Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 19 updates in 5 topics

Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 19 08:26PM -0700

1 Found mainly in the European Alps, what type of animal is an ibex?
2 Which Oscar-winning actress has been married to film directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes, both alas ending in divorce?
3 Which base-16 numerical system is commonly used in mathematics and computing?
4 The fictional island of Sodor is the setting for which children's book and TV series?
5 As his nickname suggests, businessman Warren Buffet hails form which US state?
6 In 1538, Henry VIII issued a proclamation for which Archbishop of Canterbury to be un-sainted, some 368 years after his death?
7 Following the break-up of Sudan, what is now Africa's largest country by area?
8 Which famous museum has branches in New York, Abu Dhabi, Berline, Bilbao and Venice?
9 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style well known worldwide in 2012?
10 In 1971, Bangladesh gained independence from which country?
 
cheers,
calvin
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 19 10:51PM -0500

Calvin:
> 1 Found mainly in the European Alps, what type of animal is
> an ibex?
 
Mountain goat.
 
> 2 Which Oscar-winning actress has been married to film
> directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes, both alas ending
> in divorce?
 
No idea. Paquin?
 
> 3 Which base-16 numerical system is commonly used in
> mathematics and computing?
 
Hexadecimal.
 
> 4 The fictional island of Sodor is the setting for which
> children's book and TV series?
 
Thomas the Tank Engine, also known as Thomas and Friends.
 
> 5 As his nickname suggests, businessman Warren Buffet hails
> form which US state?
 
Iowa.
 
> 6 In 1538, Henry VIII issued a proclamation for which
> Archbishop of Canterbury to be un-sainted, some 368 years
> after his death?
 
Hmm. Becket, I suppose.
 
> 7 Following the break-up of Sudan, what is now Africa's
> largest country by area?
 
Algeria, I suppose.
 
> 8 Which famous museum has branches in New York, Abu Dhabi,
> Berline, Bilbao and Venice?
 
Guggenheim.
 
> 9 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style well known
> worldwide in 2012?
 
Psy.
 
> 10 In 1971, Bangladesh gained independence from which country?
 
India.
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msb@vex.net | you can hear the wax melting." -- Steve Summit
 
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Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Oct 20 06:26AM +0100


> 1 Found mainly in the European Alps, what type of animal is an ibex?
 
Its a goat-type thing with big old weird horns
 
> 2 Which Oscar-winning actress has been married to film directors Jim
> Threapleton and Sam Mendes, both alas ending in divorce?
 
Kate Winslet
 
> 3 Which base-16 numerical system is commonly used in mathematics and
> computing?
 
Hexadecimal
 
> 4 The fictional island of Sodor is the setting for which children's
> book and TV series?
 
Thomas the Tank Engine
 
> 5 As his nickname suggests, businessman Warren Buffet hails form which
> US state?
 
Omaha
 
> 6 In 1538, Henry VIII issued a proclamation for which Archbishop of
> Canterbury to be un-sainted, some 368 years after his death?
 
Thomas a-Becket
 
> 7 Following the break-up of Sudan, what is now Africa's largest
> country by area?
 
Nigeria?
 
> 8 Which famous museum has branches in New York, Abu Dhabi, Berline,
> Bilbao and Venice?
 
Gugenheim? (sp?)
 
> 9 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style well known worldwide in
> 2012?
 
Psy
 
> 10 In 1971, Bangladesh gained independence from which country?
 
Pakistan
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 20 12:56AM -0500

"Calvin":
> > 5 As his nickname suggests, businessman Warren Buffet hails form which
> > US state?

Gareth Owen:
> Omaha
 
Oh, we're all right. I remembered that the key word started with a vowel
and ended with A, but asssumed that the key word would itself be the
relevant state, so I picked the wrong one; you remembered the correct
key word, but then thought *it* was the name of a state.
--
Mark Brader | "...it is happening a lot to me recently. almost
Toronto | as if my beliefs are no longer strong enough
msb@vex.net | to counter reality." --Stephen Perry
 
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 20 07:26AM

> 1 Found mainly in the European Alps, what type of animal is an ibex?
 
