| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 07 02:52AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-05-25, 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 5, Round 2 - Science - Weights and Measures From the weight of apples and BMI (body mass index) to our commute time on the TTC, we are always measuring things like weight, time, and distance. In honor of the things that keep us ticking, here are 10 questions on the science and units of measurement. All units that we'll ask about in this round are part of the SI -- the Système International d'Unités. 1. What is the science of measurement called? 2. Although angles in two dimensions are commonly measured in degrees, what is the SI unit for this? 3. Named after the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, what is the SI unit of "activity referred to a radionuclide", or in everyday language, radioactivity? 4. There are seven fundamental SI units, called the "base units". Four of these are the meter (length/distance), kilogram (mass), second (time), and kelvin (temperature). Name *any one* of the other three. (You don't need to say what it measures.) Please decode the rot13 for question 5 -- and *not* for any later questions, yet -- only after you have finished with #1-4. 5. Gur guerr pbeerpg nafjref gb #4 ner gur nzcrer (ryrpgevp pheerag), pnaqryn (yhzvabhf vagrafvgl), naq zbyr (nzbhag bs fhofgnapr). Bs nyy frira onfr havgf, yvfgrq va dhrfgvbaf #4-5, bayl bar vf fgvyy onfrq ba n culfvpny negvsnpg (va bgure jbeqf, n gnatvoyr bowrpg). Juvpu havg vf gung? Now please decode the rot13 for the remaining questions only after you have finished with the #1-5. 6. Fcrpvsvpnyyl, gur xvybtenz vf qrsvarq nf gur znff bs n zrgny nyybl plyvaqre xrcg va Senapr. Anzr *rvgure* bs gur gjb ryrzragf guvf plyvaqre vf znqr bs. 7. Bjvat gb qrivngvbaf orgjrra gur fgnaqneq xvybtenz plyvaqre naq vgf ercyvpnf, gurer ner cebcbfnyf gb erqrsvar gur xvybtenz va grezf bs n pbafgnag hfrq va dhnaghz zrpunavpf. Gur pbafgnag vf qrabgrq ol gur ybjre-pnfr yrggre "u" naq vgf inyhr vf 6.626 × 10^-34 wbhyr-frpbaqf. Juvpu fpvragvfg vf gung pbafgnag anzrq nsgre? 8. Gur havg bs gurezbqlanzvp grzcrengher vf gur xryiva, naq vf qrsvarq va grezf bs gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre. Gb gur arnerfg jubyr xryiva, jung vf gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre? 9. Juvpu havirefny pbafgnag vf hfrq gb qrsvar gur zrgre? 10. Bar zbyr bs na ryrzrag pbagnvaf 6.022 k 10^23 ngbzf. Jung vf guvf pbafgnag ahzore pnyyrq? * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography and History - Cities of the Mediterranean This round is about present or past cities on the Mediterranean coast. In each case, name the city. 1. This ancient Phoenician city was originally built on an island just offshore from what is now Lebanon. In 332 BC Alexander the Great famously built a causeway from the mainland to the city, allowing his army to conquer it. 2. This city in what is now Sicily was the target of a disastrous Athenian military expedition in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian War: the entire expeditionary force was either killed or captured and sold into slavery. 3. Known as the coffee capital of Italy, this city near the Northern tip of the Adriatic Sea was ruled for centuries by the Habsburg Monarchy until it was annexed by Italy following World War I. 4. This city changed hands five times during World War II, but these days it is more famous for the 2012-09-11 attacks on American diplomatic compounds and the resulting political scandal that followed. 5. This city lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius is famous today as the birthplace of pizza, the mandolin, and the Camorra crime syndicate. 6. In 1994, archaeologists discovered remains of an ancient lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, some estimates have placed the height of this lighthouse at 450 feet (137 meters) -- quite a feat of engineering in 247 BC, when it was completed. Name the city, still in existence, where this lighthouse once stood. 7. Known more for its vibrant nightlife than for its relatively short history, this city was founded in 1909 by 66 immigrant families. It suffered heavy damage from Scud missiles launched by Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. 