- QFTCI16 Game 7, Rounds 9-10: Apps and Eh to F - 2 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #232 - 4 Updates
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Sep 23 08:41PM -0700 On Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 2:20:11 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-04, > and should be interpreted accordingly. noted > I wrote one of these rounds. I'll guess it was round 9 > There were 14 decoys, which are shown in their sequence below; > name them if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. Name it. airbnb > 2. Name it. spotify > 3. (decoy) shazam > 4. (decoy) skype > 5. Name it. > 6. Name it. > 7. Name it. snapchat > 8. (decoy) youtube > 9. (decoy) hangouts > 10. (decoy) tinder > 11. Name it. > 12. (decoy) > 13. (decoy) > 14. (decoy) > 15. Name it. > 16. Name it. gmail > 17. Name it. messenger (facebook) > 18. (decoy) > 19. Name it. > 20. (decoy) ? > 21. (decoy) google maps > 22. (decoy) vine > 23. (decoy) napster? > 24. (decoy) > audiences to produce the best possible completion for the > phrase "as Canadian as". For what phrase was 17-year-old > Heather Scott of Sarnia declared the winner, eh? possible under the circumstances > A2. Referring to trivia categories, William Lyon Mackenzie > King said that Canada had "not enough" *what*, and "too much" > *what*, eh? too much brooding and not enough doing > * Bee in Science > B1. Name the three types of bees found in a beehive. queen, drone, worker > B2. Which of the three types are male and which are female? female - queen, male - worker, drone > starting at Gibraltar, you will first be going east along > the north shore of the sea. What are the *first 3* countries > you'll enter, *in order*? spain, france, italy > then will be going west along the south shore of the sea. > So what will be the next 3 countries you enter after Egypt? > Again, you must give them *in order*. libya, tunisia, algeria > a terrible father in "Matilda", and the publisher of a > sleazy magazine in "L.A. Confidential". He's also had two > long-running TV roles. Name him. danny devito > mobster who has panic attacks in "Analyze This". And for > some of his other films he's won 2 Oscars out of a total > of 7 nominations. Name him. robert de niro > that we write as starting with E, and both are commonly > transliterated into our alphabet as E. Name either of > these Greek letters. epsilon ; eta > into our alphabet as I or Y. Describe what either of these > Russian letters *looks like*. (Please don't post the actual > Cyrillic letters in Unicode.) backwards capital n > Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, > held at the Crystal Palace in London, which was built > especially for it. What year was the fair, within 10? 1850 > the time, was the tallest structure in the world. Many > people called the thing a monstrosity, but for some reason > it's still there. When was this fair held, within 10 years? 1889 swp |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Sep 24 11:43AM +0200 On 2016-09-21 20:20, Mark Brader wrote: > 3. (decoy) > 4. (decoy) > 5. Name it. Linked in > 6. Name it. > 7. Name it. Snapchat > 14. (decoy) > 15. Name it. > 16. Name it. Gmail > 17. Name it. Facebook Messenger > A2. Referring to trivia categories, William Lyon Mackenzie > King said that Canada had "not enough" *what*, and "too much" > *what*, eh? not enough sun, too much snow > * Bee in Science > B1. Name the three types of bees found in a beehive. Queen, worker, drone > B2. Which of the three types are male and which are female? drone male, queen and worker female > starting at Gibraltar, you will first be going east along > the north shore of the sea. What are the *first 3* countries > you'll enter, *in order*? if not counting gibraltar (Uk territory) since it already entered: *Spain *France *Monaco > then will be going west along the south shore of the sea. > So what will be the next 3 countries you enter after Egypt? > Again, you must give them *in order*. *Libya *Tunisia *Algeria > mobster who has panic attacks in "Analyze This". And for > some of his other films he's won 2 Oscars out of a total > of 7 nominations. Name him. Robert de Niro > that we write as starting with E, and both are commonly > transliterated into our alphabet as E. Name either of > these Greek letters. Epsilon > into our alphabet as I or Y. Describe what either of these > Russian letters *looks like*. (Please don't post the actual > Cyrillic letters in Unicode.) I guess that the Y looks like a capital Lamda - uppercase. That is an uppercase and up side down V > Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, > held at the Crystal Palace in London, which was built > especially for it. What year was the fair, within 10? 1820;1780 > the time, was the tallest structure in the world. Many > people called the thing a monstrosity, but for some reason > it's still there. When was this fair held, within 10 years? 1889 -- -- Björn |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 01:02AM -0500 Rotating Quiz #232 is over and from a field of 11 entrants the winner is DAN BLUM, the only one to score as high as 11 out of 15. Hearty congratulations, Dan! And please start RQ 233 at your earliest convenience. > the students are, let's say, completely uncontrolled, was > invented by Ronald Searle in a series of cartoons, and first > appeared in movies in the 1950s. Name it. St. Trinian's. 