| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 21 05:01AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-04-20, 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 Five Guys Named Moe, 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 recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1, Round 4 - Literature - Trilogies We give you the overall title of a trilogy and the titles of the individual novels. You name the author. 1. Millennium trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl Who Played with Fire", "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". 2. Fifty Shades trilogy: "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades Darker", "Fifty Shades Freed". 3. Hunger Games trilogy: "The Hunger Games", "Catching Fire", "Mockingjay". 4. Maddaddam trilogy: "Oryx and Crake", "Year of the Flood", "Maddaddam". 5. Cornish trilogy: "The Rebel Angels", "What's Bred in the Bone", "The Lyre of Orpheus". 6. Cape Breton trilogy: "The Long Stretch", "The Bishop's Man", "Why Men Lie". 7. Barrytown trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper", "The Van". 8. His Dark Materials trilogy: "Northern Lights" (also known as "The Golden Compass"), "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass". 9. Bounty trilogy: "Mutiny on the Bounty", "Men against the Sea", "Pitcairn's Island". (Two coauthors; name either one.) 10. Isadora Wing series: "Fear of Flying", "How to Save Your Own Life", "Parachutes and Kisses". * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana Geography - City Nicknames We'll give you a nickname for a Canadian city -- sometimes official, sometimes not -- and you name the city. Some cities share the same nickname, in which case we will accept either one. 1. Paris of the North. 2. The Wilderness City. 3. The Garden City. 4. Salmon Capital of the World. 5. Freddy Beach. 6. Bytown. 7. Slurpee Capital of the World. 8. Sin City. 9. City of Champions. 10. Polar Bear Capital of the World. -- Mark Brader | "Justices look solemn in their formal black robes, but Toronto | every so often they like to have a little fun by taking on msb@vex.net | a strange case, or overturning a presidential election, that sort of thing." --Christopher Buckley, "Supreme Courtship" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Aug 21 12:47PM On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 05:01:42 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > individual novels. You name the author. > 1. Millennium trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl > Who Played with Fire", "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". Larsson > 2. Fifty Shades trilogy: "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades > Darker", "Fifty Shades Freed". James > 3. Hunger Games trilogy: "The Hunger Games", "Catching Fire", > "Mockingjay". Collins > 7. Barrytown trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper", "The Van". > 8. His Dark Materials trilogy: "Northern Lights" (also known as > "The Golden Compass"), "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass". Pullman > 9. Bounty trilogy: "Mutiny on the Bounty", "Men against the Sea", > "Pitcairn's Island". (Two coauthors; name either one.) Nordhoff and Hall > 10. Isadora Wing series: "Fear of Flying", "How to Save Your Own > Life", "Parachutes and Kisses". Jong > sometimes not -- and you name the city. Some cities share the same > nickname, in which case we will accept either one. > 1. Paris of the North. Montreal > 2. The Wilderness City. Yellowknife > 3. The Garden City. > 4. Salmon Capital of the World. > 5. Freddy Beach. Fredricton > 8. Sin City. > 9. City of Champions. > 10. Polar Bear Capital of the World. Churchill |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Aug 21 03:08PM +0100 > individual novels. You name the author. > 1. Millennium trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl > Who Played with Fire", "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". Larsson > 2. Fifty Shades trilogy: "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades > Darker", "Fifty Shades Freed". James > 3. Hunger Games trilogy: "The Hunger Games", "Catching Fire", > "Mockingjay". Collins > 6. Cape Breton trilogy: "The Long Stretch", "The Bishop's Man", > "Why Men Lie". > 7. Barrytown trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper", "The Van". Doyle > 8. His Dark Materials trilogy: "Northern Lights" (also known as > "The Golden Compass"), "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass". Pullman > "Pitcairn's Island". (Two coauthors; name either one.) > 10. Isadora Wing series: "Fear of Flying", "How to Save Your Own > Life", "Parachutes and Kisses". Jong > * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana Geography - City Nicknames Pass |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Aug 21 11:17AM -0500 In article <GLWdnWeLHMubakvInZ2dnUU7-a2dnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > individual novels. You name the author. > 1. Millennium trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl > Who Played with Fire", "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". Stieg Larsson > 2. Fifty Shades trilogy: "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades > Darker", "Fifty