Tuesday, September 06, 2016

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 01:06AM -0500

Erland Sommarskog:
> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!

Late entry for fun:

> 2. The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are located in which
> present-day country?
 
Tunisia.

> 3. The United Arab Republic originally consisted of which two
> present-day countries?
 
Egypt and Syria.

> 4. "You must remember this: A kiss is still a kiss". Which film is it?
 
"Casablanca" is the famous one, but the song wasn't new and there
might be other correct answers.

> 10. What geopolitical feature is more or less unique to Denmark and
> Equatorial Guinea?
 
Mainland country with the capital city on an island?

> you start in 0°N, 0°E and sail due
> a) North
> b) East
 
Ouch, I should know these but I don't. I'll try (a) Nigeria and
(b) Angola.

> 12. Denis Mukwege has been nominated for Nobel's Peach Prize.
 
(Giggle)
 
> 13. By age, who is the currently the oldest head of state? Give
> either the name or position + country.
 
I don't imagine it's correct but I'll go with Queen Elizabeth II
(Canada).

> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
 
Kim Basinger.
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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 06 07:20AM

> Erland Sommarskog:
>> I plan to post the answers and results by Saturday. Have fun!
 
> Late entry for fun:
 
So if Mark had entered in time, he would have scored 4, having 2, 3, 4 and
10 correct.
 
Given that Mark is fairly good a movie questions, I am little surprised
over:

>> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
>> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
 
> Kim Basinger.
 
She wasn't in that movie, was she? I thought she was playing for Green
Bay Packers.
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 03:30AM -0500

Erland Sommarskog:
> over:
 
>>> 16. Name any person who was awarded an Oscar for his or her
>>> involvement in the film "Out of Africa".
 
Mark Brader:
>> Kim Basinger.
 
> She wasn't in that movie, was she?
 
What I was misremembering was that "I Dreamed of Africa" (which I happened
to see on a plane) was Kim Basinger's *next movie after* she won the Oscar
for "L.A. Confidential" (which I liked a lot). I never saw "Out of Africa",
but that was more than 10 years earlier, so all in all it was a pretty
stupid mistake.
 
> I thought she was playing for Green Bay Packers.
 
ObFilm: "Cheeseheads: The Documentary".
 
(Note: I know nothing about it, just found it by an IMDB keyword search.)
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 01:16AM -0500

Stephen Perry:
> 1. on september 4th 2016, who was declared a saint in a canonization
> Mass held by Pope Francis in the Vatican?
 
Mother Theresa.
 
> 2. a magnitude-5.6 earthquake jolted the north-central portion of what
> u.s. state on september 3rd?
 
Oklahoma, I think.
 
> 3. what is the name of the hurricane that made landfall in florida on
> september 2nd, 2016?
 
Hermine.
 
You hit on two of the few news stories I heard while away, and one
that my eye fell on when was stacking up the accumulated newspapers
upon returning home.

> 5. name any of the 3 teams with 3 wins in 3 games in the english
> premier league as of september 4th
 
Arsenal?
 
> 6. what team has the best record in major league baseball?
 
That question's a bit vague. The New York Yankees have the most
World Series wins, so I'll say them and protest if that's not
what you meant.
 
> 7. president obama is meeting with leaders from the g-20 major world
> economies in what eastern chinese city?
 
One I'd never heard of before.
 
> 9. who is the president of mexico?
 
I don't think it's Fox any more, but I can't think of anyone more recent,
so I'll go with him.

> 10. dan aykroyd was nominated for an oscar in what 1989 film?
 
"The Blues Brothers"?
 
> 11. born jerome silberman in milwaukee, he starred in such classic films
> as 'young frankenstein', 'blazing saddles', and 'willy wonka & the
> chocolate factory'
 
Wilder. How dare you forget "Silver Streak"? :-)
 
> 12. who was the wife of <answer #11>, a comedic genius of the highest caliber
 
Rhea Perlman?

> 13. nyc's russian tea room serves 31 varieties of this
 
Vodka?
 
