- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 8, Rounds 2-3: June 15, fast & slow - 4 Updates
- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 8, Rounds 4,6: variations, rockumentaries - 5 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #416 - 1 Update
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 15 02:00PM +0100 On 2015-11-13 04:36, Mark Brader wrote: > You just give the year, within the margin indicated. > 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser > Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire? 1902 > 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King > of Spain? 1807 > 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal > to the Magna Carta. 1271 > 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island > of Martinique on his fourth voyage? 1498 > 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for > vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber? 1902 > 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion > administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys? 1936 > 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win > its first majority in Saskatchewan? 1985 > 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus > establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the > United States and British North America west of the Rockies? 1856 > 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the > Sharon Tate murders? 1971 > 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the > Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the > 20th century? 1982 > 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive > shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h > (70 mph). Name it. Sail fish > 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over > 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance > at its front. Name the fish. Sword fish > 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day? bamboo > 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than > 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph). Sloth > 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious > for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average > walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal. Tortoise > 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s > (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land. > Name it. Snail > 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor > and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly > slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature. sea tulips > 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout > life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it. > Be sufficiently specific. toe nail > 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000 > times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in > 0.6 microseconds. What creature? stingray > the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph) > are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects. > Name either one. dargonfly -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 15 10:16PM -0600 Mark Brader: > * Game 8, Round 2 - History - It Happened on June 15 > Today is the anniversary of all of these important events. > You just give the year, within the margin indicated. When nobody got the right answer within the acceptable range, I scored answers within double the leeway as "almost correct". > 1. Within 5 years, when did Crown Prince Wilhelm become Kaiser > Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of the German Empire? 1888 (accepting 1883-93). 4 for Calvin, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Within 5 years, when did Joseph Bonaparte become the King > of Spain? 1808 (accepting 1803-13). 4 for Jason, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Björn. 3 for Calvin. > 3. Give us the exact year when King John of England put his seal > to the Magna Carta. 1215. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 4. Within 3 years, when did Christopher Columbus land on the island > of Martinique on his fourth voyage? 1502 (accepting 1499-1505). 4 for Jason, Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin. > 5. Within 5 years, when did Charles Goodyear receive a patent for > vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber? 1844 (accepting 1839-49). 2 for Joshua. > 6. Within 10 years, when was the first human blood transfusion > administered, by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys? 1667 (accepting 1657-77). Nobody got this even within double the leeway. The trick is that it took until 1900, when Karl Landsteiner discovered blood types, for patients to actually have a good chance of surviving the transfusion. > 7. Within 3 years, when did the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, win > its first majority in Saskatchewan? 1944 (accepting 1941-47). 