Shades Freed". James -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 21 06:51PM Mark Brader wrote: > individual novels. You name the author. > 1. Millennium trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl > Who Played with Fire", "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". Larson > 6. Cape Breton trilogy: "The Long Stretch", "The Bishop's Man", > "Why Men Lie". > 7. Barrytown trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper", "The Van". Doyle > 8. His Dark Materials trilogy: "Northern Lights" (also known as > "The Golden Compass"), "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass". Pullman > "Pitcairn's Island". (Two coauthors; name either one.) > 10. Isadora Wing series: "Fear of Flying", "How to Save Your Own > Life", "Parachutes and Kisses". Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 21 09:52PM +0200 > individual novels. You name the author. > 1. Millennium trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl > Who Played with Fire", "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". Stieg Larsson A fourth book is in the coming - and big quarrel whether it is an acceptable thing or not to continue a series from a dead author. > * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana Geography - City Nicknames > 3. The Garden City. Victoria, BC -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 21 03:43PM -0700 On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 8:01:44 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > individual novels. You name the author. > 1. Millennium trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl > Who Played with Fire", "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". Larsson > 2. Fifty Shades trilogy: "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades > Darker", "Fifty Shades Freed". James > 3. Hunger Games trilogy: "The Hunger Games", "Catching Fire", > "Mockingjay". Meyer? > 6. Cape Breton trilogy: "The Long Stretch", "The Bishop's Man", > "Why Men Lie". > 7. Barrytown trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper", "The Van". Doyle > 10. Isadora Wing series: "Fear of Flying", "How to Save Your Own > Life", "Parachutes and Kisses". > * Game 1, Round 6 - Canadiana Geography - City Nicknames Pass cheers, calvin |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 22 02:31AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:GLWdnWeLHMubakvInZ2dnUU7- > sometimes not -- and you name the city. Some cities share the > same nickname, in which case we will accept either one. > 1. Paris of the North. Quebec > 2. The Wilderness City. Dawson > 7. Slurpee Capital of the World. > 8. Sin City. > 9. City of Champions. Edmonton > 10. Polar Bear Capital of the World. Churchill Pete |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 22 02:38AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:GLWdnWeLHMubakvInZ2dnUU7- > individual novels. You name the author. > 1. Millennium trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl > Who Played with Fire", "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". Larsen > 2. Fifty Shades trilogy: "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades > Darker", "Fifty Shades Freed". James > 3. Hunger Games trilogy: "The Hunger Games", "Catching Fire", > "Mockingjay". Collins > 4. Maddaddam trilogy: "Oryx and Crake", "Year of the Flood", > "Maddaddam". Atwood > 8. His Dark Materials trilogy: "Northern Lights" (also known as > "The Golden Compass"), "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass". Pullman > 10. Isadora Wing series: "Fear of Flying", "How to Save Your Own > Life", "Parachutes and Kisses". Jong > sometimes not -- and you name the city. Some cities share the > same nickname, in which case we will accept either one. > 1. Paris of the North. Montreal; Quebec City > 9. City of Champions. Edmonton > 10. Polar Bear Capital of the World. Churchill -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Aug 22 10:11AM +0200 On 2015-08-21 12:01, Mark Brader wrote: > individual novels. You name the author. > 1. Millennium trilogy: "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl > Who Played with Fire", "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". Stig Larsson > 2. Fifty Shades trilogy: "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades > Darker", "Fifty Shades Freed". James > sometimes not -- and you name the city. Some cities share the > same nickname, in which case we will accept either one. > 4. Salmon Capital of the World. It was in a quiz some moths ago, but I do not remember :-( -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 21 05:00AM -0500 Mark Brader: > Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises", this Parisian hotel is probably > best known as the place where Diana, Princess of Wales, and > Dodi Fayed dined on the night of their fatal car crash. Name it. Ritz Paris. 4 for Stephen, Peter, Erland, Joshua, Calvin, Gareth, and Björn. > The bad: Dylan Thomas was staying here when he died of pneumonia. > The ugly: Nancy Spungen was stabbed to death here, purportedly > by her boyfriend Sid Vicious. Name this iconic New York hotel. Chelsea. 