Tuesday, October 18, 2016

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 18 02:28AM -0500

As I post this, QFTCI16 Game 9 has a bit under a day to run, and
will be followed by the start of Game 10, concurrently with this
current-events set.
 
 
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates
indicated below, 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.
 
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 in a single followup to the newsgroup,
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 Misplaced Modifiers
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*)".
 
 
* Game 3 (2010-10-03), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. Florida Marlins all-star pitcher José Fernández died Sunday...
in what sort of accident?
 
2. In what American city did a rush-hour commuter train crash
through a barrier last Thursday morning, killing one person
and injuring over 100?
 
3. "Do Not Say We Have Nothing" by Madeleine Thien, "The Wonder"
by Emma Donoghue, and "Yiddish for Pirates" by Gary Barwin are
among the nominees announced last week for which literary prize?
 
4. For the first time in his presidency, a Barack Obama veto
was overridden by Congress, by votes of 348-77 in the House
of Representatives and 97-1 in the Senate. What will the bill
allow families of 9/11 victims to do?
 
5. What relatively rare lunar event occurred could be seen
-- or rather, *not* seen -- in Toronto skies last Friday?
Some fundamentalist Christian websites heralded it as a sign
of the coming end times.
 
6. Name the couple who were in Vancouver's poverty-stricken
Downtown Eastside last Sunday meeting mothers who are battling
drug and alcohol addiction.
 
7. Launched less than 2 years ago by Rogers and Shaw Communications
as a homegrown competitor to Netflix, this streaming video
service announced that it will be pulling the plug on
November 30. Name it.
 
 
8. He died last week at the age of 87. Though best-known by far
as a sportsman, he was also an accomplished pilot, holding the
world record for circumnavigating the globe in a jet of the
17,600-24,600 lb. category. Name this sportsman and amateur
pilot.
 
9. Following hard on this summer's non-air-conditioned subway-car
fiasco, the TTC revealed last week that 5% of these machines
on the streetcar fleet are currently not functioning.
Which machines?
 
10. Monday was Debate Night, USA. In response to Hillary Clinton's
accusation that he doesn't pay federal income taxes, the Donald
replied, "That makes me..." what? Give the single word that
completes his retort.
 
 
* Game 4 (2010-10-17), Round 1 - Current Events
 
1. On Thursday the Swedish Academy announced that Bob Dylan would
be the recipient of a Nobel Prize. In what?
 
2. In the words of "Late Night" host Seth Meyers: "There is
currently a higher standard for host of the third hour of
the 'Today Show' than there is for the Republican nominee
for President." Name the host that NBC suspended last week
after he was caught on tape in 2005 laughing along with Donald
Trump's lewd comments.
 
3. Last week, an international group of scientists and legal experts
revealed their plans for creating a new nation-state to be named
"Asgardia", open to citizens of all nations, beginning some
time next year. Where will this potential new nation be located?
 
4. After 34 years, this country, an island group in the Indian
Ocean, left the Commonwealth of Nations, claiming that it has
been "unfairly and unjustly" treated by the intergovernmental
organization. Name the country.
 
5. The world's longest-reigning monarch died on Thursday. Bhumibol
Adulyadej ["POO-mee-PON a-DOON-ya-DAY"], also known as Rama IX,
was king of which country?
 
6. A former federal cabinet minister and former premier of Alberta,
who held the latter office for 8 months in 2014-15, was killed
in a plane crash in BC last week. Name this former premier.
 
7. Displayed during the last Blue Jays / Texas Rangers game,
a fan's banner reading "WOULD RATHER GET PUNCHED IN MAY THAN
KNOCKED OUT IN OCTOBER" became a sensation and is now displayed
at the fan's Danforth pharmacy. Name the Texas player who
punched José Bautista in May *and* who caused the error that
lost last Sunday's game for Texas.
 
8. Toronto Maple Leafs rookie Auston Matthews entered the history
books in his NHL debut on Wednesday. What did he do?
 
9. On October 10, after 99 years, North America's oldest private
zoo closed its doors, following steeply declining attendance
in the wake of animal-cruelty charges. Name the zoo.
 
10. After looking at economy, health, security, education, and
leadership (among other factors), the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives presented its list of the best cities in Canada
for women. Toronto was 11th. Which city topped the list?
 
--
Mark Brader "I already checked, and there are 2147483647
Toronto natural numbers (I made a simple Java program
msb@vex.net to count them)." -- Risto Lankinen
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
"Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Oct 17 05:36PM +0200

On 2016-10-16 06:23, Mark Brader wrote:
> 3. (decoy)
 
> 4. LEADER. Name either person. Hint: They were most famous about
> 80 years ago.
 
Mrs Simpson
 
 
> 9. (decoy)
> 10. (decoy)
> 11. PERFORMER.
 
Bill Murray
 
 
> For pictures #14-27 see:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/famous/p2.jpg
 
> 14. LEADER.
Hitler
> 15. PERFORMER.
Sara Palin
> 21. (decoy)
 
> 22. PERFORMER. You can name either person, but the one on the
> left is more famous.
 
Patrick Stewart
 
 
 
> 23. LEADER.
 
> 24. LEADER. We don't know who that is on the left, so name the
> man in the center of the picture.
 
Richard Nixon
 
 
> 25. (decoy)
 
> 26. PERFORMER.
 
Elvis Presley
> va (jvguva 1). Abgr, fvapr jr fnvq "npgbe", pbapreg naq
> qbphzragnel svyzf qb abg pbhag. Fb anzr uvf svefg zbivr,
> be uvf ynfg, be ubj znal (jvguva 1).
 
