Tuesday, November 03, 2015

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 9 updates in 4 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 03 12:27AM -0600

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 5 (2015-10-26), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. Last week saw a Federal election in Canada. Within 2 seats
either way, how many seats did the Liberal Party win?
 
2. And the Conservative Party? (Also within 2 seats.)
 
3. Canada wasn't the only country to have an election last week.
Alpha Condé was re-elected as the president of which West
African nation, whose capital is Conakry?
 
4. And in Europe, Toni Brunner's right-wing People's Party retained
its plurality in which country?
 
5. Give the name of the hurricane that hit Mexico on the weekend,
apparently the strongest hurricane ever in the Northern
Hemisphere.
 
6. The Kansas City Royals made the World Series. Which team will
they be facing?
 
7. What is the name of the organization that picketed Game 6 of
the ALCS between the Royals and the Blue Jays, stating that
"the nation of Canada is wholly given over to Sodomite filth"?
The organization owns the website "GodHatesCanada.com".
 
8. Manchester United and German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger
is suing a doll manufacturer for making a doll named Bastian
that looks very similar to him, but is dressed wearing... what?
 
9. The world's biggest company in a particular industry is based
in Belgium and has 25% of market share. The company made an
offer to buy the second-largest company in this same industry for
over $100,000,000,000. Last week, the bid was accepted, although
it is still subject to the approval of antitrust authorities.
Name the *industry*.
 
10. The UN celebrated its 70th anniversary on Saturday. To
celebrate, over 200 landmarks around the world, such as the
Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower, were all turned
what color?
 
After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh
vqragvsvrq gur onfronyy grnz ol pvgl nybar, jr arrq gur grnz anzr.
Vs lbh anzrq gur vaqhfgel nf "nypbuby", cyrnfr or zber fcrpvsvp.
Va rvgure pnfr, tb onpx naq fhccyl gur eryrinag qrgnvyf.
 
 
* Game 6 (2015-11-02), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. It was reported that Stephen Harper and his wife and daughter
have vacated 24 Sussex Dr. and will live in Calgary, while
his son will live in Kingston to attend Queens University.
What is the son's name?
 
2. Justin Trudeau and his family will not be moving into 24 Sussex,
or at least not yet, due to the deteriorated condition of the
building. Where will they live for now?
 
3. A trial is underway of a Toronto police officer charged with
murder in the shooting death of a man on a streetcar.
Name either the officer or the victim.
 
4. On Thursday, the Swedish central bank held its benchmark interest
rate, unchanged since July. Within 0.1 percentage points, what
is the rate?
 
5. The Toronto Blue Jays have a new president. What is his name?
 
6. The <answer 6 above> and the Kansas City Royals have been
facing each other in the World Series. Going into the series,
it'd been a long time since either of them won the big one.
For either team, name the most recent previous year when
they did. (You don't need to say which team.)
 
7. The USS Lassen, a guided-missile destroyer, sailed within 22 km
of a man-made island, as the US challenged Chinese attempts to
claim territory -- in which sea?
 
8. The US was also involved in escalating tensions in another
part of the world, announcing this week that they were deploying
50 commandos, the first time US ground forces have been deployed
to which nation?
 
9. On "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", Hillary Clinton
admitted to binge-watching a particular CBS show whose plot has
taken elements from Hillary's own life story. By coincidence,
the star of that same show was Colbert's guest the following
night. Name either the long-running CBS legal drama or the
actress who plays the central role.
 
10. The top two positions on this year's Forbes highest-paid
celebrities list went to Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
At third position on this list, with $135,000,000 in income,
is which singer and performer, who also manages to be the
highest-paid woman on the celebrities list?
 
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Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 03 12:42AM -0500

In article <PIedneMuUbN5zqXLnZ2dnUU7-aOdnZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> 5. Give the name of the hurricane that hit Mexico on the weekend,
> apparently the strongest hurricane ever in the Northern
> Hemisphere.
Patricia
 
> 6. The Kansas City Royals made the World Series. Which team will
> they be facing?
New York Mets
 
> it'd been a long time since either of them won the big one.
> For either team, name the most recent previous year when
> they did. (You don't need to say which team.)
1986
 
> 7. The USS Lassen, a guided-missile destroyer, sailed within 22 km
> of a man-made island, as the US challenged Chinese attempts to
> claim territory -- in which sea?
South China Sea
 
> part of the world, announcing this week that they were deploying
> 50 commandos, the first time US ground forces have been deployed
> to which nation?
Syria
 
> At third position on this list, with $135,000,000 in income,
> is which singer and performer, who also manages to be the
> highest-paid woman on the celebrities list?
Taylor Swift/Katy Perry
 
 
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bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Nov 02 03:21PM

On Sun, 01 Nov 2015 17:59:42 -0800, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which English economist, MP and scientist (1623 to 1687) is
credited
> with originating the philosophy of laissez-faire in relation to
> government activity?
> 2 What is the square root of one quarter?
 
