was formerly known as Frobisher Bay? 2. What southern Ontario city began as the settlement of Sandwich? 3. The city of Galt, Ontario, was amalgamated into what larger municipality? 4. The settlement of Rat Portage was the subject of a boundary dispute between Ontario and Manitoba. Later its name was changed. What is it called today? 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in just 15 minutes? Driving, that is. 6. The drive from Dildo to Paradise, on the other hand, would take around an hour -- in what Canadian province? 7. Paradise is a suburb of St. John's; but what similarly sized Canadian city has Saanich as a suburb? 8. Name *both* of the cities that were amalgamated in 1971 to form Thunder Bay. 9. What city in Ontario changed its name from Berlin in 1916, for obvious reasons? 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town. -- Mark Brader | Peter Neumann on Y2K: Toronto | This problem gives new meaning to "going out on msb@vex.net | a date" (which many systems will do on 1/1/00). My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 24 01:51AM -0600 In article <WaudnWg1xuyIyQfJnZ2dnUU7-IudnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > Name that municipality! > 5. In what US state could you go from Blue Ball to Intercourse in > just 15 minutes? Driving, that is. Pennsylvania > 10. In 1950, the town of Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name > to that of a radio (and later TV) game show. It's also the title > of a 1997 movie directed by Kiefer Sutherland. Name that town. Truth or Consequences |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 23 09:12PM +0100 > 1. who is the world's richest man according to forbes magazine? Warren Buffet > 3. at #5 on the forbes list is the founder of oracle. name him. Larry Ellison > 4. the youngest billionaire on forbes list is bobby murphy, founder of > snapchat, along with co-founder evan spiegel. how old are they? 27 > 5. david rockefeller, sr., is the oldest billionaire on the list. how > old is he? 92 > 6. the only world leader on the list is the president of chile. name > him. Michelle Bachelet, but she is a she, and to my knowing not particulary rich. Sebastian Monero on the other hand is certainly wealthy, but he is no longer President. > 7. how many of the top 20 billionaires on forbes list made their money > from 'technology'? 7 > 8. the founder of 'virgin galactic' is richard branson. within 10, how > far down the forbes list does he rank? 35 > 9. theo albrecht jr made his money from aldi and trader joes. What > nation is he from? Germany > 10. the world's billionaires have an aggregate net worth of .. how much? 5E12 USD -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Dec 23 03:56PM -0800 On Tuesday, December 23, 2014 1:45:53 PM UTC+10, swp wrote: > 1. who is the world's richest man according to forbes magazine? Slim > 2. tied at #6 on forbes list are 2 brothers who are (in)famous for their extracurricular political activities. what is their family name? Barclay? > 3. at #5 on the forbes list is the founder of oracle. name him. Roger Oracle > 4. the youngest billionaire on forbes list is bobby murphy, founder of snapchat, along with co-founder evan spiegel. how old are they? 26 > 5. david rockefeller, sr., is the oldest billionaire on the list. how old is he? 89 > 6. the only world leader on the list is the president of chile. name him. > 7. how many of the top 20 billionaires on forbes list made their money from 'technology'? 13 > 8. the founder of 'virgin galactic' is richard branson. within 10, how far down the forbes list does he rank? 88 > 9. theo albrecht jr made his money from aldi and trader joes. What nation is he from? Germany > 10. the world's billionaires have an aggregate net worth of .. how much? 14 cents cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 23 03:48PM -0800 Calvin wrote: > Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 370 > 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 42 Dan Tilque I got Q10 right. -- Dan Tilque |
| "Rob Parker" <NO robpparker SPAM @ FOR optusnet.com.au ME>: Dec 24 08:34AM +1100 > 1 Who composed the theme music for the 1974 film Shaft? Isaac Hayes > 2 What is Australia's fourth most populous city? Perth > 3 What nationality was former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali? > 4 William Shakespeare was born in which century? 16th > 5 Which Zimbabwean stepped down as England cricket coach following their > 5-0 Ashes loss last summer? Andy Flower > 6 What word describes an angle of greater than 180 degrees? reflex > 7 Which island was awarded the George Cross during WWII? Malta (?) > 8 What is the only digit to be spelt the same way in French and English? six > 9 What colour is the liqueur Galliano? yellow > 10 Oh, What a Beautiful Morning! is a song from which Rodgers and > Hammerstein musical first performed in 1943? Oklahoma Rob |
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