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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 04 11:14PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2015-11-30, 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 10, Round 2 - History - Battlefield Directions We give the year, and the location of the battlefield in modern-day terms. You identify the famous battle. 1. 1815, 15 km south of Brussels. 2. Twice in 1942, 106 km west of Alexandria, Egypt. 3. 1415, 75 km southeast of Calais. 4. 1917, 8 km northeast of Arras, France. 5. 1942-43, in and around Volgograd, Russia. 6. 1759, in a park in Quebec City. 7. 1942, 2100 km west of Oahu. 8. 480 BC, 150 km north of Athens. 9. 1954, 295 km west of Hanoi. 10. 1812, across the river from Lewiston, New York. * Game 10, Round 3 - Entertainment - TV Shows by Characters We given the names of thre characters; you name the TV show. 1. Jennifer Marlowe, Andy Travis, Bailey Quarters. 2. Ted Baxter, Rhoda Morgenstern, Mary Richards. 3. Ted Mosby, Robin Scherbatsky, Barney Stinson. 4. Dwight Schrute, Michael Scott, Pam Beesly. 5. Danny Tanner, Jesse Katsopolis, Joey Gladstone. 6. Dick Loudon, Stephanie Vanderkellen, George Utley. 7. Nick Stokes, Catherine Willows, Gil Grissom. 8. Seeley Booth, Temperance Brennan, Angela Montenegro. 9. Matt Saracen, Tim Riggins, Eric Taylor. 10. Peggy Olson, Don Draper, Pete Campbell. -- Mark Brader | "Unless developers are careful, good software Toronto | attracts so many improvements that it eventually msb@vex.net | rolls over and sinks..." --Ben & Peter Laurie My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 05 04:21AM > * Game 10, Round 2 - History - Battlefield Directions > 1. 1815, 15 km south of Brussels. Waterloo > 2. Twice in 1942, 106 km west of Alexandria, Egypt. Tobruk > 3. 1415, 75 km southeast of Calais. Agincourt > 4. 1917, 8 km northeast of Arras, France. Cambrai > 5. 1942-43, in and around Volgograd, Russia. Stalingrad > 6. 1759, in a park in Quebec City. Plains of Abraham > 7. 1942, 2100 km west of Oahu. Midway > 8. 480 BC, 150 km north of Athens. Thermopylae > 9. 1954, 295 km west of Hanoi. Dien Bien Phu > 10. 1812, across the river from Lewiston, New York. Ticonderoga > * Game 10, Round 3 - Entertainment - TV Shows by Characters > 2. Ted Baxter, Rhoda Morgenstern, Mary Richards. The Mary Tyler Moore Show > 3. Ted Mosby, Robin Scherbatsky, Barney Stinson. How I Met Your Mother > 4. Dwight Schrute, Michael Scott, Pam Beesly. The Office > 5. Danny Tanner, Jesse Katsopolis, Joey Gladstone. Scrubs > 7. Nick Stokes, Catherine Willows, Gil Grissom. CSI > 10. Peggy Olson, Don Draper, Pete Campbell. Mad Men -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: May 05 11:05AM +0200 On 2016-05-05 06:14, Mark Brader wrote: > We give the year, and the location of the battlefield in modern-day > terms. You identify the famous battle. > 1. 1815, 15 km south of Brussels. Battle of Waterloo > 2. Twice in 1942, 106 km west of Alexandria, Egypt. Battle of El Alamein > 3. 1415, 75 km southeast of Calais. > 4. 1917, 8 km northeast of Arras, France. Battle of Arras ? > 5. 1942-43, in and around Volgograd, Russia. Battle of Stalingrad > 6. 1759, in a park in Quebec City. Abrahams plains? > 7. 1942, 2100 km west of Oahu. > 8. 480 BC, 150 km north of Athens. Battle of Marathon > 1. Jennifer Marlowe, Andy Travis, Bailey Quarters. > 2. Ted Baxter, Rhoda Morgenstern, Mary Richards. > 3. Ted Mosby, Robin Scherbatsky, Barney Stinson. Friends > 5. Danny Tanner, Jesse Katsopolis, Joey Gladstone. > 6. Dick Loudon, Stephanie Vanderkellen, George Utley. > 7. Nick Stokes, Catherine Willows, Gil Grissom. Criminal Minds > 8. Seeley Booth, Temperance Brennan, Angela Montenegro. Bones -- -- Björn |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 04 05:18PM -0700 1 In February Janet Yellen became the first woman to hold which post? 2 Which language is primarily spoken in the Flanders region of Belgium? 3 The clothing manufacturer and retailer Uniqlo is based in which Asian country? 4 The region of Bohemia lies in which present-day European country? 5 "Hakuna Matata" is a song from which 1994 Disney animated film? 6 The Dolomites mountains are located in which European country? 7 By what name is the reindeer more commonly known in the USA? 8 What two-word term is both a children's toy and a fake account created to defend oneself in an online forum? 