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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 08 03:19AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-09, 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 to the newsgroup in a single followup, 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 007, Round 9 - Entertainment - Bond Girls Just before we move on to the challenge round, here's a round that's actually about James Bond, or James Bond movies anyway. I've rearranged the questions in order by picture number, and I'll kindly present them in color although at the original game they were black-and-white and some images came out too dark to see easily. For the first 8 questions, we name the character and you must name the actress pictured. For Questions #1-5, please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-9/007/1.jpg 1. Honey Rider. 2. Miranda Frost, in "Die Another Day". 3. Tracy di Vicenzo-Bond. 4. Dr. Christmas Jones. 5. Chinese secret agent Wai Lin. For #6-10, see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-9/007/2.jpg 6. Assassin May Day. 7. Domino Petachi, in "Never Say Never Again". 8. Vesper Lynd, in "Casino Royale". For questions #9-10, we name the actress and you name the *character* pictured. First and last name required for full points. 9. Famke Janssen in "GoldenEye". 10. Honor Blackman in "Goldfinger". * Game 007, Round 10 - License to Challenge Round A. Sean (Entertainment) A1. What is the last name of the Jamaican dance-hall reggae toaster Sean, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2003 with his song "Get Busy"? A2. Sean Bean provides a link between J.R.R. Tolkien and "the American Tolkien", George R.R. Martin: Sean Bean was in the "Lord of the Rings" movie series and in the TV series "Game of Thrones". Name his character in either series. B. George (Geography) B1. St. George's is the capital of which country that was on the front page of the New York Times in late October 1983? B2. St. George, on the other hand, is a UNESCO World Heritage site that is the location of the third successful English settlement in the Americas (after St. John's and Jamestown). Which island -- a British Overseas Territory -- is it on? C. Roger (Sports) C1. What is the last name of Roger, a man who was born in 1959 and who the "Wall Street Journal" described in 2011 as "the most powerful man in sports"? C2. Roger Clemens played for four different major-league teams: the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees, the Toronto Blue Jays, and which other team? (Either the city or the team name is acceptable unless it would be ambiguous.) D. Timothy (Literature) D1. Tiny Tim is a character in Charles Dickens's 1843 classic "A Christmas Carol". What was Tim's *father's* name? First and last name required. D2. Timmy was the name of the dog in Enid Blyton's "Famous Five" series. Name any one of the four human members of the Famous Five. E. Pierce (History) In each case, the surname is sufficient unless it would be ambiguous. E1. The 14th president of the United States, President Pierce, had the same first name as the 32nd president. Name the 32nd president. E2. Which first lady of the United States, born in 1925, had the maiden name Pierce? F. Daniel (Science) F1. What is the last name of Daniel, the Swiss mathematician and physicist born in 1700 who is remembered for his work in fluid mechanics, the conservation of energy, and probability and statistics? F2. What is the last name of Daniel, the German physicist and engineer born in 1686 who developed the mercury-in-glass thermometer? |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 08 03:11AM -0500 Mark Brader: > one atom gives up an electron to another, charging both atoms; > in the other, the two atoms share pairs of outer-shell electrons. > Name that latter kind of bond. Covalent. Yeah, as mentioned in #9. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Björn, Pete, Peter, Stephen, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Jason. > arrange themselves to minimize the repulsion of valence electron > pairs? Fittingly, the acronym is pronounced like the first > name of a Bond girl. Valence-Shell Electron-Pair Repulsion theory (or Gillespie-Nyholm theory); VSEPR is pronounced "Vesper". 4 for Bruce. 3 for Stephen. > 4 bonding pairs of electrons and no lone pairs, such as methane, > will assume this geometry with bond angles of 109.5°. Give this > word that also describes a solid with four faces. Tetrahedral (accepting tetrahedron). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Stephen, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > with 4 bonding pairs and 2 lone pairs will assume the flat > square planar geometry. What is the bond angle in a square > planar molecule? 90°. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Björn and Bruce. > bonds is called an alkane. What similar name is given to any > hydrocarbon with at least one carbon-carbon *triple* bond? > *Warning*: Be careful with your pronunciation. Alkyne (not to be confused with alkene, which has a double bond but not a triple). 4 for Marc, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > for #6-7. This molecule, with chemical formula C2H2, is the > simplest alkyne. Name this molecule, which is commonly combined > with oxygen in welding torches. Acetylene or ethyne. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Pete, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > 7. Alkynes can be reduced to alkenes using a lead-poisoned Lindlar's > catalyst, which consists primarily of a certain element. > Name this element, with atomic number 46 and chemical symbol Pd. Palladium. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Björn, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > that is often added to water supplies to fight tooth decay. > *Warning*: We are looking for an *element* in this question, > not an ion. Fluorine. I did not consider "flour" quite close enough for an "almost correct". 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Pete, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > amine and carboxyl groups of two of these molecules. Name these > molecules, 9 of which cannot be produced naturally by the human > body and are called the "essential" ones. Amino acids. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Peter, Stephen, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > of cysteine ("siss-tee-een") linked by a bond between two atoms > of this element. Name this smelly element, with atomic number > 16, that cysteine contains in its thiol side chain. Sulfur. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Björn, Peter, Erland, Stephen, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > * Game 007, Round 8 - Literature - Famous Jameses in Literature > Answer the following questions about authors and literary characters > with the name James. This was the easiest round in the original game. > 1. This literary James authored the essay collection "Notes of a > Native Son" as well as a novel about the preacher's son John > Grimes, "Go Tell It on the Mountain". Name the author. James Baldwin. 4 for Marc and Joshua. > 2. In episode 14 of James Joyce's "Ulysses", Leopold Bloom first > meets the character Stephen Dedalus. Dedalus himself is the > protagonist of what other James Joyce novel? "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Joshua. > a 1-page assignment in his "Theme For English B". Name this > Harlem Renaissance poet, who also described a man whose "soul has > grown deep like the rivers" in his "The Negro Speaks Of Rivers". (James Mercer) Langston Hughes. 4 for Joshua. > Robert, another sibling with this surname, wrote about a creature > with her head in a jar of sour cream in "Skunk Hor" and a Civil > War memorial in "For The Union Dead". Give the common surname. Lowell. 4 for Joshua. > 5. James Trotter is the protagonist of a 1961 children's novel > who famously takes a ride with a centipede, a silkworm, and > other insects in a humongous -- one of what type of thing? Peach. ("James and the Giant Peach", Roald Dahl.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Peter, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > 6. Jim Hawkins is the protagonist of what 1881 Robert Louis > Stevenson novel where he teams up with Long John Silver and a > bunch of pirates to travel to the title location? "Treasure Island". 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Björn, Pete, Peter, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Jason. > Grain of Wheat". His Gikuyu-language play "I Will Marry When I > Want" led to an arrest order from then-president Daniel Arap Moi. > Name the country. Kenya. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 2 for Pete. > may be best known for this play about Congressman Alan Mclean. > The play takes its *3-word title* from a line in "Romeo and > Juliet" where Mercutio wishes for "a plague on"... what? "Both your Houses". 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Pete, Peter, and Dan Tilque. > 9. In this 1956 play, James Tyrone and his son Jamie are members > of the central family that also includes his morphine-addicted > wife Mary. Name this play by Eugene O'Neill. "Long Day's Journey into Night". 4 for Joshua. 3 for Erland. > superstar real-estate salesman Ricky Roma, while George Aaronow > intimidates Dave Ross to steal the title leads from Williamson's > office. Name this play by David Mamet. "Glengarry Glen Ross". 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 007 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 007 8 BEST TOPICS-> Spo Mis Geo His Sci Lit FOUR Stephen Perry 36 32 40 36 39 0 151 Joshua Kreitzer 29 24 30 23 32 40 131 Peter Smyth 40 28 -- -- 36 12 116 Dan Blum 12 31 26 24 32 24 113 Pete Gayde 32 22 31 20 12 14 105 Marc Dashevsky 8 20 22 24 36 20 102 Dan Tilque 12 12 32 16 36 12 96 "Calvin" 26 26 22 19 -- -- 93 Erland Sommarskog 32 4 24 8 20 3 84 Bruce Bowler 4 8 16 20 39 8 83 Björn Lundin 4 8 28 8 15 4 59 Jason Kreitzer 4 8 8 7 4 4 27 -- Mark Brader | It is easy to run a secure computer system. You Toronto | merely have to disconnect all dial-up connections, msb@vex.net | put the machine and its terminals in a shielded | room, and post a guard at the door. | -- Frederick T. Grampp & Robert H. Morris My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 07 06:48PM -0700 On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 10:27:18 AM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote: > >> 9 'Brent' and 'West Texas Intermediate' are the two major benchmarks for which commodity? > > [Crude] Oil > Not sure why "petroleum" was considered a wrong answer here. Because petroleum is not a commodity. cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 07 11:01PM -0700 Calvin wrote: >>> [Crude] Oil >> Not sure why "petroleum" was considered a wrong answer here. > Because petroleum is not a commodity. Not sure why you say that. All the definitions of petroleum I can find say it's basically a synonym for "crude oil". For example, Google defines it "a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is present in certain rock strata and can be extracted and refined to produce fuels including gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil; oil" -- Dan Tilque |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Apr 08 06:50AM +0100 > 1. Signor Ferrari, Captain Renault, Ugarte Casablanca > 2. Princess Dragomiroff, Count and Countess Andrenyi, Mary Debenham **COMMENCE WILD GUESSING** Dr Zhivago??? > 3. Elizabeth Lipp, Arthur Simon Simpson, Walter Harper, Cedric Page The Big Lebowski??? > 4. Batiatus, Julius Caesar, Gracchus, Crassus Spartacus??? > 5. President Allen Richmond, Luther Whitney, Walter Sullivan, Seth Frank Independence Day??? > 6. Darby Shaw, Gray Grantham, Justice Rosenberg My Cousin Vinny??? > 7. Marshal Zane Cooper, Annabelle Bransford, Commodore Duvall True Grit??? > 8. Casey Ryback, Cue Ball, Commander Krill, Captain Adams Galaxy Quest??? > 9. Andy Dufresne, Brooks Hatlen, Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding **HEY I KNOW ONE** The Shawshank Redemption > 10. Doc Josiah Boone, Mrs. Lucy Mallory, Marshal Curley Wilcox True Grit??? Well, that went well |
| ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: Apr 07 09:44AM -0500 On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 23:19:49 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote: >1 On which sea is the Russian port of Vladivostok situated? Sea of Japan >2 Malignant mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer most commonly caused by exposure to which substance? Asbestos >3 Which science fiction writer created the Daleks and 'Blake's Seven'? >4 A multi-sport event held every 4 years, the 'Jogos de Lusophony' (aka Lusophony Games) are primarily attended by athletes speaking which European language? >5 Which late singer's nicknames included 'The King of Funk', 'Soul Brother Number One' and 'The Hardest Working Man in Show Business'? James Brown >7 Which 11 letter word is the fear of fears? >8 Who is currently (October 2015) the Canadian head of state? >9 According to the book of Exodus, where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments? Mt Sinai >10 Composed by Johnny Mandel, what is the three-word title of the theme for the TV show 'M*A*S*H'? Suicide is Painless >cheers, >calvin ArenEss |
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