- QFTCIUA Final, Round 8: Canadiana - 4 Updates
- Björn's Knock-out dates - Answer Q5 and new Q6 - 15 Updates
- QFTCIUA Final, Round 7 answers: Entertainment - 1 Update
- Calvin's Quiz #380 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 4 Updates
- QFTCIUA Final, Round 9: Science & Technology - 1 Update
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 14 02:04PM +0100 On 2015-02-14 13:59, Björn Lundin wrote: >> > *what two* PEI cities? > Summerseth and Charlottetown? > (And that is the cities I know of PEI) Looking it up, I see it is called Summer_side_ not Summer_seth_ Guess I really only know one city on PEI... -- Björn |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 15 12:20AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > of Quebec in 1942 as a maker of snowmobiles. It has since > diversified to commercial aircraft and private jets and is a > Fortune Global 500 company. Name it. Bombardier > * Canadian Funny Money > Hands on the table! Do *not* open your wallets. > 4. Whose face is featured on the Canadian $100 bill? Elizabeth II > 5. What Canadian-made technological innovation is depicted on the > back of the current $5 bill? telephone > 6. The back of the current Canadian $20 bill depicts a war > memorial commemorating a certain battle engrained in the > country's consciousness. Which one? Dieppe Raid > 14. This city's public transit system keeps its traditional name > even though it only runs buses today: the "<answer> Street > Railway". What city? London -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 17 08:17AM -0600 Mark Brader: > of Quebec in 1942 as a maker of snowmobiles. It has since > diversified to commercial aircraft and private jets and is a > Fortune Global 500 company. Name it. Bombardier. They also make trains. 4 for Björn, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > WordPerfect, which aspired to be the Pepsi to Microsoft Word's > Coke. The Ottawa Senators' arena -- now called the Canadian > Tire Centre -- used to bear this company's name. What name? Corel. 4 for Björn and Marc. > Peladeau. Now it's the company's cash cow, jockeying with > Bell in wireless and Internet access services. Name the cable > company that keeps Peladeau's boat afloat. Videotron. > * Canadian Funny Money > Hands on the table! Do *not* open your wallets. > 4. Whose face is featured on the Canadian $100 bill? Prime Minister Robert Borden. http://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/design_100.pdf Among currently issued denominations of paper money, the Queen is only on the $20. She used to be on the $1, $2, and $1,000 when those were still in production. Still earlier she was on all denominations. > 5. What Canadian-made technological innovation is depicted on the > back of the current $5 bill? The Mobile Servicing System, consisting of the Canadarm 2, Dextre, and the Mobile Base. Any part was sufficient. http://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/design_5.pdf > 6. The back of the current Canadian $20 bill depicts a war > memorial commemorating a certain battle engrained in the > country's consciousness. Which one? Vimy Ridge. 2 for Joshua. http://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/design_20.pdf > 7. This Canadian lawyer was vice-president of the International > Olympic Committee for 8 years and president of the World > Anti-Doping Agency. Despite the name, he was never a porn star. Dick Pound. 4 for Peter, Calvin, and Pete. > 8. Formerly Governor of the Bank of Canada, since 2013 he has held > the same position at the Bank of England. Mark Carney. 4 for Peter and Calvin. > 9. This Canadian author and essayist is the current president of > PEN International, the global writers' advocacy group. > Married to a former Governor-General. John Ralston Saul (husband of Adrienne Clarkson). > from the songs and clues. > 10. "Skinnamarink", "One Elephant Deux Éléphants". This trio hosted > "The Elephant Show" on CBC and Nickelodeon. Sharon, Lois, and Bram. I did not require the names to be given in order. 4 for Joshua (the hard way) and Pete. > 11. "Baby Beluga", "Spider on the Floor". Born in Egypt, he's a > member of the Order of Canada. Raffi. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > 12. "The Cat Came Back", "Sandwiches". This Winnipegger had a > CBC show for 12 years until 1997. Fred Penner. > 13. Besides Toronto's subway and Montreal's Metro, there are 4 > other urban rail rapid transit systems in Canada. Name *any one* > of them, giving *both* the city and name of the rail service. Calgary C-Train, Edmonton LRT, Ottawa O-Train, Vancouver SkyTrain. > 14. This city's public transit system keeps its traditional name > even though it only runs buses today: the "<answer> Street > Railway". What city? Hamilton. > 15. The County Line Express is a commuter bus service between > *what two* PEI cities? Charlottetown, Summerside. 3 for Björn. Scores, if there are no errors: ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> His Lit Geo Spo Ent Can FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 52 44 52 51 55 14 210 Marc Dashevsky -- 24 52 44 40 4 160 Pete Gayde 35 -- 40 60 24 12 159 Dan Blum 32 32 40 19 36 4 140 "Calvin" 31 24 39 35 27 8 132 Rob Parker 32 24 44 16 24 -- 124 Peter Smyth 12 20 44 36 24 8 124 Dan Tilque 36 20 40 24 4 4 120 Erland Sommarskog 28 8 48 16 12 -- 104 Jason Kreitzer 20 12 16 24 28 -- 88 Björn Lundin 8 11 32 8 16 11 70 Bruce Bowler 36 18 -- -- -- -- 54 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "These days UNIX isn't very UNIX-like" msb@vex.net -- Doug Gwyn My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 14 06:05AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08, 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*)". ** Final, Round 8 - Canadiana * Canadian Business 1. This storied Canadian company began in the Eastern Townships of Quebec in 1942 as a maker of snowmobiles. It has since diversified to commercial aircraft and private jets and is a Fortune Global 500 company. Name it. 2. This Canadian high-tech company was founded in 1985 by Michael Cowpland. Its high point came with the acquisition of WordPerfect, which aspired to be the Pepsi to Microsoft Word's Coke. The Ottawa Senators' arena -- now called the Canadian Tire Centre -- used to bear this company's name. What name? 3. In 2001, this Quebec-based cable giant was snatched from the jaws of Rogers by Quebecor and its controversial CEO Pierre-Karl Peladeau. Now it's the company's cash cow, jockeying with Bell in wireless and Internet access services. Name the cable company that keeps Peladeau's boat afloat. * Canadian Funny Money Hands on the table! Do *not* open your wallets. 4. Whose face is featured on the Canadian $100 bill? 5. What Canadian-made technological innovation is depicted on the back of the current $5 bill? 6. The back of the current Canadian $20 bill depicts a war memorial commemorating a certain battle engrained in the country's consciousness. Which one? * World-Class Canadians In each case, name them. 7. This Canadian lawyer was vice-president of the International Olympic Committee for 8 years and president of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Despite the name, he was never a porn star. 8. Formerly Governor of the Bank of Canada, since 2013 he has held the same position at the Bank of England. 9. This Canadian author and essayist is the current president of PEN International, the global writers' advocacy group. Married to a former Governor-General. * The Kids Are All Right, Eh? Canada has produced famous children's entertainers. Name them from the songs and clues. 10. "Skinnamarink", "One Elephant Deux Éléphants". This trio hosted "The Elephant Show" on CBC and Nickelodeon. 11. "Baby Beluga", "Spider on the Floor". Born in Egypt, he's a member of the Order of Canada. 12. "The Cat Came Back", "Sandwiches". This Winnipegger had a CBC show for 12 years until 1997. * Canadian Transit 13. Besides Toronto's subway and Montreal's Metro, there are 4 other urban rail rapid transit systems in Canada. Name *any one* of them, giving *both* the city and name of the rail service. 14. This city's public transit system keeps its traditional name even though it only runs buses today: the "<answer> Street Railway". What city? 15. The County Line Express is a commuter bus service between *what two* PEI cities? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "You keep using that word. I do not think it means msb@vex.net | what you think it means." -- The Princess Bride My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 21 08:28PM +0100 On 2015-02-18 22:02, Björn Lundin wrote: > Q6: > What date was the coronation of Elisabeth II ? > The year is 1953. This round is now closed Correct date : 02-Jun-1953 more details at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II> She has been the queen for a long time. Q6: Contender Entered Date First Date Second Date Diff1 Diff2 Best --------------------------------------------------------------------- swp Jun-02 02-Jun-1953 02-Jun-1954 0 365 0 Mark Brader