- QFTCIMI515 Game 9, Rounds 4,6: ballet, sports - 4 Updates
- QFTCI5GNM15 Current Events 5-6 answers - 1 Update
- QFTCIMI515 Game 9, Rounds 2-3: Ontdistances, Caninventions - 2 Updates
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 04 11:38PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-03-16, 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 expect to reveal the correct answers in about 3 days, but if not, then it will be about 18 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 9, Round 4 - Arts - Ballet Dancers In each case, name the dancer. 1. Lived 1881-1931. Russian ballerina who made up for her apparent limited technique with a unique charm. Renowned for her creation of the role of "The Dying Swan" and for her tireless touring. 2. Lived 1938-93. Russian dancer became soloist for the Kirov ballet at age 20. Defected in Paris in 1961, despite KGB efforts to stop him. Known for amazing charisma and emotional performances. 3. Lived 1919-1991. British ballerina and international star who spent her entire career with the Royal Ballet. Known for her dance partnership with <answer 2>, 18 years her junior. 4. Lived 1889-1950. Russian dancer known for his amazing ability to defy gravity with his magnificent leaps, and for dancing en pointe, a skill not commonly seen in male dancers. Retired at age 29 due to a nervous breakdown and was later diagnosed with schizophrenia. 5. Born 1948. Russian dancer known for strength of his stage presence and purity of his classical technique. Defected in Toronto in 1974. Made movie debut in 1977 in "The Turning Point". Played Carrie's Russian boyfriend on "Sex & the City." 6. Born 1952. American ballerina who joined the New York City Ballet at age 15. At 21, moved to American Ballet Theatre to partner with <answer 5>. Retired at 33, bedeviled by anorexia, cocaine addiction, and failure of her love affair with <answer 5>. Wrote 1986 autobiography "Dancing on My Grave". 7. Born 1951. Canadian ballerina with the National Ballet of Canada known for her strong technique, breadth of movement, sensitive musicality, daring attack and versatile dramatic ability. Currently serves as Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Canada. 8. Born 1946. London-born ballerina with the National Ballet of Canada. Known for dramatic intensity and superb technique in major classical roles. Debuted as Juliet in Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet". Retired in 1989 after giving several dazzling farewell performances as Juliet. 9. Born 1962. Peterborough-born dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. Known for his stage charisma, sense of fun and willingness to entertain. Became Artist-in-Residence at the National Ballet of Canada in 2006. In 2014, along with his fiancé, finished 7th in "The Amazing Race Canada". 10. Born 1953. Hamilton-born dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. Widely praised as a classical dancer and known for his elegant bearing. Won award for best pas-de-deux at 1973 Moscow International Ballet Competition with frequent partner <answer 7>. * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Sportsmanlike Conduct We'll give you either a term or phrase specific to a sport, or information about the rules or scoring; you name the sport. And if any of them might be called "football", then yes, you *do* need to be more specific. 1. A rouge scores 1 point. 2. A try scores 5 points. 3. An albatross. 4. Leg before wicket. 5. A goal scores 6 points. 6. To win a game you need to score 11 points, but you have to win by 2. 7. To win a game you need to score 21 points, but you have to win by 2. 8. On each team, the "libero" player wears a different color shirt. 9. Clean and snatch. 10. A player who commits the foul of "brutality" is sent off. -- Mark Brader | "The net exists to be used. It is a powerful tool msb@vex.net | and as long as people treat it as a tool and not a toy Toronto | it will prosper." --Jerry Schwarz on Usenet, 1982 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 04 10:23PM -0700 On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 2:38:40 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Lived 1881-1931. Russian ballerina who made up for her apparent > limited technique with a unique charm. Renowned for her creation > of the role of "The Dying Swan" and for her tireless touring. Pavlova > ballet at age 20. Defected in Paris in 1961, despite KGB > efforts to stop him. Known for amazing charisma and emotional > performances. Nureyev > 3. Lived 1919-1991. British ballerina and international star > who spent her entire career with the Royal Ballet. Known for > her dance partnership with <answer 2>, 18 years her junior. Fontayn > presence and purity of his classical technique. Defected in > Toronto in 1974. Made movie debut in 1977 in "The Turning > Point". Played Carrie's Russian boyfriend on "Sex & the City." Mikhail Barrishnakov > to partner with <answer 5>. Retired at 33, bedeviled