Saturday, May 12, 2018

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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 11 10:22PM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-03-05,
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 7, Round 9 Canadiana: Toronto film locations
 
Identify these places in Toronto that were used to film movies.
 
1. What well-known building on the University of Toronto campus was
used in "Mean Girls" for the Mathletes' championship where Cady,
played by Lindsay Lohan, won the game for her team?
 
2. What building near King and University hosted a key meeting
between Professor Charles Xavier and Magneto in "X-Men" to
discuss the future of human- and mutant-kind?
 
3. In "It" (2017), what famous heart-dropping ride at Centreville
featured in the family's slide show?
 
4. In "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World", Scott fights Lucas Lee, one
of his girlfriend's evil ex-boyfriends who is filming a movie
at what Toronto location that is popular for weddings?
 
5. In "A Christmas Story", Toronto is disguised as the fictional
US town of Hohman, Indiana. When the Parker family's Oldsmobile
gets a flat tire, Ralphie Parker's Old Man steps out onto a
bridge and famously drops the F-bomb. On what street in the
port lands is this bridge actually located?
 
6. In "Police Academy", what bar and music venue near Spadina and
College provided the all-important backdrop to a classic scene
at the fictional Blue Oyster bar?
 
7. In "Cocktail", when Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown's characters
dream of opening a bar of their own, the pair are working at the
fictional Cell Block bar. In one scene, Tom Cruise gets up on
the light-up bar to recite a poem to a bunch of trendy drinkers.
What building's interior, now lovingly restored as part of the
Bridgepoint Health complex, was the set for the Cell Block bar?
 
8. In "Suicide Squad", what famous Toronto street appears in
numerous fight scenes, with glimpses of the Zanzibar and an
Elephant & Castle visible in the background?
 
9. In "The Shape of Water", Elisa lives in a cluttered apartment
above a theater. The exterior of the Toronto theater is
recognizable from its distinctive red doors, but its neighbor,
the Eaton Centre, has been digitally removed. What theater
is it?
 
10. "American Psycho"'s creepy business-card scene was filmed
in what real-life office complex, which was designed by Mies
van der Rohe?
 
 
** Game 7, Round 10 - The Queen's Challenge Round
 
* A. Science - Queen Bee
 
A1. A queen bee can only develop from a larva by being fed a
special diet. All bee larvae receive some of this food,
but a queen larva is fed it exclusively. What is this
food called?
 
A2. The queen bee controls much of the behavior of the hive by
emitting a variety of chemicals. This class of chemicals
are also used for behavioral signaling in other species
as well. What are they called?
 
 
* B. Entertainment - Queen B
 
B1. Beyoncé began her solo career before the dissolution of
Destiny's Child. Her first solo album was released in 2003.
What was it called?
 
B2. As a solo artist and member of Destiny's Child, Beyoncé is
the most nominated woman in Grammy Award history with a
total of 62 nominations. Within 1, how many has she *won*?
 
 
* C. Literature - Ellery Queen
 
C1. "Ellery Queen" served as a joint pseudonym for two cousins,
as well as the name of the primary detective-hero they
created. During the 1930s and much of the 1940s, that hero
was possibly the best-known American fictional detective.
Name *either* of the two writers.
 
C2. Several other authors wrote books as "Ellery Queen" as
well, which were edited by the two cousins. "The Four
Johns", "The Madman Theory", and "A Room to Die In"
were written by an award-winning science-fiction author.
Under his own name, he wrote the "Dying Earth" series,
"Araminta Station", the "Lyonesse" trilogy, and "The Dragon
Masters". He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall
of Fame in 2001. Name this author.
 
 
* D. Geography - The Queen's Residences
 
D1. This castle in the Cairngorms is privately owned by the
queen, not Crown property. It is one of her official
residences in Scotland. It is also home to the Royal
Lochnagar Distillery. She it typically visits it during
August and September. Name the castle.
 
D2. What is the Queen's official residence in Ottawa?
 
 
* E. History - Queen's Money
 
E1. To date there have been four different obverse portraits
of the Queen used on Canadian coinage. The first two of the
Queen's portraits were designed by the British Royal Mint,
and were similar to those used on other Commonwealth coinage.
The two later portraits were designed by Canadian artists
and are unique to Canadian coinage. Dora de Pedery-Hunt
did the first Canadian designed portrait. In what *year*
was it first used, within 2?
 
