| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 27 11:53PM -0600 Mark Brader: > We name three cities/towns; you name the river that joins them. > Warning: the three cities won't necessarily be the largest or most > famous ones along that river. This was the 2nd-easiest round in the original game, after the current-events round. > 1. Basel, Strasbourg, Bonn. Rhine. (In Switzerland, France, and Germany respectively.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Marc. 3 for Dan Blum. > 2. Waterloo, Cambridge, Paris. Grand. (Canada: ON.) > 3. Bismarck, Omaha, Kansas City. Missouri. (US: ND/NE/KS.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Marc. 3 for Dan Blum. > 4. Regensburg, Bratislava, Belgrade. Danube. (Germany/Slovakia/Serbia.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, Dan Blum, and Marc. > 5. Geneva, Lyon, Arles. Rhone. (Switzerland/France/France.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, Dan Blum, and Marc. > 6. Prince George, Chilliwack, Maple Ridge. Fraser. (Canada: BC.) 4 for Dan Tilque. > 7. Minneapolis, St. Louis, Memphis. Mississippi. (US: MN/MO/TN.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, Dan Blum, and Marc. > 8. Turin, Piacenza, Cremona. Po. (Italy.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Marc. 2 for Dan Blum. > 9. Dresden, Wittenberg, Hamburg. Elbe. (Germany.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete. > 10. Revelstoke, Portland, Astoria. Columbia. (Canada: BC. US: OR/OR.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Marc. > 1. Ranked #25. The BBC started the century early, in 2000, the > year this film was made. Christopher Nolan directs Guy Pearce > and Carrie-Anne Moss in a story about an amnesiac avenger. "Memento". 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Dan Blum, and Marc. > vision is based on. Clive Owen's character tries to save > a baby in a world where most women have become infertile. > Alfonso Cuarón directs. "Children of Men". 4 for Joshua and Gareth. > 3. Ranked #2. Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung play neighbors drawing > closer, but the real stars are the leading lady's cheongsam > dresses. Wong Kar-Wai directed this 2000 release. "In the Mood for Love". 4 for Joshua. > this tale of marital discord in Iran. The wife (Leila Hatami) > wants to emigrate, the husband (Peyman Moaadi) to stay and see > that his father is cared for. "A Separation". 4 for Joshua. > strikes oil. The Washington Post called this 2007 film > "a sprawling, half-mad testament to greed, industry, moral > hypocrisy, and ballyhoo". "There will be Blood". 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Pete, Dan Blum, and Marc. > 6. Ranked #1. In 2001, David Lynch turned a rejected TV pilot > into a feature film starring Naomi Watts and Laura Harring. > It's named for a road in Los Angeles. "Mulholland Drive". 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Pete, Dan Blum, and Marc. 2 for Dan Tilque. > 7. Ranked #17. In 2006, Guillermo del Toro wrote and directed > this story set partly in Franco's Spain and partly in the > fantasy world of its pre-teen protagonist, Ofelia. "Pan's Labyrinth". 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Dan Blum, and Marc. > 8. Ranked #24. Philip Seymour Hoffman is married to Amy Adams > but still curiously interested in Joaquin Phoenix. Paul Thomas > Anderson directs this 2012 story of a cult called the Cause. "The Master". 4 for Joshua and Gareth. > 9. Ranked #10. The Coen brothers picked up the 2007 Best Picture > Oscar for this modern-day western starring Josh Brolin as > Llewelyn Moss and Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh. "No Country for Old Men". 4 for Joshua, Gareth, Erland, Dan Blum, and Marc. > Richard Linklater's film takes Mason from Grade 1 to the end > of high school. Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, and Ellar > Coltrane star. "Boyhood". 