1/2
 
> 3 Which US state shares a border with three Canadian provinces -
British
> Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan?
 
Montana?
 
> 4 What is the English title of Sergio Leonie's 1966 film "Il buono,
il
> brutto, il cattivo"?
 
The good, the bad and the ugly
 
> 5 Which two words complete the opening line to JM Barrie's 1911 novel
> Peter Pan: "All children, except one, ________"?
 
grow up
 
> 6 Bill Ranic won the first season of which American reality show?
> 7 What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
 
Mercury
 
> 8 Which gas gives soft drinks their fizz?
 
Carbon Dioxide
 
> 9 Gaining independence in 1992, which Balkan country (pop. 3.8
million)
> is almost entirely landlocked, but for 20 kilometres of coastline on the
> Adriatic Sea around the city of Neum?
> 10 Nicknamed "Ginger Jesus",
his
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 02 05:02PM +0100

> 1 Which English economist, MP and scientist (1623 to 1687) is
> credited with originating the philosophy of laissez-faire in relation to
> government activity?
 
John Hull
 
> 2 What is the square root of one quarter?
 
½
 
> 3 Which US state shares a border with three Canadian provinces -
> British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan?
 
Montana
 
> 4 What is the English title of Sergio Leonie's 1966 film "Il buono,
> il brutto, il cattivo"?
 
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
 
> 7 What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
 
Mercury (now that Pluto has been demoted as such).
 
> 8 Which gas gives soft drinks their fizz?
 
CO2
 
> 9 Gaining independence in 1992, which Balkan country (pop. 3.8
> million) is almost entirely landlocked, but for 20 kilometres of
> coastline on the Adriatic Sea around the city of Neum?
 
Bosnia-Hercegovina
 
 
 
--
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"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Nov 02 06:23PM

Calvin wrote:
 
 
> 1 Which English economist, MP and scientist (1623 to 1687) is
> credited with originating the philosophy of laissez-faire in relation
> to government activity?
 
Adam Smith
 
> 2 What is the square root of one quarter?
 
1/2
 
> 3 Which US state shares a border with three Canadian provinces -
> British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan?
 
Montana
 
> 4 What is the English title of Sergio Leonie's 1966 film "Il buono,
> il brutto, il cattivo"?
 
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
 
> 5 Which two words complete the opening line to JM Barrie's 1911
> novel Peter Pan: "All children, except one, ________"?
 
Grow Up

> 6 Bill Ranic won the first season of which American reality show?
 
The Apprentice

> 7 What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
 
Mercury (assuming you don't count Pluto)
 
> 8 Which gas gives soft drinks their fizz?
 
Carbon dioxide
 
> 9 Gaining independence in 1992, which Balkan country (pop. 3.8
> million) is almost entirely landlocked, but for 20 kilometres of
> coastline on the Adriatic Sea around the city of Neum?
 
Bosnia-Herzegovina
 
> 10 Nicknamed "Ginger Jesus", his first two albums are named after
> mathematical symbols. Which English singer-songwriter topped the ARIA
> charts in 2014 with his second album 'X' (or 'Multiply')?
 
Ed Sheeran
 
Peter Smyth
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 02 08:23PM


> 1 Which English economist, MP and scientist (1623 to 1687) is credited
> with originating the philosophy of laissez-faire in relation to
> government activity?
 
No freaking idea
 
> 2 What is the square root of one quarter?
 
1/2
 
> 3 Which US state shares a border with three Canadian provinces -
> British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan?
 
Washington?
 
> 4 What is the English title of Sergio Leonie's 1966 film "Il buono, il
> brutto, il cattivo"?
 
The Good, The Bad & the Ugly
 
> 5 Which two words complete the opening line to JM Barrie's 1911 novel
> Peter Pan: "All children, except one, ________"?
 