Deer
 
> 3 Which base-16 numerical system is commonly used in mathematics and
> computing?
 
Hexadecimal
 
> 5 As his nickname suggests, businessman Warren Buffet hails form
> which US state?
 
Nebraska
 
> 7 Following the break-up of Sudan, what is now Africa's largest
> country by area?
 
DR Congo
 
> 8 Which famous museum has branches in New York, Abu Dhabi, Berline,
> Bilbao and Venice?
 
Guggenheim
 
> 9 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style well known worldwide
> in 2012?
 
Wu
 
> 10 In 1971, Bangladesh gained independence from which country?
 
Pakistan
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 20 07:30AM

> and ended with A, but asssumed that the key word would itself be the
> relevant state, so I picked the wrong one; you remembered the correct
> key word, but then thought *it* was the name of a state.
 
Yeah, that was a tricky one. I certainly do not know of any nickname, but
I figured that I missed it. But I knew from which town he is - I only have
to hope that I'm right on which state it is in.
 
But, hey, isn't he known as "The Oracle from Omaha"? Seems like Gareth and
Calvin are in the same boat.
 
By the way, thinking of the last question - you still seem to have a problem
with that part of the world. :-)
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 20 03:58AM -0700

Calvin wrote:
> 1 Found mainly in the European Alps, what type of animal is an ibex?
 
goat
 
> 2 Which Oscar-winning actress has been married to film directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes, both alas ending in divorce?
> 3 Which base-16 numerical system is commonly used in mathematics and computing?
 
hexadecimal
 
> 4 The fictional island of Sodor is the setting for which children's book and TV series?
> 5 As his nickname suggests, businessman Warren Buffet hails form which US state?
 
Nebraska
 
> 6 In 1538, Henry VIII issued a proclamation for which Archbishop of Canterbury to be un-sainted, some 368 years after his death?
 
Thomas Becket
 
> 7 Following the break-up of Sudan, what is now Africa's largest country by area?
 
Chad
 
> 8 Which famous museum has branches in New York, Abu Dhabi, Berline, Bilbao and Venice?
 
Guggenheim
 
> 9 Which South Korean rapper made Gangnam Style well known worldwide in 2012?
> 10 In 1971, Bangladesh gained independence from which country?
 
Paksistan
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 19 08:25PM -0700

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 8:48:34 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 What name is given to duck or other meat, cooked very slowly and stored in its own fat - it takes its name from the French for "to preserve"?
 
Confit
 
> 2 Which soprano, now a Dame, performed at the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Diana?
 
Kiri Te Kanawa
 
> 3 What one word title is shared by a 2008 movie starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart and a 1998 movie starring Gene Hackman, Paul Newman and Susan Sarandon?
 
Twilight
 
> 4 Who was Buffy the vampire Slayer's mentor and school librarian?
 
Rupert Giles
I'll accept either name
 
> 5 One of Hitchcock's first true comedies, it suffered at the box office. Which 1955 film marked the film debut of Shirley MacLaine?
 
The Trouble With Harry
 
> 6 First used in competition in England in 1932, Stableford is an alternative scoring system used in which sport?
 
Golf
 
> 7 Which Austrian-born American consultant, educator and author (1905-2005) coined the term "knowledge worker" and is considered the founder of modern business management?
 
Peter Drucker
You need to know this guy.
http://www.druckerinstitute.com/peter-druckers-life-and-legacy/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Drucker
 
> 8 What specifically is the smallest wind instrument?
 
Piccolo
 
> 9 Vinegar is primarily composed of water and which acid?
 
Acetic
 
> 10 Which Italian city was the birthplace of, among others, Mary d'Este (second wife of King James II of Britain), Enzo Ferrari and Luciano Pavarotti?
 
Modena
 
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 411
1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 49 Chris Johnson
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 42 Gareth Owen
0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 47 Peter Smyth
0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 43 Mark Brader
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 24 Pete Gayde
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 26 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 15 Erland S
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 Bjorn Lundin
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
3 4 5 3 4 4 0 8 6 2 39 49%
 
Well done Chris.

cheers,
calvin
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Oct 20 06:20AM +0100

> Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 411
> 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 49 Chris Johnson
> 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 42 Gareth Owen
 
I got Q3. I'm not proud of it, but I got it.
gwowen@gmail.com: Oct 20 02:28AM -0700

On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 6:20:39 AM UTC+1, Gareth Owen wrote:
> > 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 49 Chris Johnson
> > 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 42 Gareth Owen
 
> I got Q3. I'm not proud of it, but I got it.
 
