- QFTCI16 Game 10, Rounds 2-3: US losers, etymology - 3 Updates
- QFTCIMM16 Current Events 3-4 - 2 Updates
- QFTCI16 Game 9, Rounds 9-10: faces, challenge - 3 Updates
- QFTCIMM36 Current Events 3-4 - 7 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #461 - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 18 11:45PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25, 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*)". Remember that, as I post this, QFTCIMM16 current events 3-4 is running concurrently. I wrote one of these rounds. * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers Donald J. Trump proclaims that, unlike his opponents, he's not a loser. Future history will weigh in on the validity of that judgment. In the meantime, let's give some consideration to the also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections. 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956? 2. This Democratic senator from Colorado was initially a strong candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad debts from a previous campaign. Who is he? 3. This man was the Democratic nominee three times -- in 1896, 1900, and 1908 -- but never won. As a candidate he was known for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously, opposed Darwinism. Name him. 4. This famed newspaper editor ran against General Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he? 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail. 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place finishers that he defeated. 7. The adage "try, try again" didn't work out for either <answer 3> or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is the most recent losing candidate to later become president? 8. The most successful independent candidate in the past 100 years ran in 1992, gaining almost 19% of the popular vote and apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with less success. Name him. Please decode the rot13 for the last two questions only after you have finished with the rest of the round. 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf. Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz. 10. Anghenyyl, ivpr-cerfvqragvny pnaqvqngrf jvaq hc nf ybfref whfg nf bsgra nf gur urnqyvare ba gur gvpxrg. Va gur 1948 Uneel Gehzna / Gubznf Qrjrl zngpu-hc (bs "Qrjrl Qrsrngf Gehzna" snzr), Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur? * Game 10, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Etymology 1. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial, unimportant? 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation, conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley? 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive, magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president? 4. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word that means "noon", although you might guess it referred to a different time (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission, interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize, vacation? 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear, fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror? 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning, intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart? 7. Which one of these words is derived originally from the Latin for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder, repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack? 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl, donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble, slugfest? 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang, liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter? 10. Which one of these words is derived from a Greek word for "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist, doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel, skeptic? In the original game, the lists of words were on a handout and the questions were in the style "On List B, which word...?" There were 8 decoy lists on the handout, but none of the words were selected for reasons to do with etymology, so there won't be any extra questions for fun, but for no points. However, here are the decoy lists, for your putative interest: * Clergyman, cleric, minister, padre, parson, pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi, reverend. * Aliment, chow, comestibles, food, nourishment, nutriment, provender, provisions, sustenance, victuals. * Alluring, appealing, attractive, beautiful, comely, cute, gorgeous, lovely, pretty, ravishing. * Chairman, dictator, doge, duce, emperor, Führer, kaiser, leader, premier, president. * Commonplace, customary, frequent, periodical, reappearing, recurring, regular, reiterating, routine, usual. * Adhesive, binding, cement, fastener, fixative, glue, mortar, mucilage, paste, sealant. * Clay, dirt, earth, ground, humus, land, loam, mud, soil, turf. * Cage, confine, detain, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, remand. -- Mark Brader "After many years of teaching, you get to learn Toronto quite a lot about how to design a better idiot." msb@vex.net --Peter Moylan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 19 07:04AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:TpudnbT3wODwZ5vFnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 10, Round 2 - History - US Presidential Losers > 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in > 1952 and 1956? Adlai Stevenson > candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but > was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad > debts from a previous campaign. Who is he? Gary Hart > for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard > for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously, > opposed Darwinism. Name him. William Jennings Bryan > in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as > president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost > badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he? Horace Greeley > 5. Who was the Socialist candidate who ran for president five times > from 1900 to 1920? His best showing was in 