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Chris, Calvin, Stephen, and Gareth. > 2. The 1980s American TV series "St. Elsewhere" was set at an > inferior hospital. What was its actual name? St. Eligius. 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 3. If every wife had seven sacks, and every sack had seven cats, > where was I going? St. Ives. (It's a poem.) 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Chris, Marc, Stephen, and Gareth. > * US Cities > 4. What is the capital of Minnesota? St. Paul. 1 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Erland, Chris, Calvin, Marc, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Gareth, and Pete. > 5. What city of about 300,000 people lies near the confluence of > the two longest rivers in the US? St. Louis. 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Erland, Chris, Marc, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Gareth, and Pete. > 6. What city is the oldest place in North America to have been > founded by European settlers and continuously inhabited ever > since? St. Augustine. (Founded 1565 by the Spanish.) 1 for Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > * Rail Geography > 7. If you were going from <answer 13> station to Castle Frank > station, at what station would you normally change trains? St. George. (Toronto subway.) 1 for Chris and Stephen. > 8. If you were going from Brussels to Leicester, at what station > in London would you normally change trains? St. Pancras. 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Erland, Chris, Calvin, and Gareth. > 9. If you were going from London to <answer 3>, at what station > in Cornwall would you normally change trains? St. Erth. 1 for Peter, Joe, and Chris. > airplane wings and sailing-ship masts may produce a corona > discharge of static electricity. What term relevant to this > quiz describes this phenomenon? St. Elmo's Fire. 1 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, Marc, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Gareth, and Pete. > and adventitious movements of the face, neck, trunk, and > extremities. It is also known by what other term relevant to > this quiz? St. Vitus('(s)) Dance. 1 for Dan Blum, Joe, Chris, Calvin, Marc, and Gareth. > 12. Ergotism, or ergot poisoning, may produce symptoms from > itchiness and hallucinations to gangrene and death. It is > also known by what other term relevant to this quiz? St. Anthony's Fire. > titled the "Confessio". One deed that he's popularly famous > for never happened, as there never were any of the things in > the first place. Name him, in a manner relevant to this quiz. St. Patrick. (Popularly supposed to have rid Ireland of snakes.) 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Erland, Chris, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > church than to him. Allegedly the king called for someone to > "rid him" of the archbishop; in any event, soon enough someone > did. Name the archbishop, in a manner relevant to this quiz. St. Thomas Becket. (King Henry II.) 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Chris, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 15. This man, on the other hand, qualifies for this quiz in > his own right, but was himself a king, in 11th-century Hungary. > Name him in a manner relevant to the quiz. St. Stephen (or István, in Hungarian) was the intended answer, but St. Ladislaus (or László), who reigned later in the same century, is also correct. 1 for Dan Blum and Stephen. Scores, if there are no errors: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 TOTALS Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 11 "Joe" 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 10 Chris Johnson 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 10 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 "Calvin" 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 Dan Tilque 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 Gareth Owen 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 Marc Dashevsky 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 Pete Gayde 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 5 7 11 10 3 2 7 3 8 6 0 8 6 2 -- Mark Brader | "Justices look solemn in their formal black robes, but Toronto | every so often they like to have a little fun by taking on msb@vex.net | a strange case, or overturning a presidential election, that sort of thing." --Christopher Buckley, "Supreme Courtship" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 24 01:04AM -0500 Well, I started this thread with an error forcing a repost, and now I'm ending it with another one. I forgot to change the subject line for the results posting, so now here it is again. Rotating Quiz #232 is over and from a field of 11 entrants the winner is DAN BLUM, the only one to score as high as 11 out of 15. Hearty congratulations, Dan! And please start RQ 233 at your earliest convenience. > the students are, let's say, completely uncontrolled, was > invented by Ronald Searle in a series of cartoons, and first > appeared in movies in the 1950s. Name it. St. Trinian's. 