But I whiffed on the Hitchcock one, so 7 is the correct total.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 19 12:57PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-01,
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 6, Round 2 - History - Automobile Models through History
 
*Note*: In this round, a "make of car" or "company" refers to
the "marque" or brand, *not* the parent company if its name is
different. For example, a "Volt" is a Chevrolet, not a GM or
General Motors. Note that models with the same name may have
been made by different companies at different times.
 
1. Name the model that British manufacturer Jowatt made from
1947 to 1953 that *shares its name* with a model that a North
American manufacturer produced from 1968 to 1974. That is,
give that shared name.
 
For each of the remaining questions, please name the company
(marque) that made all the models named.
 
2. Citation, Corsair, Pacer, Ranger: this make was short-lived.
 
3. Champion, Silver Hawk, Lark, Avanti: this American company
opened a plant in Hamilton in 1948.
 
4. Sovereign, Majestic, DS420: the company was founded in England
in 1896.
 
5. Cambridge, Princess, Westminster: another English make.
 
6. Countach, Diablo, Gallardo: a European make.
 
7. Dauphine, Torino, Fuego.
 
8. Mondial, Berlinetta, Dino, California.
 
9. Prowler, Duster, Fury, Cambridge.
 
10. Ambassador, Classic, Concord, Matador.
 
 
* Game 6, Round 3 - Science - Animal Collective Nouns
 
We'll name a type of animal; you identify the collective noun for
a group of those animals, from the handout list:
 
Ambush | Congregation | Kettle
Array | Congress | Mischief
Battery | Crash | Mob
Bellowing | Deceit | Parliament
Bloat | Destruction | Plump
Brood | Fall | Shrewdness
Business | Fever | Tower
Caravan | Gaze | Watch
Clattering | Generation | Wisdom
Coalition | Intrusion | Wreck
 
1. Hippopotamuses.
2. Giraffes.
3. Wildcats.
4. Alligators.
5. Mice.
6. Raccoons.
7. Tigers.
8. Emus.
9. Hedgehogs.
10. Wombats.
 
(The signature quote below was selected randomly, as usual in
QFTCI, but doesn't it seem as thought it might have a connection
to this round?)
--
Mark Brader | (Hatpin's Razor:) "Never attribute to stupidity
Toronto | that which can be adequately explained
msb@vex.net | by marketing" --John Hopkin
 
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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 19 06:49PM

> 1947 to 1953 that *shares its name* with a model that a North
> American manufacturer produced from 1968 to 1974. That is,
> give that shared name.
 
Valiant; Gremlin
 
> 2. Citation, Corsair, Pacer, Ranger: this make was short-lived.
 
AMC
 
> 4. Sovereign, Majestic, DS420: the company was founded in England
> in 1896.
 
Rolls-Royce; Bentley
 
> 5. Cambridge, Princess, Westminster: another English make.
 
Bentley; Rolls-Royce
 
> 6. Countach, Diablo, Gallardo: a European make.
 
Lamborghini
 
> 8. Mondial, Berlinetta, Dino, California.
 
Alfa-Romeo
 
> * Game 6, Round 3 - Science - Animal Collective Nouns
 
> 1. Hippopotamuses.
 
bellowing
 
> 2. Giraffes.
 
tower; caravan
 
> 3. Wildcats.
 
watch; wreck
 
> 4. Alligators.
 
ambush; array
 
> 5. Mice.
 
mischief; intrusion
 
> 6. Raccoons.
 
shrewdness; mischief
 
> 7. Tigers.
 
gaze; fever
 
> 8. Emus.
 
battery; fall
 
> 9. Hedgehogs.
 
plump; kettle
 
> 10. Wombats.
 
mob
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 19 10:38PM +0200

On 2015-10-19 19:57, Mark Brader wrote:
> (marque) that made all the models named.
 
