- QFTCIMM16 Final, Round 3: Arts & Literature - 4 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #480 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 2 Updates
- QFTCIMM16 Final, Round 2 answers: History - 1 Update
- Calvin's Quiz #481 - 6 Updates
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 03 07:51PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-12-06, 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*)". ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature Arts & Literature: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/alit.jpg * Shakespeare, Misquoted Perhaps the most misquoted writer of all time. We give you the play and the misquote; you give the correct version. 1. Not from "Macbeth": "Lead on, Macduff". 2. Not from "Hamlet": "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well." 3. Not from "The Merchant of Venice": "All that glitters is not gold". * Karsh Photos Identify the performance artists photographed by Yousuf Karsh. 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/karsh/4.jpg 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/karsh/5.jpg 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/karsh/6.jpg * Fictional Victorian Women We name two female characters and their literary creator; you name the novel in which both women appear. 7. Esther Summerson and Lady Dedlock. Novel by Charles Dickens. 8. Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe. Novel by Wilkie Collins. 9. Bathsheba Everdene and Fanny Robin. Novel by Thomas Hardy. * First Lines Here is the first line of a work of fiction intended for a young adult or children's audience. Name the work of fiction. 10. The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. 11. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents", grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. 12. "Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. * Ah, Provence 13. In which Provençal city did Vincent van Gogh spend over a year, during which he completed some 200 paintings and lived briefly with Paul Gauguin? 14. This painter spent most of his life in the city of Aix-en-Provence and honed his post-Impressionist style portraying its landscape and light. Who? 15. The great 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch passed much of his life employed in the papal court in which Provençal city? -- Mark Brader "I'm not Richard, either. Toronto Oh, wait: I am! Lucky me!" msb@vex.net --Richard R. Hershberger My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Apr 03 09:43PM -0400 In article <jcmdnRX5ur-3c3_FnZ2dnUU7-YPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > Identify the performance artists photographed by Yousuf Karsh. > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/karsh/4.jpg > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/karsh/5.jpg Twyla Tharpe > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/karsh/6.jpg Casals > We name two female characters and their literary creator; you name > the novel in which both women appear. > 7. Esther Summerson and Lady Dedlock. Novel by Charles Dickens. Bleak House > 10. The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. > 11. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents", grumbled > Jo, lying on the rug. Little Women > 12. "Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother > as they were setting the table for breakfast. Charlotte's Web > 14. This painter spent most of his life in the city of > Aix-en-Provence and honed his post-Impressionist style > portraying its landscape and light. Who? Cezanne -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 03 07:25PM -0700 On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 10:51:59 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > and the misquote; you give the correct version. > 1. Not from "Macbeth": "Lead on, Macduff". > 2. Not from "Hamlet": "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well." Alas poor Yorick, I knew him, *Horatio*. > 3. Not from "The Merchant of Venice": "All that glitters is > not gold". All that *glistens* is not gold. > * Karsh Photos > Identify the performance artists photographed by Yousuf Karsh. > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/karsh/4.jpg Menuhin? > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/karsh/5.jpg Fonteyn? > We name two female characters and their literary creator; you name > the novel in which both women appear. > 7. Esther Summerson and Lady Dedlock. Novel by Charles Dickens. Bleak House > 8. Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe. Novel by Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White, The Moonstone > 9. Bathsheba Everdene and Fanny Robin. Novel by Thomas Hardy. Far from the Madding Crowd > 10. The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. > 11. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents", grumbled > Jo, lying on the rug. Little Women > 12. "Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother > as they were setting the table for breakfast. Charlotte's Web > 13. In which Provençal city did Vincent van Gogh spend over a year, > during which he completed some 200 paintings and lived briefly > with Paul Gauguin? Lyon, Dijon > 14. This painter spent most of his life in the city of > Aix-en-Provence and honed his post-Impressionist style > portraying its landscape and light. Who? Seurat? > 15. The great 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch passed much of > his life employed in the papal court in which Provençal city? Lyon, Dijon cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 04 02:34AM > ** Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature > * Shakespeare, Misquoted > 2. Not from "Hamlet": "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well." "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio." > * Karsh Photos > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/karsh/5.jpg Marceau > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/karsh/6.jpg Casals > * Fictional Victorian Women > 7. Esther Summerson and Lady Dedlock. Novel by Charles Dickens. Bleak House; Martin Chuzzlewit > 8. Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe. Novel by Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone > 9. Bathsheba Everdene and Fanny Robin. Novel by Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native; Jude the Obscure > * First Lines > 10. The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. The Cat in the Hat > 11. