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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 01 12:24AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-03-19, 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*)". We had rounds 2, 4, and 5 in the previous set. So now it's time for -- International Women's Day! (Which, you'll remember, was on March 8.) * Game 9, Round 3 - Entertainment - TV Moms While they may be fictional characters, here's a round on some well-known women -- TV mothers. We'll give you a brief description, and in each case, you give us the TV character's *first name*. 1. This working lawyer mother was strong, loving and warm, as well as the caring disciplinarian for her five children. She is depicted as a hardworking career woman with strong feminist principles. One particularly memorable interaction, dubbed her "feminist rant" by the media, has become so popular that the scene continues to be heavily circulated on the Internet and social media, 30 years after its initial appearance. Remember, give the character's first name. 2. This petite, mature mother of three (though only one is a main character in the show) is best known for her wisecracks, put-downs and brazen remarks. She often comments on her daughter's lack of love life and the promiscuity and the stupidity of her daughter's two friends. 3. This mother of two, with loud heels, is not exactly doting. In fact, she would much rather sit in front of the television and watch her shows, eat bon-bons, go shopping -- for herself of course -- as opposed to cooking, cleaning, or helping her kids. 4. This mother of at least two is part of a classic 50s couple. She quit her secretarial job to become a stay-at-home mother to her kids, and a sort of surrogate mother to a cool character who she alone refers to as Arthur. 5. It's hard to be a normal suburban housewife when your only child can make ponies appear out of thin air and your mother shows up unannounced in your living room, often at the most awkward of times. 6. This mother of three is currently a full-time-mom and spends most of the working day caring for her youngest child who has matricidal tendencies. She sometimes teaches piano on the side to supplement the family income. In addition to her husband and kids, her home is shared with an anthropomorphic family dog. 7. This blue-collar mother of three (with a 4th child added late in the series) is a bossy, loud, caustic, and dominant woman who constantly tries to control the lives of those around her - including her husband and sister. Despite her domineering nature, however, she is a loving mother who works hard and makes as much time for her kids as possible. The actor's real-life brother and sister are gay, which inspired her to push for introducing gay characters and issues into the show. 8. This mother of three attempts to overcome poverty living in a high-rise project building in Chicago. The actress playing her fought hard for a father figure and husband to be added to the show, and to have more relevant themes and scripts. She was unhappy when the success of her character's son and his signature catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!" took the show in a frivolous direction and so she quit. She returned, however, for the final season of the series. 9. This mother of two, with her with extremely pale skin and long flowing straight black hair, seems genuinely distressed by all things wholesome and saccharine and loves all things dark and spooky -- but she also puts the welfare of her family above everything else and would go to any lengths to make them happy. 10. Nurturing but enabling, this mother of two has a very recognizable laugh whenever she is nervous about anything (which is often), a fondness for square dancing, and an even greater fondness for liquor of almost all kinds (wine, kahlua, bourbon, mai tais, margaritas...). She puts her family first and tries to smooth over the many conflicts within her household and among her son's group of pot-smoking friends, although her efforts often fail. * Game 9, Round 6 - History - Pioneering Women Moving from fiction to real life, here is a round on pioneering women in various fields. 1. Who was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, which was for physics, in 1903? 2. Who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for a novel, which she won in 1921 for "The Age of Innocence"? 3. Who was the first female member of the US Supreme Court? 4. Who was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director? 