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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 14 05:37PM -0500 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. (This set is running concurrently with Game 9, Rounds 7-8 -- and later Rounds 9-10 -- from the previous season.) All questions were written by members of 5 Easy Pieces 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 (2017-03-06), Round 1 - Current Events 1. He was the first television judge and presided over "The People's Court" from 1981 to 1993. He hosted the show after retiring as an actual judge. Last week he died at the age of 97. Who was he? 2. Travis Kalanick admitted he needs "leadership help" after a video made public showed him arguing with and disparaging an employee. Kalanick is the CEO of which company? 3. A Russian billionaire purchased a late-19th-century landscape painting called "Te Fare (La Maison") for 54,000,000 euros in 2008. Last week he sold it for a mere £20,500,000. Name the artist of this painting. 4. An annual survey of Canadian restaurants named this Spadina Av. establishment as the best in the country. Chef Patrick Kriss presents a tasting menu that includes everything from hedgehog mushrooms to hamachi tartare. Name the restaurant. 5. This popular Toronto-based company announced that it's seeking to raise $320,000,000 in an initial public offering. Its shares, with a price range of $14 to $16, will be listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges. Name the company. 6. The parent company of this message- and photo-based app is now valued at about $33,000,000,000 US after it began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. One analyst called the valuation "patently crazy". What is the name of the company's popular app? 7. US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos raised eyebrows when she said these types of educational institutions were pioneers of "school choice". What type of educational institutions was she referring to? 8. A new US ambassador to Canada was nominated last week. She is the wife of a Kentucky coal company billionaire CEO and major Republican donor. What is her name? (Married or maiden name will be accepted.) 9. The NHL trade deadline passed last week. One of the trades involved this 39-year-old, best known for his 15 seasons with the Calgary Flames. This time he was traded from the Colorado Avalanche to the Los Angeles Kings in return for a fourth-round draft pick. Name him. 10. The Toronto Maple Leafs added some "veteran grit" in acquiring this 6'6"-tall, 245-pound player (198 cm, 111 kg) from the Tampa Bay Lightning. He is also a faceoff specialist. Name him. * Game 8 (2017-03-13), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Nike announced that it has specially developed an article of clothing that will assist the performances of some female athletes. What article of clothing? 2. It was the greatest second-leg comeback in Champions League history. Down 4-0 to Paris St. Germain after the first leg, this storied team won the second game 6-1 to move on to the quarter-finals. Name the team. 3. *Which Nordic country* has announced a law that will require any company with 25 or more employees to prove it gives equal pay for work of equal value? 4. To mark International Women's Day, a sculpture was commissioned and placed in front of the Charging Bull statue on Wall St. It shows an individual staring the bull down. What is the official name of this sculpture? 5. Pop music star George Michael didn't die of a drug overdose. A coroner concluded it was natural causes. Give either of the causes listed by the coroner. 6. In an arson case, Miami lawyer Stephen Gutierrez was telling a jury in closing arguments that his client's car spontaneously combusted. As he was speaking, something unexpected happened to him. What was it? 7. The new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency is back in the news. In an interview with CNBC, Scott Pruitt made what comment about carbon dioxide emissions? 8. In his first speech as head of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson raised eyebrows when he spoke about people shipped to the US as slaves. What did he call them? 9. Bob Paulson announced that he is retiring on June 30 after leading *which organization* for more than 5 years? 10. This Canadian senator has been found to have breached the Senate's ethics code by having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl, which started when he was 50. The senator, appointed by Stephen Harper, met the girl in church. He says he has been engaged in "continuous prayers of repentance". Name him. -- Mark Brader "Outside of nearly having two head-on collisions, msb@vex.net we found driving in England to be fairly easy." Toronto -- Cher Classick My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 14 11:21PM > Court" from 1981 to 1993. He hosted the show after retiring > as an actual judge. Last week he died at the age of 97. > Who was he? Wapner > 2. Travis Kalanick admitted he needs "leadership help" after a video > made public showed him arguing with and