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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 12 02:43AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-04-04, 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 10-12 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*)". ** Final, Round 7 - History * Structural Disasters 1. In 1919 in Boston, a 50-foot-high steel tank ruptured, unleashing a flash flood of *which substance* that engulfed and killed 21 people and injured more than 150? 2. When two walkways at the Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed onto a tea dance in 1981, killing 114 people and injuring 216, it was the deadliest structural failure of a building up to then in the United States. In what city did it occur? 3. In 1984 thousands of people were killed and hundreds injured when a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, leaked toxic gas and chemicals into the air. Name the US chemical company whose subsidiary operated the plant. * Formerly CIA 4. Name the ex-CIA agent who wrote spy novels and was convicted of organizing the break-in at the Democratic Party office in the Watergate complex in 1972. 5. Who became the first civilian director of the CIA? He was also the brother of the Secretary of State at the time, and their surname will suffice. 6. In the early 1960s, Russia shot down a CIA U2 spy plane over Soviet airspace. Name the US president who falsely denied the plane's mission, resulting in a canceled summit meeting in Paris. * Conflicts In each case, name the battle described. 7. This was a decisive defeat for Napoleon in the fall of 1813. It involved separate Russian, Swedish, Prussian, and Austrian forces acting in coordination. 8. During this battle of the War of 1812, the Americans initially had success after crossing the Niagara River, but ultimately had to surrender. 9. This 1898 battle occurred on the southern coast of Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and included the participation of Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders". * 19th-Century Political Cartoons In each case, name the political figure pictured in the cartoon. 10. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR7/toon1.jpg>. Name the American politician depicted surrendering to Governor Pickens of South Carolina in this 1861 Currier & Ives cartoon. 11. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR7/toon2.jpg>. Name the political figure depicted as Gargantua in this 1832 cartoon by Honoré Daumier. 12. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR7/toon3.jpg>. Name the politician sharing a meal with Napoleon in this 1805 James Gillray cartoon. After completing this triple, please decode the rot13: Ba nal dhrfgvba, vs lbh whfg anzrq "(Xvat) Ybhvf" be whfg fnvq "Cvgg", tb onpx naq znxr lbhe nafjre fcrpvsvp. * Crusades in Europe Crusaders weren't only sent to battle Muslims in the eastern Mediterranean lands. They also fought pagans and heretics in Europe. 13. Between 1420 and 1432, five unsuccessful crusades were launched against this Czech heresy, whose leader was burned at the stake in 1415. Name the heretical group. 14. In 1209, Pope Innocent III launched a series of crusades against a heresy in the French region of Languedoc that lasted two decades. Give either of the two names this group of heretics was called by. 15. Throughout the 13th and 14th centuries, this military brotherhood waged a relentless crusader war against pagans in Prussia and Lithuania. What was the name of this military order? -- Mark Brader | "Any philosophy that can be put 'in a nutshell' Toronto | belongs there." msb@vex.net | --Sydney J. Harris My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 11 10:53AM -0500 In article <XuSdnT97PP7wIy7EnZ2dnUU7-UfNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > 1. Amsterdam is the Netherlands' official capital. Which other > city is its administrative center and the seat of its national > legislature and judiciary? The Hague > whose official currency it is. > 4. The pula: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/curr1.jpg > 5. The birr: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/curr2.jpg Ethiopia > 6. The taka: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/curr3.jpg Bangladesh > * US State Flags > In each case, name the state. > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/flag1.jpg Hawaii > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/flag2.jpg > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/flag3.jpg Wyoming > * Continental Extremes > Again, name the *country* where each of these points is located. > 13. The northernmost point of Africa's continental mainland. Tunisia > 14. The westernmost point of Europe's continental mainland. Portugal > 15. The northernmost point of South America's continental mainland. Venezuela -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 12 02:41AM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. Amsterdam is the Netherlands' official capital. Which other > city is its administrative center and the seat of its national > legislature and judiciary? The Hague (den Haag). 4 for everyone -- Erland, Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > 2. La Paz is the seat of Bolivia's national legislative, executive, > and elective bodies. Which city is the country's official > constitutional capital and the seat of its national judiciary? Sucre. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, Peter, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 3. Santiago is Chile's official capital and the seat of its national > administrative and judicial bodies. What other city is the seat > of its national legislature? Valparaiso. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Stephen. > We name the currency and show you a bill; you name the country > whose official currency it is. > 4. The pula: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/curr1.jpg Botswana. 4 for Stephen. 3 for Dan Blum. > 5. The birr: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/curr2.jpg Ethiopia. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, Peter, and Marc. > 6. The taka: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/curr3.jpg Bangladesh. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Marc. 2 for Dan Blum. > * US State Flags > In each case, name the state. > 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/flag1.jpg Hawaii. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Peter, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/flag2.jpg Arizona. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Peter. > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/flag3.jpg Wyoming (the first state to allow women to vote). 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > opposite to land on the other side of the world. In each case, > name the *country* where that antipodal point is located. > 10. Santiago, Chile. China. (Province of Shaanxi, about 60 miles or 100 km SSE of Xi'an.) 4 for Erland, Stephen, and Calvin. > 11. Manila, Philippines. Brazil. (State of Mato Grosso, about 200 miles or 330 km WNW of Cuiabá and less than half that distance from the border with Bolivia.) 4 for Erland, Stephen, Peter, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 12. Wellington, New Zealand. Spain. (Province of Valladolid, about 35 miles or 60 km SW of Valladolid itself.) 4 for Joshua, Stephen, Peter, and Calvin. > * Continental Extremes > Again, name the *country* where each of these points is located. > 13. The northernmost point of Africa's continental mainland. Tunisia (Cap Ras Ben Sikke, about 45 miles of 70 km NW of Tunis). 4 for Erland, Stephen, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > 14. The westernmost point of Europe's continental mainland. Portugal (Cabo da Roca, about 20 miles or 30 km W of Lisbon). 4 for Erland, Joshua, Stephen, Calvin, and Marc. 2 for Dan Blum and Peter. > 15. The northernmost point of South America's continental mainland. Colombia (Punta Gallinas, about 230 miles of 380 km ENE of Barranquilla). 4 for Stephen and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua, Peter, and Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Sci Ent Geo Stephen Perry -- 52 56 60 168 Joshua Kreitzer 12 16 44 43 115 Dan Blum 4 36 32 29 101 Marc Dashevsky 12 40 -- 28 80 Peter Smyth -- 16 20 32 68 Dan Tilque 4 28 4 32 68 "Calvin" -- 8 -- 35 43 Erland Sommarskog -- 8 -- 32 40 Gareth Owen -- -- 40 -- 40 Jason Kreitzer -- 0 28 -- 28 Pete Gayde 3 0 20 -- 23 -- Mark Brader | "Of course, the most important part of making the Toronto | proposal something special for both of you is msb@vex.net | addressing it to the right person." --Mara Chibnik My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 11 09:21AM -0500 In article <86fc96b7-dbc1-4a07-a33b-bf9b4b123020@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine? 651 > 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America? titicaca > 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)? > 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''? > 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"? Lon Chanel > 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of a bird with a human face? > 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country? Jordan > 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge?s Palace? Venice > 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear? > 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey? baklava -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 11 10:55AM -0500 In article <MPG.342057cfb3f61451130@news.eternal-september.org>, usenet@MarcDashevsky.com says... > > 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''? > > 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"? > Lon Chanel this is a typo -- I do know his name -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Sep 11 09:17AM -0500 In article <d547bf58-6475-4566-af21-58a44f3fc6d9@googlegroups.com>, stephen.w.perry@gmail.com says... > category: cat-5 > in each case, name that hurricane. > a. august 28-29 2005, new orleans louisiana Katrina > b. august 23-24 1992, dade county florida Andrew > category: magicians > unambiguously name the magician(s) described > d. they host the t.v. show 'fool us' Penn and Teller > category: bugs > name the insect pictured > g. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/eab/Graphics/adult_on_leaf.gif firefly > h. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4126/5016184312_95717cd916_b.jpg stink bug > i. https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2016/1-biomechanics.jpg locust -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
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