- QFTCI16 Current Events 9 - 1 Update
- QFTCI16 Game 4, Rounds 2-3: podcasts, stock symbols - 1 Update
- Rotating Quiz #225 RESULTS - 1 Update
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 23 04:00PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 2:56:55 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 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 that date. wow. 2 days after originally asked. that must be a record. > 1. It was announced last week that *which sports organization* > would be sold for $4,000,000,000? The buyer is a group led by > a Hollywood talent agency. ufc > 2. A 29-year-old American ballet dancer, Melanie Hamrick, is > expecting a child. Who's the daddy? mick jagger > 3. Last week Forbes magazine published its list of the highest-paid > celebrities in 2015. Who was on top, with earnings last year > of $170,000,000 US? taylor swift > millions of downloads. In Canada, on Wednesday it was reported > as being on 6% of Android devices already, even though it didn't > officially become available until yesterday. pokemon go > François Hollande came in for heavy mockery last week when > it was revealed that one of his staff members was being paid > almost 10,000 euros per month for doing what job? hairdresser > 81-year-old Canadian musician has won big again, this time > garnering the $1,000,000 grand prize in a London, Ontario, > charity lotto. Name him. walter ostanek > required super majority by 1 vote -- and then, the next day, > that some votes had been wrongly recorded and the measure had > actually passed. Name that Canadian religious organization. anglican church of canada > latest apprentice, as well as a highly mockable logo, since wiped > from his website. Okay, so name The Donald's vice-presidential > running mate. mike pence side note: President Trump never hits first, he's a counter-puncher. and he hits back a lot harder than he was hit. just ask lyin' ted cruz. he is using the *science* of persuasion along with rapid a-b testing in his campaign, which makes me think he will win in a landslide. just my observations on the matter. please take it up in another thread if you would like to discuss. > 9. Last Monday Justin Trudeau signed a free-trade agreement with > which country? ukraine > 10. Which agency of the Canadian government sent out its first > tweet last week, saying "Now it's your turn to follow us"? canadian security intelligence service swp |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 23 03:48PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 2:51:36 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-06-13, > and should be interpreted accordingly. do any of you go outside on warm summer nights and flash led lights to confuse the fireflys or is that just me? > I did not write either of these rounds. and mores the pity > also exist in other media. > 1. One of the most widely-listened-to podcasts these days is > "Serial". Who is the host of "Serial"? sarah koenig > from Season 2. Either the first or the last name of any one > of the three people will do; you don't have to tell us which > one you mean. boew bergdahl > column. It is co-hosted by a best-selling author whose > best-known book, a non-fiction account of her personal odyssey, > was released in 2012 and made into a movie in 2014. Name her. cheryl strayed > has been running since 2002 and deals with a wide range of topics > of a scientific and philosophical nature. It is syndicated on > over 300 radio stations. radiolab > podcast, which began in 2009. In it he interviews other > celebrities, drawn largely from the comedy world. The podcast's > name is a 3-letter acronym for a rude expression. What is it? wtf > 2009 consisting of interviews and discussions on a variety of > topics such as current events, politics, and comedy. Its title > is four words: "The Joe Rogan"... what? experience > 7. Name the radio show and podcast that began in 2010 and is > hosted by Roman Mars. It deals with architecture and design > and its title comes from a quote by Buckminster Fuller. 99% invisible > 8. This NPR-affiliated podcast began in 2008 and covers economics > and financial matters. It has a number of hosts, including > Robert Smith and David Kestenbaum. Name it. planet money? > 9. This podcast is hosted by Jesse Brown and exists mainly to dig > up dirt on Canadian media. It had a role in breaking the Jian > Ghomeshi scandal story. Name it. canada-land? > 10. What is the recent CBC podcast that looked at the cold case > of a 5-year-old boy who disappeared without a trace in 1972 > while on a family fishing trip at an Ontario lake? myhomeandnativeland? > * Game 4, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Interesting Stock Symbols > 1. What is the 3-letter stock symbol for beer giant Anheuser-Busch > InBev? bud > 2. What is the 3-letter stock symbol for Harley-Davidson? hog > refers to and you may guess the line of business of the company. > You don't need to name the company; just tell us what they > produce there. musical instruments > name it; just tell us what business it's in. Hint: this is > not a dating site or a condom manufacturer; their LUV is a > geographical reference. airline > 5. Which Canadian company has the symbol ZZZ? sleep country canada holdings > 6. The well-known Canadian company with symbol POT is *not* in > the marijuana business. Name that company. potash corporation of saskatchewan > 7. What is the 4-letter, appropriately mythological symbol for > the US firm Olympic Steel? zeus > 8. What is the 4-letter, appropriately *geographical* symbol for > the US firm Gibraltar Industries? rock > 9. What is the 3-letter symbol for the Avis Budget Group, from > which you can rent a vehicle? car > 10. Which company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under > the symbol BID? It's a multinational founded in Britain and > now headquartered in New York City. sotheby's swp |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 23 09:48PM +0200 > Rotating Quiz #225 is over and Gareth Owen is the winner. He may now > set RQ #226. Gareth has at least posted once since Dan posted the results, so he cannot give "on vacation" as his sole excuse. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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