| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 24 11:54PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-11-28, 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 10, Round 7 - Science - It's Your Body 1. What mineral is necessary for the production of thyroid hormones? 2. During childbirth, which hormone is released to produce uterine contractions? 3. Red blood cells are produced where in the body? 4. In the "fight or flight" response, the hormone epinephrine is released by which gland(s)? 5. Which organ in the immune system recycles iron, removes old red blood cells, and holds a reserve of blood that can be used in case of hemorrhagic shock? 6. The Rh factor of blood was discovered by immunizing rabbits with red blood cells from which other animal? 7. The liver produces which alkaline compound that aids in digestion via the emulsification of lipids? 8. The testes are the main component in the male reproductive system. In which *other* body system do they play an important part? 9. Gigantism is a rare condition which occurs when too much growth hormone is produced by which gland(s)? 10. The skin is the largest organ of the human body. What is the largest *internal* organ, by mass? After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs nal bs lbhe nafjref jrer "obar" be "zbaxrl", tb onpx naq znxr gurz zber fcrpvsvp. * Game 10, Round 8 - Canadiana - Every Dog has his Day Sure, every Canadian knows that September 3 is Merchant Navy Veterans' Day, or that the third week of June is National Public Service Week. But what about those other national days and observances on the federal government's calendar? Lest we forget, these 10 questions deal with legislated days of observation or commemoration. 1. In 2014, January 21 was designated a day to honor this Canadian, who according to the act was "the first Black Canadian to be elected as Member of Parliament..., to be appointed as Cabinet minister and to be appointed Lieutenant Governor". Who? 2. What event in 1965 is commemorated every February 15? 3. Only two former Prime Ministers are officially commemorated. Sir John A. Macdonald Day is set as January 11 -- the day of his birth in 1815. The other PM is also commemorated on the anniversary of his birth: November 20, 1841. Who's that? 4. From the preamble of the act: "April 9, 1917, was the first time that Canadians from coast to coast fought in a battle together against a common enemy." Now every year on that day, the flag on the Peace Tower is flown at half-mast. What day is April 9? 5. In 1996, the federal Government declared February as Black History Month. There are two other months designated to celebrate the achievements of an ethnic group. One is May, the other is June. Name either group. 6. By what other name is the Fête Nationale known? 7. July 28 is proclaimed the Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval. This day remembers events from over 250 years ago. What was the Great Upheaval? 8. The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women falls on the anniversary of a tragic day in our recent history. On what date does this day occur? 9. December 11 remembers the day in 1931 when an act of the British Parliament affirmed Canadian autonomy and recognized the practical independence of the dominions. What was the name of that act? 10. The date of Yom ha-Shoah is determined by a lunar calendar. It's a remembrance day for what event? -- Mark Brader | "I'm a little worried about the bug-eater", she said. Toronto | "We're embedded in bugs, have you noticed?" msb@vex.net | -- Niven, "The Integral Trees" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 25 05:49AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Ns6dnelnz_mLZUjFnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - It's Your Body > 1. What mineral is necessary for the production of thyroid hormones? iron > 2. During childbirth, which hormone is released to produce uterine > contractions? oxytocin (?) > 3. Red blood cells are produced where in the body? bone marrow > 4. In the "fight or flight" response, the hormone epinephrine is > released by which gland(s)? adrenal > 5. Which organ in the immune system recycles iron, removes old red > blood cells, and holds a reserve of blood that can be used in > case of hemorrhagic shock? spleen > 6. The Rh factor of blood was discovered by immunizing rabbits > with red blood cells from which other animal? rhesus monkey > 9. Gigantism is a rare condition which occurs when too much growth > hormone is produced by which gland(s)? pituitary > 10. The skin is the largest organ of the human body. What is the > largest *internal* organ, by mass? liver > fcrpvsvp. > * Game 10, Round 8 - Canadiana - Every Dog has his Day > 2. What event in 1965 is commemorated every February 15? adoption of the Canadian flag > together against a common enemy." Now every year on that day, > the flag on the Peace Tower is flown at half-mast. What day > is April 9? Battle of Vimy Day > History Month. There are two other months designated to > celebrate the achievements of an ethnic group. One is May, > the other is June. Name either group. First Nations > 6. By what other name is the Fête Nationale known? Canada Day > Parliament affirmed Canadian autonomy and recognized the > practical independence of the dominions. What was the name of > that act? Statute of Westminster > 10. The date of Yom ha-Shoah is determined by a lunar calendar. > It's a remembrance day for what event? the Holocaust -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 25 02:46AM -0500 In article <Ns6dnelnz_mLZUjFnZ2dnUU7-KnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > * Game 10, Round 7 - Science - It's Your Body > 1. What