4 for Joshua, Gareth, and Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Sci Geo Ent Dan Blum 3 36 20 24 83 Joshua Kreitzer 9 16 16 40 81 Dan Tilque 0 40 36 2 78 Marc Dashevsky 0 24 28 20 72 Gareth Owen 0 36 0 32 68 Erland Sommarskog 0 15 32 4 51 Pete Gayde 0 8 32 8 48 Peter Smyth 0 28 -- -- 28 Don Piven 0 28 -- -- 28 "Calvin" 0 11 -- -- 11 -- Mark Brader | "To a security officer the ideal world was one where Toronto | nobody talked to anyone else... [But] of course... msb@vex.net | such a world rarely did anything worth securing | in the first place." -- Tom Clancy My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 28 10:25AM +0100 >> 10. Revelstoke, Portland, Astoria. > Columbia. (Canada: BC. US: OR/OR.) 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, > Pete, and Marc. OR or OR? Not AND? :-) (It should of course be OR/WA, but I guess that is what happens when Mark posts answers closes to midnight.) Since I only knew Portland and not the other two places, I could not be sure whether the river in question was Columbia or the Willamette which is the river you see from downtown. It seemed likely that they would be asking for the bigger river. (And the bigger Portland!) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 28 03:54AM -0600 Mark Brader: >>> 10. Revelstoke, Portland, Astoria. >> Columbia. (Canada: BC. US: OR/OR.) ... Erland Sommarskog: > (It should of course be OR/WA...) Not. > but I guess that is what happens when Mark posts answers closes to midnight. ! -- Mark Brader | "But how do you figure out whether the programmer Toronto | knew what he was doing when you find his code msb@vex.net | after he's gone?" -- Roger Critchlow |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 28 02:02AM -0800 Erland Sommarskog wrote: > OR or OR? Not AND? :-) > (It should of course be OR/WA, but I guess that is what happens when > Mark posts answers closes to midnight.) Nope, Both Portland and Astoria are in Oregon. Astoria is at the mouth of the river, but it's on the Oregon side. > sure whether the river in question was Columbia or the Willamette which > is the river you see from downtown. It seemed likely that they would be > asking for the bigger river. (And the bigger Portland!) Yes. If they'd wanted to make it difficult, they'd have replaced Portland with Vancouver. The other Vancouver, which is across the Columbia from Portland. Everyone would have been guessing the Fraser. (Well, except me, but my answer was not a guess; that's a local river.) -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 27 11:55PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-10-03, 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 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 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 3, Round 7 - History - Sequence of Inventions We will give you three inventions or innovations. You give the order in which they became *commercially available*, from first to last. For convenience, please give your answer (or each of your guesses) as three letters, such as "ABC" or "CBA". 1. Techie playthings: A. Beats headphones by Dr. Dre. B. The Apple iPad. C. The Amazon Kindle e-reader. 2. In the kitchen: A. Automatic pop-up toaster for home use. B. Pyrex glassware (in the US). C. Electric kettle with a submersible heating element. 3. Medicine: A. Implantable cardiac pacemaker. B. Penicillin. C. Epinephrine auto-injector (Epipen). 4. Social networking: A. LinkedIn. B. Twitter. C. Snapchat. 5. Music tech: A. Napster peer-to-peer file sharing service. B. AAA-size lithium-ion battery. C. MP3 player (in North America). 6. Super-Canadiana: A. Open-cockpit 1- or 2-person snowmobile. B. Time zones established for railways. C. Robertson-head screws. 7. Canadian food and drink: A. Macintosh apple. B. Canola oil (approved for use in the US). C. Caesar cocktail. 8. Basic tech: A. The consumer counter-top microwave oven. B. The integrated circuit (chip). C. The Touch-Tone phone. 9. Everyday life: A. Standard Bic ballpoint pen. B. Nylon stockings. C. Sliced bread. 