| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 13 02:02AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-06, 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 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*)". * Game 7, Round 7 - Geography - North American Transit Systems We name a transit system in the US or Canada and give some clues; you tell us the main city it serves. Answer do not repeat, and you'll find all of them on the following handout list: Albany | Las Vegas | San Francisco Atlanta | Metropolis | San Jose Austin | Miami | Saskatoon Calgary | Montreal | Seattle Chicago | New York | St. Louis Dallas | Orlando | Toronto Edmonton | Ottawa | Tulsa Houston | Portland | Vancouver Indianapolis | San Diego | Winnipeg 1. Tri-Met: It was created in 1969 and serves the metropolitan area of this US city. It includes a light rail system that can take you from the highly rated airport to downtown in 35 minutes for a fare of $2.50. Name the city. 2. Capital Metro: It operates buses and a commuter rail service in this eclectic southwestern US city. A proposed billion-dollar light rail project was turned down by local voters in 2014. Name the city. 3. SkyTrain: It is the metropolitan rail service for this city. It has about 80 km of track and its trains are fully automated. Some of its 53 stops include Waterfront, Main Street--Science World, and Commercial--Broadway, which are in the main city. Name the main city served by SkyTrain. 4. BART: This sprawling regional system includes rapid transit and subways. It serves cities in three neighboring counties, as well as the main city where it operates. On weekdays it has 420,000 average daily riders. Name the main city served by BART. 5. MARTA: Formed in 1971 as a bus service, it now includes a rapid transit system that is the eighth-largest in the United States by ridership. However, a lack of transit expansion since the 1980s has resulted in a significant rise in gridlock in this city. Name it. 6. CTrain: This light-rail transit system began operations in 1981. It has 60 km of track and has been considered a success. A large percentage of commuters use the system to get to work in the city's downtown. Name the city. 7. Metrorail: This 40 km elevated rapid-transit rail system is found in a popular US tourist-destination city. It is unlikely, though, that many of those tourists use it to get around the city or to surrounding communities such as Liberty City or Broward County. Name the main city. 8. "The Loop" refers to a 3 km stretch of elevated railway in this city's downtown. It has 8 stations and its tracks are used by various lines that make up this city's "L" system. What city? 9. Valley Transportation Authority: It was established in 1995 and operates 3 light rail lines, bus lines, and a para-transit line. It is a regional US transit service. It also has a seasonal vintage trolley service, which operates downtown in the main city for this transit authority -- a fast-growing city that just passed 1,000,000 in population. Name it. 10. MetroLink: Construction began in 1990 for the light rail system in this city, which has the 19th-largest metropolitan area by population in the United States. Within 4 years a link was finished to Lambert International Airport. The system has expanded slowly because of a lack of federal funds. It is operated by the Bi-State Development Agency. Name the main city served by this transit system. * Game 7, Round 8 - Literature - Political Novels 1. In 1959, US author Richard Condon published this political thriller featuring a domineering mother, a sleeper assassin son, and the would-be assassin's army buddy from the Korean War. What is the novel's title? 2. Robert Penn Warren published this Pulitzer-prizewinning novel in 1946, about backwoods Louisiana lawyer Willie Stark who through a series of populist measures and corrupt manipulations becomes governor of the state, only to be assassinated. Name the novel. 3. Robert Coover's "The Public Burning", published in 1977, is set in 1953 and features real-life characters such as Richard Nixon and Senator Joseph McCarthy, as well as a foul-mouthed personification of Uncle Sam. What true-life event in American history is central to its plot? 4. Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel "The Jungle" is largely set in Chicago and is a scathing indictment of the health violations and unsanitary conditions of what US industry? 5. Soviet writer Yevgeny Zamyatin had this dystopian novel first published in English in 1924. It apparently had a profound influence on both Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" (though Huxley denied this) as well as George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". What is the English-language title of Zamyatin's novel? 6. In 1976 Gore Vidal published this novel concerning, among other things, the US presidential election that pitted Democrat Samuel J. Tilden against Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. Name the novel. For the last four questions, in each case name the *author* of the novel. 7. "The Children of Men", published in 1992, is set in the England of 2021 and focuses on a world where mass infertility has become the fate of humans. 