- QFTCIMI515 Final, Round 2: History - 8 Updates
- QFTCIMI515 Final, Round 3: Geography - 5 Updates
- QFTCI5GNM15 Current Events Final answers - 1 Update
- Calvin's Quiz #400 - 1 Update
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 10 02:14PM +0200 On 2015-07-09 23:48, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > Björn Lundin (b.f.lundin@gmail.com) writes: >> Rangoon - But wait - that was the capital ... > Yes, *was*. Good catch. I did not know that they changed capital. Seems like it is time to study Asian and African geography again. It is a moving target. -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 10 03:16PM -0500 Björn Lundin: >>> Rangoon - But wait - that was the capital ... Erland Sommarskog: >> Yes, *was*. Björn Lundin: > Good catch. I did not know that they changed capital. Not only that, but they renamed the old one. > Seems like it is time to study Asian and African geography again. > It is a moving target. If we're talking about new or renamed countries and new or renamed capitals, and if we take the "before" date as 1989, then I think Europe may be the continent with the most changes over the period. I'm not going to try right now to construct a chronology to check on that, though. -- Mark Brader | "Courtly love-poetry may first have been written Toronto | during long periods of abstinence on the Crusades, msb@vex.net | but it would not have flourished in the cold of | northern Europe without some help from the chimney." | -- James Burke My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 10 11:26PM +0200 > Not only that, but they renamed the old one. At least they changed the spelling. Presumably to reflect local pronounciation. > Europe may be the continent with the most changes over the period. > I'm not going to try right now to construct a chronology to check > on that, though. If we overlook new capitals that have arisen because a new country was established, I can think of five or arguably six changes/renamings in Europe since 1900, whereof all but the arguable one were before 1930: Norway: Christiania -> Oslo Russia: St Petersburg -> Petrograd USSR: Petrograd -> Moscow Lithuania: Vilnius -> Kaunas Turkey: Istanbul -> Ankara Germany: Bonn -> Berlin I'm not including temporary changes during WWII which certainly would add a few more. Also, Montenegro has changed captials during the 20th century, but I believe that happened when it was part of Yugoslavia. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 10 03:48PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 2:01:56 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 4. The Chinese Civil War (1946-49) was fought by the Communists, > under Mao and his generals, against the Nationalists. Who was > the leader of the Nationalists? Sun Yat Sen, Chiang Kai Shek > pursuit of the Kuomintang (or Chinese Nationalist Party army). > This episode has become part of the mythology of the Communist > Party of China. What is it known as (in English)? The Long March > country from an agrarian economy into a socialist society through > industrialization and collectivization. The campaign caused the > Great Chinese Famine. What was the campaign called (in English)? The Great Leap Forward > 7. Norwegian cargo ship SS Storstad, 1914. > 8. Swedish passenger ship MS Stockholm, 1956. > 9. British submarine HMS Conqueror, 1982. Belgrano > Most of these people were "elected", but it is generally believed > that there was not actually any choice. > 10. Thein Sein. Cambodia, Burma > 11. Nursultan Nazarbayev. Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan > 12. Umar Al-Bashir. Sudan > 15. In 1803, Napoléon Bonaparte sold the last part of mainland > New France to the United States. What is this *transaction* > known as? Louisiana Purchase cheers, calvin |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 11 01:56AM +0200 On 2015-07-10 22:16, Mark Brader wrote: > If we're talking about new or renamed countries and new or renamed > capitals, and if we take the "before" date as 1989, then I think > Europe may be the continent with the most changes over the period. Yes - but European changes tends to have more press coverage. Especially in Europe, I'd guess. So - me beeing European - I get more press coverage when new countries arise, and capitals change. Bonnn -> Berlin surely got more attention here than Rangoon( or Yangon) -> Naypyidaw So 'far-away and exotic continents' needs more attention form me n order to keep up with changes. > I'm not going to try right now to construct a chronology to check > on that, though. That is an interesting theme for a quiz -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 10 10:36PM -0500 Mark Brader: > We give you a list of three battles in alphabetical order; you > list them in chronological order. > 1. Cambrai, Passchendaele, Verdun. Verdun, Passchendaele, Cambrai. (1916, 1917, see below.) 