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| Orlando Quattro <oquattro@magma.ca>: Apr 16 09:44PM -0400 Here are the results for Rare Entries Contest OQ-01, which has turned out to be quite a cautionary tale for me. I know that I shouldn't have been surprised, given my inability to ever score a clean slate of correct answers any time I entered one of Mark Brader's Rare Entries contests, but I was amazed at how many wording errors I managed to achieve. This contest was deliberately intended to be straightforward, but not to the degree that actually emerged, so there were only two wrong answers among the ten entrants. Next time I will endeavour to be more exacting ... Despite the contest being one that could mostly be worked with not much more than judicious use of an Internet search engine, I found DAN TILQUE's winning score of just 12 to be mighty impressive, so congratulations Dan. The two runners upper were PETER SMYTHE and ERLAND SOMMARSKOG, tied on a score of 48. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ These are their slates of answers (some abbreviated). As always, you should be reading this in a monospaced font for proper tabular alignment. DAN TILQUE ERLAND SOMMARSKOG PETER SMYTH [0] Uruguay Argentina Hungary [1] Or Argent Vert [2] The Barber of Seville Carmen Tosca [3] Violin Viola Cello [4] Scotland Bangladesh Pakistan [5] Circuit Mont-Tremblant Riverside Raceway Long Beach [6] HQ of the Red Cross Red Tower (Malta) Red Rocks Amphitheatre [7] Lighthouse Hanging Gardens Hanging Gardens of Alexandria of Babylon of Babylon [8] General Motors SAAB Proton [9] USA Argentina Chile => Entries must be emailed to the address given above. Please do not => quote the questions back to me, and DO send ONLY PLAIN TEXT in ASCII Erland Sommarskog and Björn Lundin are both hereby chastised for quoting the questions back to me! To review the scoring: => Low score wins; a perfect score is 1. => => If your answer on a category is correct, then your score is the number => of people who gave that answer or an answer I consider equivalent. If => wrong, or if you skip the question, you get a high score as a penalty. => The scores on the different questions are *multiplied* to produce a => final score. See the rules in the original posting for the penalty score formula. Here is the complete table of scores. RANK SCORE ENTRANT Q0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 1. 12 Dan Tilque 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2. 48 Erland Sommarskog 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 3. 48 Peter Smyth 1 2 1 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 4. 72 John Gerson 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 5. 288 Calvin 1 2 1 3 WA 1 2 3 1 2 6. 432 Björn Lundin 1 4 1 3 2 3 2 3 1 1 7. 576 Mark Brader 1 4 2 3 1 1 4 3 1 2 8. 576 Joshua Kreitzer 1 4 1 3 2 1 4 3 1 2 9. 1,152 Stephen Perry 1 2 2 WA 2 1 4 3 1 2 10. 1,728 Kevin Stone 1 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 And here is the complete list of answers given. Each list shows correct answers in the order worst to best (most to least popular). The notation ">>>" means that "more specific variant" scoring was used. => 0. Name an independent country where one might expect to find => penguins. 1 South Africa 1 Argentina 1 Namibia 1 Singapore (in the zoo) 1 Switzerland (in the zoo) 1 Chile 1 Australia 1 Uruguay 1 New Zealand 1 Hungary (in the zoo) My first example of being casual with the wording, and failing to include a phrase such as natively, or in the wild. Three entrants duly took successful advantage of this loophole. => 1. Give the name of a tincture used in English heraldry. 4 Sable 2 Vert 1 Argent 1 Pearl (deemed equivalent to Argent) 1 Azure 1 Or I had hoped that the smallish set might provoke collisions, which it did, but was surprised by the large collision on sable. => 2. Unambiguously identify an opera from which music has been => featured in at least five full length feature films that are not => simply performances of the opera in question, and which have each => grossed at least $25 million (USD) at the box office, as shown by => the IMDB (Internet Movie DataBase) in their "Box office / business" => section, or other authoritative source. 