- QFTCISG Current Events 7-8 - 1 Update
- RQ #274 - Billy Joel - 2 Updates
- QFTCISG Game 5, Rounds 2-3: colonial Africa, indigenes - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 14 02:28AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that were correct on that date. 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 in a single followup to the newsgroup, 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. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting of other rounds. For further information see my recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 7 (2017-11-06), Round 1 - Current Events 1. The FBI is investigating a now-canceled $300,000,000 contract that, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Puerto Rico's government power company awarded without a competitive bidding process. What is the name of the two-person, Montana-based company they awarded it to? 2. A plea by a Trump campaign worker was made public this week. He admitted to lying to FBI investigators during their probe into possible campaign collusion with the Russians during the US election. Name that campaign worker. 3. Kevin Spacey was accused last week of making sexual advances at a party to a then 14-year-old boy, who is now an actor on the current "Star Trek" TV series. Name this boy/actor. 4. Google CEO Sundar Pichai responded to a trending Twitter conversation attacking a Google emoji design by saying: "Will drop everything else we are doing and address on Monday:) if folks can agree on the correct way to do this!" What emoji is Google scrambling to fix, *and* what was said to be wrong with it? 5. The Olympic flame arrived in its host country on Wednesday to begin a 100-day journey to the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Where will the games be? 6. The Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the World Series. The two teams combined to hit a record number of home runs in a World Series -- how many, exactly? 7. An elderly resident in a town near Karlsruhe, Germany, alerted police to what he thought was a World War II bomb in his garden. Officers rushed over -- and found what? 8. Scientists announced this past week that they have discovered a new species of great ape, and immediately placed it on the endangered list. It's the first one discovered in over 100 years. How many species of great ape are known now, exactly? 9. US Food and Drug Administration experts said that a certain kind of candy contains a compound that can cause potassium levels in the body to fall enough to produce arrhythmia of the heart. What kind of candy? 10. On Saturday the Lebanese prime minister announced his resignation, accusing his adversaries of political interference and citing a fear that he, like his father before him, would become the target of an assassination plot. Who is he? * Game 8 (2017-11-13), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Roy Halladay will go down in history as one of the greatest pitchers in the modern era of Major League Baseball, after 16 seasons with the Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies. He died in a plane crash last week in the Gulf of Mexico. What model of airplane was he piloting? (Full answer required, like "Boeing 747".) 2. Toronto FC will go into the Major League Soccer conference final next week after losing its two top scorers -- Giovinco and Altidore -- due to one-game suspensions for infractions in the playoff against the New York Red Bulls. Who is the team saying will take over as striker? 3. The "Paradise Papers", released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, include 13,400,000 documents on the movement of money to offshore tax havens. One of the Canadian names that came up is that of the federal Liberal Party's chief fund-raiser. Who's that? 4. This past week the CBC launched a new version of its prime-time newscast "The National". Name any *two* of the four co-anchors. 5. He died at 91 in Montreal last week. He was a prolific author who also worked on more than 150 documentaries for the National Film Board of Canada. His first bestseller was "Why Rock the Boat", based on his experiences as a young reporter at the Montreal Gazette. Name him. 6. Denis Coderre, a former federal Liberal cabinet minister, was favored to win reelection as mayor of Montreal, but he was defeated soundly by an underdog challenger. Name Montreal's new mayor-elect. 7. In recent years some sports teams have been asked to change their names by indigenous groups and other visible minorities. Which Canadian franchise is the latest to have its name challenged? Even the mayor of the city says it should be considered. (Full name required, like "Toronto Maple Leafs".) 8. When Danica Roem was elected to state office in Virginia, she blazed a new path. What was this distinction? 9. Canada's Ethics Commissioner has agreed to Opposition requests to examine whether Finance Minister Bill Morneau contravened Canada's ethics laws when he introduced pension legislation which could benefit his former company. Who is the Ethics Commissioner? 10. A University of Toronto professor is planning to launch a web site to identify leftist faculty members. The U of T faculty is up in arms over the plan, saying it would create a climate of fear and intimidation, threatening academic freedom. Who is that controversial professor? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "A good programmer is someone who looks both ways msb@vex.net | before crossing a one-way street." -- Doug Linder My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 13 03:38PM -0600 In article <aa2b5020-14f4-45d3-99d9-af54e1e9296e@googlegroups.com>, 334152@gmail.com says... > Welcome to RQ #274. The usual caveats apply re: not cheating. You have a week or so to enter. > 1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state? New York > 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately successful career in which sport? baseball > 3 The story is apocryphal, but once he had decided on a career in music rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly said "To hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to ___ Records". Which one word replaces both blanks? Columbia > 8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough, spent six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his best-selling (non-compilation) album? > 9 Which 1978 album featuring the singles "My Life", "Big Shot" and "Honesty" became, in 1982, the first album to be commercially released on compact disc? > 10 Which former wife designed the cover for his 1993 album "River of Dreams"? Christy Brinkley > 11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married? 3 -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 13 11:09PM +0100 > 1 Joel was born in 1949 in which US state? California > 2 In his late teens and early twenties Joel had a moderately > successful career in which sport? Basketball > music rather that attending an Ivy league university, Joel supposedly > said "To hell with it. If I'm not going to ___ University, I'm going to > ___ Records". Which one word replaces both blanks? Atlantic > 8 Which 1977 album was his critical and commercial breakthrough, > spent six weeks at #2 on the U.S. album charts, and remains his > best-selling (non-compilation) album? Glass Houses (which is the only Billy Joel album I have, mainly for personal reasons). > 11 As of current date how many times has Joel been married? Four > 12 What is the given name of his eldest daughter, shared with a song > on his 1989 album "Storm Front"? Sheila -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Nov 13 03:34PM -0600 In article <ZKWdnWNNrvuLdJrHnZ2dnUU7-TPNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > 2. In 1900 there were only three independent nations in Africa. > Two of these were Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) and Morocco. > Name the third. Liberia > 3. In 1884 a large tract of land in central Africa was granted > directly to a European monarch rather than a nation. Who was > this monarch? King Leopold (Belgium) > 4. Which nation attempted a conquest of Abyssinia in 1896, but > suffered defeat at the battle of Adowa? Italy > lost them after World War I. German West Africa consisted of > the two colonies which today are the countries of Cameroon and > what other nation? Central African Republic > European countries that were each attempting to link different > areas they had colonized. A war was narrowly averted. Which two > countries are we talking about? France and Germany > 8. The French colonial empire in Africa was extensive. French > Equatorial Africa consisted of four modern-day countries: Chad, > Gabon, Republic of Congo, and what other country? Equatorial Guinea > Angola and Mozambique. A smaller group of islands west of the > African continent were in Portuguese hands from 1462 to 1975, > when they became independent. Name this island group. Azores > British and Dutch colonists, a treaty was signed in 1868 > creating a British protectorate under the name Basutoland. > What is the present-day name of Basutoland? Lesotho > as indicated). > 1. The Nilotic people are spread over four countries and speak a > variety of languages, such as Maasai, Dinka, and Maa. G > 2. The Dayak are the native people living principally in the > interior of this large island. Their language is categorized > as part of the Austronesian language family. P > 3. The Hmong form a minority in this region, where they settled > in the 18th century after a southward migration. S > 4. The Bororo, a small group of under 2,000, are spread out over > eight villages and were closely studied by anthropologist Claude > Lévi-Strauss during his expedition to Mato Grosso. L > 5. The Adyghe is the native name of the Circassians. The diaspora > of the Circassians has spread them out in the Middle East, > but this region is their ancestral land. T > 6. The Nenets used to be called "Samoyeds" by their more populous > neighbors, who would ultimately absorb them. That term, which > meant "self-eater", was derogatory and is no longer in use. W > 7. The Sanhaja Berbers used to be one of the largest Berber tribal > confederations, but now live mostly in the Middle Atlas > mountains. J > 8. The Tigrinya speak an Ethiopean Semitic language and make up the > majority of their country in the southern and central Red > Sea area. F > 9. The Amuzgos got their name from a powerful neighbouring group, > the Aztecs, and are known for their textiles handwoven on > backstrap looms with complicated two-dimensional designs. B > 10. The Mordvins live in an autonomous region of Mordovia, and > their language is part of the Uralic language family, so named > after the nearby Urals. U -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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