1912, when he scored > 6% of the popular vote. In 1920, he ran from jail. Eugene Debs > 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning > presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place > finishers that he defeated. Alf Landon > or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at > winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is > the most recent losing candidate to later become president? Richard Nixon > apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush > and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with > less success. Name him. Ross Perot > 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub > tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf. > Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz. George Wallace > Qrjrl'f ehaavat zngr jnf n sbezre Tbireabe bs Pnyvsbeavn naq > n shgher Puvrs Whfgvpr bs gur HF Fhcerzr Pbheg. Fb... znlor > abg fhpu n ybfre nsgre nyy. Jub jnf ur? Earl Warren > "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, > meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial, > unimportant? superficial > 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning > "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation, > conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley? colloquy > 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning > "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive, > magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president? boss > (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission, > interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize, > vacation? siesta (?) > 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning > "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear, > fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror? jitters > 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for > "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning, > intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart? perspicacious > for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both > Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder, > repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack? riposte > 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl, > donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble, > slugfest? donnybrook > 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for > "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang, > liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter? assassinate > "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist, > doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel, > skeptic? iconoclast -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 19 01:12AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > also-rans and coulda-beens of past US presidential elections. > 1. Which Democrat ran unsuccessfully against Dwight Eisenhower in > 1952 and 1956? Adlai Stevenson > candidate for his party's 1988 presidential nomination, but > was undone by rumored marital infidelity and stories of bad > debts from a previous campaign. Who is he? Gary Hart > for advocating that silver as well as gold should be a standard > for currency; later on he supported Prohibition, and, famously, > opposed Darwinism. Name him. William Jennings Bryant > in 1872. Despite the corruption of Grant's first term as > president, and despite having two parties behind him, he lost > badly and died 3 weeks after voting day. Who was he? Horace Greeley > 6. Of course, Franklin Roosevelt had the longest record of winning > presidential elections. Name any one of the four second-place > finishers that he defeated. Hoover > or <answer 5>, but some other candidates who got a second kick at > winning the presidency actually managed to pull it off. Who is > the most recent losing candidate to later become president? Nixon > apparently taking support equally from both George H.W. Bush > and Bill Clinton. He ran under a different banner in 1996 with > less success. Name him. H Ross Perot > 9. Gur 1968 Avkba/Uhzcuerl ryrpgvba unq n guveq pnaqvqngr jub > tbg 13.5% bs gur cbchyne ibgr naq 46 Ryrpgbeny Pbyyrtr ibgrf. > Uvf ehaavat zngr jnf Pbyq Jne trareny Phegvf YrZnl. Anzr uvz. George Wallace > "on top of the face": incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, > meaningless, negligible, paltry, petty, superficial, trivial, > unimportant? superficial > 2. Which one of these words is derived from Latin roots meaning > "talk together": colloquy, confab, conference, consultation, > conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, palaver, parley? conversation > 3. Which one of these words is derived from a Dutch word meaning > "master": boss, bureaucrat, chancellor, director, executive, > magistrate, manager, marshal, officer, president? boss > (it comes to us by way of another language): break, intermission, > interval, leisure, relax, repose, rest, siesta, tranquilize, > vacation? siesta > 5. Which one of these words is derived from a Latin word meaning > "bristle" or "tremble", via French: angst, doubt, dread, fear, > fright, horror, jitters, scare, suspicion, terror? terror > 6. Which one of these words is derived from the Latin word for > "needle": acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning, > intelligent, knowledgeable, perspicacious, smart? acute > for "answer", but you can see that it came to us through both > Italian and French: answer, comeback, refutation, rejoinder, > repartee, reply, response, riposte, solution, wisecrack? riposte > 8. Which one of these words is originally a place name: brawl, > donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, rhubarb, riot, ruckus, rumble, > slugfest? donnybrook > 9. Which one of these words is derived from the Arabic word for > "cannabis": assassinate, execute, extirpate, guillotine, hang, > liquidate, lynch, murder, regicide, slaughter? assassinate > "one who destroys an image": agnostic, apostate, atheist, > doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, infidel, > skeptic? iconoclast -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 18 01:35PM -0500 Due to a bit of careless laziness, I first posted this round with the wrong form of QFTCI tag in the subject line. Please respond to either posting. Repeating... 