- QFTCI16 Current Events 1-2 - 4 Updates
- QFTCIBSI Final, Round 7: Geography - 3 Updates
- Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*) - 1 Update
- QFTCIBSI Final, Round 6 answers: Sports - 1 Update
- Company Slogans - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 11:06PM -0500 And now it's time to start another QFTCI Current Events game. As usual, these rounds will be posted concurrently with other, non-current-events games, and all current events rounds through the season will be scored as a separate game. 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 recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1 (2016-05-16), Round 1 - Current Events 1. What was the rare astronomical phenomenon that took place last Monday? Well, it's not really rare, but not common either; let's say about 13 times a century. The previous time it occurred was November 6, 2006, and the next time will be in 2019. 2. Also in astronomy news, a 15-year-old Quebec high school student, using star charts and satellite images (and perhaps stone knives and bearskins) gained media attention recently when he said he may have discovered what? 3. When even the president has to defend a reporter as "not a communist, but a Canadian", you know the guy must have been doing something right. Which legendary journalist and Vietnam War correspondent announced last week that he was retiring from his long-time gig? (That president, by the way, was Lyndon Johnson.) 4. Charges against Jian Ghomeshi were withdrawn and his second court case was resolved by way of what legal instrument last week? No word on whether that night DJ job at Radio Tehran is still available. 5. Which US state felt the Bern last week, as the Vermont senator defeated Hillary Clinton in its primary? Dude could totally win this thing, y'know? 6. Mayhem seems to follow the Eagles of Death Metal. Less dire than a terrorist attack, what unusual physical assault allegedly occurred at their concert at the Opera House the weekend before last, according to Toronto police? 7. No extra money, but another way to spend it. The CIBC and RBC last week introduced what payment method? Other big banks to follow in coming weeks. 8. Not only did he win it for the second consecutive year, he is the first unanimous winner. Which NBA player won the MVP award last week? 9. Which iconic US brand is changing its name to "America" for the duration of the current election cycle? No, the answer is not Donald J. Trump. 10. David Cameron got in trouble recently for calling Nigeria and Afghanistan "corrupt". Meanwhile, in another part of the forest, his boss -- that being, shall we say, the indomitable ship QE II, also caused a kerfuffle -- when she was caught on video saying that *which country*'s officials had been "very rude" to her ambassador? * Game 2 (2016-05-30), Round 1 -- Current Events 1. What reason did Canadian musicians Belly and The Weeknd give for canceling their scheduled appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last Wednesday? 2. Justin Trudeau and his wife celebrated their 11th anniversary last week, and actually took the day off, leading to howls from the usual quarters. What country were they in at the time, where the Prime Minister also attended the G7 summit and met business leaders? 3. Giant rodents abroad in the land! Two specimens of this large rodent species slipped the surly bonds of High Park Zoo, and, dubbed "Bonnie" and "Clyde" by the media, were still on the lam as of press time. Name the species. 4. Last week an acclaimed Canadian musical group made the distressing announcement that their front-man had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and also signaled their intention to undertake one last tour. Name the singer. 5. Last week President Obama made the controversial move of lifting the embargo on arms sales to a former enemy, or perhaps frenemy. Which country was it? 6. Having already demonstrated her tough-gal bona fides, which actress tweeted last week that she'd be interested in playing the first female Bond? 7. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre was forced to rescind a ban on a popular summer tourist activity after its proponents persuaded a judge to issue an injunction. What is it? 8. No Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs, but at least Canada won the IIHF World Hockey Championship last week. Which country did we beat 2-0 in the gold-medal game? 9. Which popular clothing brand announced last week that it would be opening two of its own retail outlets, including a 4500-square-foot store at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre? 10. Which notable person employed the Heimlich maneuver to save the life of a choking 87-year-old woman at a Cincinnati seniors' residence last Monday? -- Mark Brader "It's simply a matter of style, and while there Toronto are many wrong styles, there really isn't any msb@vex.net one right style." -- Ray Butterworth My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 31 04:55AM > using star charts and satellite images (and perhaps stone knives > and bearskins) gained media attention recently when he said he > may have