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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 19 10:09PM -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 7 - Science * Books about Climate Change and Inaction World inaction in the face of growing problems with climate change has led several writers to pen calls to action -- which we should all be reading! Given some information taken from the Toronto Public Library website's blurb on the book, name the climate-change-themed book. 1. Author: Gwynne Dyer. From one of the world's great geopolitical analysts, a terrifying glimpse of the none-too-distant future, when climate change will force the world's powers into a desperate struggle for advantage and even survival. 2. Publication date: 2006. This groundbreaking battle cry of a follow-up to the bestselling "Earth in the Balance" is being published to tie in with a documentary film of the same name. Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia presentations on global warming that were created and delivered to groups around the world. 3. Author: Naomi Klein. Forget everything you think you know about global warming. Klein exposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate. We have been told that humanity is too greedy and selfish to rise to this challenge. In fact, all around the world, the fight back is already succeeding in ways both surprising and inspiring. Climate change, Klein argues, is a civilizational wake-up call. * Saturn 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? * Human Parasites 7. What are nits? 8. To what class of animals do ticks belong? 9. These bloodsucking insects feed on human blood, but will also bite mammals and birds. They feed at night and their saliva is irritating to humans. They can survive up to 6 months without feeding on blood. What are they? * Canadian Nocturnal Wildlife 10. This relatively new addition to Toronto's nocturnal wildlife looks like a rodent, but no actual North American rodent has a prehensile tail as it does. What is this animal? 11. This rodent is native to Canada, and was once a keystone species responsible for keeping Canada a land of swamp and other wetland. Once a diurnal species, overhunting has rendered it primarily nocturnal. What is it? 12. Before the introduction of glass beads, it provided the raw material for traditional Native Canadian beadwork. What is it? * Windows Keyboard Shortcuts What action is performed on Windows by these key combinations? Be sufficiently specific. 13. Control-Z. 14. Control-V. 15. Control-+. (That is, hold Control down and press the plus sign.) -- Mark Brader | "If I were creating the world... Toronto | I would have started with lasers, 8:00, Day 1!" msb@vex.net | --Evil ("Time Bandits", Palin & Gilliam) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 20 03:47AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:NeqdnUe5n47D-zHInZ2dnUU7-N- > Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia > presentations on global warming that were created and delivered > to groups around the world. "An Inconvenient Truth" > * Saturn > 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. Titan > 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? ice > 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? gas giant > * Human Parasites > 7. What are nits? louse eggs > bite mammals and birds. They feed at night and their saliva is > irritating to humans. They can survive up to 6 months without > feeding on blood. What are they? mosquito > responsible for keeping Canada a land of swamp and other wetland. > Once a diurnal species, overhunting has rendered it primarily > nocturnal. What is it? beaver > What action is performed on Windows by these key combinations? > Be sufficiently specific. > 13. Control-Z. undo > 14. Control-V. paste > 15. Control-+. (That is, hold Control down and press the plus sign.) increase text size -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 19 10:59PM -0500 In article <NeqdnUe5n47D-zHInZ2dnUU7-N-dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > ** Final, Round 7 - Science > * Saturn > 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. Titan > 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? ice > 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? gas giant > * Human Parasites > 7. What are nits? louse eggs > 8. To what class of animals do ticks belong? arachnid > bite mammals and birds. They feed at night and their saliva is > irritating to humans. They can survive up to 6 months without > feeding on blood. What are they? mosquitos > 10. This relatively new addition to Toronto's nocturnal wildlife > looks like a rodent, but no actual North American rodent has a > prehensile tail as it does. What is this animal? opossum > responsible for keeping Canada a land of swamp and other wetland. > Once a diurnal species, overhunting has rendered it primarily > nocturnal. What is it? marmot > 12. Before the introduction of glass beads, it provided the raw > material for traditional Native Canadian beadwork. What is it? bone ("Bone" is my answer, but "shell" should be acceptable as well.) > What action is performed on Windows by these key combinations? > Be sufficiently specific. > 13. Control-Z. UNDO previous action > 14. Control-V. insert copy buffer into text > 15. Control-+. (That is, hold Control down and press the plus sign.) zoom screen image -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 20 04:05AM > ** Final, Round 7 - Science > * Saturn > 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. Titan > 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? ice > 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? gas giant > * Human Parasites > 7. What are nits? head lice > 8. To what class of animals do ticks belong? arthropoda > bite mammals and birds. They feed at night and their saliva is > irritating to humans. They can survive up to 6 months without > feeding on blood. What are they? mosquitos > 10. This relatively new addition to Toronto's nocturnal wildlife > looks like a rodent, but no actual North American rodent has a > prehensile tail as it does. What is this animal? opossum > responsible for keeping Canada a land of swamp and other wetland. > Once a diurnal species, overhunting has rendered it primarily > nocturnal. What is it? beaver > What action is performed on Windows by these key combinations? > Be sufficiently specific. > 13. Control-Z. undo last action > 14. Control-V. paste