5. Name the English chemist who made contributions to the under- standing of the molecular structures of DNA and RNA. Many people have asserted that she should have been awarded a share of the Nobel Prize actually won by James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins, but the prizes are not awarded posthumously. 6. Who was the first woman to win an IndyCar race? 7. Who was the first woman to be managing director or head of the International Monetary Fund? She was a French lawyer and politician previously. 8. Name the woman who wrote "Silent Spring" and is considered the founder of today's environmental movement. 9. Name the woman who did the math that launched the manned Mercury mission into orbit and calculated the flight path for the Apollo 11 mission. She was played by Taraji P. Henson in the recent film "Hidden Figures". In 2016, NASA named a Computational Research Facility in Hampton VA in her honor. 10. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983. What Russian became the *first* woman in space in 1963? -- Mark Brader | "I don't want to say they're unsafe, Toronto | but they're dangerous." msb@vex.net | --former US transportation sec'y Ray Lahood My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 01 06:19AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:APednaMbPtwCRY3GnZ2dnUU7- > scene continues to be heavily circulated on the Internet and > social media, 30 years after its initial appearance. Remember, > give the character's first name. Clair (?) > put-downs and brazen remarks. She often comments on her > daughter's lack of love life and the promiscuity and the > stupidity of her daughter's two friends. Sophia > In fact, she would much rather sit in front of the television > and watch her shows, eat bon-bons, go shopping -- for herself of > course -- as opposed to cooking, cleaning, or helping her kids. Peg > She quit her secretarial job to become a stay-at-home mother > to her kids, and a sort of surrogate mother to a cool character > who she alone refers to as Arthur. Marion (?) > matricidal tendencies. She sometimes teaches piano on the side > to supplement the family income. In addition to her husband > and kids, her home is shared with an anthropomorphic family dog. Lois > makes as much time for her kids as possible. The actor's > real-life brother and sister are gay, which inspired her to > push for introducing gay characters and issues into the show. Roseanne > his signature catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!" took the show in a > frivolous direction and so she quit. She returned, however, > for the final season of the series. Florida > all things wholesome and saccharine and loves all things dark > and spooky -- but she also puts the welfare of her family above > everything else and would go to any lengths to make them happy. Morticia > women in various fields. > 1. Who was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, which was > for physics, in 1903? Marie Curie > 2. Who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for a novel, > which she won in 1921 for "The Age of Innocence"? Edith Wharton > 3. Who was the first female member of the US Supreme Court? Sandra Day O'Connor > 4. Who was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best > Director? Kathryn Bigelow > have asserted that she should have been awarded a share of > the Nobel Prize actually won by James Watson, Francis Crick, > and Maurice Wilkins, but the prizes are not awarded posthumously. Rosalind Franklin > 6. Who was the first woman to win an IndyCar race? Danica Patrick > 8. Name the woman who wrote "Silent Spring" and is considered the > founder of today's environmental movement. Rachel Carson > 10. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983. > What Russian became the *first* woman in space in 1963? Valentina Tereshkova -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 31 07:55PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:vdGdnaJrwYrqS5HGnZ2dnUU7- > For questions #1-4, we name the artist and you give the letter of > the image. > 1. Alfred Sisley. A; G > 2. Gustave Caillebotte. M > 3. Mary Cassatt. A; J > 4. Berthe Morisot. D; H > in order by letter, and interspersed the 2 decoys with the others; > answer for the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points. > 5. O. Renoir > 6. P. Monet > 7. Q (qrpbl) > 8. S. Seurat > 9. T. Cezanne > 10. U. > 11. X. Van Gogh > the city was the capital. If the name of the city has changed, > you can use either its name at the time or its present name. > 1. Corsican Republic (1755-68). Nice; Marseille > 2. Yugoslavia (1918-92). Belgrade > 3. West Germany (1949-90). Bonn > 4. Prussia (1525-1701). Danzig > 5. Zanzibar (1963-64). Dar es Salaam > 6. Rhodesia (1965-79). Harare > 7. South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) (1954-76). Saigon > 8. Tibet (1912-51). Lhasa > 9. United Arab Republic (1958-61). Cairo > 10. Federation of South Arabia (1962-67). Aden > You name the composer. (Surnames are sufficient in all cases.) > 1. 