| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 25 01:56AM -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. 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 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1, Round 7 - Sports - Wheaties Champions Please see the handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/1-7/wheat.jpg In each case we'll give you some information about the athlete shown on the Wheaties cereal box, and you name the athlete. *Note*: I have rearranged the handout so that the questions correspond to the first 10 pictures in order. 1. In 1934 this legendary New York Yankee, nicknamed "The Iron Horse", became the first athlete to be pictured on a Wheaties cereal box. 2. Known as Major League Baseball's "Iron Man", he holds the record for the longest streak of consecutive games played at 2,632. 3. This female American skier won 4 World Cup titles, and a gold medal and a bronze medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. 4. He has won two Olympic gold medals and 18 Winter X Games medals, including 13 gold medals, for his snowboarding feats. 5. This Native American won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm -- until he was disqualified over violations of his amateur status. He went on to play professional football and baseball, and in 1950, he was named the greatest athlete of the half-century by the Associated Press. 6. She dominated women's tennis competition in the 1950s, becoming the first black player to win singles championships at the French Open (1956), Wimbledon (1957 and 1958), and the US Nationals (also 1957 and 1958). 7. Nicknamed "The Intimidator" for his aggressive driving style, he won the Daytona 500 in 1998. His 7 NASCAR Winston Cup championships tie him with Richard Petty for the most of all time. 8. He won the gold medal in decathlon at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. He then went on to become a television celebrity, appearing in series and made-for-TV movies as well as on game shows, talk shows, and reality shows. 9. Nicknamed "Sweetness", he won a Super Bowl, was twice the NFL's Most Valuable Player, and rushed for 16,726 yards in his career, second only to Emmitt Smith. 10. A 5-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time all-star, he won 11 NBA championships during 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics. So there were 8 decoys, which I have moved to the bottom of the handout. Identify them if you like for fun, but for no points. 11. Who is this? 12. Who is this? 13. Who is this? 14. Who is this? 15. Who is this? 16. Who is this? 17. Who is this? 18. Who is this? * Game 1, Round 8 - History - 1915 We'll give you the month in 1915 when it happened, and some further information; you name the person, place, or thing from 100 years ago. 1. March: This controversial film premiered, and set a box-office record that may have stood for over 20 years. Name it. 2. March: The Ottawa Senators lost the Stanley Cup in 3 straight games -- to who? (Either the city or the team name will do.) 3. October: This British nurse was executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium. Name her. 4. December: Which world leader did Edith B. Galt marry? 5. October: This man died. As premier of Nova Scotia, he was a Father of Confederation; later he was the 6th prime minister of Canada. He was also the first president of the Canadian Medical Association. Name him. 6. February: In which city did a World's Fair open? The last 4 questions are about people who were born in 1915 and would later achieve success, so of course we will describe them in terms relevant only after 1915. In case case name the person. 7. January: This American abstract expressionist painter was born. He lived until 1991 and would have a solo exhibition at the AGO in 2011. 8. March: This Canadian conductor, composer, violinist, and music teacher was born. Today his sons Boris and Denis are also noted musicians. (Last name will do.) 9. June: This writer was born in Lachine, Quebec; he later became American. A Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner, he is known today for "Humboldt's Gift" and "Herzog", among many other works. He is now the only writer to win the National Book Award for Fiction three times. 10. June: This British astronomer and science fiction writer was born. Today he is known for coining the term "Big Bang", which he meant as derogatory since he himself was a leading proponent of the steady-state theory. His SF novels include "The Black Cloud" and "October the First Is Too Late". -- Mark Brader "He added a 3-point lead" is pronounced Toronto differently in Snooker than in Typography... msb@vex.net -- Liam Quin My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 25 01:49AM -0500 Mark Brader: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-04-20, > and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal > the correct answers in about 3 days... 3 days, 4 days, what's the difference? > 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. 4 for Bruce, Gareth, Marc, Peter, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, Björn, Stephen, and Dan Blum. > 2. Fifty Shades trilogy: "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades > Darker", "Fifty Shades Freed". E.L. James. 4 for Bruce, Gareth, Marc, Calvin, Joshua, Björn, Stephen, and Dan Blum. > 3. Hunger Games trilogy: "The Hunger Games", "Catching Fire", > "Mockingjay". Suzanne Collins. 4 for Bruce, Gareth, Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Blum. > 4. Maddaddam trilogy: "Oryx and Crake", "Year of the Flood", > "Maddaddam". Margaret Atwood. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Blum. > 5. Cornish trilogy: "The Rebel Angels", "What's Bred in the Bone", > "The Lyre of Orpheus". Robertson Davies. 4 for Dan Blum. > 6. Cape Breton trilogy: "The Long Stretch", "The Bishop's Man", > "Why Men Lie". Linden Macintyre. > 7. Barrytown trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper", "The Van". Roddy Doyle. 4 for Gareth, Peter, Calvin, and Dan Blum. > 8. His Dark Materials trilogy: "Northern Lights" (also known as > "The Golden Compass"), "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass". Philip Pullman. 4 for Bruce, Gareth, Peter, Joshua, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. > 9. Bounty trilogy: "Mutiny on the Bounty", "Men against the Sea", > "Pitcairn's Island". (Two coauthors; name either one.) Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall. 4 for Bruce (the hard way) and Stephen. > 10. Isadora Wing series: "Fear of Flying", "How to Save Your Own > Life", "Parachutes and Kisses". Erica Jong ("Yong"). 4 for Bruce, Gareth, Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Blum. > 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. Dawson City. > 2. The Wilderness City. Yellowknife. 4 for Bruce. > 3. The Garden City. Victoria; St. Catharines. 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. > 4. Salmon Capital of the World. Port Alberni; Campbell River. Yes, this did come up the previous season, in a round posted here on 2015-01-04. (That time the question was the other way around.) Didn't help. > 5. Freddy Beach. Fredericton. 4 for Bruce and Dan Tilque. > 6. Bytown. Ottawa. 4 for Stephen. > 7. Slurpee Capital of the World. Winnipeg. > 8. Sin City. Montreal. 4 for Stephen. > 9. City of Champions. Edmonton. 4 for Pete, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. This one was also in that game from last season, the same way around. > 10. Polar Bear Capital of the World. Churchill. 4 for Bruce, Pete, Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Geo Sci Lit Can Stephen Perry 36 40 28 12 116 Gareth Owen 24 36 24 0 84 Dan Blum 8 32 32 4 76 Joshua Kreitzer 28 16 24 8 76 Bruce Bowler 0 28 24 12 64 Peter Smyth 12 32 12 0 56 Marc Dashevsky 16 32 8 0 56 Dan Tilque 4 24 4 16 48 "Calvin" 20 12 12 0 44 Pete Gayde 12 8 0 8 28 Björn Lundin 8 12 8 0 28 Erland Sommarskog 8 8 4 4 24 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net "I am good at fooling myself into believing that what I wrote is what I meant. I am also good at fooling myself into believing that what I meant is what I should have meant." --Kent Beck My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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