2 Die Walkure (from the Ring Cycle by Wagner) 2 Carmen (by Bizet) 1 The Pirates of Penzance (by Gilbert and Sullivan) 1 La Boheme (by Puccini) 1 The Marriage of Figaro (by Mozart) 1 The Barber of Seville (by Rossini) 1 Lohengrin (by Wagner) 1 Tosca (by Puccini) I am unsure of the level of knowledge about classical music among readers of these newsgroups, so deliberately kept the category extremely broad, rather than adding a more specific sub-class of opera, such as grand opera. I had also anticipated that the Ride of the Valkyries might be familiar to everybody, and so chosen on the grounds that it would be too obvious a choice. Two people went that route, and two chose Carmen, which is now deemed to be the world's most well-known opera. I didn't have light opera in mind when I set this question, and was startled to discover just how often music from The Pirates of Penzance (example: I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General) has been used in movies. => 3. name a contemporary string instrument that might be found in a => modern day symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, or chamber => music ensemble, but NOT only in an early music ensemble. The => instrument must be employed in an ensemble role, and NOT solely => as a solo performer. 3 Violin 3 Viola 3 Cello WRONG: 1 Ukulele (not a member of a regular orchestra) Despite the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, and the Rocky Mountain Ukulele Orchestra, both of which present delightful musical performances, I deemed the ukulele not to be an instrument found in a symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, or chamber music ensemble. I agree that the above examples might fit the definition of chamber music ensemble, but they have chosen to call themselves orchestras. I believe that a true chamber ensemble requires a diversity of instruments (as in a string quartet) and not merely a set of a single instrument. I know, had I included a phrase such as "found regularly in", I would have avoided this particular contretemps. It was interesting to see that only three of the regular orchestral stringed instruments were chosen, and that nobody attempted to go after some of the less obvious answers such as the harp. => 4. Name a nation with a team entered in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. 2 Bangladesh 2 Scotland 2 Sri Lanka 1 Ireland 1 Australia 1 Pakistan WRONG: 1 St. Lucia (only Caribbean entry was The West Indies) I had hoped that there might be collisions on the less obvious cricketing nations, notably Scotland, Ireland, Afghanistan and the UAE. It was a surprise to see the collisions on Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. => 5. Name a North American venue that has hosted a Formula One grand prix. 3 Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Texas) 1 Mosport (Ontario, Canada) 1 Riverside International Raceway (California) 1 Watkins Glen (New York State) 1 Mexico City (Mexico) 1 Circuit Mont-Tremblant (Quebec, Canada) 1 Sebring International Raceway (Florida) 1 Long Beach (California) This was another example of my being careless with the wording, as I had thought I was going to limit the question to the USA, but I did not, and so attracted correct entries for both Mexican and Canadian circuits. I had also thought that there might be a collision on one of the obscure venues, such as the parking lot of Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, but as it turned out the collision was on the newest (and current) venue for the US grand prix. => 6. Unambiguously identify a globally recognized landmark that contains => the word "red" as part of its name. Global recognition means that a => Google search produces at least one hundred thousand hits. => => The Google search must be of the form: ("landmark name" "location") 4 Red Rocks Amphitheater (Colorado) 2 Red Square (Moscow) 2 Red Centre (Australia) 1 Red Tower (Malta) 1 Headquarters of the International Society of the Red Cross (Switzerland) I was surprised by the number of collisions because when I researched this question I discovered what was to me a surprising number of possible answers. These did not include the Red Cross HQ, which is nevertheless a correct answer. Again, I need to be more precise in my use of words, as landmark alone is clearly too broad. => 7. Name one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, as listed in => Greek tourist guides from the 1st and 2nd centuries BC, and which => were all in existence immediately prior to 226 BC. 3 The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 3 The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus 2 The Hanging Gardens of Babylon 1 The Statue of Zeus at Olympia 1 The Lighthouse of Alexandria The reason for the qualifying condition of the first and second centuries Bc is because there have been other lists that included other wonders of the ancient world. This was what I think of as a choke point question, forcing entrants to select from a very limited number of possible correct answers. It was interesting to see that there were two three-way collisions and a two-way collision among even the limited number of entrants, and that two possible answers were not chosen. => 8. Name an automobile manufacturer that has featured an animal on an => on-car badge. The badge may be for a marque or a specific model. 