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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 14 12:33PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-04-04, and should be interpreted accordingly. (Sorry about the delay in posting them; it took a while for the questions to be gotten to me in writing.) 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. 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*)". This set is running concurrently with questions from Round 7, and later with Round 8, of the preceding season. ** Final, Current Events * Miscellaneous 1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the age of 43. What type of animal was he? 2. Crayola has announced that it will be retiring which 4-syllable-named color that has been in production for 27 years? 3. A Guinness World Record was set last week when 404 people in Toronto wore wigs and fake moustaches. Who were they dressed as? * Sports 4. What Formula One driver won the Australian Grand Prix last week in a non-Mercedes car? 5. Auston Matthews scored his 35th goal against the Florida Panthers last week to set a record for goals by a Maple Leafs rookie. Whose record did he break? 6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts".) * Canadiana 7. Who was the only Toronto city councillor to vote against a bylaw to protect tenants against unscrupulous landlords last week? His past ideas have included a call for legal brothels on Toronto Island. 8. Police in Ottawa have been told by their chief not to wear which specific item on duty? These items were made in support of Constable Dan Montsion, charged in 2016 with the beating death of Abdirahman Abdi. 9. Jeff Lyash was the highest-paid public servant in Ontario last year at $1,150,000. What public company is he CEO of? * Trumpiana 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America? 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do they call themselves? 12. A report came out last week stating that, after Trump's inauguration speech, George W. Bush said, "That was some..." Give the two words to complete the sentence. * See below 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process better known by which short name? Please decode the rot13 for the rest of the round only after you have finished with the previous questions. Guvf gevcyr vf nobhg Oerkvg. 14. Juvpu vafhenapr pbzcnal, bar bs gur byqrfg va Oevgnva, naabhaprq vg jbhyq fbba bcra na bssvpr va Oehffryf gb gel abg gb ybfr ohfvarff va gur Rhebcrna Havba? 15. Gur "Qnvyl Znvy" choyvfurq n sebag-cntr cubgb bs gjb srznyr HX cbyvgvpvnaf haqre gur urnqyvar "Arire zvaq Oerkvg, jub jba Yrtf-vg!" Gurerfn Znl jnf bs gur jbzra va gur cubgb; jub jnf gur bgure? -- Mark Brader "I don't see much sense in that." Toronto "No, there isn't. But there was *going* to be msb@vex.net when I began it. It's just that something happened to it on the way." --A.A. Milne My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 14 08:57PM +0200 > 1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the > age of 43. What type of animal was he? Walrus > 2. Crayola has announced that it will be retiring which > 4-syllable-named color that has been in production for 27 years? Gredelline > 3. A Guinness World Record was set last week when 404 people in > Toronto wore wigs and fake moustaches. Who were they dressed as? Sherlok Holmes > 4. What Formula One driver won the Australian Grand Prix last week > in a non-Mercedes car? Vettel > 6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last > Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required, > like "Toronto Argonauts".) Toronto Maple Leafs > 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican > members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do > they call themselves? Freedom Caucus > 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process > better known by which short name? Brexit > 14. Juvpu vafhenapr pbzcnal, bar bs gur byqrfg va Oevgnva, naabhaprq > vg jbhyq fbba bcra na bssvpr va Oehffryf gb gel abg gb ybfr > ohfvarff va gur Rhebcrna Havba? Lloyd > HX cbyvgvpvnaf haqre gur urnqyvar "Arire zvaq Oerkvg, jub > jba Yrtf-vg!" Gurerfn Znl jnf bs gur jbzra va gur cubgb; > jub jnf gur bgure? Nicole Sturegon -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Apr 14 07:55PM Mark Brader wrote: > * Miscellaneous > 1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the > age of 43. What type of animal was he? Gorilla > 2. Crayola has announced that it will be retiring which > 4-syllable-named color that has been in production for 27 years? Lemon Yellow > 3. A Guinness World Record was set last week when 404 people in > Toronto wore wigs and fake moustaches. Who were they dressed as? Hitler > * Sports > 4. What Formula One driver won the Australian Grand Prix last week > in a non-Mercedes car? Vettel > 5. Auston Matthews scored his 35th goal against the Florida Panthers > last week to set a record for goals by a Maple Leafs rookie. > Whose record did he break? Howe > 6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last > Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required, > like "Toronto Argonauts".) Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens > bylaw to protect tenants against unscrupulous landlords last > week? His past ideas have included a call for legal brothels > on Toronto Island. Ford > * Trumpiana > 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state > governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America? Chris Christie > 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican > members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do > they call themselves? Freedom Caucus > 12. A report came out last week stating that, after Trump's > inauguration speech, George W. Bush said, "That was some..." > Give the two words to complete the sentence. Bull Shit > * See below > 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process > better known by which short name? Brexit > 14. Which insurance company, one of the oldest in Britain, announced > it would soon open an office in Brussels to try not to lose > business in the European Union? Lloyds of London > UK politicians under the headline "Never mind Brexit, who > won Legs-it!" Theresa May was of the women in the photo; > who was the other? Nicola Sturgeon Peter Smyth |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Apr 14 02:54PM -0700 On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 1:33:29 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican > members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do > they call themselves? The Freedom Caucus > 12. A report came out last week stating that, after Trump's > inauguration speech, George W. Bush said, "That was some..." > Give the two words to complete the sentence. "Weird shit" > * See below > 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process > better known by which short name? "Nuclear option" |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 14 11:21PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:pOCdnSPaRdZ5mmzFnZ2dnUU7- > * Miscellaneous > 1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the > age of 43. What type of animal was he? gorilla > 6. Which Canadian-based NHL team clinched a playoff spot last > Tuesday for the first time in 11 years? (Full name required, > like "Toronto Argonauts".) Ottawa Senators > bylaw to protect tenants against unscrupulous landlords last > week? His past ideas have included a call for legal brothels > on Toronto Island. Ford > * Trumpiana > 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state > governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America? Chris Christie > 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican > members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do > they call themselves? Freedom Caucus > * See below > 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process > better known by which short name? Brexit -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 15 03:31AM -0500 In article <pOCdnSPaRdZ5mmzFnZ2dnUU7-LPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > * Trumpiana > 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state > governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America? Cristie > 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican > members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do > they call themselves? Freedom Caucus > 12. A report came out last week stating that, after Trump's > inauguration speech, George W. Bush said, "That was some..." > Give the two words to complete the sentence. weird shit -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 15 02:08AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > * Miscellaneous > 1. A popular animal, Samson, has died at the Toronto Zoo at the > age of 43. What type of animal was he? gorilla > 2. Crayola has announced that it will be retiring which > 4-syllable-named color that has been in production for 27 years? carnation pink ?? > 3. A Guinness World Record was set last week when 404 people in > Toronto wore wigs and fake moustaches. Who were they dressed as? Hitler ?? > * Trumpiana > 10. US President Donald Trump has appointed which caustic state > governor to tackle the opioid crisis in America? Chris Christie > 11. Last week Trump attacked this group of right-wing Republican > members of the House of Representatives on Twitter. What do > they call themselves? Freedom Caucus > * See below > 13. Article 50 was triggered last week. It started a process > better known by which short name? Brexit -- Dan Tilque |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 14 11:17PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:oJSdnVwQpfRraXPFnZ2dnUU7- > 4. The Formula One Italian Grand Prix is run on one of the world's > oldest purpose-built tracks or circuits. For which nearby city > is that circuit named? Monza > 5. The Belgian F1 Grand Prix is run on a circuit in the village > of Francorchamps, but is popularly known by the name of a nearby > town famous for its mineral springs. Which town? Spa > 14. We know the Maple Leafs have not won a Stanley Cup since 1967, > but at least they're not alone. One of the 1967 expansion > teams has *also* gone 49 years without a cup. Which one? Vancouver Canucks > 15. In Major League Baseball, 5 of the franchises founded in the > 1960s have likewise not yet won a World Series. Name *any one* > of them. Washington Nationals -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Apr 14 02:57PM -0700 On Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 11:50:46 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > * Istanbul > 13. Name the strait that separates the European and the Asian > sides of Istanbul. Hormuz? |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 14 05:47PM -0500 If his answers had been posted on time, Jason Kreitzer would have scored 0 on this round. (First time I've posted *that* about anyone!) -- Mark Brader | "In a case like this, where the idiom is old and its wiring Toronto | probably a mess, we tamper with nothing. There is always msb@vex.net | the danger it will blow up in your face." -- Matthew Hart |
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