disparaging an employee. > Kalanick is the CEO of which company? Uber > painting called "Te Fare (La Maison") for 54,000,000 euros in > 2008. Last week he sold it for a mere ?20,500,000. Name the > artist of this painting. Monet; Millet > valued at about $33,000,000,000 US after it began trading on > the New York Stock Exchange. One analyst called the valuation > "patently crazy". What is the name of the company's popular app? Snapchat > said these types of educational institutions were pioneers of > "school choice". What type of educational institutions was > she referring to? historically black colleges and universities > 1. Nike announced that it has specially developed an article of > clothing that will assist the performances of some female > athletes. What article of clothing? brassiere > 3. *Which Nordic country* has announced a law that will require > any company with 25 or more employees to prove it gives equal > pay for work of equal value? Sweden; Iceland > and placed in front of the Charging Bull statue on Wall St. > It shows an individual staring the bull down. What is the > official name of this sculpture? Working Girl > a jury in closing arguments that his client's car spontaneously > combusted. As he was speaking, something unexpected happened > to him. What was it? his pants caught on fire -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Mar 14 08:29PM -0500 On 3/14/17 17:37, Mark Brader wrote: > Court" from 1981 to 1993. He hosted the show after retiring > as an actual judge. Last week he died at the age of 97. > Who was he? Joseph Wapner. > 2. Travis Kalanick admitted he needs "leadership help" after a video > made public showed him arguing with and disparaging an employee. > Kalanick is the CEO of which company? Uber. > Chef Patrick Kriss presents a tasting menu that includes > everything from hedgehog mushrooms to hamachi tartare. > Name the restaurant. Chez Horton? > valued at about $33,000,000,000 US after it began trading on > the New York Stock Exchange. One analyst called the valuation > "patently crazy". What is the name of the company's popular app? Snapchat. > said these types of educational institutions were pioneers of > "school choice". What type of educational institutions was > she referring to? Charter schools. > 3. *Which Nordic country* has announced a law that will require > any company with 25 or more employees to prove it gives equal > pay for work of equal value? Norway. > 7. The new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency is back > in the news. In an interview with CNBC, Scott Pruitt made what > comment about carbon dioxide emissions? They don't cause global warming. > 8. In his first speech as head of Housing and Urban Development, > Dr. Ben Carson raised eyebrows when he spoke about people > shipped to the US as slaves. What did he call them? Immigrants. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 15 01:28AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:D7ednQXWVJ4H7VXFnZ2dnUU7- > Court" from 1981 to 1993. He hosted the show after retiring > as an actual judge. Last week he died at the age of 97. > Who was he? Joseph Wapner > valued at about $33,000,000,000 US after it began trading on > the New York Stock Exchange. One analyst called the valuation > "patently crazy". What is the name of the company's popular app? Snapchat > said these types of educational institutions were pioneers of > "school choice". What type of educational institutions was > she referring to? historically black colleges > 3. *Which Nordic country* has announced a law that will require > any company with 25 or more employees to prove it gives equal > pay for work of equal value? Sweden; Finland > 5. Pop music star George Michael didn't die of a drug overdose. > A coroner concluded it was natural causes. Give either of the > causes listed by the coroner. heart failure > a jury in closing arguments that his client's car spontaneously > combusted. As he was speaking, something unexpected happened > to him. What was it? his pants caught on fire > 8. In his first speech as head of Housing and Urban Development, > Dr. Ben Carson raised eyebrows when he spoke about people > shipped to the US as slaves. What did he call them? immigrants -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 15 12:40AM -0500 In article <D7ednQXWVJ4H7VXFnZ2dnUU7-LnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > Court" from 1981 to 1993. He hosted the show after retiring > as an actual judge. Last week he died at the age of 97. > Who was he? Wapner > valued at about $33,000,000,000 US after it began trading on > the New York Stock Exchange. One analyst called the valuation > "patently crazy". What is the name of the company's popular app? Snapchat > said these types of educational institutions were pioneers of > "school choice". What type of educational institutions was > she referring to? traditionally black colleges and universities > 3. *Which Nordic country* has announced a law that will require > any company with 25 or more employees to prove it gives equal > pay for work of equal value? Sweden > a jury