discovered what? a Mayan city (but he didn't) > something right. Which legendary journalist and Vietnam War > correspondent announced last week that he was retiring from his > long-time gig? (That president, by the way, was Lyndon Johnson.) Morley Safer > 5. Which US state felt the Bern last week, as the Vermont senator > defeated Hillary Clinton in its primary? Dude could totally > win this thing, y'know? Indiana > 7. No extra money, but another way to spend it. The CIBC and > RBC last week introduced what payment method? Other big banks > to follow in coming weeks. smartphone > 8. Not only did he win it for the second consecutive year, he is > the first unanimous winner. Which NBA player won the MVP award > last week? Steph Curry > 9. Which iconic US brand is changing its name to "America" for > the duration of the current election cycle? No, the answer is > not Donald J. Trump. Budweiser > ship QE II, also caused a kerfuffle -- when she was caught on > video saying that *which country*'s officials had been "very > rude" to her ambassador? Russia > 1. What reason did Canadian musicians Belly and The Weeknd give for > canceling their scheduled appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last > Wednesday? Donald Trump was on the show > the usual quarters. What country were they in at the time, > where the Prime Minister also attended the G7 summit and met > business leaders? Japan > rodent species slipped the surly bonds of High Park Zoo, and, > dubbed "Bonnie" and "Clyde" by the media, were still on the > lam as of press time. Name the species. capybara > 5. Last week President Obama made the controversial move of lifting > the embargo on arms sales to a former enemy, or perhaps frenemy. > Which country was it? Vietnam > 6. Having already demonstrated her tough-gal bona fides, which > actress tweeted last week that she'd be interested in playing > the first female Bond? Gillian Anderson; Emily Blunt > 8. No Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs, but at least Canada won > the IIHF World Hockey Championship last week. Which country > did we beat 2-0 in the gold-medal game? USA; Sweden > 10. Which notable person employed the Heimlich maneuver to save > the life of a choking 87-year-old woman at a Cincinnati seniors' > residence last Monday? Heimlich -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 31 06:03AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:R9Sdna4uSo58kNDKnZ2dnUU7- > last Monday? Well, it's not really rare, but not common either; > let's say about 13 times a century. The previous time it > occurred was November 6, 2006, and the next time will be in 2019. transit of Mercury > using star charts and satellite images (and perhaps stone knives > and bearskins) gained media attention recently when he said he > may have discovered what? a Mayan city > something right. Which legendary journalist and Vietnam War > correspondent announced last week that he was retiring from his > long-time gig? (That president, by the way, was Lyndon Johnson.) Peter Arnett > 5. Which US state felt the Bern last week, as the Vermont senator > defeated Hillary Clinton in its primary? Dude could totally > win this thing, y'know? Oregon > 7. No extra money, but another way to spend it. The CIBC and > RBC last week introduced what payment method? Other big banks > to follow in coming weeks. Bitcoin > 8. Not only did he win it for the second consecutive year, he is > the first unanimous winner. Which NBA player won the MVP award > last week? Lebron James > 9. Which iconic US brand is changing its name to "America" for > the duration of the current election cycle? No, the answer is > not Donald J. Trump. Budweiser > ship QE II, also caused a kerfuffle -- when she was caught on > video saying that *which country*'s officials had been "very > rude" to her ambassador? China > the usual quarters. What country were they in at the time, > where the Prime Minister also attended the G7 summit and met > business leaders? France (?) > 5. Last week President Obama made the controversial move of lifting > the embargo on arms sales to a former enemy, or perhaps frenemy. > Which country was it? Vietnam > 10. Which notable person employed the Heimlich maneuver to save > the life of a choking 87-year-old woman at a Cincinnati seniors' > residence last Monday? Henry Heimlich -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 31 12:35AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > last Monday? Well, it's not really rare, but not common either; > let's say about 13 times a century. The previous time it > occurred was November 6, 2006, and the next time will be in 2019. transit of Mercury > using star charts and satellite images (and perhaps stone knives > and bearskins) gained media attention recently when he said he > may have discovered what? planet nine ?? > 5. Which US state felt the Bern last week, as the Vermont senator > defeated Hillary Clinton in its primary? Dude could totally > win this thing, y'know? Wisconsin > 8. Not only did he win it for the second consecutive year, he is > the first unanimous winner. Which NBA player won the MVP award > last week? Steve