8. Once the seat of activity for Barbary pirates, this city later came under French colonial rule that lasted until 1962. It is famous as the setting for Albert Camus's novel "The Outsider" (also titled "The Stranger"). 9. In 1915, an Allied expeditionary force set up base at this second-largest city of Greece, which served as a staging area for the opening of the Macedonian Front of World War I. The city played a somewhat less glorious role in World War II, as it was seized without a struggle in 1941 by the German 2nd Panzer Division. 10. In the aftermath of the battle that would decide the end of the Third Punic War, this city in modern Tunisia was razed to the ground by the Romans, who later sold some 50,000 of its former inhabitants into slavery. These harsh measures were considered fitting revenge for the crushing defeats inflicted upon Rome by Hannibal during the war. Name the ancient city destroyed by the Romans. -- Mark Brader | "'Settlor', (i) in relation to a testamentary trust, Toronto | means the individual referred to in paragraph (i)." msb@vex.net | -- Income Tax Act of Canada (1972-94), 108(1)(h) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 07 01:38AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > All units that we'll ask about in this round are part of the SI -- > the Système International d'Unités. > 1. What is the science of measurement called? metrology > 2. Although angles in two dimensions are commonly measured in > degrees, what is the SI unit for this? radian > 3. Named after the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, > what is the SI unit of "activity referred to a radionuclide", > or in everyday language, radioactivity? Becquerel > Four of these are the meter (length/distance), kilogram (mass), > second (time), and kelvin (temperature). Name *any one* of > the other three. (You don't need to say what it measures.) candella > fhofgnapr). Bs nyy frira onfr havgf, yvfgrq va dhrfgvbaf #4-5, > bayl bar vf fgvyy onfrq ba n culfvpny negvsnpg (va bgure jbeqf, > n gnatvoyr bowrpg). Juvpu havg vf gung? kilogram > 6. Fcrpvsvpnyyl, gur xvybtenz vf qrsvarq nf gur znff bs n zrgny > nyybl plyvaqre xrcg va Senapr. Anzr *rvgure* bs gur gjb ryrzragf > guvf plyvaqre vf znqr bs. platinum > Gur pbafgnag vf qrabgrq ol gur ybjre-pnfr yrggre "u" naq vgf > inyhr vf 6.626 × 10^-34 wbhyr-frpbaqf. Juvpu fpvragvfg vf gung > pbafgnag anzrq nsgre? Planck > 8. Gur havg bs gurezbqlanzvp grzcrengher vf gur xryiva, naq vf > qrsvarq va grezf bs gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre. Gb gur arnerfg > jubyr xryiva, jung vf gur gevcyr cbvag bs jngre? 273 (273.16 to be exact) > 9. Juvpu havirefny pbafgnag vf hfrq gb qrsvar gur zrgre? speed of light in a vacuum > 10. Bar zbyr bs na ryrzrag pbagnvaf 6.022 k 10^23 ngbzf. Jung vf > guvf pbafgnag ahzore pnyyrq? Avogadro's number > just offshore from what is now Lebanon. In 332 BC Alexander the > Great famously built a causeway from the mainland to the city, > allowing his army to conquer it. Tyre > Athenian military expedition in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian > War: the entire expeditionary force was either killed or captured > and sold into slavery. Messina > 3. Known as the coffee capital of Italy, this city near the Northern > tip of the Adriatic Sea was ruled for centuries by the Habsburg > Monarchy until it was annexed by Italy following World War I. Triest > but these days it is more famous for the 2012-09-11 attacks > on American diplomatic compounds and the resulting political > scandal that followed. Benghazi > 5. This city lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius is famous today > as the birthplace of pizza, the mandolin, and the Camorra > crime syndicate. Naples > height of this lighthouse at 450 feet (137 meters) -- quite a > feat of engineering in 247 BC, when it was completed. Name the > city, still in existence, where this lighthouse once stood. Alexandria > short history, this city was founded in 1909 by 66 immigrant > families. It suffered heavy damage from Scud missiles launched > by Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Tel Aviv > came under French colonial rule that lasted until 1962. It is > famous as the setting for Albert Camus's novel "The Outsider" > (also titled "The Stranger"). Algiers > The