- Calvin's Quiz #495 - 6 Updates
- QFTCI5EP Game 8, Rounds 2-3: cooking, Canbiz scandals - 1 Update
- QFTCI5EP Game 7, Rounds 9-10 answers: before/after, dress day challenge - 1 Update
- Rotating Quiz #262: All Stars ANSWERS - 1 Update
- Calvin's Quiz #494 - 4 Updates
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 18 06:39PM -0700 1 Which US state is known as the "Bluegrass State"? 2 Which human sense relies on an organ called the corti? 3 "Operation Barbarossa" was the code name for Nazi Germany's WW2 invasion of which country? 4 Since 1996, the Olympic modern pentathlon has been contested over how many days? 5 Which of Henry VIII's wives was known as the Flanders Mare? 6 Which US supermarket fake news tabloid was founded in 1926 by William Griffin? 7 Pink Eye is an alternative name for which medical condition? 8 How often should one perform a quotidian task? 9 Which manufacturer has made the i30 model since 2007? 10 Which river is the natural habitat of pink river dolphins (Inia Geoffrensis)? cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 19 02:04AM > 1 Which US state is known as the "Bluegrass State"? Kentucky > 2 Which human sense relies on an organ called the corti? smell > 3 "Operation Barbarossa"?was the?code name?for?Nazi Germany's WW2 invasion of which country? USSR > 4 Since 1996, the Olympic modern pentathlon has been contested over how many days? 3 > 5 Which of Henry VIII's wives was known as the Flanders Mare? Anne of Cleves > 6 Which US supermarket fake news tabloid was founded in 1926 by William Griffin? Weekly World News > 8 How often should one perform a quotidian task? daily > 9 Which manufacturer has made the i30 model since 2007? Porsche > 10 Which river is the natural habitat of pink river dolphins (Inia Geoffrensis)? Yangtze; Congo -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 18 09:41PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Which US state is known as the "Bluegrass State"? Kentucky. > 2 Which human sense relies on an organ called the corti? It's "organ of Corti", and it's smell. > 3 "Operation Barbarossa" was the code name for Nazi > Germany's WW2 invasion of which country? USSR. > 4 Since 1996, the Olympic modern pentathlon has been > contested over how many days? 3? > 5 Which of Henry VIII's wives was known as the Flanders Mare? Anne of Cleves? > 6 Which US supermarket fake news tabloid was founded in 1926 > by William Griffin? "National Enquirer"? > 7 Pink Eye is an alternative name for which medical condition? Conjunctivitis. > 8 How often should one perform a quotidian task? Daily. > 9 Which manufacturer has made the i30 model since 2007? Datsun? > 10 Which river is the natural habitat of pink river dolphins > (Inia Geoffrensis)? Hey, those came up in yesterday's Canadian Inquisition game! I'd never heard of them before. I'll try the Swanee River. -- Mark Brader "God help us if [the Nazis]'d won; Toronto I cannot imagine their sitcoms." msb@vex.net --James Lileks My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 19 12:27AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 Which US state is known as the "Bluegrass State"? Kentucky > 2 Which human sense relies on an organ called the corti? sight > 3 "Operation Barbarossa" was the code name for Nazi Germany's WW2 invasion of which country? Soviet Union > 4 Since 1996, the Olympic modern pentathlon has been contested over how many days? 2 > 5 Which of Henry VIII's wives was known as the Flanders Mare? Catherine Parr > 6 Which US supermarket fake news tabloid was founded in 1926 by William Griffin? Weekly World News > 7 Pink Eye is an alternative name for which medical condition? > 8 How often should one perform a quotidian task? daily > 9 Which manufacturer has made the i30 model since 2007? BMW > 10 Which river is the natural habitat of pink river dolphins (Inia Geoffrensis)? Mekong -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 19 10:08AM +0200 > 1 Which US state is known as the "Bluegrass State"? Tenessee > 2 Which human sense relies on an organ called the corti? Hearing > 3 "Operation Barbarossa" was the code name for Nazi Germany's WW2 > invasion of which country? USSR > 4 Since 1996, the Olympic modern pentathlon has been contested over > how many days? Four > 8 How often should one perform a quotidian task? Yearly -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 19 08:07AM > 1 Which US state is known as the "Bluegrass State"? Kentucky > 2 Which human sense relies on an organ called the corti? Sight > 3 "Operation Barbarossa" was the code name for Nazi Germany's WW2 > invasion of which country? Italy > 4 Since 1996, the Olympic modern pentathlon has been contested over how > many days? One > 5 Which of Henry VIII's wives was known as the Flanders Mare? Anne of Cleves > 6 Which US supermarket fake news tabloid was founded in 1926 by William > Griffin? National Enquirer > 7 Pink Eye is an alternative name for which medical condition? Conjuctivitis > 8 How often should one perform a quotidian task? Daily > 9 Which manufacturer has made the i30 model since 2007? BMW > 10 Which river is the natural habitat of pink river dolphins (Inia > Geoffrensis)? Amazon Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 19 01:12AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-13, 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 8, Round 2 - Miscellaneous - Cooking Terms Given a description and the number of letters in the word, provide the appropriate cooking term. 1. To immerse in rapidly boiling water and allow to cook slightly (6 letters). 