- Rotating Quiz #204: It's the Word - 1 Update
- QFTCIBSI Current Events 9-10 answers - 1 Update
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 04 05:24AM This is Rotating Quiz 204. Entries must be posted by Thursday, December 10th, 2015 at 11 PM (Eastern Standard Time). Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner gets to create the next RQ. Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each one. Only one answer is allowed per question. Each correct answer is normally worth 2 points. If an answer is misspelled it is worth 1 point. One question has an alternate answer which is only worth 1 point (explained in the question). If an answer is a person's name only the last name is required, but if you give any other parts they must be correct. This quiz has a theme which I am not going to disclose, although it will be fairly obvious. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be whoever scored on the hardest questions (defined post-facto as the ones which the fewest people got right). Second tiebreaker will be posting order. 1. The main method of magnesium production today is the <answer 1> process, which combines silicon and magnesium oxide to produce magnesium and silica. It was invented by Dr. Lloyd Montgomery <answer 1> of the Canadian National Research Council. 2. This brand of cigarettes was first produced by Liggett & Myers in 1963. It was notable for its charcoal filter but is probably best-remembered in the US for a TV commercial in which people were exhorted to "show us your <answer 2> pack" to the William Tell Overture. (To be honest, Stan Freberg's commercial for Jeno's Pizza Rolls, which was a parody of this commercial, is even better-remembered.) The brand is still manufactured today by Altria but is much more popular in Japan than in the US. 3. The Messerschmitt 262 was the world's first operational jet-powered military plane. It had a number of variations; the A-1a version was the main one produced and was used as an interceptor and a fighter-bomber. What was its nickname? I will accept an answer in English or German. If you can somehow only remember the nickname for the A-2a bomber version, I will accept that (also in English or German) for 1 point, as it also fits the theme. 4. In Greek mythology this Titan was wife (and sister) to Cronus and gave birth to the older Olympian gods, including Zeus, whom she hid in a cave so Cronus would not swallow him. The second-largest moon of Saturn is named for her. 5. This American sitcom of the 1970s featured a widowed mother and her five children who record a Top 40 song and then go on tour. The family is very loosely based on The Cowsills. 6. Have we had a Twilight question in a RQ yet? Well, we have one now. Give the name of the late-teenage girl who is the protagonist of the series. 7. Everyone knows that Sir Francis Drake's flagship for his circumnavigation voyage was the Golden Hind, but that was not her original name; Drake renamed the ship during the voyage after the crest of his patron. Many other British ships have used the original name; none seem to have been particularly distinguished. However, a French vessel sharing the name (allowing for differences in orthography) defeated three British ships in the Battle of Hudson's Bay in 1697. What was the name? 8. Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee, died on a film set when shot by an improperly-prepared gun. Name the film. 9. This American skateboarder was the National Skateboard Association's world champion for twelve years running. (No, I don't know how a national association has a world championship.) He was the first skateboarder to successfully land after a 900-degree turn. Since retiring in 1999 he has done many things, including producing an eponymous series of skateboarding video games. 10. This American football team is the oldest such professional team with a continuous existence (it was founded in 1898) and is one of only two charter NFL members that still exists. It has moved a few times - it started in Chicago, then moved to St. Louis before ending up in its current location - but since 1920 it has kept the same name (ignoring the 1944 season when it was combined with the Steelers). Despite all this history they don't win much; they were the first NFL team to lose 700 games and haven't won a championship since 1947. I am looking for the name, not the location. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 03 10:08PM -0600 Mark Brader: > give the answers that were correct on those dates... For further > information see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". I presume the Irregulars will make the current-events round from next week's Final available to me, and therefore where will be one more question set in the current-events game. > * Game 9 (2015-11-23), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. A prominent actor, born in New York on 1965-09-03, last week > announced that he is HIV-positive. What is his birth name? Carlos Irwin Estevez. (Charlie Sheen.) 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Pete, Marc, and Peter. > 2. A former spokesman for Subway restaurants was sentenced to over > 15 years on child pornography charges in Indianapolis last week. > What is his name? Jared Fogle. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, and Marc. > like me, you need to start dyeing it soon before it's too late." > These words were uttered in public last Thursday. Name either > the person who said them, or the person they were directed at. Barack Obama, Justin Trudeau. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, and Marc. > 4. The suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks was killed in a > police raid in St. Denis, Paris, this week. In which country > was Abdelhamid Abaaoud born? Belgium. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Marc, and Peter. > 5. Two Air France flights were diverted following anonymous threats > last week. One landed at a Canadian airport, another at an > airport in the US. Name the city served by either airport. Halifax, Salt Lake City. 4 for Bruce and Peter. 3 for Dan Blum and Marc. > 6. "Thieves put it together for Hamilton heist" read one headline > in the "Star" last week, when a Toys'R'Us store was burgled. > What product was stolen? Lego. I accepted "Star Wars Lego"; this does exist and the reports I found didn't specify what particular version of Lego was taken. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Marc, and Peter. > 7. At least 20 people were killed in an attack on a hotel in the > 8th-largest country by area in Africa. Name that country. Mali. 4 for everyone -- Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Marc, Erland, and Peter. > 8. Lucara Diamonds, a Canadian company, announced last week that > it has recovered a gigantic 1,111-carat, gem-quality diamond > from its Karowe mine. In which African country is the mine? Botswana. 4 for Bruce, Erland, and Peter. > will support financing of construction of a new park in Toronto. > The park, 1.75 km long, will combine walkways, cycling paths, > trails, and markets. Where will it be located? Under the Gardiner Expressway (from Strachan Av. to Spadina Av.). I did not accept "on the lakefront", though it's not far off. Nor did I accept "Toronto", whether it would be aufficient in a Stockholm pub or not! > 10. "Just because you lop off your penis and then wear a dress > doesn't make you a [expletive deleted] woman." Which 76-year-old > Australian made this controversial comment last week? Germaine Greer. (That would be a "she".) 4 for Joshua and Peter. > last July, but winner Gladys Tejada of Peru was stripped of > her gold medal after a failed doping test administered during > the Games. What was Hannah's event? (Women's) marathon. 4 for Peter. > 2. A 40-year-old quarterback was named the CFL's outstanding player > for the second time. Name the player or his team. Henry Burris, Ottawa Redblacks. > 3. An East Coast music legend died from cancer while his family > blamed his insatiable appetite for drugs. The man's best-known > song is "Sonny's Dream". What is his name? Ron Hynes. > 4. Justin Trudeau and other Commonwealth heads of government met > and toasted Queen Elizabeth last week in which island nation? Malta. > 5. Which NBA team set the record for most consecutive wins to start > a regular season at 16, when they destroyed the Lakers 111-77 > last Tuesday night? Golden State Warriors. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Peter. The streak is still in progress as I post this and is now up to 20 games. > 6. An Australian man set a Guinness record with a count of 518,838, > breaking the previous Japanese-held mark by more than 140,000. > What festive-season record was set? Be fully specific. Most lights on an artificial Christmas tree. > earlier ones titled "19" and "21", set a record with over > 3,000,000 copies sold in its first week of release. What is > the title of this third album? "25". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Erland, and Peter. > 8. Donald Trump was in the news last week for mocking the > disability of reporter Serge Kovaleski at a rally in South > Carolina. Serge Kovaleski works for which newspaper? New York Times. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, and Erland. > 9. Last week, police officer Jason Van Dike was charged with > first-degree murder for shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald > in 2014. In which US city did this take place? Chicago. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete. > the most valuable; they have slipped to third. Name either of > the two NHL teams that are ranked higher than the Maple Leafs > on this list. New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, and Peter. 3 for Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST EIGHT Joshua Kreitzer 20 28 12 28 30 16 0 24 24 20 190 Pete Gayde 16 24 16 20 28 16 0 23 24 12 167 Dan Blum 19 28 11 20 28 12 0 21 19 15 162 Stephen Perry 40 40 36 40 -- -- -- -- -- -- 156 Peter Smyth 8 28 7 12 20 16 4 24 28 16 152 Marc Dashevsky 20 28 12 20 8 14 0 16 27 8 145 Dan Tilque 8 19 12 12 20 12 0 8 8 8 99 Erland Sommarskog 7 24 4 8 16 12 0 8 8 12 95 Bruce Bowler 20 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 24 12 76 Jason Kreitzer 12 12 4 8 11 12 0 8 -- -- 67 -- Mark Brader | Of course, we'd have to flatten both the iceberg and Wyoming, Toronto | and that would change what area Wyoming covers, but that's msb@vex.net | all right since I've never been to Wyoming. --Tony Cooper My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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