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- Titanic lyrics - 1 Update
- QFTCI16 Game 5, Rounds 4,6 answers: friendship and legumes - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 12 11:43PM -0500 Mark Brader: > that were correct on that date... For further information see > my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". The current-events game for this past season is over, and the winner is PETE GAYDE! Hearty congratulations, sir! > dignified title) who dubbed the singing voices of such stars > as Natalie Wood, Marilyn Monroe, and Deborah Kerr, and who died > on July 24 at age 86? Marni Nixon. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Stephen. > 2. The BC government recently imposed a tax on real estate purchases > by persons who are not citizens or permanent residents. The tax > is what percentage of a property's price? 15%. 4 for Stephen. 2 for Pete. > the late Rob Ford claim he wanted to tear out in one of his > drunken videos, as per the account of a witness who said he > was there? Future Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 4 for Peter and Stephen. > 4. What is the title of the most recent installment in the Harry > Potter saga? It's the script of a play currently running in > London, and was released in book form on July 31. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child". The last part was sufficient. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Pete, Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > Iraq, who have had a very public war of words with Donald Trump > since their appearance at the recent Democratic Convention? > Last name is enough. Khizr and Ghazala Khan. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Pete, Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, Marc, and Dan Tilque. > 6. The US centers for Disease Control recently began advising > pregnant women to avoid parts of which US city because of the > risk of the Zika virus? Miami. 4 for everyone. > 7. Who did Prime Minister Trudeau appoint as the chair of an > advisory committee to recommend potential Supreme Court justices? Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell. > 8. Name any one of the 5 players that the Toronto Blue Jays added > to their roster just before the August 1 trading deadline. The possible answers I expected were Mike Bolsinger, Scott Feldman, Francisco Liriano, Reese McGuire, Harold Ramirez, which was already one more than was accepted at the original game. However, "just before" is a bit vague, and now that Melvin Upton Jr. has been called to my attention, I'm accepting him also. So, 4 for Pete. The other answers given were "Price" and "Rowe". Neither of is listed at http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2016-roster.shtml, so I assume they are wrong answers. > 9. Name either the men's or women's championship winner at the > 2016 Rogers Cup. Novak Djokovic; Simona Halep. 4 for Pete and Stephen. 3 for Peter. > 10. A recent Associated Press report looked at 25 scientific > studies and concluded that there was no strong evidence for > the effectiveness of what hygiene practice? Flossing. 4 for everyone. > 11. A Boeing 777 crash-landed on August 3, with no loss of life > to passengers or crew, though a firefighter died in the rescue. > Either name the airline or tell us where the crash occurred. Emirates Airlines; Dubai, UAE. 4 for Erland, Pete, Peter, Dan Blum, and Stephen. > 12. Why was a waiter in Sherbrooke, Quebec, arrested last week? Told twice that a customer was allergic to seafood, he served him a dish containing salmon anyway. The customer almost died. 4 for Stephen. > 13. Who is the Canadian publisher, bookseller, author, nationalist, > and politician who died last week at age 84? Mel Hurtig. > 14. What was the claim to fame of Marianne Ihlen, who died recently > at age 81? Leonard Cohen wrote a song about her: "So Long, Marianne". 4 for Stephen. > 15. Way to ruin it for the rest of us, Norway! What gift is Norway > considering giving Finland as a 100th birthday present? A mountain peak, part of the mountain called Halti, which would become the tallest in Finland at 1,331_m (4,367_feet). (They would only have to move the border 40_m to do it.) Any reference to a transfer of land was acceptable. 4_for Erland, Pete, and_Stephen. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F BEST NINE Pete Gayde 16 14 15 4 24 12 16 24 20 12 38 179 Joshua Kreitzer 16 8 12 4 20 16 20 20 24 12 20 160 Peter Smyth 12 4 12 4 23 0 8 20 20 12 27 138 Dan Blum 16 23 11 0 -- -- 12 24 12 16 20 134 Erland Sommarskog 4 8 20 0 16 8 16 12 12 11 24 127 Dan Tilque 12 12 16 0 8 4 8 20 8 4 16 104 Marc Dashevsky 8 12 -- -- -- -- 16 20 8 12 12 88 Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 -- 48 88 Jason Kreitzer 12 8 -- -- -- -- 8 4 12 8 -- 52 Bruce Bowler -- -- 12 0 20 16 -- -- -- -- -- 48 "Joe" -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 -- -- 12 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "To great evils we submit; we resent msb@vex.net | little provocations." --William Hazlitt, 1822 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 12 01:52PM > * Game 5, Round 7 - Literature - Supporting Characters > 1. Bustopher Jones, Macavity, Mungojerrie, Skimbleshanks. T. S. Eliot > 2. Mundungus Fletcher, Rubeus Hagrid, Luna Lovegood, Draco Malfoy. J. K. Rowling > 3. Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Dromio of Ephesus, Goneril, Edward Poins. William Shakespeare > 4. Superintendent Battle, Arthur Hastings, Ariadne Oliver, > Dr. James Sheppard. Arthur Conan Doyle > 5. Jack Dawkins, Thomas Gradgrind, Abel Magwitch, Wilkins Micawber. Charles Dickens > 6. Peter Coffin, Father Mapple, Queequeg, Starbuck. Herman Melville > 7. Barliman Butterbur, Rosie Cotton, Bill Ferny, Goldberry. J. R. R. Tolkien > 8. Donald Gennaro, Ian Malcolm, Dennis Nedry, Ellie Sattler. Michael Crichton > 9. Iva Archer, Joel Cairo, Effie Perrine, Floyd Thursby. Dashiell Hammett > Scheisskopf. > * Game 5, Round 8 - Geography - African Capitals > 1. Kampala ["kam-PAW-luh"]. Uganda > 2. Accra ["uh-KRAH"]. Guinea > 3. Lusaka ["loo-SAHK-uh"]. Mozambique > 4. Kigali ["kih-GAW-lee"]. Zambia > 5. Dakar ["da-KAHR"]. Senegal > 6. Mogadishu ["mo-guh-DEE-shoo"]. Somaliland (Somalia not really existing any longer) > 7. Abuja ["uh-BOO-juh"]. Cote d'Ivoire > 8. Windhoek ["VINT-huhk"]. Namibia > 9. Luanda ["loo-AND-uh"]. Angola > 10. Khartoum ["kar-TOOM"]. Sudan -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Aug 12 11:03AM -0700 Den fredag 12 augusti 2016 kl. 08:46:17 UTC+2 skrev Mark Brader: > In any case, what you have to do is name the author. > 1. Bustopher Jones, Macavity, Mungojerrie, Skimbleshanks. > 2. Mundungus Fletcher, Rubeus Hagrid, Luna Lovegood, Draco Malfoy. JK Rawling > 3. Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Dromio of Ephesus, Goneril, Edward Poins. > 4. Superintendent Battle, Arthur Hastings, Ariadne Oliver, > Dr. James Sheppard. Agatha Christie > 5. Jack Dawkins, Thomas Gradgrind, Abel Magwitch, Wilkins Micawber. > 6. Peter Coffin, Father Mapple, Queequeg, Starbuck. Looks like Family Guy- but who wrote that ? > This will be a simple round, and we hope it's easy as well. We'll name > the capital city of an African country, and you tell us which country. > 1. Kampala ["kam-PAW-luh"]. Uganda > 2. Accra ["uh-KRAH"]. Ghana > 3. Lusaka ["loo-SAHK-uh"]. Zambia > 4. Kigali ["kih-GAW-lee"]. Rwanda > 5. Dakar ["da-KAHR"]. Senegal > 6. Mogadishu ["mo-guh-DEE-shoo"]. Somalia > 7. Abuja ["uh-BOO-juh"]. > 8. Windhoek ["VINT-huhk"]. Namibia > 9. Luanda ["loo-AND-uh"]. Angola > 10. Khartoum ["kar-TOOM"]. Sudan |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 12 09:30PM +0200 > This will be a simple round, and we hope it's easy as well. We'll name > the capital city of an African country, and you tell us which country. > 1. Kampala ["kam-PAW-luh"]. Uganda > 2. Accra ["uh-KRAH"]. Ghana > 3. Lusaka ["loo-SAHK-uh"]. Zambia > 4. Kigali ["kih-GAW-lee"]. Rwanda > 5. Dakar ["da-KAHR"]. Senegal > 6. Mogadishu ["mo-guh-DEE-shoo"]. Somalia > 7. Abuja ["uh-BOO-juh"]. Nigeria > 8. Windhoek ["VINT-huhk"]. Nambia > 9. Luanda ["loo-AND-uh"]. Angola (Confession: it was this point I went back and corrected #3) > 10. Khartoum ["kar-TOOM"]. Sudan -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| goshen@tenthousandvillages.com: Aug 12 11:37AM -0700 I see that this post is from 1994 (seriously, was there even internet then?!) but I found it looking for something else. Just on the off chance that the OP will actually see this: Yes, indeed Smash Flops was really an album. We had it when I was a girl and I can still sing many of the songs by heart. On Thursday, October 27, 1994 at 5:46:44 PM UTC-4, Wayne Hathaway wrote: |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 12 11:33AM -0500 Mark Brader: > > > 3. Name it. > > Chickpea, garbanzo bean, chana. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. Marc Dashevsky: > I answered "Ceci." I'm certain I've seen jars so labeled. Accepted. 4 for Marc also. Scores, if there are now no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Ent Mis Sci Pete Gayde 16 40 16 28 100 Joshua Kreitzer 20 36 28 7 91 Marc Dashevsky 8 36 24 20 88 Dan Blum 22 12 14 27 75 Dan Tilque 28 24 4 12 68 "Calvin" 15 23 16 0 54 Jason Kreitzer 4 16 12 12 44 Peter Smyth 16 0 12 8 36 Erland Sommarskog 16 0 -- -- 16 Björn Lundin 14 0 -- -- 14 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Ever wonder why they call the screen msb@vex.net a vacuum tube?" -- Kent Paul Dolan |
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