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents", grumbled > Jo, lying on the rug. Little Women > * Ah, Provence > 15. The great 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch passed much of > his life employed in the papal court in which Proven?al city? Avignon -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Apr 03 11:32AM >> 8 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: "While the >> other kids were Rocking Round the Clock."? > Sir Elton John Hmm.... -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Apr 03 07:07PM -0700 On Monday, April 3, 2017 at 6:06:48 PM UTC+10, Dan Tilque wrote: > >> Shark > > Frog, my answer, is correct as well. > As is finch. Can you provide references please. tx, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 03 07:49PM -0500 Mark Brader: > Subject: QFTCIMM16 Game 10, Final: History Obviously that was supposed to say "QFTCIMM16 Final, Round 2: History". Sorry about that, folks. > * British Prime Ministers > 1. Who is regarded as the first British Prime Minister, in office > 1721-42? Robert Walpole. 4 for Peter and Calvin. > 2. Name the first Welsh-speaking PM, who led Britain in the > Great War. He was in office 1916-22. David Lloyd George. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Calvin. > 3. Succeeding <answer 2> was the only PM born outside the British > Isles. A Canadian by birth, he served one year, 1922-23. Who? Bonar Law. 4 for Peter and Calvin. > Which colony defended by British, Canadian, and Indian troops, > as well as by a local defense force, was attacked just 8 hours > after the Pearl Harbor bombing? Hong Kong was the expected answer, but I'm accepting Singapore as "almost correct"; see below. 4 for Don, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Calvin (the hard way). 3 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 2 for Pete. On this page: http://www.emersonkent.com/history/timelines/pearl_harbor_attack_timeline.htm you can see that within 9 hours after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had also attacked Shanghai's international settlement (they already controlled the rest of the city), Singapore, Guam, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Wake Island. That page I cited uses Hawaiian local time; in most of these places the date was actually 1941-12-08. Although Singapore is now a separate country, in colonial days it was just an important city in Malaya, not a separate colony. It's for this reason that I'm only scoring it as "almost correct"; I don't think the exact timing of the attack or the specific composition of the British Commonwealth troops is a significant part of the question. Of the list of places above, all but Pearl Harbor later fell to the Japanese. In the case of Singapore, the city was well defended from the water, so they attacked by land -- exactly as the British had done in 1759 to capture Quebec City from the French, leading to the end of French control of any of what is now Canada. > 5. On 1915-12-08, the poem "In Flanders Fields" appeared anonymously > in which magazine? "Punch"! 4 for Peter. > 6. On 1917-12-09, Jerusalem was captured by British forces -- > under which general? Edmund Allenby. 4 for Dan Blum and Marc. > In each case, name them. > 7. These gangster brothers spent a short time in the tower in 1952 > while awaiting a court-martial. (The surname will do.) Ronald and Reginald Kray. 4 for Peter, Don, Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Calvin, and Marc. > 8. This young Quaker was held for 8 months in 1668 for blasphemy. > He later organized a mass emigration of persecuted minorities. William Penn. 4 for Don, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 9. The last *state* prisoner to be held in the tower was captured > in Scotland and kept in the tower for 4 days. Later he was > tried for war crimes. Rudolf Hess (1941). 4 for Don, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Calvin. See: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/biographies/apr-hess-cal.htm > 10. The United States was the first country in the Western > Hemisphere to gain independence from a European power. > Which country was the second to do so -- from France, in 1804? Haiti. 4 for Don, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Erland, Jason, Calvin, and Marc. > 11. After years of helping Colombia assert control, in 1903 the > United States did an about-face and assisted *which region* > in its bid to separate from Colombia? Panama. 4 for Peter, Don, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Erland, Jason, Calvin, and Marc. You see, there was this canal the US wanted to build, and the Colombian government wasn't interested in ceding of a zone across the country so the US could also control it. But the cession of the canal zone itself was an action of the new Panamanian government and therefore the zone is a wrong answer. > maintaining its then empire. Within a year, five colonies in > Africa and one more in Southeast Asia gained formal independence. > Name that colonial power. Portugal. 4 for Peter, Don, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Erland, and Marc. 3 for Calvin. The former African colonies are now Angola, Cape or Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé & Príncipe -- in other words, all the members of PALOP (see Game 9, Round 7) other than Equatorial Guinea, which has a different history. The Asian one is East Timor or Timor-Leste. Several of these countries quickly found themselves at war; East Timor, in particular, fell under Indonesian control for decades before regaining its independence. > by Goya. The anniversary of the uprising is still commemorated > in Madrid and its date became the title of one of the paintings. > What date in 1808 was this? May 2. I'm scoring a 1-day error as "almost correct". So, 3 for Calvin. > 14. From 1808, the leader of the French Imperial forces and King > of Spain was Napoléon Bonaparte's brother. Give his first name. Joseph or Giuseppe. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Erland. > in 1808 to lead the British forces? He would encounter Napoléon > again years later, this time under the title he acquired for > his exploits in Spain. Wellesley. (Arthur Wellesley, later Lord Wellington.) 