Tuesday, March 10, 2015

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 10 12:06AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to
give the answers that were correct on those dates.
 
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Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
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the correct answers in about 3 days.
 
All questions were written by members of MI5, 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 2015-02-23
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
 
 
* Game 7 (2015-03-02), Round 1 - Canadiana Current Events
 
Now that Black History Month has ended, we're doing a themed game on
all things black. Current events this week is full of black news,
as in negative news -- wry, twisted, unsavory, and all Canadian.
 
1. Why is the College de Maisonneuve in Montreal suddenly of urgent
interest to the RCMP?
 
2. This convicted pathological killer has been given permission
to take day passes to the city of Winnipeg -- provided that he
continues to take his medications!
 
3. Name the main intersection in Toronto near which a shooting in
McDonald's left two dead.
 
4. What will certain Canadian veterans now have to demonstrate
to Veterans' Affairs every 3 years, instead of annually as at
present?
 
5. Name any of the 5 countries that have banned the import
of Canadian beef after the reemergence of Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy at the same Alberta farm that had a previous
case in 2010.
 
6. The Ontario Securities Commission has just banned which man
from being a director of any public or private company issuing
securities in Ontario?
 
7. MPP Rick Nicholls delivered a withering critique of the new
sex-education curriculum in the Legislature, but attracted
scorn for his parting remark. What else did he think should
not be taught in Ontario schools?
 
8. Seeking a rise in stipend from $15,000 to $23,000 per year,
teaching assistants at which Ontario university have gone
on strike?
 
9. An unusual piece of clothing was purchased last week from a
Queen St. W. store at a marked-down price of $40. What was it?
 
10. The court case involving Rania el-Alloul came to an abrupt
end in Montreal last week. Why?
 
 
* Game 8 (2015-03-09), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. The head of the Canadian Armed Forces has announced that he
wants to leave his job this fall. Who is he?
 
2. After months of silence, the federal government has made a
cash and medical care offer to the approximately 95 survivors
of thalidomide. How much is the cash offer to each person?
 
3. Which first-time writer won the RBS Taylor Prize for her memoir
"They Left Us Everything", about the effort made by a group of
siblings to declutter, clean, and sell the family home after
the death of their mother?
 
4. Name the intrepid movie pilot who in real life crash-landed his
small World War II vintage plane, emerging with only flesh
wounds after a rapid descent on a golf course.
 
5. Well, it happens to the best of us... Name the world's leading
golfer, who quipped, "I didn't need a 3-iron for the rest of the
round, so I thought, why not?" In fact, he threw it 50 yards
into a lake where he had just deposited his ball.
 
6. 24 deals were made in the NHL on trade-deadline day. One of them
was noteworthy because an 11-year-old girl had petitioned the
local team to purchase her father's contract. "You have not
been winning games", she wrote. "Please, please, please ask
the Jackets if you guys can get him!" Either name the player
or the team that brought him home. (Any unambiguous form of
the team name is acceptable.)
 
7. To alleviate health hazards regarding the use of a football
field, an understanding has been reached to allow this
Toronto school to build a 59-foot-high dome inside its track.
This ends a lengthy, seven-sided dispute that went to the
Ontario Municipal Board. Name the school.
 
8. What spacecraft has slipped into orbit around Ceres, where
it will reamin to take reconnaissance photogrphs over the
next 16 months?
 
9. In a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black, a
British charity has launched 7 cases against European countries
for violating section 17 of the European Social Charter. France
has already announced that it will NOT comply with the Court of
Europe's ruling. What is it that France refused to criminalize?
 
10. Alexandra Morra has been charged with revealing a "lilsecrett"
online. She has been charged with committing an offense in
what specific location?
 
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 09 10:54PM -0700

On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 12:06:38 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> of Canadian beef after the reemergence of Bovine Spongiform
> Encephalopathy at the same Alberta farm that had a previous
> case in 2010.
 
USA; UK
 
 
> 4. Name the intrepid movie pilot who in real life crash-landed his
> small World War II vintage plane, emerging with only flesh
> wounds after a rapid descent on a golf course.
 
Harrison Ford
 
> golfer, who quipped, "I didn't need a 3-iron for the rest of the
> round, so I thought, why not?" In fact, he threw it 50 yards
> into a lake where he had just deposited his ball.
 
Rory McIlroy
 
> 10. Alexandra Morra has been charged with revealing a "lilsecrett"
> online. She has been charged with committing an offense in
> what specific location?
 
Toronto Public Library
 
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Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 10 05:05AM -0500

In article <9L-dncPFkYxA5mPJnZ2dnUU7-SednZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> 4. Name the intrepid movie pilot who in real life crash-landed his
> small World War II vintage plane, emerging with only flesh
> wounds after a rapid descent on a golf course.
Harrison Ford
 
> golfer, who quipped, "I didn't need a 3-iron for the rest of the
> round, so I thought, why not?" In fact, he threw it 50 yards
> into a lake where he had just deposited his ball.
McIlroy
 
 
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Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 09 06:44AM -0500

In article <c8d5ec54-f7f5-4a39-bf2b-80206190c721@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says...
 