2 General Motors 1 Artega 1 SAAB 1 Triumph 1 Holden 1 Isdera 1 Lamborghini - bull 1 General Motors 1 Jaguar 1 Proton This was another poorly worded question, resulting in a hugely broader set of possible answers than I had intended. Despite this, two entrants managed to collide on General Motors. Had I been more careful in framing the question, the badge would have had to apply to the marque (e.g. Jaguar, or Ferrari), or to a specific model (e.g. Chevvy Impala, or Lamborghini Muira). My use of the word animal was also over broad, encompassing as it does both birds and fantastical creatures such as the Wyvern (used by Vauxhall), as well as earth-bound quadrupeds. The entries reflected these imprecisions in my wording. => 9. Name a country with an active railway station at an elevation higher => than 7,000 feet (2,133 metres). 2 Germany 2 Switzerland 2 Peru 1 Argentina 1 India 1 United States of America 1 Chile Yes, I am fascinated by railways, particularly those that work through difficult terrain. I selected the cut-off altitude to include the less obvious possibilities of Germany and the USA, and was pleased to see both chosen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Very many thanks to all who entered, it was encouraging, even as it showed up my inexperience at framing questions to reflect my intent and, indeed, to set questions to really stimulate the imagination. I shall definitely be offering another rare entries contest in due course, if only to hone my skills at devising and adequately framing suitable questions. OQuattro -- Orlando Quattro -- oquattro at magma dot ca The Starving Artist's Garratt My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 16 09:12PM -0500 Orlando Quattro: > correct answers any time I entered one of Mark Brader's Rare Entries > contests, but I was amazed at how many wording errors I managed to > achieve. It's tougher that it looks, isn't it? Anyway, thanks very much for running the contest. > I am unsure of the level of knowledge about classical music among > readers of these newsgroups, so deliberately kept the category > extremely broad... It wasn't a matter of "classical music" knowledge; it was a matter of knowledge of uses of opera music in movies. And not only in movies, but high-grossing ones at that. I found this one horribly tedious to research. > I was surprised by the number of collisions because when I researched > this question I discovered what was to me a surprising number of > possible answers. Personally, I went with the only one I could think of, and even that one took me a long time to come up with. I didn't think of Red Square and two of the others I haven't even heard of. > These did not include the Red Cross HQ, which is nevertheless a correct > answer. No, it isn't. It produces *zero* hits. You searched on the words individually, i.e. without quotation marks. (If there are zero hits, Google does this for you automatically, but it issues a warning.) > This was another poorly worded question, resulting in a hugely broader > set of possible answers than I had intended. Despite this, two entrants > managed to collide on General Motors. And the 11th entrant picked General Motors without colliding. Tricky! :-) > difficult terrain. I selected the cut-off altitude to include the less > obvious possibilities of Germany and the USA, and was pleased to see > both chosen. There are definitional problems with this one too. Is a station "active" if it only operates for part of the year but not during the contest period? And how broad is the scope of "railway"? -- Mark Brader "[This computation] assumed that everything Toronto would work, a happy state of affairs found msb@vex.net only in fiction." -- Tom Clancy My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 16 09:45PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > No, it isn't. It produces *zero* hits. You searched on the words > individually, i.e. without quotation marks. (If there are zero hits, > Google does this for you automatically, but it issues a warning.) It probably produced zero hits for you because of the mistake in the name. It's the International *Committee*, not Society. This was my answer. When I googled it before submitting, this search got somewhere around 130,000 hits: "International Committee of the Red Cross Headquarters" Geneva Now, I get something like 6400 hits. Why? Could be a number of things, like which server farm I got routed to on the different days. Or perhaps some minor change in their data changed the output of their estimation algorithm. Or some factor I can't think of. Another search I did before submitting was "International Red Cross Headquarters" Geneva. That produced 117,000 hits, both then and now. Why didn't that one change? Who knows. Trying other names for the building, I find that this search gives 980,000 hits: "headquarters of the International Red Cross" Geneva -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 16 11:53PM -0500 Orlando Quattro: >>> 1 Headquarters of the International Society of the Red Cross >>> (Switzerland) >>> ...the Red Cross HQ, which is nevertheless a correct answer. Mark Brader: >> No, it isn't. It produces *zero* hits. You searched on the words >> individually, i.e. without quotation marks. (If there are zero hits, >> Google does this for you automatically, but it issues a warning.) Dan Tilque: > somewhere around 130,000 hits: > "International Committee of the Red Cross Headquarters" Geneva > Now, I get something like 6400 hits. For what it's worth, I now get about the same. > Why? Could be a number of things, like which server farm I got routed to... Yeah, these things happen. When I used questions with a google-hit requirement I always took the entrant's word for it if they did a correct search and got more hits than I did. > Another search I did before submitting was "International Red Cross > Headquarters" Geneva. That produced 117,000 hits, both then and now. Why > didn't that one change? Who knows. I get 4,050. > Trying other names for the building, I find that this search gives > 980,000 hits: > "headquarters of the International Red Cross" Geneva I also get 980,000. Anyway, if it was my contest, the issue would be what the hit count was when using the name as supplied in your entry, not what it was when using other forms of the name. Orlando? -- Mark Brader "'You wanted it to WORK? That costs EXTRA!' Toronto is probably the second-place security hole msb@vex.net after simple carelessness." -- John Woods My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 17 09:33AM +0200 > knowledge of uses of opera music in movies. And not only in movies, > but high-grossing ones at that. I found this one horribly tedious to > research. Agreed. My first bet as "Aida" but I had to give it up, since the hits I found at IMDB mainly were in TV things and a few were in movies with a great revenue. I next tried Carmen and was more successful. The gross limit also more or less automatically disqualified older movies for which IMDB had no data, and which one may suspect grossed that much anyway. > Personally, I went with the only one I could think of, and even that one > took me a long time to come up with. I didn't think of Red Square and > two of the others I haven't even heard of. About the only one I could think of was the Red Square, but that seemed to be too likely for a collion, so I simply googled on "red" and "landmark" and this lead me to the Red Tower on Malta. > There are definitional problems with this one too. Is a station > "active" if it only operates for part of the year but not during > the contest period? And how broad is the scope of "railway"? Yeah, I was a little anxious that Quattro would not like my answer of Argentina, which immediately came into my mind. There is a railway and there is a station, and there is a train stopping there every day about nine months of the year (not in summer) on 3700 above sea level. But it is not a train you buy a ticket with to go forth and back, but it is a tourist train and you come back where you started. Overall, I was not thrilled over Quattro's question, but since Argentina was an obvious answer to both the first and the last question, I could not restist from entering. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 16 10:32AM -0500 > and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2015-02-23 > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition > (QFTCI*)". * Game 5, Round 4 - Canadiana - Canadian CEOs in Ads Mel Lastman paved the way when he promoted his furniture company with the tag line "Nooooo-body!" These other Canadian business leaders have followed in his footsteps by appearing in the often loud and cheesy ads for their companies. 1. Which personal injury law firm uses the slogans "Size Doesn't Matter Except When It Comes to Your Settlement" and "Trust the Name You Know"? You can see their ads on TV and on buses all over the GTA. 2. Another Toronto personal-injury law firm uses the slogans "The Future is Brighter, We Can Help" and "You Don't Pay Unless We Win". Name that firm. 3. Who is the president and founder of Sleep Country Canada, whose TV ads ask us: "Why buy a mattress anywhere else?" 4. Russell Oliver is the owner of Oliver Jewellery. Besides "The Loan Arranger", what other superhero-style name does he use in his awful TV commercials? 