Jun-02 02-Jun-1953 02-Jun-1954 0 365 0 Russ May-27 27-May-1953 27-May-1954 6 359 6 David B Jun-01 01-Jun-1953 01-Jun-1954 1 364 1 Calvin Jun-27 27-Jun-1952 27-Jun-1953 340 25 25 Dan Blum May-01 01-May-1953 01-May-1954 32 333 32 Erland Sommarskog Oct-12 12-Oct-1952 12-Oct-1953 233 132 132 Correct date : 02-Jun-1953 Worst guess off by: 132 Once again, Erland gets lucky NOT to be eliminated. Pete is eliminated, due to not answering in time. And once again, very good answers. Now onto something slightly newer. Ceausescu - leader/dictator of Romania was executed on what date in 1989 ? This round is open until Feb 24, 2015 20:00 CET The round is open for everyone in above table. -- Björn |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 21 08:38PM +0100 > Once again, Erland gets lucky NOT to be eliminated. Phew! > Ceausescu - leader/dictator of Romania was executed on what date > in 1989 ? He was eliminated on Dec 25th. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 21 01:50PM -0600 Björn Lundin: > Ceausescu - leader/dictator of Romania was executed on what date > in 1989 ? 15 Dec. -- Mark Brader "`char **' parameters are packaged in GREEN Toronto envelopes and placed on the FIFTH shelf." msb@vex.net -- Chris Torek |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Feb 21 02:34PM -0800 On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 2:28:21 PM UTC-5, björn lundin wrote: > On 2015-02-18 22:02, Björn Lundin wrote: ... > The round is open for everyone in above table. > -- > Björn december 25th (a Christmas present to the world) swp |
| Russ <askme @ sayplease.com>: Feb 21 05:23PM -0600 On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:28:21 +0100, Björn Lundin >in 1989 ? >This round is open until Feb 24, 2015 20:00 CET >The round is open for everyone in above table. Firing squad, with his wife killed as well Christmas Day (12/25) Russ |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 21 04:42PM -0800 On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 5:28:21 AM UTC+10, björn lundin wrote: > Ceausescu - leader/dictator of Romania was executed on what date > in 1989 ? 1 November cheers, calvin |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 15 10:21AM +0100 On 2015-02-15 04:45, swp wrote: >> I will close this round Tuesday Feb 17 2015 20:00 CET > november 9th > thank you for the follow up with the year, otherwise I would have answered with the august 1961 date. That of course is one way if interpret 'open' when it comes to a wall. -- Björn |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 15 12:26PM +0100 On 2015-02-15 12:16, Mark Brader wrote: > but for the event in 1989, most people would > refer to the "fall" of the Berlin Wall, or the Wall "coming down". Yes, of course. I had the opening of the border, at one of the check points, in mind while writing. But swp's reply made me think of it as opening night, or premier, as you have in Broadway shows, which would point to some date in 1961. -- Björn |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 18 09:17PM > Q6: > What date was the coronation of Elisabeth II ? > The year is 1953. May 1 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Feb 14 08:29PM +0100 On 2015-02-11 09:46, Björn Lundin wrote: > Q3: > First day of Reykavijk summit (Reagan - Gorbatjov) in 1986 > I will close this one 3 days from now, Saturday 14 Feb at around 20:00 CET Correct date : 11-Oct-1986 more of it at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk_Summit> This one was hard, and I would have been surprised if not so Q3: Contender Entered Date First Date Second Date Diff1 Diff2 Best --------------------------------------------------------------------- Erland Sommarskog Apr-24 24-Apr-1986 24-Apr-1987 170 195 170 Russ Oct-01 01-Oct-1986 01-Oct-1987 10 355 10 Pete Feb-01 01-Feb-1986 01-Feb-1987 252 113 113 Mark Brader Aug-01 01-Aug-1986 01-Aug-1987 71 294 71 Dan Blum Mar-01 01-Mar-1986 01-Mar-1987 224 141 141 Peter Smyth May-29 29-May-1986 29-May-1987 135 230 135 Calvin Aug-01 01-Aug-1986 01-Aug-1987 71 294 71 Dan Tilque Sep-29 29-Sep-1986 29-Sep-1987 12 353 12 David B Sep 01 01-Sep-1986 01-Sep-1987 40 325 40 swp Jun-30 30-Jun-1986 30-Jun-1987 103 262 103 Correct date : 11-Oct-1986 Worst guess off by: 170 So Erland, has the worst guess, but he survives because Joshua Kreitzer did not reply in time Joshua Kreitzer is eliminated. Question 4: A bit related to cold war ending Was date was the Berlin wall opened? I will close this round Tuesday Feb 17 2015 20:00 CET -- -- Björn |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 14 07:55PM > Question 4: > A bit related to cold war ending > Was date was the Berlin wall opened? September 1 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 14 08:51PM -0600 Joshua Kreitzer: > I actually had dropped out a week ago because I saw another entrant's > answer in Q2. You were reprieved. -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net "History tells us that the Boston 'T' Party was succeeded the next day by the Boston 'U' Party, where American rebels yanked all the extraneous U's out of words like 'colour' and threw them into Boston Harbour. Harbor. Whatever." --Adam Beneschan |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 16 01:48PM -0600 > Q5: > What date did Princess Diana die in a car crash in Paris, France 1997 31 Aug. -- Mark Brader "How can we believe that?" Toronto "Because this time it's true!" msb@vex.net -- Lynn & Jay: YES, PRIME MINISTER |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 14 03:46PM -0600 Björn Lundin: > Russ Oct-01 01-Oct-1986 01-Oct-1987 10 355 10 > Pete Feb-01 01-Feb-1986 01-Feb-1987 252 113 113 > ... I suggest that the useful way to present this table is sorted by the last column. > Question 4: > A bit related to cold war ending > Was date was the Berlin wall opened? 01 Nov. -- Mark Brader | A computer[']s view of the world is analogous [to] Toronto | a flashlight in the dark. What they can see, they msb@vex.net | see well. What they can't see, they see not at all. | -- M. Valvo My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 15 05:16AM -0600 Björn Lundin: >>> Was date was the Berlin wall opened? Stephen Perry: >> thank you for the follow up with the year, otherwise I would have >> answered with the august 1961 date. Björn Lundin: > That of course is one way if interpret 'open' when it comes to a wall. No, it isn't. But when the questions aren't written in the person's native language and use an unusual wording, it's possible that we'll guess wrong as to what was intended. I don't imagine the error at the start of the sentence fooled anyone, but for the event in 1989, most people would refer to the "fall" of the Berlin Wall, or the Wall "coming down". (What really happened on the critical date, of course, was that the border between East and West Germany was declared open. The removal of the physical wall came later, both by official and unofficial means.) -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "To err is human, but to error requires a computer." msb@vex.net | -- Harry Lethall My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 14 06:03AM -0600 Mark Brader: > * Anger Management > Name the *actor* delivering these angry lines from famous films. > 1. "From Hell's heart, I stab at thee!" Ricardo Montalban (as Khan in "Star Trek [II]: The Wrath of Khan" (1982)). 4 for Pete and Dan Blum. > 2. "Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer? Dead!" John Belushi (as John Blutarsky in "Animal House" (1978)). 4 for Pete, Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the > international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify our > precious bodily fluids." Sterling Hayden (as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964)). 3 for Joshua. > 4. Michael Dumble-Smith was in the original cast of "The Phantom of > the Opera" stage musical and he played Hero in the film version > of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Michael Crawford. 4 for Peter, Calvin, and Joshua. > 5. Singer, songwriter, actress, and cultural icon Édith Giovana > Gassion's stage name comes from the colloquial French term > for sparrow. Édith Piaf. 4 for Pete, Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Calvin, Joshua, Jason, Björn, and Rob. > 6. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta found her stage name in a > song by Queen. Lady Gaga. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Calvin, Joshua, Jason, Björn, and Rob. > * Thespians' Nicknames > We give you a nickname and vital dates. You name the actor or actress. > 7. "The Great Profile" (1882-02-14 -- 1942-05-29). John Barrymore. Arguably inappropriately, "Barrymore" was sufficient. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > 8. "The World's Oldest Virgin" (1922-04-03 -- ), romantic comedy > star. Doris Day. 4 for Marc, Calvin, Joshua, Jason, and Rob. > 9. "The Muscles from Brussels" (1960-10-18 -- ), action star. Jean-Claude Van Damme. I accepted "Van Damne" with a chuckle. 