| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 15 12:07AM -0500 Oops, I posted this first in the thread from the previous set. If you see this version, please answer in this thread, but if you answer in the other thread I'll accept it. These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-27, 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 10, Round 4 - Sports - Board Games This round concerns popular and relatively recent board games. In each case, we will give the name of the game and you will identify the picture on the handout: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games3.jpg If you find that format inconveniently wide, you may alternatively use this version of the handout: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games2.jpg 1. Puerto Rico. 2. Carcassonne. 3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan). 4. Risk. 5. Clue. 6. King of Tokyo. 7. Codenames. 8. Forbidden Island. 9. Ticket to Ride. 10. Pandemic. So there were 8 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you would like to identify them for fun, but for no points. 11. Dhvexyr. 12. Qbzvavba. 13. 7 Jbaqref. 14. Qvkvg. 15. Fznyy Jbeyq. 16. Ntevpbyn. 17. Rkcybqvat Xvggraf. 18. Nexunz Ubeebe. * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana - Canadian Movies Films made in Canada aren't always recognized in this country. This round does its best to change that. 1. French-Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor Xavier Dolan has become the toast of Cannes and other film festivals in recent years. Dolan was already acclaimed as a director when he made this 2014 feature about familial angst. It won the Jury Prize at Cannes that year. Name it. 2. Directed by Bruce McDonald and released in 1996, this mockumentary is about a fictional punk rock band touring western Canada. What is its title? 3. Released in 1995, this feature-film debut of director Robert Lepage is set in 1952 and concerns Quebec City as it awaits the arrival of Alfred Hitchcock to shoot his movie "I Confess". Name it. 4. Released in 1989, this Denys Arcand comedy-drama revolves around a group of actors who perform the Passion Play in a Quebec church. What is it called? 5. Considered a classic of Canadian cinema, this 1971 drama features a teenage boy as he accompanies his uncle, an undertaker, to pick up the body of a similar-aged boy. Name it. 6. Atom Egoyan filmed this 1997 bummer about life in a small BC town after most of their children are lost in a school-bus accident. What is its title? 7. David Cronenberg's 1997 science-fiction/horror film centres on Max, a sleazeball broadcaster who comes across a Malaysian TV program that specializes in mutilation, torture, and murder. He sets out to find more about it but finds himself morbidly changed. Name the film. 8. Yep, it had to be here. In this 1970 flick, Pete and Joey drive to Toronto from Nova Scotia to look for jobs. Trouble ensues. What is the movie's title? 9. Sarah Polley had a successful career as an actress, then turned to direct and write movies to much acclaim, including garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for this 2006 film about a husband dealing with his wife's Alzheimer's. Name it. 10. This 1982 biographical western tells the true story of Bill Minor, a stagecoach robber who is released from prison in 1901 and goes on a tear to commit more robberies, this time on trains. What is it called? -- Mark Brader "It really was quite easy; it was the Toronto explanations and banter that took msb@vex.net all the time." --Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Aug 14 10:39PM -0700 On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 3:07:24 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > use this version of the handout: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games2.jpg > 1. Puerto Rico. 5, 15 > 2. Carcassonne. > 3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan). 11 > 4. Risk. 4 > 5. Clue. 14 > 6. King of Tokyo. 9, 13 > 7. Codenames. 2 > 8. Forbidden Island. 5, 15 > 9. Ticket to Ride. 8 > 10. Pandemic. 1, 6 > * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana - Canadian Movies Pass cheers, calvin |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Aug 14 01:13PM -0500 In article <3cGdnZnFAdRdFBPEnZ2dnUU7-d_NnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > number on the handout map: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg > 1. Mumbai (Bombay). 9 > 6. Lucknow. > 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore). > 8. Agra. 6 > of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government > agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical > research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000. NIH > 7. A not-for-profit British organization, it received its Royal > Charter in 1848. Its stated goal is to advance excellence in > the chemical sciences. Royal Society > in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971 > and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental > network. Greenpeace -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 15 12:57AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:3cGdnZnFAdRdFBPEnZ2dnUU7- > number on the handout map: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg > 1. Mumbai (Bombay). 15; 9 > 2. Kolkata (Calcutta). 2 > 3. Bhopal. 8; 16 > 4. Hyderabad. 8; 13 > 5. Jaipur. 8; 16 > 6. Lucknow. 4; 14 > 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore). 3 > 8. Agra. 12; 17 > 9. Ahmedabad. 12; 17 > 10. Nagpur. 1; 10 > its exploits have been featured in Hollywood films, including > one directed by Ron Howard. It is best known by its acronym. > But what is the full name of this agency? National Aeronautics and Space Administration > of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government > agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical > research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000. National Institutes of Health > in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971 > and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental > network. Greenpeace Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 15 12:01AM -0500 Mark Brader: > number on the handout map: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R2/map.jpg > 1. Mumbai (Bombay). #9. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Marc. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Calvin and Pete. > 2. Kolkata (Calcutta). #2. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 3. Bhopal. #8. 3 for Pete. > 4. Hyderabad. #3. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Jason. > 5. Jaipur. #5. > 6. Lucknow. #12. 3 for Calvin. > 7. Bengaluru (Bangalore). #4. 4 for Erland. 2 for Dan Blum. > 8. Agra. #6. 4 for Marc. 2 for Calvin. > 9. Ahmedabad. #11. 2 for Joshua. > 10. Nagpur. #13. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Joshua and Calvin. > I think they are, and identify them on the map for fun, but for > no points. > 11. Ludhiana. #1. > 12. Surat. #15. > 13. Chennai (Madras). #10. Erland got this. > 14. Pune. #14. Erland got this. > 15. Indore. #16. > 16. Patna. #7. > 17. Kanpur. #17. > or institute. It might be Canadian, foreign, or international > in nature. Except as noted you must give the *full name* of the > organization in each case -- acronyms are not sufficient. In the original game, this was the hardest round in the entire season. > supporting industrial innovation to clients and partners and > providing scientific and technical services. It also brings > you the official 1:00 time signal. National Research Council. > 2. A Crown corporation, it is the country's largest nuclear science > laboratory. It developed the CANDU reactor. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. > based in Victoria. It is named for a German-Canadian physicist > and chemist who won a Nobel Prize in 1971. His name will > be sufficient. Gerhard Herzberg (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics). > associations that regulate the engineering profession in Canada. > The organization changed its name in 2007 as part of a rebranding > exercise. What is its current name? Engineers Canada. > its exploits have been featured in Hollywood films, including > one directed by Ron Howard. It is best known by its acronym. > But what is the full name of this agency? National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > of Nobel Prizes received funding from this large US government > agency established in the late 1800s. Its focus is on medical > research and it has an annual budget of $32,000,000,000. National Institutes of Health. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 7. A not-for-profit British organization, it received its Royal > Charter in 1848. Its stated goal is to advance excellence in > the chemical sciences. Royal Society of Chemistry. (Not the Royal Society: different group.) 3 for Dan Tilque. By the way, the Royal Society, or in full the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, goes back to 1660 -- its early presidents included Isaac Newton. > 8. This organization was established in 1922 in Brussels with > 13 member countries, including Canada. Its goal is to promote > international cooperation in physics. International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. > 9. Founded by scientists and students at MIT in 1969, this > non-profit organization lobbies for scientific research to be > focused on solving environmental and social problems. Union of Concerned Scientists. 4 for Dan Blum. > in 75 countries, including Canada. It was founded in 1971 > and calls itself the world's largest grassroots environmental > network. Friends of the Earth was the expected answer, but Greenpeace comes close to meeting the description also. Both groups took some time to be formed, both during the period 1969-72, and both have branches in dozens of countries, although Greenpeace has a fewer and the self-description mentioned is indeed that of FOE. Greenpeace is an advocacy group and not exactly a scientific organization like most answers in this round, but then so is FOE. So I've decided to score Greenpeace as almost correct. So, 3 for Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Geo Sci Joshua Kreitzer 16 8 24 Pete Gayde 9 11 20 Dan Blum 8 11 19 Erland Sommarskog 16 3 19 Dan Tilque 8 10 18 "Calvin" 13 3 16 Marc Dashevsky 8 3 11 Jason Kreitzer 4 0 4 -- Mark Brader "The great strength of the totalitarian state Toronto is that it will force those who fear it msb@vex.net to imitate it." -- Hitler (alleged) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 15 12:05AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-03-27, 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 10, Round 4 - Sports - Board Games This round concerns popular and relatively recent board games. In each case, we will give the name of the game and you will identify the picture on the handout: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games3.jpg If you find that format inconveniently wide, you may alternatively use this version of the handout: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games2.jpg 1. Puerto Rico. 2. Carcassonne. 3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan). 4. Risk. 5. Clue. 6. King of Tokyo. 7. Codenames. 8. Forbidden Island. 9. Ticket to Ride. 10. Pandemic. So there were 8 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you would like to identify them for fun, but for no points. 11. Dhvexyr. 12. Qbzvavba. 13. 7 Jbaqref. 14. Qvkvg. 15. Fznyy Jbeyq. 16. Ntevpbyn. 17. Rkcybqvat Xvggraf. 18. Nexunz Ubeebe. * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana - Canadian Movies Films made in Canada aren't always recognized in this country. This round does its best to change that. 1. French-Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor Xavier Dolan has become the toast of Cannes and other film festivals in recent years. Dolan was already acclaimed as a director when he made this 2014 feature about familial angst. It won the Jury Prize at Cannes that year. Name it. 2. Directed by Bruce McDonald and released in 1996, this mockumentary is about a fictional punk rock band touring western Canada. What is its title? 3. Released in 1995, this feature-film debut of director Robert Lepage is set in 1952 and concerns Quebec City as it awaits the arrival of Alfred Hitchcock to shoot his movie "I Confess". Name it. 4. Released in 1989, this Denys Arcand comedy-drama revolves around a group of actors who perform the Passion Play in a Quebec church. What is it called? 5. Considered a classic of Canadian cinema, this 1971 drama features a teenage boy as he accompanies his uncle, an undertaker, to pick up the body of a similar-aged boy. Name it. 6. Atom Egoyan filmed this 1997 bummer about life in a small BC town after most of their children are lost in a school-bus accident. What is its title? 7. David Cronenberg's 1997 science-fiction/horror film centres on Max, a sleazeball broadcaster who comes across a Malaysian TV program that specializes in mutilation, torture, and murder. He sets out to find more about it but finds himself morbidly changed. Name the film. 8. Yep, it had to be here. In this 1970 flick, Pete and Joey drive to Toronto from Nova Scotia to look for jobs. Trouble ensues. What is the movie's title? 9. Sarah Polley had a successful career as an actress, then turned to direct and write movies to much acclaim, including garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for this 2006 film about a husband dealing with his wife's Alzheimer's. Name it. 10. This 1982 biographical western tells the true story of Bill Minor, a stagecoach robber who is released from prison in 1901 and goes on a tear to commit more robberies, this time on trains. What is it called? -- Mark Brader "It really was quite easy; it was the Toronto explanations and banter that took msb@vex.net all the time." --Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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