Curry > 9. Which iconic US brand is changing its name to "America" for > the duration of the current election cycle? No, the answer is > not Donald J. Trump. Budweiser > the usual quarters. What country were they in at the time, > where the Prime Minister also attended the G7 summit and met > business leaders? Japan > rodent species slipped the surly bonds of High Park Zoo, and, > dubbed "Bonnie" and "Clyde" by the media, were still on the > lam as of press time. Name the species. paca ? > 5. Last week President Obama made the controversial move of lifting > the embargo on arms sales to a former enemy, or perhaps frenemy. > Which country was it? Vietnam > 10. Which notable person employed the Heimlich maneuver to save > the life of a choking 87-year-old woman at a Cincinnati seniors' > residence last Monday? Heimlich -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 11:04PM -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 7 - Geography * TTC Stations 1. When the TTC subway opened in 1954, the southern terminus was Union Station. What was the northern terminus? 2. Of the original stations on the Bloor-Danforth Line (so, not Kipling), what is the only one whose main entrance is to the south of Bloor St.? 3. What is the only TTC subway station that has no connections to regular streetcar or bus routes? * Name the Country 4. The name of which Asian country is 18 letters long *with vowels and consonants alternating* for the entire name? 5. The English translation of the name of a 16th-century colony was "The Province of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World". That colony became an independent country in 1898. By what name do we know that country today? 6. The name of which African country can also be found in the name of two other African countries and in the name of a fourth, non-African country? * Geography in Art 7. What type of lake is found in the title of this Thomas Cole painting? http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/geog/7.jpg 8. What is the name of the mountain in Provence featured in this Paul Cézanne painting? http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/geog/8.jpg 9. What mountain is the subject of this painting by Joseph Wright of Derby? http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-7/geog/9.jpg * How Many States? 10. Herbie the Love Bug would be able to tell you: How many independent and sovereign states are currently in the Commonwealth of Nations? 11. Joe Montana would be able to tell you: How many federal states are there in Germany? 12. Baskin-Robbins' staff would be able to tell you: Excluding the federal district, how many states of Mexico are there? * European Capitals Given the cryptic or punny clue, you tell us the name of the European capital. 13. Half of quadruplin'. 14. Siddhartha Gautama Mosquito. 15. Uncle Miltie is at home. -- 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. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 31 04:48AM > * Name the Country > 4. The name of which Asian country is 18 letters long *with vowels > and consonants alternating* for the entire name? United Arab Emirates > "The Province of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World". > That colony became an independent country in 1898. By what name > do we know that country today? El Salvador > 6. The name of which African country can also be found in the name > of two other African countries and in the name of a fourth, > non-African country? Guinea > * Geography in Art > 7. What type of lake is found in the title of this Thomas Cole > painting? ox-bow > 9. What mountain is the subject of this painting by Joseph Wright > of Derby? Etna; Vesuvius > 10. Herbie the Love Bug would be able to tell you: How many > independent and sovereign states are currently in the > Commonwealth of Nations? 13; 15 > 11. Joe Montana would be able to tell you: How many federal states > are there in Germany? 30; 49 > 12. Baskin-Robbins' staff would be able to tell you: Excluding > the federal district, how many states of Mexico are there? 31 > * European Capitals > 13. Half of quadruplin'. Dublin > 14. Siddhartha Gautama Mosquito. Budapest > 15. Uncle Miltie is at home. Berlin -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 31 06:00AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:nI2dnXLhB4DPkNDKnZ2dnUU7- > * Name the Country > 4. The name of which Asian country is 18 letters long *with vowels > and consonants alternating* for the entire name? United Arab Emirates > "The Province of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World". > That colony became an independent country in 1898. By what name > do we know that country today? El Salvador (?) > 6. The name of which African country can also be found in the name > of two other African countries and in the name of a fourth, > non-African country? Guinea > 10. Herbie the Love Bug would be able to tell you: How many > independent and sovereign states are currently in the > Commonwealth of Nations? 58; 62 > 11. Joe Montana would be able to tell you: How many federal states > are there in Germany? 