city played a somewhat less glorious role in World War II, > as it was seized without a struggle in 1941 by the German 2nd > Panzer Division. Thessaloniki > fitting revenge for the crushing defeats inflicted upon Rome > by Hannibal during the war. Name the ancient city destroyed > by the Romans. Carthage -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Oct 07 09:17AM Mark Brader wrote: > 1. What is the science of measurement called? > 2. Although angles in two dimensions are commonly measured in > degrees, what is the SI unit for this? radian > 3. Named after the scientist who discovered the phenomenon, > what is the SI unit of "activity referred to a radionuclide", > or in everyday language, radioactivity? Becquerel > Four of these are the meter (length/distance), kilogram (mass), > second (time), and kelvin (temperature). Name *any one* of > the other three. (You don't need to say what it measures.) Candela, Mole > substance). Of all seven base units, listed in questions #4-5, > only one is still based on a physical artifact (in other words, > a tangible object). Which unit is that? Kilogram > 6. Specifically, the kilogram is defined as the mass of a metal > alloy cylinder kept in France. Name either of the two elements > this cylinder is made of. Iridium > The constant is denoted by the lower-case letter "h" and its > value is 6.626 × 10^-34 joule-seconds. Which scientist is that > constant named after? Planck > 8. The unit of thermodynamic temperature is the kelvin, and is > defined in terms of the triple point of water. To the nearest > whole kelvin, what is the triple point of water? 273K > 9. Which universal constant is used to define the meter? Speed of light > 10. One mole of an element contains 6.022 x 10^23 atoms. What is > this constant number called? Avogadro's constant > just offshore from what is now Lebanon. In 332 BC Alexander the > Great famously built a causeway from the mainland to the city, > allowing his army to conquer it. Carthage > Athenian military expedition in 415 BC during the Peloponnesian > War: the entire expeditionary force was either killed or captured > and sold into slavery. Palermo > but these days it is more famous for the 2012-09-11 attacks > on American diplomatic compounds and the resulting political > scandal that followed. Benghazi > 5. This city lying in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius is famous today > as the birthplace of pizza, the mandolin, and the Camorra > crime syndicate. Naples > height of this lighthouse at 450 feet (137 meters) -- quite a > feat of engineering in 247 BC, when it was completed. Name the > city, still in existence, where this lighthouse once stood. Pharos > fitting revenge for the crushing defeats inflicted upon Rome > by Hannibal during the war. Name the ancient city destroyed > by the Romans. Carthage Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 07 02:50AM -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 4 is over and the winner by a margin of 30 points is JOSHUA KREITZER. Well done! Hearty congratulations! > that work was published. You name the author. > 1. Died 1940; "The Last Tycoon" published 1941 (and retitled > "The Love of the Last Tycoon" in a later revised edition). F. Scott Fitzgerald. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Marc. > 2. Died 1870; "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" published 1870. Charles Dickens. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Peter, Calvin, and Pete. > 3. Died 1817; "Northanger Abbey" published 1817. Jane Austen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, and Calvin. > 4. Died 1924; "The Trial" published 1925. Franz Kafka. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Marc, Björn, Jason, Peter, and Calvin. > 5. Died 1984; "Answered Prayers" published 1986. Truman Capote. 4 for Joshua. > 6. Died 1938; "You Can't Go Home Again" published 1940. Thomas Wolfe. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Marc. > 7. Died 1969; "A Confederacy of Dunces" published 1980. John Kennedy Toole. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, and Jason. 3 for Dan Blum. > 8. Died 1961; "Islands in the Stream" published 1970. Ernest Hemingway. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 9. Died 1964; "The Man with the Golden Gun" published 1965. Ian Fleming. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Marc, Dan Tilque, Björn, Jason, Peter, Calvin, and Pete. > 10. Died 1976; "Sleeping Murder" published 1976. Agatha Christie. 4 for Joshua and Björn. Whereas some of the other books (as noted) were published in whatever incomplete form the author's death left them in, "Sleeping Murder" was actually written about 35 years earlier, during Christie's most prolific period. At that time she secretly wrote two complete novels to be set aside for the eventual benefit of her heirs: this one with Jane Marple, and "Curtain" with Hercule Poirot. At the time she intended both books for posthumous publication, but in 1975 she changed her mind and decided that post-retirement publication would be sufficient; accordingly, "Curtain" was published while she was still alive. She did not, however, survive to see the publication of "Sleeping Murder" the following year. > A. Nicknames of Generals > Which general was nicknamed: > A1. ...Ol' Blood and Guts? George S. Patton. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Jason, Calvin, and Pete. 2 for Joshua. > A2. ...the Desert Fox? Erwin Rommel. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, Björn, Jason, Peter, Calvin, and Pete. > B. War Novels > B1. Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. used the firebombing of what city > as a central event in his novel "Slaughterhouse-Five"? Dresden. 4 for everyone. > B2. Author Norman Mailer made his debut with what 1948 > novel, which follows a platoon fighting for possession > of a Japanese-held island? "The Naked and the Dead". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Jason. > servicemen struggling to readjust to civilian life after > the war. Its cast includes Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, > Fredric March, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell. "The Best Years of Our Lives". 4 for Joshua, Marc, Jason, and Pete. > months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The cast > includes Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, > Deborah Kerr, and Donna Reed. "From Here to Eternity". 4 for Joshua, Marc, Jason, Calvin, and Pete. > collaborating with the Nazis. His postwar death sentence > for treason was commuted to life imprisonment by Charles > de Gaulle. Name him. Marshal Henri-Philippe Pétain. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Björn, Peter, and Pete. > D2. From 1942 to 1945, he headed a pro-Nazi puppet government > in Norway. His name has come to mean a person who > collaborates with an enemy occupying force. Name him. Vikdun Quisling (cf. Calvin's Quiz #409). 4 for everyone. > E1. US President Franklin Roosevelt called it "a date which will > live in infamy." When was Pearl Harbor attacked by the > Japanese? 1941-12-07. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, Björn, Jason, Calvin, and Pete. > E2. When was "D-Day", the Allied invasion of Normandy? 1944-06-06. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Dan Tilque, Björn, Calvin, and Pete. > F. Canada and the War > F1. What was the code name for the French beachfront attacked > by Canadian troops on "D-Day"? Juno. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Björn, and Peter. 2 for Dan Blum. > name is more popularly given to the espionage and commando > training installation located on the shore of Lake Ontario > between Whitby and Oshawa? Camp X. And hence the name of a current Canadian TV series featuring Canadian secret agents in occupied France during the war, "X Company". Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Sci Ent Spo Mis Geo Lit Cha FIVE Joshua Kreitzer 18 36 0 31 7 40 42 167 Dan Blum 27 22 3 23 12 31 34 137 Marc Dashevsky 40 20 7 24 12 24 28 136 Dan Tilque 32 12 0 24 12 8 28 108 Pete Gayde 19 8 11 21 14 8 36 101 Peter Smyth 20 12 -- -- 32 16 20 100 Björn Lundin 24 4 0 12 8 12 28 84 "Calvin" -- -- 0 10 13 16 28 67 Jason Kreitzer 8 12 0 0 -- 12 32 64 Erland Sommarskog 24 4 -- -- 8 8 12 56 Gareth Owen 17 28 -- -- -- -- -- 45 -- Mark Brader "Also, be sure to include your signature TWICE in Toronto each article. That way you're sure people will msb@vex.net read it." -- "Emily Postnews" (Brad Templeton) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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