> 4. Sovereign, Majestic, DS420: the company was founded in England
> in 1896.
 
Jaguar
 
 
 
> 6. Countach, Diablo, Gallardo: a European make.
 
Lamborghini
 
 
> 7. Dauphine, Torino, Fuego.
 
Fiat
 
 
> 8. Mondial, Berlinetta, Dino, California.
 
Citroën
 
 
 
> Clattering | Generation | Wisdom
> Coalition | Intrusion | Wreck
 
> 1. Hippopotamuses.
Battery
> 2. Giraffes.
Bloat
> 3. Wildcats.
Mischief
> 4. Alligators.
Bellowing
> 5. Mice.
Kettle
> 6. Raccoons.
Business
> 7. Tigers.
Ambush
> 8. Emus.
Wisdom
> 9. Hedgehogs.
Bellowing
> 10. Wombats.
Mob
 
 
 
 
--
--
Björn
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Oct 19 05:59PM -0700

On Monday, October 19, 2015 at 1:57:23 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 6, Round 2 - History - Automobile Models through History
 
I am not playing for points this game, as I likely will not be able to enter most of the rounds.
 
> 1947 to 1953 that *shares its name* with a model that a North
> American manufacturer produced from 1968 to 1974. That is,
> give that shared name.
 
javelin?
 
> For each of the remaining questions, please name the company
> (marque) that made all the models named.
 
> 2. Citation, Corsair, Pacer, Ranger: this make was short-lived.
 
edsel
 
> 3. Champion, Silver Hawk, Lark, Avanti: this American company
> opened a plant in Hamilton in 1948.
 
studebaker
 
> 4. Sovereign, Majestic, DS420: the company was founded in England
> in 1896.
 
daimler
 
> 5. Cambridge, Princess, Westminster: another English make.
 
austin?
 
> 6. Countach, Diablo, Gallardo: a European make.
 
lamborghini
 
> 7. Dauphine, Torino, Fuego.
 
renault
 
> 8. Mondial, Berlinetta, Dino, California.
 
ferrari
 
> 9. Prowler, Duster, Fury, Cambridge.
 
plymouth
 
> 10. Ambassador, Classic, Concord, Matador.
 
amc?
 
> Clattering | Generation | Wisdom
> Coalition | Intrusion | Wreck
 
> 1. Hippopotamuses.
 
bloat
 
> 2. Giraffes.
 
tower
 
> 3. Wildcats.
 
destruction
 
> 4. Alligators.
 
congregation
 
> 5. Mice.
 
mischief
 
> 6. Raccoons.
 
gaze
 
> 7. Tigers.
 
ambush
 
> 8. Emus.
 
mob
 
> 9. Hedgehogs.
 
array[]
 
> 10. Wombats.
 
wisdom
 
 
swp
Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Oct 19 07:39PM -0700

On Monday, October 19, 2015 at 1:57:23 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> For each of the remaining questions, please name the company
> (marque) that made all the models named.
 
> 2. Citation, Corsair, Pacer, Ranger: this make was short-lived.
Chevrolet
 
> 7. Dauphine, Torino, Fuego.
 
> 8. Mondial, Berlinetta, Dino, California.
 
> 9. Prowler, Duster, Fury, Cambridge.
Plymouth
> Clattering | Generation | Wisdom
> Coalition | Intrusion | Wreck
 
> 1. Hippopotamuses.
Bloat
> 2. Giraffes.
Gaze
> 3. Wildcats.
Intrusion
> 4. Alligators.
Wreck
> 5. Mice.
Coalition
> 6. Raccoons.
Congress
> 7. Tigers.
Mob
> 8. Emus.
Business
> 9. Hedgehogs.
Caravan
> 10. Wombats.
Mischief
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 20 04:41AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:-NKdnX8-hs2fsrjLnZ2dnUU7-
 
> For each of the remaining questions, please name the company
> (marque) that made all the models named.
 
> 2. Citation, Corsair, Pacer, Ranger: this make was short-lived.
 
AMC
 
> 4. Sovereign, Majestic, DS420: the company was founded in England
> in 1896.
 