10. Sporting inventions: A. 5-pin bowling. B. Hard-cup jockstrap. C. Goalie mask. * Game 3, Round 8 - Sports - Equipment and Manufacturers 1. This company has been making racket-sports equipment since 1881. Since 1902, they have been the sole provider of tennis balls for Wimbledon. Name them. 2. Jake Burton started shaping these in his garage in Burlington Vermont in 1977. Today, Burton is perhaps the biggest brand name for this piece of sports equipment. What equipment? 3. You'll see this name on bicycle helmets all over the city. His success in cyclewear has earned him the Order of Canada and the National Order of Quebec. He's also famous for having his picture taken with his arm around the Queen's shoulder. Name him. 4. Back in 1855, in Kentucky, the Hillerich and Bradsby Co. started making this sports item to meet a growing demand -- although they really would have preferred to stick to making stair railings and porch columns. Today they belong to Wilson Sporting Goods, but this same product is still a major seller. What is it? 5. They have been making the official game ball of the NBA since 1983 -- although the sport the founder devoted his life to was baseball. Name the company. 6. What important piece of equipment do Sher-Wood Athletics in Quebec and Yin Hua Silicone Rubber Products in China both make? 7. If you rent skis in Ontario, you'll know this name. Founded in 1904, they were one of the first to introduce plastic skis. The company is now headquartered in Isère, France. What company? 8. There are only two manufacturers of this piece of sports equipment -- Kays Scotland and a Canadian company whose name would give away the answer. All of the material used to manufacture the product is sourced from either Scotland or northern Wales. What's the product? 9. Founded in 1932, whose slogan is "the #1 ball in golf"? 10. What company makes the official ball for the FIFA World Cup? -- Mark Brader "Men are animals." Toronto "What are women? Plants, birds, fish?" msb@vex.net -- Spider Robinson, "Night of Power" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Dec 28 06:03AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:e_Sdnf66T75Izv7FnZ2dnUU7- > A. Beats headphones by Dr. Dre. > B. The Apple iPad. > C. The Amazon Kindle e-reader. ABC; ACB > A. Automatic pop-up toaster for home use. > B. Pyrex glassware (in the US). > C. Electric kettle with a submersible heating element. BAC; BCA > A. Implantable cardiac pacemaker. > B. Penicillin. > C. Epinephrine auto-injector (Epipen). BAC > A. LinkedIn. > B. Twitter. > C. Snapchat. ABC; BAC > A. Napster peer-to-peer file sharing service. > B. AAA-size lithium-ion battery. > C. MP3 player (in North America). BAC > A. Open-cockpit 1- or 2-person snowmobile. > B. Time zones established for railways. > C. Robertson-head screws. CBA; BCA > A. Macintosh apple. > B. Canola oil (approved for use in the US). > C. Caesar cocktail. ACB > A. The consumer counter-top microwave oven. > B. The integrated circuit (chip). > C. The Touch-Tone phone. BAC > A. Standard Bic ballpoint pen. > B. Nylon stockings. > C. Sliced bread. CAB; CBA > A. 5-pin bowling. > B. Hard-cup jockstrap. > C. Goalie mask. ABC > 1. This company has been making racket-sports equipment since 1881. > Since 1902, they have been the sole provider of tennis balls > for Wimbledon. Name them. Wilson > 2. Jake Burton started shaping these in his garage in Burlington > Vermont in 1977. Today, Burton is perhaps the biggest brand > name for this piece of sports equipment. What equipment? snowboard > really would have preferred to stick to making stair railings > and porch columns. Today they belong to Wilson Sporting Goods, > but this same product is still a major seller. What is it? Louisville Slugger baseball bat > 5. They have been making the official game ball of the NBA since > 1983 -- although the sport the founder devoted his life to > was baseball. Name the company. Spalding > 9. Founded in 1932, whose slogan is "the #1 ball in golf"? Titleist > 10. What company makes the official ball for the FIFA World Cup? Adidas -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Dec 28 03:19AM -0600 In article <e_Sdnf66T75Izv7FnZ2dnUU7-c_NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > A. Beats