Jailhouse rock (first movie)
 
> an economic disaster and a rebellion, after the government
> encouraged its citizens to invest in what turned out to be
> Ponzi schemes?
 
Laos ?
 
 
> C2. This corporation run by Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay cooked
> its books with the assistance of the Arthur Andersen firm.
> Investors lost tens of billions. Name the corporation.
 
Enron?
 
> It turns out that he is a pawn of Lord Voldemort, who has
> taken control of him (and whose face is on the back of
> his head). Name him.
 
professor Quirrell
 
> and they stand on squares of different colors. How can you
> reach a legal position where you have two bishops standing
> on squares of the same color?
 
If used as a second Queen, ie a pawn hass crossed the board all the way
and is exchanged.
 
> dark night sky. Then -- how many stars can see? This means
> you see them well enough to pick them out individually.
> How many stars?
1_000_000
 
> But sometimes at night, even when it's in a crescent
> phase, the side facing away from the sun is visibly lit,
> though dimly. What is lighting it?
 
Mars?
 
 
--
--
Björn
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 17 07:57PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:zpidncHyKp8knZ7FnZ2dnUU7-
 
> For pictures #1-13 see:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/famous/p1.jpg
 
> 1. (decoy)
 
Rob Ford
 
> 2. (decoy)
 
Obama
 
> 3. (decoy)
 
George W. Bush
 
 
> 4. LEADER. Name either person. Hint: They were most famous about
> 80 years ago.
 
King Edward VII
 
 
> 5. LEADER.
 
Le Pen
 
> 6. (decoy)
 
Einstein
 
> 7. (decoy)
 
Stalin
 
> 8. (decoy)
 
Putin
 
> 9. (decoy)
 
Carrey
 
> 10. (decoy)
> 11. PERFORMER.
> 12. (decoy)
 
Ronald Reagan
 
> 13. PERFORMER.
 
Winslet
 
 
> For pictures #14-27 see:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/famous/p2.jpg
 
> 14. LEADER.
 
Hitler
 
 
> 18. (decoy) If you're doing the decoys, for this one also identify
> the exact location.
 
> 19. (decoy)
 
Dali
 
> 20. (decoy)
 
Harrison Ford
 
> 21. (decoy)
 
> 22. PERFORMER. You can name either person, but the one on the
> left is more famous.
 
Patrick Stewart
 
 
> 23. LEADER.
 
Queen Elizabeth II
 
 
> 24. LEADER. We don't know who that is on the left, so name the
> man in the center of the picture.
 
Richard Nixon
 
 
> 25. (decoy)
 
Babe Ruth
 
 
> 26. PERFORMER.
 
Donald Trump
 
 
> 27. (decoy) If you're doing the decoys, for this one also explain
> the expressions.
 
Obama. U.S gymnast made this expression when she did not win an event
 
> va (jvguva 1). Abgr, fvapr jr fnvq "npgbe", pbapreg naq
> qbphzragnel svyzf qb abg pbhag. Fb anzr uvf svefg zbivr,
> be uvf ynfg, be ubj znal (jvguva 1).
 
Jailhouse Rock
 
> Ubyyljbbq. Cnegvnyyl qhr gb uvf znantre'f qrznaqf, Ryivf
> ybfg gur cneg, naq va gur raq vg jrag gb Xevf Xevfgbssrefba.
> Anzr gur zbivr.
 
A Star Is Born
 
> an economic disaster and a rebellion, after the government
> encouraged its citizens to invest in what turned out to be
> Ponzi schemes?
 
Belarus; Moldova
 
 
> C2. This corporation run by Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay cooked
> its books with the assistance of the Arthur Andersen firm.
> Investors lost tens of billions. Name the corporation.
 
Enron
 
> It turns out that he is a pawn of Lord Voldemort, who has
> taken control of him (and whose face is on the back of
> his head). Name him.
 
Quirrel
 
 
> D2. In this Shakespeare play the villain secretly hates the
> title character and manipulates him into killing his
> own wife. Name the play.
 
Othello
 
> and they stand on squares of different colors. How can you
> reach a legal position where you have two bishops standing
> on squares of the same color?
 
When a pawn reaches the opposite end of the board and becomes a queen,
with a previously captured bishop being used as the new queen
 
> dark night sky. Then -- how many stars can see? This means
> you see them well enough to pick them out individually.
> How many stars?
 
100,000
 
> But sometimes at night, even when it's in a crescent
> phase, the side facing away from the sun is visibly lit,
> though dimly. What is lighting it?
 
Light from the Earth
 
 
Pete Gayde
Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Oct 17 09:06PM -0700

On Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 12:23:26 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> 80 years ago.
 
> 5. LEADER.
> 6. (decoy)
Einstein
> 7. (decoy)
Stalin
> 8. (decoy)
Putin
> 9. (decoy)
Jim Carrey
> 10. (decoy)
> 11. PERFORMER.
> 12. (decoy)
Ronald Reagan
> 13. PERFORMER.
Ferraro?
 
> For pictures #14-27 see:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/famous/p2.jpg
 
> 14. LEADER.
Hitler
> 15. PERFORMER.
Geena Davis
 
> 18. (decoy) If you're doing the decoys, for this one also identify
> the exact location.
 
> 19. (decoy)
Salvador Dali
> 20. (decoy)
Harrison Ford
> 21. (decoy)
 
> 22. PERFORMER. You can name either person, but the one on the
> left is more famous.
Patrick Stewart
 
> C2. This corporation run by Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay cooked
> its books with the assistance of the Arthur Andersen firm.
> Investors lost tens of billions. Name the corporation.
Enron
 
> D2. In this Shakespeare play the villain secretly hates the
> title character and manipulates him into killing his
> own wife. Name the play.
Othello
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