2 for Dan Blum. > 8. Within 5 years, when was the Oregon Treaty signed, thus > establishing the 49th parallel as the border between the > United States and British North America west of the Rockies? 1846 (accepting 1841-51). 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum. > 9. Within 1 year, when did Charles Manson go on trial for the > Sharon Tate murders? 1970 (accepting 1969-71). 4 for Jason, Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, and Björn. Oddly enough, none of them got the exact year. > 10. Within 3 years, when did Mount Pinatubo erupt in the > Philippines, in the second-largest volcanic eruption of the > 20th century? 1991 (accepting 1988-94). 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Dan Tilque. > 1. The fastest marine animal is a fish, named after the distinctive > shape of its back fin. It has top speeds of over 110 km/h > (70 mph). Name it. Sailfish. (Not the same as sailfin.) 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn. > 2. The second fastest fish (or marine animal) can swim at over > 100 km/h (60 mph). It is named after the distinct protuberance > at its front. Name the fish. Swordfish. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, and Björn. > 3. Which plant can grow at up to 90 cm (3 feet) per day? Bamboo. 4 for Calvin, Marc, Bruce, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Björn. 2 for Dan Blum. > 4. Which is the slowest mammal on Earth? They move at less than > 0.2 km/h (0.1 mph). Three-toed sloth. 4 for Jason, Joshua, Calvin, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Björn. > 5. These creatures can live for up to 150 years and are notorious > for walking slowly on their elephantine legs. Their average > walking speed is around 0.3 km/h (0.2 mph). Name the animal. Giant tortoise. I accepted "turtle". 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Calvin, Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Björn. > 6. Commonly found in the garden, this creature moves at about 1 mm/s > (2 inches per minute) and is possibly the slowest animal on land. > Name it. Garden snail. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Björn. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum. > 7. These flower-like marine invertebrates live on the ocean floor > and rarely move. If and when they do, they reach agonizingly > slow speeds of 8 cm/h (3 inches per hour). Name the creature. Sea anemone. 4 for Marc, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > 8. Of parts of the human body that continue to grow throughout > life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it. > Be sufficiently specific. Toenail. 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn. > 9. A sting from this marine creature accelerates at over 5,000,000 > times the force of gravity, in other words 0 to 100 km/h in > 0.6 microseconds. What creature? Jellyfish. (Portuguese man-o'-war was accepted on protest in the original game as close enough, so I'm accepting it also.) 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > the fastest animal movements at over 200 km/h (125 mph) > are the bites (mandible strikes) of two classes of insects. > Name either one. Trap-jaw ant, soldier termite. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. Apologies for the incorrect use of "class". Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Sci Dan Tilque 24 28 52 Dan Blum 17 24 41 Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 38 "Calvin" 13 23 36 Bruce Bowler 0 36 36 Björn Lundin 8 28 36 Marc Dashevsky 8 20 28 Erland Sommarskog 16 8 24 Jason Kreitzer 12 4 16 -- Mark Brader | "Do I look stupid?" Toronto | "Yes, actually, a little. It's one of your msb@vex.net | greatest professional assets." | -- Spider Robinson, "Lady Slings the Booze" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 15 11:14PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: >> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it. >> Be sufficiently specific. > Toenail. 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn. I want to protest this answer. The earlobes and nose continue to grow throughout life but don't grow anywhere near that fast. Otherwise all adults would look like Pinocchio with elephant ears. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 16 03:39AM -0600 Mark Brader: >>> life, this one grows the slowest: about 1 mm/month. Name it. >>> Be sufficiently specific. >> Toenail. 4 for Calvin, Bruce, and Björn. Dan Tilque: > I want to protest this answer. The earlobes and nose continue to grow > throughout life but don't grow anywhere near that fast. Hmm, he's right. I couldn't find a growth rate for the nose, but look here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18196763 During adult life the ears grow 1 mm in about 4-5 *years*. Despite the answer being given as "toenail" in the original game, that's a large enough discrepancy that I can't continue to accept it. 4 for Dan Tilque, and NOT for anyone else on this question. While confirming this, I also noticed scoring errors on the first two questions. In both cases, Calvin gave two guesses but only one was correct. On question 1, I previously said: > 4 for Calvin, Erland, and Dan Tilque. Calvin's first answer was correct, so it should have been: 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin. Then on question 2, I previously said: > 4 for Jason, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Björn. > 3 for Calvin. This time Calvin's second answer was correct, not his first, so this should have been: 4 for Jason, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Björn. 