8. This Nobel-prizewinning author of "Babbitt" turned to American politics in the Great Depression and published the 1935 novel "It Can't Happen Here". The book features a character named Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a politician who defeats Franklin Roosevelt and is elected president of the United States after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and "traditional" values. (Sound familiar?) 9. "The Plot Against America", published in 2004, is an alternative history with a great deal of politics in it. In the novel, Franklin Roosevelt is defeated for reelection as president in 1940 by aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, who has campaigned on a populist/fascist platform. (Sound familiar?) The central characters of the book, a Jewish-American family living in Newark, New Jersey, are justifiably terrified about what Lindbergh's presidency may mean. 10. "The Iron Heel", a dystopian novel published in 1908, is often considered the first of its kind. The novel was written by one of the most popular and famous American writers of the early 20th century and chronicles the rise of oligarchic tyrannies in the United States and other parts of the world. -- Mark Brader | "Follow my posts and choose the opposite msb@vex.net | of what I use. That generally works here." Toronto | --Tony Cooper My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 13 03:24AM -0500 In article <-bydnYIxbp6KhvrEnZ2dnUU7-QnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > this eclectic southwestern US city. A proposed billion-dollar > light rail project was turned down by local voters in 2014. > Name the city. Austin > and subways. It serves cities in three neighboring counties, > as well as the main city where it operates. On weekdays it has > 420,000 average daily riders. Name the main city served by BART. San Francisco > It has 60 km of track and has been considered a success. > A large percentage of commuters use the system to get to work > in the city's downtown. Name the city. Calgary > though, that many of those tourists use it to get around the > city or to surrounding communities such as Liberty City or > Broward County. Name the main city. Miama > 8. "The Loop" refers to a 3 km stretch of elevated railway in this > city's downtown. It has 8 stations and its tracks are used by > various lines that make up this city's "L" system. What city? Chicago > thriller featuring a domineering mother, a sleeper assassin son, > and the would-be assassin's army buddy from the Korean War. > What is the novel's title? The Manchurean Candidate > through a series of populist measures and corrupt manipulations > becomes governor of the state, only to be assassinated. > Name the novel. All The King's Men > Nixon and Senator Joseph McCarthy, as well as a foul-mouthed > personification of Uncle Sam. What true-life event in American > history is central to its plot? Rosenberg execution > 4. Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel "The Jungle" is largely set in > Chicago and is a scathing indictment of the health violations > and unsanitary conditions of what US industry? meat packing > (though Huxley denied this) as well as George Orwell's "Nineteen > Eighty-Four". What is the English-language title of Zamyatin's > novel? We > fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms > while promoting a return to patriotism and "traditional" values. > (Sound familiar?) Sinclair Lewis -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 13 10:27AM +0200 > area of this US city. It includes a light rail system that > can take you from the highly rated airport to downtown in > 35 minutes for a fare of $2.50. Name the city. Portland > this eclectic southwestern US city. A proposed billion-dollar > light rail project was turned down by local voters in 2014. > Name the city. Austin > Some of its 53 stops include Waterfront, Main Street--Science > World, and Commercial--Broadway, which are in the main city. > Name the main city served by SkyTrain. Chicago > and subways. It serves cities in three neighboring counties, > as well as the main city where it operates. On weekdays it has > 420,000 average daily riders. Name the main city served by BART. Vancouver > ridership. However, a lack of transit expansion since the 1980s > has resulted in a significant rise in gridlock in this city. > Name it. Atlanta > It has 60 km of track and has been considered a success. > A large percentage of commuters use the system to get to work > in the city's downtown. Name the city. Calgart > though, that many of those tourists use it to get around the > city or to surrounding communities such as Liberty City or > Broward County. Name the main city. Miami > 8. "The Loop" refers to a 3 km stretch of elevated railway in this > city's downtown. It has 8 stations and its tracks are used by > various lines that make up this city's "L" system. What city? Albany > vintage trolley service, which operates downtown in the main > city for this transit authority -- a fast-growing city that > just passed 1,000,000 in population. Name it. San Francisco > expanded slowly because of a lack of federal funds. It is > operated by the Bi-State Development Agency. Name the main > city served by this transit system. St. Louis -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 13 02:00AM -0500 Mark Brader: > series. Example: We say "A Star Is Burns", "Skinner's Sense of > Snow"; you say "The Simpsons". > 1. "The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization", "The Wheaton Recurrence". "The Big Bang Theory". 