2. To sprinkle or coat with flour or other fine substance (6 letters). 3. To douse in some form of potable alcohol and set alight (6 letters). 4. From a French word referring to a surface burnt brown; used to describe any oven-baked dish on which a golden brown crust of bread crumbs or creamy sauce is formed (6 letters). 5. To make solid fat into liquid by melting it slowly (6 letters). 6. To secure poultry with string or skewers to hold its shape while cooking (5 letters). 7. To separate and remove solids from a liquid, thus making it clear (7 letters). 8. To cut vegetables, fruit, or cheese into thin strips (8 letters). 9. To add liquid to the juices and brown bits on the surface of a pan in which food has been fried, sautéed, or roasted and scrape surface of pan over high heat,adding flavor to the liquid for use as a sauce or gravy (7 letters). 10. To heat sugar in a pan in order to turn it brown and give it a special taste (10 letters). * Game 8, Round 3 - Canadiana - Canadian Business Scandals This round is about Canadian companies that received bad press, rightly or wrongly, for some aspect of their operations that ended up in the public eye. 1. A report by the CBC-TV show "The Fifth Estate" stated in 1985 that the Conservative government approved a popular food item for sale, even though there were health concerns. Two days later a recall was ordered. What type of food was it? 2. Maple Leaf Foods had to recall cold cuts, issue an apology, and pay out money in a class-action lawsuit because of an "outbreak" of health problems its products caused. What health problems? 3. The Ontario Securities Commission issued penalties in 2003 against YBM Magnex, an alleged industrial magnet company that was actually a front for the Russian mob. The company's chairman of the board was reprimanded by the securities regulator. He is also a former premier of Ontario. Who? 4. Bre-X Minerals, with its supposed gold deposit in Indonesia, is considered one of the biggest Canadian mining stock market frauds. The founder died of a brain aneurysm. The chief geologist was acquitted on insider trading charges. Its other main geologist fell out of a helicopter -- allegedly a suicide. Name any of these men. 5. This Canadian businessman was a partner of Conrad Black for over 35 years. When they faced criminal charges in the United States, he negotiated a plea bargain and assisted the prosecution. 6. The Hollinger papers were controlled by a holding company originally formed by Conrad Black's father and other associates, including Bud McDougald. At one time it was the holding company for Argus Corporation. This company no longer exists. What was its name? 7. This Canadian bank was accused of helping Enron hide debt. In 2005 it agreed to pay $2,400,000,000 to settle a lawsuit over the allegations but denied any wrongdoing. Name the bank. 8. This Canadian bank received bad publicity in 2013 after it was made public that the bank was making use of temporary foreign workers in certain areas such as IT instead of Canadian residents. Name the bank. 9. This large Canadian company is going to trial on corruption charges, although not until 2018, primarily to do with past business dealings in Africa. Former senior executives are also facing charges. Name the company. 10. Michel Fournier, a former head of the Federal Bridge Corp., is awaiting trial on corruption charges related to a $127,000,000 contract awarded to SNC Lavalin several years ago to refurbish Montreal's Jacques Cartier Bridge. In the early 1990s, Fournier was briefly chief of staff to *which Canadian politician*? -- Mark Brader | "If I were creating the world... Toronto | I would have started with lasers, 8:00, Day 1!" msb@vex.net | --Evil ("Time Bandits", Palin & Gilliam) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 19 01:10AM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2016-11-26 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 7 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER is the winner. Hearty congratulations! > "Big MacLean Stevenson". > 1. Somewhat erratic hip-hop music star -- and where Steve Bannon's > office is currently located. Kanye West Wing. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Jason. > 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 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Peter, Stephen, and Calvin. > 3. Very recently injured Toronto Raptors forward and the actor > who was Archie Bunker. DeMarre Carroll O'Connor. 4 for Stephen. > 4. High-profile U.S. legislation to reform Wall Street and protect > consumers -- and legendary crooner from Hoboken, New Jersey. Dodd Frank Sinatra. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Calvin. > 5. A potassium nitrate compound that was wrongly thought to reduce > carnal urges -- and a long-time CBC-TV news anchor. Saltpeter Mansbridge. Remember, "these questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-06, and should be interpreted accordingly". No doubt this question became harder when Peter Mansbridge retired earlier this month. > 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Calvin. > 7. US state whose capital is Bismarck -- and the female star of > the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey". North Dakota Johnson. (Not Fanning!) 4 for Joshua. > 8. The name of the main female character in the Terminator movies -- > and, arguably, the best young hockey player in the world today. Sarah Connor McDavid. 4 for Stephen. > 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. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > 10. Thesaurus-loving Canadian businessman and convicted felon -- > and North American protest group created in 2012. Conrad Black Lives Matter. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Dan Blum, and Stephen. > 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(sylvania) Station. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Peter, Dan Blum, and Stephen. > 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. The A actually splits into three branches ending at Far Rockaway / Mott Av., Rockaway Park Beach / 116 St., and Ozone Park / Lefferts Blvd.; I'm accepting either part of any of these, as well as the actual song title, which is "Rockaway Beach", and scoring "Rockaway" alone as almost correct. 4 for Joshua, Peter, and Stephen. > 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. Yes, it was Turkish, but that's not what it was named. 4 for Joshua, Marc, Erland, Peter, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Calvin. > 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. 4 for Dan Tilque, Marc, Peter, Dan Blum, and Stephen. > 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. (Not "discharge".) 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen. > Earth by producing streams of highly energetic particles > in the solar wind. What is the term for these events as > perceived on Earth? Geomagnetic storm. Auroras are only one aspect of it. > * 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. (Who knew?) > D1. What American bodybuilder and actor starred in over 14 > peplum films, including "Jason and the Argonauts" in 1959? Steve Reeves. 4 for Joshua and Stephen. > D2. What 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film spawned a resurgence > of the peplum genre? "Conan the Barbarian". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Dan Blum, Stephen, Calvin, and Jason. > * 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 High-Low. 4 for Marc, Erland, Peter, Stephen, and Calvin. > E2. What is the highest point value of a hand in the game > of baccarat? 9. 4 for Stephen and Calvin. > 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. "Cloud Atlas". 4 for Peter and Stephen. > 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". 4 for Marc, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Sci Spo Ent Can Geo Lit Mis Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 8 20 40 4 31 28 28 20 167 Dan Blum 20 26 32 4 30 31 16 20 159 Dan Tilque 4 28 16 11 36 8 16 16 123 Marc Dashevsky -- -- 24 0 20 24 12 24 104 Pete Gayde 4 32 28 0 24 10 -- -- 98 Peter Smyth -- -- 16 0 32 0 16 24 88 Jason Kreitzer 0 16 20 0 16 20 4 4 80 "Calvin" 12 20 14 0 -- -- 12 20 78 Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 44 76 Bruce Bowler -- -- 24 0 32 4 -- -- 60 Erland Sommarskog -- -- -- -- 24 0 4 8 36 Gareth Owen 0 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- 27 -- Mark Brader "Those who do not know USENET Toronto are doomed to repeat each other." msb@vex.net -- Erik Fair (after George Santayana) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Jul 18 09:05PM -0500 On 7/11/17 18:32, Don Piven wrote: > might want to wait until the All-Star Game is over before posting your > answers. > 1) Who hit the first home run in an All-Star Game? George Herman Ruth. Dan T. and Gareth got this one. > 2) Name the only player to hit a grand slam in an All-Star Game. Fred Lynn in the 1983 ASG. (Fun fact: Lynn's grand slam came fifty years to the day from Ruth's inaugural dinger, both were hit in the bottom of the third inning, and both were hit out of Chicago's Comiskey Park.) > 3) This Hall-of-Fame, Cy Young Award-winning pitcher once gave up three > home runs in one of his All-Star Game appearances. Jim Palmer served up gopher balls to Joe Morgan, Greg Luzinski, and Steve Garvey before being pulled in the third inning of the 1977 ASG. > 4) Hammerin' Hank Aaron holds the record for number of All-Star Game > roster appearances with 25. Which two legendary players are tied for > second and third in number of roster appearances? Willie Mays and Stan Musial were both on the roster 24 times. Both Dan T. and Gareth correctly picked Willie, but nobody guessed Musial. > 5) The All-Star Game has gone into extra innings 11 times. Two All-Star > Games are tied for the most innings played. How many innings? The 1967 and 2008 ASGs both went fifteen innings. > Yankees, but he also holds the record for the most hits given up by a > pitcher appearing in at least one All-Star Game. Plus or minus two, how > many hits did he give up in his ten appearances? 