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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 06 06:10AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-01-22, 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 2, Round 4 - Science - Biology of the Domestic Cat 1. Cats are most active during the periods of dawn and dusk. What is this behavior known as? 2. Cats normally weigh 4-5 kg, but some exceptional cases are much heavier. Within 1 kg and rounded to the nearest kilogram, what is the Guinness world record for heaviest cat? (Note: Guinness no longer monitors this category to prevent animal abuse.) 3. Cats normally have five claws on their front paws. The fifth claw grows on the inside of the leg. What is the fifth claw known as? 4. Some cats are born with more than the usual number of toes. What is this condition known as? 5. Some cats have eyes where one iris is a different color from the other. What is this condition known as? 6. Cats have minimal ability to sweat. Where are their few sweat glands primarily located? 7. Cats are unable to produce an essential amino acid on their own and must include it in their diet. This amino acid is also an ingredient in many energy drinks. Name it. 8. Cats have the ability to consistently land on their feet after a fall. What is this reflexive behavior known as? 9. A parasitic disease can be spread to humans by exposure to infected cat feces. Normally, infection causes no obvious symptoms, but the disease is dangerous if you have a weakened immune system. What is the disease? 10. Cats have excellent hearing, and can detect sounds above 20 kHz in frequency. What term is used to describe sound waves at those frequencies? * Game 2, Round 6 - Sports - Current Coaches/Managers We'll name a professional sports team; you must name the team's current head coach (or manager, whatever the title is in the particular sport -- the person responsible for on-field play, not the one responsible for signing players). If any answers have changed since the original game, you must give the new answers. 1. New York Yankees. 2. Boston Red Sox. 3. Ottawa Senators. 4. Montreal Canadiens. 5. Pittsburgh Steelers. 6. New England Patriots. 7. San Antonio Spurs. 8. Cleveland Cavaliers. 9. Chelsea Football Club. 10. Manchester United. -- Mark Brader "Now, let's assume the correct answer will Toronto eventually be written on this board at the msb@vex.net coordinates (x,y)..." --Randall Munroe My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Mar 06 12:36PM Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Biology of the Domestic Cat > 1. Cats are most active during the periods of dawn and dusk. > What is this behavior known as? Crepuscular > what is the Guinness world record for heaviest cat? (Note: > Guinness no longer monitors this category to prevent animal > abuse.) 26kg (Do lions count?) > known as? > 4. Some cats are born with more than the usual number of toes. > What is this condition known as? Polydactylism > 7. Cats are unable to produce an essential amino acid on their > own and must include it in their diet. This amino acid is also > an ingredient in many energy drinks. Name it. Taurine > 8. Cats have the ability to consistently land on their feet after > a fall. What is this reflexive behavior known as? Butteredtoastism > 4. Montreal Canadiens. > 5. Pittsburgh Steelers. > 6. New England Patriots. Bill Belichek > 7. San Antonio Spurs. > 8. Cleveland Cavaliers. > 9. Chelsea Football Club. Antonio Conte > 10. Manchester United. Jose Mourinho Peter Smyth |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 06 01:25PM > * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Biology of the Domestic Cat > 1. Cats are most active during the periods of dawn and dusk. > What is this behavior known as? crepuscular > what is the Guinness world record for heaviest cat? (Note: > Guinness no longer monitors this category to prevent animal > abuse.) 15 kg > 3. Cats normally have five claws on their front paws. The fifth > claw grows on the inside of the leg. What is the fifth claw > known as? dewclaw > 4. Some cats are born with more than the usual number of toes. > What is this condition known as? polydactyly > 5. Some cats have eyes where one iris is a different color from > the other. What is this condition known as? hematochromia > 6. Cats have minimal ability to sweat. Where are their few sweat > glands primarily located? feet > infected cat feces. Normally, infection causes no obvious > symptoms, but the disease is dangerous if you have a weakened > immune system. What is the disease? toxoplasmosis > 10. Cats have excellent hearing, and can detect sounds above > 20 kHz in frequency. What term is used to describe sound waves > at those frequencies? infrasonic > * Game 2, Round 6 - Sports - Current Coaches/Managers > 6. New England Patriots. Belichik -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 06 03:09PM +0100 > 9. Chelsea Football Club. Antonio Conte > 10. Manchester United. José Mourinho |
| Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Mar 06 03:31PM On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 06:10:43 -0600, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Biology of the Domestic Cat > 1. Cats are most active during the periods of dawn and dusk. > What is this behavior known as? Crepuscular > much heavier. Within 1 kg and rounded to the nearest kilogram, > what is the Guinness world record for heaviest cat? (Note: Guinness > no longer monitors this category to prevent animal abuse.) 15 kg > 3. Cats normally have five claws on their front paws. The fifth > claw grows on the inside of the leg. What is the fifth claw known > as? dew claw > 4. Some cats are born with more than the usual number of toes. > What is this condition known as? polydactyl > 5. Some cats have eyes where one iris is a different color from > the other. What is this condition known as? heterochromic > 6. Cats have minimal ability to sweat. Where are their few sweat > glands primarily located? pads of their feet > 7. Cats are unable to produce an essential amino acid on their > own and must include it in their diet. This amino acid is also an > ingredient in many energy drinks. Name it. Arginine > infected cat feces. Normally, infection causes no obvious symptoms, > but the disease is dangerous if you have a weakened immune system. > What is the disease? toxoplasmosis > 4. Montreal Canadiens. > 5. Pittsburgh Steelers. > 6. New England Patriots. Bill Belichik |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Mar 06 10:29AM -0600 In article <pPydnecMK4zeGAPHnZ2dnUU7-XXNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Biology of the Domestic Cat > 1. Cats are most active during the periods of dawn and dusk. > What is this behavior known as? nocturnal > what is the Guinness world record for heaviest cat? (Note: > Guinness no longer monitors this category to prevent animal > abuse.) 14 > 3. Cats normally have five claws on their front paws. The fifth > claw grows on the inside of the leg. What is the fifth claw > known as? dew claw > 4. Some cats are born with more than the usual number of toes. > What is this condition known as? polydactylism > the other. What is this condition known as? > 6. Cats have minimal ability to sweat. Where are their few sweat > glands primarily located? paws > 10. Cats have excellent hearing, and can detect sounds above > 20 kHz in frequency. What term is used to describe sound waves > at those frequencies? ultrasonic > not the one responsible for signing players). If any answers have > changed since the original game, you must give the new answers. > 1. New York Yankees. Aaron freaking Boone > 2. Boston Red Sox. Alex Cora > 3. Ottawa Senators. > 4. Montreal Canadiens. > 5. Pittsburgh Steelers. Mike Tomlin > 6. New England Patriots. Bill Belichick > 7. San Antonio Spurs. Greg Popovich -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 07 06:22AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:pPydnecMK4zeGAPHnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 2, Round 4 - Science - Biology of the Domestic Cat > 1. Cats are most active during the periods of dawn and dusk. > What is this behavior known as? crepuscular > what is the Guinness world record for heaviest cat? (Note: > Guinness no longer monitors this category to prevent animal > abuse.) 20 kg > 3. Cats normally have five claws on their front paws. The fifth > claw grows on the inside of the leg. What is the fifth claw > known as? dewclaw > 4. Some cats are born with more than the usual number of toes. > What is this condition known as? polydactyly > infected cat feces. Normally, infection causes no obvious > symptoms, but the disease is dangerous if you have a weakened > immune system. What is the disease? toxoplasmosis > not the one responsible for signing players). If any answers have > changed since the original game, you must give the new answers. > 6. New England Patriots. Bill Belichick -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 05 07:10PM -0800 Peter Smyth wrote: > In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be who scored on the hardest questions, and the second tiebreaker will be who posted first. > You have until 2359 GMT, 9th March, to enter. > 1. In what year did the first Winter Olympics take place? 