- QFTCISG Game 9, Rounds 4-6: 3:1, choral, Grey Cup - 3 Updates
- QFTCISG Game 9, Rounds 2-3: Israel, bays/gulfs - 2 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #278: Double or nothing - 2 Updates
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 04 09:40PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2017-11-20, 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 9, Round 4 - Literature: Act III, Scene I We give you the opening lines from Act III, Scene 1; you name the Shakespearean play. In a few cases we will tell you who is speaking, or provide a stage direction. 1. [To soothsayer] "The Ides of March are come." 2. "I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire. The day is hot, the Capulets abroad. And if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl, For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring." 3. "Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour. There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice Proposing with the Prince and Claudio. Whisper her ear and tell her, I and Ursley Walk in the orchard, and our whole discourse Is all of her." 4. Solanio: "Now, what news on the Rialto?" Salarino: "Why, yet it lives there unchecked that Antonio hath a ship of rich landing wrecked on the narrow seas..." 5. "Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weird women promised, and I fear Thou play'dst most foully for't; yet it was said It should not stand in thy posterity, But that myself should be the root and father Of many kings." 6. "Now, darting Parthia, art thou struck, and now Pleas'd fortune does of Marcus Crassus' death Make me revenger. Bear the King's son's body Before our army. Thy Pacorus, Orodes, Pays this for Marcus Crassus." 7. "Are we all met?" "Pat, pat; and here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn brake our tiring-house; and we will do it in action, as we will do it before the Duke." 8. [as Cambio] "Fiddler, forbear; you grow too forward, sir. Have you so soon forgot the entertainment Her sister Katherine welcome'd you withal?" 9. "And can you by no drift of circumstance Get from him why he puts on this confusion, Grating so harshly all his days of quiet With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?" 10. Kent: "Who's there, besides foul weather?" Gentleman: "One minded like the weather, most unquietly." Kent: "I know you. Where's the King?" Gentleman: "Contending with the fretful elements..." * Game 9, Round 5 - Audio - Great Choral Works I thought this round would be playable without the audio, so here it is. You'll get the title of a chorus -- in some cases it's a standalone work, in others it's from an oratorio, requiem, anthem, or hymn. You'll also be given the year the work was composed, but you'll have to imagine the clip you would have heard in the original game. I'll give all titles in English or Latin, but some were originally in other languages. What you must do, of course, is name the composer. *Warning*: Answers may repeat. 1. "Worthy is the Lamb" (1741). 2. "Ah Holy Jesus" (1727). 3. "The Wonder of His Works" (1797). 4. "Ode to Joy" (1824). 5. "For the Love of Jesus" (1865). 6. "Blessed Are" (1865). 7. "Requiem Aeternam" (1791). 8. "Thanks Be to God" (1846). 9. "Zadok the Priest" (1727). 10. "Jerusalem" (1916). After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg fnvq "Onpu" sbe nal nafjre, tb onpu (fbeel) naq fcrpvsl juvpu bar. * Game 9, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports - The Grey Cup With the Grey Cup game coming up next Sunday, here's a round of questions on the Canadian Football League championship. 1. What team holds the record for consecutive Grey Cup titles, namely 5, from 1978 to 1982? 2. What team has the most Grey Cup victories, namely 16? 3. What current CFL team has gone the longest without winning the Grey Cup, their last title coming in 1990? 4. The Grey Cup attendance record dates back to 1977, when more than 68,000 fans attended the game in which city? 5. Where will next Sunday's game be played? 6. Who won last year's Grey Cup? 7. Name the quarterback who holds the record of 4 touchdown passes in a Grey Cup game (in 1969), and shares the record of 8 career Grey Cup TD passes. 8. The first Grey Cup game was played in 1909 in which upscale Toronto neighborhood? 9. Three men share the record of 5 Grey Cup wins by a head coach. One won the 5 titles that question #1 was about. Another was his assistant coach, who then won 5 as a head coach with four other clubs. The third record-holder won his 5 with two different teams. Name *any one* of the three. 