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 [from the original posting, that is]. 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. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 19 12:50AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 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? Elizabeth NJ > 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? Nobel Prize in Literature > 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? sue Saudi Arabia > -- or rather, *not* seen -- in Toronto skies last Friday? > Some fundamentalist Christian websites heralded it as a sign > of the coming end times. lunar eclipse > 6. Name the couple who were in Vancouver's poverty-stricken > Downtown Eastside last Sunday meeting mothers who are battling > drug and alcohol addiction. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge > accusation that he doesn't pay federal income taxes, the Donald > replied, "That makes me..." what? Give the single word that > completes his retort. smart > * 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? Literature > 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. Billy Bush > 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? Mars > Ocean, left the Commonwealth of Nations, claiming that it has > been "unfairly and unjustly" treated by the intergovernmental > organization. Name the country. Maldives > 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? Thailand > 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? failed to get in a fight -- Dan Tilque |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Oct 18 05:22PM On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 23:23:21 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > For pictures #1-13 see: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/famous/p1.jpg > 1. (decoy) Rob Ford > 2. (decoy) Obama (both of them) > 3. (decoy) Bush (George W and Laura) > 4. LEADER. Name either person. Hint: They were most famous about > 80 years ago. Wallace Simpson > 5. LEADER. > 6. (decoy) Einstein > 7. (decoy) Stalin > 8. (decoy) Putin > 9. (decoy) Jim Carrey > 10. (decoy) > 11. PERFORMER. Bill Murray > 12. (decoy) Ronald Reagan > 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) 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. > 27. (decoy) If you're doing the decoys, for this one also explain > the expressions. Obama (again), the young lady is an Olympic gymnast who was disappointed at winning only a silver medal > 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 > 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? Move a pawn to the eigth row and promote it to a bishop. > -- 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? starlight; earthlight |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 18 11:39PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 9 is over and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER by a margin of 5 points! Well done, sir. Congratulations. > I wrote one of these rounds and most of the other. I wrote everything in this set except challenge-round pair A. > The handout should be self-explanatory on this miscellaneous round. > In each case, we'll tell you which picture and you name the > famous person. This was the easiest round in the original game, and the 5th-easiest in the entire season if bonus points on other rounds are ignored. > For pictures #1-13 see: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/famous/p1.jpg > 1. (decoy) Doug and Rob Ford, in their natural element. We don't know who anyone else in the picture is. Peter, Calvin, Pete, and Bruce each got one of them. > 2. (decoy) Michelle Obama looks miffed as Helle Thorning-Schmidt (then PM of Denmark) takes a selfie with Barack Obama and David Cameron (then PM of the UK). Calvin and Bruce each got 2 of them; Erland and Peter got 1½, meaning that they identified someone but didn't give the correct name; Pete got 1. > 3. (decoy) Laura Bush looks miffed as George W. Bush chats up Queen Rania (of Jordan). Calvin and Bruce each got 2 of them; Peter and Pete each got 1. Pictures #2 and #3 were *both* taken at Nelson Mandela's funeral. Erland knew this for one of them. > 4. LEADER. Name either person. Hint: They were most famous about > 80 years ago. Duke and Duchess of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII and Wallis Warfield Simpson. (Accepting any of these.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, Peter, Calvin, Marc, Björn, Pete, and Bruce. > 5. LEADER. François Hollande ["frawn-SWAH oh-LAWND"], whose 10,000 euros/month hairstylist was mentioned in the same original game's current-events round. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, and Calvin. > 6. (decoy) Albert Einstein, best known as the guy on the men's room door upstairs at the Bedford Academy (one of our trivia pubs; and this is the same picture). Apparently he did that because he thought the photographer would be *less* likely to take the picture! Erland, Peter, Calvin, Pete, Jason, and Bruce got this. > 7. (decoy) Josef Stalin. Erland, Calvin, Pete, Jason, and Bruce got this. > 8. (decoy) Vladimir Putin. Erland, Peter, Calvin, Pete, Jason, and Bruce got this. > 9. (decoy) Jim Carrey. Calvin, Pete, Jason, and Bruce got this. > 10. (decoy) Ed Miliband (who led the Labour Party in the UK). Peter and Calvin got this. > 11. PERFORMER. Bill Murray. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua(?), Björn, and Bruce. > 12. (decoy) Ronald Reagan -- a LEADER and a PERFORMER! Erland, Peter, Calvin, Pete, Jason, and Bruce got this. > 13. PERFORMER. Emma Thompson. > For pictures #14-27 see: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/famous/p2.jpg On this page, most of the top right group are just included because we liked the pictures; they aren't necessarily particularly famous. > 14. LEADER. Adolf Hitler. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua(?), Erland, Dan Tilque(??), Calvin, Marc, Björn, Pete, Jason, and Bruce. > 15. PERFORMER. Geena Davis. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, Jason, and Bruce. > 16. (decoy) We don't know who this is. > 17. (decoy) Her name is in the picture -- Kim Conley. > 18. (decoy) If you're doing the decoys, for this one also identify > the exact location. Amelia Hempleman-Adams, a participant in the 2012 Olympic torch relay -- standing on top of a cabin of the London Eye (the big Ferris wheel in central London) as it reaches its highest position! No wonder she's smiling like that. We're jealous of Luke MacGregor, the Reuters photographer who got to shoot this one. > 19. (decoy) Salvador Dalí, who was also involved in designing the composition. Calvin, Pete, Jason, and Bruce got this. It took 28 tries over a 6-hour period for Philippe Halsman to get the photo, and by the end, he said, only the cats were not tired. > 20. (decoy) Harrison Ford. Calvin, Pete, Jason, and Bruce got this. > 21. (decoy) We don't know who this is. > 22. PERFORMER. You can name either person, but the one on the > left is more famous. Sir Patrick Stewart and his wife Sunny Ozell. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Björn, Pete, Jason, and Bruce. > 23. LEADER. Princess Elizabeth -- now Queen Elizabeth II. (Accepting either.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Calvin, Marc, Pete, and Bruce. > 24. LEADER. We don't know who that is on the left, so name the > man in the center of the picture. Richard Nixon. 4 for Dan Blum, Calvin, Marc, Björn, Pete, and Bruce. > 25. (decoy) George "Babe" Ruth. Calvin, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 26. PERFORMER. Elvis Presley. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, and Björn. 3 for Calvin. > 27. (decoy) If you're doing the decoys, for this one also explain > the expressions. McKayla Maroney and Barack Obama. They're reproducing her expression when she only won an Olympic silver medal, the poor dear. Joshua got this in full; Pete and Bruce each got 2½ parts; Erland and Calvin each got 1 part. > in (within 1). Note, since we said "actor", concert and > documentary films do not count. So name his first movie, > or his last, or how many (within 1). "Love Me Tender", "Change of Habit", 31 movies (accepting 30-32). 4 for Joshua and Marc. "Jailhouse Rock", a popular wrong answer, was his third movie. > Hollywood. Partially due to his manager's demands, Elvis > lost the part, and in the end it went to Kris Kristofferson. > Name the movie. "A Star is Born". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > to the Ryerson Press. Later it was the CHUM-CITY Building > and now it belongs to Bell. Where exactly is it? Either > give the street address on Queen, or name the cross street. 299 Queen St. W., at John St. > B2. Name the largest park on Queen St. W., located a few blocks > east of Ossington Av. Full name required. Trinity Bellwoods Park. > an economic disaster and a rebellion, after the government > encouraged its citizens to invest in what turned out to be > Ponzi schemes? Albania. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua(?), and Erland. > 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. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Calvin, Marc, Björn, Pete, Jason, and Bruce. This, too, was asked on "Jeopardy!" on 2015-07-13! > 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. Quirinus Quirrell. 4 for Björn and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. > D2. In this Shakespeare play the villain secretly hates the > title character and manipulates him into killing his > own wife. Name the play. "Othello". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Jason. > board, thus putting it on a main diagonal, for example at > space g2 (or King's Knight 2). What term derived from > the Italian for "flank" is used for this maneuver? Fianchetto. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Peter, Calvin, and Marc. 3 for Dan Tilque. > 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 8th rank, you underpromote it to make a new bishop. Some entrants additionally referred to having had a bishop captured first; whether or not this has happened is irrelevant, and while strictly speaking it's true that it doesn't make the answer wrong, I think it does in spirit, so I decided to score these answers as "almost correct". Answers referring to promoting a pawn to a queen were wrong, though. So: 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Calvin, Marc, and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum and Erland. > dark night sky. Then -- how many stars can see? This means > you see them well enough to pick them out individually. > How many stars? A few thousand -- different sources give somewhat different numbers. Accepting 1,000 to 9,999. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Marc. 2 for Dan Blum. > 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? Sunlight that has reflected off the Earth. I reluctantly accepted references to "light from the Earth" as almost correct, as I neglected to anticipate this answer and ask for a properly specific one. So, 4 for Marc. 3 for Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete. 1 for Bruce. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Sci H+G Mis Mis S+E Lit Mis Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 8 36 26 28 36 36 20 28 190 Dan Blum 29 33 10 28 16 28 36 31 185 Pete Gayde 6 35 36 24 23 8 20 19 157 Marc Dashevsky 24 27 16 24 24 8 24 24 147 Dan Tilque 16 28 4 32 16 28 12 22 142 "Calvin" 0 29 15 0 24 0 27 19 114 Bruce Bowler 0 20 12 20 20 0 28 9 109 Peter Smyth 10 33 12 28 10 0 12 12 107 Erland Sommarskog 3 39 12 8 -- -- 12 14 88 Jason Kreitzer 0 12 20 8 20 4 12 8 80 Björn Lundin 0 16 0 0 0 0 24 8 48 -- Mark Brader | "It is only a guess, of course. msb@vex.net | I hope none of you ever finds out for certain." Toronto | -- Insp. Grandpierre (Peter Stone, "Charade") My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 19 07:24AM > of the UK). Calvin and Bruce each got 2 of them; Erland and Peter > got 1˝, meaning that they identified someone but didn't give the > correct name; Pete got 1. My recollection of the event told me that the Cameron was there, but when I looked at the picture, it did not look like him. > to anticipate this answer and ask for a properly specific one. So, > 4 for Marc. 3 for Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Pete. > 1 for Bruce. Hrmpf! I said "Reflections of light from Earth". What light would Earth reflect if not light from the glorious Helios? Alpha Centauri? Yeah, it was maybe not the most accurate description, but I did have sunlight in mind, not Tellusian streetlights. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 18 01:51PM > * Game 3 (2010-10-03), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Florida Marlins all-star pitcher Jos? Fern?ndez died Sunday... > in what sort of accident? boating > 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? Newark > 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? Pulitzer; Booker > 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? sue the Saudi Arabian government > -- or rather, *not* seen -- in Toronto skies last Friday? > Some fundamentalist Christian websites heralded it as a sign > of the coming end times. lunar eclipse > fiasco, the TTC revealed last week that 5% of these machines > on the streetcar fleet are currently not functioning. > Which machines? fare collectors > accusation that he doesn't pay federal income taxes, the Donald > replied, "That makes me..." what? Give the single word that > completes his retort. smart > * 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? literature > 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. Billy Bush > 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? in Earth orbit > Ocean, left the Commonwealth of Nations, claiming that it has > been "unfairly and unjustly" treated by the intergovernmental > organization. Name the country. Maldives; Seychelles > 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? Thailand > 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? Vancouver; Halifax -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Oct 18 03:43PM Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 3 (2010-10-03), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Florida Marlins all-star pitcher José Fernández died Sunday... > in what sort of accident? Boating > 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? Jersey City > 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? Sue Saudi Arabia > -- or rather, not seen -- in Toronto skies last Friday? > Some fundamentalist Christian websites heralded it as a sign > of the coming end times. Lunar Eclipse > 6. Name the couple who were in Vancouver's poverty-stricken > Downtown Eastside last Sunday meeting mothers who are battling > drug and alcohol addiction. Justin and Mrs Trudeau > world record for circumnavigating the globe in a jet of the > 17,600-24,600 lb. category. Name this sportsman and amateur > pilot. Arnold Palmer > accusation that he doesn't pay federal income taxes, the Donald > replied, "That makes me..." what? Give the single word that > completes his retort. Smart > * 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? Literature > 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. Lauer > 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? in Space > Ocean, left the Commonwealth of Nations, claiming that it has > been "unfairly and unjustly" treated by the intergovernmental > organization. Name the country. Mauritius, Maldives > 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? Thailand > 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. Jim > 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? Youngest ever player to make debut Scored hat-trick on debut > 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? Vancouver, Ottawa Peter Smyth |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Oct 18 05:34PM On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 02:28:09 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 3 (2010-10-03), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Florida Marlins all-star pitcher José Fernández died Sunday... > in what sort of accident? Boating > 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? Hoboken > 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? Pulitzer? > 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? Sue the Saudi government > -- or rather, *not* seen -- in Toronto skies last Friday? > Some fundamentalist Christian websites heralded it as a sign of the > coming end times. Black Moon > accusation that he doesn't pay federal income taxes, the Donald > replied, "That makes me..." what? Give the single word that > completes his retort. Smart > * 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? Literature > 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. Billy Bush > 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? Space > 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? Thailand > Texas. > 8. Toronto Maple Leafs rookie Auston Matthews entered the history > books in his NHL debut on Wednesday. What did he do? scored 4 goals |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 18 06:25PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:WIednXOnkMSUUpjFnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 3 (2010-10-03), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Florida Marlins all-star pitcher José Fernández died Sunday... > in what sort of accident? Boating > 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? Newark > 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? Sue Saudi Arabia > 6. Name the couple who were in Vancouver's poverty-stricken > Downtown Eastside last Sunday meeting mothers who are battling > drug and alcohol addiction. Prince William and Duchess Kate; Justin Trudeau and wife > world record for circumnavigating the globe in a jet of the > 17,600-24,600 lb. category. Name this sportsman and amateur > pilot. Arnold Palmer > fiasco, the TTC revealed last week that 5% of these machines > on the streetcar fleet are currently not functioning. > Which machines? Heaters > accusation that he doesn't pay federal income taxes, the Donald > replied, "That makes me..." what? Give the single word that > completes his retort. smart > * 