1722, "Prelude #1 in C#, BWV 846, from "The Well-Tempered > Clavier". J. S. Bach > 2. 1783, "Rondo alla turca", sonata in A, #11, K331:III. Mozart > 3. 1801, piano Sonata #14 in C# minor, op.27 #2 "Moonlight": > 3rd movement, Presto agitato. Beethoven > 4. 1828, piano sonata in Bb major, D960, #1: Molto moderato. Schubert > 5. 1838, "Träumerei", from "Kinderszenen". Schumann > 6. 1847, waltz #7 in C# minor, op. 64 #2. Chopin > 7. Between 1842 and 1844, "Spring Song" from "Lieder Ohne Wörter", > op. 62 #6. Mendelssohn > 8. 1852, "Études d'exécution transcendante", #12: "Chasse-neige", > S139. Liszt > 9. Published 1905, "Claire de Lune". Debussy > 10. 1924, "Rhapsody in Blue". Gershwin Pete Gayde |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 31 06:16PM -0700 On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 2:26:36 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > For questions #1-4, we name the artist and you give the letter of > the image. > 1. Alfred Sisley. A, H > 2. Gustave Caillebotte. A, H > 3. Mary Cassatt. A, H > 4. Berthe Morisot. A, H > in order by letter, and interspersed the 2 decoys with the others; > answer for the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points. > 5. O. Renoir > 6. P. Monet > 7. Q (qrpbl) > 8. S. Seurat > 9. T. Manet, Gaugain > 10. U. Manet, Gaugain > 11. X. Van Gogh > you can use either its name at the time or its present name. > 1. Corsican Republic (1755-68). > 2. Yugoslavia (1918-92). Belgrade > 3. West Germany (1949-90). Bonn > 4. Prussia (1525-1701). Berlin > 5. Zanzibar (1963-64). > 6. Rhodesia (1965-79). Harare > 7. South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) (1954-76). > 8. Tibet (1912-51). Lhasa > 9. United Arab Republic (1958-61). Cairo, Damascus > 10. Federation of South Arabia (1962-67). Sana'a, Muscat > * Game 9, Round 5 - Audio - Classical Piano > Surprise! You get the audio round for this game. Thanks for going to the trouble. > 1. 1722, "Prelude #1 in C#, BWV 846, from "The Well-Tempered > Clavier". Bach > 2. 1783, "Rondo alla turca", sonata in A, #11, K331:III. Mozart > 3. 1801, piano Sonata #14 in C# minor, op.27 #2 "Moonlight": > 3rd movement, Presto agitato. Beethoven > 4. 1828, piano sonata in Bb major, D960, #1: Molto moderato. Dvorak, Hayden > 5. 1838, "Träumerei", from "Kinderszenen". Brahms, Wagner > 6. 1847, waltz #7 in C# minor, op. 64 #2. Strauss > 7. Between 1842 and 1844, "Spring Song" from "Lieder Ohne Wörter", > op. 62 #6. Wagner > 8. 1852, "Études d'exécution transcendante", #12: "Chasse-neige", > S139. Saint-Seans, Chopin > 9. Published 1905, "Claire de Lune" Debussy > 10. 1924, "Rhapsody in Blue". Gershwin cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 01 12:20AM -0500 Mark Brader: > * Game 9, Round 2 - Art - Impressionists and Post-Impressionists > Please see the 2-page handout at > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-2/impress.pdf This was the hardest round in the original game. > For questions #1-4, we name the artist and you give the letter of > the image. > 1. Alfred Sisley. A ("Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne"). 4 for Jason. 3 for Pete and Calvin. 2 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 2. Gustave Caillebotte. M ("Paris Street, Rainy Day"). 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. 3 for Joshua. > 3. Mary Cassatt. J ("Little Girl in a Blue Armchair"). 4 for Joshua. 2 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 4. Berthe Morisot. E ("Summer Day" or "The Lake in the Bois de Boulogne"). 3 for Dan Blum. > name the artist in each case. I have rearranged these questions > in order by letter, and interspersed the 2 decoys with the others; > answer for the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points. Nobody tried the decoys. > 5. B. Auguste Renoir ("Luncheon of the Boating Party"). 4 for Pete and Calvin. > 6. C. Claude Monet ("Houses of Parliament"). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Calvin. > 7. D (decoy) Edgar Degas ("The Bellelli Family"). > 8. F. Georges Seurat ("A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Calvin. > 9. G. Paul Cezanne ("Mont Sainte-Victoire"). 