10. Name either of the 2 head coaches who have led Grey-Cup-winning teams and also led American football teams to the Super Bowl (though they did not win that). After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq "Gbebagb" be "Bggnjn" jura anzvat n grnz, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp. -- Mark Brader | "It never occurred to me that a living person could be Toronto | used as a blowtorch, but we admit human beings are a msb@vex.net | bit special, don't we?" --Hal Clement: STILL RIVER My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 05 04:07AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:KqadnVPeDaY1btPHnZ2dnUU7- > the Shakespearean play. In a few cases we will tell you who is > speaking, or provide a stage direction. > 1. [To soothsayer] "The Ides of March are come." "Julius Caesar" > The day is hot, the Capulets abroad. > And if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl, > For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring." "Romeo and Juliet" > Whisper her ear and tell her, I and Ursley > Walk in the orchard, and our whole discourse > Is all of her." "Much Ado About Nothing" > 4. Solanio: "Now, what news on the Rialto?" > Salarino: "Why, yet it lives there unchecked that Antonio hath > a ship of rich landing wrecked on the narrow seas..." "The Merchant of Venice" > It should not stand in thy posterity, > But that myself should be the root and father > Of many kings." "Macbeth" > Make me revenger. Bear the King's son's body > Before our army. Thy Pacorus, Orodes, > Pays this for Marcus Crassus." "Antony and Cleopatra" > rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn > brake our tiring-house; and we will do it in action, as we will > do it before the Duke." "A Midsummer Night's Dream" > 8. [as Cambio] "Fiddler, forbear; you grow too forward, sir. > Have you so soon forgot the entertainment > Her sister Katherine welcome'd you withal?" "The Taming of the Shrew" > Get from him why he puts on this confusion, > Grating so harshly all his days of quiet > With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?" "Hamlet" > Gentleman: "One minded like the weather, most unquietly." > Kent: "I know you. Where's the King?" > Gentleman: "Contending with the fretful elements..." "King Lear" > What you must do, of course, is name the composer. *Warning*: > Answers may repeat. > 4. "Ode to Joy" (1824). Beethoven > * Game 9, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports - The Grey Cup > With the Grey Cup game coming up next Sunday, here's a round of > questions on the Canadian Football League championship. No answers in this round. -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 05 04:31AM > * Game 9, Round 4 - Literature: Act III, Scene I > 1. [To soothsayer] "The Ides of March are come." Julius Caesar > The day is hot, the Capulets abroad. > And if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl, > For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring." Romeo and Juliet > Whisper her ear and tell her, I and Ursley > Walk in the orchard, and our whole discourse > Is all of her." Much Ado About Nothing > 4. Solanio: "Now, what news on the Rialto?" > Salarino: "Why, yet it lives there unchecked that Antonio hath > a ship of rich landing wrecked on the narrow seas..." The Merchant of Venice > It should not stand in thy posterity, > But that myself should be the root and father > Of many kings." Macbeth > Make me revenger. Bear the King's son's body > Before our army. Thy Pacorus, Orodes, > Pays this for Marcus Crassus." Anthony and Cleopatra > rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn > brake our tiring-house; and we will do it in action, as we will > do it before the Duke." A Midsummer Night's Dream > 8. [as Cambio] "Fiddler, forbear; you grow too forward, sir. > Have you so soon forgot the entertainment > Her sister Katherine welcome'd you withal?" The Taming of the Shrew > Get from him why he puts on this confusion, > Grating so harshly all his days of quiet > With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?" Hamlet > Gentleman: "One minded like the weather, most unquietly." > Kent: "I know you. Where's the King?" > Gentleman: "Contending with the fretful elements..." King Lear > * Game 9, Round 5 - Audio - Great Choral Works > 1. "Worthy is the Lamb" (1741). Haydn > 2. "Ah Holy Jesus" (1727). J. S. Bach > 3. "The Wonder of His Works" (1797). Handel > 4. "Ode to Joy" (1824). Beethoven > 7. "Requiem Aeternam" (1791). Handel > 9. "Zadok the Priest" (1727). J. S. Bach > * Game 9, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports - The Grey Cup > 4. The Grey Cup attendance record dates back to 1977, when more > than 68,000 fans attended the game in which city? Toronto; Montreal -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jan 03 08:36PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:Mq2dne1_DpkZntbHnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Israel > 1. In what year did Israel become an independent state following > the end of the British mandate for Palestine? 