mineral is necessary for the production of thyroid hormones? iodine > 2. During childbirth, which hormone is released to produce uterine > contractions? progesterone > 3. Red blood cells are produced where in the body? bone marrow > 4. In the "fight or flight" response, the hormone epinephrine is > released by which gland(s)? adrenal > 5. Which organ in the immune system recycles iron, removes old red > blood cells, and holds a reserve of blood that can be used in > case of hemorrhagic shock? spleen > 6. The Rh factor of blood was discovered by immunizing rabbits > with red blood cells from which other animal? rhesus monkey > 7. The liver produces which alkaline compound that aids in digestion > via the emulsification of lipids? bile > part? > 9. Gigantism is a rare condition which occurs when too much growth > hormone is produced by which gland(s)? pituitary > 10. The skin is the largest organ of the human body. What is the > largest *internal* organ, by mass? liver > celebrate the achievements of an ethnic group. One is May, > the other is June. Name either group. > 6. By what other name is the Fête Nationale known? Bastille Day? > 7. July 28 is proclaimed the Day of Commemoration of the Great > Upheaval. This day remembers events from over 250 years ago. > What was the Great Upheaval? expulsion of the Acadians > that act? > 10. The date of Yom ha-Shoah is determined by a lunar calendar. > It's a remembrance day for what event? the Holocaust -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 25 12:27AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:VZKdnTbKc5Nlt0_FnZ2dnUU7- > That is, 20th-century China. > 1. 1912 saw the fall of China's last imperial dynasty and the > birth of the Republic of China. Name China's last dynasty. Ming; Qing > 2. He was the spearhead of resistance to the <answer 1> Dynasty and, > briefly, the first president of the Republic of China. There's a > statue to him in Riverdale Park. Who was he? Sun Yat Sen > 3. In what year, exactly, was the People's Republic of China > declared? 1948; 1949 > 4. Mao's cult of personality was advanced via one of the most widely > distributed books in history, "The Quotations of Chairman Mao". > By what nickname is this book informally known? Little Red Book > 5. Premier of the People's Republic and Mao's right-hand man, this > dapper diplomat put a charming face on Mao's often-brutal > policies. Name him. Chou En Lai > 6. Mao was succeeded by a political cabal styled the Gang of Four. > Their leading figure was a woman. Who? Mao's wife > the world." > The second person speaking was, of course, Chairman Mao himself. > Name either of the other two. Chomsky > it was originally published in the UK under the title "Ten > Little Niggers". Name either of the two titles used for most > US editions of it. Ten Little Indians > 3. The first film version of "The Ten Commandments" was a 1923 > silent. Name the director. DeMille > 4. In which book of the Bible are the Ten Commandments recorded? Exodus > 5. "Dekalog" is a 10-part Polish television series dramatizing > each of the Ten Commandments. It was written and directed by > one of Poland's most renowned cinema auteurs. Name him. Polansky > a long-running British television series. The protagonist of > the series experienced his 10th incarnation from 2005 to 2010. > Name the series. Dr Who > 8. This Italian director of the 1970s made a film of <answer 7>, > a companion piece to his movie versions of the "Canterbury Tales" > and the "Arabian Nights". Who? Fellini > best-seller for Canadian historian Barry Broadfoot, and was > later turned into a successful play. The title refers to the > period of history known by *what name*? Pete Gayde --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 24 11:53PM -0500 Mark Brader: > That is, 20th-century China. > 1. 1912 saw the fall of China's last imperial dynasty and the > birth of the Republic of China. Name China's last dynasty. Qing ["Ching"] or Manchu. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin and Pete. > 2. He was the spearhead of resistance to the <answer 1> Dynasty and, > briefly, the first president of the Republic of China. There's a > statue to him in Riverdale Park. Who was he? Sun Yat-Sen. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 3. In what year, exactly, was the People's Republic of China > declared? 1949. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Jason. 3 for Calvin. 2 for Pete. > 4. Mao's cult of personality was advanced via one of the most widely > distributed books in history, "The Quotations of Chairman Mao". > By what nickname is this book informally known? The little red book. I decided that "little red" was sufficient. 4 for everyone -- Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Erland, Joshua, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Pete. > 5. Premier of the People's Republic and Mao's right-hand man, this > dapper diplomat put a charming face on Mao's often-brutal > policies. Name him. Chou En-Lai. 4 for Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 6. Mao was succeeded by a political cabal styled the Gang of Four. > Their leading figure was a woman. Who? Mao's wife (anything to that effect was acceptable), Jiang Qing. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > survive Mao's purges. He is credited with introducing the > pragmatic market policies that have led to China's economic > success. Name him. Deng Xiao-Ping. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > the world." > The second person speaking was, of course, Chairman Mao himself. > Name either of the other two. Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce (the hard way), Marc, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > Mao launched a disastrous campaign to transform China from an > agricultural society to an industrial and military powerhouse. > How was this campaign known? Great Leap Forward. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland. > 10. At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution of 1966-68, fanatical > paramilitary student groups terrorized China with Mao's approval. > By what name were these groups known? Red Guards. I did not accept "Red Brigades", which was the English name of an Italian terrorist-type group. > trivia, here are 10 book and film questions that are all about 10. > Warning: this round may contain offensive language. Player > discretion is advised. This was the easiest round in the original game, and the 4th-easiest of the entire season. > 1. American journalist John Reed's first-hand account of the > Russian revolution provided the basis for the film Reds. > Name it. "Ten Days that Shook the World". 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > it was originally published in the UK under the title "Ten > Little Niggers". Name either of the two titles used for most > US editions of it. "And Then There Were None", "Ten Little Indians". 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Joshua, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Pete. Whoever wrote this question for the original name was under the impression that "Ten Little Indians" was the UK title while "And Then There Were None" was the US title. I figured that the above was the best way to correct it. "Ten Little Indians" *was* the title of the original American song (by Septimus Winner, who also wrote "Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?") -- although the word actually used within the rhyme was "Injuns". It was rewritten, with many changes, for the British music halls by Frank Green as "Ten Little Niggers" and Christie based her novel on that version. Since the story depended on the details of Green's version, the US publishers did not revert to Winner's version of the rhyme, but simply changed the word "nigger" and any variations to "Indian" not only in Green's rhyme but throughout the book. (For example, the island where the story is set became Indian Island, and resembled the profile of "an American Indian" rather than "a Negroid".) Movie and stage versions have been produced in various languages under all three of the above titles or their translations as applicable, and the novel was also published at least once as "The Nursery Rhyme Murders". > 3. The first film version of "The Ten Commandments" was a 1923 > silent. Name the director. Cecil B. DeMille. (He remade his own movie in 1956.) 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Pete. > 4. In which book of the Bible are the Ten Commandments recorded? There are actually two versions. The one usually quoted is in Exodus, chapter 20, but there's another, slightly different# one in Deuteronomy, chapter 5. Either book was acceptable. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Eerland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Pete. #-For example, in the King James Version, Exodus 20:8 has "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" while Deuteronomy 5:12 makes it "Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee." Incidentally, both versions are about 16 verses long, but still another passage of the Bible (Deuteronomy 4:13) that says that the list includes 10 commandments. Consequently people had to decide which verses started a new commandment and, I understand, three different choices have been made -- one each used today by Jews, by most Protestants, and by Lutherans and Catholics. > 5. "Dekalog" is a 10-part Polish television series dramatizing > each of the Ten Commandments. It was written and directed by > one of Poland's most renowned cinema auteurs. Name him. Krzysztof Kieslowski. 4 for Erland and Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum. > a long-running British television series. The protagonist of > the series experienced his 10th incarnation from 2005 to 2010. > Name the series. "Doctor Who". 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Joshua, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > in the 14th century, 10 young Florentines amuse themselves > during an epidemic of the plague by each telling a story a day > over the course of 10 days. Name the work. "Decameron". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Jason. > 8. This Italian director of the 1970s made a film of <answer 7>, > a companion piece to his movie versions of the "Canterbury Tales" > and the "Arabian Nights". Who? Pier Paolo Pasolini. 4 for Joshua and Jason. > to determine who will be executed. Commenting on his work, > Greene said of it, "I prefer it in many ways to 'The Third Man'." > Name the novel. "The Tenth Man". > best-seller for Canadian historian Barry Broadfoot, and was > later turned into a successful play. The title refers to the > period of history known by *what name*? Great Depression. 4 for Peter, Marc, and Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Spo His Lit Dan Tilque 20 12 36 20 88 Joshua Kreitzer 12 12 32 32 88 Dan Blum 16 10 32 23 81 Pete Gayde 9 20 20 16 65 "Calvin" 0 22 25 16 63 Peter Smyth 0 32 12 16 60 Erland Sommarskog 4 12 23 8 47 Bruce Bowler 8 19 8 12 47 Marc Dashevsky 4 4 20 16 44 Don Piven 23 12 -- -- 35 Jason Kreitzer 0 0 8 20 28 -- Mark Brader | "I do not think about things that I do not think about." Toronto | "Do you ever think about things that you *do* think about?" msb@vex.net | --Inherit the Wind, Lawrence & Lee My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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