4 for Dan Blum. It seems there were actually two Battles of Cambrai; my apologies for not knowing this. But it doesn't affect the question: the first one started a few days after Passchendaele ended, and the second one was in 1918. > 2. Borodino, the Nile, Trafalgar. Nile, Trafalgar, Borodino. (1798, 1804, 1812.) 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Björn. > 3. Salamis, Marathon, Thermopylae. Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis. (490 BC; August, 480 BC; September, 480 BC.) 4 for Joshua and Marc. My apologies also for the interesting "alphabetical" order. But this also did not affect the question. > 4. The Chinese Civil War (1946-49) was fought by the Communists, > under Mao and his generals, against the Nationalists. Who was > the leader of the Nationalists? Chiang Kai-Shek is the usual spelling in English. Entrants found that one and 5 others. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Peter, Marc, Stephen, Jason, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Björn. 2 for Calvin. > pursuit of the Kuomintang (or Chinese Nationalist Party army). > This episode has become part of the mythology of the Communist > Party of China. What is it known as (in English)? The Long March. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Marc, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Björn, and Calvin. > country from an agrarian economy into a socialist society through > industrialization and collectivization. The campaign caused the > Great Chinese Famine. What was the campaign called (in English)? The Great Leap Forward. I did not accept "Giant Leap" (without "Forward"). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Marc, Stephen, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > We give you the vessel responsible and the year of the sinking; > you name the ship that sank. > 7. Norwegian cargo ship SS Storstad, 1914. RMS Empress of Ireland. (Collided in fog in the St. Lawrence River near Quebec City.) 1,000 dead. You'd think someone would know it. > 8. Swedish passenger ship MS Stockholm, 1956. SS Andrea Doria. (Collided in fog off the shore of Nantucket.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Marc, Stephen, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Björn. > 9. British submarine HMS Conqueror, 1982. ARA General Belgrano. (Torpedoed between Argentina and the Falkland Is.) I scored "Belgrano" as almost correct. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Stephen. 3 for Peter, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. > Most of these people were "elected", but it is generally believed > that there was not actually any choice. > 10. Thein Sein. Myanmar (Burma). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, Marc, Stephen, Jason, and Pete. 2 for Calvin. > 11. Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kazakhstan. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Stephen. 2 for Joshua and Calvin. > 12. Umar Al-Bashir. Sudan. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, Stephen, Jason, and Calvin. 2 for Marc. > 13. The last remnant of New France is a self-governing "overseas > collectivity" of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic > Ocean near Canada. What is its name? St-Pierre et Miquelon. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Marc, Pete, and Dan Tilque. It consists of two small islands off the south coast of Newfoundland and has about 6,500 inhabitants. > 14. This colony of New France in northeastern North America included > parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day > Maine to the Kennebec River. What was it called? Acadie (Acadia). 4_for Joshua, Erland, Marc, and_Dan_Tilque. > 15. In 1803, Napoléon Bonaparte sold the last part of mainland > New France to the United States. What is this *transaction* > known as? The Louisiana Purchase. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Peter, Marc, Stephen, Jason, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: Joshua Kreitzer 46 Stephen Perry 40 Marc Dashevsky 38 Erland Sommarskog 36 Dan Blum 36 Dan Tilque 35 Peter Smyth 27 "Calvin" 25 Jason Kreitzer 20 Pete Gayde 20 Björn Lundin 16 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "The E-Mail of the species is more deadly msb@vex.net | than the Mail." -- Peter Neumann My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 11 10:00AM +0200 > The Great Leap Forward. I did not accept "Giant Leap" (without > "Forward"). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Marc, Stephen, Jason, > Dan Tilque, and Calvin. In Swedish the campaign is known as "Stora språnget" without any word for forward. Reviewing the articles about the Giant Leap Forward in various languages on Wikipedia, I find that there is a mix, but it seems that majority has the corresponding to "forward" in the title. For instance, the Danish name is "Det store spring fremad". In any case, the question asked for the English name, so there is little to object on the ruling. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 11 04:03AM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > In Swedish the campaign is known as "Stora språnget" without any word > for forward. This was obvious. > In any case, the question asked for the English name, so there is little > to object on the ruling. Exactly. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Don't be evil." msb@vex.net -- corporate policy, Google Inc. My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 10 10:40PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-03-30, 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 (from the first posting). 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*)". ** Final, Round 3 - Geography * Indian City Names Indian politicians are not noted for accomplishing much, other than lining their own pockets. When they need to be seen to be doing something, they change city names, claiming that they are replacing the British name with something more Indian. 1. What was the former name of the city that is now called Chennai? 2. What is the current name of the city that the British called Bombay? 3. The city formerly called Bangalore also has a new name. What is it? * ID the Island In each case, give the name of the principal island shown on the map. 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/4.jpg 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/5.jpg 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/6.jpg * World Cities by Population According to the 2014 UN report on "World Urbanization Trends", what is the most populous urban agglomeration (i.e. metropolitan area) in... 7. South America? 8. Europe? 9. Africa? * African Countries We'll give you the names of all the African countries that border another country -- and you name that other country. 10. Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo, Uganda. 11. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia. 12. Liberia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Ghana. * The True North: Questions of Latitude In each case we name three places in alphabetical order, and you say which of them is farthest north. All cities within a group will differ by at least 4° of latitude. 13. Cairo, Egypt; Osaka, Japan; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 14. Harare, Zimbabwe; Lima, Peru; São Paulo, Brazil. 15. Colombo, Sri Lanka; Darwin, Australia; Quito, Ecuador. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "When you say 'non-trivial', can you msb@vex.net quantify that for me?" --Kate Hamilton My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 11 03:49AM > ** Final, Round 3 - Geography > * Indian City Names > 1. What was the former name of the city that is now called Chennai? Madras; Hyderabad > 2. What is the current name of the city that the British called > Bombay? Mumbai > 3. The city formerly called Bangalore also has a new name. > What is it? Bengalaru > * ID the Island > In each case, give the name of the principal island shown on the map. > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/4.jpg Borneo > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/5.jpg Hawaii > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/6.jpg Honshu > what is the most populous urban agglomeration (i.e. metropolitan > area) in... > 7. South America? Sao Paulo; Rio de Janeiro > 8. Europe? London; Moscow > 9. Africa? Cairo > We'll give you the names of all the African countries that border > another country -- and you name that other country. > 10. Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo, Uganda. Rwanda > 11. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia. Zimbabwe > 12. Liberia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Ghana. Sierra Leone; Cote d'Ivoire > say which of them is farthest north. All cities within a group > will differ by at least 4? of latitude. > 13. Cairo, Egypt; Osaka, Japan; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Osaka; Philadelphia > 14. Harare, Zimbabwe; Lima, Peru; S?o Paulo, Brazil. Lima > 15. Colombo, Sri Lanka; Darwin, Australia; Quito, Ecuador. Colombo; Quito -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 11 02:37AM -0500 In article <uPCdnWNIe86jDT3InZ2dnUU7-ImdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > doing something, they change city names, claiming that they are > replacing the British name with something more Indian. > 1. What was the former name of the city that is now called Chennai? Madras > 2. What is the current name of the city that the British called > Bombay? Mumbai > * ID the Island > In each case, give the name of the principal island shown on the map. > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/4.jpg Borneo > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/5.jpg Maui > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/6.jpg Honshu > what is the most populous urban agglomeration (i.e. metropolitan > area) in... > 7. South America? Sao Paulo > 8. Europe? London; Paris > 9. Africa? Lagos; Johannesburg > We'll give you the names of all the African countries that border > another country -- and you name that other country. > 10. Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo, Uganda. Rwanda > 11. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia. Zimbabwe > 12. Liberia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Ghana. Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast > say which of them is farthest north. All cities within a group > will differ by at least 4° of latitude. > 13. Cairo, Egypt; Osaka, Japan; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia > 14. Harare, Zimbabwe; Lima, Peru; São Paulo, Brazil. Harare; Lima > 15. Colombo, Sri Lanka; Darwin, Australia; Quito, Ecuador. Colombo -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 11 10:10AM +0200 > ** Final, Round 3 - Geography > * Indian City Names > 1. What was the former name of the city that is now called Chennai? Madras > 2. What is the current name of the city that the British called > Bombay? Mumbai > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/4.jpg Borneo > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/5.jpg Looks like an Hawaiian island. I'm awfully bad at those. :-) > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/6.jpg Honshu > * World Cities by Population > 7. South America? São Paolo > 8. Europe? I say Istanbul, although a great deal of the population in that agglomeration is in Asia... > 9. Africa? Lagos; Cairo > 10. Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo, Uganda. Rwanada > 11. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia. Zimbabwe > 12. Liberia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Ghana. Sierra Leone > 13. Cairo, Egypt; Osaka, Japan; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia > 14. Harare, Zimbabwe; Lima, Peru; São Paulo, Brazil. Lima > 15. Colombo, Sri Lanka; Darwin, Australia; Quito, Ecuador. Colombo -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 11 10:33AM +0200 On 2015-07-11 05:40, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. What was the former name of the city that is now called Chennai? > 2. What is the current name of the city that the British called > Bombay? Mumbai > 3. The city formerly called Bangalore also has a new name. > What is it? Bengaluru > * ID the Island > In each case, give the name of the principal island shown on the map. > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/4.jpg Sumatra > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/5.jpg Maui? > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/land/6.jpg Honshu > what is the most populous urban agglomeration (i.e. metropolitan > area) in... > 7. South America? Sao Paulo > 8. Europe? Moscow > 9. Africa? Kairo > We'll give you the names of all the African countries that border > another country -- and you name that other country. > 10. Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo, Uganda. Rwanda. > 11. Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia. Zimbabwe > 12. Liberia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Ghana. Malawi > say which of them is farthest north. All cities within a group > will differ by at least 4° of latitude. > 13. Cairo, Egypt; Osaka, Japan; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Osaka > 14. Harare, Zimbabwe; Lima, Peru; São Paulo, Brazil. Harare > 15. Colombo, Sri Lanka; Darwin, Australia; Quito, Ecuador. Colombo -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 11 12:13AM -0500 Mark Brader: > This will be the last set of current-events questions from the > Canadian Inquisition for at least a couple of months. And, as promised, Stephen Perry wins the current-events game. He didn't quite manage to outscore the 2nd- and 3rd-place finishers combined, though. > 1. The Divisional Court in Ontario upheld the Law Society of > Ontario's refusal to accredit which BC Christian university's > yet-to-open law school? Trinity Western University. 4 for Stephen. > 2. 