clipboard contents -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Jul 19 09:25PM -0700 On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 11:09:18 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia > presentations on global warming that were created and delivered > to groups around the world. "An Inconvenient Truth" > Be sufficiently specific. > 13. Control-Z. > 14. Control-V. Fill in something |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 19 10:59PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia > presentations on global warming that were created and delivered > to groups around the world. An Inconvenient Truth > is a civilizational wake-up call. > * Saturn > 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. Titan (I think the second largest is Dione) > 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? ice > 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? gas giant > * Human Parasites > 7. What are nits? flea larvae > 8. To what class of animals do ticks belong? arachnids > bite mammals and birds. They feed at night and their saliva is > irritating to humans. They can survive up to 6 months without > feeding on blood. What are they? bedbugs > 10. This relatively new addition to Toronto's nocturnal wildlife > looks like a rodent, but no actual North American rodent has a > prehensile tail as it does. What is this animal? nutria > responsible for keeping Canada a land of swamp and other wetland. > Once a diurnal species, overhunting has rendered it primarily > nocturnal. What is it? beaver > What action is performed on Windows by these key combinations? > Be sufficiently specific. > 13. Control-Z. undo > 14. Control-V. paste contents of clipboard > 15. Control-+. (That is, hold Control down and press the plus sign.) increase text size -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 20 01:36AM -0700 On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 1:09:18 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > is a civilizational wake-up call. > * Saturn > 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. Titan > 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? Rock, Ice > 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? Gas giant I guess, though the question is a little vague. > * Human Parasites > 7. What are nits? Insects, God's creatures. Who wrote these questions? > 8. To what class of animals do ticks belong? Insects, Arachnids > bite mammals and birds. They feed at night and their saliva is > irritating to humans. They can survive up to 6 months without > feeding on blood. What are they? Leeches > What action is performed on Windows by these key combinations? > Be sufficiently specific. > 13. Control-Z. Undo > 14. Control-V. Paste > 15. Control-+. (That is, hold Control down and press the plus sign.) Add a row, Insert a cell cheers, calvin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 20 10:56AM +0200 > 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. Titan > 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? Ice > 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? Gaseous giant > * Human Parasites > 7. What are nits? A Dutch pop group. Ok, they are spelled with uppercase N. The small nits are a sort of lice. > 8. To what class of animals do ticks belong? Insects > 13. Control-Z. Undo > 14. Control-V. Paste > 15. Control-+. (That is, hold Control down and press the plus sign.) Ehum, I use Windows every day, but I was not aware of this one. So I answer: nothing. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 20 11:14AM +0200 On 2015-07-20 05:09, Mark Brader wrote: > is a civilizational wake-up call. > * Saturn > 4. Name either of Saturn's two largest moons. Titan > 5. What is the principal component substance of Saturn's rings? pebbles > 6. What kind of a planet is Saturn? gas planet > * Human Parasites > 7. What are nits? > 8. To what class of animals do ticks belong? spiders > bite mammals and birds. They feed at night and their saliva is > irritating to humans. They can survive up to 6 months without > feeding on blood. What are they? bed bugs > responsible for keeping Canada a land of swamp and other wetland. > Once a diurnal species, overhunting has rendered it primarily > nocturnal. What is it? magnify Beaver > What action is performed on Windows by these key combinations? > Be sufficiently specific. > 13. Control-Z. undo last action > 14. Control-V. paste the content of the clipboard at the cursor position > 15. Control-+. (That is, hold Control down and press the plus sign.) zoom in the current window content. -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 19 10:06PM -0500 Mark Brader: > it is called a Triple Crown. We'll give the specifics for some > Triple Crown winners; you name the respective players. > 1. Baltimore Orioles, 1966, right field, 49 HR, 122 RBI, .316 avg. Frank Robinson. 4 for Marc, Stephen, and Pete. > 2. Boston Red Sox, 1967, left field, 44 HR, 121 RBI, .326 avg. Carl Yastrzemski. 4 for Marc, Stephen, Pete, and Joshua. > 3. Detroit Tigers, 2012, third base, 44 HR, 139 RBI, .330 avg. Miguel Cabrera. 4 for Marc, Stephen, and Pete. > The World Cup of Cricket takes place every 4 years. The final of > the tournament just ended was played on March 28. > 4. That tournament was held in which *two* countries? Australia, New Zealand. 4 for Calvin, Björn, Stephen, Peter, and Pete. The two home teams met in the final and Australia won narrowly. > 5. Who was the defending champion, the winner in 2011? India. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Peter. 3 for Dan. 2 for Joshua. > 6. This tournament uses the one-day international format. So how > many overs does each team play in a game? Each team *bats* for 50 overs, so I'm accepting either 50 or 100. 4 for Calvin (the hard way), Stephen, Peter, and Pete. Apologies for not noticing the bad wording, but then, neither did anybody at the actual game. > We'll name an NHL player (all are Montreal players, in fact); > you give us his classic nickname. > 7. Nels Stewart. Old Poison. 4 for Stephen. > 8. Georges Vézina. The Chicoutimi Cucumber. > 9. Howie Morenz. The Stratford Streak; also the Mitchell Meteor. for got this. > * Grand Prix Racetracks > Name the country that each of these Grand Prix racetracks is in. > 10. Sepang. Malaysia. 4 for Calvin, Erland, Stephen (ok), and Peter. 3 for Marc. 2 for Dan. > 11. Interlagos. Brazil. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Peter. 