- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 4, Rounds 7-8: Scotland, subway/RT - 1 Update
- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 4, Rounds 4,6: Conn Smythe, brand owners - 2 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #198: Second Page of the Resume - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #409 - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 30 11:52PM -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 7 - Geography - Scotland Please see the map at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/4-7/scot.pdf And give us the numbers corresponding to these villages, towns, and cities: 1. Stornoway. 2. Inverness. 3. Stromness. 4. Kirkwall. 5. Glasgow. 6. Dundee. 7. Aberdeen. 8. Edinburgh. 9. Fort William. 10. Port of Ness. So there were 10 decoys, whose names were not given in the original game. Comparing the handout to Google Maps, I see that some of them are quite small places, but here they are. Decode the rot13 if you want to try them for fun, but for no points. 11. Qhearff. 12. Nle. 13. Yrejvpx. 14. Crgreurnq. 15. Arj Noorl. 16. Oenr. 17. Jvpx. 18. Yrvevazber. 19. Ybazber. 20. Svfugbja bs Hfna. * Game 4, Round 8 - Canadiana Geography - Toronto Subway/RT Stops As you know, the Toronto subway and RT system consists of: Line 1: Yonge-University (Spadina was dropped from the name) Line 2: Bloor-Danforth Line 3: Scarborough RT Line 4: Sheppard In each case, simply name the station between the two that we give you. 1. Rosedale, St. Clair (Line 1). 2. Sherbourne, Broadview (Line 2). 3. Ossington, Bathurst (Line 2). 4. St. Patrick, St. Andrew (Line 1). 5. Lawrence West, Eglinton West (Line 1). 6. Lawrence East, Midland (Line 3). 7. Bayview, Leslie (Line 4). 8. Woodbine, Victoria Park (Line 2). 9. Jane, High Park (Line 2). 10. Sheppard-Yonge, Finch (Line 1). After you have finished the round, please decode the rot13: Gur ynfg nafjre vf n guerr-jbeq anzr. Vs lbh bayl tnir gur svefg gjb jbeqf, tb onpx naq nqq gur guveq bar. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Where is down special?" ... "Good." msb@vex.net | "Do you refuse to answer my question?" "Don't know." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Sep 30 03:56PM -0700 On Sunday, September 27, 2015 at 11:36:18 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 10. He was the Conn Smythe winner in 1971 and went on to win the > Calder Trophy as the NHL's best rookie the *following* season. > Name him. Zero answers > Spring (bottled water). The company also owns 30% of cosmetics > company L'Oréal and its brands like Garnier, Maybelline, and > The Body Shop stores. Zero |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 30 11:48PM -0500 Mark Brader: > * Game 4, Round 4 - Sports - Conn Smythe Trophy Winners > The National Hockey League's Conn Smythe Trophy is presented each > year to the most valuable player for his team *in the playoffs*. This was the hardest round in the original game. > 1. In 1965, this Montreal Canadien became the first Conn Smythe > Trophy winner. Name him. Jean Béliveau. 3 for Pete. > 2. Name the only Toronto Maple Leaf to have won the award, back > in 1967 when the Leafs last won the Stanley Cup. Dave Keon. > years. One was Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins, in > 1991 and 1992. Name the other, who did it as a Philadelphia > Flyer in 1974 and 1975. Bernie Parent. > 4. Between them, hockey legends Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr have > won a total of how many Conn Smythe awards? 4. (Orr with the Boston Bruins in 1970 and 1972, Gretzky with the Edmonton Oilers in 1985 and 1988.) 3 for Dan Blum and Marc. > Crozier of the Detroit Red Wings in 1966; the most recent was > Jean-Sebastien Giguere of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 2003. > Name *any one* of the three in between. Glenn Hall (1968, St. Louis Blues), Reggie Leach (1976, Philadelphia Flyers), Ron Hextall (1987, Philadelphia Flyers). > 6. Who is the only player to have won the trophy three times? > It was in 1986, 1993, and 2001. Patrick Roy (twice with the Montreal Canadiens, then with the Colorado Avalanche). 4 for Marc. > 7. In 1994 he became the first US-born player to be a Conn Smythe > winner. Name him. Brian Leetch (New York Rangers). > 8. In 2009 he became the first Russian-born Conn Smythe winner. > Name him. Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins). 4 for Pete. > when their team won 4 straight Stanley Cups beginning in 1980. > Bryan Trottier was the Conn Smythe winner in 1980, while Mike > Bossy was the recipient in 1982. Name *either* of the other two. Butch Goring (1981), Billy Smith (1983). 