headphones by Dr. Dre. > B. The Apple iPad. > C. The Amazon Kindle e-reader. CBA > A. Automatic pop-up toaster for home use. > B. Pyrex glassware (in the US). > C. Electric kettle with a submersible heating element. CAB > A. Implantable cardiac pacemaker. > B. Penicillin. > C. Epinephrine auto-injector (Epipen). BAC > A. LinkedIn. > B. Twitter. > C. Snapchat. ABC > A. Napster peer-to-peer file sharing service. > B. AAA-size lithium-ion battery. > C. MP3 player (in North America). CAB > A. Open-cockpit 1- or 2-person snowmobile. > B. Time zones established for railways. > C. Robertson-head screws. BCA > A. Macintosh apple. > B. Canola oil (approved for use in the US). > C. Caesar cocktail. ABC > A. The consumer counter-top microwave oven. > B. The integrated circuit (chip). > C. The Touch-Tone phone. CAB > A. Standard Bic ballpoint pen. > B. Nylon stockings. > C. Sliced bread. CBA > A. 5-pin bowling. > B. Hard-cup jockstrap. > C. Goalie mask. ABC > 2. Jake Burton started shaping these in his garage in Burlington > Vermont in 1977. Today, Burton is perhaps the biggest brand > name for this piece of sports equipment. What equipment? snowboard > really would have preferred to stick to making stair railings > and porch columns. Today they belong to Wilson Sporting Goods, > but this same product is still a major seller. What is it? baseball bat > 5. They have been making the official game ball of the NBA since > 1983 -- although the sport the founder devoted his life to > was baseball. Name the company. Spaulding > 6. What important piece of equipment do Sher-Wood Athletics in > Quebec and Yin Hua Silicone Rubber Products in China both make? hockey puck [it's gotta be] > would give away the answer. All of the material used to > manufacture the product is sourced from either Scotland or > northern Wales. What's the product? curling stones [it's gotta be] > 9. Founded in 1932, whose slogan is "the #1 ball in golf"? Titleist -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Dec 28 10:25AM +0100 > A. Beats headphones by Dr. Dre. > B. The Apple iPad. > C. The Amazon Kindle e-reader. ACB > A. Automatic pop-up toaster for home use. > B. Pyrex glassware (in the US). > C. Electric kettle with a submersible heating element. ABC > A. Implantable cardiac pacemaker. > B. Penicillin. > C. Epinephrine auto-injector (Epipen). BAC > A. LinkedIn. > B. Twitter. > C. Snapchat. ABC > A. Napster peer-to-peer file sharing service. > B. AAA-size lithium-ion battery. > C. MP3 player (in North America). BCA > A. Open-cockpit 1- or 2-person snowmobile. > B. Time zones established for railways. > C. Robertson-head screws. BCA > A. Macintosh apple. > B. Canola oil (approved for use in the US). > C. Caesar cocktail. ACB > A. The consumer counter-top microwave oven. > B. The integrated circuit (chip). > C. The Touch-Tone phone. BCA > A. Standard Bic ballpoint pen. > B. Nylon stockings. > C. Sliced bread. BAC > A. 5-pin bowling. > B. Hard-cup jockstrap. > C. Goalie mask. CBA > 2. Jake Burton started shaping these in his garage in Burlington > Vermont in 1977. Today, Burton is perhaps the biggest brand > name for this piece of sports equipment. What equipment? Hockey sticks > and the National Order of Quebec. He's also famous for having > his picture taken with his arm around the Queen's shoulder. > Name him. Dell > 6. What important piece of equipment do Sher-Wood Athletics in > Quebec and Yin Hua Silicone Rubber Products in China both make? Hockey pucks > 7. If you rent skis in Ontario, you'll know this name. Founded > in 1904, they were one of the first to introduce plastic skis. > The company is now headquartered in Isère, France. What company? Elan > would give away the answer. All of the material used to > manufacture the product is sourced from either Scotland or > northern Wales. What's the product? Curling stones > 10. What company makes the official ball for the FIFA World Cup? Adidas -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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