5. Russell Oliver's arch-rival offers "Cash for Gold" at his pawn shop. What is the full name of his Bathurst St. business, advertised in an equally dreadful series of TV commercials? 6. Name the now deceased Loblaws company spokesman who starred in dozens of TV ads and radio spots in the 1980s promoting the President's Choice line of products. 7. This woman promotes her Armenian family's carpet business in nasal tones in TV commercials. 8. After 40 years of wacky commercials, bearded CEO Gerrit de Boer retired from the furniture business. What was the name of his company? 9. Since the 1990s, the Mandlsohns, father and son, have been saying "If you miss it, you miss it" in ads for their Toronto company. Name it. 10. Which Toronto-based CEO has been touting her book picks for years in radio ads? * Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - History of the Raptors The NBA All-Star Game will be played on Sunday. Here's a round on your Toronto Raptors. 1. Raptors GM Masai Ujiri made headlines during last year's NBA playoffs when he yelled "F*** Brooklyn" to the fans filling Toronto's Maple Leaf Square. In which country was Ujiri born? 2. In 2014, the Raptors selected 18-year-old Bruno Caboclo in the NBA draft. What country is he from? 3. Which Raptor was nicknamed "Air Canada"? 4. The Raptors signed this Hall of Fame center in 2001, but he was plagued by a back injury and unofficially retired after only one season in Toronto. Who? 5. Who did the Raptors select as their first ever draft pick? He went on to win rookie-of-the-year honors in 1996. 6. After a nightmare 27-55 season in 2005, the Raptors earned first pick in the 2006 draft. They chose this 7-foot Italian who played for them until 2013. Who? 7. On 2006-01-22, which L.A. Laker scored 81 points in a game against the Raptors? 8. Jerome Williams played for the Raptors 2001-3. He showed hustle and determination on a nightly basis, and played up to the crowd every chance he got. What was his nickname? 9. This point guard, who came to the Raptors in 2012 from Houston, has quickly established himself as the team leader. He was snubbed at the All-Star Game in 2014, but coach Dwane Casey said he'd fight other NBA coaches if the man wasn't voted an All-Star this year. No need to fight -- he made the starting lineup. Name him. 10. Please decode the rot13 for the last question only when you have finished with the rest of the round. Guvf Encgbe cynlrq 3 frnfbaf va Gbebagb orsber wbvavat gur Beynaqb Zntvp va 2000. Va uvf svany frnfba nf n Encgbe, vg jnf pyrne gung ur ab ybatre jnagrq gb cynl va gur funqbj bs uvf pbhfva Ivapr Pnegre. Jub vf ur? -- Mark Brader | "Well, in difficult circumstances, sacrifices do Toronto | have to be made -- especially by ordinary people." msb@vex.net | --Sir Humphrey ("Yes, Prime Minister" (2013), Lynn & Jay) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 16 01:37PM -0500 In article <ytadnXbm7riBS7LInZ2dnUU7-XOdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. Raptors GM Masai Ujiri made headlines during last year's NBA > playoffs when he yelled "F*** Brooklyn" to the fans filling > Toronto's Maple Leaf Square. In which country was Ujiri born? Kenya > played for them until 2013. Who? > 7. On 2006-01-22, which L.A. Laker scored 81 points in a game > against the Raptors? O'Neal || Bryant -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Apr 16 01:58PM -0700 On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 11:32:45 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-02-09, > > and should be interpreted accordingly. noted > with the tag line "Nooooo-body!" These other Canadian business > leaders have followed in his footsteps by appearing in the often > loud and cheesy ads for their companies. in NJ it was "crazy eddie" doing that same schtick > Matter Except When It Comes to Your Settlement" and "Trust the > Name You Know"? You can see their ads on TV and on buses all > over the GTA. diamond and diamond > Unless We Win". Name that firm. > 3. Who is the president and founder of Sleep Country Canada, > whose TV ads ask us: "Why buy a mattress anywhere else?" stephen gunn? > 4. Russell Oliver is the owner of Oliver Jewellery. Besides "The > Loan Arranger", what other superhero-style name does he use in > his awful TV commercials? mr fantastic loan ; jewellery man > President's Choice line of products. > 7. This woman promotes her Armenian family's carpet business in > nasal tones in TV commercials. kim kardashian ; turco? > 8. After 40 years of wacky commercials, bearded CEO Gerrit de > Boer retired from the furniture business. What was the name > of his company? the furniture farmer > 1. Raptors GM Masai Ujiri made headlines during last year's NBA > playoffs when he yelled "F*** Brooklyn" to the fans filling > Toronto's Maple Leaf Square. In which country was Ujiri born? nigeria (he's that prince everyone keeps talking about) > 2. In 2014, the Raptors selected 18-year-old Bruno Caboclo in the > NBA draft. What country is he from? usa ; cuba > 3. Which Raptor was nicknamed "Air Canada"? mel gibson > played for them until 2013. Who? > 7. On 2006-01-22, which L.A. Laker scored 81 points in a game > against the Raptors? kobe bryant > 8. Jerome Williams played for the Raptors 2001-3. He showed hustle > and determination on a nightly basis, and played up to the crowd > every chance he got. What was his nickname? junkyard dog > In his final season as a Raptor, it was clear that he no > longer wanted to play in the shadow of his cousin Vince Carter. > Who is he? mcgrady swp |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 16 10:21PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ytadnXbm7riBS7LInZ2dnUU7- > 1. Raptors GM Masai Ujiri made headlines during last year's NBA > playoffs when he yelled "F*** Brooklyn" to the fans filling > Toronto's Maple Leaf Square. In which country was Ujiri born? Kenya > 2. In 2014, the Raptors selected 18-year-old Bruno Caboclo in the > NBA draft. What country is he from? > 3. Which Raptor was nicknamed "Air Canada"? Carter > 4. The Raptors signed this Hall of Fame center in 2001, but he > was plagued by a back injury and unofficially retired after > only one season in Toronto. Who? Mutombo > played for them until 2013. Who? > 7. On 2006-01-22, which L.A. Laker scored 81 points in a game > against the Raptors? Bryant > 8. Jerome Williams played for the Raptors 2001-3. He showed hustle > and determination on a nightly basis, and played up to the crowd > every chance he got. What was his nickname? Showtime > Va uvf svany frnfba nf n Encgbe, vg jnf pyrne gung ur ab > ybatre jnagrq gb cynl va gur funqbj bs uvf pbhfva Ivapr Pnegre. > Jub vf ur? Pete |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 17 02:42AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ytadnXbm7riBS7LInZ2dnUU7- > * Game 5, Round 4 - Canadiana - Canadian CEOs in Ads > 7. This woman promotes her Armenian family's carpet business in > nasal tones in TV commercials. Yemendjian > 1. Raptors GM Masai Ujiri made headlines during last year's NBA > playoffs when he yelled "F*** Brooklyn" to the fans filling > Toronto's Maple Leaf Square. In which country was Ujiri born? Kenya > 2. In 2014, the Raptors selected 18-year-old Bruno Caboclo in the > NBA draft. What country is he from? Argentina > 7. On 2006-01-22, which L.A. Laker scored 81 points in a game > against the Raptors? Kobe Bryant -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 16 10:16PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which brothers are credited with founding Methodism in the mid > 18th century? > 2 The Woodstock music festival was first held in which year? 1969 > 3 In which 1973 James Bond film does the character of > Solitaire appear? Diamonds are Forever > 4 Ted Turner made his fortune in which industry? Broadcasting > 5 Which actor and comedian's film credits include This is Spinal > Tap, Wayne's World and The Master of Disguise? Harry Shearer > 6 The Orange Revolution series of protests took place in 2004 > and 2005 in which eastern European country? Ukraine > 7 What is the name of Indonesia's national airline? > 8 Which gas derives its name from the Greek word for "new"? Neon > 9 Which European country is home to the Smurfs? Germany > 10 Which musical ends with the line "I now pronounce you men and > wives"? 7 Brides for 7 Brothers > cheers, > calvin Pete |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 16 10:29AM -0500 Mark Brader: > the Persian Wars, who said this (according to Thucydides): > "Its administration favors the many instead of the few; this > is why it is called a democracy." Pericles. 4 for Dan, Marc, Bruce, Stephen, Calvin, and Erland. > 2. Under the Roman Republic, ancient customary laws were replaced > by a code of laws that was displayed in the forum. In English, > what were these laws called? The Twelve Tables. > 3. Although the Magna Carta only dealt with the rights of free > men, and mainly the barons at that, it is still cited in courts > of law today. *Where* in England did King John sign it? Runnymede. 4 for Dan, Peter, Bruce, Stephen, Calvin, and Joshua. > of an aboriginal American group, which strongly influenced > the constitution of the USA. Name this native group whose > constitution was so influential. Iroquois Confederacy, Haudenosaunce, or Six Nations. 