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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 19 02:23PM -0800 1 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport? 2 The disease quinsy is inflammation of which part of the human body? 3 In what language was "The Communist Manifesto" written? 4 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846? 5 Which actor portrayed English aristocrat John Morgan, who is captured by Sioux Indians, in the 1970 film "A Man Called Horse"? 6 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film? 7 What is the capital city of Bali? 8 The "Ode to Joy" is part of the final movement of which Beethoven symphony? 9 What sport appears in the NATO phonetic alphabet? 10 Which British university is often known by the acronym KCL? cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 20 12:56AM > 1 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport? tennis > 2 The disease quinsy is inflammation of which part of the human body? throat > 3 In what language was "The Communist Manifesto" written? German > 4 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846? Neptune > 6 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film? The Jungle Book > 7 What is the capital city of Bali? Denpasar > 8 The "Ode to Joy" is part of the final movement of which Beethoven symphony? Ninth > 9 What sport appears in the NATO phonetic alphabet? golf > 10 Which British university is often known by the acronym KCL? King's College of London -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Feb 19 07:42PM -0600 On 2/19/17 16:23, Calvin wrote: > 1 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport? Tennis > 2 The disease quinsy is inflammation of which part of the human body? Tonsils > 3 In what language was "The Communist Manifesto" written? German > 4 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846? Neptune > 5 Which actor portrayed English aristocrat John Morgan, who is captured by Sioux Indians, in the 1970 film "A Man Called Horse"? > 6 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film? The Jungle Book > 7 What is the capital city of Bali? > 8 The "Ode to Joy" is part of the final movement of which Beethoven symphony? Ninth > 9 What sport appears in the NATO phonetic alphabet? Golf > 10 Which British university is often known by the acronym KCL? King's College, London |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 19 11:05PM -0300 > 1 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport? Alpine skiing > 3 In what language was "The Communist Manifesto" written? German > 4 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846? Neptuune > 6 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated > film? Jungle Book > 7 What is the capital city of Bali? Since this is a replay, I should know the answer, but I don't. > 8 The "Ode to Joy" is part of the final movement of which Beethoven > symphony? 9 > 9 What sport appears in the NATO phonetic alphabet? Polo > 10 Which British university is often known by the acronym KCL? King's College of London |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 20 12:05AM -0600 "Calvin": > 1 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport? Tennis. > 2 The disease quinsy is inflammation of which part of the human body? Tonsils. > 3 In what language was "The Communist Manifesto" written? German. > 4 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846? Neptune. > captured by Sioux Indians, in the 1970 film "A Man Called > Horse"? > 6 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film? "The Jungle Book"? > 7 What is the capital city of Bali? > 8 The "Ode to Joy" is part of the final movement of which > Beethoven symphony? 9th or Choral Symphony. > 9 What sport appears in the NATO phonetic alphabet? "Golf? No sir, prefer prison flog." > 10 Which British university is often known by the acronym KCL? King's College, London. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "However, 0.02283% failure might be better than 50% msb@vex.net | failure, depending on your needs." --Norman Diamond My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 20 01:27AM -0800 Calvin wrote: > 1 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport? Skiing > 2 The disease quinsy is inflammation of which part of the human body? ankles > 3 In what language was "The Communist Manifesto" written? German > 4 Which planet did JG Galle discover it in 1846? Neptune > 5 Which actor portrayed English aristocrat John Morgan, who is captured by Sioux Indians, in the 1970 film "A Man Called Horse"? Dustin Hoffman > 6 "The Bare Necessities" is a song from which 1967 Disney animated film? Beauty and the Beast > 7 What is the capital city of Bali? > 8 The "Ode to Joy" is part of the final movement of which Beethoven symphony? 9th > 9 What sport appears in the NATO phonetic alphabet? golf > 10 Which British university is often known by the acronym KCL? King's College, London -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 20 12:02AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-11-07, 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 7, Round 9 - Science - When You Hear Hoofbeats... Think Ungulates Here's a picture round featuring critters that walk on their toenails. Please see the 2-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-9/ungu/lates.pdf 1. No gnus would be bad news. Which picture shows a wildebeest? 2. An alpaca? 3. A Barbary sheep? 4. A mouflon? 5. An oryx? 6. An okapi? From here on, we go the other way. Please decode the rot13 to see the remaining picture letters, and you give each animal's name. (There were 6 decoys, which are interspersed with the others; answer these if you like for fun, but for no points.) All answers are one word except as noted. 