4 for Pete, Marc, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Calvin, Joshua, Björn, and Rob. Arnold Schwarzenegger is from Austria, not Belgium. > Name the TV series where these animals appeared. > 10. Judy the chimp and Clarence the cross-eyed lion. (1960s > adventure.) "Daktari". 4 for Joshua and Rob. > 11. Marcel the monkey. (Season 1 of this 1990s/2000s sitcom.) "Friends". 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, and Jason. > 12. Murray the dog. (1990s sitcom.) "Mad about You". Yes, the one with Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt. 4 for Joshua and Jason. The dog on "Frasier" was Eddie. > We name the film, you name *either* the actor or actress who played the > romantic leads. > 13. "Notting Hill" (1999). Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts. 4 for Pete, Marc, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Joshua (the hard way), Jason, Björn, and Rob. > 14. "500 Days of Summer" (2009). Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel. 4 for Marc and Joshua (the hard way). > 15. "Pretty in Pink" (1986). Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy. 4 for Pete, Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Jason. 3 for Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 BEST TOPICS-> His Lit Geo Spo Ent THREE Joshua Kreitzer 52 44 52 51 55 159 Marc Dashevsky -- 24 52 44 40 136 Pete Gayde 35 -- 40 60 24 135 Dan Blum 32 32 40 19 36 108 "Calvin" 31 24 39 35 27 105 Peter Smyth 12 20 44 36 24 104 Rob Parker 32 24 44 16 24 100 Dan Tilque 36 20 40 24 4 100 Erland Sommarskog 28 8 48 16 12 92 Jason Kreitzer 20 12 16 24 28 72 Björn Lundin 8 11 32 8 16 59 Bruce Bowler 36 18 -- -- -- 54 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "...what kind of mind has a steel trap got anyway?" msb@vex.net | --Lawrence Block, "The Burglar in the Library" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 21 04:39PM -0800 On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 6:55:19 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 What foodstuff is traditionally used to stuff a carpetbag steak? Oysters Singleton to Rob > 2 What was Victoria Beckham's maiden name? Adams Not accepting Spice sorry :-) > 3 Fort Knox is located in which US state? Kentucky > 4 The Hallelujah Chorus is from which 1741 oratorio by George Handel? Messiah > 5 What was Indira Gandhi's maiden name? Nehru > 6 PRINCE2 is a de facto standard in which field of business? Project management > 7 The title of which 1961 Joseph Heller novel has passed into common usage as a phrase meaning a no-win situation? Catch-22 > 8 In which city was John Lennon murdered? New York [City] > 9 Which rock band had a 1979 hit with London Calling? The Clash > 10 Which actress portrayed Etta Place in the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? Katherine Ross Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 380 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 55 Peter Smyth 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 55 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 49 Rob Parker 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 51 Mark Brader 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 47 Chris Johnson 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 49 Erland S 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 42 Bruce Bowler 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 42 Dan Tilque 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 44 Pete Gayde 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 26 Bjorn Lundin - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 1 4 9 9 5 2 10 10 6 4 60 60% Congratulations Peter and Marc. cheers, calvin |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Feb 14 04:20AM -0500 On 2015-02-14, Calvin wrote: > 1 What foodstuff is traditionally used to stuff a carpetbag steak? > 2 What was Victoria Beckham's maiden name? > 3 Fort Knox is located in which US state? Kentucky > 4 The Hallelujah Chorus is from which 1741 oratorio by George Handel? The Messiah > 5 What was Indira Gandhi's maiden name? Nehru > 6 PRINCE2 is a de facto standard in which field of business? Heraldry > 7 The title of which 1961 Joseph Heller novel has passed into common usage as a phrase meaning a no-win situation? Catch 22 > 8 In which city was John Lennon murdered? NYC > 9 Which rock band had a 1979 hit with London Calling? > 10 Which actress portrayed Etta Place in the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? Katharine Ross -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 14 08:58PM -0800 Calvin