4 for Marc, Stephen, Joshua, and Gareth. > 3. Located at 8221 Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, this iconic hotel > was where John Belushi died of a drug overdose in 1982. Name it. Chateau Marmont. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Gareth. > she prepared for an appearance at the Grammys. She never made > it to the show; she drowned in the bath of Suite 403 due to > the effects of heart disease and cocaine. Name the hotel. Beverly Hilton. (Beverly Hills Hilton was deemed close enough on a protest, so I'm accepting it, but you did have to say Hilton.) 4 for Marc, Stephen, and Pete. > 5. In 2008, an Islamist terrorist group attacked two hotels, the Taj > Mahal Palace and the Oberoi, killing 167 people. Name the *city* > where both hotels are located. Mumbai. 4 for Marc, Stephen, Peter, Erland, Joshua, Calvin, Gareth, and Pete. > 6. Good things happen in hotels as well. Name the iconic hotel > which is credited with the creation of the Singapore Sling. Raffles. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Calvin, Gareth, and Björn. No points for "that hotel in Singapore"! > 1860 when the Empress Eugenie entertained Queen Victoria there. > Name this hotel, where Chef Gordon Ramsay ran the main restaurant > until 2013. Claridge's. 4 for Stephen and Calvin. > 8. Ernest Hemingway and Somerset Maugham were two of the famous > guests to grace the Gritti Palace. In which *European city* > would you find this luxury hotel? Venice. 4 for Marc, Stephen, and Joshua. > 9. Now operating as a hotel and resort, the Goldeneye was originally > built by Ian Fleming in 1946 and was where he wrote all his > James Bond novels. In which *country* is it located? Jamaica. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Calvin, Gareth, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > Hamlet. Their stay caused an uproar in puritanical Toronto > because they were sharing a room while still being married to > other people. Name the hotel. King Edward. (Then the King Edward Sheraton, now the Omni King Edward). 4 for Stephen. > In each case, name the mathematician described. > 1. (Lived 1924-2010.) He invented the word "fractal" and was > the first mathematician to study them seriously. Benoit Mandelbrot. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, Stephen, Peter, Gareth, and Dan Tilque. > in spreading the Hindu-Arabic numeral system in Europe, but > he is best known today for the number sequence named after him > under a different name. By what name do we generally know him? Fibonacci. 4 for everyone -- Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, Stephen, Peter, Erland, Joshua, Calvin, Gareth, Björn, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 3. (Lived 1550-1617.) This Scottish mathematician invented > logarithms. John Napier. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, Stephen, Peter, Joshua, Calvin, Gareth, and Dan Tilque. > 4. (Born 1953.) This English mathematician proved Fermat's Last > Theorem. Andrew Wiles. 4 for Stephen, Peter, and Gareth. > 5. (Lived 1596-1650.) He is credited as being the father of > analytical geometry. The system for locating a point on a > plane is named after him. René Descartes. ("Cartesian" coordinates, but I'm not accepting "Cartres".) 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, Stephen, Gareth, Björn, and Dan Tilque. > 6. (Lived in the 4th-3rd centuries BC.) He is known as the father > of geometry. His 13-book treatise, "The Elements", is one of > the most influential works in the history of mathematics. Euclid (of Megara). 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Stephen, Peter, Erland, Joshua, Calvin, Gareth, Björn, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 7. (Lived 1749-1827.) Sometimes called "the French Newton", he > solved the problem of perturbations in planetary orbits that > had eluded Newton. Pierre-Simon Laplace. 4 for Marc, Bruce, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > an "impossible triangle" that inspired the artist M.C. Escher. > He proved that singularities (such as black holes) could be > formed from the gravitational collapse of immense, dying stars. Roger Penrose. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Stephen, Peter, and Gareth. See: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PenroseTriangle.html > 9. (Lived 1831-79.) This Scottish mathematical physicist formulated > the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation. James Maxwell. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, Stephen, Peter, and Gareth. > this British mathematician, philosopher, logician, historian, > writer, social critic, and political activist won the 1950 > Nobel for literature. Bertrand Russell. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Stephen, Peter, Joshua, and Gareth. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Geo Sci Stephen Perry 36 40 76 Gareth Owen 24 36 60 Marc Dashevsky 16 32 48 Peter Smyth 12 32 44 Joshua Kreitzer 28 16 44 Dan Blum 8 32 40 "Calvin" 20 12 32 Bruce Bowler 0 28 28 Dan Tilque 4 24 28 Björn Lundin 8 12 20 Pete Gayde 12 8 20 Erland Sommarskog 8 8 16 -- Mark Brader | "...as many as my brain could handle Toronto | off the top of its head..." msb@vex.net | --Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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