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 10. H. Edouard Manet ("Boating"). 3 for Dan Blum and Calvin. > 11. K. Vincent Van Gogh ("The Church at Auvers"). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Calvin. > 12. L (decoy) Camille Pissarro ("Boulevard Montmartre"). > the city was the capital. If the name of the city has changed, > you can use either its name at the time or its present name. > 1. Corsican Republic (1755-68). Ajaccio. 4 for Erland and Joshua. > 2. Yugoslavia (1918-92). Belgrade. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin. > 3. West Germany (1949-90). Bonn. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Jason, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin. Yeah, I know, West Germany is not a "country that no longer exists", but is the same country known in English today as Germany. I didn't write it, eh? > 4. Prussia (1525-1701). Königsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia. 4 for Erland. > 5. Zanzibar (1963-64). Zanzibar City. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 6. Rhodesia (1965-79). Salisbury, now Harare, Zimbabwe. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin. Rhodesia at the time was de facto an independent country but was generally not officially recognized as such. > 7. South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) (1954-76). Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 8. Tibet (1912-51). Lhasa. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin. > 9. United Arab Republic (1958-61). Cairo. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 3 for Calvin. The UAR was a short-lived union of Egypt and Syria. > 10. Federation of South Arabia (1962-67). Aden. 4 for Erland, Peter, and Pete. 3 for Joshua. As far as I can see, this federation was never an actual country, but only a British protectorate. It lasted for a few years and is now part of Yemen. > You name the composer. (Surnames are sufficient in all cases.) > 1. 1722, "Prelude #1 in C#, BWV 846, from "The Well-Tempered > Clavier". J.S. Bach. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Jason, Pete, and Calvin. > 2. 1783, "Rondo alla turca", sonata in A, #11, K331:III. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Pete, and Calvin. > 3. 1801, piano Sonata #14 in C# minor, op.27 #2 "Moonlight": > 3rd movement, Presto agitato. Ludwig van Beethoven. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Calvin. > 4. 1828, piano sonata in Bb major, D960, #1: Molto moderato. Franz Schubert. 4 for Pete. > 5. 1838, "Träumerei", from "Kinderszenen". Robert Schumann. 4 for Pete. > 6. 1847, waltz #7 in C# minor, op. 64 #2. Frédéric Chopin. 4 for Pete. > 7. Between 1842 and 1844, "Spring Song" from "Lieder Ohne Wörter", > op. 62 #6. Felix Mendelssohn. 4 for Pete. > 8. 1852, "Études d'exécution transcendante", #12: "Chasse-neige", > S139. Franz Liszt. 4 for Pete. > 9. Published 1905, "Claire de Lune". Claude Debussy. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Peter, Jason, Pete, and Calvin. > 10. 1924, "Rhapsody in Blue". George Gershwin. 4 for everyone. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 4 5 TOTALS TOPICS-> Art Geo Aud Pete Gayde 29 28 40 97 Dan Blum 30 20 20 70 Joshua Kreitzer 17 31 20 68 "Calvin" 22 19 20 61 Erland Sommarskog 0 36 20 56 Peter Smyth 0 24 20 44 Dan Tilque 0 28 8 36 Jason Kreitzer 4 8 12 24 -- Mark Brader "When a supposedly indivisible transaction Toronto fails to complete properly, this is known msb@vex.net as an atomic bomb." -- Peter Neumann My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 31 07:42PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8KidnUDxqc8nSZHGnZ2dnUU7- > Harvey Weinstein for sexual abuse, resigned last week when a > "New Yorker" story detailed accusations by four women of his > own sexual abuses. Name him. Ehrenreich > to be fired by the Raptors the next day. What was the award? > (Give its full name or describe it in enough detail to > distinguish it from other awards.) Coach of the year > sue the city where his team plays. He says police used a > stun-gun on him and beat him without provocation during an > arrest in January. Which city is he suing? Denver; Minneapolis > eight women. Which actor? > 4. This Pulitzer-prizewinning novelist, author of "American > Pastoral", died on Tuesday at age 85. Name him. Roth > branch of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had > "lost" a staggeringly large number of immigrant children placed > in homes of sponsors. Within 100, how many children? 1500 > that was added by) a previous constitutional amendment that had > recognized the "equal right to life" of the mother and the unborn. > *What number* was that previous amendment? 