E2. In what year, exactly, did the first of the new plastic
Canadian bills -- or "polymer bank notes", as the Bank of
Canada would have it -- begin circulating?
 
 
* F. Canadiana - Queen's University
 
F1. Queen's University at Kingston was founded via royal charter
by Queen Victoria. Within 5, in what year was this?
 
F2. That charter was issued by Queen Victoria to which church?
 
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Could you guys please stop agreeing?
msb@vex.net | It's wearing me out." --Bob Lieblich
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 12 04:12AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:pMadneHrpadzwGvHnZ2dnUU7-
 
> ** Game 7, Round 9 Canadiana: Toronto film locations
 
> Identify these places in Toronto that were used to film movies.
 
Sorry!

> special diet. All bee larvae receive some of this food,
> but a queen larva is fed it exclusively. What is this
> food called?
 
royal jelly
 
> emitting a variety of chemicals. This class of chemicals
> are also used for behavioral signaling in other species
> as well. What are they called?
 
pheromones

 
> B1. Beyoncé began her solo career before the dissolution of
> Destiny's Child. Her first solo album was released in 2003.
> What was it called?
 
"The Writing's on the Wall" (?)

> B2. As a solo artist and member of Destiny's Child, Beyoncé is
> the most nominated woman in Grammy Award history with a
> total of 62 nominations. Within 1, how many has she *won*?
 
14; 17

> * D. Geography - The Queen's Residences

> D2. What is the Queen's official residence in Ottawa?
 
Rideau Hall

> and are unique to Canadian coinage. Dora de Pedery-Hunt
> did the first Canadian designed portrait. In what *year*
> was it first used, within 2?
 
1976; 1981
 
> E2. In what year, exactly, did the first of the new plastic
> Canadian bills -- or "polymer bank notes", as the Bank of
> Canada would have it -- begin circulating?
 
2010

> * F. Canadiana - Queen's University
 
> F1. Queen's University at Kingston was founded via royal charter
> by Queen Victoria. Within 5, in what year was this?
 
1870; 1881

> F2. That charter was issued by Queen Victoria to which church?
 
Anglican Church of Canada
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 12 12:49AM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
> special diet. All bee larvae receive some of this food,
> but a queen larva is fed it exclusively. What is this
> food called?
 
royal jelly
 
> emitting a variety of chemicals. This class of chemicals
> are also used for behavioral signaling in other species
> as well. What are they called?
 
pheromones
 
> "Araminta Station", the "Lyonesse" trilogy, and "The Dragon
> Masters". He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall
> of Fame in 2001. Name this author.
 
Jack Vance
 
> residences in Scotland. It is also home to the Royal
> Lochnagar Distillery. She it typically visits it during
> August and September. Name the castle.
 
Balmoral
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: May 12 08:27AM

Mark Brader wrote:

> special diet. All bee larvae receive some of this food,
> but a queen larva is fed it exclusively. What is this
> food called?
Royal Jelly
> emitting a variety of chemicals. This class of chemicals
> are also used for behavioral signaling in other species
> as well. What are they called?
Pheromones
 
> B2. As a solo artist and member of Destiny's Child, Beyoncé is
> the most nominated woman in Grammy Award history with a
> total of 62 nominations. Within 1, how many has she won?
17, 20
> residences in Scotland. It is also home to the Royal
> Lochnagar Distillery. She it typically visits it during
> August and September. Name the castle.
Balmoral
 
> F1. Queen's University at Kingston was founded via royal charter
> by Queen Victoria. Within 5, in what year was this?
 
> F2. That charter was issued by Queen Victoria to which church?
 
 
Peter Smyth
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 12 12:40AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> were only 10 entrants, it wasn't used. But as long as I have it ready
> to go, I'd like to offer it to anyone who entered MSBKO7 to answer.
> ... "for fun, but for no points", as I say in QFTCI.
...
> given in the indicated source as if they were exact, so the areas given
> in one unit will not be exactly equal to those in another. Of course
> I do not expect this issue to matter in practice.)
 
Kentucky 102,269
Virginia 102,279
Answer is 0.9999022
 
Joshua Kreitzer 0.7 /1.428431714
Dan Blum 0.8 /1.249877750
Pete Gayde .9 /1.111002444
Erland Sommarskog 0.92 /1.0868502174
Dan Tilque .93 /1.0751636559
Stephen Perry 94.456789% /1.0585816124
Bruce Bowler 0.97 /1.0308270103
 
** CORRECT ** 0.9999022
 
Peter Smyth 1.00 *1.0000978096
 
Joshua Kreitzer is eaten by the bear, and it's "very well done"
to Peter Smyth!
 