4 for Dan, Marc, Stephen, and Joshua. > Assembly of France vowed not to separate until they had created > a constitution. At *what venue* in Versailles did they meet > and make this vow? The tennis court. (It was called the Tennis Court Oath.) 4 for Stephen and Joshua. > 6. Give the name of the American Supreme Court case that ended > legal racial segregation in schools, and was the beginning of > the modern civil-rights movement for African-Americans. Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al. (Yes, "Brown v. Board of Education" was sufficient.) 4 for Dan, Marc, Bruce, Stephen, Calvin, and Joshua. > 7. What was the first country where all adult women got the vote? New Zealand. (In 1891.) 4 for Björn, Bruce, Stephen, Calvin, Joshua, and Erland. 3 for Peter. > 8. In 1956, Soviet tanks crushed a pro-democracy movement -- > in what country? Hungary. 4 for Dan, Marc, Björn, Stephen, Calvin, Joshua, and Erland. 3 for Peter. > 9. In 1989, China brutally suppressed pro-democracy protests. > Name the specific location where the tanks were famously > deployed. Tiananmen Square, Beijing. I was lenient on spelling and, since this game is being conducted in English, scored an answer in Swedish translation as almost correct. 4 for Dan, Marc, Peter, Bruce, Stephen, Calvin, Joshua, and Erland. 3 for Björn. > 10. What was the last country in the Western Hemisphere to outlaw > slavery? Brazil. (In 1888.) 4 for Björn, Stephen, Joshua, and Erland. 3 for Marc and Calvin. > * Game 5, Round 3 - Science - Vaccines & Vaccinations > In light of the Toronto measles outbreak, here's a round on vaccines > and vaccinations. This was the easiest round in the original game, and the fourth-easiest of the entire season. > 1. The first virus to be eradicated in human beings through the > agency of vaccination was smallpox. Name the doctor who > pioneered inoculation against smallpox in Western medicine. Edward Jenner. 4 for Dan, Marc, Peter, Bruce, Stephen, and Joshua. > discovered and developed the first successful inactivated polio > vaccine, which was introduced in 1957 and ended epidemics of > the disease in North America? Jonas Salk. 4 for Dan, Marc, Bruce, Stephen, and Calvin. 3 for Joshua. > 3. One of the most famous outbreaks of diphtheria occurred in Nome, > Alaska, in 1925. The "Great Race of Mercy" to deliver diphtheria > antitoxin to Nome is now celebrated by what annual event? The Iditarod Trail sled dog race. "Iditarod" was sufficient. 4 for Dan, Marc, Bruce, Stephen, Calvin, and Joshua. 3 for Peter. > 4. Because this viral disease causes the throat to swell and victims > to refuse water, it used to be known as hydrophobia. A vaccine > discovered in 1885 remains the only cure. Name the disease. Rabies. 4 for Dan, Marc, Björn, Peter, Bruce, Stephen, Joshua, and Erland. 3 for Calvin. > 5. What does the R in the name "MMR vaccine" stand for? Rubella. (The MM is Measles and Mumps.) 4 for Dan, Marc, Peter, Bruce, Stephen, Calvin, Joshua, and Erland. > 6. Name the celebrity, mother of an autistic son, who trumpets > her stubborn belief in the bogus claim that the MMR vaccine > causes autism-spectrum disorder. Jenny McCarthy. 4 for Marc, Bruce, Stephen, and Joshua. For the benefit of anyone who missed it when I posted it as a response to an in-thread comment, here's a statement of just how bogus that claim was: http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c7452.full > 7. In Ontario, babies are supposed to be vaccinated against > pertussis at 2, 4, 6, and 18 months of age. What is the > common traditional name for pertussis? Whooping cough. 4 for Dan, Marc, Peter, Bruce, Stephen, Calvin, and Joshua. > 8. Gardasil is offered in Ontario in Grade 8 to all girls. > What infectious agent does it offer protection against? Human papillomavirus (HPV). You had to give the name. (As well as the warts that give the virus its name, it also causes cervical cancer.) 4 for Dan, Marc, Peter, Stephen, Joshua, and Erland. > 9. Dukoral is recommended for travelers as a protection against > what condition? Diarrhea caused by E. coli or cholera. I accepted "diarrhea" but not "dysentery", which is caused by other agents. 4 for Marc, Bruce, Stephen, and Erland. 2 for Calvin. > 10. Zostavax is a rare type of vaccine developed for older > adults. Against what painful disease of the nerves does > it protect? Shingles. Herpes was not specific enough, and I scored the answer in Swedish as almost correct. 4 for Marc, Peter, Bruce, and Joshua. 3 for Björn. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Sci Stephen Perry 36 36 72 Joshua Kreitzer 32 35 67 Marc Dashevsky 23 40 63 Bruce Bowler 20 36 56 Dan Tilque 24 28 52 "Calvin" 27 21 48 Peter Smyth 14 27 41 Erland Sommarskog 20 16 36 Björn Lundin 15 7 22 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "GUALITY IS FIRST" msb@vex.net | --slogan of "Dongda electron CO.,LTD" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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