| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 16 12:56AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-03-26, 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 10, Round 7 Entertainment: TV Dads Last week we had a round on TV moms; this week it's the dads' turn. We'll give you a brief description; you give us the TV character's *first name*. 1. Name the TV dad who is very busy defending his family's control of the throne from other powerful families trying to undermine their rule. This has become increasingly difficult since he lost a hand. Oh, and he's not officially his kids' dad. He's presented as their uncle. 2. Name the widowed TV dad who raised his three daughters with the help of his brother-in-law and best friend in downtown San Francisco. 3. Name the widowed TV dad who raised three boys from adolescence to adulthood. He also adopted one of his son's friends and his new wife's daughter. His series aired on ABC from 1960 to 1965 and then on CBS until 1972. 4. Continuing with the trend of widowed TV dads, name the one who raised a spirited little boy named Opie in Mayberry, North Carolina, and really loves fishing. 5. Name the stay-at-home TV dad who worked as a psychiatrist and whose wife was a reporter. They had three kids initially and a fourth was born in season 4. This show faced a lot of controversy for the fat jokes about the middle daughter and her eventual bulimia and anorexia. 6. Name the TV dad who is a real estate agent and whose wife runs her father's closets business. He has three kids and spends a lot of time with his wife's extended family. 7. Name the TV dad who had three sons and had a handyman TV show with his friend. He also spent a lot of time seeking advice from his neighbor, Wilson, whose face is always partly hidden behind a fence or something. 8. Name the TV dad who was a judge and lived in a fancy house in Bel-Air. He had three kids and was also raising his nephew who was from West Philadelphia. 9. Name the TV dad who was raising his family on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minn., in the 1870s and 1880s. 10. Name the TV dad who was a police officer and lived with his wife, kids, mother, sister-in-law, and nephew in Chicago. He was constantly being annoyed by their nerdy teenage next-door neighbor. * Game 10, Round 8 - Canadiana Sports - Canadian Firsts... for Women! Earlier this month, you will remember, much of the world celebrated International Women's Day. So this sports round is dedicated to Canadian women's firsts in sports. 1. This athlete took up biathlon as a teenager with the Royal Canadian Army Cadets. At the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, she went on to win gold for both the 7.5 km and 15 km events. She was the first non-European to win gold in biathlon. Name her. 2. Born in Oakville, Ontario, this athlete became Canada's first professional golfer to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association Championship. In her debut season of 1968, she became the youngest to win a women's major title at the LPGA Championship and marked the first victory in the championship by a non-US player. Until Brooke Henderson in 2016, she was the only Canadian to win a major -- a status she held for 48 years. Name her. 3. In 1954, this athlete was the only entrant in the CNE-sponsored marathon swim race across Lake Ontario to actually finish the 32-mile race -- making her the first person ever to swim across the lake. Name her. 4. Sharon and Shirley Firth, twin sisters born in the Northwest Territories, participated in a training program that introduced *this sport or discpline* to northern Canada. They were members of Canada's national team for 17 consecutive years and participated in four Olympic games starting in 1972. They became the first indigenous women to be inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. Name the sport or discpline. 5. Phyllis Munday and Annette Buck were avid mountain climbers and, in 1924, were the first women to reach the summit of the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Name this mountain. 6. This champion curler from Saskatchewan led her team in 1998 to the first-ever Olympic gold medal in women's curling. Name her. 7. Born in Winnipeg, she is the first athlete in history to win multiple medals in both summer and winter Olympic Games. Name her. 8. What was the first time the Canadian women's *and* men's teams in one sport won Olympic gold medals? Give either the year or the city. 9. She won the first-ever World Cup ski race in 1967, and the same event the following year. Also in 1968, she brought home Canada's first Olympic gold medal in giant slalom, and a silver medal in slalom events. Name her. 10. This athlete was the first North American to win the European and World Figure Skating Championship and was named Canadian newsmaker of the year in 1947. In 1948, she won Canada's first Olympic gold medal for figure skating -- a win that has not yet been repeated. Considered one of Canada's best-remembered sports personalities, after the Olympics she toured North American and British ice shows as the headliner. Name her. After completing the round, please decode the rot13: vs gur fcbeg lbh anzrq jnf whfg "fxvvat", cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp. -- Mark Brader | "I had never thought of Jesus as being msb@vex.net | a variety of grape plant, but Toronto | if you put it that way..." --Jan Sand My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jun 16 07:53AM Mark Brader wrote: > their rule. This has become increasingly difficult since > he lost a hand. Oh, and he's not officially his kids' dad. > He's presented as their uncle. Jaime Peter Smyth |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 16 12:54AM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". It was fun to see different people completely skipping different categories on this set. > * Game 10, Round 4 - Miscellaneous - Norse Mythology > 1. The god Loki is a shape-shifter. Name one of the creatures > that Loki has assumed the shape of. Salmon (accepting fish), fly, mare (accepting horse). I decided "giantess" was also acceptable. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 2. Name Loki's giant wolf son who was tied up by the gods, but > was destined to grow too big for his bonds and eat Odin. Fenrir (or Fenrisulfr). I accepted "Fenris". 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > gold, sorcery, war, and death? She was accompanied by the boar > Hildisvíni, who she sometimes rode. She also rode in a chariot, > pulled by two cats. Freya (or Freyja). I accepted "Freja" and "Freia". 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Calvin. 2 for Pete. > the wife of the god Odin and mother of the god Baldr? Due to > significant thematic overlap, scholars have proposed a connection > to Freya. Friday is named after her. Frigg (or Frige). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 5. Name the god who possesses the horn Gjallarhorn. Before > Ragnarök, he will blow this horn to call all of the gods > to battle. Heimdall. 4 for Dan Blum. > 6. Odin had two pet ravens named Huginn and Muninn. What do either > of those names mean in English? Thought; memory or mind. I scored "wisdom" as almost correct. 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Dan Tilque. > 7. Odin's horse Sleipnir was known as the best of all horses. > How many legs did Sleipnir have? 8. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin. > 8. In order to gain knowledge, Odin hung himself from a tree for > 9 nights. Name that tree. Yggdrasil. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > Mythology that serve Odin? Their task is to choose those who > have died in the most heroic way in battle and carry them off > to Valhalla. Valkyries (or Valkyrja or Choosers of the Slain). I accepted "Valkeries". 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 10. Only half of the warriors who die in combat go to Valhalla. > Where do the other half go? Folkvangr (or the People's Field). > have had to recognize from the audio clip, and you name the original > artist or band as applicable. > 1. "Closer". Nine Inch Nails. 4 for Jason and Joshua. > 2. "Bad Romance". Lady Gaga. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Jason, and Joshua. > 3. "Sweet Child o' Mine". Guns N' Roses. 4 for Peter, Jason, Joshua, and Calvin. > 4. "Seven Nation Army". White Stripes. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Jason, and Joshua. > 5. "Black Hole Sun". Soundgarden. 4 for Jason and Joshua. > 6. "Creep". Radiohead. 4 for Peter and Jason. 3 for Joshua. > 7. "Gangsta's Paradise". Coolio. 4 for Peter, Jason, Joshua, and Calvin. > 8. "Thong Song". Sisqó. 4 for Peter, Jason, and Joshua. > 9. "All About the Bass". Meghan Trainor. 4 for Dan Blum, Jason, and Joshua. > 10. "Who Can it be Now?". Men at Work. 4 for Dan Blum, Jason, Joshua, and Calvin. > phosphate combined with an alkali that produces bubbles when > the mixture is exposed to water. What is the most common alkali > component of baking powder? Sodium bicarbonate (both words required, or "baking soda"). 4 for Peter, Erland, and Joshua. > release of energy that is absorbed by flavor compounds which > emit visible light as they return to ground state. What is > the name of this effect? Triboluminescence. 4 for Dan Blum. > is stretched to form the air pockets -- one that is stable when > heated. This is why we can have meringues and angel food cake. > What is this substance? Albumin (accepting protein). 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > larger molecules. But proteins can also be forced to uncurl > by exposing them to an acid, such as in preparing ceviche. > What is this process called? Denaturing. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, and Dan Tilque. > 8 of these are essential in one's diet; the others we can build > from those. What are these "building blocks" collectively > called? Amino acids. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Erland, Jason, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > the original source was from deer antlers. And although it > is related to a cleaning agent, this compound is non-toxic. > What is this traditional leavening agent? Ammonium bicarbonate (both words required, or "baking ammonia"). > or bananas getting too ripe. This type of browning is because > of oxidation and is named for one of the types of chemicals > involved. What is it called? Enzymatic browning (any reference to enzymes was acceptable). > dumplings, cookies and other kinds of biscuits, breads, toasted > marshmallows, as well as many other foods, undergo this reaction. > What is it called? Maillard reaction. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > them to mix without separating. One is found in egg yolks, > making possible such foods as hollandaise sauce and mayonnaise. > What are these compounds called? Emulsifiers. The mixtures formed are "emulsions", so I scored that as almost correct. 4 for Dan Blum and Peter. 3 for Joshua. > acid) to vegetables to preserve them. Traditionally, though, > pickles were fermented, which produced a different acid that > acted as the preservative. Which acid? Lactic acid. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 BEST TOPICS-> Lit Geo Mis Aud Sci THREE Dan Blum 36 32 36 16 24 104 Joshua Kreitzer 32 32 4 39 15 103 Peter Smyth 12 30 0 24 20 74 Dan Tilque 12 28 31 0 12 71 Jason Kreitzer 12 12 0 40 4 64 Erland Sommarskog 0 32 8 0 8 48 "Calvin" 16 19 7 12 0 47 Pete Gayde 16 24 2 0 4 44 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Subway Emergency Instructions... msb@vex.net | * Do not pull the emergency cord. -- MTA, NYC My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 15 02:49PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and the Planet of the Apes." Barr then apologized, but ABC > cancelled her sitcom regardless. Which person of color was > the target of her insult? Valerie Jarrett. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > 2. Another comedienne also came under fire for referring to Ivanka > Trump as a "feckless phag" -- only without the rot13. Name her. Samantha Bee. 4 for Dan Blum, Jason, Pete, and Joshua. > the Trans Mountain Pipeline System from Kinder Morgan in hopes > of saving the project. Within $100,000,000, what is the price > tag for the pipeline? $4,500,000,000 (accepting $4,400,000,000-$4,600,000,000). Joshua was closest but no one was within even double the $100,000,000 leeway. > 4. This independent senator introduced a bill on Tuesday that > would federally prohibit companies from paying for people's > blood. Name the senator. Pamela Wallin (Saskatchewan). > of "Sesame Street". Their request for a restraining order > against the slogan was denied. But your question is, who is > the non-puppet star of this film? Melissa McCarthy. > 6. What did Uber add to their phone app in an effort to make their > rides safer? A panic button. > 7. Which former soccer player, who scored two goals for France in > their 1998 World Cup Final win, announced he was stepping down > as coach of Real Madrid? Zinedine Zidane. 4 for Erland, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Peter. > 8. Why was Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in the news last > week? He was reported to have been murdered, but this was then revealed to be a deception, part of a Ukrainian police plan to catch Russians actually trying to kill him. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, Dan Tilque, Peter, and Joshua. > 9. Workers for this company, originally incorporated in 1881, > voted to strike late Tuesday night, but their union reached a > tentative deal and the strike was averted. Name the company. Canadian Pacific Railway. (Any short form was acceptable.) You may wonder why the CPR was incorporated only in 1881 when the project was initiated in response to BC's decision to join Canada in 1871, and construction began a few years later. This happened because the Conservative government of the day looked for people to construct the line as a private enterprise. But with classic public-service naivete, they got conned by a group that never intended to build the whole railway but only to extract whatever profits they could from building the easiest part of it. When the Liberals won the next election, they fired the original CPR Syndicate and converted the job into Canada's first great government mega-project -- but with classic government incompetence, they too botched it. When the Conservatives won the *following* election, vast amounts had been spent but only a small part of the line was finished, and that was badly built. What happened in 1881 was that the Conservatives reprivatized the project. And this time they picked the right people to run the new company and backed them until the job was done, although the overruns in construction cost were so severe that they basically had to put the whole country in hock to do it. The railway was finished in half the time allowed for the job. (See the signature quote, which was especially selected manually for this posting. However, Van Horne was being polite to say that. It was done well *enough* to get the trains into operation.) The company paid off its debts soon enough, and as the question indicates, is still in business to this day. > 10. American medical-marijuana company MedMen Enterprises is now > listed on a market north of the border, with a valuation of > over $2,000,000,000. Which market? Canadian Securities Exchange. > 1. Last week we were all rocked by two prominent suicides: fashion > designer Kate Spade and author / TV host Anthony Bourdain. > Tell us how old either of them was. 55, 61 (respectively). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 2. On Saturday, the Royal Ontario Museum displayed a golden silk > cape that is featured in an upcoming exhibit. Why is the > cape special? It's made from spider silk. > 3. Which horse became the 15th to win the Triple Crown when it > came in first at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday? Justify. 4 for Jason, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 4. The Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup on Thursday, beating > the Las Vegas Golden Knights in a 4-1 series. What was the > score in the final game? 4-3. 4 for Erland and Pete. > week: the Golden State Warriors completed their sweep of the > Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Which Warrior won the > Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award? Kevin Durant. > 6. Donald Trump made headlines at the G7 Summit this weekend > when he threate ned to punish Canada with tariffs on dairy and > automotive exports. Where exactly in Canada was the summit held? Charlevoix. 4 for Pete. > 7. Also at the G7 summit, Justin Trudeau announced that he had > secured $3,800,000,000 in commitments from the EU, the UK, > and Japan, in to a $400,000,000 Canadian commitment, for what? Education of girls in poor countries. > 8. The Ontario election last week had the highest voter turnout > -- percentage of participating eligible voters -- in Ontario > since 1999. Within one percentage point, what was the turnout? 58% (accepting 57-59%). > 9. Fuego, a volcano in Central America, erupted over the weekend > in rapid pyroclastic flows that have caused at least 109 > fatalities so far. In what Central American country is this? Guatemala. 4 for Erland, Pete, Peter, and Joshua. > chairman of Pixar, and the director of "Toy Story" -- would be > leaving the company permanently following sexual harassment > allegations. Name him. John Lasseter. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 TOTALS Pete Gayde 0 12 16 24 52 Joshua Kreitzer 8 16 12 12 48 Dan Blum 6 20 12 8 46 Erland Sommarskog 4 4 8 12 28 Dan Tilque 4 4 8 8 24 Peter Smyth 4 8 8 4 24 Jason Kreitzer 0 8 4 4 16 -- Mark Brader "All I can say is that the work Toronto has been done well in every way." msb@vex.net --William C. Van Horne, 1885-11-07 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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