1,600 workers went on strike at 9 stores in and around Windsor, > Ontario. Which company's stores? Loblaws. 4 for Stephen. > 3. 9-year-old Kegan Rothman landed a 272 kg fish from the Fraser > River in BC. What kind of fish? Sturgeon. 4 for Stephen and Dan Tilque. > 4. The sportswear firm Nike ran into trouble in Paris, where it > has been ordered to pay 67,500 euros in damages after it dressed > a statue in a basketball shirt. A statue of who? Sir Winston Churchill. 4 for Stephen. > his shows off air and may have also hurt his business interests. > Which US department store and fashion retailer ended its > decade-long relationship with Trump following his remarks? Macy's. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > routinely overcharged for pre-packaged fruits, vegetables, > and deli meats. Name the chain, which operates more than 400 > stores globally, including 10 in Canada. Whole Foods. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, and Stephen. > * Sports > 7. Name the driver who won the British Grand Prix on Sunday. Lewis Hamilton. 4 for Erland, Bruce, and Peter. > 8. Name the horse that won the 156th Queen's Plate on Sunday. Shaman Ghost. > 9. Name the American midfielder who scored a hat trick in the FIFA > Women's World Cup finals on Sunday. Carli Lloyd. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > and the longest solar-powered flight when it touched down on > Kalaeloa Airport in Hawaii. Which country did it leave from, > 118 hours before? Japan. 4 for Erland, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > 11. On Friday, which major carrier was the first to offer a > direct flight from New York's JFK Airport to Havana's José > Martí International Airport? JetBlue. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Marc, and Stephen. > 12. It seems that the charm of living in the Ecuadorean embassy > in London is wearing off. In which European country did Julian > Assange request asylum last week? Request denied. France. 4 for Bruce and Stephen. > 13. Name the band whose surviving members capped their "Fare Thee > Well" tour in Chicago this past weekend with what they said > would be their final concerts. The Grateful Dead. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, Jason, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > list of the world's 100 highest-paid celebrities. She pulled > in $135,000,000 over the past year, and is featured on the > magazine's cover. Name her. Katy Perry. 4 for Stephen. > 15. "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek tapped his inner rapper on air > last week. What 1990-96 TV sitcom's theme did Trebek rap? "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". 4 for Peter, Stephen, Joshua, and Jason. The place name is not normally hyphenated, but the TV title was. This one was originally an audio question; as I'm not doing audio here, I added the dates to make to a bit easier. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F BEST NINE Stephen Perry 36 36 36 32 20 24 -- -- 40 36 48 308 Peter Smyth 0 19 24 16 15 12 8 12 20 31 12 161 Joshua Kreitzer 8 24 24 12 20 12 4 24 7 20 16 160 Marc Dashevsky 0 24 18 12 8 12 8 8 12 26 20 140 Dan Blum 3 24 16 11 18 7 4 12 19 16 12 135 Bruce Bowler 4 24 24 12 -- -- -- -- 0 28 32 124 Dan Tilque 4 20 15 8 8 12 8 3 4 28 20 123 Erland Sommarskog 4 16 8 12 16 4 4 8 12 20 8 104 Pete Gayde 12 20 24 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 80 Jason Kreitzer 4 16 8 0 8 8 0 8 4 12 12 80 -- Mark Brader "How can we believe that?" Toronto "Because this time it's true!" msb@vex.net -- Lynn & Jay: YES, PRIME MINISTER My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "David B" <askforemail@gmail.com>: Jul 10 02:57PM +0100 1 The island of Trinidad lies off the coast of which South American country? Venezuela. 2 Lord Darnley was the father of which British king? 3 According to both MTV and VH1, which New York trio (originally comprising Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jam Master Jay) is the greatest hip-hop group of all time? The Beastie Boys? 4 Which Irish actor and comedian played Bernard Black in the TV comedy series Black Books? Dylan Moran. 5 Which Irish actor played PL Travers alcoholic father in 2013 film Saving Mr Banks? Brendan Gleeson? 6 According to Napoleon, England was a nation of what? Shopkeepers. 7 What does the fashion label acronym FCUK stand for? French Connection United Kingdom. 8 Which world leader officially opened the 1980 Summer Olympics? Queen Elizabeth II? 9 What name is given to a mountain railway where the carriages are pulled uphill by a cable? Funicular. 10 Which French radical stabbed Jean-Paul Marat to death in 1793? -- David B http://waterfalls.me.uk |
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