2 for Calvin. So poor Calvin loses 6 points in a single correction posting. Sorry about all this, folks. Corrected scores, if there are *now* no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Sci Dan Tilque 24 32 56 Dan Blum 17 24 41 Joshua Kreitzer 26 12 38 Bruce Bowler 0 32 32 Björn Lundin 8 24 32 "Calvin" 11 19 30 Marc Dashevsky 8 20 28 Erland Sommarskog 16 8 24 Jason Kreitzer 12 4 16 -- Mark Brader | "If there had been government -- and dare I say industrial? Toronto | -- research establishments in the Stone Age, by now we msb@vex.net | would have had absolutely superb flint tools. But no one | would have invented steel." -- Arthur C. Clarke My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 15 10:19PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-06-15, 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 8, Round 4 - Arts - Classical Music Variations "Variations on a theme" is one of the most popular forms in music. Name the composer of each of the following sets of variations. 1. "Caprice #24 in A minor" from the first decade of the 19th century, itself a theme and variations, forms the basis of more variations by many composers including Benny Goodman, Franz Liszt, Yngwie Malmsteen... and others who may come up later in this round. Who composed it? 2. A music publisher asked several composers to each write a variation on a theme he composed. One composer wrote an entire set, named for the publisher: the "Diabelli Variations". Name the composer. 3. Who composed a theme and variations on "The Trout" (a song he had composed earlier)? 4. Who composed the "Enigma Variations"? 5. This Russian, who lived 1873-1943, composed "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini". Name him. 6. Who composed "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", also known as "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell", in 1946? 7. Who composed the "Goldberg Variations"? 8. Who composed "The Harmonious Blacksmith"? 9. Who composed "Variations on a Rococo Theme" for cello and orchestra? 10. Who composed "Variations" for cello and rock band (1977), for his brother after losing a bet? * Game 8, Round 6 - Entertainment - Rock Documentaries and Concert Films We give you the title of a rock documentary or concert film and its year of release; you name the artist or band that is its subject. *Note*: If the band or artist is included in the movie's official title, we'll omit that part and just give you the rest. For example, for "Elvis: That's the Way It Is", we would just give you "That's the Way It Is". 1. "Don't Look Back" (1967). 2. "Gimme Shelter" (1970). 3. "The Kids are Alright" (1979). 4. "Rattle and Hum" (1988). 5. "Stop Making Sense" (1984). 6. "The Song Remains the Same" (1976). 7. "End of the Century" (2003). 8. "Some Kind of Monster" (2004). 9. "Truth or Dare" (1991). 10. "The Last Waltz" (1978). -- Mark Brader "Those who do not understand UNIX Toronto are condemned to reinvent it." msb@vex.net -- Henry Spencer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 16 04:49AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > more variations by many composers including Benny Goodman, > Franz Liszt, Yngwie Malmsteen... and others who may come up > later in this round. Who composed it? Beethoven > variation on a theme he composed. One composer wrote an > entire set, named for the publisher: the "Diabelli Variations". > Name the composer. Mozart > 3. Who composed a theme and variations on "The Trout" (a song he > had composed earlier)? Mozart > 4. Who composed the "Enigma Variations"? Mozart > 5. This Russian, who lived 1873-1943, composed "Rhapsody on a > Theme of Paganini". Name him. Rachmaninoff > 6. Who composed "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", > also known as "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell", > in 1946? Benjamin Britten > 7. Who composed the "Goldberg Variations"? Bach > 8. Who composed "The Harmonious Blacksmith"? Handel > 9. Who composed "Variations on a Rococo Theme" for cello and > orchestra? Mozart > 10. Who composed "Variations" for cello and rock band (1977), > for his brother after losing a bet? Andrew Lloyd Webber > and its year of release; you name the artist or band that is its > subject. > 1. "Don't Look Back" (1967). Bob Dylan > 2. "Gimme Shelter" (1970). The Rolling Stones > 3. "The Kids are Alright" (1979). The Who > 4. "Rattle and Hum" (1988). U2 > 5. "Stop Making Sense" (1984). Talking Heads > 6. "The Song Remains the