- QFTCI5EP Game 7, Rounds 9-10: before/after, dress day challenge - 5 Updates
- QFTCI5EP Game 7, Rounds 7-8: transit, po-lit-ical - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #494 - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 16 12:39AM -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 9 - Word Mash-Ups, or Before-and-Afters Each question will describe to two people or things, where the last part of the first one is the first part of the last one. You answer by naming both people/things in overlapping form. For example, we say "Late Hollywood star of over 250 movies, best known for his westerns -- and an institution of higher learning based in Detroit". You say, "John Wayne State University." Full answers are required; they'll be up to 4 words long. *Note*: In some cases the two overlapped parts might not be identically spelled or might involve partial words -- for example, a "Big Mac" and "McLean Stevenson" might make a "Big MacLean Stevenson". 1. Somewhat erratic hip-hop music star -- and where Steve Bannon's office is currently located. 2. An 80-year-old, originally from Argentina, who is one of the best-known people in the world -- and a former Lord Chancellor of England who died in 1626. 3. Very recently injured Toronto Raptors forward and the actor who was Archie Bunker. 4. High-profile U.S. legislation to reform Wall Street and protect consumers -- and legendary crooner from Hoboken, New Jersey. 5. A potassium nitrate compound that was wrongly thought to reduce carnal urges -- and a long-time CBC-TV news anchor. 6. Extremely low-profile former Canadian leader -- and famous US author who, it turns out, really only had one good novel in her. 7. US state whose capital is Bismarck -- and the female star of the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey". 8. The name of the main female character in the Terminator movies -- and, arguably, the best young hockey player in the world today. 9. Grammy-Award-winning rhythm-and-blues singer originally known for iconic disco song "Lady Marmalade", with its lascivious lyrics -- and nickname for a Canadian province. 10. Thesaurus-loving Canadian businessman and convicted felon -- and North American protest group created in 2012. ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - National Dress Day Your categories are: A. A Line B. Empire C. Flare D. Peplum E. High-Low F. Shift Well, we'll give you a bit more detail than that. * A. Geography: A Line -- New York Yes, it's public transit again. A1. What major New York train station is located at 34th St. subway station on the A train? A2. The A Train runs from 207 St. / Inwood station, in Manhattan, to where? Hint: The place shares part of its name with a famous Ramones song. Your answer must be at least two words for full points. * B. History: Empire B1. The Byzantine Empire survived the fall of the Roman Empire and continued until 1453 when it fell to what other transcontinental empire? B2. The Babylonian Empire existed from 1894 BC and expanded from 1792 to 1750 BC, but then rapidly fell apart -- after the death of which leader? * C. Science: Flare -- Solar, that is C1. A solar flare is often accompanied by an unusually large release of plasma and electro-magnetic radiation. What is the term for this phenomenon? C2. Solar flares strongly influence space "weather" close to Earth by producing streams of highly energetic particles in the solar wind. What is the term for these events as perceived on Earth? * D. Entertainment: Peplum -- Films "Peplum film" is a term given to the sword-and-sandal epics that dominated the Italian movie industry from 1958 to 1965. D1. What American bodybuilder and actor starred in over 14 peplum films, including "Jason and the Argonauts" in 1959? D2. What 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film spawned a resurgence of the peplum genre? * E. Sports: High-Low -- in Card Games E1. What poker variant is named after a US city and splits the pot between a high hand and a low hand? E2. What is the highest point value of a hand in the game of baccarat? * F. Literature: Shift -- or Time-Shifting in Novels F1. Name the David Mitchell novel that tells the beginning of six stories, then concludes them in the second half of the book. All the stories are linked, as by the protagonist of one reading or hearing another. F2. This classic novel revolves around pilots in World War II and revisits events from different points of view and time frames. Name the novel. -- Mark Brader | "It is refreshing to have Republican presidential Toronto | candidates we can believe about *something*. msb@vex.net | I believe what Bush says about Dole... | And... what Dole says about Bush." --Craig B. Leman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 16 05:55AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:k8KdnY_EHem2YffEnZ2dnUU7- > You answer by naming both people/things in overlapping form. > 1. Somewhat erratic hip-hop music star -- and where Steve Bannon's > office is currently located. Kanye West Wing > 2. An 80-year-old, originally from Argentina, who is one of the > best-known people in the world -- and a former Lord Chancellor > of England who died in 1626. Pope Francis Bacon > 4. High-profile U.S. legislation to reform Wall Street and protect > consumers -- and legendary crooner from Hoboken, New Jersey. Dodd-Frank Sinatra > 6. Extremely low-profile former Canadian leader -- and famous US > author who, it turns out, really only had one good novel in her. Stephen Harper Lee > 7. US state whose capital is Bismarck -- and the female star of > the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey". North Dakota Johnson > 9. Grammy-Award-winning rhythm-and-blues singer originally known for > iconic disco song "Lady Marmalade", with its lascivious lyrics -- > and nickname for a Canadian province. Patti LaBelle Province > 10. Thesaurus-loving Canadian businessman and convicted felon -- > and North American protest group created in 2012. Conrad Black Lives Matter > Yes, it's public transit again. > A1. What major New York train station is located at > 34th St. subway station on the A train? Penn Station > to where? Hint: The place shares part