7. N (qrpbl) 8. O (qrpbl) 9. S (qrpbl) 10. U. 11. W -- gjb jbeqf. 12. X (qrpbl -- gjb jbeqf) 13. Z (qrpbl) 14. A (qrpbl) 15. B. 16. C. ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round * A. Science: Invasive Plants in Ontario A1. This tall plant with violet-colored flowers, introduced from Europe in the 1800s, now grows in ditches, canals, and marshes, and degrades wetlands by choking out native species that provide animal and bird habitat. Name it. A2. This gargantuan member of the carrot family can grow up to 5.5 m tall, with white flower clusters similar to Queen Anne's lace, and can form a flower-head almost a meter wide. The sap is a severe skin irritant. Name the invader. * B. Canadiana: Tall Buildings B1. Name the building which is currently the record-holder for tallest residential building in Canada, at 78 stories. B2. Riffing on the address, marketers came up with a humble little moniker for the 80-story skyscraper to be built at the southwest corner of Yonge and Bloor. What is its name? Be fully exact. * C. Sports: Halo The military sci-fi first-person-shooter video-game franchise, that is. C1. The protagonist of the Halo series is almost always referred to as Master Chief. Either give his real name, or just name the specific type of enhanced super-soldier that he is. C2. Master Chief has an on-board artificial intelligence that assists him in defeating his enemies. This character was so popular that Microsoft used her name and voice for their Windows Phone virtual assistant. Name her. * D. Literature: Wordsworth et al. D1. Wordsworth's most popular work begins, "I wandered lonely as a cloud." Name the flowers that give the poem its name. D2. The poetry collection "Lyrical Ballads" in 1798 kicked off the English Romantic period. The publication of Wordsworth's magnum opus "The Prelude" upon his death in 1850 concluded the period. It included works by Wordsworth and *which poet friend* of his, who he dedicated "The Prelude" to? * E. Entertainment: Star Wars -- or, Hollywood feuds E1. On the set of the first "Charlie's Angels" movie, he pointed in turn to the three lead actresses, saying, "I get why you're here, and you've got talent, but why the hell are you here? You can't act!" The insulted actress then tried to punch him. Their feud grew, and he refused to return in the sequel to reprise his role as Bosley. Name either him or her. E2. They played a mother and her daughter in a 1983 comedy-drama film for which they were both nominated for Oscars. The actress playing the mother won. On set they fought. Some say one of them passed gas in the other's face. Name either actress. * F. History: The Empire Strikes Back -- or, the Falklands War of 1982 (I suppose E and F were invented as the start of a round with themed category titles, but then the Mods were unable to extend the theme in a suitable manner to complete the set.) F1. The largest single loss of life in the 3-month war occurred on May 2, 1982, when British submarine HMS Conqueror sank a World War II vintage cruiser of the Argentine Navy, resulting in the death of 323 crew members. Name the Argentine ship. F2. Two days later, Argentine forces responded by sending an Exocet missile into a British destroyer, with the loss of 20 lives. Name the British ship. -- Mark Brader "Finally no number of additional epicycles can Toronto hide the fact that We've Got a Problem Here." msb@vex.net -- from a science book club promotion My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 20 06:14AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > toenails. Please see the 2-page handout at: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-9/ungu/lates.pdf > 1. No gnus would be bad news. Which picture shows a wildebeest? G; I > 2. An alpaca? B; M > 3. A Barbary sheep? K; E > 4. A mouflon? E; K > 5. An oryx? C; O > 6. An okapi? D > From here on, we go the other way. Please decode the rot13 to see > the remaining picture letters, and you give each animal's name. > 10. U. tapir > 16. C. capybara > to punch him. Their feud grew, and he refused to return > in the sequel to reprise his role as Bosley. Name either > him or her. Bill Murray > The actress playing the mother won. On set they fought. > Some say one of them passed gas in the other's face. > Name either actress. Shirley MacLaine; Debra Winger > on May 2, 1982, when British submarine HMS Conqueror sank a > World War II vintage cruiser of the Argentine Navy, resulting > in the death of 323 crew members. Name the Argentine ship. General Belgrano -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 20 12:00AM -0600 Mark Brader: > 1. Born Alecia Beth Moore in 1979, she was recognized by Billboard > in 2009 as the Pop Songs Artist of the Decade. She got her stage > name from a character in the film "Reservoir Dogs". What is it? Pink (or P!nk). 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Gareth, and Jason. > 2. They called her Lady Day, as a nickname. What was this jazz > singer's stage name? Billie Holiday. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, Don, Peter, Erland, Gareth, and Jason. > 3. When they produce albums together, they go by the moniker "the > Glimmer Twins". Who are the Glimmer Twins? (Two surnames, > please.) Mick Jagger, Keith Richards. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Don, Gareth, and Jason. > 4. Born in Michigan in 1947. His passport says he's James Newell > Osterberg Jr. But when he gets up on stage and takes off his > shirt, the fans call him...? Iggy Pop. 4 for Joshua, Pete, Don, Gareth, and Jason. > 5. On the attendance sheet at Birchmount Collegiate, he was Abel > Makkonen Tesfaye. But on the Billboard charts, he is.... The Weeknd ["Weekend"]. 