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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 18 08:14AM -0600 Mark Brader: > "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > * Game 7 (2016-11-07), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Who was named MVP of the 2016 World Series? Ben Zobrist. 4 for Pete. > 2. Ontario's education minister announced this week she will meet > with which GTA school board to address questions of systemic > racism? York. > 3. Prince Harry, the world's most eligible ginger, was spotted in > Toronto, apparently to visit his new girlfriend. Name the > actress in question, currently filming in our fair city. Meghan Markle. (She's in the cable TV drama "Suits".) 4 for Joshua. > intention to attract money from large institutional investors. > What new financial structure is to be created to facilitate this? > (Give its name.) Canada Infrastructure Bank. > 5. Name either of the Ontario Liberal party insiders charged this > week in relation to the 2015 Sudbury by-election scandal. Gerry Lougheed, Patricia Sorbara. > 6. An Ontario baseball club has changed its name after 60 years. > The team in Alvinston has ditched which name now termed > offensive? Indians. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Peter. > of Canada dancers posing on subway trains, stations, etc. > Which organization has raised objections to the ads? (Name or > describe it.) Body Confidence Canada. I took the liberty of reversing the question and answer on this one. In the original game, players were asked to identify the organization whose members appeared. I thought it was more fun to ask who would be objecting to ads like that. > 8. Which 20-year-old Brampton singer, with a gold record and a > number of charted singles, headlined her own show at Massey > Hall last Wednesday? Alessia Cara. > 9. Swedish fashion company H+M has named which Canadian pop > sensation its new brand ambassador? The Weeknd ["Weekend"]. > 10. Which pop superstar made a surprise appearance at the Country > Music Awards last week, including singing together with the > Dixie Chicks? Beyoncé. 4 for Marc and Pete. > * Game 8 (2016-11-14), Round 1 - Canadiana Current Events Despite this round being Canadiana, people in the newsgroup did better on it than on the previous one. > 1. Who scored 3 goals for Toronto FC, sending them to the Major > League Soccer semifinals for the first time? Sebastian Giovinco ["Joe-VIN-ko"]. > it was "Sid vs. the Kid", as two "generational stars" of hockey > faced off against each other for the first time. Who is the > new kid on the block? Connor McDavid. > 3. Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit paid a 4-day > visit to Canada last week. On behalf of which nation? Norway. 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, and Marc. 3 for Pete. > 4. Air Canada first advanced, then backed off from, a controversial > ban last week. What did the airline, for a while, tell its > flight attendants they could not wear? Remembrance Day poppies. > Canadian institution waited 25 years before apologizing last > week for a 1989 exhibition which it now acknowledges "contributed > to anti-African racism"? Royal Ontario Museum. (ROM was sufficient.) > 6. Last week in Vancouver, Prime Minister Trudeau announced a > $1,500,000,000 plan to protect Canada's coasts from what? Oil spills. > 7. The Liberals vault from third-party status to majority > government! Sound familiar? It happened last week -- in which > Canadian jurisdiction? Yukon. > 8. Which Canadian ministry's web site crashed on Tuesday night > due to unusual volume? Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship. 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, and Marc. > release of his latest album, this man said: "I am ready to die. > I hope it's not too uncomfortable. That's about it for me." > Who was speaking? Leonard Cohen (who did die, a week before this game was played). 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, and Pete. > 10. Last Wednesday at 10:30 pm saw the Comedy Network premiere of > Canada's newest satirical half-hour "news" series. Give the > title. "The Beaverton". Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BEST SIX Pete Gayde 4 12 19 27 0 20 8 7 93 Joshua Kreitzer 4 8 20 18 12 20 4 12 90 Peter Smyth 8 4 16 14 8 24 2 12 82 Dan Tilque 4 8 12 16 12 20 0 8 76 Dan Blum 7 8 12 19 10 13 3 12 74 Stephen Perry 32 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- 66 Marc Dashevsky 4 8 12 15 12 0 4 12 63 Erland Sommarskog 4 4 4 12 4 12 0 12 48 Bruce Bowler -- -- 20 20 -- -- -- -- 40 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Thus, "plain english" is the same as msb@vex.net | "near-field spin". --Carl Ginnow My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 18 07:25PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: >> Canada's newest satirical half-hour "news" series. Give the >> title. > "The Beaverton". They named the show after a certain suburb[1] of Portland?[2,3] I'm gobsmacked! [1] With a less than sterling reputation. [2] Which one of the participants here lives near, but that's beside the point. [3] Portlandia was already taken, so I guess they had to make do.[4] [4] When they get down to naming one after Aloha[5], you'll know they hit rock-bottom. [5] An even less salubrious Portland suburb.[6] [6] Are there enough footnotes in this post yet? -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 19 11:23AM +0100 > [6] Are there enough footnotes in this post yet? [7] No. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Nov 18 04:47PM -0500 Thanks to Dan for RQ#239. This is Rotating Quiz #240. Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each one. Only one answer is allowed per question. Entries must be posted by Friday, November 25, 2016. Usual rules: no looking anything up, no discussion, etc. The winner gets to create the next RQ. The answers in this round aren't letters of the alphabet, but they sound like them. For example, A female sheep is a ewe (U) They are not in alphabetical order 1. A brood (as of pheasants) 2. A city on the east coast of Scotland, once known for fishing, but now for oil, sits at the mouth of two rivers, the Don and the ? 3. A member of the order Hymenoptera. 4. A river that rises in Somerset and flows south to the English Channel 5. A support for a ball 6. In printing, 1/6 of an inch 7. Star of the 1955 movie, "The Court Jester" 8. A river that rises in Wales and joins the River Severn at Chepstow 9. The first chief justice of SCOTUS 10. The jurisdiction of a bishop. 11. What The Seekers knew they would never find another of 12. This typically though not exclusively Canadian word ends a sentence, turning it into a question. 13. To form a line 14. Turn to the off side 15. Feminine suffix -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 18 10:38PM > 1. A brood (as of pheasants) pea > 2. A city on the east coast of Scotland, once known for fishing, but > now for oil, sits at the mouth of two rivers, the Don and the ? Dee > 3. A member of the order Hymenoptera. bee > 4. A river that rises in Somerset and flows south to the English Channel Wye > 5. A support for a ball tee > 6. In printing, 1/6 of an inch em > 7. Star of the 1955 movie, "The Court Jester" Kaye > 8. A river that rises in Wales and joins the River Severn at Chepstow Ell > 9. The first chief justice of SCOTUS Jay > 10. The jurisdiction of a bishop. see > 12. This typically though not exclusively Canadian word ends a > sentence, turning it into a question. eh > 13. To form a line queue > 15. Feminine suffix ess -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Nov 18 11:16PM Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > 1. A brood (as of pheasants) > 2. A city on the east coast of Scotland, once known for fishing, but > now for oil, sits at the mouth of two rivers, the Don and the ? Dee > 3. A member of the order Hymenoptera. Bee > 4. A river that rises in Somerset and flows south to the English > Channel Ex > 5. A support for a ball > 6. In printing, 1/6 of an inch En > 7. Star of the 1955 movie, "The Court Jester" > 8. A river that rises in Wales and joins the River Severn at Chepstow Wye > 9. The first chief justice of SCOTUS Jay > 10. The jurisdiction of a bishop. See > 12. This typically though not exclusively Canadian word ends a > sentence, turning it into a question. > 13. To form a line Queue > 14. Turn to the off side > 15. Feminine suffix Ess Peter Smyth |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 19 12:11AM "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca> wrote in news:rg94gd-f8d.ln1 > 1. A brood (as of pheasants) > 2. A city on the east coast of Scotland, once known for fishing, but > now for oil, sits at the mouth of two rivers, the Don and the ? Ayr > 3. A member of the order Hymenoptera. > 4. A river that rises in Somerset and flows south to the English Channel > 5. A support for a ball Tee > 6. In printing, 1/6 of an inch Em > 7. Star of the 1955 movie, "The Court Jester" Kaye > 8. A river that rises in Wales and joins the River Severn at Chepstow > 9. The first chief justice of SCOTUS Jay > 10. The jurisdiction of a bishop. See > 11. What The Seekers knew they would never find another of You > 12. This typically though not exclusively Canadian word ends a > sentence, turning it into a question. Eh > 13. To form a line Queue > 14. Turn to the off side > 15. Feminine suffix Ess Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 18 10:21PM -0600 Chris Johnson: > The answers in this round aren't letters of the alphabet, but they > sound like them. For example, A female sheep is a ewe (U) This was a category on "Jeopardy!" this week! > 1. A brood (as of pheasants) No idea. An aitch? > 2. A city on the east coast of Scotland, once known for fishing, but > now for oil, sits at the mouth of two rivers, the Don and the ? Dee. > 3. A member of the order Hymenoptera. Bee. > 4. A river that rises in Somerset and flows south to the English Channel Exe. > 5. A support for a ball Tee. > 6. In printing, 1/6 of an inch I believe you want the em. This is normally a relative unit: when 12-point type is in use, em is correct, but with 24-point type, en is correct. But I think it is also occasionally used in the manner described. A better answer is to the question as written is pica. > 7. Star of the 1955 movie, "The Court Jester" Kaye. > 8. A river that rises in Wales and joins the River Severn at Chepstow Wye. > 9. The first chief justice of SCOTUS Jay. > 10. The jurisdiction of a bishop. See. > 11. What The Seekers knew they would never find another of You? > 12. This typically though not exclusively Canadian word ends a > sentence, turning it into a question. Eh (what's up, doc?). > 13. To form a line Queue. > 14. Turn to the off side Gee. > 15. Feminine suffix -elle. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "The truth will set you free, msb@vex.net | but first it will make you miserable." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Nov 19 07:48AM > 1. A brood (as of pheasants) Gee??? > 2. A city on the east coast of Scotland, once known for fishing, but > now for oil, sits at the mouth of two rivers, the Don and the ? Dee > 3. A member of the order Hymenoptera. Bee > 4. A river that rises in Somerset and flows south to the English Channel Exe > 5. A support for a ball Tee > 6. In printing, 1/6 of an inch Em? (Could be En or Ell, of course) > 7. Star of the 1955 movie, "The Court Jester" Kaye > 8. A river that rises in Wales and joins the River Severn at Chepstow Wye > 9. The first chief justice of SCOTUS Jay? -- couldn't choose between that or Gee as most likely > 10. The jurisdiction of a bishop. See > 11. What The Seekers knew they would never find another of You > 12. This typically though not exclusively Canadian word ends a > sentence, turning it into a question. "Eh?" > 13. To form a line Queue > 14. Turn to the off side Gee??? Can't get past the cricket meaning of this, and can't think of a cricket answer that make sense. > 15. Feminine suffix -ee Good quiz Chris - lots of opportunity for elimination and guessing. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 19 12:04AM -0800 Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > 2. A city on the east coast of Scotland, once known for fishing, but > now for oil, sits at the mouth of two rivers, the Don and the ? > 3. A member of the order Hymenoptera. bee > 4. A river that rises in Somerset and flows south to the English Channel > 5. A support for a ball tee > 6. In printing, 1/6 of an inch em > 7. Star of the 1955 movie, "The Court Jester" Oh > 8. A river that rises in Wales and joins the River Severn at Chepstow Wye > 9. The first chief justice of SCOTUS Jay > 10. The jurisdiction of a bishop. see > 11. What The Seekers knew they would never find another of > 12. This typically though not exclusively Canadian word ends a > sentence, turning it into a question. eh > 13. To form a line queue > 14. Turn to the off side gee > 15. Feminine suffix -ess -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 19 11:19AM +0100 > 2. A city on the east coast of Scotland, once known for fishing, but > now for oil, sits at the mouth of two rivers, the Don and the ? Key > 4. A river that rises in Somerset and flows south to the English Channel Key > 5. A support for a ball Tee > 6. In printing, 1/6 of an inch En > 7. Star of the 1955 movie, "The Court Jester" Dee > 8. A river that rises in Wales and joins the River Severn at Chepstow Key > 9. The first chief justice of SCOTUS Aitch > 10. The jurisdiction of a bishop. See > 11. What The Seekers knew they would never find another of You > 12. This typically though not exclusively Canadian word ends a > sentence, turning it into a question. Are > 13. To form a line Queue > 14. Turn to the off side Eye > 15. Feminine suffix -a -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 18 04:24PM > I said Margaret Mitchell, not Martha, for #3, so I should only get one > or two points, at most. Not that it makes the slightest difference in > the results, so frankly, who gives a damn. Whoops. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 18 04:25PM Dan Blum <tool@panix.com> wrote: Revised scoring: -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 18 02:58PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8ICdnTdJto4pkrDFnZ2dnUU7- > ** Final, Round 8 -- Science > * A. Tough Conversion Factors (Non-Metric) > A1. There are 86,400 *what* in a *what*? Square feet in an acre > A2. There are 43,560 *what* in a *what*? Square feet in an acre > A3. There are 63,360 *what* in a *what*? Square feet in an acre > Thomas Newcomen made a usable one. But Newcomen's design > had a major inefficiency and it was another man who changed > the world by eliminating this flaw. What did they invent? Steam engine > them was able to make a practical machine and prove it, > as the inventors you've no doubt heard of did. What, > allegedly, did they all invent? Airplane > by Elisha Gray in Ohio, whose filing at the patent office > in 1876 was just hours after the man whose name is still > remembered. What did they invent? Telephone > In each case we'll give you a bird name with a word missing; > you fill it in. Each answer refers to a body part. > C1. Rose-____ grosbeak Headed > C2. Red-____ hawk Tailed > C3. Yellow-____ sapsucker Bellied > D1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/scat/d1.jpg > One picture has an American penny for scale, and another > has a Canadian toonie. Rabbit > D2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/scat/d2.jpg > There are scales in inches and centimeters. Bear > D3. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-8/scat/d3.jpg > One picture has a US penny. Coyote; Wolf > consumption of a certain substance or its related products. > The condition is mostly seen in children. Name the > substance. Lead > E3. Trichophagia is the compulsive desire to eat what? > The substance in question does not provide any nutrition, > but can remain in your stomach for months or even years. Glass > * F. Oxides > F1. Corundum is an oxide of what element? Carbon > F2. Magnetite is an oxide of what element? Magnesium > F3. Quicklime is an oxide of what element? Pete Gayde |
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