- Rotating Quiz #203 - 3 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #202: November 11th ANSWERS & SCORES - 2 Updates
- QFTCIBSI Current Events 7-8 - 8 Updates
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 17 10:36PM -0600 This is Rotating Quiz #203. My thanks to Stephen Perry for running RQ 202 and for writing a contest that would have allowed me to win honestly, even without his having used two of the questions I'd just posted in QFTCI. The winner of RQ 203, in turn, will be the first choice to set RQ 204, in whatever manner they prefer. Please answer these questions based only on your own knowledge; put all of your answers in a single posting, quoting the question before each one. I think there are some questions where, if you don't know them, you may still be able to guess correctly by the time you finish the rest. Good luck with that; and have fun. Answer slates must be posted by Monday, November 23 (by Toronto time, zone -5), which gives you 6 days and some minutes from the time of posting. This quiz will be scored out of 20. Questions #1-17 all have 1-word answers and are worth 1 point each -- except for #6, which requires 2 names and each one is worth a point. Question #18 is also 2 points, all or nothing. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker is who scored on the hardest questions; the second tiebreaker is correct form, such as spelling and capitalization; and the third tiebreaker is who posted first. * Ancient Gods of War 1. Name the ancient Roman god of war. 2. Name the ancient Greek god of war. * Other Things in Ancient Greece and Rome 3. In the monumental architecture developed in Greece, there were three major styles of stone columns that might appear (say) across the front of a building to support a portico. The simplest was Doric: http://0.tqn.com/d/architecture/1/S/g/y/Doric-Column.jpg and the most ornate, not to say florid, was Corinthian: http://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3069/3096830506_dfd4329763.jpg What was the other style, the one of intermediate ornateness? 4. When the Roman Empire was divided permanently into two parts, the capital city of one part remained in what is now Italy. Name the modern-day *country* where the capital of the other part was located. * Oscar-Winning Actresses 5. This actress's first name honors a department store building in Cleveland. She has appeared in several superhero movies and a James Bond movie, but her Oscar win was for a 2001 drama. Give her last name. 6. The stage name of this actress combines the surnames of two generals from the US Civil War. Her Oscar was for a supporting role in a 1975 comedy-drama. Give her stage name -- first *and* last name. * French-Speaking Places 7. What is the principal river of the region known as the Île-de-France? 8. The French city of Cannes lies on the Mediterranean coast about 30 miles (50 km) from the border with Italy. What well-known city is on the coast halfway between those points? * Other Places 9. Speaking of ports, what is the principal port city of Alabama? 10. Consider areas that are both within a single country and within a single time zone; for example, "the part of the Eastern Time zone that is in Canada". In the whole world, obviously there must be one such area with the largest population. Never mind the time zone, but what *country* is it in? * World War II 11. During the war it was vital to the Allies to rapidly and reliably decode German messages enciphered using the Enigma machine. Alan Turing has become justly famous for his contributions to this then-secret work, but he was not the first man to find a method of decoding Enigma messages; Marian Rejewski was. What was *his* nationality? 12. This German company produced a variety of military aircraft, most notably including a conventional bomber, the 88, and a dive bomber, the 87 or Stuka. What company? The name is usually shortened to its first word, so just give that word. * Trains 13. One of the problems with making a really large steam locomotive was that, to get enough traction, plenty of driving wheels were needed. But steam at high pressure from the boiler had to get to the cylinders. This was easily done by sending it through heavy pipes. But in that case, it followed that the cylinders and the boiler had to be rigidly mounted to the same frame -- and therefore, so also did all the driving wheels. This created a long rigid wheelbase http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/russ/aa20.jpg that, in turn (no pun intended), made it hard to go around curves. On some of the largest steam engines this problem was avoided by using flexible joints that could take the necessary pressure of steam. In this way the locomotive could be "articulated", with separate cylinders powering two separate sets of driving wheels. In the US, articulated locomotives typically had the rear set of driving wheels fixed to the frame, with only the front set moving sideways on curves, as seen here: http://www.railpictures.net/images/d2/3/4/0/3340.1431469099.jpg http://www.museumoftheamericanrailroad.org/portals/0/Big_Boy_4018_Exercise_6_9_2013%20%2816%29_350px.jpg Locomotives articulated in this specific way were known by the last name of their inventor. What name? (Okay, to be exact, in some people's usage the inventor's name was only used if they were compound locomotives -- i.e. if the same steam was used successively in both sets of cylinders. But these people just called the other ones "articulated", so for purposes of this question they can be ignored.) 