2 for Pete. > 10. He was the Conn Smythe winner in 1971 and went on to win the > Calder Trophy as the NHL's best rookie the *following* season. > Name him. Ken Dryden. 2 for Pete. > of corporations, putting this notion to the test. Here are 10 > questions on such corporations and their brands. In each case, we > give you a list of brands, and you name the company that owns them. If you gave an answer that was scored as wrong but you believe it's now correct because things have changed since the original game, post a protest and I'll check it out. An answer accepted in this way need not relate to all the brands in a list; any one will do. > 1. Gatorade, Tropicana, Quakers, Cheetos, Doritos, Lay's. PepsiCo. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Marc. 3 for Dan Blum. > 2. Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini (all cars). Volkswagen. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Marc, Pete, and Calvin. > 3. Corona, Rolling Rock, Shock Top, Michelob, Hoegaarden, Stella > Artois (all beers). Anheuser-Busch InBev. I accepted either part. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 4. Guinness (beer), Smirnoff (vodka), Tanqueray (gin), Captain > Morgan (rum), Johnnie Walker (whiskey), Crown Royal (whiskey), > Baileys (liqueur). Diageo plc. 4 for Joshua and Calvin. > 5. Cadbury, Toblerone (chocolates); Tassimo (coffee); Oreo, Chips > Ahoy, Triscuit (cookies); Trident, Dentyne, Stride (chewing gum). Mondelez International. With a macron on the second E, yet. 4 for Pete. 3 for Joshua. Mondelez is a relatively new company, spun off by Kraft Foods 3 years before the latter merged with Heinz. > 6. Cover Girl, Olay (cosmetics); Bounty, Tide, Mr. Clean > (household); Head & Shoulders, Gillette (personal care); Crest, > Oral-B (dental care); Vicks, Pepto-Bismol (health care). Proctor & Gamble (accepting P&G). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Björn. 3 for Pete. > 7. Aveeno, Neutrogena (cosmetics); Tylenol, Polysporin, Benadryl > (health care); Splenda (sweetener), Lactaid (creamer); Listerine > (mouthwash). Johnson & Johnson. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Marc. 2 for Pete. > 8. Dove, Vaseline, Q-Tips (personal care); Ben and Jerry's, Klondike > (ice cream); Hellman's (mayo), Becel (margarine). Unilever. 4 for Joshua. > 9. Green Giant (frozen vegetables); Betty Crocker, Pillsbury > (baking products); Cheerios, Fibre One (cereals); Liberté > (yogurt). General Mills. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete. > Spring (bottled water). The company also owns 30% of cosmetics > company L'Oréal and its brands like Garnier, Maybelline, and > The Body Shop stores. Nestlé. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, and Björn. 2 for Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Sci Ent Spo Mis Marc Dashevsky 40 20 7 24 91 Joshua Kreitzer 18 36 0 31 85 Dan Blum 27 22 3 23 75 Dan Tilque 32 12 0 24 68 Pete Gayde 19 8 11 21 59 Gareth Owen 17 28 -- -- 45 Björn Lundin 24 4 0 8 36 Peter Smyth 20 12 -- -- 32 Erland Sommarskog 24 4 -- -- 28 Jason Kreitzer 8 12 0 0 20 "Calvin" -- -- 0 10 10 -- Mark Brader, Toronto / "There are three types of software documentation: msb@vex.net / tutorial, mnemonic and misleading." --Larry Colen My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 01 01:50AM This is Rotating Quiz 198. Entries must be posted by Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 at 11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time). Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner gets to create the next RQ. Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each one. Only one answer is allowed per question. This quiz has a theme but it is inherent in the questions, not the answers: each question gives information about a famous person which is not what they are most famous for (to most people, at least). In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be whoever scored on the hardest questions (defined post-facto as the ones which the fewest people got right). Second tiebreaker will be posting order. 1. He spent many years working in the courts of Edward III and Richard II, beginning at a low level but eventually holding offices such as customs comptroller for London and clerk of the king's works (building projects). 