3 for Dan. > 12. Monza. Italy. 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Marc, Erland, Dan, Björn, Stephen, Peter, Pete, and Joshua. > * Number of Players > How many players from each team are on the field at a time in... Sorry, guessing by giving the question number as the answer was not a good strategy on these! > 13. Canadian football? 12. 4 for Calvin, Marc, Stephen, Peter, and Joshua. 2 for Pete. > 14. Rugby League? 13. (It's the other kind of rugby that has 15.) 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Peter. > 15. Australian rules football? 18. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Peter. Scores, if there are no errors: ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Geo A&L Spo Dan Blum 36 47 47 12 142 Joshua Kreitzer 46 48 31 14 139 Stephen Perry 40 -- 43 52 135 Marc Dashevsky 38 44 25 23 130 Peter Smyth 27 41 21 36 125 "Calvin" 25 42 22 36 125 Pete Gayde 20 48 28 26 122 Erland Sommarskog 36 46 8 8 98 Björn Lundin 16 40 28 8 92 Dan Tilque 35 32 8 -- 75 Jason Kreitzer 20 20 4 -- 44 Bruce Bowler -- 28 -- -- 28 -- Mark Brader "Great things are not done by those Toronto who sit down and count the cost msb@vex.net of every thought and act." --Daniel Gooch My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 20 10:48AM +0200 > Australia, New Zealand. 4 for Calvin, Björn, Stephen, Peter, > and Pete. > The two home teams met in the final and Australia won narrowly. Big congratulations to Calvin for this stunning victory! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 19 08:04PM Calvin wrote: > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? France > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 14 > 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night and Day and I Got > You Under My Skin? Cole Porter > 4 Which actress portrayed the character Tracy, who marries James > Bond, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service? Ursula Andress > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League > football team does the main character support? Arsenal > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? cantons > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European > country? Holy Roman Empire > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? Bridge > 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides an elephant? > 10 Well, I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load; I've got > seven women on my mind is the first line of which 1972 hit song? Take It Easy Peter Smyth |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 19 11:36PM +0200 On 2015-07-19 00:43, Calvin wrote: > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? France > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 7 > 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night and Day and I Got You Under My Skin? > 4 Which actress portrayed the character Tracy, who marries James Bond, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service? > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League football team does the main character support? Liverpool? > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? Kanton > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European country? Spain > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? Polo > 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides an elephant? Ganesha? -- -- Björn |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 20 12:13AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? Germany (best known for the design of those snazzy SS uniforms) > 2 How many lines are there in a sonnet? 14 > 3 Which prolific songwriter's credits include Night and Day and I Got You Under My Skin? > 4 Which actress portrayed the character Tracy, who marries James Bond, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service? > 5 In the novel and film Fever Pitch which English Premier League football team does the main character support? Man U ?? > 6 What are the administrative divisions of Switzerland called? canton > 7 In 1579 the Netherlands achieved independence from which European country? Spain (Although technically it was independence from Philip, the Lord of the Netherlands, who coincidently happened to also be Philip II of Spain. But Spain did not own the Netherlands in the way they owned the Philippines, for example.) > 8 At which game has the actor Omar Sharif represented his country? Bridge > 9 Which word of Hindi origin refers to one who rides an elephant? > 10 Well, I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load; I've got seven women on my mind is the first line of which 1972 hit song? Take it Easy -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 20 12:12AM -0700 On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 6:34:38 PM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > > matters. > Nor am I. I had no clue and just took a name from the appropriate mythology. > I should certainly not have that point. Noted thanks. Revised scores: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 401 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 80 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 74 Mark Brader 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 74 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 77 Chris Johnson 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9 77 Bruce Bowler 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 71 Dan Tilque 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 61 David Brown 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 54 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 55 Pete Gayde 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 38 Erland S 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 25 Bjorn Lundin - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 9 9 10 10 9 7 3 7 6 10 80 73% cheers, calvin |
| Clifford Blau <cliffordblau@yahoo.com>: Jul 19 07:45PM -0400 On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:03:17 -0500, The GOLQ Institute <list@golq.org> wrote: > Lyrics correction, thanks to Tom of NAVAIRHEADS: "honey" should be > "hurry" in both lines. He also suggests that "leave me worried" should be > "make me worry"; I'm still on the fence on this, despite repeated listening. "Hurry" and "worry" rhyme. "Honey" and "worried" don't. I'd have gotten it with the correct lyrics. "Curse you, Don Tickles, Notary Public!" |
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