> 14. this canal, very near where I was born, officially opened august 15, 1914
 
Panama Canal.
 
> 15. where would you find eyjafjallajökull?
 
Iceland.
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Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 06 07:37AM +0100


>> 6. what team has the best record in major league baseball?
 
> That question's a bit vague.
 
Not it you know anything about baseball it isn't.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 02:18AM -0500

Stephen Perry:
>>> 6. what team has the best record in major league baseball?
 
Mark Brader:
>> That question's a bit vague.
 
Gareth Owen:
> Not it you know anything about baseball it isn't.
 
That's the one with bases and balls, right?
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 12:50AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-06-27,
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 Usual Suspects 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 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
 
 
I wrote one of these rounds.
 
 
* Game 6, Round 7 - Geography - Waterfalls
 
Please see the 4 pages of beautiful handouts at:
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-7/falls/1.jpg (for pictures A-E)
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-7/falls/2.jpg (for pictures F-J)
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-7/falls/3.jpg (for pictures M-Q)
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-7/falls/4.jpg (for pictures R-U)
 
1. Pictures P and Q show the upper and lower falls of the
same waterfall in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It's the
second-highest US waterfall east of the Mississippi. *Either*
name the waterfall *or* explain the color of the water.
 
2. The waterfall in picture O is named after the European river
it's on, which flows generally north for most of its length.
What is that name? Hint: notice the flag.
 
3. Waterfall J is the third-highest waterfall in Canada. It's
located just off the Trans-Canada Highway a few miles west of
Lake Louise, Alberta. *Either* name the waterfall *or* just
name the national park in BC where it's located. You don't
have to say which one you're naming. Hint: Both names come
from the Cree language.
 
4. Picture I was probably taken in spring; each year by the end
of summer the river pretty much stops running. In any case,
the upper and lower waterfall here share a collective name,
and they are located in a well-known US national park that also
shares the same name. What is that name?
 
5. The next *two* questions are about pictures G and H. These
waterfalls are among several that are located in the same
Ontario city that's less than 100 km from here. Name the *city*.
 
6. Name either waterfall G or H. You need not say which one it is.
Hint: part of one name refers to something you might put on
a table; the other name may remind you of some well-known
reference books.
 
7. Pictures M and N were taken at different times and from slightly
different viewpoints, but they show the same place. It is
named as a waterfall even though it might not look like one
from the photos. *Either* name the waterfall *or* just name
the Canadian city where it's located.
 
8. Picture F shows three waterfalls. Name the *middle* one;
that is, the little one nearest to the main rainbow.
 
9. Pictures T and U show the same waterfall from different angles.
Hint: The two countries that you're seeing, and the river,
all have names starting with the same letter, *but not
the waterfall*; that name starts with a different letter.
Name the *waterfall*.
 
10. Similarly, pictures R and S show the same waterfall from
different angles. Where Niagara Falls consists of 3 smaller
falls, this one consists of over 200. Give the overall name
of the falls, which is also the name of the river.
 
11. And again, here's an extra question for fun, but for no points.
There were six decoys -- picture K and the whole first page.
All six of these waterfalls are located in the *same country*.
What country?
 
 
* Game 6, Round 8 - History - Monarchs and Rulers
 
1. Who was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover?
 
2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have completed the
previous question. Jub jnf gur ynfg Oevgvfu zbanepu *abg*
ohevrq va Oevgnva? Ur jnf ohevrq va Unabire, va snpg, va gur
lrne friragrra gjragl-frira. Tvir uvf anzr naq, vs nccyvpnoyr,
uvf ahzore.
 
3. Who was the first Bourbon king of France, crowned in 1589 upon
his conversion to Catholicism? Give either his name and number
*as king of France*, or else his *other* royal title.
 
4. Name the family dynasty that ruled Milan from 1450 to 1537.
Their family name is derived from a word for the use of
military might.
 
