| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 10 04:41AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-11-06, 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 6, Round 4 - Literature - Chapter 2, Verse 2 6 years ago Smith & Guessin' presented a round called "Chapter & Verse". Now, once again, we give the year and the titles of a few of the chapters within a novel, or stories within a collection -- you name the book. 1. Published 1719. "Wrecked on a Desert Island", "Friday's Education", "Visit of the Mutineers". 2. Published 1894. "Kaa's Hunting", "Tiger! Tiger!", "Shiv and the Grasshopper". 3. Published 1838. "The Burglary", "The Flight of Sikes", "Fagin's Last Night Alive". 4. Published 1911. "The Shadow", "The Never-Bird", "Wendy's Story". 5. Published 1898. "The Eve of War", "The Heat Ray", "The Fighting Begins". 6. Published 1869. "At Full Steam", "The Nautilus", "An Underwater Forest". 7. Published 1922. "Calypso", "Cyclops", "Penelope". 8. Published 1957. "The John Galt Line", "Miracle Metal", "The Utopia of Greed". 9. Published 1991. "At Another New Restaurant", "Tries to Cook and Eat Girl", "Taking an Uzi to the Gym".. 10. Published 1995. "The Clock of the Time Dragon", "The Birth of a Witch", "Galinda". * Game 7, Round 6 - Sports - Major League Soccer With Toronto FC winning in the East semifinal yesterday, we thought it would be good time to write a round on the history of the MLS. 1. Major League Soccer played its inaugural season in 1996 with only 10 teams. Name *any* of the original ten teams. You must give the full original name, like "Houston Colt .45s" rather than "Houston Astros". 2. 2017 saw the addition of two new teams into the league. Name either one. 3. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have finshed with #1-2. Guvf zna vf pbafvqrerq ol znal gb or bar bs gur terngrfg ZYF cynlref bs nyy gvzr. Ur unf gur nyy-gvzr erpbeq sbe zbfg tbnyf naq nffvfgf va gur yrnthr, naq jba gur ZIC njneq va 2009 cynlvat sbe gur YN Tnynkl. Ur jnf pncgnva sbe gur HF angvbany grnz sbe 2 lrnef nf jryy. Anzr uvz. 4. A few weeks ago we asked you about the award for the top place in the league in the regular season, known as the Supporters' Shield. What is the trophy for *last* place known as? 5. Teams in the MLS also play in a North American Champions League, pitting the top teams of the continent against each other. What is the common abbreviation used for the *organizing body* of soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean? The remaining questions are all about Toronto FC. 6. This player entered the league for Toronto in 2015, and would lead the league in goals and assists and win the MLS MVP award that year. Who is he? 7. In what year, exactly, did Toronto enter the league? 8. Toronto's mascot is called Bitchy, and is a real-life animal used to scare away the seagulls. What type of animal is Bitchy? 9. The Inebriatti, the Kings in the North, the Original 109, and the Red Patch Boys are all what, in relation to Toronto FC? 10. The "401 Derby" is a budding rivalry between Toronto FC and this other MLS team. They played hotly contested matches in both the previous two playoffs. What other team is this? Full name required. -- Mark Brader | "shenli" Silent Domolition Agent uses in exploiting Toronto | and cutting rock and non-explosive fragmentate and msb@vex.net | demolish concrete. --seen in spam My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 10 04:39AM -0600 Mark Brader: > the town of Passchendaele in western Flanders. This event was the > culmination of several battles in the Ypres salient. The following > questions deal with this event and others on the Western Front. In the original game this was the hardest round in the game and second-hardest of the entire season after Game 2, Round 8, "Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?" The third-hardest round of the season was Game 5, Round 8, the Canadiana round on the Tragically Hip. Fifth-hardest excluding an audio round was Game 1, Round 9, on the senses. Which leaves one more from the 5 worst, excluding audio, that you haven't yet seen. > 1917 to break open the Ypres salient. The plan was to use > Ypres as a jumping-off point to liberate the ports on the > Belgian coast. Why was this important? The Germans had begun unrestricted submarine warfare and were using these ports as U-boat bases. > and feared another senseless bloodbath. Nevertheless, the > Canadians were eventually ordered to attack. Who was their > commander? Arthur Currie. > on both sides. The armies under British command totalled > 275,000 casualties (killed, wounded, or missing). What was > Canada's casualty number, with a margin of 1,000? 15,654 (accepting 14,654-16,654). 4 for Dan Blum. > Canadian-manufactured rifle. Ultimately, it proved unreliable > and was replaced by the British Lee-Enfield rifle. What was > the Canadian rifle called? Ross rifle. > led the Canadian Corps. He then moved to command of Britain's > Third Army and was succeeded in his former job by Arthur Currie. > Who was he? Julian Byng. > "the Somme offensive". On its first day, the Royal Newfoundland > Regiment was nearly wiped out at what village, on a day which > became Newfoundland's official day of remembrance? Beaumont-Hamel. > bolster the depleted Canadian Corps which, until then, had relied > mostly on volunteers. The Liberal Leader of the Opposition > refused to endorse it -- who was that? Wilfrid Laurier. > 8. During the Second Battle of Ypres, between April 22 and May 25, > 1915, the Germans used a new weapon against the defending > Canadians and French Algerian divisions. What was this? Gas (specifically chlorine -- mustard gas was a later development -- but accepting any poison gas). 