Rolls-Royce; Jaguar
 
> 5. Cambridge, Princess, Westminster: another English make.
 
Jaguar; Rolls-Royce

> 9. Prowler, Duster, Fury, Cambridge.
 
Plymouth
 
> 10. Ambassador, Classic, Concord, Matador.
 
Studebaker
 
> Clattering | Generation | Wisdom
> Coalition | Intrusion | Wreck
 
> 1. Hippopotamuses.
 
array; brood
 
> 2. Giraffes.
 
caravan; coalition
 
> 3. Wildcats.
 
congress; generation
 
> 4. Alligators.
 
kettle; ambush
 
> 5. Mice.
 
brood; congregation
 
> 6. Raccoons.
 
clattering; wreck
 
> 7. Tigers.
 
mob; battery
 
> 8. Emus.
 
caravan; tower
 
> 9. Hedgehogs.
 
bloat; shrewdness
 
> 10. Wombats.
 
gaze; coalition
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 19 11:09PM -0500

As usual, this round is running concurrently with other rounds
not about current events.
 
 
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any
answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to
give the answers that were correct on those dates.
 
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 the Bloor St. Irregulars,
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 3 (2015-10-05), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. What date is set down for the bail hearing of Marco Muzzo,
the heir to a company worth millions, who has been charged with
multiple offenses after allegedly driving while impaired with
four deaths resulting?
 
2. A California judge has refused to dismiss claims of fraud
against *which billionaire* after a real estate developer says
the billionaire didn't introduce him to high-powered friends
in Silicon Valley as he promised?
 
3. Name the former president of the Canadian Olympic Committee
who resigned last week after complaints of sexual harassment.
 
4. According to a report by a city council committee, what Toronto
landmark could become a mall after it was found that "the highest
and best use would be conversion to a retail center that contains
a mix of food service, leisure, event, and civic uses"?
 
5. Name the community college in Roseburg, Oregon, that was the
site of a mass shooting last week.
 
6. A US military medical facility in Kunduz was partially destroyed
last week, killing a number of Doctors Without Borders staff.
In which country is the city of Kunduz?
 
7. The three divisions in the National League were clinched last
week. Name *any one* of the three teams that clinched a National
League division.
 
8. You may have heard that the Toronto Blue Jays also clinched
their division last week. Which team did they beat on Wednesday
when they clinched the AL East?
 
9. What is the name of the hurricane that has caused flooding in
the southeast of the United States, leading to an emergency
being declared in South Carolina?
 
10. Which state in the US South executed Kelly Gissendaner on
Tuesday night despite pleas of clemency from the pope?
 
 
* Game 4 (2015-10-19), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. Jessica Mendoza, a gold-medalist in softball, made history on
Tuesday, October 6, in connection with which sport?
 
2. Which team was the first to win a Division Series and therefore
the first to advance a league Championship Series in this year's
baseball playoffs?
 
3. The US Treasury launched an investigation last week into why
a certain organization has so many Toyotas. What organization?
 
4. Congratulations to Canada's own Arthur B. McDonald, who has
won a share of the Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery
of neutrino oscillation, which shows that neutrinos have mass.
Since 1989, he has been a professor at which Canadian university?
 
5. Protesters against governmental funding cuts to female domestic
violence victims disrupted the premiere of which movie -- with
a one-word title -- starring Meryl Streep?
 
6. Which movie -- that focuses on a character called Mark Watney,
not a character called Marvin -- was #1 at the box office
this week?
 
7. Fill in *any one* of the blanks in this headline from the
Toronto Star this week: "At London Zoo, _____ keeper fined
for attacking _____ handler over _____ custodian"
 
8. Fill in the blank in this headline from the Media section of
the New York Times this week: "_____ to drop nudity as Internet
fills demand"
 
9. Tuesday saw the first debate between 5 presidential hopefuls
running under the banner of the Democratic Party. Hillary
Clinton was one. Bernie Sanders was another. Name *any one*
of the other three.
 
10. Which company, founded in 2006, announced last week that they
were letting go of 336 employees, about 8% of the workforce?
 