14. In the classic American version of Monopoly from Parker Bros., if you roll 5 on your first turn you will reach a railroad, one that existed in real life when the game was first published. Its name is often shortened to a single word, which is a city it served, today with a population of about 88,000. Give that name. * History 15. During the French Revolution, a new calendar was adopted, with a new date for starting the year, a new numbering of the years starting fresh from 1, and 12 new names for the new months. Maybe it would have stuck if they hadn't also decided that the new week should be a metric one -- with 9 working days in each new-style 10-day week. Anyway, *during what month of our calendar* was the end of their month of Floréal and the start of the next one, Prairial? 16. In 1978 the leaders of Israel and Egypt met in the US and negotiated a peace treaty, for which they promptly won the Nobel Prize. Give the last name of that Israeli prime minister. * The Last Questions 17. In what play does the title character announce his choice of successor by declaring, "But I do prophesy the election lights on Fortinbras: he has my dying voice"? 18. What should you have noticed about answers #1-17? -- Mark Brader | "For the stronger we our houses do build, Toronto | The less chance we have of being killed." msb@vex.net | -- William McGonagall, "The Tay Bridge Disaster" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 18 05:31AM > * Ancient Gods of War > 1. Name the ancient Roman god of war. Mars > 2. Name the ancient Greek god of war. Ares > and the most ornate, not to say florid, was Corinthian: > http://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3069/3096830506_dfd4329763.jpg > What was the other style, the one of intermediate ornateness? Ionian > the capital city of one part remained in what is now Italy. > Name the modern-day *country* where the capital of the other > part was located. Turkey > in Cleveland. She has appeared in several superhero movies > and a James Bond movie, but her Oscar win was for a 2001 drama. > Give her last name. Berry > generals from the US Civil War. Her Oscar was for a supporting > role in a 1975 comedy-drama. Give her stage name -- first *and* > last name. Lee Grant > * French-Speaking Places > 7. What is the principal river of the region known as the > ?le-de-France? Seine > 8. The French city of Cannes lies on the Mediterranean coast about > 30 miles (50 km) from the border with Italy. What well-known > city is on the coast halfway between those points? Nice > * Other Places > 9. Speaking of ports, what is the principal port city of Alabama? Mobile > zone that is in Canada". In the whole world, obviously there > must be one such area with the largest population. Never mind > the time zone, but what *country* is it in? India > his contributions to this then-secret work, but he was not > the first man to find a method of decoding Enigma messages; > Marian Rejewski was. What was *his* nationality? Polish > most notably including a conventional bomber, the 88, and > a dive bomber, the 87 or Stuka. What company? The name is > usually shortened to its first word, so just give that word. Fokker > one that existed in real life when the game was first published. > Its name is often shortened to a single word, which is a city it > served, today with a population of about 88,000. Give that name. Reading > new-style 10-day week. > Anyway, *during what month of our calendar* was the end of > their month of Flor?al and the start of the next one, Prairial? May > 16. In 1978 the leaders of Israel and Egypt met in the US and > negotiated a peace treaty, for which they promptly won the > Nobel Prize. Give the last name of that Israeli prime minister. Begin > 17. In what play does the title character announce his choice of > successor by declaring, "But I do prophesy the election lights > on Fortinbras: he has my dying voice"? Hamlet > 18. What should you have noticed about answers #1-17? Many of them have different meanings when not capitalized, but that is presumably not it since I am pretty confident about some answers of which that is not true. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 18 09:01AM +0100 > 1. Name the ancient Roman god of war. Mars > 2. Name the ancient Greek god of war. Apollon > the capital city of one part remained in what is now Italy. > Name the modern-day *country* where the capital of the other > part was located. Turkey > * French-Speaking Places > 7. What is the principal river of the region known as the > Île-de-France? Seine > 8. The French city of Cannes lies on the Mediterranean coast about > 30 miles (50 km) from the border with Italy. What well-known > city is on the coast halfway between those points? Nice > zone that is in Canada". In the whole world, obviously there > must be one such area with the largest population. Never mind > the time zone, but what *country* is it in? China > his contributions to this then-secret work, but he was not > the first man to find a method of decoding Enigma messages; > Marian Rejewski was. What was *his* nationality? Polish > most notably including a conventional bomber, the 88, and > a dive bomber, the 87 or Stuka. What company? The name is > usually shortened to its first word, so just give that word. Bosch > one that existed in real life when the game was first published. > Its name is often shortened to a single word, which is a city it > served, today with a population of about 88,000. Give that name. Trenton > new-style 10-day week. > Anyway, *during what month of our calendar* was the end of > their month of Floréal and the start of the next one, Prairial? May > 16. In 1978 the leaders of Israel and Egypt met in the US and > negotiated a peace treaty, for which they promptly won the > Nobel Prize. Give the last name of that Israeli prime minister. Begin > 17. In what play does the title character announce his choice of > successor by declaring, "But I do prophesy the election lights > on Fortinbras: he has my dying voice"? Macbeth -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Nov 17 08:03PM -0800 On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 1:36:30 PM UTC-5, swp wrote: > This is Rotating Quiz #202. 0. What happened in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month? the armistice between Germany and the Allied nations took effect ['armistice' was all that was required] 1. When did "The Great War" officially end when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France? June 28th, 1919 [your protests are accepted if they are based on my wording not being clear. I meant to ask for the date the treaty was signed, differentiating it from the date the hostilities ended in #0 above. it won't change the outcome, but they are accepted.] 2. Who wrote: "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain [ok, I admit to being surprised that on one got this.] 3. What year was NATO formed? 1949 4. What treaty created the European Union? The Maastricht Treaty [but I like Erland's answer better] 5. HMS Hermes, built for the British Royal Navy, was the first purpose built ... what? aircraft carrier [no points for multiple guesses.] 6. The 42nd state was admitted to the union on 11/11/1889. What state? Washington 7. The generally accepted pause during Commonwealth Remembrance Day is how long? 2 minutes 8. That last of the Gemini spacecraft was launched on 11/11/1966. What was its number? 12 (XII, like a certain pius pope!) 9. On 11/11/2004 the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of who? Yasser Arafat 10. 11/11/11: Bethesda Softworks released what video game? The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [congrats to Peter on his singleton here] bonus, for no points: did you wear your poppies today? yes, I did. in remembrance. the scores: name 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 total ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----- Dan B 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 Mark B 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 Erland 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Marc D 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Peter S 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 Dan T 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Pete 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 ---------- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----- totals 6 0 0 5 5 4 2 2 1 6 1 32 MARK BRADER has won in convincing fashion! Well done young man! Doing 2 concurrent postings of QFTCI isn't enough for you I suppose. swp, #PorteOuverte #JeSuisParis |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 18 08:46AM +0100 > 4. What treaty created the European Union? > The Maastricht Treaty [but I like Erland's answer better] My answer was the Coal and Steel Union, which probably does not count as a treaty as such, but there probably was a treaty behind it. The Coal and Steel Union was formed in 1951, and it was a radical thing at the time, as it comprised the two century-long arch enemies of France and (West) Germany. It became the EEC in 1957 and later the EC (European Community) and in 1992 the European Union through the Maastricht treaty. I read Stephen's question to ask for the absolute origin, rather than asking for when transforming the EC to the EU. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 17 12:17PM +0100 > 1. Canada's new Transport Minister is certainly the most-traveled > in Canadian history. Most of his travels took place outside > Canada. What is the minister's name? I believe this Mark Brader guy has travelled a lot. > 3. On Wednesday, Toronto Council voted 34-3 to stop *what activity* > at city-licensed business, starting next spring? Smoking > * Game 8 (2015-11-16), Round 1 - Current Events > 5. This week, Donald Trump suggested boycotting which company > because they were using "red cups"? Starbucks So the day after Halloween, I stepped into Starbucks that they've changed colours overnight. Still almost two months to Christmas. A tad early for my test. > with drug trafficking. The two men are members of Nicolas > Maduro's family. Nicolas Maduro is the president of which > country? Venezuela -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 17 02:59PM > * Game 7 (2015-11-09), Round 1 - Canadiana Current Events > 3. On Wednesday, Toronto Council voted 34-3 to stop *what activity* > at city-licensed business, starting next spring? off-track betting; selling marijuana > 1. This week in New York City, the painting "Nu couch?" was > sold at auction for $170,000,000 US to a Chinese businessman. > "Nu couch?" was painted in 1917 by which Italian artist? Modigliani > Weddings and a Funeral", was divorced this week by his ex-wife, > Sunetra Sastry, after it was revealed he was having an affair > with a 32-year-old actress? Rowan Atkinson > Andy White played drums on a song that reached #1 in the United > States in 1964. Andy White was drumming for which British band > on this song? The Byrds > 5. This week, Donald Trump suggested boycotting which company > because they were using "red cups"? Starbucks > was charged in connection with a robbery at JFK Airport in 1978 > that was, at the time, the largest cash robbery on American soil. > Which European *airline* was the victim in this crime? Lufthansa; KLM > with drug trafficking. The two men are members of Nicolas > Maduro's family. Nicolas Maduro is the president of which > country? Venezuela > 9. The CFL playoffs started this weekend with 6 teams left in > the competition. Name *any one* of the 3 teams that did not > make the playoffs this year. (Place name or team name.) Ottawa; Montreal > 10. How many Blue Jays players were awarded Gold Glove Awards this > week for exhibiting the best fielding performance in the American > League in their respective fielding position? 2; 1 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Nov 17 06:33PM Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Canada's new Transport Minister is certainly the most-traveled > in Canadian history. Most of his travels took place outside > Canada. What is the minister's name? No idea, presumably he was an astronaut? > 2. Canada's Prime Minister is the son of a late Prime Minister, > while the newly-appointed Government House Leader is the son > of a late Governor-General. Give the surname of the latter two. Jean > 6. On Thursday, Rona Ambrose was named interim leader of the > Conservative Party, beating out 7 other contenders. Name any > one of her rivals. Ford > play their home games next season? > 8. BlackBerry introduced its new phone, the first to run the > Android OS. What is the name of the new phone? Priv > 2. This week, "Glamour" magazine awarded one of their Women of the > Year Awards to Victoria Beckham. Which 16-year-old boy presented > the award to Victoria Beckham? Brooklyn Beckham > Weddings and a Funeral", was divorced this week by his ex-wife, > Sunetra Sastry, after it was revealed he was having an affair > with a 32-year-old actress? Rowan Atkinson > Andy White played drums on a song that reached #1 in the United > States in 1964. Andy White was drumming for which British band > on this song? The Beatles > 5. This week, Donald Trump suggested boycotting which company > because they were using "red cups"? Starbucks > with drug trafficking. The two men are members of Nicolas > Maduro's family. Nicolas Maduro is the president of which > country? Venezuela > 9. The CFL playoffs started this weekend with 6 teams left in > the competition. Name *any one* of the 3 teams that did not > make the playoffs this year. (Place name or team name.) Roughriders > 10. How many Blue Jays players were awarded Gold Glove Awards this > week for exhibiting the best fielding performance in the American > League in their respective fielding position? 2, 1 Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 17 01:40PM -0600 Mark Brader: >> 1. Canada's new Transport Minister is certainly the most-traveled >> in Canadian history. Most of his travels took place outside >> Canada. What is the minister's name? Peter Smyth: > No idea, presumably he was an astronaut? Well guessed! I wish I'd remembered that at the original game, because I did get a smile from it when the new cabinet was appointed. -- Mark Brader | In order that there may be no doubt as to which is the Toronto | bottom and which is the top ... the bottom of each msb@vex.net | warhead [will] immediately be labeled with the word TOP. --British Admiralty regulation, c.1968 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 17 07:53PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:woWdnX-_hcjBdNfLnZ2dnUU7- > 1. This week in New York City, the painting "Nu couché" was > sold at auction for $170,000,000 US to a Chinese businessman. > "Nu