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? Literature > 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. Billy Bush > 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? Antarctic > Ocean, left the Commonwealth of Nations, claiming that it has > been "unfairly and unjustly" treated by the intergovernmental > organization. Name the country. Maldives > 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? Thailand > 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. Rougned Odor > 8. Toronto Maple Leafs rookie Auston Matthews entered the history > books in his NHL debut on Wednesday. What did he do? Scored 4 goals > 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? Victoria, BC; Calgary Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 18 08:59PM +0200 > 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? Hoboken, NJ > -- or rather, *not* seen -- in Toronto skies last Friday? > Some fundamentalist Christian websites heralded it as a sign > of the coming end times. Lunar eclipse > 6. Name the couple who were in Vancouver's poverty-stricken > Downtown Eastside last Sunday meeting mothers who are battling > drug and alcohol addiction. Justin Trudeau and wife > accusation that he doesn't pay federal income taxes, the Donald > replied, "That makes me..." what? Give the single word that > completes his retort. Vomit > * 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? Literature > 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? Montana > Ocean, left the Commonwealth of Nations, claiming that it has > been "unfairly and unjustly" treated by the intergovernmental > organization. Name the country. Maldives > 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? Thailand -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 18 04:51PM -0500 In article <WIednXOnkMSUUpjFnZ2dnUU7-UPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > * Game 3 (2010-10-03), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Florida Marlins all-star pitcher José Fernández died Sunday... > in what sort of accident? boating > 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? Hoboken (birthplace of Frank Sinatra) > 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? sue other countries > -- or rather, *not* seen -- in Toronto skies last Friday? > Some fundamentalist Christian websites heralded it as a sign > of the coming end times. occultation of Aldebaran > fiasco, the TTC revealed last week that 5% of these machines > on the streetcar fleet are currently not functioning. > Which machines? fare boxes > accusation that he doesn't pay federal income taxes, the Donald > replied, "That makes me..." what? Give the single word that > completes his retort. smart > * 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? Literature > 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. Billy Bush > 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? beyond the earth and its atmosphere > 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? Thailand > 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? scored a hat trick -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 19 02:06AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:WIednXOnkMSUUpjFnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 3 (2010-10-03), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Florida Marlins all-star pitcher José Fernández died Sunday... > in what sort of accident? boat > 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? sue Saudi Arabia > 6. Name the couple who were in Vancouver's poverty-stricken > Downtown Eastside last Sunday meeting mothers who are battling > drug and alcohol addiction. the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge > world record for circumnavigating the globe in a jet of the > 17,600-24,600 lb. category. Name this sportsman and amateur > pilot. Arnold Palmer > accusation that he doesn't pay federal income taxes, the Donald > replied, "That makes me..." what? Give the single word that > completes his retort. smart > * 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? literature > 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. Billy Bush > Ocean, left the Commonwealth of Nations, claiming that it has > been "unfairly and unjustly" treated by the intergovernmental > organization. Name the country. Maldives; Seychelles > 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? Thailand > 8. Toronto Maple Leafs rookie Auston Matthews entered the history > books in his NHL debut on Wednesday. What did he do? score 4 goals in his first game; score 3 goals in his first game > 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? Ottawa; Winnipeg -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Oct 18 05:01PM On Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:23:13 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 What is the first given name of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's second > child, born in December 2015? North is older than that, so it's not North. I'll guess South. > 2 The city where Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914 is now the > capital of which country? Bosnia > 3 Who wrote the bestselling 1992 relationship guide "Man are from Mars, > Women are from Venus"? John Grey (or is it Gray?) > 4 Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster have > all starred in a movie with which title? Freaky Friday > 5 These days they are most commonly used on small engines such as lawn > mowers. Which device mixes air and fuel for internal combustion? Carburetor > 6 The works of which American composer (1900-1990) include "Fanfare for > the Common Man" and "Appalachian Spring"? Aaron Copeland > 7 In the Kübler-Ross model, also known as 'the five stages of grief', > which is the last emotion experienced by people faced with impending > trauma? Acceptance > 8 In 1939, which TWO countries invaded Poland? Germany & Soviet Union > 9 Which four-letter word describes the white substance between the > coloured skin and flesh of some fruits, for example an orange? pith > 10 What type of creature is a razorback? hog |
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