| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 14 01:56AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-11-27, 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 10, Round 2 - History - Saints Through the Ages The Roman Catholic Church has recognized thousands of saints. We will give you a description of some of the most popular saints. You name the saint. For most questions the first name is sufficient. 1. He was a Roman soldier and priest. He was tortured and martyred by the Emperor Diocletian on April 23, 303. 2. He was a Spanish knight who fought in many battles, was injured and became a priest and theologian. He founded the Jesuit order and died in 1556. 3. She was a young leader of the French army during the Hundred Years' War. Captured by the Burgundians and sold to the English, she was tried in an ecclesiastical court and condemned to death. She was burned at the stake. 4. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with the Sisters of Charity, an order she founded to work with the poor in India. She died in 1997, and was recently canonized as a saint. 5. The first Angel saint to be given a day in the calendar. He is mentioned in the Bible in the Book of Revelation as the protector of Christians during the apocalypse. The fall term in English schools bears his name. 6. He was a Roman-Briton born about 385. He was carried off by raiders and enslaved, and used as a herdsman. He escaped after 6 years and trained as a priest in France, then journeyed to Ireland as a missionary Bishop. He provided leadership as the Christian church grew in Ireland, establishing himself in Armagh. 7. He was born in Italy in 1181, the son of a wealthy merchant. When he discerned his Christian vocation, he was disinherited by his father and became a penniless preacher. Pope Innocent III authorized him to set up a group of friars, who would refuse all material wealth, and even corporate wealth. They later developed into a religious order. 8. He was Bishop of Myra in Lycia (southwestern Asia) in the 4th century. Legend has it that he saved three girls from prostitution by throwing three bags of gold as dowry into their window at night. Another legend has him saving three unjustly condemned men from death. His day is marked in the Roman Catholic calendar as December 6. 9. He was a martyr in the 3rd century is Asia Minor. Not much else is known about him. He is the patron saint of wayfarers and motorists. Medieval belief was that anyone who looked on an image of him would suffer no harm that day. 10. He was a bishop and leading theologian in the 4th century. Born in 354, he left his home in North Africa to study in Italy and was baptized as a Christian at age 33. He became a priest a few years later in Africa, and served as a bishop. He left an enormous body of written work 113 books, 200 letters and 500 sermons. Two are still in print: "Confessions" and "The City of God". After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Sbe nal nafjre, vs lbh tnir whfg fnvq Fg. Senapvf, cyrnfr tb onpx naq fcrpvsl juvpu bar. * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana Geography - Official Provincial Things For the following round, we will give you an item, you give us the *province or territory*. For example, if we ask which province's flower is the white trillium, you would say Ontario. Answers may repeat. 1. Which province or territory's official flower is the wild rose? 2. Which province or territory's official flower is the purple saxifrage? 3. Which province or territory's official bird is the common raven? 4. Which province or territory's official animal is the spirit bear? 5. Name either one of the two adjacent provinces whose official fish is the walleye. 6. Which province or territory's official bird is the blue jay? 7. Which province or territory's official tree is the eastern white pine? 8. Which province or territory's official tree is the black spruce? 9. Which province or territory's official motto translates to English as "splendor without diminishment"? 10. Which province or territory's official motto translates to English as "I remember"? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "But going repeatedly back and forth in time is msb@vex.net | cheating. Anybody can do that!" --Paul Kriha My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 14 11:20AM +0100 > Years' War. Captured by the Burgundians and sold to the English, > she was tried in an ecclesiastical court and condemned to death. > She was burned at the stake. Jeanne d'Arc > 4. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with the > Sisters of Charity, an order she founded to work with the poor in > India. She died in 1997, and was recently canonized as a saint. Mother Teresa > 6 years and trained as a priest in France, then journeyed to > Ireland as a missionary Bishop. He provided leadership as the > Christian church grew in Ireland, establishing himself in Armagh. St Patrick > authorized him to set up a group of friars, who would refuse > all material wealth, and even corporate wealth. They later > developed into a religious order. Francesco > their window at night. Another legend has him saving three > unjustly condemned men from death. His day is marked in the > Roman Catholic calendar as December 6. Saint Nicholas a.k.a Santa Claus |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 14 01:53AM -0600 Mark Brader: > slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. > 1. The main categories of landforms are organized by the processes > that create them. So what process creates aeolian landforms? Wind (erosion). 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Erland, and Pete. > 2. Another main category is "impact landforms." What process > creates those? Extraterrestrial impact (meteorites). 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Marc. > as rift valleys found between highlands or mountain ranges. > What is the adjective used for this, from the Greek words for > "pertaining to building"? Tectonic. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, and Marc. > 4. Coastal and oceanic landforms can include island groups or > clusters of small scattered islands. What is the name used > for this, from the Greek words for "chief" and "sea"? Archipelago. 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, Bruce, Marc, Erland, and Pete. > 5. Staying with this landform, when a sea cave grows landwards and > upwards, it can create an opening on the surface through which > it blasts water. What do we call this opening? Blowhole. 4 for Pete. > 6. Fluvial landforms include a U-shaped body of water that forms > when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, > leaving it free-standing. Name it. Oxbow lake. 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, Dan Blum, and Marc. 3 for Joshua. > 7. Devils Tower in Wyoming, made more famous by the movie "Close > Encounters of the Third Kind" is an example of which type of > erosion landform? Butte ["byoot"], or specifically a volcanic plug. > slope landforms. Well-known examples include the ones found in > Cappadocia ["ka-pa-DOKE-ee-ia"], and in Bryce Canyon National > Park, Utah. Hoodoos. 4 for Pete. > 9. An erosion landform, a dry creek that may fill seasonally with > rain, is known in Latin America as an "arroyo", and in the Arabic > world as a "wadi". What other team is used in North America? Gulch, gully, or wash. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Marc. > It is characterized by underground drainage systems with > sinkholes and caves and is created by the dissolution of soluble > rocks. Name one of the main types of rock that this could be. Dolomite, marble, gypsum, and especially limestone. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, and Erland. > * A. Friday Movies > A1. In a 2003 movie, Lindsey Lohan exchanges personalities with > her mom. Name the movie. "Freaky Friday". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, and Jason. > schemes to prevent his ex-wife, who is also his star > reporter, from quitting the paper and getting married. > Name either the lead actor or the lead actress. Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Marc. This is one of four movies adapted from the play "The Front Page" -- the 1931 and 1974 versions retained the play's title while the 1988 one, with TV instead of newspaper reporters, was "Switching Channels". In the versions with the original title, both characters were male. > * B. Friday Characters > B1. In the nursery rhyme "Monday's Child", who is fair of face, > what is said of Friday's child? Friday's child is loving and giving. 4 for Joshua and Bruce. > island with two prisoners, whom the narrator and Friday feel > compelled to liberate, attacking the cannibals to do so. > One is a Spaniard, but who is the other? Friday's father. > C1. The Black Death, or Plague, was so widespread it can be > described by *which scientific term* that indicates its > broad international nature? Pandemic. 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, and Pete. > Name *either* of the others. In one the lymph nodes swell; > in the other the victim experiences shortness of breath, > cough, and chest pain. Bubonic, pneumonic. 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, and Dan Blum. > * D. Black Beard > D1. What was Blackbeard's real name? Edward Teach. 4 for Peter, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Marc. 3 for Joshua. > D2. In 1718 Blackbeard blockaded a port for a week or so, > holding a ship ransom until he obtained medical supplies. > The port city is now part of the United States; name it. Charles Town (now Charleston, South Carolina; either name was acceptable). 4 for Bruce. 3 for Joshua. > E1. Near Odessa, Ukraine, another country comes within 2 km of > the Black Sea without actually touching on the sea anywhere. > What country is this? Moldova. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Marc, Erland, and Pete. > E2. Sochi, Russia, is located on the east coast of the Black Sea. > If you continue 25 km south of Sochi along the coast, > you leave Russia and enter what other country? Georgia. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Bruce, Marc, and Pete. 3 for Erland. > F1. In Islam, Friday is their holy day, as Sunday is to most > Christians. What day of the week is the corresponding holy > day for Judaism and Sabbatarian Christians? Saturday. 4 for Dan Tilque, Peter, Joshua, Dan Blum, Bruce, Marc, Erland, Pete, and Jason. > also called the Salah al-Jum'ah, or Jumah. What is the > post-midday prayer that is performed the *other* 6 days a > week called? Zuhr or az-Zuhr or Duhur. That's right, two questions in "Friday Prayers", neither of which was about Fridays. Hey, I didn't write it! Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His Geo Lit Aud Can Ent Mis Sci Cha SEVEN Joshua Kreitzer 38 28 40 4 0 40 20 15 30 211 Dan Blum 31 24 40 8 2 36 24 24 24 203 Dan Tilque 36 32 24 8 0 24 28 20 24 188 Marc Dashevsky 28 19 16 4 0 28 16 28 28 163 Pete Gayde 28 22 16 28 11 28 16 16 20 158 Bruce Bowler 18 20 -- -- -- 16 16 12 24 106 Peter Smyth 20 12 16 12 0 8 8 16 16 100 Jason Kreitzer 24 0 12 4 0 40 0 0 8 88 Erland Sommarskog 32 16 0 14 0 -- -- 12 11 85 Gareth Owen -- -- -- -- -- 36 27 -- -- 63 "Calvin" -- -- -- -- -- 23 16 -- -- 39 Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net Western Electric distributes UNIX software without warranty or any after-sales support. There is no publicity and new releases outside the Bell System are made only very irregularly. (More than 3 years after the release of the sixth edition of the UNIX system, the seventh edition had still not appeared.) -- John Lions My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 14 01:54AM -0600 Mark Brader: > > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > > see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". And Game 10 is over and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratulations! -- Mark Brader "MSB is an accepted explanation for men's Toronto misbehaviors. ... Just blame it on MSB msb@vex.net and everyone nods their heads." -- "TJ" |
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