- QFTCIBSI Final, Round 7: Geography - 7 Updates
- QFTCI16 Current Events 1-2 - 4 Updates
- Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*) - 1 Update
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 31 06:12AM -0500 In article <nI2dnXLhB4DPkNDKnZ2dnUU7-aHNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > "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? Niger > 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 It's an oxbow, which is formation of a river, not a lake. > 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? 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 -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| 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 |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: May 31 06:30PM Mark Brader wrote: > 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 > 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 Oxbow > 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 Vesuvius, Krakatoa > 10. Herbie the Love Bug would be able to tell you: How many > independent and sovereign states are currently in the > Commonwealth of Nations? 52, 53 > 11. Joe Montana would be able to tell you: How many federal states > are there in Germany? 14, 15 > 12. Baskin-Robbins' staff would be able to tell you: Excluding > the federal district, how many states of Mexico are there? 33 > 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. Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 31 09:07PM +0200 > ** Final, Round 7 - Geography > * TTC Stations Yo comprende nada. Are we talking about Toronto? > * 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? Cuba > 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 > 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 Meander > 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 Kratakoa > 10. Herbie the Love Bug would be able to tell you: How many > independent and sovereign states are currently in the > Commonwealth of Nations? 54 > 11. Joe Montana would be able to tell you: How many federal states > are there in Germany? 15 (Difficult, since I'm not sure that Berlin counts as a state. Heck, I'm not even sure that Hamburg and Bremen do.) > 12. Baskin-Robbins' staff would be able to tell you: Excluding > the federal district, how many states of Mexico are there? 21 > 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. Bucharest? -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 31 09:39PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 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 > 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 oxbow > 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 Mount Blanc > 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 Mount 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? 28 > 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. Amsterdam -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 31 10:04PM -0700 Erland Sommarskog wrote: >> ** Final, Round 7 - Geography >> * TTC Stations > Yo comprende nada. Are we talking about Toronto? The TTC is a mythical being that inhabits the Toronto area. No one's ever seen it, but Torontonians all swear it exists. I think it's supposed to be a lake monster, you know, like Nessie. Anyway, it's best to humor them about it. -- Dan Tilque |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 31 10:29PM -0700 On Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 2:04:35 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > ** Final, Round 7 - Geography > * TTC Stations Pass > * 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 That took a while... > "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 > 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 Oxbow > 8. What is the name of the mountain in Provence featured in this > Paul Cézanne painting? Blanc, d'Huez > 9. What mountain is the subject of this painting by Joseph Wright > of Derby? Vesuvius, Krakatoa > 10. Herbie the Love Bug would be able to tell you: How many > independent and sovereign states are currently in the > Commonwealth of Nations? 57 > 11. Joe Montana would be able to tell you: How many federal states > are there in Germany? 17, 18 > 12. Baskin-Robbins' staff would be able to tell you: Excluding > the federal district, how many states of Mexico are there? 12, 13 > 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. Reykjavik? cheers, calvin |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 31 06:23AM -0500 In article <R9Sdna4uSo58kNDKnZ2dnUU7-UPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > using star charts and satellite images (and perhaps stone knives > and bearskins) gained media attention recently when he said he > may have discovered what? exoplanet > 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.) Bill Moyers > 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 > 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? Curry (what a performance last night) > 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 > 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 > 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 -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: May 31 06:39PM 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? A comet > 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? Kentucky, 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. Contactless cards > 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? Curry > 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, Germany > 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. Chincilla > 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? Iran > 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, Russia > 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 Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 31 09:16PM +0200 > 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. Lunar eclipse > 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? Italy > 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? Cuba > 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? Finland > 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? Mr Heimlich himself! -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: May 31 05:33PM -0700 On Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 12:06:58 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 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 > 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? Stephen 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 > 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? Dr. Heimlich |
| 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. |
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