| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 19 12:55AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-01-15, 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 Bill Psychs 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 1, Round 2 - Geography - Canadian Universities In each case, we'll give you the name of a Canadian university, and you tell us what municipality its main campus is located in. 1. Royal Roads U. 2. Laurentian U. 3. Lakehead U. 4. Mt. Allison U. 5. U. of Ontario Institute of Technology. 6. Simon Fraser U. 7. Concordia U. 8. Western U. 9. McMaster U. 10. Nipissing U. After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Fbzr bs gur havirefvgvrf ner va Qheunz Ertvba naq gur zrgebcbyvgna nernf bs Inapbhire naq Ivpgbevn. Vs lbh tnir nal bs gubfr nf lbhe nafjre, jr arrq gur fcrpvsvp zhavpvcnyvgl. Cyrnfr tb onpx naq fhccyl vg. * Game 1, Round 3 - Arts - Illustrators of Children's Fiction Please see the 2-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/1-3/illus.pdf This round is about illustrators (some of them also authors) of classic children's stories. In each case you have to supply the letter on the handout corresponding to the artist we name. We'll also give you their year of birth, and one or more titles that they're known for -- although we *won't* necessarily mention the work that the image is from. Of course, any identifying information such as signatures has been removed. 1. Ernest Howard (E.H.) Shepard, born 1879. Known for: "The House at Pooh Corner". 2. Eric Carle, born 1929. Known for: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", "The Mixed-Up Chameleon". 3. Quentin Blake, born 1932. Known for: "James and the Giant Peach", "Matilda". 4. Shel Silverstein, born 1930. Known for: "Where the Sidewalk Ends", "The Giving Tree". 5. Maurice Sendak, born 1928. Known for: "Where the Wild Things Are". 6. Ludwig Bemelmans, born 1898. Known for: "Madeline and the Bad Hat". 7. Ezra Jack Keats, born 1916. Known for: "The Snowy Day", "Peter's Chair". 8. Virginia Lee Burton, born 1909. Known for: "Maybelle the Cable Car", "Katy and the Big Snow". 9. Kate Greenaway, born 1846. Known for: "Mother Goose" (aka "The Old Nursery Rhymes"). 10. Beatrix Potter, born 1866. Known for: "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck", "The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle". So there were 10 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you'd like to identify the works of those illustrators based on their names alone, for fun, but for no points: 11. Thfgnir Qbeé. 12. Jnygre Penar. 13. Wbuaal Tehryyr. 14. Whyrf Srvssre. 15. Pyrzrag Uheq. 16. Wbua Graavry. 17. C.Q. Rnfgzna. 18. Xnl Avryfra. 19. Eboreg ZpPybfxrl. 20. Ivetvavn Senaprf Fgreergg. -- Mark Brader | "I don't care HOW you format char c; while ((c = Toronto | getchar()) != EOF) putchar(c); ... this code is msb@vex.net | a bug waiting to happen from the outset." -- Doug Gwyn My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Feb 19 10:00AM Mark Brader wrote: > been removed. > 1. Ernest Howard (E.H.) Shepard, born 1879. Known for: "The House > at Pooh Corner". G > 2. Eric Carle, born 1929. Known for: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", > "The Mixed-Up Chameleon". E > 3. Quentin Blake, born 1932. Known for: "James and the Giant > Peach", "Matilda". A > "The Old Nursery Rhymes"). > 10. Beatrix Potter, born 1866. Known for: "The Tale of Jemima > Puddle-Duck", "The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle". M > 18. Kay Nielsen. > 19. Robert McCloskey. > 20. Virginia Frances Sterrett. Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 19 12:50AM -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*)". Now the Final game is over, and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratulations! > ** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round > That is: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfrx/cha.jpg This was the hardest round in the original game. > romantic, or folk styles of decoration. Key artists were > William Morris, Tiffany Studios, and the Newcomb pottery > studio. Arts & crafts movement. (Yes, all four words of the full answer appeared in the question!) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Marc. > the natural use of light and color. Its topics were more > abstract and symbolic than real subjects. Key artists were > Paul Gauguin and Georges Seurat. Post-impressionism. 