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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 03 11:34PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-11-14, 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 8, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - "Be-" Words Many English words, like "behold" and "behoove", begin with the Old English prefix "be-". From a definition and the part of speech, you name the "be-" word. Note: only the correct part of speech will be accepted for full points. 1. Verb, meaning to elaborate or expound an argument excessively. 2. Adjective, meaning engaged to be married. 3. Verb, meaning to lament; express regret or sorrow. 4. Verb, meaning to initiate amicable relations. 5. Adjective, meaning intellectually or morally ignorant. 6. Verb, meaning to plague or afflict. 7. Verb, meaning to scold, rebuke, criticize. 8. Adjective, used for goods made to order, especially clothing. 9. Adjective, meaning under an obligation or debt. 10. Adjective, used of a sailing ship deprived of wind and thus unable to move. 11. Extra question for fun, but for no points: Just as sailing ships can become <answer 10>, electric trains on a third-rail system can similarly become unable to move if they stop exactly on a discontinuity in the third rail. What adjective -- no, it does *not* start with "be-" -- describes that situation? ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Cities * A. Entertainment: Soap Operas For each of these soap operas, what city is it set in? A1. "The Young and the Restless". A2. "All My Children". * B. Geography: African Capitals B1. Name the capital city of Malawi. B2. Name the capital city of Burundi. * C. Sports: Major League Soccer Name the city for each of these MLS teams. C1. Earthquakes. C2. Fire. * D. Canadiana: Largest Cities by Area D1. The 4 largest Canadian cities by area are found in which province? D2. Which provincial capital is largest by *area*? * E. History: Italian City-States E1. Name the city which was the seat of power for the Medici family. E2. In 1525, Milan came under the control of the Hapsburg line -- of which country? * F. Literature: Fictional Cities F1. Name the largest city and capital of the planet Dune. F2. Name the fictional New York (state) city that's the setting for a number of Kurt Vonnegut novels, including "Slaughterhouse-Five", "Cat's Cradle", and "Player Piano". -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Typos are a journalistic tradition of long msb@vex.net | etaoin shrdlu. -- Truly Donovan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 04 05:55AM > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - "Be-" Words > 1. Verb, meaning to elaborate or expound an argument excessively. belabor > 2. Adjective, meaning engaged to be married. bethrothed > 3. Verb, meaning to lament; express regret or sorrow. bemoan > 4. Verb, meaning to initiate amicable relations. befriend > 5. Adjective, meaning intellectually or morally ignorant. benighted > 6. Verb, meaning to plague or afflict. beset > 7. Verb, meaning to scold, rebuke, criticize. berate > 8. Adjective, used for goods made to order, especially clothing. bespoke > 9. Adjective, meaning under an obligation or debt. beholden > 10. Adjective, used of a sailing ship deprived of wind and thus > unable to move. becalmed > * A. Entertainment: Soap Operas > For each of these soap operas, what city is it set in? > A1. "The Young and the Restless". Chicago; Los Angeles > A2. "All My Children". Los Angeles; New York City > * C. Sports: Major League Soccer > Name the city for each of these MLS teams. > C1. Earthquakes. San Francisco > C2. Fire. Chicago > * D. Canadiana: Largest Cities by Area > D1. The 4 largest Canadian cities by area are found in which > province? Alberta; Manitoba > D2. Which provincial capital is largest by *area*? Calgary > * E. History: Italian City-States > E1. Name the city which was the seat of power for the Medici > family. Florence > E2. In 1525, Milan came under the control of the Hapsburg line -- > of which country? Austria > * F. Literature: Fictional Cities > F1. Name the largest city and capital of the planet Dune. Arrakis -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 04 11:17AM +0100 > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Miscellaneous - "Be-" Words > 2. Adjective, meaning engaged to be married. Beloved > 3. Verb, meaning to lament; express regret or sorrow. Bemoan > 4. Verb, meaning to initiate amicable relations. Befriend > 5. Adjective, meaning intellectually or morally ignorant. Belittled > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Cities > * B. Geography: African Capitals > B2. Name the capital city of Burundi. Bujumbura > * C. Sports: Major League Soccer > Name the city for each of these MLS teams. > C1. Earthquakes. San José (Chance had it that there was an article in my newspaper this morning about a Swedish footballer who is returning home after having played with San José for a while.) > * D. Canadiana: Largest Cities by Area > D1. The 4 largest Canadian cities by area are found in which > province? Québec > D2. Which provincial capital is largest by *area*? Toronto > * E. History: Italian City-States > E1. Name the city which was the seat of power for the Medici > family. Firenze > E2. In 1525, Milan came under the control of the Hapsburg line -- > of which country? Spain -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Mar 04 04:39AM -0600 On 3/3/17 23:34, Mark Brader wrote: > you name the "be-" word. Note: only the correct part of speech > will be accepted for full points. > 1. Verb, meaning to elaborate or expound an argument excessively. Belabor > 2. Adjective, meaning engaged to be married. Betrothed > 3. Verb, meaning to lament; express regret or sorrow. Bemoan > 4. Verb, meaning to initiate amicable relations. Befriend > 5. Adjective, meaning intellectually or morally ignorant. Benighted > 6. Verb, meaning to plague or afflict. Beset > 7. Verb, meaning to scold, rebuke, criticize. Berate > 8. Adjective, used for goods made to order, especially clothing. Bespoke > 9. Adjective, meaning under an obligation or debt. Beholden > 10. Adjective, used of a sailing ship deprived of wind and thus > unable to move. Becalmed > system can similarly become unable to move if they stop exactly > on a discontinuity in the third rail. What adjective -- no, it > does *not* start with "be-" -- describes that situation? Screwed. > * C. Sports: Major League Soccer > Name the city for each of these MLS teams. > C1. Earthquakes. Los Angeles > C2. Fire. Chicago > * D. Canadiana: Largest Cities by Area > D1. The 4 largest Canadian cities by area are found in which > province? Quebec > D2. Which provincial capital is largest by *area*? Edmonton > * E. History: Italian City-States > E1. Name the city which was the seat of power for the Medici > family. Florence > E2. In 1525, Milan came under the control of the Hapsburg line -- > of which country? Austria > * F. Literature: Fictional Cities > F1. Name the largest city and capital of the planet Dune. Arrakeen > F2. Name the fictional New York (state) city that's the > setting for a number of Kurt Vonnegut novels, including > "Slaughterhouse-Five", "Cat's Cradle", and "Player Piano". Ilium |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 03 03:30AM -0800 Calvin wrote: > 1 Which colour is traditionally associated with Protestantism? blue ?? > 2 Which fictional character's published diaries include "The Wilderness Years" (1993) and "The Cappuccino Years" (1999)? > 3 What is the SI unit of acceleration? 1 meter/sec^2 (if it has a name, I can't recall ever hearing it) > 4 Which song contains these lyrics: "Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head / Give them a twist a flick of the wrist / That's what the showman said."? > 5 Which 1987 Steven Spielberg film is largely set in a Japanese internment camp during WWII? > 6 "Sandy" is most commonly a diminutive of which male forename? Alexander > 7 Which poem traditionally attributed to Homer deals with the events surrounding the Trojan War? Iliad > 8 Which four-letter colloquial term describes a parliament where no single political party (or bloc of allied parties) has an absolute majority of seats? hung > 9 "Canucks" is a slang term for natives of which country? Canada > 10 The Brooklyn Bridge connects Brooklyn to which other New York borough? Manhattan -- Dan Tilque |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 03 09:57AM -0600 In article <f3888499-0d8e-43e5-878d-4d219ed22590@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 Which colour is traditionally associated with Protestantism? orange > 2 Which fictional character's published diaries include "The Wilderness Years" (1993) and "The Cappuccino Years" (1999)? > 3 What is the SI unit of acceleration? m/sec^2 > 4 Which song contains these lyrics: "Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head / Give them a twist a flick of the wrist / That's what the showman said."