of its name with > a famous Ramones song. Your answer must be at least two > words for full points. Rockaway Beach > B1. The Byzantine Empire survived the fall of the Roman > Empire and continued until 1453 when it fell to what other > transcontinental empire? Ottoman Empire > dominated the Italian movie industry from 1958 to 1965. > D1. What American bodybuilder and actor starred in over 14 > peplum films, including "Jason and the Argonauts" in 1959? Steve Reeves > D2. What 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film spawned a resurgence > of the peplum genre? "Conan the Barbarian" > * E. Sports: High-Low -- in Card Games > E1. What poker variant is named after a US city and splits the > pot between a high hand and a low hand? Chicago > F2. This classic novel revolves around pilots in World War II > and revisits events from different points of view and time > frames. Name the novel. "Slaughterhouse Five" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 16 12:08AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 2. An 80-year-old, originally from Argentina, who is one of the > best-known people in the world -- and a former Lord Chancellor > of England who died in 1626. Pope Francis Bacon > who was Archie Bunker. > 4. High-profile U.S. legislation to reform Wall Street and protect > consumers -- and legendary crooner from Hoboken, New Jersey. Dodd-Frank Sinatra > carnal urges -- and a long-time CBC-TV news anchor. > 6. Extremely low-profile former Canadian leader -- and famous US > author who, it turns out, really only had one good novel in her. Stephen Harper Lee > and nickname for a Canadian province. > 10. Thesaurus-loving Canadian businessman and convicted felon -- > and North American protest group created in 2012. Conrad Black Lives Matter > Yes, it's public transit again. > A1. What major New York train station is located at > 34th St. subway station on the A train? Pennsylvania Station > to where? Hint: The place shares part of its name with > a famous Ramones song. Your answer must be at least two > words for full points. Times Square > B1. The Byzantine Empire survived the fall of the Roman > Empire and continued until 1453 when it fell to what other > transcontinental empire? the Turkish Empire > B2. The Babylonian Empire existed from 1894 BC and expanded > from 1792 to 1750 BC, but then rapidly fell apart -- after > the death of which leader? Hammerabi > C1. A solar flare is often accompanied by an unusually large > release of plasma and electro-magnetic radiation. What is > the term for this phenomenon? coronal mass ejection > Earth by producing streams of highly energetic particles > in the solar wind. What is the term for these events as > perceived on Earth? aurora > peplum films, including "Jason and the Argonauts" in 1959? > D2. What 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film spawned a resurgence > of the peplum genre? Conan the Barbarian -- Dan Tilque |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 16 03:49AM -0500 In article <k8KdnY_EHem2YffEnZ2dnUU7-QPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > 2. An 80-year-old, originally from Argentina, who is one of the > best-known people in the world -- and a former Lord Chancellor > of England who died in 1626. Pope Francis Bacon > who was Archie Bunker. > 4. High-profile U.S. legislation to reform Wall Street and protect > consumers -- and legendary crooner from Hoboken, New Jersey. Dodd-Frank Sinatra > 5. A potassium nitrate compound that was wrongly thought to reduce > carnal urges -- and a long-time CBC-TV news anchor. saltpeter Jennings > 6. Extremely low-profile former Canadian leader -- and famous US > author who, it turns out, really only had one good novel in her. Steven Harper Lee > Yes, it's public transit again. > A1. What major New York train station is located at > 34th St. subway station on the A train? Penn Station > B1. The Byzantine Empire survived the fall of the Roman > Empire and continued until 1453 when it fell to what other > transcontinental empire? Ottoman empire > B2. The Babylonian Empire existed from 1894 BC and expanded > from 1792 to 1750 BC, but then rapidly fell apart -- after > the death of which leader? Hammurabi > Earth by producing streams of highly energetic particles > in the solar wind. What is the term for these events as > perceived on Earth? Aurorae > peplum films, including "Jason and the Argonauts" in 1959? > D2. What 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film spawned a resurgence > of the peplum genre? Conan the Barbarian > * E. Sports: High-Low -- in Card Games > E1. What poker variant is named after a US city and splits the > pot between a high hand and a low hand? Omaha > F2. This classic novel revolves around pilots in World War II > and revisits events from different points of view and time > frames. Name the novel. Catch 22 -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 16 11:48AM +0200 > ** Game 7, Round 9 - Word Mash-Ups, or Before-and-Afters > 4. High-profile U.S. legislation to reform Wall Street and protect > consumers -- and legendary crooner from Hoboken, New Jersey. Dodd Frank Sinatra > ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - National Dress Day > A1. What major New York train station is located at > 34th St. subway station on the A train? Times Square? > B1. The Byzantine Empire survived the fall of the Roman > Empire and continued until 1453 when it fell to what other > transcontinental empire? Ottoman > B2. The Babylonian Empire existed from 1894 BC and expanded > from 1792 to 1750 BC, but then rapidly fell apart -- after > the death of which leader? Nebkuanessar > * E. Sports: High-Low -- in Card Games > E1. What poker variant is named after a US city and splits the > pot between a high hand and a low hand? Omaha -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jul 15 03:55PM -0700 On Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 3:02:53 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 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. Indianapolis? > 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. Seattle > 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 > ridership. However, a lack of transit expansion since the 1980s > has resulted in a significant rise in gridlock in this city. > Name it. St. Louis? > 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. Tulsa? > 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? Chicago > 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. Portland? > 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. Dallas? > 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 Manchurian 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? The HUAC hearings? > 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 > (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 |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 16 12:36AM -0500 Mark Brader: > Edmonton | Ottawa | Tulsa > Houston | Portland | Vancouver > Indianapolis | San Diego | Winnipeg I added Superman's home city of Metropolis just for fun, to make the columns come out to equal lengths. There actually is a city of that name in Illinois, but it's not big enough to have a transit system. I also replaced Los Angeles (on the list in the original game) with Las Vegas, because of question #7. > 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. (Oregon.) 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum. > this eclectic southwestern US city. A proposed billion-dollar > light rail project was turned down by local voters in 2014. > Name the city. Austin. 4 for everyone -- Marc, Erland, Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Jason. > 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. Vancouver. 4 for Peter, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Joshua. > 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. (BA is for Bay Area.) 4 for Marc, Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Jason. > ridership. However, a lack of transit expansion since the 1980s > has resulted in a significant rise in gridlock in this city. > Name it. Atlanta. (The first A is for Atlanta.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 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. (C is for Calgary.) 4 for Marc, Erland, Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 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. (There are other systems called Metrorail or Metro Rail, but none on the handout list, and of course the surrounding communities also pin it down.) 4 for Mirc, Erland, Peter, Bruce, Joshua, and Jason. > 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. 4 for Marc, Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Jason. > 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 Jose. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 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. 4 for Erland, Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 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 Manchurian Candidate". 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Jason. > 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". 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Jason. > 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? The execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Any reference to the Rosenbergs was sufficient. 4 for Marc. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Pete. > 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? Meatpacking. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Bruce, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Jason. > (though Huxley denied this) as well as George Orwell's "Nineteen > Eighty-Four". What is the English-language title of Zamyatin's > novel? "We". 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Jason. > things, the US presidential election that pitted Democrat > Samuel J. Tilden against Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. > Name the novel. "1876". 4 for Joshua. > 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. P.D. James. 4 for Dan Blum. > fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms > while promoting a return to patriotism and "traditional" values. > (Sound familiar?) Sinclair Lewis. 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Jason. > characters of the book, a Jewish-American family living in > Newark, New Jersey, are justifiably terrified about what > Lindbergh's presidency may mean. Philip Roth. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 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. Jack London. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Sci Spo Ent Can Geo Lit FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 8 20 40 4 31 28 119 Dan Blum 20 26 32 4 30 31 119 Pete Gayde 4 32 28 0 24 10 94 Dan Tilque 4 28 16 11 36 8 91 Jason Kreitzer 0 16 20 0 16 20 72 Marc Dashevsky -- -- 24 0 20 24 68 Bruce Bowler -- -- 24 0 32 4 60 Peter Smyth -- -- 16 0 32 0 48 "Calvin" 12 20 14 0 -- -- 46 Gareth Owen 0 27 -- -- -- -- 27 Erland Sommarskog -- -- -- -- 24 0 24 -- Mark Brader | "The inability to distinguish between epistemic and deontic Toronto | interpretations of 'why', which is common among children, msb@vex.net | is the source of a great deal of religion." --John Lawler My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jul 15 09:45PM -0400 On 2017-07-11, Calvin wrote: > 1 Typically made with French fries, bacon, cheese and gravy, what is the unofficial national dish of Canada? Poutine > 2 Who was the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980-87? Mugabe > 3 Who was Tom Cruise's first wife? Kidman > 4 Which 1977 album by Queen shares its name with a defunct British national newspaper? > 5 To which section of an orchestra does the bassoon belong? Woodwinds > 6 Who was the father of English monarch King Edward VI? Henry VIII > 7 Tina Turner sang the theme to which 1995 James Bond film? Goldeneye > 8 American writer Peter Benchley wrote which 1974 novel, and (with Carl Gottlieb) the screenplay for the 1975 film of the same name? Jaws > 9 The Hugo Boss fashion house is based in which European country? Belgium > 10 What is the second lowest layer of the atmosphere, located above the troposphere? ionosphere -- Chris F.A. Johnson |
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