--
Mark Brader | Are governments capable of evil? Yes, of course they are.
Toronto | All institutions are. But they're MORE capable of incompetence.
msb@vex.net | (That's good! I should post that.)
--Sherlock Holmes (Craig Sweeney, "Elementary")
 
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 20 04:35AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:4oCdnT0pfeAMI7jLnZ2dnUU7-
 
> * Game 3 (2015-10-05), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 5. Name the community college in Roseburg, Oregon, that was the
> site of a mass shooting last week.
 
Umpqua Community College
 
> 6. A US military medical facility in Kunduz was partially destroyed
> last week, killing a number of Doctors Without Borders staff.
> In which country is the city of Kunduz?
 
Afghanistan

> 7. The three divisions in the National League were clinched last
> week. Name *any one* of the three teams that clinched a National
> League division.
 
New York Mets
 
> 8. You may have heard that the Toronto Blue Jays also clinched
> their division last week. Which team did they beat on Wednesday
> when they clinched the AL East?
 
New York Yankees
 
> 10. Which state in the US South executed Kelly Gissendaner on
> Tuesday night despite pleas of clemency from the pope?
 
Texas

> * Game 4 (2015-10-19), Round 1 - Current Events
 
> 1. Jessica Mendoza, a gold-medalist in softball, made history on
> Tuesday, October 6, in connection with which sport?
 
baseball

> 2. Which team was the first to win a Division Series and therefore
> the first to advance a league Championship Series in this year's
> baseball playoffs?
 
Chicago Cubs
 
> 3. The US Treasury launched an investigation last week into why
> a certain organization has so many Toyotas. What organization?
 
ISIS
 
> won a share of the Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery
> of neutrino oscillation, which shows that neutrinos have mass.
> Since 1989, he has been a professor at which Canadian university?
 
University of Toronto
 
> 5. Protesters against governmental funding cuts to female domestic
> violence victims disrupted the premiere of which movie -- with
> a one-word title -- starring Meryl Streep?
 
"Suffragettes"

> 6. Which movie -- that focuses on a character called Mark Watney,
> not a character called Marvin -- was #1 at the box office
> this week?
 
"The Martian"
 
> 8. Fill in the blank in this headline from the Media section of
> the New York Times this week: "_____ to drop nudity as Internet
> fills demand"
 
Playboy

> running under the banner of the Democratic Party. Hillary
> Clinton was one. Bernie Sanders was another. Name *any one*
> of the other three.
 
Martin O'Malley
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 19 12:53PM -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*)".
 
Game 5 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has won convincingly.
Hearty congratulations!
 
 
> her spying for Germany during World War I; others say it was
> her career as an exotic dancer that was more of a factor.
> But what nationality was she?
 
Dutch. 4 for Bruce, Joshua, Björn, Calvin, and Stephen.
 
> recruited by the KGB, passed information to the Soviet Union,
> and met their end in the electric chair in Sing Sing in 1953.
> What was that information about?
 
The atomic bomb. There was a range of close answers and I decided
to accept any reference to nuclear weapons. 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque,
Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Stephen, Jason, and Pete. 3 for Calvin.
 
 
> captured and hanged in New York City. He is probably best
> known for his last words, "I regret that I have but one life
> to give for my country." Name this eloquent would-be spy.
 
Nathan Hale. 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua,
Stephen, and Pete.
 
> used a wooden leg (which she nicknamed "Cuthbert") following
> an amputation resulting from when she accidently shot herself
> in the leg while hunting in Turkey. Name this colorful spy.
 
Virginia Hall. 4 for Stephen.
 
> 5. During WW2 and the 1950s, there was a group of five Soviet
> spies which included Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt. Name the
> English university where they were recruited in the 1930s.
 
Cambridge. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Björn, Calvin, and Stephen.
2 for Pete.
 
> While operating her father's hotel in Virginia, she was able
> to learn valuable information which she passed on to which
> Confederate general in 1862?
 
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Pete.
2 for Dan Blum.
 
> best-selling book and a 1985 film starring Timothy Hutton and
> Sean Penn. The title of both was taken from their nicknames
> based on their interests and hobbies. What was it?
 