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Bruce, Marc, Pete, and Joshua. 2 for Calvin. > 2. "Diversity Day", "Dwight's Speech". "The Office". 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Pete, Calvin, and Joshua. > 3. "Mrs. Donaghy" ["DON-a-hee"] and "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell". "30 Rock". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 4. "Pawnee Rangers", "Bowling for Votes". "Parks and Recreation". 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, and Joshua. > 5. "Murder by Les", "Johnny Goes Hollywood". "WKRP in Cincinnati". 4 for Bruce, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 6. "Norman's Conquest", "How to Marry a Mailman". "Cheers". 4 for Dan Blum, Jason, Bruce, Marc, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 7. "The One with the Monkey", "The One with Mrs. Bing". "Friends". 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Bruce, Marc, Calvin, and Joshua. > 8. "Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde", "Dear Mildred". "M*A*S*H". 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Pete, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Joshua. > 9. "The Stan who Came to Dinner", "Once, in St. Olaf", "Sophia's Choice". "The Golden Girls". 4 for Dan Blum, Jason, and Joshua. > 10. "Ted over Heels", "The Georgette Story", "But Seriously, Folks". "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". 4 for Bruce, Marc, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 1. In the violent 1914 coal strike in Ludlow, Colorado, a future > Canadian prime minister acted as mediator for the Rockefeller > mining interests. Who was he? William Lyon Mackenzie King. > 2. In the Quebec asbestos workers' strike in 1949, another future > Canadian prime minster acted as a lawyer for the union. > Who was he? Pierre Trudeau. > 3. A general strike was called in 1919 in which major Canadian city? Winnipeg. > 4. In 1981 the leader of the Canadian branch of the United Auto > Workers split it from the American parent to form the Canadian > Auto Workers. Who was he? Bob White. > 5. In 1964 at all three Toronto daily papers, a conflict took place > that the printers' union called a lockout while the papers called > it a strike. It lasted for years. What was the critical issue? Computerized automation of typesetting. 3 for Dan Tilque. The papers simply took advantage of the new technology to replace the union members with people who *were not typesetters*, exactly as they might have liked to do if there hadn't been a strike, and soon enough it was business as usual. The union finally gave up in 1972, by which time one of the three papers -- the "Toronto Telegram" -- was no longer around (although not because of the strike). As I recall -- but cannot confirm from online sources -- much the same thing happened down the road at the "Hamilton Spectator", except that in Hamilton it went on for *about 20 years longer* before the union gave up. > 6. In 1937 the United Auto Workers struck General Motors in Oshawa. > Following the experience of a strike in Flint, Michigan, what > was the union's main tactic? A sit-down strike: the workers occupied the factory. > 7. 15,000 aviation workers lost their jobs when John Diefenbaker's > federal government canceled which project in 1959? The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow fighter. "Arrow" was sufficient. 4 for Dan Tilque. > working in federal relief camps boarded freight trains to > Ottawa to protest conditions and demand social welfare measures. > What was this action generally called? On-to-Ottawa Trek. > in a union shop all workers must pay union dues, whether in > the union or not, since they all tend to benefit. What is this > ruling called? Rand Formula. > the World tried to organize unemployed migrant, mostly immigrant, > workers. What colloquial nickname were IWW members commonly > known by? Wobblies. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Sci Spo Ent Can Dan Blum 20 26 32 4 82 Joshua Kreitzer 8 20 40 4 72 Pete Gayde 4 32 28 0 64 Dan Tilque 4 28 16 11 59 "Calvin" 12 20 14 0 46 Jason Kreitzer 0 16 20 0 36 Gareth Owen 0 27 -- -- 27 Bruce Bowler -- -- 24 0 24 Marc Dashevsky -- -- 24 0 24 Peter Smyth -- -- 16 0 16 -- Mark Brader | "One must scythe the thickets of metaphor Toronto | if one wishes to harvest the grain of reason." msb@vex.net | --Robert Ludlum My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Jul 12 07:18AM -0500 On 7/11/17 22:11, Calvin wrote: > But it's nice to see that it inspired the title of RQ262 :-) For a while, I was tempted to mix in astronomy questions in with the baseball, but figured that was too obvious :-) Don |
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