16 > 12. Baskin-Robbins' staff would be able to tell you: Excluding > the federal district, how many states of Mexico are there? 31 > Given the cryptic or punny clue, you tell us the name of the > European capital. > 13. Half of quadruplin'. Dublin > 14. Siddhartha Gautama Mosquito. Budapest > 15. Uncle Miltie is at home. Berlin -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 11:02PM -0500 This is a repeat of my 2015-08-18 introductory posting with some minor updates. If you were already familiar with the content and with the way I'm scheduling current-events rounds now, then there's no real need to reread it now. * Introduction As most of you will remember, the Canadian Inquisition is a team trivia league that plays in Toronto pubs. It's a cooperative league, whose teams take turns to write and ask the questions that the others answer. In the September-December 2015 season, the questions were written by the Bloor Street Irregulars. In the current season, May-August 2016, they are being written by my team, the Usual Suspects. I have obtained both teams' permission to post to this newsgroup the questions from these seasons, to be respectively tagged QFTCIBSI and QFTCI16 in the subject line. Before posting them here, I'm editing some of them for various reasons -- for brevity, to clarify their intent, to avoid issues raised on protests, for suitability in this medium, and so on. As you may remember, the league's season consists of 10 regular games and a Final. A regular game contains 102 questions. Most of the game is in rounds of 10 questions on a specific topic within a different general area. For example, one game in 2008 included a geography round on former place names, an entertainment round on Morgan Freeman movies, and a sports round on things that happened during Toronto Blue Jays games. Round 1 is always a current-events round; Round 5 is always an audio round; and Round 10 (the "challenge round") normally contains 12 questions, 2 each on 6 different subjects. I won't be posting audio questions (except if I think they can be answered without the audio), nor will I post the video questions that sometimes occur in the Final. * Scheduling - Regular Games My intent is that for each quiz you'll get about 3 days to answer, plus or minus a few hours, but I'm not going to set exact deadlines; I'll cut off entries at whatever time (after 2 days and about 21 hours) that it's convenient for me to do the scoring and post the results. One series of postings will include Rounds 2-4 and 6-10 for each of Games 1-10. I will normally post the questions as four sets of two rounds each: Rounds 2-3 in one posting, Rounds 4 and 6 in the next, and so on. In the Final, most rounds have 15 questions, and these I'll post one round at a time. For each game, I'll keep a cumulative score over the group of postings, counting your best 6 rounds out of 8 (or 5 out of 7, etc.) -- that way if you miss a set, or if there's a subject you're weak on, you still have a chance to finish well. Each game will be totaled after the last round is posted and scored. In a normal game usually one round is Canadiana (this may also fall under another subject such as history or geography), which those of you in distant places may have some trouble with, but I am including them in the posting series anyway. This is your chance to shine by displaying your knowledge of Canadiana. However, if *nobody* in the newsgroup scores *any* points on a round, which has happened with Canadiana occasionally, then I will score as if that round had never existed. Currently I am part way through posting the Final from the Irregulars' season, and when that's finished I'll be starting to post our season, starting with Game 1. * Scheduling - Current Events I will also do a separate series of postings consisting of current-events rounds only, also to be posted two at a time. These will all appear while they're still reasonably current -- normally within a couple of days of the second of the two original games. For this series I'm accumulating scores over all the games from the Usual Suspects' season, similarly counting the best 9 out of 11. So there will be an overall current-events winner for the season. I'm posting current-events games independently of the posting of other games, so there will normally be a regular game running concurrently with each set of current-events questions. The first pair of current-events rounds will be posted right after this introduction. Current-events rounds generally refer to events that took place the week before the original game, sometimes also the week before that. If answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answer that was correct as of the game date. * Procedures and Scoring The usual rule in our regular league games is that each question goes to an individual who can answer for 2 points without assistance, and if he misses, he can consult his team and try again for 1 point. If the quizmaster judges that an answer is incomplete, she can ask for more details before ruling the answer right or wrong. To maintain the spirit of these rules, I will say that you can give two answers on every question. But I will penalize you