- QFTCIBSI Final, Round 6: Sports - 6 Updates
- QFTCIBSI Final, Round 4 answers: History - 1 Update
- Calvn's Quiz #441 - 2 Updates
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 27 09:30PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-12-08, 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*)". ** Final, Round 6 - Sports * Before & After For each question we'll show you pictures of two figures from the world of sports -- where the last name of the first one is the same as the first name of the second. You combine the names by omitting the repetition, and give us the 3-word result. For example, if we were basing this on people on American money instead of sports, then you might expect the answer Benjamin Franklin Roosevelt to come up. 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/1.jpg 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/2.jpg 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/3.jpg * Olympic Cities In each case, name *either* the year *or* the host city of the Olympic Games. These are all summer games. 4. For the first time, a city hosts a second Olympic Games; Paavo Nurmi wins 5 gold medals. 5. The first Olympic Games held in the Southern Hemisphere; Hungary and the USSR literally fight it out for gold in water polo. 6. Held at the highest altitude of all Summer Olympics to date; Bob Beamon and Dick Fosbury soar in the long and high jumps, respectively. * Super Bowl Madness In each case, name *either* of the teams that played in the relevant Super Bowl. 7. The only game *ever* in American professional football to finish with a score of 43-8. 8. Janet Jackson has a "wardrobe malfunction"... allegedly. 9. Nicknamed the "Blackout Bowl" after the lights in the Superdome go out early in the third quarter. * Professional Wrestlers We give the birth name of a wrestler and an additional clue; you have his professional name. 10. Michael ("Mick") Foley -- the 11th word of a famous quote uttered at 02:56 Greenwich Mean Time, 1969-07-21. 11. Mark William Calaway -- John was the minister; Paul, the corpse; George, the gravedigger; and Ringo was... 12. Dwayne Johnson -- Al Capone called it home from 1934 to 1939. * Texas Hold'Em Hands In Texas Hold'Em poker, each player receives two cards. Each 2-card combination has a variety of nicknames. For example, if you have a pair of cards with the nickname "Kuwait", you would have Q-8. Another example: if you had "Jack Bauer", the answer would be 2-4. So what 2-card hands are these? 13. Crosby. 14. Dolly Parton. 15. Flat Tire. -- Mark Brader "Fighting off all of the species which you Toronto have insulted would be a full-time mission." msb@vex.net "Deja Q", ST:TNG, Richard Danus My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 28 02:51AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:jLOdnXzgwJI0n9TKnZ2dnUU7- > as the first name of the second. You combine the names by omitting > the repetition, and give us the 3-word result. > 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/1.jpg George Brett Favre > Olympic Games. These are all summer games. > 4. For the first time, a city hosts a second Olympic Games; Paavo > Nurmi wins 5 gold medals. London > 5. The first Olympic Games held in the Southern Hemisphere; > Hungary and the USSR literally fight it out for gold in > water polo. Melbourne > 6. Held at the highest altitude of all Summer Olympics to date; > Bob Beamon and Dick Fosbury soar in the long and high jumps, > respectively. Mexico City > Super Bowl. > 7. The only game *ever* in American professional football to finish > with a score of 43-8. New England Patriots > 8. Janet Jackson has a "wardrobe malfunction"... allegedly. New England Patriots > 9. Nicknamed the "Blackout Bowl" after the lights in the Superdome > go out early in the third quarter. New England Patriots > you have his professional name. > 10. Michael ("Mick") Foley -- the 11th word of a famous quote > uttered at 02:56 Greenwich Mean Time, 1969-07-21. Mankind > 11. Mark William Calaway -- John was the minister; Paul, the corpse; > George, the gravedigger; and Ringo was... The Undertaker > 12. Dwayne Johnson -- Al Capone called it home from 1934 to 1939. The Rock > Another example: if you had "Jack Bauer", the answer would be 2-4. > So what 2-card hands are these? > 14. Dolly Parton. 