| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 19 01:45PM > among others, the Algonquins, the Ottawas, the Ojibway, and > *this* group, which in 1787 gave up to the Crown the land that > you are currently sitting on. Name the group. Mohawk; Seneca > just some of the many subgroups that make up the Dene ["DEN-ay"], > the predominant First Nation in two of Canada's provinces > or territories. Name either of the two. Yukon; British Columbia > resettled near Brantford, Ontario. Most of them came from a > major river valley in upstate New York, named for the largest > of the Six Nations. Name the river. Mohawk > 6. Name the province or territory whose name -- in the Cree, > Ojibway, and Assiniboine languages -- might mean "the speaking > god", but probably means "where the great spirit lives". Manitoba; Saskatchewan > after first contact with Europeans, with the last members of > this group dying out in the early 1800s. On which island did > they live? Vancouver Island; Newfoundland > 8. Nunavik, which means "Great Land", is an area mainly inhabited > by Inuit people. It makes up the northern 1/3 of which Canadian > province? Quebec > * Game 10, Round 3 - Sports - They Call them Sports > 1. Which form of bowling did Thomas Ryan develop in Toronto in 1909? candlepin; duckpin > 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with > the previous question. Jung vf gur fpber bs n cresrpg tnzr va > *gra-cva* objyvat? 300 > 4. What is the highest score achievable on a round of 3 darts? 180 > 7. What is the penalty for a lost ball or one that goes out > of bounds? two strokes > 8. What is the name given to a score on one hole of 3 strokes > under par? eagle; albatross -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 19 03:37PM -0700 On Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 3:47:45 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Indigenous Peoples Pass > to drink during the game. Here are some questions about curling, > golf, darts, and bowling. > 1. Which form of bowling did Thomas Ryan develop in Toronto in 1909? 10 pin > 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with > the previous question. Jung vf gur fpber bs n cresrpg tnzr va > *gra-cva* objyvat? 300 > commentator, and a 3-time world champion. What is his > *nickname*? > 4. What is the highest score achievable on a round of 3 darts? One hundred and eeeeiiiiggghhhhttyyyyy!!!! > on the standard rules and scoring systems. One such requires > players to hit all of the numbers in sequence. What is the > name of this version? Clock > 6. Two organizations officially govern the rules of golf. > Name either one. Royal and Ancient > 7. What is the penalty for a lost ball or one that goes out > of bounds? One stroke is presumably the expected answer. Technically the penalty for an out of bounds ball is one stroke *plus distance*, i.e. the next (third) shot must be hit from the same spot as the previous one was. By contrast, following a lost ball, the ensuing shot can be hit from the vicinity of where the ball was lost. By definition one cannot play a shot while out of bounds. > 8. What is the name given to a score on one hole of 3 strokes > under par? Albatross > 10. When a player is launching a curling stone, his/her feet > are braced against a piece of rubber partly recessed into a > hole in the ice. What is this apparatus called? NFI Next up - LBW law trivia! cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 19 07:15PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > 7. What is the penalty for a lost ball or one that goes out > > of bounds? "Calvin": > One stroke is presumably the expected answer. > Technically the penalty for an out of bounds ball is one stroke *plus > distance*... I will score this as two guesses, "one stroke" and "one stroke plus distance". -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "He is even more important than my cat, msb@vex.net | which is saying something." --Flash Wilson |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 19 07:04PM -0700 On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 10:15:47 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > > Technically the penalty for an out of bounds ball is one stroke *plus > > distance*... > I will score this as two guesses, "one stroke" and "one stroke plus distance". Sure. I've just looked it up and it's more complicated still than I had realised: http://www.usga.org/rules/rules-and-decisions.html#!rule-27 It's odd that the "exception" is so-called given it would cover 98% of cases. And odder still that it mentions a two stroke penalty, despite having earlier stated one stroke. And that's only for stroke play of course, not match play. So good luck to whoever can unravel all that. I expect there were protests in