| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 08 11:41PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-10-16, 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 4, Round 9 - Science - Horse Breeds Please see the handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g4r9/hors.pdf How well do you know your steeds? For questions #1-5, we give you the name of the horse breed and you give us the corresponding picture number. 1. Clydesdale. 2. Fjord horse. 3. Falabella pony. 4. Appaloosa. 5. Tennessee walking horse. Now decode the rot13 to see the picture numbers for the remaining questions, in which you must name the breed. 6. Avar. 7. Gur svsgu bar. 8. Ahzore svsgrra. 9. Ryrira. 10. Gur friragu bar. Finally, there were 5 decoys. I was not given a list of the breeds, but have attempted to identify them by using TinEye on the images. This wasn't reliable, because some of the hits were on pages that did not name the breeds, but I think I have identified them all. If you like, decode the following rot13 to see what I think they are, and give the picture number for each one for fun, but for no points. 11. Tlcfl Inaare. 12. Crepureba. 13. Naqnyhfvna. 14. Znejnev be znynav. 15. Fuver ubefr. ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge - Pitching * A. Sports: Pitching A1. One of baseball's most baffling pitches is the fluttering knuckleball. If you were a Montreal Expos fan, you may remember this. What's the French word for knuckleball? Two hints: It's also a dog breed, and it was the title of a 1973 movie starring Steve McQueen. A2. The sign of a great season for a baseball pitcher is to win the so-called Pitching Triple Crown. That's for a pitcher leading his league in wins, strikeouts, and earned-run average. Which Toronto Blue Jay won that Triple Crown in back-to-back seasons? * B. Business: Pitching We name the voice you hear in their radio commercials; you name the pizza chain. B1. Pat Finelli. B2. Domenic Primucci ["pri-MOO-chee"]. * C. Entertainment: Pitch Movies C1. Name this 2005 romantic comedy that starred Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore. It centered around the passion Fallon's character had for the Boston Red Sox as the team won its first World Series in 86 years. C2. Name this 2012 comedy that starred Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, and Rebel Wilson. Kendrick's character is pushed into joining her university's all-girls singing group. * D. Science: Pitch D1. Stabilizing an aircraft means controlling the plane's rotations in 3 dimensions. The plane's elevator controls its pitch: rotation around its side-to-side axis. Ailerons on the wings control the roll, around the front-to-back axis. What device on the back of the plane controls rotation around the vertical axis, known as yaw? D2. Colin Pitchfork is a convicted British murderer and rapist who was sentenced to life in prison in 1988. That's not much of a claim to fame, but perhaps this is: Pitchfork was the first person caught and convicted based on what now-routine police investigation tool? * E. Arts: Pitchfork E1. In Game 2 you were asked about the man holding a pitchfork in Grant Wood's painting "American Gothic". In what American city would you find this painting? E2. "Pitchfork" is a Chicago-based online music magazine launched in 1995. While it has expanded its focus over the years, the site is still best known for its coverage of which area (or genre) of music? * F. Miscellaneous: Sticky Pitch F1. One type of pitch comes from petroleum deposits or refinement. This semi-solid substance is called bitumen. What else is it known as? F2. What term is given to pitch that comes from recently living (not fossilized) plant material? -- Mark Brader Twas unix and the C++ Toronto Did compile and load upon the vax: msb@vex.net All Ritchie was the Kernighan, And Lisp ran in GNU EMACS. --Larry Colen (after Lewis Carroll) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 09 06:44AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:_Zednd2l684Jd57HnZ2dnUU7- > Please see the handout at: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g4r9/hors.pdf > How well do you know your steeds? Apparently, not that well. > you the name of the horse breed and you give us the corresponding > picture number. > 1. Clydesdale. 6 > 2. Fjord horse. 4; 11 > 3. Falabella pony. 9 > 4. Appaloosa. 1 > 5. Tennessee walking horse. 7 > remember this. What's the French word for knuckleball? > Two hints: It's also a dog breed, and it was the title of > a 1973 movie starring Steve McQueen. papillon > a pitcher leading his league in wins, strikeouts, and > earned-run average. Which Toronto Blue Jay won that Triple > Crown in back-to-back seasons? Stieb (?) > and Drew Barrymore. It centered around the passion Fallon's > character had for the Boston Red Sox as the team won its > first World Series in 86 years. "Fever Pitch" > C2. Name this 2012 comedy that starred Anna Kendrick, Brittany > Snow, and Rebel Wilson. Kendrick's character is pushed > into joining her university's all-girls singing group. "Pitch Perfect" > much of a claim to fame, but perhaps this is: Pitchfork > was the first person caught and convicted based on what > now-routine police investigation tool? DNA (?) > E1. In Game 2 you were asked about the man holding a pitchfork > in Grant Wood's painting "American Gothic". In what American > city would you find this painting? Chicago > launched in 1995. While it has expanded its focus over > the years, the site is still best known for its coverage > of which area (or genre) of music? alternative (?) -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 08 02:01PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:KKadnd8tR40samLEnZ2dnUU7- > many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the > other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of > the others. Harpo, Chico, Zeppo > American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of > all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four > of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive? 8; 11 > 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI > list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania. Horsefeathers; Cocoanuts > va "Qhpx Fbhc". Anzr gur pbzvp npgerff jub erperngrq gur fprar > gbtrgure jvgu Unecb ba n 1950f GI fubj. Fur nyfb nccrnerq jvgu > gur oebguref va gurve 1938 svyz "Ebbz Freivpr". Lucille Ball > (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this > actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in > 7 of their films. Margaret DuMont > 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947 > to 1961. You Bet Your Life > 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100? Say the secret word > 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not > one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by > a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her. Marilyn Monroe > destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time > later a group of laborers called themselves by this word, > which today means an opponent of technological progress. Luddite > name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a > knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during > campaigning in the Crimean War. Cardigan > Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the > lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for > riding or evening attire. Wellington > who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later > released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights > and he therefore never received counsel. Miranda > relationships with a number of dominating women. A German > neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to > get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused. Cuckold > 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs > about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women, > his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him. Gigolo > The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist > thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like > a salamander. Gerrymandering > elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise > for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge". > What was this elephant's name? Gigantic Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 08 11:39PM -0600 Mark Brader: > many years. Gummo left the act to join the army before the > other four switched from stage to screen. Name all three of > the others. Chico, Harpo, Zeppo. (Or Leonard, Adolph, and Herbert respectively. Groucho's real name was Julius and Gummo was Milton.) 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete. > American Film Institute as among the top 100 comedy films of > all time. Within 1, in how many feature films did three or four > of the brothers appear together between 1929 and 1949 inclusive? 13 (accepting 12-14). 4 for Joshua, Marc, and Peter. There were 5 movies with Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo: "The Cocoanuts" (1929), "Animal Crackers" (1930), "Monkey Business" (1931), "Horse Feathers" (1932), and "Duck Soup" (1933). Then 8 more after Zeppo left the act: "A Night at the Opera" (1935), "A Day at the Races" (1937), "Room Service" (1938), "At the Circus" (1939), "Go West" (1940), "The Big Store" (1941), "A Night in Casablanca" (1946), and "Love Happy" (1949). > 3. Name the Marx Brothers film which finished highest on the AFI > list, at #5. It involves a war with a country named Sylvania. "Duck Soup". 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, and Marc. > 4. Please decode the rot13 for questions #4-6 only after answering > the previous questions. Name the other fictional country in > "Duck Soup". Freedonia. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, and Marc. > in "Duck Soup". Name the comic actress who recreated the scene > together with Harpo on a 1950s TV show. She also appeared with > the brothers in their 1938 film "Room Service". Lucille Ball. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Marc, and Pete. > the 1970s after Marx Brothers films: "A Night at the Opera" > and "A Day at the Races". In a thank-you note to the band, > what did Groucho say he was calling his next movie? "The Greatest Hits of the Rolling Stones"! > (obviously, this was after Gummo had left the act). Name this > actress who is best remembered as the brothers' comic foil in > 7 of their films. Margaret Dumont. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Marc, and Pete. > 8. Name the NBC radio and TV show Groucho starred in from 1947 > to 1961. "You Bet Your Life". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete. > 9. On <answer 8>, what did a contestant have to do to win $100? Say the secret word. 4 for Joshua, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum and Marc. > 10. The last Marx Brothers movie was "Love Happy" in 1949, not > one of their best. It may be best-known for a walk-on role by > a blonde actress who later became a Hollywood legend. Name her. Marilyn Monroe. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete. > These are words that were originally people's names, or people > whose names became words, or the like. In all cases you may answer > either with the original name or the derived word. This was the easiest round in the original game. > who refused to adhere to Irish land reforms in the 1800s; > in retaliation, the Irish Land League refused his business > in stores and in other economic transactions. (Charles) Boycott. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > destroying weaving machines in the 18th century. Some time > later a group of laborers called themselves by this word, > which today means an opponent of technological progress. Ned Ludd, luddite. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete. This, too, came up on the 2017-10-20 episode of "Jeopardy!" -- just 4 days after the original game. *Hmm.* Their version, in a category on "Doing Business in the 1800s", did not mention that the word was an eponym. It turns out that this is dubious -- apparently there is no reliable source for Ludd's actions, supposed to have taken place over 20 years before the luddites took his name, so it's likely that he was invented as a fictional precedent for their own actions. I added "allegedly" to the question to cover this. > name, but by his title in the UK's aristocracy. He wore a > knitted waistcoat to keep warm and was seen to wear it during > campaigning in the Crimean War. (Earl of) Cardigan. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete. > Modeled after the Hessian boot, it had a low-cut heel and the > lip was stacked to end mid-calf. It was the perfect boot for > riding or evening attire. (Duke of) Wellington. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > a law exonerating him, naming it after the lawman in question. > The word has existed since then, but has come to have an even > darker meaning. (Charles) Lynch, Lynch law, lynching. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > who was convicted of kidnapping and rape, but who was later > released as officers had failed to inform him of his rights > and he therefore never received counsel. Ernesto Miranda, Miranda rights, mirandize. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Blum, Jason, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Pete. > relationships with a number of dominating women. A German > neurologist latter coined this term from his name, meaning to > get sexual pleasure from being hurt or abused. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, masochism. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > 8. This 16th-century Italian adventurer wrote a number of memoirs > about his life. Due to a number of elaborate affairs with women, > his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". Name him. (Giovanni) Casanova (de Seingalt). 4 for Joshua, Erland, Peter, Dan Blum, and Jason. Don Juan was a surprisingly popular answer, considering that that name is Spanish. > The second half of the word comes from the fact that a cartoonist > thought one of these newly constructed boundaries looked like > a salamander. Elbridge Gerry [with hard G], gerrymandering [with soft G]. 4 for everyone. See: http://cdn.loc.gov/service/rbc/rbpe/rbpe00/rbpe000/00000100/001dq.gif As Dan Tilque noted, Gerry was actually governor -- that's why he was signing the legislation. Sorry about that. > elephant from the London Zoo and changed its name to advertise > for the circus. Now we recognize the word as meaning "huge". > What was this elephant's name? Jumbo. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Marc. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Can Geo Lit Spo Ent Mis FOUR Dan Blum 3 16 36 35 31 40 142 Joshua Kreitzer 5 24 24 40 36 36 136 Marc Dashevsky 0 4 28 24 35 32 119 Jason Kreitzer 8 0 8 32 32 28 100 Peter Smyth 0 29 12 23 16 28 96 "Calvin" -- -- 29 28 8 28 93 Dan Tilque 0 28 -- -- 16 36 80 Pete Gayde 3 24 -- -- 24 20 71 Gareth Owen -- -- 27 32 -- -- 59 Erland Sommarskog 0 24 -- -- 0 28 52 Bruce Bowler -- -- 0 20 -- -- 20 -- Mark Brader "Exercise 5-3: ... When should you Toronto have stopped adding features...?" msb@vex.net -- Kernighan & Pike My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 08 01:50PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:6LmdnbqrH5DMiWHEnZ2dnUU7- > name that book. In some cases we will omit part of a character's > name as it would be too helpful. > 1. Various member of the Rostov, Kuragin and Bezukhov families. War and Peace; Anna Karenina > 2. Guildenstern. Hamlet > Alexandrovich <omitted>. (Based on the consensus list, this > one is the #1 ranked book of all time.) > 5. Widow Douglas, Miss Watson, "Pap", Jim, Buck Grangerford. Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn > de Marsantes; Basin, Duke De Geurmantes. Published 1913-27. > 7. Emma <omitted>, Charles <omitted>, Rodolphe Boulanger, Leon > Dupuis. Published 1856. Madame Bovary > 2. Speaking of 1996 movies starring basketball players, name the > flick which starred Shaquille O'Neal as a 5,000-year-old genie > who appears from a magic boom-box to grant a boy three wishes. Shazam > two "Home Alone" movies. She then left acting for sports, > competing for the US in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics -- in which > martial-art sport? Judo > 5. Now to swimming. Name the 5-time Olympic champion swimmer who > gained even greater fame by playing Tarzan in 12 movies. Weismuller > 6. Still with swimming, name the 1932 Olympic champ who later > starred in more than 100 movies. He is the only actor to have > played all three of Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers. Crabbe > weightlifting in 1948. But he's best remembered as one of the > tougher villains James Bond has faced. Name Sakata's character > in a 1964 Bond film. Oddjob > a lawsuit over a web site they co-founded at Harvard in 2004. > Name *either* that web site *or* the 2010 film in which they > were portrayed. > included a future pediatrician who wrote one of the best-selling > books of all time, "Baby and Child Care", first published > in 1946. Name him. Spock Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 08 06:19PM -0600 If Pete Gayde's answers had been posted on time, he would have received 15 points on Round 4 and 24 on Round 6. -- Mark Brader | And the customary practice seems to be "FIRST, Toronto | let the cat out of the bag; THEN inform you msb@vex.net | that there's a cat and a bag." --Daniel P.B. Smith |
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