"The Falcon and the Snowman". (The "snow" of interest being cocaine.)
4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland, Joshua, Stephen, Jason, and Pete.
 
> the United States while working for the Office of Strategic
> Services during WW2. They were posted in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
> and later China. Name her.
 
Julia Child. 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua,
and Stephen.
 
> activities have been referred to as the "worst intelligence
> disaster in US history". He is currently serving 15 consecutive
> life sentences.
 
Robert Philip Hanssen. 4 for Stephen.
 
> sold classified information to Israel before being caught and
> pleading guilty in 1987. Name this spy, who was also motivated
> by money and a lavish lifestyle.
 
Jonathan Pollard. 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua,
and Stephen. 3 for Jason and Pete.
 
 
> Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and
> Turkey) and Russia's new Bolshevik government that ended
> Russia's participation in World War I.
 
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Stephen.
 
> signed between May and October of 1648. They ended the
> Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty
> Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic.
 
Peace of Westphalia. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Björn, Calvin,
and Stephen.
 
> AGO hosted from February to May 2015? The name refers
> to an 1985 work by the artist as well as a 1945 Charlie
> Parker composition.
 
"Now's the Time".
 
> his addiction to heroin, and exacerbated his depression.
> He died himself a year later of a heroin overdose at the
> age of 27. Name this mentor.
 
Andy Warhol. 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Stephen.
 
> C. Whales
 
> C1. To which order do whales belong?
 
Cetacea. 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Calvin, Stephen, and Jason.
 
"Mammalia" is a class, not an order.
 
> been replaced by synthetic materials in recent years.
> What is the name of the waxy substance, which is a bile
> secretion found in intestines of sperm whales?
 
Ambergris. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, Peter, Joshua, Calvin,
and Stephen.
 
> D. "Downton Abbey"
 
> D1. What is the family name of the owners of Downton Abbey?
 
Crawley (not Grantham). 4 for Stephen.
 
> D2. What is the name of the butler who finally proposed to
> Mrs. Hughes, the housekeeper, at the end of season 5?
 
Charles Carson. 4 for Calvin, Stephen, and Pete.
 
> opponent's chin with both hands locked together, and pull
> back in hopes of submission. Name this hold, which Hulk
> Hogan was the first to break.
 
Camel clutch. 4 for Stephen and Jason.
 
> the opponent in a front facelock or inverted headlock,
> and falls down or backwards to drive the opponent's head
> into the mat. Name the move.
 
DDT. 4 for Stephen and Jason.
 
> F. Paris
 
> F1. Which arrondissement of Paris is home to the Eiffel Tower,
> the National Assembly, and the Musée d'Orsay?
 
7th. 4 for Stephen.
 
> second-most-visited tourist area and the highest hill in
> Paris. Name this district, which includes must-see sites
> such as the Sacré-Coeur Basilica and the Moulin Rouge.
 
Montmartre. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Björn, Calvin, Stephen, and Pete.
 
Montparnasse is a different part of the city meeting none of the
description.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Sci His Spo Can Ent Art His Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 31 36 -- -- 36 40 40 44 227
Joshua Kreitzer 27 35 4 15 36 36 28 16 178
Dan Blum 25 32 0 0 16 32 26 12 143
Pete Gayde 12 36 0 6 16 32 20 8 124
Dan Tilque 39 36 4 12 8 12 16 4 123
Bruce Bowler 35 16 -- -- 11 24 20 4 110
"Calvin" 22 12 -- -- 24 16 11 20 105
Marc Dashevsky 31 36 -- -- -- -- 20 12 99
Björn Lundin 26 24 4 0 4 16 8 8 86
Peter Smyth 36 15 -- -- 0 16 8 4 79
Erland Sommarskog 23 28 -- -- 0 8 4 12 75
Jason Kreitzer -- -- -- -- 12 32 11 12 67
Gareth Owen -- -- -- -- 20 36 -- -- 56
 
--
Mark Brader | "Do UNIX users ever think about the fact that most of
Toronto | their financial dealings are processed in languages that
msb@vex.net | they wouldn't be caught dead in?" -- Carol Osterbrock
 
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