- QFTCIBP Current Events 7-8 - 3 Updates
- QFTCIBP Game 3, Rounds 2-3: battles and Disney voices - 3 Updates
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 16 03:05PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:QZ-dneUU9qbiZjrHnZ2dnUU7- > the name of this snack food? > 2. What is the name of the White House Communications Director > who resigned this week? Hope Hicks > 3. Following a dramatic shift in position, Donald Trump said to > Republicans: "They have great power over you people. They have > less power over me." Which organization was Trump referring to? NRA > 4. Trump announced import tariffs on two products this week. > Name either. Steel > temporarily reversed, bringing a frigid system from Asia to > the west. What have meteorologists -- or newscasters, at least > -- been calling this system? Siberian > newly announced tariffs on <answer 4 above>. After meeting > with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, he is apparently set to > exempt another country. Which one? Australia > 4. Due to concerned about their use of electricity, Colin Read has > proposed an 18-month moratorium on cryptocurrency mining farms > in the city where he is mayor -- Plattsburgh, in what US state? Ohio; Pennsylvania > flag-bearer? > 6. As of the close of play on Saturday, Canada had 4 medals in > those games. One was gold -- in what sport? Biathlon; Alpine Skiing > drug by 5,455% and was dubbed the "Pharma Bro" for his loutish > behavior. This past week he was convicted of securities fraud. > and sentenced to 7 years in prison. What's his name? Shkreli > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg > fnvq "fxvvat" sbe gur tbyq zrqny, cyrnfr tb onpx naq znxr vg > zber fcrpvsvp. Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 16 12:16PM -0500 Mark Brader: > indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any > answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to > give the answers that were correct on that date... And apparently I failed to say: For further information see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > snack had died. He created it in 1964 in Winnipeg, and > eventually his partner sold the business to Pillsbury. What is > the name of this snack food? Pizza Pop. > 2. What is the name of the White House Communications Director > who resigned this week? Hope Hicks. 4 for Erland, Dan, Marc, Joshua, and Pete. > 3. Following a dramatic shift in position, Donald Trump said to > Republicans: "They have great power over you people. They have > less power over me." Which organization was Trump referring to? National Rifle Association. "NRA" was sufficient. 4 for Erland, Dan, Marc, Joshua, and Pete. He then reversed his position again. Or something like that. I try not to keep track. > 4. Trump announced import tariffs on two products this week. > Name either. Steel, aluminum. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Peter, Dan, Marc, Jason, Joshua, and Pete. > temporarily reversed, bringing a frigid system from Asia to > the west. What have meteorologists -- or newscasters, at least > -- been calling this system? The Beast from the East. 4 for Peter. > the party to protest their leader, Martine Ouellet. How are > these now-independent members collectively referring to > themselves? Groupe parlementaire Québécois. > 7. Eric Hoskins, Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, > resigned on Monday. What new role is he taking on, which was > announced on Tuesday? Chair of the federal advisory council working toward a national pharmacare program. (Anything along these lines was acceptable.) > 8. On Thursday, Ontario's ban on the door-to-door sale of some > products and services came into effect -- name any one of the > things affected. Air cleaners, air conditioners, air purifiers, duct cleaning, furnaces, water filters, water heaters, water purifiers, water softeners, water treatment devices. In the original game the question said that "four services" were affected and the expected answer listed four of the above products. After protests were accepted, I went to the provincial government's web site and found the complete list as shown above. > 9. What Ontario city was subject to a hooded mob that broke windows > and threw rocks and eggs on Saturday night? Hamilton. > 10. The 2018 federal budget was released on Tuesday. Within > $1,000,000,000, what is the projected federal deficit for the > 2018-19 fiscal year? $18,100,000,000. (Accepting $17,000,000,000 to $19,100,000,000, as that's what was done in the original game. Apparently what they really did was to allow a rounded total within the indicated range.) > 1. On Saturday, residents of <answer 9 above> gathered to > show support for businesses vandalized by anarchists last week. > On what *street*? Locke St. > the race did receive a record number of votes, over 40% higher > than the previous record from 2002. Within 2,000, how many > votes were cast? 64,053. (Accepting 62,000 to 66,100, as was done in the original game -- cf. answer 10 above). They used online voting, with a ranked ballot, and it came down to third preference before Ford beat Christine Elliott 6,202-6,049. The total is less than 64,053 because of a weighting system that scaled down the votes in any riding where over 100 people voted. > newly announced tariffs on <answer 4 above>. After meeting > with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, he is apparently set to > exempt another country. Which one? Australia. 4 for Erland, Peter, Dan, Joshua, and Pete. > 4. Due to [concerns] about their use of electricity, Colin Read has > proposed an 18-month moratorium on cryptocurrency mining farms > in the city where he is mayor -- Plattsburgh, in what US state? New York. 4 for Dan, Marc, and Joshua. Yes, a geography question in current events. And #3 didn't require you to know anything about the current negotiations either. All I can say is, I didn't write it. > 5. The Paralympic Winter Games opened this week. Who was Canada's > flag-bearer? Brian McKeever. > 6. As of the close of play on Saturday, Canada had 4 medals in > those games. One was gold -- in what sport? Alpine skiing. (Mac Marcoux won the visually-impaired downhill skiing.) 