9 Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton co-starred in which 1996 disaster film? 10 Which US university is often known by the acronym UCSD? cheers, calvin |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 05 12:49AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 In February Janet Yellen became the first woman to hold which > post? Federal Reserve > 2 Which language is primarily spoken in the Flanders region > of Belgium? French > 3 The clothing manufacturer and retailer Uniqlo is > based in which Asian country? Thailand > 4 The region of Bohemia lies in which present-day European country? Czech Republic > 5 "Hakuna Matata" is a song from which 1994 Disney animated film? Lion King > 6 The Dolomites mountains are located in which European country? Italy > 7 By what name is the reindeer more commonly known in the USA? Caribou > 8 What two-word term is > both a children's toy and a fake account created to defend oneself in > an online forum? Sock puppet > 9 Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton co-starred in which > 1996 disaster film? Twister > 10 Which US university is often known by the acronym UCSD? University of California San Diego > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: May 04 11:02PM -0400 On 2016-05-05, Calvin wrote: > 1 In February Janet Yellen became the first woman to hold which post? Chair of the US Federal Reserve > 2 Which language is primarily spoken in the Flanders region of Belgium? Flemish > 3 The clothing manufacturer and retailer Uniqlo is based in which Asian country? > 4 The region of Bohemia lies in which present-day European country? Czech Republic > 5 "Hakuna Matata" is a song from which 1994 Disney animated film? The Lion King > 6 The Dolomites mountains are located in which European country? Italy > 7 By what name is the reindeer more commonly known in the USA? Caribou > 8 What two-word term is both a children's toy and a fake account created to defend oneself in an online forum? Sock puppet > 9 Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton co-starred in which 1996 disaster film? Twister > 10 Which US university is often known by the acronym UCSD? University of California at San Diego -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 04 11:20PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 In February Janet Yellen became the first woman to hold which post? Chairman of the Fed (US Federal Reserve Bank), I think. > 2 Which language is primarily spoken in the Flanders region > of Belgium? Oh geez, which half of the country is which? I think this is the Dutch (sometimes called Flemish) -speaking part. > 3 The clothing manufacturer and retailer Uniqlo is based in > which Asian country? India? > 4 The region of Bohemia lies in which present-day European country? The Czech Republic, now also known or about to be also known as Czechia. > 5 "Hakuna Matata" is a song from which 1994 Disney animated film? "The Lion King". > 6 The Dolomites mountains are located in which European country? Italy. > 7 By what name is the reindeer more commonly known in the USA? Caribou. > 8 What two-word term is both a children's toy and a fake > account created to defend oneself in an online forum? Sock puppet. > 9 Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton co-starred in which 1996 disaster film? "Twister". > 10 Which US university is often known by the acronym UCSD? I believe the whole University of California system is actually one university. UCSD is their campus at San Diego. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Show that 17x17 = 289. Generalise this result." msb@vex.net | -- Carl E. Linderholm My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: May 05 10:58AM +0200 On 2016-05-05 02:18, Calvin wrote: > 1 In February Janet Yellen became the first woman to hold which post? > 2 Which language is primarily spoken in the Flanders region of Belgium? Dutch > 3 The clothing manufacturer and retailer Uniqlo is based in which Asian country? > 4 The region of Bohemia lies in which present-day European country? czech republic > 5 "Hakuna Matata" is a song from which 1994 Disney animated film? The Lion King > 6 The Dolomites mountains are located in which European country? Italy > 7 By what name is the reindeer more commonly known in the USA? Carabou > 8 What two-word term is both a children's toy and a fake account created to defend oneself in an online forum? > 9 Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton co-starred in which 1996 disaster film? > 10 Which US university is often known by the acronym UCSD? Berkley? -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 04 11:13PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2015-08-18 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Now Game 9 is over and STEPHEN PERRY has won. Congratulations -- well done, sir! > we would be talking about "Top Gun", "Days of Thunder", and "Jerry > Maguire", and you would say Tom Cruise. You do not need to name > the movies, just the star. It seems possible, or at least conceivable, that there are multiple solutions to some of these. If I scored you wrong and you think I shouldn't've, please let me know. > 1. "Pretty Pelican Enemy". Julia Roberts. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, Björn, Marc, Pete, Stephen, and Jason. "Pretty Woman" (1990), "The Pelican Brief" (1993), "Sleeping with the Enemy" (1991). > 2. "Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Vampire". Brad Pitt. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, Björn, Marc, Pete, Stephen, and Jason. "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005), "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008), "Interview with the Vampire" (1994). > 3. "Good Private Supremacy". Matt Damon. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Björn, Marc, Pete, Stephen, Jason, and Bruce. "Good Will Hunting" (1997) and "The Good Shepherd" (2006), "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), "The Bourne Supremacy" (2004). > 4. "Apocalypse Rebel Without a Rider". Dennis Hopper. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Jason. "Apocalypse Now" (1979), "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), "Easy Rider" (1969). > 5. "Annie Hunter, If You Can". Christopher Walken. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Stephen. "Annie Hall" (1977), "The Deer Hunter" (1978), "Catch Me If You Can" (2002). > 6. "Immortal Air Force Spy". Gary Oldman. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Stephen, and Jason. 2 for Calvin. "Immortal Beloved" (1994), "Air Force One" (1997), "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (2011). > 7. "Charlie's Extra Lyrics". Drew Barrymore. 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Jason. "Charlie's Angels" (2000) and "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" (2003), "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), "Music and Lyrics" (2007). > 8. "Requiem for a Beautiful Diamond". Jennifer Connelly. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. "Requiem for a Dream" (2000), "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), "Blood Diamond" (2006). > 9. "The Talented Doors in Love". Gwyneth Paltrow. 4 for Joshua, Björn, Marc, Stephen, and Bruce. "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), "Sliding Doors" (1998), "Shakespeare in Love" (1998). > 10. "One Flew Over the Shorty Twins". Danny DeVito. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Stephen. 3 for Calvin. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975), "Get Shorty" (1995), "Twins" (1988). > * Game 9, Round 10 - NATO Alphabet Challenge Round I suspect that this round was inspired by one of the league's permanent QMs, who, whenever someone chooses their question on the challenge round, habitually repeats back the question number using this phonetic alphabet instead of the actual letter. > A. Alpha: Alphabetical Lists in History > A1. In an alphabetical list of US presidents by first name, > who comes first? Abraham Lincoln. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, Björn, Marc, Stephen, Jason, and Bruce. > A2. Shared by 6 different popes, what first name comes first > in an alphabetical list of all popes? Adrian. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Stephen. > B. Bravo, the Television Network > B1. Name the man who hosts the Bravo show "Inside the Actors > Studio". James Lipton. 4 for Marc, Stephen, and Bruce. > Housewives..." featured Vicki, Jeana, Lauri, Jo, and > Kimberley, who were the "Real Housewives" of *where in > California*? Orange County. 4 for Pete, Stephen, and Jason. 2 for Calvin. > any kind. > C1. Uploaded in July 2012, what song is by far the most watched > YouTube video of all time, with nearly 2,500,000,000 views? "Gangnam Style". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, Peter, Marc, Pete, Stephen, and Bruce. > C2. Which female singer has 2 of the 6 most-watched videos of > all time? Both of the songs were released in 2014. Taylor Swift. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > Hint: it shares its name with a small Egyptian village that > is most famous for a granodiorite stone tablet discovered > there in 1799. Rosetta. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, Peter, Björn, Marc, Stephen, and Bruce. > the Mississippi and another river. Name that other river. > Hint: It shares its name with the British name of a British > band featuring Alison Moyet and Vince Clark. Yazoo. (For legal reasons the band was called Yaz in the US.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Björn, Marc, Stephen, and Jason. > while also determining the speed and direction of blood flow. > The technology utilizes an effect first identified by *which > Austrian scientist* in 1842? Christian Doppler. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Marc, Stephen, and Bruce. > E2. An echocardiogram is a sonogram of the heart. But it is not > abbreviated to ECG, because that abbreviation was already > taken. What does the E stand for in ECG? Electro-. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Björn, Marc, Pete, Stephen, and Bruce. > F. Foxtrot: The Language of Ballroom Dancing > F1. What ballroom dance, based on Spanish dances of the 16th > Century, takes its name from the Spanish for "double step"? Paso doble. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Stephen, and Jason. > F2. What ballroom dance, with gliding turns, takes its name > from the German for "roll" or "turn"? Waltz. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, Peter, Björn, Pete, Stephen, and Bruce. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Spo Sci Can Aud Mis Geo His Ent Cha SEVEN Stephen Perry 32 0 30 40 40 36 40 36 48 272 Joshua Kreitzer 36 20 7 40 28 40 31 36 36 247 Pete Gayde 36 21 0 20 31 40 24 16 24 196 Dan Blum 16 20 0 20 40 32 27 20 36 195 Dan Tilque 32 24 0 8 36 32 32 4 16 180 Marc Dashevsky 32 40 0 16 20 -- -- 32 28 168 Jason Kreitzer 20 8 0 28 0 40 8 24 16 144 "Calvin" 20 36 0 16 16 0 25 13 18 144 Peter Smyth 0 32 0 12 8 36 24 4 20 136 Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- -- 40 31 8 28 107 Erland Sommarskog 0 8 0 20 0 36 24 -- -- 88 Björn Lundin 0 0 0 4 8 20 8 16 20 76 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "If you want a 20th century solution, the msb@vex.net | obvious answer is helicopters!" -- Bob Scheurle My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 04 05:24PM -0700 On Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 11:46:25 AM UTC+10, swp wrote: > Correct answers are worth 1 point each. > Have fun! > 1. in 1690 what english philosopher wrote, "wherever law ends, tyranny begins." Hobbes > 2. what is the machine that is more commonly called a "lie detector?" Polygraph > 3. jakob roggeveen discovered what south pacific island 2 days after good friday in 1722? Easter Island > 4. eric blair wrote under this pen name George Orwell > 5. incan ruins have been found on islands in this lake on the border of bolivia & peru Titicaca > 6. this was the first non-precious metal man made into tools & decorative items Copper > 7. great floods in the 13th century created the zuider zee in what country? Netherlands > 8. what scotsman, who has a major river named for him, completed the first overland trip across canada? McKenzie > 9. ketchup heir john heinz was a u.s. senator representing what state? Pennsylvania > 10. what is the name for the hot, dry winds that blow down the rockies across southern alberta? Mistrals > 11. what was the westernmost city represented in major league baseball for the 1st half of the 1900s? St Louis > 12. what 'singing cowboy' rode a horse named trigger? Rogers > 13. who took refuge in the vatican embassy in panama city on december 24th, 1989? Ortez > 14. rick baker won the first oscar ever presented in the "makeup" category for what movie? The Fly > 15. Who was the original clarabell on "howdy doody", who later became "captain kangaroo" Johnson cheers, calvin |
| ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: May 04 07:47AM -0500 On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:00:18 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote: >1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments? Barn? >2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song? Summer of '69 >3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer? Bernhard Langer? >4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker? 23 (if you are counting the cue ball, 22 otherwise) >5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country? Greece >6 Where in the human body is the macula located? Eye >7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big Bang' theory? >8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly appear? Muppets? >9 What are the three secondary colours? Cyan, Magenta, Yellow >10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of the narrator's lost love? Lenore? |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 04 05:15PM -0700 On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 4:00:21 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which 4 letter word can mean a cage for hawks, a horse stable, or a set of residential apartments? Mews > 2 "Those were the best days of my life" is a line from which 1985 Bryan Adams hit song? Summer of '69 > 3 In 1986 who became the first German to be ranked the world's number one golfer? Bernhard Langer > 4 How many balls are used in a standard game of Snooker? 22 > 5 Retsina wine is traditionally produced in which country? Greece > 6 Where in the human body is the macula located? Retina / Eye > 7 Though he disagreed with it, which astronomer coined the term 'Big Bang' theory? Fred Hoyle > 8 On which TV show did Dr Teeth and his band Electric Mayhem regularly appear? The Muppet Show > 9 What are the three secondary colours? Green Orange Purple / Cyan Yellow Magenta > 10 In the Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", what is the name of the narrator's lost love? Lenore Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 437 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 56 Bruce Bowler 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 58 Gareth Owen 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 50 Chris Johnson 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 46 Aren Ess 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 43 Mark Brader 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 32 Peter Smyth 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 34 Dan Tilque 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 35 Marc Dashevsky 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 30 Pete Gayde 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 Bjorn Lundin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 4 5 6 5 8 9 7 7 7 4 62 56% Congratulations Bruce. cheers, calvin |
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