4 for Joshua and Gareth. > second-greatest bass player of all time. He was born in > Australia, but plays for the quintessential L.A. band. > What's his nickname? Flea. (Red Hot Chili Peppers.) 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Don, Peter, Erland, Gareth, and Jason. > condom over the left lens of her glasses as a plug for safe sex. > Her 1990s girl group brought us the hits "No Scrubs" and > "Chasing Waterfalls". For what group did "Left-Eye" perform? TLC. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Gareth, and Jason. > 8. He was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, 1946; he died in > London, 1991. Thanks largely to his 4-octave vocal range, > his group ruled the airwaves through much of the 1970s and '80s. Freddie Mercury. (Queen.) 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, Don, Peter, Dan Tilque, Erland, Gareth, and Jason. > 9. Virtuoso saxophonist "Bird" was a pioneer of be-bop music. > What was "Bird"'s real name? Charlie Parker. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, Erland, Gareth, and Jason. > of the band Outkast till setting out in new directions as a solo > artist, actor, and fashionista. By what name is he better known? > More than one word required. Andre 3000. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Gareth. > * Game 7, Round 8 - Canadiana - Quotes by Canadians This was the easiest round in the original game. > ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly > and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is > affected by every twitch and grunt." Pierre Trudeau. In the original game the surname alone was generously accepted, and I'll conform to that here. 4 for Dan Blum and Gareth (the hard way). > we are still a young nation, very much in the formative stages. > Our national condition is still flexible enough that we can > make almost anything we wish of our nation." Lester Pearson. > 3. Name the artist and author who said: "There are few, if any, > Canadian men that have never spelled their name in a snow bank." Douglas Coupland. > 4. Name the author and journalist who said: "A Canadian is someone > who knows how to make love in a canoe." Pierre Berton. > 5. On October 13, 1970, when reporter Tim Ralfe asked Pierre > Trudeau how far he was willing to go to deal with the FLQ, > what was his 3-word answer? "Just watch me." 4 for Don. > 6. Which American was Pierre Trudeau referring to when he said > "I've been called worse things by better people"? Richard Nixon. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Don. > 7. "Not necessarily conscription, but conscription if necessary." > Name the Prime Minister who uttered this famous quote. William Lyon Mackenzie King. > 8. Which BC premier was future Prime Minister Kim Campbell talking > about when she said, "Charisma without substance can be a > dangerous thing"? Bill Vander Zalm. > 9. "Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, > I have impeccable paranoia credentials." Which Giller Prize > and Governor-General's Award winner said that? Mordecai Richler. 4 for Marc. > 10. "The US is our trading partner, our neighbor, our ally, and > our friend... and sometimes we'd like to give them such a smack!" > Which comedian and TV personality said that about America? Rick Mercer. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Spo His Lit Ent Can FOUR Gareth Owen 0 30 26 32 40 4 128 Joshua Kreitzer 23 16 28 28 40 4 119 Pete Gayde 24 27 28 8 16 4 95 Dan Blum 26 10 20 28 20 8 94 Dan Tilque 28 20 32 8 4 0 88 "Calvin" 15 24 17 21 24 0 86 Peter Smyth 12 31 14 12 20 0 77 Marc Dashevsky 20 12 20 20 16 4 76 Erland Sommarskog 24 8 16 3 16 0 64 Jason Kreitzer 0 0 8 8 32 0 48 Don Piven -- -- -- -- 20 8 28 Bruce Bowler -- -- 12 4 -- -- 16 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | I still remember the first time his reality check msb@vex.net | bounced. -- Darlene Richards My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Feb 19 02:20PM -0800 On Friday, February 10, 2017 at 3:46:55 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 7 questions only for this one. > 1 Who wrote the 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind"? Margaret Mitchell > 2 Which position has been held by Avery Brundage and Lord Killanin, among others? President of the IOC > 3 The fictional firms Wernham-Hogg and Dundler-Mifflin appear in which TV comedy program? The Office > 4 What is the most popular tourist attraction in Zambia? Victoria Falls > 5 Despite the name, Kansas City is actually located in which US state? Missouri I thought the wording made it clear that the expected answer was not Kansas. > 6 What English word has 3 double letters in a row? Bookkeeper > 7 Which mythical creatures can supposedly be recognised, when in human guise, by their long ring fingers? Werewolves Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 474 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 63 Don Piven 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 63 Aren Ess 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 53 Peter Smyth 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 54 Bruce Bowler 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 58 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 58 Mark Brader 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 58 Pete Gayde 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 58 Gareth Owen 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 45 Dan Blum 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 39 Erland S 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 40 Dan Tilque - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 10 9 9 10 9 11 5 0 0 0 63 57% Congratulations Don and Aren. cheers, calvin |
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