1924 > 2. Which country led the medal table in the 2018 Winter Olympics with 39 medals, 14 of them gold? Norway > 3. What is the only Winter Olympic sport which is not currently open to female athletes? > 4. Noriaki Kasai of Japan took part in a record 8th Winter Olympics, in which sport? curling > 5. In which city will the 2022 Winter Olympics be held? Beijing > In which Winter Olympic sports might you use the following terms? > 6. Salchow figure skating > 7. Hammer curling > 8. Goofy > 9. Telemark ski jumping -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 06 06:09AM -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*)". Sorry about the delay in posting this. > * Game 2, Round 2 - History - The Philippines > 1. In 1521, what explorer claimed the Philippine Islands for the > Spanish crown? Ferdinand Magellan. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 2. For over two centuries the Philippines were administered as > part of which Spanish colony? New Spain (accepting Mexico). 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete. > 3. General MacArthur left the Philippines in May 1942 promising > to return. What was the name of the island, off Manila, that > he retreated from? Corregidor. 4 for Pete, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > 100 km north? The march was characterized by severe physical > abuse and wanton killings, and was later judged by an Allied > military commission to be a Japanese war crime. Bataan Death March. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > 5. What is the name of the revolution that overthrew President > Ferdinand Marcos in 1986? People Power Revolution, Yellow Revolution, or EDSA (Epifanio de los Santos Av.) Revolution. 4 for Joshua. > 6. Who was the first woman to become the president of the > Philippines? She assumed power after the <answer 5>, her > senator husband having been assassinated 3 years earlier. Corazon Aquino. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > 7. Apart from Vatican City, the Philippines is the only country > in the world not to have passed laws allowing this, and therefore > this act is not permitted. What act? Divorce. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > 8. In office since 2016, who is the current president of the > Philippines? Rodrigo Duterte. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 3 for Erland. > 9. This volcano in the Philippines was dormant for centuries until > 1991, when it produced the second-largest volcanic eruption of > the 20th century. Name the volcano. Mt. Pinatubo. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Joshua, Pete, and Marc. > a senate seat, and won. In 2016, she was re-elected to her > third and final term as Congresswoman. *What province* is > the district she represents located in? Ilocos Norte. > tell us which number it is on the map: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-3/afr.pdf > 1. Djibouti. #13. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Peter, Erland, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Marc. > 2. Sierra Leone. #9. 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, and Marc. 3 for Dan Blum, Peter, and Joshua. 2 for Pete. > 3. The Gambia. #7. 4 for everyone. > 4. Malawi. #18. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Erland, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 5. Lesotho ("L'SOO-too"). #20. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Marc. 2 for Peter and Pete. > 6. Benin ("B'NEEN"). #12. 3 for Dan Blum and Pete. 2 for Peter and Joshua. > 7. Tunisia. #2. 4 for everyone. > 8. Comoros. #17. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Marc. 3 for Peter. > 9. Guinea. #8. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Peter. > 10. Burundi. #16. 4 for Peter and Erland. 3 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 2 for Pete. > And if you're like to identify the other places for fun, but for > no points, please decode the rot13: > 11. Swaziland. #19. Erland, Joshua, and Pete got this. > 12. Liberia. #10. Erland, Joshua, and Pete got this. > 13. Cape (or Cabo) Verde. #5. Erland and Joshua got this. > 14. Togo. #11. Pete got this. > 15. Morocco. #1. Erland, Joshua, and Pete got this. > 16. Mauritius. #21. Erland, Joshua, and Pete got this. > 17. Senegal. #6. Joshua got this. > 18. Rwanda. #15. Joshua got this. > 19. Gabon. #14. Joshua got this. > 20. Which number is only a geophysical entity, not any sort of > political unit, and what is it? #3, Sinai Peninsula. Joshua got this. > 21. Which other number is not a country, what is its current name > in English, and which country controls it (or most of it anyway)? #4, Western Sahara, Morocco. Joshua got this. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Geo Joshua Kreitzer 32 36 68 Dan Blum 24 33 57 Dan Tilque 24 32 56 Pete Gayde 22 33 55 Marc Dashevsky 20 24 44 Peter Smyth 12 32 44 Erland Sommarskog 7 36 43 -- Mark Brader | "...where did they get the sunlight in such a hurry? I know msb@vex.net | it can be delivered in about eight minutes, but there must Toronto | be lots of paperwork involved." -- Michael Wares My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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