4 for Peter. 2 for Pete. > country's second-highest military commander, relating to > documents leaked in 2015 about naval puchases. Name this > commander. Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Here's one commentator saying that the case is essentially political: http://www.cbc.ca/news/anykey-1.4570800 > drug by 5,455% and was dubbed the "Pharma Bro" for his loutish > behavior. This past week he was convicted of securities fraud. > and sentenced to 7 years in prison. What's his name? Martin Shkreli. 4 for Dan, Marc, Jason, Joshua, and Pete. The drug was Daraprim, which has begun to be used against AIDS. If Wikipedia is correct, the increased US price is more than 1,000,000% above the current price in some countries where it is available generically, i.e. no longer patented. (I don't know about Canada.) > 9. The RCMP named a new commissioner, the first woman to be > appointed permanently to the position. Who? Brenda Lucki. > minor-league deal with an invitation to major-league spring > training. He spent time last season with the New York Yankees, > Chicago White Sox, and Houston Astros. Who? Tyler Clippard. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BEST SIX Pete Gayde 12 12 22 24 4 12 12 10 94 Dan Blum 20 8 15 20 6 4 12 12 87 Joshua Kreitzer 18 12 8 19 7 4 12 12 81 Marc Dashevsky 12 4 8 16 -- -- 12 8 60 Dan Tilque 8 12 8 16 8 4 -- -- 56 Peter Smyth 8 12 12 4 -- -- 8 8 52 Erland Sommarskog 12 7 4 8 4 8 12 4 51 Bruce Bowler -- -- 12 12 16 8 -- -- 48 Jason Kreitzer -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 4 8 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Common sense isn't any more common on Usenet msb@vex.net | than it is anywhere else." --Henry Spencer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 17 01:44AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: >> 9. What Ontario city was subject to a hooded mob that broke windows >> and threw rocks and eggs on Saturday night? > Hamilton. I guessed this one right. (Yes, it was an outright guess.) -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 16 04:23PM +0100 > 1. In 490 BC, a large Persian force was destroyed by a smaller > Athenian force. Marathon > 5. In 1415, a large French army was defeated by Henry V's much > smaller army. Agincourt > After months of fighting in and around the eponymous city, German > forces were finally surrounded by Soviet forces and defeated in > February 1943. Stalingrad |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 16 03:32PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > In each case, name the battle described. > 1. In 490 BC, a large Persian force was destroyed by a smaller > Athenian force. Thermopylae > "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". > 4. In 1314, near Stirling Castle, a Scottish army under King > Robert I defeated an English army more than twice their number. Culloden > 6. In 1862 in Virginia, forces for the Union army under Major > General Burnside made repeated futile attacks against Confederate > forces commanded by General Lee. Bull Run > attacked positions manned by 4,000 Americans commanded by > General Andrew Jackson, but were repelled. This was the last > major battle of the War of 1812. New Orleans > 8. In 1876, in Montana Territory, a certain lieutenant-colonel > attacked a superior force of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and > Arapaho warriors. He was killed, along with most of his men. Little Big Horn > After months of fighting in and around the eponymous city, German > forces were finally surrounded by Soviet forces and defeated in > February 1943. Stalingrad > Movies > Who provided the voice of... > 1. The Genie in "Aladdin"? Robin Williams > 2. Iago in "Aladdin"? Jeremy Irons > 3. Scar in "The Lion King"? Jeremy Irons > 4. Mufasa in "The Lion King"? James Earl Jones > 5. Mrs. Potts (the teapot) in "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)? Angela Lansbury > 6. Bernard the mouse, in "The Rescuers" and "The Rescuers Down Under"? Sebastian Cabot > 7. John Smith in "Pocahontas"? > 8. Dory, in "Finding Nemo" and "Finding Dory"? Ellen DeGeneres > 9. Buzz Lightyear, in "Toy Story", "Toy Story 2", and "Toy Story 3"? Tim Allen > 10. Mike (the round, one-eyed monster) in "Monsters Inc."? Billy Crystal Pete Gayde |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 16 03:46PM -0500 In article <EZ6dnboUkOCVeTfHnZ2dnUU7-XnNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > In each case, name the battle described. > 1. In 490 BC, a large Persian force was destroyed by a smaller > Athenian force. Battle of Marathon > attacked positions manned by 4,000 Americans commanded by > General Andrew Jackson, but were repelled. This was the last > major battle of the War of 1812. Battle of New Orleans > 8. In 1876, in Montana Territory, a certain lieutenant-colonel > attacked a superior force of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and > Arapaho warriors. He was killed, along with most of his men. Battle of Little Bighorn > After months of fighting in and around the eponymous city, German > forces were finally surrounded by Soviet forces and defeated in > February 1943. Battle of Stalingrad > * Game 3, Round 3 - Entertainment - Voice Acting in Animated Disney Movies > Who provided the voice of... > 1. The Genie in "Aladdin"? Robin Williams > 2. Iago in "Aladdin"? Gilbert Gottfried > 3. Scar in "The Lion King"? > 4. Mufasa in "The Lion King"? > 5. Mrs. Potts (the teapot) in "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)? Angela Lansbury > 6. Bernard the mouse, in "The Rescuers" and "The Rescuers Down Under"? Bob Newhart -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
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