 
Before writing this question I decided to use the two states whose
land areas are most similar, but I didn't know which ones those were
or how close they were. I was rather stunned when I saw the numbers.
 
Whereas some states of the US were deliberately planned to be similar
in area before they were admitted (for example, North and South
Dakota) this certainly was not the case for Kentucky and Virginia.
It was an accident of history: after Virginia declared its secession
from the US during the Civil War, those counties of Virginia where
people were still loyal to the US were split off (in a process of
dubious legality) and admitted to the US as the new state of West
Virginia. This cost Virginia about 3/8 of its land area -- and just
happened to produce the magnificent statistical coincidence seen here.
 
As I noted when asking the question, if I had asked for land areas
in square miles, the rounding in the source would have produced a
slightly different answer. The areas would have been given as 39,486
and 39,490 sq.mi. respectively, for a nominal answer of 0.9998987.
 
 
By the way, if I had asked for total area instead of land area, the
answer would have been significantly different: according to the same
source, Kentucky is 104,656 km² and Virginia is 110,787, so the ratio
would have been 0.9446596. Tennessee's total area of 109,153 km²
actually comes in between the two. The two closest states by ratio
of total areas are Alabama and Louisiana at 135,767 and 135,659 km²
respectively; the ratio of the smaller to the larger is 0.9992045.
 
 
Thank you all for playing.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "This one isn't close. It's not even close to
msb@vex.net | being close." --Adam Beneschan
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 12 12:41AM -0500

Apologies if you see this twice.
 
Mark Brader:
> were only 10 entrants, it wasn't used. But as long as I have it ready
> to go, I'd like to offer it to anyone who entered MSBKO7 to answer.
> ... "for fun, but for no points", as I say in QFTCI.
...
> given in the indicated source as if they were exact, so the areas given
> in one unit will not be exactly equal to those in another. Of course
> I do not expect this issue to matter in practice.)
 
Kentucky 102,269
Virginia 102,279
Answer is 0.9999022
 
Joshua Kreitzer 0.7 /1.428431714
Dan Blum 0.8 /1.249877750
Pete Gayde .9 /1.111002444
Erland Sommarskog 0.92 /1.0868502174
Dan Tilque .93 /1.0751636559
Stephen Perry 94.456789% /1.0585816124
Bruce Bowler 0.97 /1.0308270103
 
** CORRECT ** 0.9999022
 
Peter Smyth 1.00 *1.0000978096
 
Joshua Kreitzer is eaten by the bear, and it's "very well done"
to Peter Smyth!
 
 
Before writing this question I decided to use the two states whose
land areas are most similar, but I didn't know which ones those were
or how close they were. I was rather stunned when I saw the numbers.
 
Whereas some states of the US were deliberately planned to be similar
in area before they were admitted (for example, North and South
Dakota) this certainly was not the case for Kentucky and Virginia.
It was an accident of history: after Virginia declared its secession
from the US during the Civil War, those counties of Virginia where
people were still loyal to the US were split off (in a process of
dubious legality) and admitted to the US as the new state of West
Virginia. This cost Virginia about 3/8 of its land area -- and just
happened to produce the magnificent statistical coincidence seen here.
 
As I noted when asking the question, if I had asked for land areas
in square miles, the rounding in the source would have produced a
slightly different answer. The areas would have been given as 39,486
and 39,490 sq.mi. respectively, for a nominal answer of 0.9998987.
 
 
By the way, if I had asked for total area instead of land area, the
answer would have been significantly different: according to the same
source, Kentucky is 104,656 km² and Virginia is 110,787, so the ratio
would have been 0.9446596. Tennessee's total area of 109,153 km²
actually comes in between the two. The two closest states by ratio
of total areas are Alabama and Louisiana at 135,767 and 135,659 km²
respectively; the ratio of the smaller to the larger is 0.9992045.
 
 
Thank you all for playing.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "This one isn't close. It's not even close to
msb@vex.net | being close." --Adam Beneschan
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: May 11 03:04PM -0700

On Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 10:56:08 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> title*.
 