8 > 10. An explosion at a Mississauga restaurant sent multiple people > to hospital Thursday night. What restaurant? Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 01 12:18AM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. The first provincial-election leaders' debate took place between > last Monday between Kathleen Wynne, Doug Ford, and Andrea > Horwath. Which TV network or station hosted it? CITY. > 2. A Toronto-area Conservative candidate is accused of hiring > actors to rally as supporters outside of the debate. Name the > condidate. Meredith Cartwright (PC, Toronto Centre). > Harvey Weinstein for sexual abuse, resigned last week when a > "New Yorker" story detailed accusations by four women of his > own sexual abuses. Name him. Eric Schneiderman (D). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > with alcohol after his parliamentary testimony, followed him > back to his Ottawa hotel room, and later turned up at his > residence in Brandon, MB. Name her. Christine Moore (Abitibi-Témiscamingue). > 5. Name the company that is paying $7,150,000,000 US for the right > to sell Starbucks products worldwide. Nestlé. 4 for Erland. 2 for Dan Blum. > 6. Canadian Tire announced this week its intention to purchase > *which outdoor-wear company* from the Ontario Teachers Pension > Plan? Helly Hansen. > 7. It was down to the wire for the Eurovision Song Contest in > Lisbon, but Israel squeaked out a victory. Name either the > winning song or the singer. "Toy", Netta Barzilai (either name was sufficient). 4 for Joshua and Peter. > of Montreal's "La Presse" will be transferred to a charitable > foundation. Give the surname of the prominent family that is > ceding control. Desmarais. > 9. This man, who was CEO of the Calgary Olympics, died at age 81 > while training for the Huntsman World Senior Games. Name him. Frank King. > to be fired by the Raptors the next day. What was the award? > (Give its full name or describe it in enough detail to > distinguish it from other awards.) Michael H. Goldberg National Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year Award. > sue the city where his team plays. He says police used a > stun-gun on him and beat him without provocation during an > arrest in January. Which city is he suing? Milwaukee. 4 for Dan Blum. > 2. On Tuesday, Toronto City Council appointed Jonathan Tsao as > the interim councillor for Ward 33. Whose seat is he filling? Shelley Carroll. (She's running for provincial office.) > actor record voice announcements for the city's transit system > was on hold, after he was accused of sexual harrassment by > eight women. Which actor? Morgan Freeman. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Jason. > 4. This Pulitzer-prizewinning novelist, author of "American > Pastoral", died on Tuesday at age 85. Name him. Philip Roth. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, and Pete. > 5. Three Manitoba First Nations had to be evacuated from their > tribal grounds last week due to raging wildfires. Name *any > one*. Little Grand Rapids, Pauingassi, Sapotaweyak. > branch of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had > "lost" a staggeringly large number of immigrant children placed > in homes of sponsors. Within 100, how many children? 1,475 (accepting 1,375-1,575). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > PC candidate for Etobicoke Centre encouraging people to sign up > for PC party mambers, telling them "it won't cost you anything". > Name that Etobicoke Centre candidate. Kinga Surma. > 8. Last week the federal government quashed a $1,500,000,000 Chinese > takeover bid for a Canadian construction company, citing national- > security concerns. What Canadian company? Aecon. > that was added by) a previous constitutional amendment that had > recognized the "equal right to life" of the mother and the unborn. > *What number* was that previous amendment? 8th. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Jason, and Pete. > 10. An explosion at a Mississauga restaurant sent multiple people > to hospital Thursday night. What restaurant? Bombay Bhel. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 TOTALS Dan Blum 6 20 26 Joshua Kreitzer 8 16 24 Pete Gayde 0 12 12 Peter Smyth 4 8 12 Dan Tilque 4 4 8 Jason Kreitzer 0 8 8 Erland Sommarskog 4 4 8 -- Mark Brader "I am Sam. Sam I am. Toronto I do not like trolls, flames, or spam." msb@vex.net --Forrest Cameranesi (after Dr. Seuss) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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