in closing arguments that his client's car spontaneously > combusted. As he was speaking, something unexpected happened > to him. What was it? his pants caught fire > 8. In his first speech as head of Housing and Urban Development, > Dr. Ben Carson raised eyebrows when he spoke about people > shipped to the US as slaves. What did he call them? immigrants -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 15 08:08AM > painting called "Te Fare (La Maison") for 54,000,000 euros in > 2008. Last week he sold it for a mere £20,500,000. Name the > artist of this painting. Gauguin; van Gogh > valued at about $33,000,000,000 US after it began trading on > the New York Stock Exchange. One analyst called the valuation > "patently crazy". What is the name of the company's popular app? Snapchat > history. Down 4-0 to Paris St. Germain after the first leg, > this storied team won the second game 6-1 to move on to the > quarter-finals. Name the team. Barcelona > 3. *Which Nordic country* has announced a law that will require > any company with 25 or more employees to prove it gives equal > pay for work of equal value? Iceland > 7. The new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency is back > in the news. In an interview with CNBC, Scott Pruitt made what > comment about carbon dioxide emissions? That they are good for your health and we need more of them. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 14 04:07PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:i6qdncQ-oOBBwFvFnZ2dnUU7- > 1. There are only 3 European countries that are members of the > Commonwealth of Nations. Two of them are the UK and Malta. > What's the third? Republic of Ireland > observer *states*. One has had that status since 1964, the > other (under various guises and names) since 1974. Name either > (current name only please). Vatican City > states in "free association" with New Zealand. This prevents > them from becoming members of the UN, but they participate in > its organizations and agencies. Name either. Cook Island > 4. In how many of the G7 countries do people normally drive on > the left side of the road? 2; 3 > Treaty, and 4 UN member nations that have never signed it. > Name *any one* of the four. (Hint: It's a pretty sure thing > that three of them have nuclear weapons.) North Korea > 6. Which OPEC member lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere? > 7. Besides the US and the UK, what other G7 country is also a > permanent member of the UN Security Council? France > 9. The Arctic Council is composed of 8 countries that have territory > in the Arctic. Three of them are kingdoms. Name one of those > kingdoms. Norway > 10. At 724 km², which city-state is the smallest signatory of the > Trans Pacific Partnership? Singapore > 3. Name the writer of "Origines" ("Origins"), the first recorded > prose history written in Latin. He was a conservative Roman > senator and orator who lived 234-149 BC. Cato > 10. Name the English historian and broadcaster (1906-90) who penned > "The Origins of the Second World War" and "The Struggle for > Mastery in Europe". Pete Gayde --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Mar 14 12:48PM -0700 On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 4:52:49 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > Treaty, and 4 UN member nations that have never signed it. > Name *any one* of the four. (Hint: It's a pretty sure thing > that three of them have nuclear weapons.) The U.S.? > 6. Which OPEC member lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere? > 7. Besides the US and the UK, what other G7 country is also a > permanent member of the UN Security Council? Russia > 9. The Arctic Council is composed of 8 countries that have territory > in the Arctic. Three of them are kingdoms. Name one of those > kingdoms. Denmark > 9. Name the French diplomat, political scientist, and historian > (1805-59) whose best-known works are "Democracy in America" > and "The Old Regime and the Revolution". Alexis de Tocqueville |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 14 09:09AM -0500 In article <oa6q9j$u8g$1@dont-email.me>, don@piven.net says... > 02) American Airlines Center > 03) AT&T Center > 04) AT&T Park San Francisco Giants > 05) AT&T Stadium Dallas Cowboys >Vancouver Canucks > 11) Rogers Place > 12) Rogers Centre Toronto Blue Jays > 14) Toyota Park > 15) Toyota Stadium > 16) TD Garden Boston Bruins > 18) BB&T Center > 19) Oracle Arena > 20) Hard Rock Stadium Miami Dolphins > 21) Guaranteed Rate Field > 22) Smoothie King Center New Orleans Pelicans -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 14 08:14PM +0100 > "Washington Valor" of the Arena Football League). Amateur and college > teams will be counted as incorrect, as will professional teams which did > not compete in 2016 or 2017. Damn! Centurylink Field is not there, which is the only one I would have been able to make. Well, of course, I know about Friends Arena and Ericsson Globe too, but I guess that Don don't. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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