2. Prior to World War I he taught English in Trieste and Pola (in the latter city, primarily to Austro-Hungarian naval officers). He also opened the first dedicated movie theater in Ireland but did not remain in the business long. 3. During World War II she not only had a romantic relationship with a German officer, but was an active collaborator, working for General Schellenberg, the head of SS intelligence. She met with Himmler in 1943. After the war she supported Schellenberg and his family financially. 4. He was warden and later master of the Royal Mint. He was very effective at investigating and prosecuting counterfeiters. He also recommended actions which resulting in Britain adopting a de facto gold standard. 5. He was a mining engineer and entrepreneur for many years. He and his wife produced the first English translation of Agricola's De re metallica; this was the standard English translation for many years and was used by translators into other languages. 6. She spent twelve years as a teacher before opening a school in New Jersey. Denied the opportunity to run it she became a clerk at the US Patent Office. The position was eliminated in the Buchanan administration but she was able to return as a copyist - briefly - after Lincoln took office. 7. He served briefly in the old Irish House of Commons, was later Chief Secretary for Ireland (also briefly), and as prime minister got the Catholic Relief Bill passed. 8. As a member and later commander of the Varangian Guard he took part in many military expeditions for the Byzantines, and may have been awarded a relatively high military office (since a lot of the information about this is from sagas it is not as relianle as it could be). This military experience served him in good stead for a while but ultimately failed him. 9. He was accused of many crimes at various times including kidnapping, extortion, theft, assault, and rape. Some of these may have been politically-motived charges stemming from his rivalry with the Duke of Buckingham. However, he was convicted on several occasions and spent time in Marshalsea Prison. 10. Unlike <answer 3> she spent World War II working for the Allies, specifically for the Office of Strategic Services (being too tall for the WAC or WAVES). She worked for a while in Washington as a research assistant and was later posted to Sri Lanka and China where she did communications-related work. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Oct 01 12:08AM -0400 On 2015-10-01, Dan Blum wrote: > II, beginning at a low level but eventually holding offices such as > customs comptroller for London and clerk of the king's works (building > projects). Chaucer > latter city, primarily to Austro-Hungarian naval officers). He also > opened the first dedicated movie theater in Ireland but did not remain > in the business long. James Joyce > effective at investigating and prosecuting counterfeiters. He also > recommended actions which resulting in Britain adopting a de facto > gold standard. Isaac Newton > 7. He served briefly in the old Irish House of Commons, was later > Chief Secretary for Ireland (also briefly), and as prime minister got > the Catholic Relief Bill passed. Duke of Wellington > have been politically-motived charges stemming from his rivalry with > the Duke of Buckingham. However, he was convicted on several occasions > and spent time in Marshalsea Prison. Wolsey -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Sep 30 04:26PM -0400 On 2015-09-29, Calvin wrote: > 1 His surname is now synonymous with a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Which Minister-President of Norway was executed for treason following World War II? Quisling > 2 Which Australia author has won the Booker prize twice, firstly in 1988 and again in 2001? Peter Carey > 3 What is the capital city of Otago? > 4 Which versatile British author's works include "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953) and "My Uncle Oswald" (1979) and "Matilda" (1988)? Roald Dahl > 5 Which distinctive constellation appears on the national flags of five independent countries? Southern Cross > 6 Luanda is the capital city of which African country? Angola > 7 Despite a combined age of 75 years, which two tennis players won the mixed doubles at the 2015 Australian Open? Hingis and ?? > 8 What Shakespeare play opens with a storm at sea? The Tempest > 9 How many coloured squares are on a Rubik's Cube? 54 > 10 Its logo consisting of a distinctly pyramidal mountain encircled by 22 stars, which major film studio is the last to still be headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles? Paramount -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
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