5. What was the First Family of Florence that eventually became its
rulers from 1434 to 1537, and also produced three or four popes
-- count 'em, three or four!
 
6. What family ruled in Mantua from 1328 to 1708? In addition to
their secular powers, this family produced many eminent
churchmen, including a Jesuit who was named a saint, but no
popes -- count 'em, none.
 
7. Who is the current king of Saudi Arabia? If the answer has
changed since the original game, you must give the now-current
answer.
 
8. Who was the last, mostly recognized, king of Albania? His name
was three letters long. In the 1987 film "Aria" he was played
by -- of all people -- Theresa Russell.
 
9. Excluding emperors, who was the last *king* of France?
He abdicated in 1848.
 
10. Who was the last king of Romania, prior to the abolition of
its monarchy in 1947?
 
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 06 06:28AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:MqOdnRx_DsmzxFPKnZ2dnUU7-
 
> 2. The waterfall in picture O is named after the European river
> it's on, which flows generally north for most of its length.
> What is that name? Hint: notice the flag.
 
Rhine
 
> the upper and lower waterfall here share a collective name,
> and they are located in a well-known US national park that also
> shares the same name. What is that name?
 
Yosemite
 
> 5. The next *two* questions are about pictures G and H. These
> waterfalls are among several that are located in the same
> Ontario city that's less than 100 km from here. Name the *city*.
 
London
 
> all have names starting with the same letter, *but not
> the waterfall*; that name starts with a different letter.
> Name the *waterfall*.
 
Victoria Falls
 
> * Game 6, Round 8 - History - Monarchs and Rulers
 
> 1. Who was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover?
 
Victoria

> ohevrq va Oevgnva? Ur jnf ohevrq va Unabire, va snpg, va gur
> lrne friragrra gjragl-frira. Tvir uvf anzr naq, vs nccyvpnoyr,
> uvf ahzore.
 
George I
 
> 3. Who was the first Bourbon king of France, crowned in 1589 upon
> his conversion to Catholicism? Give either his name and number
> *as king of France*, or else his *other* royal title.
 
Henri IV
 
> 5. What was the First Family of Florence that eventually became its
> rulers from 1434 to 1537, and also produced three or four popes
> -- count 'em, three or four!
 
Borgia
 
> 7. Who is the current king of Saudi Arabia? If the answer has
> changed since the original game, you must give the now-current
> answer.
 
Abdullah

> 8. Who was the last, mostly recognized, king of Albania? His name
> was three letters long. In the 1987 film "Aria" he was played
> by -- of all people -- Theresa Russell.
 
Zog
 
> 9. Excluding emperors, who was the last *king* of France?
> He abdicated in 1848.
 
Louis XVIII; Louis XIX

> 10. Who was the last king of Romania, prior to the abolition of
> its monarchy in 1947?
 
Michael
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 12:59AM -0500

"Calvin":
> 1 What impressionist famously painted several different views of
> Rouen cathedral?
 
Monet?
 
> 2 Clogs are chiefly made from what raw material?
 
Wood.
 
> 3 Which European country banned religion in 1967 and so became the
> first atheist state?
 
Albania, I think.
 
> 4 In various games/sports (and particularly golf), which term
> allows a player a second chance to perform an action, usually after
> the first went badly wrong?
 
Mulligan.
 
> 5 Which British cyclist (b. 1976) has won 6 Olympic and 11 World
> Championship gold medals?
 
Johnson.
 
> 6 Which film did Alfred Hitchcock make twice, in 1934 and 1956,
> with Leslie Banks and James Stewart in the respective title roles?
 
"The Man Who Knew Too Much".
 
> 7 A vexillologist is an expert in what?
 
Flags.
 
> 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix,
> France in 1924?
 
Ski-jumping?
 
> 9 The Islamist militia group Boko Haram is based in which country?
 
Nigeria.
 
> 10 Which so-called "Royal Sport" was banned in England in 1849?
 
Horse racing?
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 01:00AM -0500

"Calvin":
> > 8 Which sporting event was held for the first time in Chamonix,
> > France in 1924?