the original game :-) cheers, calvin |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 20 02:15AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ELudndnW9MvmhlPFnZ2dnUU7- > among others, the Algonquins, the Ottawas, the Ojibway, and > *this* group, which in 1787 gave up to the Crown the land that > you are currently sitting on. Name the group. Mississauga > just some of the many subgroups that make up the Dene ["DEN-ay"], > the predominant First Nation in two of Canada's provinces > or territories. Name either of the two. Nova Scotia; New Brunswick > 6. Name the province or territory whose name -- in the Cree, > Ojibway, and Assiniboine languages -- might mean "the speaking > god", but probably means "where the great spirit lives". Manitoba; Saskatchewan > after first contact with Europeans, with the last members of > this group dying out in the early 1800s. On which island did > they live? Vancouver Island; Prince Edward Island > 8. Nunavik, which means "Great Land", is an area mainly inhabited > by Inuit people. It makes up the northern 1/3 of which Canadian > province? Yukon Territory; Quebec > to drink during the game. Here are some questions about curling, > golf, darts, and bowling. > 1. Which form of bowling did Thomas Ryan develop in Toronto in 1909? 9 pins > 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with > the previous question. Jung vf gur fpber bs n cresrpg tnzr va > *gra-cva* objyvat? 300 > commentator, and a 3-time world champion. What is his > *nickname*? > 4. What is the highest score achievable on a round of 3 darts? 180 > name of this version? > 6. Two organizations officially govern the rules of golf. > Name either one. United States Golf Association > 7. What is the penalty for a lost ball or one that goes out > of bounds? 2 strokes > 8. What is the name given to a score on one hole of 3 strokes > under par? Double eagle > 9. A curler commonly wears two different special shoes. Give the > common name of either type of shoe likely to be found on a > curler's foot. Slider > 10. When a player is launching a curling stone, his/her feet > are braced against a piece of rubber partly recessed into a > hole in the ice. What is this apparatus called? Boot Pete Gayde --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 20 03:38AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ELudndnW9MvmhlPFnZ2dnUU7- > just some of the many subgroups that make up the Dene ["DEN-ay"], > the predominant First Nation in two of Canada's provinces > or territories. Name either of the two. Nunavut > resettled near Brantford, Ontario. Most of them came from a > major river valley in upstate New York, named for the largest > of the Six Nations. Name the river. Oneida > 6. Name the province or territory whose name -- in the Cree, > Ojibway, and Assiniboine languages -- might mean "the speaking > god", but probably means "where the great spirit lives". Manitoba > after first contact with Europeans, with the last members of > this group dying out in the early 1800s. On which island did > they live? Newfoundland > 8. Nunavik, which means "Great Land", is an area mainly inhabited > by Inuit people. It makes up the northern 1/3 of which Canadian > province? Quebec > to drink during the game. Here are some questions about curling, > golf, darts, and bowling. > 1. Which form of bowling did Thomas Ryan develop in Toronto in 1909? candlepin > 2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with > the previous question. Jung vf gur fpber bs n cresrpg tnzr va > *gra-cva* objyvat? 300 > 6. Two organizations officially govern the rules of golf. > Name either one. Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrew's > 7. What is the penalty for a lost ball or one that goes out > of bounds? 1 stroke; 2 strokes > 8. What is the name given to a score on one hole of 3 strokes > under par? albatross -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 19 02:05PM -0500 Don Piven: > Dan Blum... > Mark Braden... > Marc Dashevsky... And you score 2 out of 3. (Grin) -- Mark Brader, Toronto "... people are *always* doing stuff ... msb@vex.net that I wish were typos" --Marcy Thompson |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 19 02:03PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". A bit belatedly, Game 9 is over and the winner is DAN BLUM. Hearty congratulations! Note that the first set of Game 10 was already posted about 13 hours ago. > for film. The directors may or may not also be Canadian. In each > case the same title was used for the movie as the original work, > and that title is what you have to give. This was the hardest round in the original game and was in a 3-way tie for 5th-hardest in the entire season (tied with an audio round and with Game 4, Round 8, "The Science of Cold"). And yet Stephen Perry got a perfect score on the round. Very well done, sir! > 1. David Bezmozgis directed this 2015 adaptation of his own short > story about teenaged cousins. "Natasha". 