? > 5 Which 1987 Steven Spielberg film is largely set in a Japanese internment camp during WWII? > 6 "Sandy" is most commonly a diminutive of which male forename? Sanford > 7 Which poem traditionally attributed to Homer deals with the events surrounding the Trojan War? Iliad > 8 Which four-letter colloquial term describes a parliament where no single political party (or bloc of allied parties) has an absolute majority of seats? > 9 "Canucks" is a slang term for natives of which country? Canadians > 10 The Brooklyn Bridge connects Brooklyn to which other New York borough? Manhattan -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 03 08:50PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which colour is traditionally associated with Protestantism? Red > 5 Which 1987 Steven Spielberg film is largely set in a Japanese > internment camp during WWII? > 6 "Sandy" is most commonly a diminutive of which male forename? Sanford > 7 Which poem traditionally > attributed to Homer deals with the events surrounding the Trojan War? Iliad > 8 Which four-letter colloquial term describes a parliament where > no single political party (or bloc of allied parties) has an absolute > majority of seats? Rump > 9 "Canucks" is a slang term for natives of which country? Canada > 10 The Brooklyn Bridge connects Brooklyn to which > other New York borough? Manhattan > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Mar 04 07:02AM > 1 Which colour is traditionally associated with Protestantism? Orange > 2 Which fictional character's published diaries include "The > Wilderness Years" (1993) and "The Cappuccino Years" (1999)? Adrian Mole > 3 What is the SI unit of acceleration? The metre/second^2 > 4 Which song contains these lyrics: "Big ones, small ones, some as big > as your head / Give them a twist a flick of the wrist / That's what > the showman said."? Nope > 5 Which 1987 Steven Spielberg film is largely set in a Japanese > internment camp during WWII? Empire of the Sun > 6 "Sandy" is most commonly a diminutive of which male forename? Alexander > 7 Which poem traditionally attributed to Homer deals with the events > surrounding the Trojan War? The Iliad > 8 Which four-letter colloquial term describes a parliament where no > single political party (or bloc of allied parties) has an absolute > majority of seats? Hung > 9 "Canucks" is a slang term for natives of which country? Canada > 10 The Brooklyn Bridge connects Brooklyn to which other New York > borough? Battery?? |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 04 03:10AM -0600 "Calvin": > > 10 The Brooklyn Bridge connects Brooklyn to which other New York > > borough? Gareth Owen: > Battery?? Interesting guess. In your mind, how many boroughs does NYC have, and how many of them can you name? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Here I sit, ego the size of a planet..." msb@vex.net | --Steve Summit (after Douglas Adams) |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 03 03:17AM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Picture A. In September 2010 a new character, Kevin Keller, > is introduced in the series. Why does this handsome army brat > not want to date Veronica, when she is clearly interested? he's gay > is the magnificent specimen seen here on the ground. He is > vain, sarcastic, duplicitous, athletic, and rich -- and what > is his name? Reginald > 9. Picture I. This picture is from the first issue ever of "Archie" > comics. Within 5 years, what anniversary is celebrated this > year? 64th > the second-place finisher. > 1. 2008 US Presidential election: Barack Obama won. Who came > second? McCain > 4. 2015 Ontario provincial Progressive Conservative leadership > contest: Patrick Brown won. > 5. 1996 US presidential election: Bill Clinton won. Bob Dole > 6. 1948 US Presidential Election: Harry Truman won. Dewey > vote. Which now-deceased environmental activist came second? > 10. 1964 US Presidential election: Lyndon Johnson won, over this > candidate that many are comparing to Donald Trump. Barry Goldwater -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 03 11:30PM -0600 Mark Brader: > 1. Picture A. In September 2010 a new character, Kevin Keller, > is introduced in the series. Why does this handsome army brat > not want to date Veronica, when she is clearly interested? He's gay. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Jason, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Picture B (decoy). Historically, what was the name of the > *headgear* in this picture? Whoopie cap, or clubhouse beanie. > 3. Picture C. What is the name of the *animal* in the car? Hot Dog. (Jughead's dog.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Jason. > 4. Picture D. What is the family name of these people? Lodge. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Jason. > is the magnificent specimen seen here on the ground. He is > vain, sarcastic, duplicitous, athletic, and rich -- and what > is his name? Reggie Mantle. "Reggie" was sufficient. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Jason, and Dan Tilque. > 6. Picture F. What is the name of this prized athlete, who often > needs tutoring from Archie and the gang to keep his grades high > enough for participation on the school teams? Moose Mason. "Moose" was sufficient. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Jason. > 7. Picture G (decoy). What is the name of the *car* in the picture? Betsy. > 8. Picture H. Name the man in this picture. Waldo Weatherby. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 9. Picture I. This picture is from the first issue ever of "Archie" > comics. Within 5 years, what anniversary is celebrated this > year? 75th (accepting 70th-80th). 4 for Joshua and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. > After answering this question, please decode the rot13: if > what you wrote only identified the proprietor, we need more; > add the rest. (Pop's or Pop Tate's) Chocklit Shoppe. 4 for Joshua. > 11. Picture K. What is the name of this girl band, first introduced > in "Archie's Pals 'n Gals" in its winter 1962/63 issue? Josie and the Pussycats. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Jason. > 12. Picture L. What is the name of this school? Riverdale High. (Both words required for full points.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Jason. 3 for Pete. When constructing the handout, the Mods masked the answer out of the main title at the top of the cover, but they missed noticing that the image includes the spine of the comic, with the full title repeated there. I could have removed it, but I thought it'd more fun to leave the giveaway in place and see how many people missed it: at least Erland, Calvin, and Dan Tilque did. > the second-place finisher. > 1. 2008 US Presidential election: Barack Obama won. Who came > second? John McCain. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, Jason, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Calvin. > 2. 2003 Toronto mayoral election: David Miller won. John Tory. We thought we'd gotten rid of him after that, but he switched to provincial politics and won the leadership of the PC Party. But when he couldn't get elected to the premiership either, he switched back to municipal politics. And after 4 years of Rob Ford as mayor -- and with Doug Ford running to succeed him -- Tory looked good in comparison. (Seriously now, he's been a good mayor in many ways; I just don't like some of his policy choices.) > 3. 1983 federal Progressive Conservative leadership contest: > Brian Mulroney won. Joe Clark. > 4. 2015 Ontario provincial Progressive Conservative leadership > contest: Patrick Brown won. Christine Elliot. > 5. 1996 US presidential election: Bill Clinton won. Bob Dole. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, Jason, and Dan Tilque. > 6. 1948 US Presidential Election: Harry Truman won. Thomas Dewey. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, Jason, and Dan Tilque. > 7. 2006 federal Liberal Party leadership contest: Stéphane Dion won. Michael Ignatieff. > 8. 2004 Conservative Party leadership election: Stephen Harper > won over this "Conservative" candidate. Belinda Stronach (who defected to the Liberals the following year). > 9. 2000 Toronto mayoral election: Mel Lastman won with 80% of the > vote. Which now-deceased environmental activist came second? Tooker Gomberg (with 8.5%). > 10. 1964 US Presidential election: Lyndon Johnson won, over this > candidate that many are comparing to Donald Trump. Barry Goldwater. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, Calvin, Jason, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Spo Sci Ent His THREE Dan Blum 28 6 35 35 16 98 Don Piven 36 19 40 -- -- 95 Joshua Kreitzer 34 20 19 40 16 94 Pete Gayde 35 26 28 19 16 89 Bruce Bowler 16 24 40 -- -- 80 Dan Tilque 32 16 32 8 16 80 "Calvin" 35 23 16 0 14 74 Peter Smyth 20 24 24 -- -- 68 Erland Sommarskog 36 19 -- 0 8 63 Jason Kreitzer -- -- -- 28 16 44 Marc Dashevsky -- -- 40 -- -- 40 -- Mark Brader | "[He] is my nation's leader ... i.e., the piece of Toronto | clear tape at the beginning of a cassette that you msb@vex.net | can't record anything on...." --R.H. Draney My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| gwowen@gmail.com: Mar 03 03:55AM -0800 On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 3:54:48 AM UTC, Calvin wrote: > > 3 Which character did David Jasen portray in the BBC sitcom "Only Fools and Horses"? > Derek "Del Boy" Trotter > Singleton for Gareth Funny how a character who has been repeatedly voted among the most beloved UK TV characters ever has literally zero reach outside the UK. In a British quiz this would be considered as easy as a question could get. I'm trying to think who the current US equivalent would be - we're talking "Sam Malone", "Hawkeye Pierce", "Ross & Rachel" levels of name recognition. |
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