if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer. My scoring is: 4 points - if you answer once and are right (or twice, both right) 3 points - if you guess twice and are right only the first time 2 points - if you guess twice and are right only the second time Bonus points may occasionally be available and will be explained in the relevant round. If you give only one answer, but with only some sort of additional comment, please make it clear that that's what you're doing. If there is any doubt I'll assume that you are giving two answers. If I see more than two answers, the third and any later ones will be ignored. Where it makes sense, I will accept answers that I think are almost close enough (*more than half right*), with a 1-point penalty. But I will reject answers that I do not think are sufficiently specific, since there is no opportunity to ask for clarification when answers are posted in the newsgroup. You must, of course, answer based on your own knowledge and nothing else. You must post all your answers in a single posting. Where a person's name is asked for, *normally you need only give the surname*. If you give another part of the name and you're wrong, your answer is wrong. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Keep out of eyes--if this occurs, rinse with water. msb@vex.net | (Directions seen on shampoo bottle) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 30 10:53PM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > ** Final, Round 6 - Sports This was tied with Round 3 (Science) for being the hardest in the original game. > 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 George Brett Favre. (Baseball and American football.) 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Marc, and Pete. > 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/2.jpg Big Ben Revere. (Horse racing and baseball.) 4 for Stephen. > 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-6/ba/3.jpg Lennox Lewis Hamilton. (Boxing and car racing.) 4 for Peter and Calvin. > 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, 1924. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Stephen, Calvin, and Pete. The first Paris Olympics were in 1900, although the games were simultaneously part of the world's fair held there that year, and the designation as Olympic games was retroactive. London was a popular wrong answer, but their second Olympics were not until 1948. > 5. The first Olympic Games held in the Southern Hemisphere; > Hungary and the USSR literally fight it out for gold in > water polo. Melbourne, 1956. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, Dan Tilque, Björn, Stephen, Marc, Calvin, and Pete. > 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, 1968. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Dan Tilque, Björn, Stephen, Marc, Calvin, and Pete. > Super Bowl. > 7. The only game *ever* in American professional football to finish > with a score of 43-8. Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks. 4 for Stephen, Marc, and Pete. 3 for Calvin. A team score of 8 for a game is rare in American football because of their silly scoring on kicks. > 8. Janet Jackson has a "wardrobe malfunction"... allegedly. New England Patriots, Carolina Panthers. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Marc. 3 for Peter and Calvin. > 9. Nicknamed the "Blackout Bowl" after the lights in the Superdome > go out early in the third quarter. San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens. 4 for Stephen and Marc. > 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. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, and Pete. Armstrong reviewed the audio recording in 1999 and agreed that he had indeed said "man" instead of "a man" as he'd intended, making "mankind" the 11th word of the line. > 11. Mark William Calaway -- John was the minister; Paul, the corpse; > George, the gravedigger; and Ringo was... The Undertaker. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Peter, Stephen, and Calvin. > 12. Dwayne Johnson -- Al Capone called it home from 1934 to 1939. The Rock. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Blum, Peter, Stephen, Marc, Calvin, and Pete. > Another example: if you had "Jack Bauer", the answer would be 2-4. > So what 2-card hands are these? > 13. Crosby. 8-7 (think Sidney). 4 for Stephen. > 14. Dolly Parton. 9-5 (think movies). 4 for Stephen and Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum. > 15. Flat Tire. Jack-4 (think "for"; no, I don't like it either). 4 for Stephen. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Lit Sci His Spo Stephen Perry -- 60 56 56 172 Marc Dashevsky 32 51 48 28 159 Joshua Kreitzer 48 33 48 28 157 Dan Blum 40 32 28 18 118 "Calvin" 20 25 34 34 113 Dan Tilque 16 40 44 8 108 Peter Smyth -- 38 38 27 103 Björn Lundin 0 29 40 8 77 Erland Sommarskog -- 31 32 12 75 Bruce Bowler -- 48 -- -- 48 Jason Kreitzer 8 4 8 12 32 Pete Gayde 4 -- -- 28 32 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Yet Another Wonderful Novelty -- YAWN!" msb@vex.net -- Liam Quin My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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