Mark Brader:
> Ski-jumping?
 
(After seeing other answers)
 
Oh, *that*. I claim that "event" was misleading.
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 12:56AM -0500

Late entry for fun. "Calvin" writes:
> 1 What name is given to a written character (such as $ or 7 or
> &) that represents a word or phrase?
 
Ideogram.
 
> 2 Which "sport" is the subject of the 2009 film "Whip It"
> starring Drew Barrymore?
 
Roller derby.
 
> 3 Who French writer's (1802-85) works include "Les Miserables"
> and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"?
 
Hugo.
 
> 4 Which American singer, the Queen of Disco, died in May 2012?
 
Summer.
 
> 5 The aria "Nessun Dorma" is from which 1924 Puccini opera?
 
This one would be easier if I knew any Puccini opera titles.
 
> 6 Chris Martin is the lead singer of which British band?
 
Coldplay.
 
> 7 With a population somewhere between 1 and 2 million, Aleppo is
> the largest city in which country?
 
Syria.
 
> 8 Who took over as German Fuhrer in April 1945 following
> Hitler's death?
 
Doenitz took over, as per my round on people who did things second,
but he did not use the title "Fuhrer".
 
> 9 Walter Gropius founded which influential art, design and
> architecture school?
 
Bauhaus.
 
> 10 The sport of polo was first played on which continent?
 
Asia, I suppose.
 
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 12:56AM -0500

Erland Sommarskog:
> > Three music questions in a row - Mark will go mad!

Chris Johnson:
> Luckily, Mark is on holiday.
 
And one of them was a Gwyneth Paltrow question.
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 12:45AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> Alone and palely loitering?
 
> What does ail him, or rather *who*, according to John Keats?
> The title of the poem gives your answer.
 
"La Belle Dame Sans Merci". (She "hath thee in thrall!" Or him,
that is.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
 
 
> Despite those fine words, Richard Lovelace is still leaving
> Lucasta. *Why*? Again the answer is in the title of the poem,
> but this time we'll accept a paraphrase.
 
He's going to war. (Anything similar was sufficient. The title is
"To Lucasta, Going to the Wars".)
 
> poet, Oliver Goldsmith? This time the answer is in the poem's
> last line, and we wouldn't actually recommend it as a course
> of action.
 
To die.
 
The only art her guilt to cover,
To hide her shame from every eye
To give repentance to her lover
And wring his bosom is -- to die.
 
 
> But when the hardhearted heroine of this ballad came to his
> bedside, all she said to the man who loved her was: "Young man,
> I think you're dying". Name her.
 
Barbara Allen. (A traditional song.) 4 for Dan Blum.
 
> Okay, that's enough poetic readings.
 
> 5. "And all men kill the thing they love" is a dire warning from
> which writer, best known as a playwright?
 
Oscar Wilde. ("The Ballad of Reading Gaol" [pronounced, and meaning,
"jail"].)
 
> 6. Married to a doctor who doesn't fulfill her dreams of romance
> and luxury, abandoned by her lover, our heroine takes arsenic.
> Which protagonist of an 1856 novel are we talking about?
 
Emma (or Madame) Bovary. (Gustave Flaubert.) 4 for Dan Blum
and Marc.
 
> on a secluded part of the lake? No, that's not your question.
> On film it became "A Place in the Sun", but your question is,
> what was the title of the original 1925 novel?
 
"An American Tragedy". (Theodore Dreiser.) 4 for Joshua.
 
> death. After all, a mere friend isn't as important as a wife,
> is he? Name this play from 1955, in which love goes wrong for
> pretty much everybody.
 
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". (Tennessee Williams.) 4 for Joshua.
 
> Christopher Plummer won a Tony, and José Ferrer won an Oscar,
> each for portraying which hero, originally of an 1897 play of
> the same name, who reveals his love only as he is dying?
 
Cyrano de Bergerac. "Cyrano" was sufficient. (Edmond Rostand.)
4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, and Pete.
 