> 1. "Bullet the Blue Sky"; "With or Without You";
> "Where the Streets Have No Name".
"The Joshua Tree"
> 2. "Time"; "Us and Them"; "Money".
"Dark Side of the Moon"
> 3. "You Oughta Know"; "Hand in My Pocket"; "Ironic".
"Jagged Little Pill"
> 4. "Subterranean Homesick Alien"; "Paranoid Android";
> "Karma Police".
"OK Computer"
> 5. "Working Day and Night"; "Rock With You";
> "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough".
"Off The Wall"
> 6. "Welcome to the Jungle"; "Paradise City"; "Sweet Child o' Mine".
"Appetite For Destruction"
> 7. "With A Little Help from My Friends";
> "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"; "A Day In the Life".
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
> 8. "Sloop John B"; "God Only Knows"; "Wouldn't It Be Nice".
"Pet Sounds"
> 9. "Just The Way You Are"; "Scenes from An Italian Restaurant";
> "Only the Good Die Young".
"The Stranger"
> 10. "You Can Call Me Al"; "The Boy in the Bubble";
> "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes".
"Graceland"
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 11 10:18PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> title*.
 
> 1. "Bullet the Blue Sky"; "With or Without You";
> "Where the Streets Have No Name".
 
"The Joshua Tree" by U-2. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Pete,
Erland, Gareth, Calvin, and Jason.
 
> 2. "Time"; "Us and Them"; "Money".
 
"Dark Side of The Moon" by Pink Floyd. 4 for Joshua, Peter, Pete,
Bruce, Erland, Gareth, Dan Tilque, and Jason.
 
> 3. "You Oughta Know"; "Hand in My Pocket"; "Ironic".
 
"Jagged Little Pill" by Alanis Morissette. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua,
Peter, Gareth, Calvin, and Jason.
 
> 4. "Subterranean Homesick Alien"; "Paranoid Android";
> "Karma Police".
 
"OK Computer" by Radiohead. 4 for Peter, Gareth, and Jason.
 
> 5. "Working Day and Night"; "Rock With You";
> "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough".
 
"Off the Wall" by Michael Jackson. 4 for Joshua, Gareth, and Jason.
 
> 6. "Welcome to the Jungle"; "Paradise City"; "Sweet Child o' Mine".
 
"Appetite for Destruction" by Guns N' Roses. 4 for Joshua, Gareth,
Calvin, and Jason.
 
> 7. "With A Little Help from My Friends";
> "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"; "A Day In the Life".
 
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by the Beatles. 4 for
Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Pete, Bruce, Erland, Gareth, Dan Tilque,
and Jason. 3 for Calvin.
 
> 8. "Sloop John B"; "God Only Knows"; "Wouldn't It Be Nice".
 
"Pet Sounds" by the Beach Boys. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter,
Pete, Erland, Gareth, Calvin, and Jason.
 
> 9. "Just The Way You Are"; "Scenes from An Italian Restaurant";
> "Only the Good Die Young".
 
"The Stranger" by Billy Joel. 4 for Joshua, Calvin, and Jason.
 
> 10. "You Can Call Me Al"; "The Boy in the Bubble";
> "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes".
 
"Graceland" by Paul Simon. I accepted "Gracelands". 4 for Dan Blum,
Joshua, Bruce, Gareth, Calvin, and Jason.
 
 
 
> I have rearranged the questions in order of the photos. There were
> 2 decoys, which are interspersed with the others; you may answer
> the decoys if you wish for fun, but for no points.
 
Nobody got these.
 
> In each case just name the *present-day country* where the walled
> city is located. (Or if you want to show off, name the city *and*
> country.)
 
For your convenience I'm showing the city as well as the country in
the answers. Only one entrant successfully named the city, and then
only once -- Erland on #7.
 
This was the hardest round in the original game.
 
> 1. [A] (decoy)
 
Pingyao, China.
 
> 2. [B] This city boasts 87 towers and a sentry path along its
> ramparts. It's also notable for having an intact exterior wall,
> unlike most walled cities, which suffer from breaks or damage.
 
Avila, Spain. 4 for Pete.
 
> the current fortress built in the 15th century, this is one of
> the oldest and best-preserved walled cities in Eastern Europe.
> It is known as the birthplace of its country.
 
Veliky Novgorod, Russia.
 
> by ramparts. Sometimes called "Little Marrakesh", the city's
> famous red-mud walls hide a lively souq and market scene with
> views of the snowy High Atlas Mountains beyond.
 
Taroudant, Morocco. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Erland, Dan Tilque,
and Calvin.
 
> nicknamed the "Golden City" after its characteristic sandy hue.
> Over 5,000 people still live and work inside its walls, making
> this remote destination worth the trek.
 