by > anorexia, cocaine addiction, and failure of her love affair > with <answer 5>. Wrote 1986 autobiography "Dancing on My Grave". Fontayn > in major classical roles. Debuted as Juliet in Prokofiev's > "Romeo and Juliet". Retired in 1989 after giving several > dazzling farewell performances as Juliet. Fontayn > And if any of them might be called "football", then yes, you > *do* need to be more specific. > 1. A rouge scores 1 point. Canadian football? > 2. A try scores 5 points. Rugby Union > 3. An albatross. Golf > 4. Leg before wicket. Cricket > 5. A goal scores 6 points. Australian Rules football > 6. To win a game you need to score 11 points, but you have to win > by 2. Table tennis, Squash > 7. To win a game you need to score 21 points, but you have to win > by 2. Table tennis, Volleyball > 8. On each team, the "libero" player wears a different color shirt. Volleyball > 9. Clean and snatch. Weightlifting > 10. A player who commits the foul of "brutality" is sent off. dunno cheers, calvin |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 05 05:45AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Yf6dnWWscrdSuuzInZ2dnUU7-L- > 1. Lived 1881-1931. Russian ballerina who made up for her apparent > limited technique with a unique charm. Renowned for her creation > of the role of "The Dying Swan" and for her tireless touring. Pavlova > ballet at age 20. Defected in Paris in 1961, despite KGB > efforts to stop him. Known for amazing charisma and emotional > performances. Rudolf Nureyev > presence and purity of his classical technique. Defected in > Toronto in 1974. Made movie debut in 1977 in "The Turning > Point". Played Carrie's Russian boyfriend on "Sex & the City." Mikhail Baryshnikov > to partner with <answer 5>. Retired at 33, bedeviled by > anorexia, cocaine addiction, and failure of her love affair > with <answer 5>. Wrote 1986 autobiography "Dancing on My Grave". Gelsey Kirkland (?) > And if any of them might be called "football", then yes, you > *do* need to be more specific. > 1. A rouge scores 1 point. Canadian football; Australian football > 2. A try scores 5 points. Australian football; Canadian football > 3. An albatross. golf > 4. Leg before wicket. cricket > 8. On each team, the "libero" player wears a different color shirt. volleyball > 9. Clean and snatch. weightlifting > 10. A player who commits the foul of "brutality" is sent off. rugby -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jun 05 01:59AM -0500 In article <Yf6dnWWscrdSuuzInZ2dnUU7-L-dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > ballet at age 20. Defected in Paris in 1961, despite KGB > efforts to stop him. Known for amazing charisma and emotional > performances. Nureyev > pointe, a skill not commonly seen in male dancers. Retired at > age 29 due to a nervous breakdown and was later diagnosed with > schizophrenia. Nijisky > presence and purity of his classical technique. Defected in > Toronto in 1974. Made movie debut in 1977 in "The Turning > Point". Played Carrie's Russian boyfriend on "Sex & the City." Baryshnikov > 1. A rouge scores 1 point. > 2. A try scores 5 points. > 3. An albatross. golf > 4. Leg before wicket. cricket > 5. A goal scores 6 points. Australian rules football > 6. To win a game you need to score 11 points, but you have to win > by 2. table tennis > 7. To win a game you need to score 21 points, but you have to win > by 2. volleyball > 8. On each team, the "libero" player wears a different color shirt. > 9. Clean and snatch. weightlifting -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 04 11:33PM -0500 Mark Brader: > the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > * Game 5 (2015-05-25), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. What television show passed its 7,000th episode last week? "Jeopardy!" 4 for Dan Blum. > 2. More than 75 people died in a landslide caused by heavy rains > in what Colombian city? Salgar. > 3. What Nobel-prizewinning mathematician was killed in a car crash > on Saturday? John Nash. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Stephen, Erland, Peter, and Joshua. > 4. At least 9 people were killed in a gun battle at a restaurant > in Waco, Texas. Name the *restaurant*. Twin Peaks. 4 for Marc, Stephen, Erland, and Joshua. > 5. Who won the most awards -- 8 -- at the Billboard Music Awards? Taylor Swift. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Jason. 2 for Dan Blum. > 6. Police in Queensland, Australia, issued a tongue-in-cheek BOLO > ("Be On the LookOut") for *what musical group* for "crimes > against music"? Nickelback. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua. > 7. Who is the new coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team? Mike Babcock. > 8. Crayola has stated that its crayons should not be used for > what purpose? Makeup. 3 for Peter. > 9. Which country held a constitutional referendum Friday that > legalized same-sex marriage? Ireland. 