1947; 1948 > 2. Who was Israel's founding prime minister? Ben Gurion > 3. Name the only woman to serve as Israel's prime minister. Golda Meir > 100 years ago, in 1917, during World War I. That same year, > Britain's foreign minister said his government favored creating a > Jewish national home in the region. Name that foreign minister. Lloyd George > 5. Moving to sports, how many times has Israel played in the World > Cup soccer finals (tournament)? 1 > 6. Israel has won 9 Olympic medals, but only one gold, in > windsurfing in 2004. Name the host city where those games > were played. Sydney > 7. In what year did Egyptian president Anwar Sadat visit Israel in > what was the first recognition of Israel by an Arab head > of state? 1977; 1978 > in 1976. Israeli commandos freed more than 100 hostages from > a hijacked Air France plane. In what country did the rescue > take place? Uganda > 9. That hostage rescue was ordered by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. > In what year was he assassinated by a right-wing Jew who opposed > Rabin's peace accords with the PLO and Jordan? 1995; 1996 > 10. Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann remains the only person > executed by Israel after a civilian trial. From what country > was Eichmann seized in 1960 to face trial in Israel? Argentina > with the others, and I've supplied questions for those. Answer them > if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. Name the bay, which is nestled between France and Spain. Biscay > 2. Name the two European *countries* that border the Gulf of > Bothnia. Sweden and Finland > 4. Name this bay in northeastern Vietnam, known for its emerald > wters and towering limestone islands. > 5. This body of water is the largest bay in the world. Bay of Bengal > 6. This bay is an estuary; Delaware, the District of Columbia, > Maryland, and Virginia each either have shoreline on the bay > or are nearby. Chesapeake Bay > 7. This bay or gulf, named after the adjacent city, can be found > in southwestern Italy. That's a volcano in the background. Bay of Naples > 9. (Decoy.) This bay lies near the northernmost point of New > Zealand's South Island, about 110 miles WNW of Wellington on > the North Island. Marlborough Bay > Hudson Bay. > 11. This gulf, near the center of the picture, connects the Strait > of Hormuz (at left) with the Arabian Sea. Persian Gulf; Gulf of Oman > 12. This bay, near the southern tip of Africa, is named after the > more famous mountain in the right background. Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 04 09:32PM -0600 Mark Brader: > * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Israel > 1. In what year did Israel become an independent state following > the end of the British mandate for Palestine? 1948. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Erland, and Jason. 2 for Bruce and Pete. > 2. Who was Israel's founding prime minister? David Ben-Gurion. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Bruce, Marc, Erland, Jason, and Pete. > 3. Name the only woman to serve as Israel's prime minister. Golda Meir. 4 for everyone. > 100 years ago, in 1917, during World War I. That same year, > Britain's foreign minister said his government favored creating a > Jewish national home in the region. Name that foreign minister. Arthur Balfour. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, and Jason. 2 for Peter. > 5. Moving to sports, how many times has Israel played in the World > Cup soccer finals (tournament)? 1. (1970.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Peter. > 6. Israel has won 9 Olympic medals, but only one gold, in > windsurfing in 2004. Name the host city where those games > were played. Athens. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, and Erland. > 7. In what year did Egyptian president Anwar Sadat visit Israel in > what was the first recognition of Israel by an Arab head > of state? 1977. 4 for Erland. 3 for Joshua and Pete. > in 1976. Israeli commandos freed more than 100 hostages from > a hijacked Air France plane. In what country did the rescue > take place? Uganda. (At the Entebbe airport.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Marc, Erland, Jason, and Pete. > 9. That hostage rescue was ordered by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. > In what year was he assassinated by a right-wing Jew who opposed > Rabin's peace accords with the PLO and Jordan? 1995. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Marc. 3 for Joshua and Pete. > 10. Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann remains the only person > executed by Israel after a civilian trial. From what country > was Eichmann seized in 1960 to face trial in Israel? Argentina. 