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Chris, Calvin, Stephen, and Gareth. > 2. The 1980s American TV series "St. Elsewhere" was set at an > inferior hospital. What was its actual name? St. Eligius. 1 for Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 3. If every wife had seven sacks, and every sack had seven cats, > where was I going? St. Ives. (It's a poem.) 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Chris, Marc, Stephen, and Gareth. > * US Cities > 4. What is the capital of Minnesota? St. Paul. 1 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Erland, Chris, Calvin, Marc, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Gareth, and Pete. > 5. What city of about 300,000 people lies near the confluence of > the two longest rivers in the US? St. Louis. 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Erland, Chris, Marc, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Gareth, and Pete. > 6. What city is the oldest place in North America to have been > founded by European settlers and continuously inhabited ever > since? St. Augustine. (Founded 1565 by the Spanish.) 1 for Stephen, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > * Rail Geography > 7. If you were going from <answer 13> station to Castle Frank > station, at what station would you normally change trains? St. George. (Toronto subway.) 1 for Chris and Stephen. > 8. If you were going from Brussels to Leicester, at what station > in London would you normally change trains? St. Pancras. 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Erland, Chris, Calvin, and Gareth. > 9. If you were going from London to <answer 3>, at what station > in Cornwall would you normally change trains? St. Erth. 1 for Peter, Joe, and Chris. > airplane wings and sailing-ship masts may produce a corona > discharge of static electricity. What term relevant to this > quiz describes this phenomenon? St. Elmo's Fire. 1 for Dan Blum, Joe, Calvin, Marc, Stephen, Dan Tilque, Gareth, and Pete. > and adventitious movements of the face, neck, trunk, and > extremities. It is also known by what other term relevant to > this quiz? St. Vitus('(s)) Dance. 1 for Dan Blum, Joe, Chris, Calvin, Marc, and Gareth. > 12. Ergotism, or ergot poisoning, may produce symptoms from > itchiness and hallucinations to gangrene and death. It is > also known by what other term relevant to this quiz? St. Anthony's Fire. > titled the "Confessio". One deed that he's popularly famous > for never happened, as there never were any of the things in > the first place. Name him, in a manner relevant to this quiz. St. Patrick. (Popularly supposed to have rid Ireland of snakes.) 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Erland, Chris, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > church than to him. Allegedly the king called for someone to > "rid him" of the archbishop; in any event, soon enough someone > did. Name the archbishop, in a manner relevant to this quiz. St. Thomas Becket. (King Henry II.) 1 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joe, Chris, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 15. This man, on the other hand, qualifies for this quiz in > his own right, but was himself a king, in 11th-century Hungary. > Name him in a manner relevant to the quiz. St. Stephen (or István, in Hungarian) was the intended answer, but St. Ladislaus (or László), who reigned later in the same century, is also correct. 1 for Dan Blum and Stephen. Scores, if there are no errors: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 TOTALS Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 11 "Joe" 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 10 Chris Johnson 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 10 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 Peter Smyth 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 "Calvin" 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 Dan Tilque 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 Gareth Owen 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 Marc Dashevsky 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 Pete Gayde 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 5 7 11 10 3 2 7 3 8 6 0 8 6 2 -- Mark Brader | "Justices look solemn in their formal black robes, but Toronto | every so often they like to have a little fun by taking on msb@vex.net | a strange case, or overturning a presidential election, that sort of thing." --Christopher Buckley, "Supreme Courtship" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 24 09:10AM Mark Brader wrote: > > since? > St. Augustine. (Founded 1565 by the Spanish.) 1 for Stephen, > Dan Tilque, and Pete. Santo Domingo was founded in 1496 and also follows the theme. Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 24 11:23AM +0200 > Santo Domingo was founded in 1496 and also follows the theme. I guess that depends on whether Mark intended the theme to be Saints in general or specifically St. I will have to admit that when I saw you answer that it stood out as a deviation. But we'll see what Mark rules. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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