- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 10, Rounds 4,6: landlocked, 17th c. - 7 Updates
- QFTCIBSI Current Events Final answers - 1 Update
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 12 12:18PM +0100 On 2015-12-11 00:20, Mark Brader wrote: > We simply name all the countries surrounding a landlocked country, > which you must name. > 1. Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia. Uruguay > 2. Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand. Laos > 3. Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia. Belarus > 4. Belgium, Germany, France. Luxemburg > 5. France, Spain. Andorra > 6. Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. Azerbadjan > 7. DR (Democratic Republic of the) Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, > Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola. Zambia > 8. Rwanda, Tanzania, DR Congo. Uganda > 9. Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon. Tchad > 10. Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), > Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania. Mali > * Game 10, Round 6 - History - The 17th Century > 1. Which dynasty took power in China in 1644? Ming > 2. Sakoku was the foreign relations policy of Japan, enacted > between 1633 and 1639, that was in effect until the 19th century. > Describe it. Do not engage with foreigners. Isolation is best. > 3. Which English monarch died in 1603? Richard III; James II > 4. Which English monarch was executed for high treason in January > 1649? Mary Stuart > 5. During the 17th century, Spain was ruled by a branch of which > European dynasty? Bourbon > 6. King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of > Lützen in 1632 -- during which war? 6th of November, in the fog of Lützen. Hmm, we call it "the 30 year war" > 7. Work was started on this building, called "a jewel of Muslim > art in India", in Agra in 1632. Name it. Taj Mahal > St. Paul's Cathedral? > 9. In 1669, who built the first known operational reflecting > telescope? Newton > 10. 1630 saw the death of which mathematician and astronomer > who devised laws of planetary motion and improved Copernicus's > heliocentric theory? Galilei -- -- Björn |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 12 12:24PM +0100 On 2015-12-12 11:20, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > Hey, we all have our strong and weak points in these trivia games. > I had a chuckle over people who think that Peru and Chile are > landlocked. I agree. The British history and its royals is (yet) another very weak subject in my knowledge bank. random combination of a name and number is a strategy I use too :-) -- Björn |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 12 03:37AM -0800 Erland Sommarskog wrote: > the British regents by heart, so my answers to this type of questions > is usually a random combination of a name and number that possibly > could fit. Understandable and I don't blame you for that. It's just that the combination you chose would be what the current heir will become if he reigns under his first name. So I made a joke about it. As I understand it, he may reign under a different name, possibly George. -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 12 03:46AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > Dan Tilque: >> Previously in English it was Beilorussia or Bylorussia... > Would you believe Byelorussia? Or that. And it should have been Bielorussia in my post. Transliterating Russian is subject to variation, although no where near as bad as, say, Chinese. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 12 02:46PM -0600 Dan Tilque: > >> Previously in English it was Beilorussia or Bylorussia... Mark Brader: > > Would you believe Byelorussia? Dan Tilque: > Or that. And it should have been Bielorussia in my post. Ah, that makes more sense. > Transliterating Russian is subject to variation... The thing is that your "Bylorussia" made it look as if you'd been seing Byelorussia and thinking "bye-lo", with a silent E, instead of "b'yellow". -- Mark Brader "The design of the lowercase e in text faces Toronto produces strong feelings (or should do so)." msb@vex.net -- Walter Tracy My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 12 02:47PM -0600 Erland Sommarskog: > You cannot accuse me for having spent too much time to learn all > the British regents by heart... Or of learning what a regent is, for that matter. (And no, I have no idea of the equivalent word in Swedish or any other language besides English.) -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Yet Another Wonderful Novelty -- YAWN!" msb@vex.net -- Liam Quin |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 13 11:36AM +0100 >> You cannot accuse me for having spent too much time to learn all >> the British regents by heart... > Or of learning what a regent is, for that matter. Looking up "regent" in my dictionary, the first translation into Swedish which is offered is "regent". And in Swedish "regent" is used in a general sense for persons who rules in a monarchy. That is, kings, queens, dukes emperors and whatnots alike. www.merriam-webster.com includes the definition "a person who rules or reigns", which certainly comes pretty close. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 12 08:14PM -0600 Mark Brader: > that were correct on that date... For further information see > my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition". And the current-events game is over and JOSHUA KREITZER has won. Hearty congratulations! As I have enough QFTCIBSI questions from other rounds to last through the first season of 2016, I won't be asking the nicholheads to supply their questions from that season for reuse. Consequently, QFTCI current-events games will probably return in the second season of 2016, which is to say in May, to be produced by the Usual Suspects. > possible!" -- These were the words of Frederick Ghahramani last > week, speaking about his latest purchase, a new nude painting > of which man born in 1959? Stephen Harper. The word "new" may have been misleading; the picture was actually painted 3 years ago (as a political satire), but was previously out of public view because it was owned by a civil servant who figured Harper and his allies were vindictive enough that she needed to stay anonymous while he was in power. > 2. Mary-Kate Olsen got married last week. She married the > 46-year-old half-brother of which former world leader? Nicolas Sarkozy. 4 for Erland and Joshua. > 3. The currency of *which country* was last week added to the > International Monetary Fund's group of elite currencies with > special drawing rights? China. 4 for Erland, Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 4. For the first time since 1920, the "New York Times" ran an > editorial on the front page last week. What was the subject > of the editorial? Gun control. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, and Pete. > <answer 5>. The 'International New York Times' and its > editorial staff had no role in its removal." Authorities > in which country censored the "New York Times" last week? Thailand. 3 for Joshua. > 6. The 2015 UN Climate Change Conference is currently being held > in which Paris suburb, best known for its historic airport? Le Bourget. > animals out of the United States. Authorities noticed suspicious > bulging in his pants. He was found with 51 of *what animal* > in his pants? Turtles. 4 for Peter and Bruce. Or as my teammate who gave this answer said, "It's turtles all the way down." > 8. Priscilla Chan last week gave birth to a beautiful bouncing > girl, Max. Who, apparently, is the father? Mark Zuckerberg. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Pete. > 9. Provide the name of the new general manager of the Toronto > Blue Jays. Ross Atkins. > 10. Which man, who holds the record for the most seasons played > with the same team, last week announced he intends to retire > from the NBA at the end of the season? Kobe Bryant. 4 for Erland, Peter, Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 11. Which team won their first Davis Cup since 1936 when they > defeated Belgium last week? Be precise. Great Britain (not England or Scotland, and no, not the UK either). 4 for Marc and Pete. > Weiland was the lead singer of *which alternative rock band* > that had hits such as "Vasoline", "Sour Girl", and "Interstate > Love Song"? Stone Temple Pilots. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Marc, Bruce, and Pete. > 13. Faculty members are speaking out against the decision to > name former Conservative cabinet minister James Moore as the > next Chancellor of which university? University of Northern British Columbia. I'd never heard of the place. Their main campus is in Prince George, but according to their web site they have 4 others, including one in the first town I've ever heard with a name ending in -ihlkw. It's called Gitwinksihlkw! > Pistorius of murder, overturning a lower court's conviction > on the lesser charge of manslaughter. Provide the name of the > victim in the crime. Reeva Steenkamp. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Pete. 3 for Erland. > $50,000,000 to a hospital in Toronto. As a result, the hospital > will be changing its name. What is the current name of the > hospital? Toronto East General. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F BEST NINE Joshua Kreitzer 20 28 12 28 30 16 0 24 24 20 31 221 Pete Gayde 16 24 16 20 28 16 0 23 24 12 28 195 Dan Blum 19 28 11 20 28 12 0 21 19 15 20 182 Peter Smyth 8 28 7 12 20 16 4 24 28 16 16 168 Marc Dashevsky 20 28 12 20 8 14 0 16 27 8 20 165 Stephen Perry 40 40 36 40 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 156 Erland Sommarskog 7 24 4 8 16 12 0 8 8 12 15 110 Dan Tilque 8 19 12 12 20 12 0 8 8 8 8 107 Bruce Bowler 20 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 24 12 28 104 Jason Kreitzer 12 12 4 8 11 12 0 8 -- -- 4 71 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Gadgetry abounded everywhere, almost all of which msb@vex.net | he could justify." -- Robert Asprin My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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