> 1 Which island group did Captain Cook name the Friendly Islands?
> 2 Who played the role of President Bartlett in the award-winning US TV drama The West Wing?
Martin Sheen
 
> 3 Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy, Nick McCarthy and Paul Thomson are members of which indy rock band?
> 4 Tony Manero was the lead character in which 1977 film?
Saturday Night Fever
 
> 5 Which organisation is also known by the acronym PETA?
People for the Ethical Treatment or Animals
 
> 6 Which 1961 novel by Scottish author Mauriel Spark's became a 1969 film starring Maggie Smith in the title role
The Prime of Miss Jean Brody
 
> 8 The annual awards of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) are named after which Welsh composer and actor?
> 9 Russia, Turkey, Britain and France were the belligerents in which 19th century war?
> 10 The Big Brother TV franchise began in 1997 in which European country ?
France
 
 
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 09 12:53PM +0100

> 1 Which island group did Captain Cook name the Friendly Islands?
 
Cook Islands
 
> 5 Which organisation is also known by the acronym PETA?
 
The organization of 1E15 people
 
> 7 In 1950, India withdrew from the World Cup because FIFA refused to
> let them play in what manner?
 
Barefoot
 
> 9 Russia, Turkey, Britain and France were the belligerents in which
> 19th century war?
 
Crimea war
 
> 10 The Big Brother TV franchise began in 1997 in which European
> country ?
 
UK
 
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 09 09:02AM -0500

"Calvin":
> 1 Which island group did Captain Cook name the Friendly Islands?
 
Hawaii.
 
> 2 Who played the role of President Bartlett in the award-winning US TV
> drama The West Wing?
 
Sheen.
 
> 3 Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy, Nick McCarthy and Paul Thomson are members of
> which indy rock band?
> 4 Tony Manero was the lead character in which 1977 film?
 
"Saturday Night Fever".
 
> 5 Which organisation is also known by the acronym PETA?
 
People for the "Ethical Treatment" of Animals.
 
> 6 Which 1961 novel by Scottish author Mauriel Spark's became a 1969 film
> starring Maggie Smith in the title role
 
"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie".
 
> 7 In 1950, India withdrew from the World Cup because FIFA refused to let
> them play in what manner?
 
Barefoot?
 
> Authors (BASCA) are named after which Welsh composer and actor?
> 9 Russia, Turkey, Britain and France were the belligerents in which 19th
> century war?
 
Crimean War.
 
> 10 The Big Brother TV franchise began in 1997 in which European country ?
 
UK?
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"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Mar 09 03:37PM +0100

On 2015-03-09 10:47, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which island group did Captain Cook name the Friendly Islands?
Samoa
> 2 Who played the role of President Bartlett in the award-winning US TV drama The West Wing?
Martin Sheen
> 5 Which organisation is also known by the acronym PETA?
> 6 Which 1961 novel by Scottish author Mauriel Spark's became a 1969 film starring Maggie Smith in the title role
> 7 In 1950, India withdrew from the World Cup because FIFA refused to let them play in what manner?
In turbans ?
> 8 The annual awards of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) are named after which Welsh composer and actor?
> 9 Russia, Turkey, Britain and France were the belligerents in which 19th century war?
Crimea war
> 10 The Big Brother TV franchise began in 1997 in which European country ?
The Netherlands
 
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Björn
bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Mar 09 03:20PM

On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 02:47:15 -0700, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which island group did Captain Cook name the Friendly Islands?
 
Hawaii
 
> 2 Who played the role of President Bartlett in the award-winning US
> TV drama The West Wing?
 
Sheen?
 
> members of which indy rock band?
> 4 Tony Manero was the lead character in which 1977 film?
> 5 Which organisation is also known by the acronym PETA?
 
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(or People Eating Tasty Animals :-)
 
> film starring Maggie Smith in the title role
> 7 In 1950, India withdrew from the World Cup because FIFA refused to
> let them play in what manner?
 
Barefoot?
 
> and Authors (BASCA) are named after which Welsh composer and actor?
> 9 Russia, Turkey, Britain and France were the belligerents in which
> 19th century war?
 
Boer Wars
 
"Peter Smyth" <psmyth@ukf.net>: Mar 09 07:43PM

Calvin wrote:
 
 
> 1 Which island group did Captain Cook name the Friendly Islands?
Tahiti
> 2 Who played the role of President Bartlett in the award-winning US
> TV drama The West Wing?
Martin Sheen
> 3 Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy, Nick McCarthy and Paul Thomson are
> members of which indy rock band?
Kings of Leon
> 4 Tony Manero was the lead character in which 1977 film?
 
> 5 Which organisation is also known by the acronym PETA?
People for the Eating of Tasty Animals
> 6 Which 1961 novel by Scottish author Mauriel Spark's became a 1969
> film starring Maggie Smith in the title role
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
> 7 In 1950, India withdrew from the World Cup because FIFA refused to
> let them play in what manner?
Barefoot
> 19th century war?
 