4 for everyone. > * Game 9, Round 3 - Geography - Bays and Gulfs > I've rearranged the round in order by image number on the handout: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/g9r3/bays.pdf All satellite images are shown with north at the top. > with the others, and I've supplied questions for those. Answer them > if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. Name the bay, which is nestled between France and Spain. Bay of Biscay. (Not Biscayne, which is off the coast of Florida.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Bruce, Erland, and Pete. > 2. Name the two European *countries* that border the Gulf of > Bothnia. Finland, Sweden. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Bruce, Marc, Erland, and Pete. Finland is on the east, of course. > 3. (Decoy.) This cove is on the Greek island of Zakynthos, off > the west coast of the Peloponnese. It's named after a man-made > artifact. What is it, in English? Shipwreck Cove. Nobody tried this. The eponymous wreck -- of the Panagiotis, originally named the St. Bedan -- is mostly out of the photo, but a bit of it is visible at the left edge. These images show it clearly: http://pre00.deviantart.net/d97e/th/pre/f/2009/234/0/6/greece_zante___shipwreck_cove_by_1darthvader.jpg http://www.virtualzakynthos.gr/wp-content/uploads/shipwreck_cove_zakynthos_03.jpg > 4. Name this bay in northeastern Vietnam, known for its emerald > wters and towering limestone islands. Ha Long Bay. > 5. This body of water is the largest bay in the world. Bay of Bengal. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Marc, Erland, and Pete. The island to the southwest is Sri Lanka, and the mainland includes parts of India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. > 6. This bay is an estuary; Delaware, the District of Columbia, > Maryland, and Virginia each either have shoreline on the bay > or are nearby. Chesapeake Bay. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Bruce, Marc, and Pete. Most of the shoreline on both sides is in Maryland, the southern part in Virginia. DC is on the boundary between them a little west of the bay, and Delaware is a little east of the north part of the bay. > 7. This bay or gulf, named after the adjacent city, can be found > in southwestern Italy. That's a volcano in the background. Bay (or Gulf) of Naples. (Mt. Vesuvius.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Marc, Erland, and Pete. > 8. This gulf is located in the northeastern part of the tropical > Atlantic Ocean, between Cape Lopez in Gabon and Cape Palmas > in Liberia. Gulf (accepting Bay) of Guinea. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. 3 for Marc. Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Equatorial Guinea are labeled by their flags. Parts of Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Gabon are also visible. > 9. (Decoy.) This bay lies near the northernmost point of New > Zealand's South Island, about 110 miles WNW of Wellington on > the North Island. Golden Bay. Nobody got this. > 10. This bay is a large body of water on the southern end of > Hudson Bay. James Bay. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. Quebec and Ontario, Canada, are on the east and west sides respectively. > 11. This gulf, near the center of the picture, connects the Strait > of Hormuz (at left) with the Arabian Sea. Gulf of Oman. 4 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete. Oman includes the south coast of the gulf and part of the peninsula at left; the rest of the peninsula is in the United Arab Emirates. The north coast is in Iran. The Persian Gulf is at the *other* end of the strait. > 12. This bay, near the southern tip of Africa, is named after the > more famous mountain in the right background. Table Bay. (Table Mtn., in Cape Town. Not accepting Table Mtn. Bay.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, and Bruce. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Geo Dan Tilque 36 32 68 Joshua Kreitzer 38 28 66 Dan Blum 31 24 55 Pete Gayde 28 22 50 Erland Sommarskog 32 16 48 Marc Dashevsky 28 19 47 Bruce Bowler 18 20 38 Peter Smyth 20 12 32 Jason Kreitzer 24 0 24 -- Mark Brader | "UNIX are quality sectional bookcases, made of solid oak. Toronto | Open or glass-fronted, in three sizes and three finishes, msb@vex.net | UNIX gives unapproached flexibility." | -- Daily Mail Ideal Home Book, 1951-52 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 03 01:34PM -0600 I now belatedly understand the theme. I think it's brilliant. -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jan 04 07:19PM > I now belatedly understand the theme. I think it's brilliant. I second this sentiment. |
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