19 (acceptable range 17-21). > 7) The 2002 All-Star Game ended with the score tied 7-7 after eleven > innings, because the teams ran out of what? Pitchers. Everyone got this one right, which surprised me because I'd completely forgotten about it. Both managers ran out of eligible pitchers, and appealed to (then) Commissioner Bud Selig to call the game if nobody scored in that inning. > 8) 1961 was a weird year in All-Star Game history. First, two All-Star > Games were played, one on July 11, and one on July 31. The second game > ended in a tie after regulation play. Why? It was called due to rain. There have been only two rain-shortened ASGs; the first one in 1952 ended after five innings with the National League leading 3-2. > 9) In the 2007 All-Star Game, the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki did > this for the first time in his major league career, also becoming the > only person to do so in an All-Star Game. What was this feat? Ichiro hit an inside-the-park home run. > 10) The New York Mets' Dwight Gooden has a spot in All-Star Game history > he might not want to have earned; in two of his four All-Star > appearances, he was charged with what? Dr. K committed balks in his 1986 and 1988 appearances. He is the only ASG pitcher to balk more than once. Gareth answered correctly. > 11) Plus or minus 5, how many total home runs have been hit in all of > the All-Star Games? (INCLUDING this year's game, so you might want to > wait to post your answers until after the game is over.) The two homers hit in this year's game bring the total All-Star HR count to 187 (acceptable range was 182-192). And now, the RQ #262 box score :-) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 : TOTAL --------------------------------+------ Dan Blum 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 : 1 Dan Tilque 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 : 2 Gareth Owen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 : 3 Congratulations to Gareth Owen! RQ #263 is yours to set as you wish. |
| ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: Jul 18 09:02AM -0500 On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 18:11:17 -0700 (PDT), Calvin <334152@gmail.com> 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? Canaan Banana >3 Who was Tom Cruise's first wife? Mimi Rogers >4 Which 1977 album by Queen shares its name with a defunct British national newspaper? News of the World >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? Germany >10 What is the second lowest layer of the atmosphere, located above the troposphere? Stratosphere ArenEss |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 18 06:32PM -0700 On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 11:11:18 AM UTC+10, 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? Canaan Banana Mugabe was Prime Minister for that period before becoming President in 1987. > 3 Who was Tom Cruise's first wife? Mimi Rogers > 4 Which 1977 album by Queen shares its name with a defunct British national newspaper? News of the World > 5 To which section of an orchestra does the bassoon belong? Woodwind > 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? Germany > 10 What is the second lowest layer of the atmosphere, located above the troposphere? Stratosphere Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 494 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 43 Aren Ess 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 24 Peter Smyth 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 27 Mark Brader 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 30 Dan Blum 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 30 Chris Johnson 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 23 Pete Gayde 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 24 Marc Dashevsky 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 18 Dan Tilque 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 7 2 1 4 7 6 5 5 1 5 43 48% Well that was a tough one. Well done Aren. cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 18 06:34PM -0700 On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 2:03:35 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > > unofficial national dish of Canada? > I think you want poutine, but I don't normally hear of bacon being > "typically" part of it. Noted thanks. It's always included here in my experience, but I guess that is a comment on Australian palates. cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 18 06:34PM -0700 On Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 12:02:44 AM UTC+10, ArenEss wrote: > Germany > >10 What is the second lowest layer of the atmosphere, located above the troposphere? > Stratosphere Aren- can you please confirm that you answered these from your own knowledge only? cheers, calvin |
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