4 for Stephen. > 2. Irishman Alan Gilsenan directed this recently-released film > based on Carol Shields's last novel. "Unless". 4 for Stephen. > 3. Australian Bruce Beresford directed this 1991 film adaptation > of a historical novel by Brian Moore. Lothaire Bluteau starred. "Black Robe". 4 for Stephen. > 4. Emma Donoghue wrote a screenplay based on her own novel for > this 2015 film. Irishman Lenny Abrahamson directed. "Room". 4 for Stephen. > 5. Paul Giamatti played the title character in this 2010 film > based on a Mordecai Richler novel. Richard J. Lewis directed. "Barney's Version". 4 for Stephen. > 6. The novel was by Paul Quarrington. The 1994 movie, starring > Maury Chaykin, was agani directed by Richard J. Lewis. "Whale Music". 4 for Stephen. > 7. Claude Jutra's 1973 film was based on a historical novel by > Anne Hébert. Geneviève Bujold starred. "Kamouraska". 4 for Stephen. > 8. Anthony Minghella adapted and directed this 1996 film based on > a novel by Michael Ondaatje. Both book and movie won awards. "The English Patient". 4 for Marc, Peter, Stephen, and Joshua. > 9. Poet Anne Michaels wrote the novel. Jeremy Podeswa directed > the 2007 release. "Fugitive Pieces". 4 for Stephen. > 10. It was Rohinton Mistry's first novel. Sturla Gunnarson directed > the 1998 film adaptation. "Such a Long Journey". 4 for Stephen. > F. Canadian Game Shows > * A. Game of Thrones > A1. Which islands are ruled by the Greyjoys of Pyke? Iron Islands. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, and Stephen. > A2. What island does Lady Brienne claim as home? Tarth. 4 for Peter and Stephen. > B1. What term is used in game theory to describe a situation > in which any participant's gain is exactly balanced by a > loss to other participants? Zero-sum. 4 for Don, Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Pete, Stephen, Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > acting according to their own self-interest impair the > greater good by depleting a shared resource. By what term > is this scenario known? Tragedy of the commons. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin. > C1. "The Great Game" was the term used to describe the struggle > for power in Asia that lasted through much of the 19th > century between Great Britain and which other great power? Russia. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin. > demarcation of the border between Russia and the state > that acted as a buffer between Russia and British India. > Name that buffer state. Afghanistan. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Pete, Stephen, Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > D1. Which 1939 Jean Renoir classic depicts the lives of > upper-class French society and their servants on the eve > of World War I? "The Rules of the Game" ("La règle du jeu"). 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Stephen, and Joshua. > D2. Name the action-film star who died in 1973, before his > film "The Game of Death" had finished shooting. The film > was completed using stand-ins and released in 1978. Bruce Lee. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Peter, Pete, Stephen, Calvin, Jason, and Joshua. > * E. Game 7 of the World Series > E1. What was the final score of Game 7 of the 2016 World Series > between Chicago and Cleveland? Chicago 8, Cleveland 7. 4 for Don, Pete, and Stephen. > E2. Who was the winning pitcher? Aroldis Chapman. 4 for Don and Stephen. > * F. Canadian Game Shows > F1. Born in New Jersey, he hosted two of Canada's longest-running > game shows, "Definition" and "Headline Hunters". Who? Jim Perry. 4 for Stephen (no relation) and Joshua. > F2. Name any of the three "home team" regulars on CHCH-TV's > "Party Game". Billy Van, Dinah Christie, Jack Duffy. 4 for Stephen. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Lit Ent Spo Sci Geo His Can Cha SIX Dan Blum 32 28 8 40 28 28 0 28 184 Dan Tilque 40 0 24 31 40 20 0 16 171 Don Piven 40 0 32 40 20 20 0 12 164 Stephen Perry 40 35 -- -- -- -- 40 44 159 Joshua Kreitzer 20 36 4 19 36 20 4 28 159 Marc Dashevsky 36 16 12 32 23 24 4 20 151 Peter Smyth 8 8 20 23 36 8 4 24 119 "Calvin" 14 12 16 12 32 16 0 18 108 Pete Gayde 20 8 12 20 23 4 0 16 99 Erland Sommarskog 22 0 16 7 28 0 -- -- 73 Bruce Bowler 4 12 12 38 -- -- -- -- 66 Jason Kreitzer -- -- 0 15 4 4 0 4 27 -- Mark Brader ...the scariest words of the afternoon: Toronto "Hey, don't worry, I've read all about msb@vex.net doing this sort of thing!" -- Vernor Vinge My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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