> 10 The Big Brother TV franchise began in 1997 in which European
> country ?
Netherlands
 
Peter Smyth
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Mar 09 03:41PM -0400

On 2015-03-09, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which island group did Captain Cook name the Friendly Islands?
 
Hawaii
 
> 2 Who played the role of President Bartlett in the award-winning US TV drama The West Wing?
 
Martin Sheen
 
> 3 Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy, Nick McCarthy and Paul Thomson are members of which indy rock band?
> 4 Tony Manero was the lead character in which 1977 film?
 
Saturday Night Fever
 
> 5 Which organisation is also known by the acronym PETA?
 
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
 
> 6 Which 1961 novel by Scottish author Mauriel Spark's became a 1969 film starring Maggie Smith in the title role
 
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
 
> 7 In 1950, India withdrew from the World Cup because FIFA refused to let them play in what manner?
> 8 The annual awards of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) are named after which Welsh composer and actor?
 
Ivor Novello
 
> 9 Russia, Turkey, Britain and France were the belligerents in which 19th century war?
 
Crimean
 
> 10 The Big Brother TV franchise began in 1997 in which European country ?
 
France
 
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 09 12:57PM +0100

> 1. Which letter is used to represent a universal value in physics
> close to 300,000 km/s or 186,000 miles per second?
 
c

> 2. Upper-case C stands for which property in physics, measured in
> farads and defined as the ability to hold electric charge?
 
Capacitence
 
> 3. Newton teaches us that F = ma. What does the letter a stand for?
 
accelleration

> 4. Whose constant is represented by a lower-case h? (Hint: It is
> a crucial value in quantum physics.)
 
Planck

> 5. What is denoted by upper-case P and measured in watts?
 
Effect

> 7. What unit of resistance is rendered by an upper-case omega?
 
Ohm

> 9. Which Greek letter in lower case is used to denote a high-energy
> electron emitted by a radioactive nucleus?
 
beta

> 10. What concept in physics and acoustics, among others, is
> represented by a lower-case f?
 
frequency
 
 
 
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bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Mar 09 03:15PM

On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:05:43 -0600, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> 5. Belgarath, Polgara.
> 6. Kvothe.
> 7. Glinda, Elphaba.
 
Wicked
 
> 8. Circe.
 
> For questions #9-10, name the witch.
 
> 9. Darren's wife on the TV show "Bewitched". First name will do.
 
Samantha Stevens
 
> or the measurement or property from the letter.
 
> 1. Which letter is used to represent a universal value in physics
> close to 300,000 km/s or 186,000 miles per second?
 
c
 
> 2. Upper-case C stands for which property in physics, measured in
> farads and defined as the ability to hold electric charge?
 
Capacitance
 
> 3. Newton teaches us that F = ma. What does the letter a stand for?
 
Force, Mass, Acceleration
 
> 4. Whose constant is represented by a lower-case h? (Hint: It is
> a crucial value in quantum physics.)
 
Planck
 
> 5. What is denoted by upper-case P and measured in watts?
 
Power
 
> that is considered to be highly desirable in engineering and
> economics alike?
 
> 7. What unit of resistance is rendered by an upper-case omega?
 
Ohms
 
> 8. The Greek letter tau in lower case stands for rotational force
> in mechanics. What single word is used to denote this concept?
 
Torque
 
> 9. Which Greek letter in lower case is used to denote a high-energy
> electron emitted by a radioactive nucleus?
 
gamma
 
> 10. What concept in physics and acoustics, among others, is
> represented by a lower-case f?
 
frequency
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Mar 09 05:08PM +0100

On 2015-03-07 23:35, Björn Lundin wrote:
 
 
> Torque ?
 
> But I think I was taught is represented shear force in a beam.
> However, I might remember wrong, because it does not fit your description.
 
Turns out that mechanics/physics (or naming of entities) is no so
international after all.
 
from
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque>
This article follows US physics terminology in its use of the word
torque. In the UK and in US mechanical engineering, this is called
moment of force, usually shortened to moment
 
and
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear_stress>
A shear stress, denoted \tau\, (Greek: tau), is defined as the component
of stress coplanar with a material cross section.
 
 
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Björn
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 09 08:59AM -0500

"Calvin":
> 3 ... Pete Gayde
> 3 ... Bjorn Lundin
> 1 ... Erland S
 
Oooh, nice pattern! A pity Pete and Björn couldn't complete it by
agreeing as to which of them was only going to get 2 right.
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 09 12:59PM +0100

> has been covered many times, most notably by Duane Eddy and Art of
> Noise. Children of the 80s may remember it as the music from the
> arcade game Spy Hunter.
 
Shaft

> was established in a city which had a longstanding AHL team which was
> quite successful and only shut down because of the NHL franchise. The
> new team's most pprominent line was known as The French Connection.
 
Vancouver Cannucks

> this, she has since produced several more extremely successful albums
> and in 2012 was the highest-paid female musician in the world
> (according to Forbes magazine).
 
Britney Spears

 
 
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