8-8 (?) > 15. Flat Tire. Q-Q (?) -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: May 27 08:15PM -0700 On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 10:30:01 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > you have his professional name. > 10. Michael ("Mick") Foley -- the 11th word of a famous quote > uttered at 02:56 Greenwich Mean Time, 1969-07-21. Mankind > 11. Mark William Calaway -- John was the minister; Paul, the corpse; > George, the gravedigger; and Ringo was... The Undertaker > 12. Dwayne Johnson -- Al Capone called it home from 1934 to 1939. The Rock |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 28 03:50AM > * Olympic Cities > 4. For the first time, a city hosts a second Olympic Games; Paavo > Nurmi wins 5 gold medals. Paris > 5. The first Olympic Games held in the Southern Hemisphere; > Hungary and the USSR literally fight it out for gold in > water polo. Sydney > 6. Held at the highest altitude of all Summer Olympics to date; > Bob Beamon and Dick Fosbury soar in the long and high jumps, > respectively. Mexico City > * Super Bowl Madness > 8. Janet Jackson has a "wardrobe malfunction"... allegedly. Giants; Bears > * Professional Wrestlers > 10. Michael ("Mick") Foley -- the 11th word of a famous quote > uttered at 02:56 Greenwich Mean Time, 1969-07-21. Mankind > 12. Dwayne Johnson -- Al Capone called it home from 1934 to 1939. The Rock > * Texas Hold'Em Hands > 14. Dolly Parton. 8-8; 9-5 > 15. Flat Tire. J-K -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: May 28 10:42AM +0200 > Olympic Games. These are all summer games. > 4. For the first time, a city hosts a second Olympic Games; Paavo > Nurmi wins 5 gold medals. Paris > 5. The first Olympic Games held in the Southern Hemisphere; > Hungary and the USSR literally fight it out for gold in > water polo. Melbourne > 6. Held at the highest altitude of all Summer Olympics to date; > Bob Beamon and Dick Fosbury soar in the long and high jumps, > respectively. Mexico City -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: May 28 08:57AM Mark Brader wrote: > 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/1.jpg > 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/2.jpg > 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/3.jpg Lennox Lewis Hamilton > Olympic Games. These are all summer games. > 4. For the first time, a city hosts a second Olympic Games; Paavo > Nurmi wins 5 gold medals. London > 5. The first Olympic Games held in the Southern Hemisphere; > Hungary and the USSR literally fight it out for gold in > water polo. Melbourne > 6. Held at the highest altitude of all Summer Olympics to date; > Bob Beamon and Dick Fosbury soar in the long and high jumps, > respectively. Mexico City > Super Bowl. > 7. The only game ever in American professional football to finish > with a score of 43-8. Patriots, Packers > 8. Janet Jackson has a "wardrobe malfunction"... allegedly. Patriots, Packers > 9. Nicknamed the "Blackout Bowl" after the lights in the Superdome > go out early in the third quarter. Patriots, Packers > you have his professional name. > 10. Michael ("Mick") Foley -- the 11th word of a famous quote > uttered at 02:56 Greenwich Mean Time, 1969-07-21. Mankind > 11. Mark William Calaway -- John was the minister; Paul, the corpse; > George, the gravedigger; and Ringo was... The Undertaker > 12. Dwayne Johnson -- Al Capone called it home from 1934 to 1939. The Rock > 13. Crosby. > 14. Dolly Parton. > 15. Flat Tire. Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 27 09:27PM -0500 Mark Brader: > Given the name of a historical figure, name any year during which > that person was alive (years of birth and death are acceptable). > 1. Martin Luther -- http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-4/year/1.jpg 1483-1546. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Marc, Calvin (the hard way), Stephen, and Björn. > 2. Joan of Arc -- http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-4/year/2.jpg 1412-1431. 4 for Peter, Erland, Stephen, and Björn. 3 for Calvin. > 3. Genghis Khan -- http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-4/year/3.jpg 1162-1227. 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, Erland, Stephen, and Björn. > material is from. > 4. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the > United States is hereby repealed. 21st. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Calvin, and Stephen. 2 for Peter. > 5. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a > free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall > not be infringed. 2nd. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Erland, Stephen, and Jason. > 6. No person shall be... compelled in any criminal case to be a > witness against himself... 5th. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Calvin, Stephen, and Björn. > country where this revolution happened. For example, if we said > "Green Revolution, 2009-10", the answer would be Iran. > 7. Orange Revolution, 2004-05. Ukraine. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Erland, Calvin, Stephen, and Björn. > 8. Rose Revolution, 2003. Georgia. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Stephen. > 9. Saffron Revolution, 2007. Myanmar (Burma). 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, Calvin, Stephen, and Björn. > of Cuneiform") records the deeds of Darius I on an inaccessible > cliffside in three different languages. Name any one of those > languages. Elamite, Babylonian (Akkadian), (Old) Persian. 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, and Björn. > 11. The Persian empire's main capital was Persepolis, but their > secondary capital was this Elamite city, the setting of the > Book of Esther and site of the Tomb of Daniel. Name the city. Susa. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Stephen. > in 539 BC. A clay cylinder named for him may be the earliest > declaration of universal human rights. Name this king, who > died in 530 BC. Cyrus the Great. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Björn. > In our universe, Chicago mayor Anton Cermak was accidentally > killed instead of him. Name this man who avoided assassination > in 1933. Franklin D. Roosevelt. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Erland, Stephen, and Jason. 3 for Calvin. > Christian monastery. As a result, the battles of Yarmouk > (636) and Qadisiya (637) never occur. Name this man who, in > our timeline, most definitely did not become a Christian saint. Muhammad. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Erland, Calvin, Stephen, and Björn. > of Europe's population, somewhat more than was the case in > our reality. What mid-14th-century event was Silverberg's > divergence point? The Black Death (or Black Plague; "plague" alone was not sufficient). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Erland, Calvin, Stephen, and Björn. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 TOTALS TOPICS-> Lit Sci His Marc Dashevsky 32 51 48 131 Joshua Kreitzer 48 33 48 129 Stephen Perry -- 60 56 116 Dan Blum 40 32 28 100 Dan Tilque 16 40 44 100 "Calvin" 20 25 34 79 Peter Smyth -- 38 38 76 Björn Lundin 0 29 40 69 Erland Sommarskog -- 31 32 63 Bruce Bowler -- 48 -- 48 Jason Kreitzer 8 4 8 20 Pete Gayde 4 -- -- 4 -- Mark Brader | "To a guy, an RGB value is three bits rather than bytes. Toronto | ...000 Black, 001 Blue, 010 Green, ..., 111 White." msb@vex.net | My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: May 27 02:03PM +0200 On 2016-05-26 03:49, Calvin wrote: > 1 What are the two competition lifts in an Olympic weightlifting competition? Ryck och stöt. Hmm, might translate to Pull and push? > 2 In which year was the Soviet Union dissolved? Tough one. I think it was dec 31st 1990. and the post era started 1991. Giving this reasoning, I answer 1990 > 3 What cartoon characters catchphrase was "Exit, stage left"? Bugs Bunny? > 4 What creature is the traditional symbol of the medical profession? Serpent > 5 Which is the only chemical element named after a US state? Funny, I read about Americum today in the paper. But I'll say Californium. > 6 What homophone refers to both an African antelope and a manufacturer of sporting apparel? Impala > 7 Which German figure skater won two Olympic golds and four wold championships? Katarina Witt > 8 CONMEBOL is the governing body for football (soccer) in which continent? Asia? > 9 Jonathan Higgins III, 'TC' Calvin and Robin Masters were characters in which 1980s TV series? Magnum PI -- -- Björn |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: May 27 07:54AM -0400 On 2016-05-26, Calvin wrote: > 1 What are the two competition lifts in an Olympic weightlifting competition? Clean and jerk, ??? > 2 In which year was the Soviet Union dissolved? 1991 > 3 What cartoon characters catchphrase was ???Exit, stage left???? Snagglepuss > 4 What creature is the traditional symbol of the medical profession? Caduceus > 5 Which is the only chemical element named after a US state? Californium > 6 What homophone refers to both an African antelope and a manufacturer of sporting apparel? > 7 Which German figure skater won two Olympic golds and four wold championships? > 8 CONMEBOL is the governing body for football (soccer) in which continent? S. America > 9 Jonathan Higgins III, ???TC??? Calvin and Robin Masters were characters in which 1980s TV series? Magnum P.I. > 10 Which musical duo was comprised of Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley? Righteous Brothers -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
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