couché" was painted in 1917 by which Italian artist? Modigliani > 2. This week, "Glamour" magazine awarded one of their Women of the > Year Awards to Victoria Beckham. Which 16-year-old boy presented > the award to Victoria Beckham? Brooklyn Beckham > Andy White played drums on a song that reached #1 in the United > States in 1964. Andy White was drumming for which British band > on this song? The Beatles > 5. This week, Donald Trump suggested boycotting which company > because they were using "red cups"? Starbucks > was charged in connection with a robbery at JFK Airport in 1978 > that was, at the time, the largest cash robbery on American soil. > Which European *airline* was the victim in this crime? Lufthansa > with drug trafficking. The two men are members of Nicolas > Maduro's family. Nicolas Maduro is the president of which > country? Venezuela; Colombia > chief administrative officer, Vas Georgiou? The termination > is connected to an ongoing review of the legality of a recently > awarded $300,000,000 construction contract. Cedars Sinai > 9. The CFL playoffs started this weekend with 6 teams left in > the competition. Name *any one* of the 3 teams that did not > make the playoffs this year. (Place name or team name.) Toronto; Ottawa > 10. How many Blue Jays players were awarded Gold Glove Awards this > week for exhibiting the best fielding performance in the American > League in their respective fielding position? 3; 4 > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: > Ba gur njneq-cerfragre dhrfgvba, jr arrq svefg naq ynfg anzr. > Vs lbh bayl tnir bar anzr, tb onpx naq pbzcyrgr lbhe nafjre. Pete |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 17 06:50AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > 4. On Thursday the "Globe" reported that this man "has a broken > bone" and so "the city of Edmonton has a broken heart". > Whose bone was it? Gretzky (OK, it's probably whoever their star hockey player currently is, but I don't know his name, so I'm naming an old one) > 6. On Thursday, Rona Ambrose was named interim leader of the > Conservative Party, beating out 7 other contenders. Name any > one of her rivals. Johnson > 2. This week, "Glamour" magazine awarded one of their Women of the > Year Awards to Victoria Beckham. Which 16-year-old boy presented > the award to Victoria Beckham? David Beckham Jr (wild guess here) > on this song? > 5. This week, Donald Trump suggested boycotting which company > because they were using "red cups"? Starbucks (red cups are an attack on Christmas, you know) > with drug trafficking. The two men are members of Nicolas > Maduro's family. Nicolas Maduro is the president of which > country? Venezuela > 9. The CFL playoffs started this weekend with 6 teams left in > the competition. Name *any one* of the 3 teams that did not > make the playoffs this year. (Place name or team name.) British Columbia -- Dan Tilque |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 18 03:53AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:woWdnX-_hcjBdNfLnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 7 (2015-11-09), Round 1 - Canadiana Current Events No answers in this round. > 1. This week in New York City, the painting "Nu couché" was > sold at auction for $170,000,000 US to a Chinese businessman. > "Nu couché" was painted in 1917 by which Italian artist? Modigliani > Weddings and a Funeral", was divorced this week by his ex-wife, > Sunetra Sastry, after it was revealed he was having an affair > with a 32-year-old actress? Rowan Atkinson > Andy White played drums on a song that reached #1 in the United > States in 1964. Andy White was drumming for which British band > on this song? The Beatles > 5. This week, Donald Trump suggested boycotting which company > because they were using "red cups"? Starbucks > was charged in connection with a robbery at JFK Airport in 1978 > that was, at the time, the largest cash robbery on American soil. > Which European *airline* was the victim in this crime? Lufthansa > with drug trafficking. The two men are members of Nicolas > Maduro's family. Nicolas Maduro is the president of which > country? Venezuela > 9. The CFL playoffs started this weekend with 6 teams left in > the competition. Name *any one* of the 3 teams that did not > make the playoffs this year. (Place name or team name.) B.C.; Edmonton > 10. How many Blue Jays players were awarded Gold Glove Awards this > week for exhibiting the best fielding performance in the American > League in their respective fielding position? 2; 3 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Nov 17 07:58PM -0800 On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 3:46:21 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > Weddings and a Funeral", was divorced this week by his ex-wife, > Sunetra Sastry, after it was revealed he was having an affair > with a 32-year-old actress? Rowan Atikinson? > on this song? > 5. This week, Donald Trump suggested boycotting which company > because they were using "red cups"? Starbucks |
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