Jaisalmer, India. 4 for Dan Tilque.
 
> just under 300. According to tradition it was here that in
> 60 AD the Apostle St. Paul is said to have lived after being
> shipwrecked on the Islands.
 
Mdina, Malta. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.
 
> World Heritage Site managed to survive a major earthquake in
> 1667 and the armed conflict of the 1990s. Take a walk along
> the well-preserved city walls and enjoy the gorgeous ocean views.
 
Dubrovnik, Croatia. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Erland
(who also knew the city), and Dan Tilque.
 
> city used sun-dried mud brick walls to create a walled fortress.
> According to UNESCO, this is one of the oldest and best examples
> of urban planning based on vertical construction.
 
Shibam, Yemen.
 
> 9. [I] According to UNESCO, the 32-foot-high brick walls protect
> the inner town of the old Khiva oasis, the last resting-place
> of caravans before crossing the desert to Iran.
 
Itchan Kala, Uzbekistan. 4 for Erland.
 
> With stone fortifications, the city has 14 tower houses built
> between the 11th and 13th centuries as power symbols of wealthy
> merchant families.
 
San Gimignano, Italy. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Erland.
 
> 11. [K] (decoy)
 
Znojmo, Czechia.
 
> thanks to the restoration campaign of one of the founders of
> the modern science of conservation, and is designated as a
> UNESCO Heritage Site.
 
Carcassonne, France -- as you will remember from RQ 289.
4 for Erland. 3 for Pete. 2 for Dan Blum.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo Sci Ent His Art Geo FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 24 27 36 32 36 8 131
Pete Gayde 40 24 28 28 16 19 120
Dan Blum 12 36 28 32 20 18 116
"Calvin" 0 22 23 27 27 8 99
Jason Kreitzer 8 0 24 24 40 0 96
Peter Smyth 8 12 20 16 24 0 72
Bruce Bowler 0 24 16 20 12 0 72
Erland Sommarskog 0 23 0 11 16 20 70
Dan Tilque 8 12 8 28 8 16 64
Gareth Owen -- -- -- -- 36 0 36
 
--
Mark Brader | "I've just checked my dictionary, though, and it does
msb@vex.net | not agree with me, which just goes to show how wrong
Toronto | dictionaries can be." --Gary Williams
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: May 11 06:13PM +0100


> 1 The Strait of Magellan primarily runs through which country?
 
No idea -- Argentina??
 
> 2 Michael Keaton played the title role in which Oscar-winning 2014
> film?
 
Birdman: Or The Something Something Something of Something
 
> 3 Who starred Roger Vadim's 1956 film 'And God Created Woman'?
 
Brigette Bardot
 
> 4 Which nation's police force is known as the Garda Síochána?
 
Ireland
 
> 5 Which gas makes up over 70% of natural gas?
 
Methane
 
> 6 Which author's novels included 'Hollywood Wives' (1983) and 'Poor
> Little Bitch Girl' (2009)?
 
Jackie Collins
 
> 7 Which term describes a plant crossed from different species?
 
Hybrid
 
> 8 Who starred in 'Dial M For Murder', 'Rear Window' and 'High
> Society'?
 
Grace Kelly
 
> 9 According to the Bible, who lived to age of 969?
 
Metheuselah (sp?)
 
> 10 A person with the surname Singh is most likely to be a follower of
> which faith?
 
Sikhism
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 11 11:11PM

Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in
 
> 1 The Strait of Magellan primarily runs through which country?
 
Argentina
 
> 2 Michael Keaton played the title role in which Oscar-winning 2014
> film?
 
Birdman
 
> 3 Who starred Roger Vadim's 1956 film 'And God Created Woman'?
 
Brigitte Bardot
 
> 4 Which nation's police force is known as the Garda
> Síochána?
 
San Marino
 
> 5 Which gas makes up over 70% of natural gas?
 
Methane
 
> 6 Which author's novels included 'Hollywood Wives' (1983) and
> 'Poor Little Bitch Girl' (2009)?
 
Jacqueline Susan
 
> 7 Which term describes a plant crossed from different species?
 
Hybrid
 
> 8 Who starred in 'Dial M For
> Murder', 'Rear Window' and 'High Society'?
 
Grace Kelly
 
> 9 According to the Bible, who lived to age of 969?
 
Methusalah
 
> 10 A person with the surname
> Singh is most likely to be a follower of which faith?
 
Hindu
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
Pete Gayde
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