4 for Marc. 3 for Joshua. > previous movement. Their style was ornate and used light > colors, asymmetrical designs, curves, and gold. Key artists > were Antoine Watteau and Thomas Chippendale Rococo. 4 for Marc and Pete. > B1. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfrx/math/b1.png > The letter Q as shown is used to represent what set of > numbers? Rational numbers. 4 for Erland and Peter. > B2. See: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/gfrx/math/b2.png > This type of rectangular array of numbers is known by > what term? Matrix. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Peter, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Marc, and Pete. > B3. Everyone knows ÷ as the division sign, but what is its > one-word name? (Yes, in English.) Obelus. Just to be confusing, "obelus" is also an alternate name for the vaguely similar-looking "dagger" character. > * C. Name the Kingdom or, again, the Empire The base map for this triple shows political boundaries in 1000. See: http://i.imgur.com/2Za9Lr4.jpg > with different boundaries, starting around the 6th century. > It was eventually absorbed by the Swiss Confederation and > the Kingdom of France. Name it. Burgundy. 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum. > Empire B had several incarnations. The first empire was > founded around 681. The empire ended by 1018, surrendering > to the Byzantines. Name it. Empire of Bulgaria. 4 for Erland and Dan Blum. > having been ruled by Visigoths and Moors. It was one of > the first areas to be conquered during the "reconquista" > and existed as a kingdom until 1230. Léon. 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum. > ancient Egypt. It's of great importance because it's the > oldest record showing a ruler wearing the crowns of both > Upper and Lower Egypt. Name this object. Narmer palette. > and post news and edicts. This famous stela was used to > post the laws of ancient Mesopotamia. Give the common name > of these laws, also the name of this object. Code of Hammurabi. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Marc, and Pete. > 37 internal bronze gears, and is capable of many different > astronomical functions. It is named after the place where > it was found. What is it named? Antikythera mechanism. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. Because of its poor condition after thousands of years underwater, there still has not been a complete and accepted analysis of the mechanism. See: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ankyey-180953979/ > nights and consisted of three series: "Columbo", "MacMillan > and Wife", and what third series that was also named after > its lead character? "McCloud". 4 for Dan Tilque and Marc. > E2. The next two seasons on Sunday night saw a fourth > series in the rotation, featuring Richard Boone as a > gunfighter-turned-detective. Name it. "Hec Ramsey". 4 for Joshua. > respectively starring Richard Widmark and James Farentino, > lasted only one seaon. The third lasted two seasons. > Name *any one* of the three. "Madigan", "Cool Million", "Banacek" (with George Peppard). 4 for Marc. > 4 cards are placed face down in the middle of the table. > The top card is turned face up; this card initially sets > the trump suit. Euchre. 4 for Pete. 2 for Dan Blum. > placed on the table; it is the trump card and every card > of that suit is a trump. The remainder of the pack forms > the stock and is placed face down. Pinochle. 2 for Dan Blum. > beside it. If the upcard is a joker, deuce, or three, one > or more additional cards must be turned upon it until a > "natural" card (a four or higher) appears. Canasta. 4 for Erland. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His A&L Geo Spo Ent Mis Sci Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 20 12 44 31 32 36 34 23 200 Dan Blum 37 20 34 4 24 24 34 28 181 Marc Dashevsky 24 20 24 10 32 -- 40 28 168 Dan Tilque 32 23 36 12 20 20 23 24 158 Peter Smyth 21 -- 40 36 8 16 24 12 149 Pete Gayde 18 16 32 -- 30 16 11 16 128 Erland Sommarskog 24 -- 39 12 16 -- -- 24 115 Jason Kreitzer 8 12 12 -- 40 16 -- -- 88 Bruce Bowler -- 20 22 -- -- -- -- -- 42 We will now proceed directly to questions from the following season, written by Bill Psychs and tagged QFTCIBP. -- Mark Brader | "... There are three kinds of death in this world. Toronto | There's heart death, there's brain death, and msb@vex.net | there's being off the network." -- Guy Almes My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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