| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 11:15PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-05-11, 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 4, Round 2 - Science - Constellations Please see the 2-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/4-2/cons.pdf Each diagram shows a constellation visible here, represented as interconnected dots (not to exact scale). The relative size of the dots indicates the apparent brightness of the stars they represent. Names are provided for some notable bright stars. In each case, give the number of the constellation we name. 1. Leo, the Lion. 2. Gemini, the Twins. 3. Canis Major, the Great Dog. 4. Scorpius, the Scorpion. 5. Cygnus, the Swan. 6. Ursa Major, the Great Bear. 7. Orion, the Hunter. 8. Cassiopeia, the Queen. 9. Draco, the Dragon. 10. Ursa Minor, the Little Bear. So there were 6 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you like and give the constellation numbers for fun, but for no points. 11. Crefrhf, gur Ureb. 12. Ivetb, gur Ivetva. 13. Ylen, gur Yler. 14. Gnhehf, gur Ohyy. 15. Pncevpbeahf, gur Frn Tbng. 16. Obögrf ("obu-BU-grrm"), gur Ureqfzna. * Game 4, Round 3 - Entertainment - TV Towns Given the name of the town, tell us which TV show is/was set there. 1. Quahog, Rhode Island. 2. Pawnee, Indiana. 3. Melonville. 4. Walnut Grove, Minnesota. 5. Bikini Bottom. 6. Cabot Cove, Maine. 7. Stars Hollow, Connecticut. 8. Sunnydale, California. 9. New New York, New York. 10. Bedrock. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "No weapons of any kind are allowed on msb@vex.net | White Sands Missile Range" -- U.S. Army My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 25 05:30AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:U5mdnY0_LevZV5nLnZ2dnUU7- > Names are provided for some notable bright stars. In each case, > give the number of the constellation we name. > 1. Leo, the Lion. 2; 3 > 2. Gemini, the Twins. 4 > 3. Canis Major, the Great Dog. 16 > 4. Scorpius, the Scorpion. 5; 6 > 5. Cygnus, the Swan. 8; 9 > 6. Ursa Major, the Great Bear. 7; 10 > 7. Orion, the Hunter. 13 > 8. Cassiopeia, the Queen. 11; 12 > 9. Draco, the Dragon. 14; 15 > 10. Ursa Minor, the Little Bear. 10 > * Game 4, Round 3 - Entertainment - TV Towns > Given the name of the town, tell us which TV show is/was set there. > 1. Quahog, Rhode Island. "Family Guy" > 2. Pawnee, Indiana. "Parks and Recreation" > 4. Walnut Grove, Minnesota. "Little House on the Prairie" > 5. Bikini Bottom. "SpongeBob SquarePants" > 6. Cabot Cove, Maine. "Murder, She Wrote" > 7. Stars Hollow, Connecticut. "Gilmore Girls" > 8. Sunnydale, California. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" > 9. New New York, New York. "Futurama" > 10. Bedrock. "The Flintstones" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 25 02:49AM -0500 In article <U5mdnY0_LevZV5nLnZ2dnUU7-eudnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says... > Names are provided for some notable bright stars. In each case, > give the number of the constellation we name. > 1. Leo, the Lion. 14 > 2. Gemini, the Twins. 4 > 3. Canis Major, the Great Dog. 16 > 4. Scorpius, the Scorpion. 11 > 5. Cygnus, the Swan. 3 > 6. Ursa Major, the Great Bear. 8 > 7. Orion, the Hunter. 13 > 8. Cassiopeia, the Queen. 12 > 9. Draco, the Dragon. 7 > 10. Ursa Minor, the Little Bear. 10 > So there were 6 decoys. > 11. Perseus, the Hero. 5 > 12. Virgo, the Virgin. 9 > 13. Lyra, the Lyre. 2 > 14. Taurus, the Bull. 15 > 15. Capricornus, the Sea Goat. 1 > 16. Boötes ("boh-OH-teez"), the Herdsman.> 6 > * Game 4, Round 3 - Entertainment - TV Towns > Given the name of the town, tell us which TV show is/was set there. > 1. Quahog, Rhode Island. Family Guy > 2. Pawnee, Indiana. > 3. Melonville. SCTV > 4. Walnut Grove, Minnesota. > 5. Bikini Bottom. > 6. Cabot Cove, Maine. Murder She Wrote > 7. Stars Hollow, Connecticut. Gilmore Girls > 8. Sunnydale, California. > 9. New New York, New York. > 10. Bedrock. Flintstones -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 01:07PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > * Game 3, Round 9 - Canadiana - Postal Abbreviations Stephen Perry: > I abstain. What, too easy? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Courtesy, hell. We're programmers not humans." msb@vex.net | -- S. M. Ryan |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 06:44PM -0500 Stephen Perry: > > I abstain. Mark Brader: > What, too easy? Or was it just too much work to hold the shift key down for 20 letters? :-) -- Mark Brader | "I don't mean to be snooty or snippy or some other msb@vex.net | six-letter word starting with s, ending in y, and Toronto | having a doubled letter in the middle... Ah! Snotty! | Didn't mean to be that either." -- Hashi Lebwohl |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Sep 24 08:11PM -0700 On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 7:44:19 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > msb@vex.net | six-letter word starting with s, ending in y, and > Toronto | having a doubled letter in the middle... Ah! Snotty! > | Didn't mean to be that either." -- Hashi Lebwohl yes. swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 11:12PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Well, Game 3 is over and Stephen Perry has done it again. Hearty congratulations on your win, sir! > * Game 3, Round 9 - Canadiana - Postal Abbreviations This was the easiest round in the original game (of course) and, indeed, the third-easiest in the entire season. > What is the two-letter postal abbreviation for...? > 1. Quebec. QC. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Jason, and Pete. 3 for Peter. > 2. Newfoundland. NL. (Changed from NF after the province's official name became Newfoundland and Labrador.) 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > 3. Manitoba. MB. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, and Jason. > 4. Saskatchewan. SK. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Gareth, Peter, Jason, and Pete. > 5. Yukon. YT. (From when Yukon Territory was the territory's official name.) 4 for Joshua and Bruce. Just as there is exactly one country in the world whose national 2-letter Internet domain doesn't match its ISO 3166 2-letter country code, so there is exactly one province or territory in Canada whose 2-letter subdomain under .ca doesn't match its postal abbreviation: Yukon has .yt.ca, not .yk.ca. (Newfoundland has the old .nf.ca as well as the newer .nl.ca.) > 6. Northwest Territories. NT. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Gareth, Björn, Erland, Jason, and Pete. > 7. Nunavut. NU. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Björn, Erland, and Jason. This one caused some discomfort when the territory was first split off the NT, because in French NU means NUDE. Canada Post stuck with NT for both territories for a while, but then backed down and gave Nunavut NU. I suppose they might have preferred to go with NV, but our abbreviations and the US ones were designed not to duplicate each other (once Nebraska had switched from its original NB, needed for New Brunswick, to NE) and of course NV was already taken for Nevada. > 8. Alberta. AB. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, and Peter. > 9. Prince Edward Island. PE. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Gareth, Björn, Erland, Peter, and Pete. > 10. Nova Scotia. NS. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Dan Blum, Gareth, Björn, Erland, Peter, Jason, and Pete. > director*. > A1. Director: George Marshall. Name the *title character* > played by James Stewart in 1939 and by Audie Murphy in 1954. Tom Destry. (1939: "Destry Rides Again"; 1954: "Destry".) 4 for Joshua. > Leslie Banks and Edna Best; the 1956 version starred James > Stewart and Doris Day; and the title was the same both times. > Just give that title. "The Man Who Knew Too Much". 4 for Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. > B. Periodical Abbreviations > We give the abbreviation; you give the full name of the publication. > B1. EQMM. "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine". 4 for Stephen and Dan Blum. > B2. JAMA. "Journal of the American Medical Association". 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Stephen, Dan Blum, Gareth, Jason, and Pete. > C. Hollywood Walk of Fame > C1. What is unusual about Mohammed Ali's star? That should of course be "Muhammad". Sorry about that. It's on a wall, so people won't walk on it. 4 for Stephen. > C2. One creator has *three* stars on the walk for his/her > fictional characters. Who? Jim Henson. (Big Bird, star awarded 1994; Kermit, 2002; and one for all the Muppets, 2012.) 3 for Joshua. Walt Disney was a popular guess, but wrong. There are no less than five stars for fictional characters that his company has featured in movies, but the question said "creator", and only two of those (Mickey Mouse, awarded 1978; Donald Duck, 2004) were actually created or co-created by Disney. Snow White (awarded 1987) was created by the Grimm brothers; Winnie the Pooh (2006), by A.A. Milne; and Tinker Bell (2010), by J.M. Barrie. > known for commissioning piano concerti for the left hand > alone; his brother (1889-1951) was a philosopher who taught > at Cambridge. Give the last name. (Paul and Ludwig) Wittgenstein. 4 for Stephen, Dan Blum, Gareth, and Pete. > won the Nobel prize for physics; they share their name with > an English singer whose 1986 album was "Talking with the > Taxman about Poetry". William/Billy Bragg. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Gareth. > E. Musical Terms > E1. What is the instruction to string players to pluck the > strings instead of bowing them? Pizzicato. (Not staccato.) 4 for Marc, Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, Gareth, Erland, Peter, and Pete. Giggle points to Bruce for "Aw, pluck it". > E2. What is the instruction in a musical score that tells the > player to start again from the beginning? Da capo. (Or just D.C.) 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Gareth, Björn, Erland, and Pete. 3 for Stephen. > F. Old Ball Parks > In what city was... > F1. Forbes Field? Pittsburgh. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Bruce, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete. > F2. The Polo Grounds? New York. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Stephen, Gareth, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Lit His Ent Geo Sci Spo Can Cha SIX Stephen Perry 32 40 40 40 32 32 0 39 223 Joshua Kreitzer 18 16 40 32 24 4 40 35 189 Marc Dashevsky 4 16 32 24 40 4 36 20 168 Gareth Owen 9 8 40 4 27 36 16 32 160 Dan Blum 11 20 32 22 28 4 32 19 153 Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 40 40 40 12 132 Peter Smyth 7 0 8 24 24 36 23 4 122 Dan Tilque 12 0 4 39 20 0 36 8 119 Jason Kreitzer 0 8 28 20 12 0 24 4 96 Pete Gayde 8 8 -- -- 16 0 20 28 80 Erland Sommarskog 8 0 0 4 7 8 24 8 59 "Calvin" -- -- 24 18 -- -- -- -- 42 Björn Lundin 8 0 4 0 0 0 16 4 32 -- Mark Brader | "I always pass on good advice. It's the only thing Toronto | to do with it. It is never any use to oneself." msb@vex.net | -- Lord Goring (Oscar Wilde: An Ideal Husband) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 25 07:27AM >> * Game 3, Round 9 - Canadiana - Postal Abbreviations > This was the easiest round in the original game (of course) and, > indeed, the third-easiest in the entire season. Amazing. I thought it would have been the easiest round ever. Don't Canadaians know their postal codes? > code, so there is exactly one province or territory in Canada whose > 2-letter subdomain under .ca doesn't match its postal abbreviation: > Yukon has .yt.ca, not .yk.ca. I can't really get this together. Did you swap yt and yk here? -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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