- QFTCIBP Final, Round 4 - Geography - 2 Updates
- QFTCIBP Final, Round 3 - Arts & Literature - 2 Updates
- QFTCIWSS Current Events 5-6 - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #524 - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 28 02:06AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-04-03, 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*)". ** Final, Round 4 - Geography * TTC Bus Routes Typically, a TTC bus route takes its name from the street that most of the route runs along. Give the names of the following routes. 1. #6. 2. #29. 3. #94. * The Z in Africa From A to Z, this continent has it all. This triple is about countries in Africa. 4. One man became Prime Minister of his country in 1980, and then was President from 1987 until his resignation in 2017. Name the *country*. 5. Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of what landlocked country in southern Africa, after it gained independence from the UK in 1964? 6. This country was a one-party totalitarian dictatorship under Mobutu Sese Seko and his ruling "Popular Movement of the Revolution" party. He renamed the country, but it changed back after his ouster in 1997. What was the name he gave the country? * East-er Which location on each list is the farthest east? (True east, not Toronto street grid east.) 7. Kingston ON, Syracuse NY, Philadelphia PA, Norfolk VA. 8. IKEA North York, Ontario Science Centre, Greenwood subway yard, Ashbridges Bay. 9. 100° W longitude, Winnipeg MB, Kansas City MO, Dallas TX. * Toronto Street Names 10. Originally part of Don Mills Rd., what former south section of the street was renamed to highlight the beautiful panorama of the city across the Don Valley? 11. There are two east-west roads that originate in Toronto and were named after the destination city or town you could reach by following them beyond the city. Name either road. 12. This street, whose name is derived from the Ojibwa word for a high or sudden hill, was named by Dr. William Baldwin. Historically, it began north of Bloor St., but later the city renamed the continuation south of Bloor to a variation on the same name. * Rivers by Shape In each case, name the river. 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-4/river/13.png 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-4/river/14.png 15. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-4/river/15.png -- Mark Brader, Toronto "It's the almost correct solutions that msb@vex.net are the most dangerous..." -- Dave Eisen My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jun 28 09:12AM Mark Brader wrote: > 4. One man became Prime Minister of his country in 1980, and > then was President from 1987 until his resignation in 2017. > Name the country. Zimbabwe > 5. Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of what landlocked > country in southern Africa, after it gained independence from > the UK in 1964? Zambia > Mobutu Sese Seko and his ruling "Popular Movement of the > Revolution" party. He renamed the country, but it changed back > after his ouster in 1997. What was the name he gave the country? Zaire Peter Smyth |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 27 04:48PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > of 9 months: "Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not > separate us, we have been so happy." > 3. English writer, died 1817: "I want nothing but death." Emily Dickinson > Died 1964, apologizing to the medics: "I am sorry to trouble > you chaps. I don't know how you get along so fast with the > traffic on the road these days." Joseph Heller > 6. English writer noted for his facility at wordplay, logic, > and fantasy. Died 1898: "Take away these pillows, I won't > need them any longer." Lewis Carroll -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 28 02:03AM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. This American poet was known as reclusive and few of her nearly > 1,800 poems were published in her lifetime. She died in 1886: > "I must go in, the fog is rising." Emily Dickinson. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, and Calvin. > 2. English novelist and poet, died 1855, speaking to her husband > of 9 months: "Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not > separate us, we have been so happy." Charlotte Brontė (both names required). 4 for Dan Blum. > 3. English writer, died 1817: "I want nothing but death." Jane Austen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Calvin. > Died 1964, apologizing to the medics: "I am sorry to trouble > you chaps. I don't know how you get along so fast with the > traffic on the road these days." Ian Fleming. > 5. As a member of the British Army, he gained fame as a war > correspondent and wrote books about his campaigns. Died 1965: > "I'm bored with it all." Sir Winston Churchill. 4 for Calvin. > 6. English writer noted for his facility at wordplay, logic, > and fantasy. Died 1898: "Take away these pillows, I won't > need them any longer." Lewis Carroll (or his real name, as mentioned in the previous game: Charles Dodgson). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin. > * Cats > 7. Which writer's pet cat was named Catarina? She was the > inspiration for his story "The Black Cat". Edgar Allan Poe. 4 for Joshua and Jason. > 8. Which writer's pet cat was named Jellylorum? The cat was > immortalized in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". T.S. Eliot. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Jason, Pete, and Calvin. > the subject of many drawings, some of which were published in > "The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat". It also inspired "The > Owl and the Pussycat". Edward Lear. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Calvin. > * Pop Art > Name the artist who created each of these works of pop art. > 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/pop/10.jpg Keith Haring. (Untitled, 1986.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Jason. > 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/pop/11.jpg Roy Lichtenstein. ("Masterpiece", 1962.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Calvin. > 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/pop/12.jpg Claes Oldenburg. ("Floor Burger", 1962.) > * Jim Carrey Art > Name the people *depicted* in each of these works by Jim Carrey. > 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/jim/13.jpg Jared Kushner. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/jim/14.jpg Sarah Sanders. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 15. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f-3/jim/15.jpg Marco Rubio. 4 for Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His A&L Dan Blum 36 40 76 Joshua Kreitzer 40 32 72 "Calvin" 32 27 59 Dan Tilque 32 4 36 Pete Gayde 20 16 36 Peter Smyth 36 -- 36 Jason Kreitzer 16 16 32 Erland Sommarskog 24 -- 24 -- Mark Brader | "What a strange field. Studying beings instead of mathematics. Toronto | Could lead to recursive problems in logic." msb@vex.net | -- Robert L. Forward (The Flight of the Dragonfly) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jun 27 06:20PM +0200 > ship "Aquarius" found themselves stranded between Italy and > Malta in a dispute. A third country eventually accepted them. > Name that country. Spain and France. The question is somewhat unfortunately phrased. Spain accepted to receive the ship, but France has agree to in its turn to receive some of the refugees. > independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 -- agreed to change its > name in accordance with Greek wishes. If the deal is ratified > (which is not certain), what will be the country's new name? North Macedonia > by the US, Canada, and Mexico. Games are to be played in 17 US, > 3 Canadian, and 3 Mexican cities. Name *two of the three* > Canadian cities. Toronto, Montréal > 5. Beyonce and Jay-Z dropped a surprise joint album on Saturday > evening. The album's debut was accompanied by a video featuring > the couple in a famed Paris location. What location? Eifel Tower > after discovering that she had forged a rejection letter > from the highly selective music program he had applied to. > *What instrument* does he play? Oboe > * Game 6 (2018-08-25), Round 1 - Current Events > 2. The World Health Organization added a new mental disorder to > their official list this week. Name it. Addiction to social media > 9. Koko the gorilla, famous for her intelligence and her use of sign > language to communicate, passed away last week. How old was she? 72 |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 27 08:04PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > ship "Aquarius" found themselves stranded between Italy and > Malta in a dispute. A third country eventually accepted them. > Name that country. Spain > by the US, Canada, and Mexico. Games are to be played in 17 US, > 3 Canadian, and 3 Mexican cities. Name *two of the three* > Canadian cities. Montreal, Toronto > coach Richard Martel won. What riding was it? > 2. The World Health Organization added a new mental disorder to > their official list this week. Name it. gaming addiction > 7. The last remaining original company that was listed in the Dow > Jones Industrial Average was replaced this week by the Walgreen's > drug store chain. Which blue-chip company was replaced? General Electric > 8. Among other odd things last week, Donald Trump proposed the > formation of a sixth branch of the US military. What did he > suggest should be created? US Space Force > 9. Koko the gorilla, famous for her intelligence and her use of sign > language to communicate, passed away last week. How old was she? 46 -- Dan Tilque |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jun 27 10:01PM +0100 > 1 In which decade was Yoko Ono born? 1920s?? > 2 In which modern day-US State did the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 take > place? Massachussets (sp?) > 3 Jimmy Smits and Dennis Franz co-starred in which US TV series? NYPD Blue > 4 Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are former employees of which US > corporation? Enron > 5 Lever, rabbit and twist are varieties of which device? Corkscrew (Cheers!) > 6 Montevideo is located at the mouth of which river? Plate? > 7 On which river does the Hoover Dam stand? Colorado? > 8 Russian Valentina Tereshkova become the first woman to travel in > space in which decade? 1960s > 9 Sana'a is the capital city of which country? Fiji?? Sound polynesian, anyway > 10 Similar to egg nog, which traditional Dutch alcoholic beverage is a > mixture of brandy, egg yolks & vanilla? Advocaat |
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