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 TOTALS TOPICS-> His "Calvin" 42 42 Joshua Kreitzer 39 39 Dan Blum 39 39 Peter Smyth 32 32 Dan Tilque 28 28 Don Piven 28 28 Marc Dashevsky 20 20 Erland Sommarskog 20 20 Jason Kreitzer 12 12 Pete Gayde 6 6 -- Mark Brader "I used to own a mind like a steel trap. Toronto Perhaps if I'd specified a brass one, it msb@vex.net wouldn't have rusted like this." --Greg Goss "I have a mind like a steel trap. It's hard to pry open." --Michael Wares My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 03 11:36AM > 1 One which island would one most likely be if encountering the > Formosan family of languages? Taiwan > 3 Misogamy is a dislike or hatred of what? Relationships > 4 Which city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1976? Saigon > 5 First published c. 300 BC and now with over 1,000 different > editions, which Greek mathematician wrote the mathematics textbook > "Elements"? Pythagoras > 6 Which Roman (15 - 59 AD) was the sister of Caligula, niece and > fourth wife of Claudius, and the mother of Nero? Agrippa > 7 In Rugby Union what number jersey does the Fullback traditionally > wear? 9 > 8 The headquarters of the Boeing Corporation are in which US City? Seattle > 9 Which Major League Baseball team is traditionally supported by > those living on the North Side of Chicago, and detested by those on the > South Side? Cubs -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Apr 03 12:53PM Calvin wrote: > 1 One which island would one most likely be if encountering the > Formosan family of languages? Taiwan > 2 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005 film? > 3 Misogamy is a dislike or hatred of what? Marriage > 4 Which city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1976? Saigon > 5 First published c. 300 BC and now with over 1,000 different > editions, which Greek mathematician wrote the mathematics textbook > "Elements"? Euclid > fourth wife of Claudius, and the mother of Nero? > 7 In Rugby Union what number jersey does the Fullback traditionally > wear? 15 > 8 The headquarters of the Boeing Corporation are in which US City? Chicago > 9 Which Major League Baseball team is traditionally supported by > those living on the North Side of Chicago, and detested by those on > the South Side? Cubs (didn't we have this question recently? Admittedly, I still don't know the answer but have a 50% chance) > 10 Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin and Alexander Hamilton, former U.S. > Secretary of the Treasury, both met their deaths in what specific > manner? Duelling Peter Smyth |
| Bruce <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Apr 03 01:45PM On Sun, 02 Apr 2017 17:12:59 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 One which island would one most likely be if encountering the Formosan > family of languages? Taiwan > 2 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005 film? I Walk the Line > 3 Misogamy is a dislike or hatred of what? > 4 Which city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1976? Hanoi > 5 First published c. 300 BC and now with over 1,000 different editions, > which Greek mathematician wrote the mathematics textbook "Elements"? Euclid > 6 Which Roman (15 - 59 AD) was the sister of Caligula, niece and fourth > 7 In Rugby Union what number jersey does the Fullback traditionally > wear? > 8 The headquarters of the Boeing Corporation are in which US City? Seattle > 9 Which Major League Baseball team is traditionally supported by those > living on the North Side of Chicago, and detested by those on the South > Side? Cubs > 10 Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin and Alexander Hamilton, former U.S. > Secretary of the Treasury, both met their deaths in what specific > manner? Duel |
| Bruce <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Apr 03 02:17PM On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:45:34 +0000, Bruce wrote: >> 4 Which city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1976? > Hanoi Damned brain fart! |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 03 03:16PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 One which island would one most likely be if encountering the > Formosan family of languages? Taiwan > 2 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese > Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005 film? American Pie > 3 Misogamy is a dislike or hatred of what? Marriage > 4 Which city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1976? Saigon > 5 First published c. 300 BC and now with over 1,000 > different editions, which Greek mathematician wrote the mathematics > textbook "Elements"? Pythagorus > 6 Which Roman (15 - 59 AD) was the sister of > Caligula, niece and fourth wife of Claudius, and the mother of Nero? Hypatia > 7 In Rugby Union what number jersey does the Fullback > traditionally wear? 5 > 8 The headquarters of the Boeing Corporation > are in which US City? Chicago > 9 Which Major League Baseball team is > traditionally supported by those living on the North Side of Chicago, > and detested by those on the South Side? Cubs > 10 Russian poet Aleksandr > Pushkin and Alexander Hamilton, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, > both met their deaths in what specific manner? Shot in a duel > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com Pete Gayde --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Apr 03 06:19PM +0100 > 1 One which island would one most likely be if encountering the > Formosan family of languages? Taiwan > 2 Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon co-starred in which 2005 film? Walk The Line > 3 Misogamy is a dislike or hatred of what? Marriage > 4 Which city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1976? Saigon > 5 First published c. 300 BC and now with over 1,000 different > editions, which Greek mathematician wrote the mathematics textbook > "Elements"? Euclid > 6 Which Roman (15 - 59 AD) was the sister of Caligula, niece and > fourth wife of Claudius, and the mother of Nero? Aggripina > 7 In Rugby Union what number jersey does the Fullback traditionally > wear? 15 > 8 The headquarters of the Boeing Corporation are in which US City? Seattle > 9 Which Major League Baseball team is traditionally supported by those > living on the North Side of Chicago, and detested by those on the > South Side? Cubs -- I got this wrong last time ... and can't remember whether I put Cubs or ChiSox. Think I put Sox. > 10 Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin and Alexander Hamilton, former > U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, both met their deaths in what specific > manner? Killed in a duel |
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