> of laudanum ensues. Agent Scully played the doomed heroine
> on the big screen in 2000, and a fine performance it was.
> Name the novel, written in 1905.
 
"The House of Mirth". (Edith Wharton.)
 
 
 
> 1. What English synonym for mountaineering has cognates in French
> and Spanish and reflects the sport's long history on the
> European continent?
 
Alpinism. 4 for Joshua and Marc.
 
> 2. A prusik ["PRUSS-ik"; spell it] is a type of what? Supposedly
> it was invented around 1931 by an Austrian mountaineer of the
> same name.
 
Knot (or hitch). 4 for Bruce.
 
> used for connecting and disconnecting mountaineering equipment?
> It is also widely used in other situations, with larger-sized
> types used even to connect hot-air balloons to the basket.
 
Carabiner ["ka-ra-BEE-ner"]. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
 
> activities such as caving and canyoning) for descending a
> vertical drop by using a rope, often with other equipment such
> as a harness and a device to play out the rope?
 
Abseiling ["AB-sail-ing"] or rappelling ["ra-PELL-ing"]. 4 for
Dan Blum, Marc, Bruce, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
 
The answer "belaying", given by another entrant, was the subject
of a protest in the original game. We ruled: Belaying refers to
a set of techniques for controlling the fall of a climber who is
descending via a rope (such as fixing it around a pin), not the act
of descent itself, which is what we asked about. The "belayer"
is not the climber but the other person, who is making sure the
climber doesn't fall too far. ("Belay" similarly refers to stopping
something in the phrase "belay that order".) We agree that this is
close, but it's not close enough. Protest denied.
 
 
> 5. What technique or action is involved in a glissade ["gliss-AD"
> or "gliss-AID"]?
 
Sliding (usually in a controlled fashion). 4 for Erland.
 
> 6. What is the metal spike driven into a crack or seam in rocks
> so that it can act as an anchor?
 
Piton ["PEE-ton"] (also accepting "pin" or "peg"). 4 for Dan Blum,
Joshua, Marc, Bruce, Pete, and Dan Tilque.
 
> 7. Give either of the two terms for loose, broken rock at the
> bottoms of cliffs, volcanoes, and valleys. Which term applies
> in a given situation depends on the size of the rock.
 
Scree, talus ["TAIL-uss"]. (Scree consists of smaller rocks.)
4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Calvin, and Dan Tilque.
 
> within 800 feet of the summit, leading to ongoing speculation
> about whether they got there. One of their bodies was found
> in 1999.
 
George Mallory (who said "because it's there"); Andrew (Sandy) Irvine.
4 for Joshua and Bruce.
 
> 9. Within one year, in what year did Tenzing Norgay and Edmund
> Hillary make the first recorded ascent to the summit of Everest?
 
1953 (accepting 1952-54). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Marc, Calvin,
Pete, Erland, and Dan Tilque.
 
> that was later named after him? It is not, as was thought
> at the time, the tallest mountain in the Rockies, but it is
> 13,745 feet or almost 4,200 m high.
 
John C. Frémont. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
 
Two entrants tried Zebulon Pike. He was indeed also a general, but
not a presidential candidate, and Pikes Peak (as they spell it now)
is in Colorado, not Wyoming. Also, if you check the photos my wife
took at the summit the week before last, you'll see that its height
is 14,115 feet.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Sci Mis Lit Spo
Dan Blum 36 16 16 24 92
Joshua Kreitzer 20 28 16 20 84
Marc Dashevsky 36 20 8 20 84
Stephen Perry 40 36 -- -- 76
Dan Tilque 40 8 0 20 68
"Calvin" 35 12 0 12 59
Bruce Bowler 36 0 0 20 56
Pete Gayde 16 16 4 8 44
Peter Smyth 32 8 -- -- 40
Erland Sommarskog 28 0 0 8 36
Björn Lundin 24 0 0 0 24
Jason Kreitzer 0 8 0 0 8
 
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