- QFTCISG Game 2, Rounds 7-8: Not Meryl, Millionaire - 5 Updates
- QFTCISG Game 2, Rounds 9-10: dinosaurs, bonds - 1 Update
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Oct 15 10:16AM -0700 On Friday, October 13, 2017 at 3:18:38 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going > to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in > "Terms of Endearment". Who was that? Shirley MacLaine? > 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the > Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape > victim in "The Accused". Jodie Foster > 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards > from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who > played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes? Kathy Bates > 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison > County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting > a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"? Susan Sarandon > 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998 > film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally > defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love". Gwyneth Paltrow > teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a > woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry". > Who is this actress? Hilary Swank > Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed > this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year. > Who played the Queen? Judy Dench > 7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was > in response to a delegate from which nation? > 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"? Richard Nixon. > 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in > his classic painting "American Gothic"? His parents? |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 15 04:35PM -0700 On Friday, October 13, 2017 at 5:18:38 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations > Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl, > in the character of Ethel. Hepburn > was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going > to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in > "Terms of Endearment". Who was that? McLaine, Lange > 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the > Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape > victim in "The Accused". Foster > 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards > from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who > played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes? Bates > 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison > County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting > a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"? Sarandon > 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998 > film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally > defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love". Paltrow > Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed > this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year. > Who played the Queen? Mirren > husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this > woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in > "Blue Jasmine". Blanchett > "Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight". > --No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in > the film "La La Land". Who played Mia? Stone > and no multiple-choice either. > 1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear > originally from? Peru > 2. Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what? > 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired > the term "computer bug"? Moth > 4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party. > 5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from > the name of a district in what world capital? London, Paris > 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson > had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee, > tea, Coke, and what? water, milk > 7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was > in response to a delegate from which nation? UK > 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"? Ford, Nixon > 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in > his classic painting "American Gothic"? His dentist > 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine? Henry II Please credit my paypal account. cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 16 01:09AM > to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations > Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl, > in the character of Ethel. Jessica Tandy > was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going > to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in > "Terms of Endearment". Who was that? Shirley Maclaine > 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the > Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape > victim in "The Accused". Jodie Foster > 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards > from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who > played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes? Susan Sarandon > 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison > County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting > a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"? Susan Sarandon > 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998 > film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally > defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love". Gwyneth Paltrow > teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a > woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry". > Who is this actress? Hilary Swank > Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed > this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year. > Who played the Queen? Cate Blanchett > husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this > woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in > "Blue Jasmine". Scarlett Johansson > "Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight". > --No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in > the film "La La Land". Who played Mia? Jennifer Lawrence > * Game 2, Round 8 - Misc - Do You Want to Be a Millionaire? > 1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear > originally from? Peru > 2. Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what? docking animals' tails > 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired > the term "computer bug"? moth > 5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from > the name of a district in what world capital? London; Cairo > 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson > had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee, > tea, Coke, and what? bourbon > 7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was > in response to a delegate from which nation? US; West Germany > 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"? Richard Nixon > 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in > his classic painting "American Gothic"? his brother-in-law > 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine? Henry II -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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): Oct 16 12:15AM -0500 Mark Brader: > to the same actress whose record for most acting nominations > Meryl eventually surpassed. Name that actress who beat Meryl, > in the character of Ethel. Katharine Hepburn. ("On Golden Pond".) "Hepburn" was sufficient, so: 4 for Marc, Joshua, and Calvin. > was nominated in '83 for "Silkwood". The Oscar ended up going > to this actress who won, after five nominations, for her role in > "Terms of Endearment". Who was that? Shirley MacLaine. 4 for Joshua, Jason, and Dan Blum. 3 for Calvin. > 3. In 1988 Meryl was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark", but the > Oscar ended up going to this actress, who portrayed a rape > victim in "The Accused". Jodie Foster. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Calvin, and Dan Blum. > 4. While Meryl's performance in 1990 in Carrie Fisher's "Postcards > from the Edge" was well received, she lost to which woman who > played "Superfan" Annie Wilkes? Kathy Bates. ("Misery".) 4 for Bruce, Marc, Joshua, Jason, and Calvin. > 5. Meryl's role as a war bride in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison > County" was no match for which actress playing a nun comforting > a convicted killer on death row in "Dead Man Walking"? Susan Sarandon. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Jason, Calvin, and Dan Blum. > 6. Meryl couldn't nab an Oscar as a cancer patient in the 1998 > film "One True Thing", losing to this actress who literally > defied gender roles in "Shakespeare in Love". Gwyneth Paltrow. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Jason, Calvin, and Dan Blum. > teacher in "Music of the Heart", but this time the lost to a > woman portraying a trans-man in the docudrama "Boys Don't Cry". > Who is this actress? Hilary Swank. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Jason, and Dan Blum. > Wears Prada" was no match for royalty, as "The Queen" nabbed > this portrayer of Queen Elizabeth II the Oscar that year. > Who played the Queen? Helen Mirren. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Joshua, and Calvin. > husband disappeared in "August: Osage County", but lost to this > woman portraying a socialite's fall from the upper class in > "Blue Jasmine". Cate Blanchett. 4 for Joshua and Calvin. > "Florence Foster Jenkins", which saw her losing to "Moonlight". > --No, wait, I mean she lost to the struggling actress Mia in > the film "La La Land". Who played Mia? Emma Stone. "Stone" was sufficient. 4 for Joshua and Calvin. > game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". See if you could've > won $1,000,000. Unfortunately there are no lifelines for you, > and no multiple-choice either. And it was the hardest round in the original game. I note in passing that since the show's heyday the last few questions to a contestant have been made hard enough that for practical purposes the $1,000,000 prize is unwinnable -- the last time someone did win it in a regular game (as opposed to a special tournament) was in 2003 or 2004, depending on which source is correct. Anyway, on the show as it exists today, I'm sure that some of these questions would be deemed too easy for any level above about $30,000. > 1. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear > originally from? Peru. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Blum. > 2. Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what? Finding shapes in clouds. > 3. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired > the term "computer bug"? Moth. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Dan Blum. The description of the incident is inaccurate, but that's the way it was worded on the original show. In fact the "supercomputer" was a relay-based machine and what the late moth had done was to jam one of the relays. Also, "bug" as a slang term for a defect goes back to Edison's time -- in fact, the moth was taped in the machine's logbook alongside the words "first actual case of bug being found". The term that apparently did originate from this incident was "debugging". > 4. Name any one of the ships taken over during the Boston Tea Party. Eleanor, Dartmouth, Beaver. I didn't see the original show for this one, but presumably the original multiple-choice question required identifying which of a list of four names was *not* that of one of the ships. > 5. Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from > the name of a district in what world capital? Baghdad. > 6. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, Lyndon Johnson > had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee, > tea, Coke, and what? Fresca. 4 for Marc. > 7. Krushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the UN was > in response to a delegate from which nation? Philippines. Who knew? > 8. Which US president appeared on the television series "Laugh-in"? Richard Nixon. 4 for Bruce, Marc, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Jason, and Dan Blum. 2 for Calvin. > 9. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in > his classic painting "American Gothic"? His dentist (one Byron McKeeby). 4 for Bruce, Joshua, and Calvin. > 10. Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine? Henry II. 4 for Bruce, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Calvin, and Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Can Geo Art Spo Ent Mis FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 8 24 32 28 40 20 124 "Calvin" 0 26 22 20 35 18 103 Dan Blum 4 18 27 11 20 16 81 Marc Dashevsky 0 16 24 8 24 12 76 Don Piven 0 32 20 24 -- -- 76 Dan Tilque 8 20 16 20 0 12 68 Erland Sommarskog 4 20 24 16 -- -- 64 Bruce Bowler -- -- 32 12 8 12 64 Pete Gayde -- -- 32 28 -- -- 60 Jason Kreitzer 0 12 12 0 24 4 52 Peter Smyth -- -- 8 20 -- -- 28 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Gadgetry abounded everywhere, almost all of which msb@vex.net | he could justify." -- Robert Asprin My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Oct 16 01:53AM -0500 In article <BJ-dnfzbnaXy3XnEnZ2dnUU7-VnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > > had four buttons installed in the Oval Office -- labeled coffee, > > tea, Coke, and what? > Fresca. 4 for Marc. my answer had been intended as a joke but I'm not ceding the points. -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 16 12:45AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-09-25, 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 Smith & Guessin' 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 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". ** Game 2, Round 9 - Science - Dinosaur-Name Etymologies We give you the meaning for a name of genus or species of dinosaur, and you pick that name from the following handout list: | Allosaurus | Megalodon | Ankylosaurus | Oviraptor | Archaeopteryx | Pachycephalosaurus | Bambiraptor | Psittacosaurus | Baryonyx | Pterodactyl | Brachiosaurus | Spinosaurus | Brontosaurus | Stegosaurus | Coelurus | Suchomimus | Deinonychus | Titanosaurus | Diplodocus | Triceratops | Dracorex | Troodon | Hadrosaurus | Tyrannosaurus rex | Khaan | Velociraptor | Iguanodon | Vulcanodon 1. Three-horned lizard. 2. Thunder lizard. 3. Thick-headed lizard. 4. Fused lizard. 5. Speedy thief. 6. Heavy claw. 7. Hollow tail. 8. Thick lizard. 9. Big tooth. 10. Ancient wing. And if you'd like to try the 18 decoys for fun, but for no points, please decode the rot13: 11. Bgure yvmneq. 12. Pebpbqvyr zvzvp. 13. Jbhaqvat gbbgu. 14. Greevoyr pynj. 15. Ybeq. 16. Glenag yvmneq xvat. 17. Fcvar yvmneq. 18. Ibypnab gbbgu. 19. Vthnan gbbgu. 20. Cneebg yvmneq. 21. Qentba xvat. 22. Pbirerq yvmneq. 23. Nez yvmneq. 24. Gvgnavp yvmneq. 25. Qbhoyr ornz. 26. Onzov guvrs. 27. Jvat svatre. 28. Rtt guvrs. ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Bonds Since our word is supposed to be our bond, here's a challenge round about various bonds: * A. Entertainment: Bonds A1. Name the American R&B and rock-and-roll singer born in 1939 and best known for his hits "New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three." A2. The 2017 movie "The Hitman's Bodyguard", starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds, was the first movie with permission to shoot in Amsterdam's canals since *which James Bond movie* that starred Sean Connery? * B. Sports: Barry Bonds B1. Barry Bonds is the lone member of Major League Baseball's so-called "500 Club." That means he has at least 500 each of what two baseball stats? B2. Please decode the rot13 only after you have finished with the previous question. Oneel Obaqf vf ZYO'f pnerre yrnqre va ubzr ehaf. Jvguva 20, ubj znal qvq ur uvg va uvf 22 frnfbaf jvgu Cvggfohetu naq Fna Senapvfpb? * C. History: Savings Bonds C1. The sales of new Canada Savings Bonds were discontinued this year by the Trudeau government. But within 3 years, when were Canada Savings Bonds *first* offered? C2. Canada Savings Bonds were launched in a bid to repeat the success of bonds sold during both World Wars to raise money for the Allies. What were those war bonds called? * D. Science: Chemical Bonds D1. In science, a chemical bond refers to chemical substances being held together by the attraction of atoms. What type of chemical bond typically joins atoms of two non-metallic substances? D2. And what kind typically joins a metal to a non-metal? * E. Miscellaneous: Finance E1. A 3-party contract where person A promises to pay person B in case of non-performance or dishonesty by person C is called what sort of bond? E2. What is the nickname for investment bonds that are rated below investment grade, have a higher risk of default, but pay higher yields to make them attractive to investors? * F. Geography: Australia F1. In which Australian state is the main campus of Bond University? F2. A bond is an Australian breed of which four-legged animal? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "How can you develop a reputation as a straight shooter msb@vex.net | if lying is not an option?" --Alex Kozinski My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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