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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 09 05:11AM -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 6 - Geography * Double Capitals Some countries in the world have more than one capital city. We name one of the capitals; you name the other. 1. Amsterdam is the Netherlands' official capital. Which other city is its administrative center and the seat of its national legislature and judiciary? 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? 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? * World Currencies 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 5. The birr: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/curr2.jpg 6. The taka: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/curr3.jpg * US State Flags In each case, name the state. 7. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/flag1.jpg 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/flag2.jpg 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR6/flag3.jpg * Antipodes Many places don't, but each of these cities does lie exactly 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. 11. Manila, Philippines. 12. Wellington, New Zealand. * Continental Extremes Again, name the *country* where each of these points is located. 13. The northernmost point of Africa's continental mainland. 14. The westernmost point of Europe's continental mainland. 15. The northernmost point of South America's continental mainland. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Polly-ticks: Bloodsucking parasites that squawk msb@vex.net | mindless slogans in place of thought. --Chris Vernell My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 09 05:09AM -0500 Mark Brader: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-04-04, > and should be interpreted accordingly... All questions were written > by members of 5 Easy Pieces and are used here by permission... Actually that's not quite true this time. In the original game, question #5 was about "A Farewell to Arms". I could not find a still image online showing the relevant scene, so I picked a different well-known movie with a significant dying line and substituted that. > * Directing Duos > In each case, from the photograph, name the Hollywood directors. > As usual, last names are sufficient. And only one name is needed for each, as they're pairs of siblings. > 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/duo1.jpg Ethan (left, I think) and his brother Joel Coen. 4 for everyone -- Jason, Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Gareth, Peter, and Pete. > 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/duo2.jpg Bobby (left) and his brother Peter Farrelly. 4 for Joshua. > 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/duo3.jpg Lana (left, formerly Larry) and her sister Lilly (formerly his brother Andy) Wachowski. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, and Peter. > where the character's dying line is spoken. > 4. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/death1.jpg>. > James Cagney as Cody Jarrett: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" "White Heat" (1949). 4 for Jason, Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Gareth. > 5. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/death2.jpg>. > Kevin Spacey as Jack Vincennes: "Rollo Tamasi." "L.A. Confidential" (1997). 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Gareth. > 6. See: <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/death3.jpg>. > Edward G. Robinson as Caesar Enrico Bandello: "Mother of mercy, > is this the end of Rico?" "Little Caesar" (1930). 4 for Jason, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Gareth. > * Game Show Hosts, 1960s-80s > 7. Name the host of "Teenage Dance Party", "Gambit", "Headline > Chasers", and "Tic Tac Dough". Wink Martindale. 4 for Jason, Stephen, Joshua, and Pete. > 8. Name the host of the rigged game show "21", who returned to TV > to host "The Joker's Wild" from 1972 to 1984. Jack Barry. 4 for Stephen, Joshua, and Pete. > 9. Name the actor-turned-TV-host who fronted the original version of > "Jeopardy!" from 1964 to 1975. Art Fleming. 4 for Jason, Stephen, Joshua, and Pete. > * TV Characters in Pop! Vinyl > In each case, name the *TV show* whose characters are depicted. > 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/vinyl1.jpg "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". "Buffy" was sufficient. 4 for Jason, Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, Peter, and Pete. > 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/vinyl2.jpg "Arrested Development". 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, Gareth, and Peter. > 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/vinyl3.jpg "Orange is the New Black". 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Peter. > * Rock Drummers > In each case, name the *drummer* shown (not the band). > 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum1.jpg Neil Peart (Rush). 4 for Stephen and Gareth. > 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum2.jpg Larry Mullen (U2). 4 for Jason, Stephen, and Gareth. > 15. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/GFR4/drum3.jpg Meg White (the White Stripes). 4 for Stephen and Gareth. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Sci Ent Stephen Perry -- 52 56 108 Joshua Kreitzer 12 16 44 72 Dan Blum 4 36 32 72 Marc Dashevsky 12 40 -- 52 Gareth Owen -- -- 40 40 Peter Smyth -- 16 20 36 Dan Tilque 4 28 4 36 Jason Kreitzer -- 0 28 28 Pete Gayde 3 0 20 23 Erland Sommarskog -- 8 -- 8 "Calvin" -- 8 -- 8 -- Mark Brader "Doing the wrong thing is worse than doing nothing." Toronto "Doing *anything* is worse than doing nothing!" msb@vex.net -- Lynn & Jay: YES, PRIME MINISTER My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 08 09:31PM +0200 > a. august 28-29 2005, new orleans louisiana Katrina > b. august 23-24 1992, dade county florida Andrew > c. august 16-18 1969, waveland mississippi Nisse Hult > e. winnipeg born illusionist, hosted 7 'world of magic' specials on tv Wayne Gretzky > g. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/eab/Graphics/adult_on_leaf.gif Grasshopper > i. > https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2016/1-biom > echanics.jpg That could be what is called "syrsa" in Swedish, and which I have no idea about in English. Then again, it could be an insect that does not even have a Swedish name, since it does not appear here... > j. what team beat the u.s. men's national team 2-0 on september 1st 2017 Mexico The US team does not seem to in the shape they used to be. Losing one of the direct qualification slots to Panamá? May have to play a final round against Australia or Syria. (Don't worry. Syria do not play their home-ground games in Syria. The most recent one was in Malysia, I gather.) > l. in what country is the 2019 rugby world cup going to be held? New Zealand -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 08 09:43PM > 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 > e. winnipeg born illusionist, hosted 7 'world of magic' specials on tv Doug Henning > f. he dated claudia schiffer from 1994 to 1999 David Copperfield > category: bugs > name the insect pictured > g. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/eab/Graphics/adult_on_leaf.gif Japanese beetle > h. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4126/5016184312_95717cd916_b.jpg bombardier beetle > i. https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2016/1-biomechanics.jpg leopard grasshopper -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 09 01:59AM -0700 swp wrote: > 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 > c. august 16-18 1969, waveland mississippi Camille > category: magicians > unambiguously name the magician(s) described > d. they host the t.v. show 'fool us' Penn & Teller > category: bugs > name the insect pictured > g. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/eab/Graphics/adult_on_leaf.gif cicada > h. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4126/5016184312_95717cd916_b.jpg > i. https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2016/1-biomechanics.jpg grasshopper > category: sports > j. what team beat the u.s. men's national team 2-0 on september 1st 2017 Costa Rica > k. on may 28th 2017 takuma sato won the indianapolis 500. what is the name of the trophy he was awarded for that win? > l. in what country is the 2019 rugby world cup going to be held? USA -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Sep 09 09:23AM swp wrote: > 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 & Teller > e. winnipeg born illusionist, hosted 7 'world of magic' specials on tv > f. he dated claudia schiffer from 1994 to 1999 David Copperfield > category: bugs > name the insect pictured > g. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/eab/Graphics/adult_on_leaf.gif > h. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4126/5016184312_95717cd916_b.jpg > i. https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2016/1-biomechanics.jpg > category: sports > j. what team beat the u.s. men's national team 2-0 on september 1st 2017 Mexico > name of the trophy he was awarded for that win? > l. in what country is > the 2019 rugby world cup going to be held? Japan Peter Smyth |
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