4 for everyone -- Marc, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Stephen, Erland, Peter, Joshua, and Jason. > 10. Name any of the five banks that were fined $5,700,000,000 US > for collusion in foreign-exchange trading. Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Citi, J.P. Morgan, UBS. 4 for Erland and Peter. > * Game 6 (2015-06-01), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Film production shut down a large stretch of Yonge Street for > three nights last week from 7 pm until 6 am. Name the movie. "Suicide Squad". > forget". He was referring to an FBI investigation which resulted > in 7 arrests of the organization's senior officials on charges > of money laundering, racketeering, and tax evasion. Joseph "Sepp" Blatter. "Sapper" was not close enough to accept. 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, Erland, Peter, and Joshua. Evidently the posting of this question was too much for him. He announced his resignation just over 11 hours later. > 3. Which NBA team won a berth in the finals against the Cleveland > Cavaliers? It's been 40 years since this team made it into > the finals. Full name required. Golden State Warriors. 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque, Stephen, and Peter. 3 for Dan Blum. > 4. Which action star set a Guinness world record by taking > 105 selfies in 3 minutes at the world premiere of his film > "San Andreas"? Dwayne Johnson. "The Rock" was also acceptable. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Peter, Joshua, and Jason. > 5. In business news, Charter Communications announced plans to > acquire which company for $56,700,000,000 US? Time Warner Cable. 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Jason. > district school boards illegal. One of the three boards was > Rainbow, in the Sudbury area. Name either of the other two, > both located in the GTA. Durham, Peel. > 7. Saying that he loved his job, but "loved his family more", this > prominent Harper ally and Justice Minister announced he would > not seek reelection in the fall. Name him. Peter MacKay. 4 for Stephen. Yes, this is the same guy who also came up here a few days ago when Game 8, Round 7, of the previous season asked for the second-most-recent Minister of National Defence before the current one. This time, however, his name is spelled correctly. Sorry about the error before. > hanging up the microphone after 18 years. Name this reporter, > who also cited family reasons (specifically, year-old twin sons) > as the impetus for the decision. Kathryn Humphreys. > 70th anniversary of liberation of Holland. Their gift to us > is 7 Tulpi chairs, which fold up like tulips so they don't get > wet in the rain. *Where* have the chairs been put? Centre Island. Any reference to the Toronto Islands was sufficient. 4 for Stephen. > Toronto residents and was spotted in Parkdale and other west-end > communities. What kind of animal has led park staff and Toronto > Animal Services on a merry chase? Peacock. 4 for Stephen. This is not Toronto's main zoo (which is just called the Toronto Zoo), but a small one with about 50 animals. In the end the peacock returned there by itself, after 4-5 days away. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 BEST FOUR Stephen Perry 36 36 36 32 20 24 140 Joshua Kreitzer 8 24 24 12 20 12 80 Peter Smyth 0 19 24 16 15 12 74 Dan Blum 3 24 16 11 18 7 69 Pete Gayde 12 20 24 12 -- -- 68 Marc Dashevsky 0 24 18 12 8 12 66 Bruce Bowler 4 24 24 12 -- -- 64 Dan Tilque 4 20 15 8 8 12 55 Erland Sommarskog 4 16 8 12 16 4 52 Jason Kreitzer 4 16 8 0 8 8 40 -- Mark Brader | "Don't be a luddy-duddy! Don't be a mooncalf! Toronto | Don't be a jabbernowl! You're not those, are you?" msb@vex.net | --W.C. Fields, "The Bank Dick" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 04 10:56PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ArCdnav8m5JAqvDInZ2dnUU7- > Note: all of the answers are in Ontario, although a few of the > cities we'll name are not. > 1. City; Kitchener 41 km, Woodstock 33 km, Listowel 41 km. London > 3. City; Kingston 75 km, Cornwall 89 km, Ottawa 93 km. > 4. Town; Pickering 75 km, Kingston 138 km, Lindsay 64 km. > 5. City; Barrie 256 km, Timmins 222 km, North Bay 121 km. Sault Ste Marie > 6. City; Sault Ste. Marie 131 km, Sudbury 126 km, Timmins 253 km. > 7. City; Peterborough 63 km, Belleville 122 km, Guelph 118 km. > 8. City; Hamilton 51 km, Port Colborne 30 km, Toronto 56 km. Niagara Falls > 2. Canadian Rasmus Lerdorf invented this modular open-source > programming language which powers the interactive online > database Wiki. Name it. Python > lawn sprinkler and the folding ironing board, and is claimed > to have inspired a common expression. Name him or the common > expression. Pete |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 04 11:30PM -0500 Mark Brader: > flies", as given at <http://www.distancefromto.net>. For example, > if we said "City; London 168 km, Ottawa 352 km, Barrie 86 km", > you would answer "Toronto". In the original game, this was the second-hardest round of the entire season. It wasn't the hardest round of the game, though, so you know what's coming up in a later set. > Note: all of the answers are in Ontario, although a few of the > cities we'll name are not. > 1. City; Kitchener 41 km, Woodstock 33 km, Listowel 41 km. Stratford. 