wrote: > 1 What foodstuff is traditionally used to stuff a carpetbag steak? onions ? > 2 What was Victoria Beckham's maiden name? Adams > 3 Fort Knox is located in which US state? Kentucky > 4 The Hallelujah Chorus is from which 1741 oratorio by George Handel? The Messiah > 5 What was Indira Gandhi's maiden name? > 6 PRINCE2 is a de facto standard in which field of business? > 7 The title of which 1961 Joseph Heller novel has passed into common usage as a phrase meaning a no-win situation? Catch-22 > 8 In which city was John Lennon murdered? New York > 9 Which rock band had a 1979 hit with London Calling? Queen ? -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 14 06:09AM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 What foodstuff is traditionally used to stuff a carpetbag steak? Never heard of it. Corn? > 2 What was Victoria Beckham's maiden name? Posh. :-) Okay, Adams. > 3 Fort Knox is located in which US state? Kentucky. > 4 The Hallelujah Chorus is from which 1741 oratorio by George Handel? "The Messiah". > 5 What was Indira Gandhi's maiden name? Nehru. > 6 PRINCE2 is a de facto standard in which field of business? Never heard of it. Accounting? > 7 The title of which 1961 Joseph Heller novel has passed into common > usage as a phrase meaning a no-win situation? "Catch-22". > 8 In which city was John Lennon murdered? New York. > 9 Which rock band had a 1979 hit with London Calling? Dunno. REM? > 10 Which actress portrayed Etta Place in the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and > the Sundance Kid? Katharine Ross. -- Mark Brader "I used to own a mind like a steel trap. Toronto Perhaps if I'd specified a brass one, it msb@vex.net wouldn't have rusted like this." --Greg Goss My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 17 08:19AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2014-12-08, 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*)". ** Final, Round 9 - Science & Technology * The Science of Sport 1. No offence to RuPaul or Enza Supermodel, but the dimples on a golf ball serve to reduce what aerodynamic property? 2. What kind of rock is a professional curling stone made from? 3. In auto racing, as for driving in general, what's the technical term for a car's tires losing front-end grip when turning a corner? * Health Science: Immunology & Molecular Biology 4. Flu vaccines are formulated annually to protect against three or four virus strains. One or two will be Type B strains, and two will be of Type A: an H1N1 and which other subtype? 5. The HIV virus destroys immunity primarily through the depletion of what type of cells? 6. What is the purpose of a polymerase chain reaction? * Plate Tectonics 7. What was the name of the supercontinent that formed approximately 300,000,000 years ago, and from which all the current continents eventually split away? 8. Name *either* of the two supercontinents that broke away from <answer 7> approximately 200,000,000 years ago. 9. In the era of the supercontinent <answer 7>, what was Panthalassa? * When Fluke is the Mother of Invention 10. In 1903 Édouard Bénédictus, a French scientist, dropped a glass flask filled with cellulose nitrate solution, a sort of liquid plastic. The flask didn't break in the usual manner, which led to the invention of what product? 11. Pfizer developed this drug to treat angina by relaxing blood vessels to the heart. But clinical trial subjects noticed it improving blood flow to a different body part. What breakthrough drug was this? 12. In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral went for a hike and noticed small burdock burrs stuck to his clothes. His examination of these small "hitchhikers" inspired what invention? * The Science of Cooking 13. Name the cooking technique where ingredients are put in airtight plastic bags and slow-cooked at lower-than-normal temperatures. 14. This cooking process is a non-enzymatic reaction that occurs when carbohydrates or sugars in food are heated. Chemically, it is the removal of water from a sugar followed by complex isomerization and polymerisation steps. 15. This sub-discipline of food science begins with the study of physical and chemical transformation of ingredients with different cooking processes, preparation, and materials. It became a culinary movement with broader objectives. -- Mark Brader What is it about Toronto Haiku that people find so msb@vex.net Infatuating? --Pete Mitchell My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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