Same" (1976). Led Zeppelin > 7. "End of the Century" (2003). Ramones > 8. "Some Kind of Monster" (2004). Metallica > 9. "Truth or Dare" (1991). Madonna > 10. "The Last Waltz" (1978). The Band -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 16 04:53AM > more variations by many composers including Benny Goodman, > Franz Liszt, Yngwie Malmsteen... and others who may come up > later in this round. Who composed it? Beethoven > 4. Who composed the "Enigma Variations"? J. S. Bach > 5. This Russian, who lived 1873-1943, composed "Rhapsody on a > Theme of Paganini". Name him. Rachmaninoff; Stravinsky > 7. Who composed the "Goldberg Variations"? J. S. Bach > * Game 8, Round 6 - Entertainment - Rock Documentaries and Concert Films > 2. "Gimme Shelter" (1970). The Rolling Stones > 3. "The Kids are Alright" (1979). Ramones > 4. "Rattle and Hum" (1988). U2 > 5. "Stop Making Sense" (1984). Talking Heads > 9. "Truth or Dare" (1991). Madonna -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Nov 15 09:12PM -0800 On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 11:19:50 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 3. Who composed a theme and variations on "The Trout" (a song he > had composed earlier)? > 4. Who composed the "Enigma Variations"? Edward Elgar > 6. Who composed "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", > also known as "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell", > in 1946? Aaron Copland > 7. Who composed the "Goldberg Variations"? Johann Sebastian Bach > For example, for "Elvis: That's the Way It Is", we would just > give you "That's the Way It Is". > 1. "Don't Look Back" (1967). Bob Dylan > 2. "Gimme Shelter" (1970). The Rolling Stones > 3. "The Kids are Alright" (1979). The Who > 4. "Rattle and Hum" (1988). U2 > 5. "Stop Making Sense" (1984). Talking Heads > 6. "The Song Remains the Same" (1976). Led Zeppelin > 7. "End of the Century" (2003). The Ramones > 8. "Some Kind of Monster" (2004). Metallica > 9. "Truth or Dare" (1991). Madonna > 10. "The Last Waltz" (1978). The Band |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 16 07:15AM > more variations by many composers including Benny Goodman, > Franz Liszt, Yngwie Malmsteen... and others who may come up > later in this round. Who composed it? Paganini > variation on a theme he composed. One composer wrote an > entire set, named for the publisher: the "Diabelli Variations". > Name the composer. Bernstein, Ives > 3. Who composed a theme and variations on "The Trout" (a song he > had composed earlier)? Schubert > 4. Who composed the "Enigma Variations"? Elgar > 5. This Russian, who lived 1873-1943, composed "Rhapsody on a > Theme of Paganini". Name him. Prokofiev, Stravinsky > 6. Who composed "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", > also known as "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell", > in 1946? Vaughan Williams? > 7. Who composed the "Goldberg Variations"? Bach > 8. Who composed "The Harmonious Blacksmith"? Handel > 9. Who composed "Variations on a Rococo Theme" for cello and > orchestra? No idea ... Mozart, Beethoven seem to be missing > 10. Who composed "Variations" for cello and rock band (1977), > for his brother after losing a bet? Andrew Lloyd Webber > * Game 8, Round 6 - Entertainment - Rock Documentaries and Concert Films Thanks, I'll take these... > 1. "Don't Look Back" (1967). Dylan > 2. "Gimme Shelter" (1970). Rolling Stones > 3. "The Kids are Alright" (1979). The Who > 4. "Rattle and Hum" (1988). U2 > 5. "Stop Making Sense" (1984). Talking Heads > 6. "The Song Remains the Same" (1976). Led Zeppelin > 7. "End of the Century" (2003). Blur > 8. "Some Kind of Monster" (2004). Metallica > 9. "Truth or Dare" (1991). Madonna > 10. "The Last Waltz" (1978). The Band |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Nov 15 01:52PM +0100 On 2015-11-13 06:58, Calvin wrote: > 1 An insurrection against the British, the 1916 Easter Rising took place in which country? Ireland > 2 In which US state did Thomas Edison invention of the phonograph (1877) and the Hindenburg airship disaster (1937) take place? New York > 3 What is the study of fossils called? fossiology > 4 Which folk-rock band's albums include "Aqualung" (1971) and "Thick as a Brick" (1972)? Jethro Tull > 5 In which American city is the 1987 film The Untouchables set? Chicago > 6 Which 1960 Billy Wilder film was the last Best Picture Oscar winner to be filmed entirely in black and white until "The Artist" in 2011? > 7 In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what fossilised creature is used to bring dinosaurs back to life? Mosquito > 8 What three-letter pen name did Charles Dickens sometimes use? > 9 The Mitsubishi A6M, a single seat fighter aircraft used to great effect by the Japanese in World War II, was more commonly known by what other name? > 10 What sport is played professionally by the Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves? Rugby -- -- Björn |
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