Grow Up
 
> 6 Bill Ranic won the first season of which American reality show?
 
The Apprentice?
 
> 7 What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
 
Mercury
 
> 8 Which gas gives soft drinks their fizz?
 
CO2
 
> 9 Gaining independence in 1992, which Balkan country (pop. 3.8
> million) is almost entirely landlocked, but for 20 kilometres of
> coastline on the Adriatic Sea around the city of Neum?
 
Macedonia?
 
> 10 Nicknamed "Ginger Jesus", his first two albums are named after
> mathematical symbols. Which English singer-songwriter topped the ARIA
> charts in 2014 with his second album 'X' (or 'Multiply')?
 
Ed Sheeran
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 03 12:14AM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
> credited with originating the philosophy of laissez-faire in relation
> to government activity?
> 2 What is the square root of one quarter?
 
1/2
 
> 3 Which US state shares a border with three Canadian provinces -
> British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan?
 
Montana
 
> 4 What is the English
> title of Sergio Leonie's 1966 film "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo"?
 
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
 
> 5 Which two words complete the opening line to JM Barrie's 1911
> novel Peter Pan: "All children, except one, ________"?
 
grow old
 
> 6 Bill Ranic won the first season of which American reality show?
 
Survivor
 
> 7 What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
 
Mercury
 
> 8 Which gas gives soft drinks their fizz?
 
Carbon Dioxide
 
> 9 Gaining independence in 1992, which Balkan
> country (pop. 3.8 million) is almost entirely landlocked, but for 20
> kilometres of coastline on the Adriatic Sea around the city of Neum?
 
Montenegro
 
> charts in 2014 with his second album 'X' (or 'Multiply')?
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 02 03:21PM -0800

On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 3:31:36 PM UTC+10, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
 
> > > 4 Lusaka is the capital of which African country?
 
> > Angola
 
> Nope. That's Luanda.
 
How quickly these things come back to bite one.
 
Revised scores if there are no further errors:
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 413
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 52 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 57 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 60 Chris Johnson
1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 39 Gareth Owen
1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 38 Mark Brader
1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 28 Bjorn Lundin
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 31 Pete Gayde
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 33 Dan Tilque
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 25 David Brown
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17 Bruce Bowler
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 17 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
7 4 9 4 8 3 5 4 6 11 61 55%
 
cheers,
calvin
bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Nov 02 03:15PM

On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 13:44:31 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> over the origin of the name, perhaps a corruption of the Dutch word
> "kruisbezie" or perhaps simply a nod to the protein it traditionally
> accompanied, often as a jam or sauce.
 
Strawberry
 
> California in the 1920s, it reached its peak popularity in the 1950s
> when Knott's Berry Farm sold jam made of this berry in roadside
> stands.
 
Boysenberry
 
> 3. Native to Asia, this fruit was introduced into Europe in the
> early 19th century and named after the North African port it came
> from.
 
Banana
 
> mentioned by Shakespeare. Name the popular fruit, whose name is
> believed to be a corruption for the old French words for "seed
> apple".
 
pomegranate
 
> eventually made its way to Persia, and eventually England in the 16th
> century. Name the fruit, whose seeds have been used to produce the
> now-discredited cancer drug laetrile.
 
Apricot
 
> in Central America. It was introduced in the 19th century to the
> United States. Today it is becoming an increasingly popular due to
> its healthy fats.
 
Avocado
 
> source of Vitamin C. It is best known today as a cordial and is
> featured in a product called Ribena, derived from its Latin name
> ribes.
 
Black Currents
 
> stationed there during World War II. It was first exported to
> California as a "Chinese gooseberry", then growers changed the name
> to the one we know today.
 
Kiwi
 
> Until the 19th century, it was known as the shaddock or shattuck in
> honor of the captain who brought the pomelo to the Caribbean. Name
> the fruit, whose current name alludes to how it grows on a tree.
 
Grapefruit
 
> hothouses which were needed to grow it. Large-scale cultivation in
> the US started in 1900s. Name the fruit, which is readily available
> fresh or canned.
 
Pineapple
 
> fun, but for no points.
 
> 1. 1907-54.
> 2. 1881-1973.
 
Picasso
 
> 7. (decoy)
> 8. (decoy)
> 9. 1887-1985.
 
Picasso
 
> 10. 1869-1954.
> 11. 1904-97.
 
Picasso
 
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