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Erland. 3 for Pete. > 9. Who was the Minister of Militia in Borden's cabinet, from the > start of the war until November 1916, when he was fired partly > because of scandals like the <answer 4>? Sam Hughes. > defended a 30 m hill with a commanding position over Ypres. > This hill was lost and retaken over a period of 12 days. > Name it. Mont Sorrel or Hill 62. > In each case, name the country where the combination of languages > given is predominantly spoken. > 1. Khmer and French. Cambodia. 4 for everyone -- Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, Pete, and Jason. > 2. Greek and Turkish. Cyprus. 4 for everyone. > 3. Amharic and Oromo. Ethiopia. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Joshua. > 4. Dutch and French. Belgium. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, and Jason. > 5. Magyar. Hungary. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, Erland, Calvin, Joshua, and Pete. > 6. Pashto and Dari. Afghanistan. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Marc, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Joshua. 3 for Pete. 2 for Calvin. > 7. Sinhala and Tamil. Sri Lanka. 4 for everyone. > 8. Spanish and Guarani. Paraguay. 4 for Marc, Dan Tilque, and Erland. 3 for Joshua. > 9. Oshiwambo, Afrikaans, English, and some German. Namibia. 4 for Peter, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Joshua. 3 for Calvin. > 10. English, Yoruba, and Hausa. Nigeria. 4 for Peter, Marc, Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Jason. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Can Geo Dan Tilque 4 40 44 Erland Sommarskog 4 36 40 Joshua Kreitzer 0 39 39 Dan Blum 8 28 36 Marc Dashevsky 0 36 36 Peter Smyth 0 32 32 "Calvin" 0 25 25 Pete Gayde 3 19 22 Jason Kreitzer 0 20 20 -- Mark Brader "A clarification is not to make oneself clear. Toronto It is to PUT oneself IN the clear." msb@vex.net -- Lynn & Jay, "Yes, Prime Minister" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Dec 10 07:44AM > 1. Recent news from the White House has recalled Richard Nixon's > statement "When the President does it, that means it isn't illegal." To > whom did Nixon make this claim? David Frost, in the television interview dramatised in Frost/Nixon > 2. England now trail Australia by 2-0 in the Ashes series cricket. Name > either of the cities in which these two matches were played. Adelaide, Brisbane. It's a shame "London" wasn't correct, because there'd be a chance that the remaining matches would be cancelled due to snow. > 3. Vitaly Mutko, an Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, was banned for life > from the Olympics by the IoC. Fortunately he has another job in sport > now. What is his present sporting job? Head of the organising committee for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Also accepting "Head of Russian Soccer", as he's that too. > in "Horrible Bosses" and played Rachel Zane in the USA Network's > "Suits". Now she's much better known for something else. Name this > actress. Meghan Markle. She's getting married, apparently. > very little) were thrown into disarray by this coalition partner party, > who objected to an agreement made with Ireland about the border with > Northern Ireland. Name the party. The Democratic Unionist Party [DUP] > 6. Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani is subject of a bidding war > now he has declared he want to play in the USA. What is most remarkable > about Ohtani's skillset? He's one of the best players in Japan as both a hitter and a pitcher. It's questionable as to whether he'll do double duty in MLB - the last player to do so was some fellow called Ruth. > 7. Who wrote (and originally starred in) the Broadway musical > "Hamilton"? Lin Manuel Miranda > 8. "The Crimes Of Grindelwald" is the planned sequel to which hit film? Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them > 9. How many men, in total, have walked on the moon? 12 > 10. Who was named Time's Person of the Year 2017 "The Silence Breakers" -- the women and men who spoke about endemic sexual harassment and predatory behaviour in public life. Anything close to this is accepted. "Harvey Weinstein" was not. Results Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Total Dan Blum 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 ArenEss 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 Mark Brader 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 Erland Sommarskog 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Peter Smyth 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Calvin 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 And the Winner is .... Calvin! Congratulations |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 10 02:03AM -0600 Gareth Owen: >> now he has declared he want to play in the USA. What is most remarkable >> about Ohtani's skillset? > He's one of the best players in Japan as both a hitter and a pitcher. You should have stopped there. > It's questionable as to whether he'll do double duty in MLB - the last > player to do so was some fellow called Ruth. Ruth retired in 1935. However, *all* pitchers also had to bat until the Designated Hitter rule was adopted in 1973, and in the National League they still do. What you mean is, it's questionable as to whether he'll pitch. Most star players, when healthy, play all innings of every game, but pitching is too hard on the body for pitchers to come close to doing that. So a player who isn't a pitcher will have a lot more chances to bat. All of which has been true for over 100 years, and is why Ruth stopped being a pitcher (except occasionally) in about 1919. -- Mark Brader Summary of issue: Fix FORTRAN-8x. Toronto Committee Response: This proposal contains msb@vex.net insurmountable technical errors. -- X3J11 responses to 2nd public review My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Dec 09 02:21PM -0600 Mark Brader: > information see my recent companion posting on "Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > * Final (2017-12-05), Round 1 - Current Events I didn't include the title link for the round before when first posting it because the image wasn't yet available to me: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr1/ce.jpg Anyway, the Current Events game for this season is over and the winner is PETE GAYDE. Hearty congratulations, sir! > pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI as part of the Mueller probe > into the Trump campaign and administration's ties with Russia. > He admitted to lying about a meeting with who? Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. (Accepting the name or position; I scored "Kisylev" as almost correct.) 4 for Bruce, Gareth, Pete, and Marc. 3 for Dan Blum. > 2. Some of President Trump's retweets last week drew the ire of > British Prime Minister Teresa May. What did he retweet that > caused the friction? Three anti-Muslim videos by an extremist group called Britain First. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Bruce, Dan Blum, Gareth, Peter, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Jason, Pete, and Marc. > 3. Croat military commander Slobodan Praljak lost his appeal in > court last week of a 20-year sentence for war crimes in the > Balkans. What did he do when the sentence was upheld? Committed suicide by poison. 4 for Erland, Bruce, Dan Blum, Gareth, Peter, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Jason, and Pete. > 4. The coaches of two Toronto professional sports teams were > awarded Coach of the Year honors by their respective leagues. > Name either coach. Marc Trestman (Toronto Argonauts), Greg Vanney (Toronto FC). > Who was their unlikely Most Valuable Player in the Grey Cup? > He was a second-year receiver who set a Grey Cup record with > a 100-yard pass-and-run play from quarterback Ricky Ray. DeVier Posey. > 6. Greg Zaun, former MLB catcher, was fired by SportsNet TV for > sexual harassment of women who worked for the network. > Which team he did win a World Series with? Florida Marlins. 4 for Gareth. > 7. A well-known Canadian singer-songwriter has taken the unusual > step of offering the public a free online archive of all his > work, including a number of unreleased albums. Name him. Neil Young. 4 for Erland, Gareth, Jason, and Marc. > 8. Two Toronto police constables pleaded guilty to misconduct > at a disciplinary hearing last week. Their penalty has yet to > be finalized. What was their offence? Mocking a woman with Down syndrome. > ownershp of 41 local newspapers in Ontario -- and promptly > announced plans to shut down almost all of them. Name any one > of the *surviving* papers. Exeter Times-Advocate, Niagara Falls Review, Peterborough Examiner, St. Catharines Standard, Welland Tribune. > the pilots association has solved the scheduling problem. > To compensate, pilots will be paid time-and-a-half to fill the > empty slots. Name the airline which averted holiday disaster. American Airlines. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Gareth, Peter, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Pete, and Marc. > expansion. It announced last week it had a tentative agreement > to buy a 68% stake in a Chilean bank. Which bank is pursuing > this southern strategy? Nova Scotia (Scotiabank). > and "Better Homes & Gardens". But the deal has two controversial > backers, who support right-wing causes, financing the bid > for Meredith. They supported the Trump campaign. Name them. Charles and David Koch ["Coke"]. ("Koch brothers" was sufficient.) 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Gareth, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Jason, Pete, and Marc. > 13. He was a star of TV sitcoms in the 1960s, best-known for playing > a gas-station attendant and soldier. He died last week at 87. > Name him. Jim Nabors. (Gomer Pyle, originally on "The Andy Griffith Show".) 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua, Jason, Pete, and Marc. > renovations to update the venerable concert hall. It will > close in July 2018. What artist is scheduled for the last > performances before the closure? Gordon Lightfoot. > senators by name who have "sold out their constituents": > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfr1/fcc.jpg > Just tell us who is the chairman of the FCC. Ajit Pai. Sorry, no points for "can't remember his name", even if it is correct! (See signature quote, which was manually selected this time.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F BEST NINE Pete Gayde 14 15 20 28 14 20 10 4 28 16 28 183 Dan Blum 15 19 12 20 14 20 15 4 19 12 27 161 Joshua Kreitzer 20 20 20 16 8 16 -- -- 20 16 24 160 Marc Dashevsky 12 12 20 16 8 20 16 4 -- -- 24 132 Peter Smyth 20 15 16 12 8 12 17 4 14 11 12 129 Dan Tilque 11 12 8 16 8 4 4 4 20 12 20 111 Erland Sommarskog 12 12 4 19 8 8 10 4 16 0 12 101 Bruce Bowler 7 20 8 16 -- -- -- -- -- -- 24 75 Gareth Owen -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 24 16 28 68 Jason Kreitzer -- -- 4 12 -- -- -- -- 12 11 20 59 I have obtained permission from the team Bill Psychs to post the questions from the upcoming season that they will be writing. So you can expect the next QFTCI current-events game to appear starting in late January, under the tag QFTCIBP. -- Mark Brader | "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. Toronto | I said I didn't know." msb@vex.net | --Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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