4 for Stephen (making the round count for everyone). > 2. Town; Orillia 82 km, North Bay 111 km, Haliburton 64 km. Huntsville. > 3. City; Kingston 75 km, Cornwall 89 km, Ottawa 93 km. Brockville. > 4. Town; Pickering 75 km, Kingston 138 km, Lindsay 64 km. Cobourg. > 5. City; Barrie 256 km, Timmins 222 km, North Bay 121 km. Sudbury. > 6. City; Sault Ste. Marie 131 km, Sudbury 126 km, Timmins 253 km. Elliot Lake. > 7. City; Peterborough 63 km, Belleville 122 km, Guelph 118 km. Oshawa. > 8. City; Hamilton 51 km, Port Colborne 30 km, Toronto 56 km. St. Catharines. > 9. Town; Sarnia 102 km, Wingham 36 km, Kincardine 49 km. Goderich. > 10. Town; Thunder Bay 394 km, Winnipeg 228 km, Minneapolis 428 km. Rainy River. > * Game 9, Round 3 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions > 1. What was the Franks flying suit, invented by Wilbur Franks of > Weston, Ontario, in 1940? A G-suit (to help pilots resist the forces they feel when changing direction sharply). 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Stephen. > 2. Canadian Rasmus Lerdorf invented this modular open-source > programming language which powers the interactive online > database Wiki. Name it. PHP. 4 for Marc, Björn, and Stephen. > 3. In 1879, Sir Sandford Fleming, chief engineer for the Canadian > Pacific Railway, was charged with interfering with God and > nature because of this innovation. What was it? Standard time zones. 3 for Stephen. The first use of zone time was the introduction of Greenwich Mean Time in Great Britain; the concept was extended to multiple time zones by Charles Dowd in the US. In both cases it was the railways that originally adopted zone times for their own clocks and schedules, but the public found it convenient to conform and the law eventually followed. Fleming's contribution was simply to propose extending the system worldwide, but in Canada he is thought of as the inventor of time zones. > was to be tested, this $400,000,000 project was discontinued. > 14,000 employees were dismissed, and all prototypes and plans > were destroyed. What was this project? Avro Arrow. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum. > 5. What sport was invented in Canada in 1963 for girls, as an > alternative to hockey? It was first tested in Espanola, Ontario. Ringette. See: http://thisthatandwhateverelseicanthinkof.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/dsc_0189-1.jpg Four different wrong answers were given, all of them being much older sports that have been played by men from the outset. If Wikipedia is correct, bandy and the modern form of field hockey were both invented in 19th-century England, derived from earlier games; curling goes back to medieval Scotland; and lacrosse did originate in North America, but in its original form may be as much as 900 years old. > did not invent it, as he was convinced of its practical value. > Until the 1930s, it was used mainly in rubber boots and tobacco > pouches. What was it? Zipper. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Stephen. > 7. What cocktail, created in 1969 at the Westin Hotel in Calgary, > has been unofficially dubbed Canada's national drink? Bloody Caesar. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > 8. Scotsman Robert Foulis's invention was installed on Partridge > Island in St. John harbor in 1859. It remained there, effective > and operational, until 1998-05-04. What was it? Foghorn. 4 for Dan Blum. > 9. What discovery was made in 1950 by John Hopps of the National > Research Council, while he was attempting to restore body > temperature using radio waves? Cardiac pacemaker. 4 for Stephen. > lawn sprinkler and the folding ironing board, and is claimed > to have inspired a common expression. Name him or the common > expression. Elijah McCoy, "the real McCoy". 4 for Stephen (the hard way). Apparently the original expression was "the real McKay" -- a 19th-century slogan for McKay brand whisky. This inventor is one of several people said to have inspired the change to "McCoy". Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Can Stephen Perry 4 27 31 Dan Blum 0 16 16 Dan Tilque 0 12 12 Björn Lundin 0 4 4 Joshua Kreitzer 0 4 4 Marc Dashevsky 0 4 4 Jason Kreitzer 0 0 0 Pete Gayde 0 0 0 Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 -- Mark Brader | Nature is often much more interesting than we would Toronto | like her to be. However when we finally do understand msb@vex.net | something, we strike our foreheads and cry "Of course!", | and then marvel at how beautifully simple it was | all the time. -- Leigh Palmer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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