- QFTCIWSS Game 1, Rounds 7-8: boy bands and fantasies - 1 Update
- QFTCIWSS Game 1, Rounds 4,6 answers: pro wrestling, genera - 1 Update
- Rotating Quiz #299 - 4 Updates
- Extra quiz: World Cup Special - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 23 12:39AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-05-14, 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 What She Said 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 recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Which Boy Band? Every teenager who loves boy bands knows their members by their first names -- so that's what we'll give you, and you just have to name the band in each case. 1. Jordan, Jonathan, Joey, Donnie, Danny. 2. A.J., Brian, Nick, Kevin, Howie. 3. Isaac, Taylor, Zac. 4. Nicholas, Paul, Joe. 5. Nicky, Kian, Mark, Shane. 6. Ricky, Michael, Ronnie, Bobby, Ralph. 7. Niall, Harry, Louis, Liam, Zayn. 8. Gary, Howard, Robbie, Jason, Mark. 9. Nick, Justin, Drew, Jeff. 10. Justin, Joey, Lance, Chris, J.C. * Game 1, Round 8 - Literature - Fantasy Series In each case we'll give you the name of a *series* that may be classified as fantasy, and you name the novelist who wrote it. 1. The "Kingkiller Chronicles". 2. The "Stormlight Archive". 3. "His Dark Materials". 4. "Discworld". 5. The "Shannara Chronicles". 6. The "Earthsea Cycle". 7. The "Fionavar Tapestry". 8. "The Wheel of Time". 9. The "Belgariad". 10. The "Chronicles of Amber". -- Mark Brader, Toronto "As long as that blue light is on, the msb@vex.net computer is safe." -- Hot Millions My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 23 12:37AM -0500 Mark Brader: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-05-14, > and should be interpreted accordingly... I will reveal the correct > answers in about 3 days. Okay, so I still can't count to 3. Sorry about the delay. > considered by historians to be the first "modern" professional > wrestling match -- that is, one with a storyline and a > predetermined outcome. Within 5 years, when was that match? 1908 (accepting 1903-13). 4 for Jason. > The oldest currently operating pro-wrestling promotion in the > world was founded in nineteen thirty-three and is called CMLL. > In what *country* is it located? Mexico. (It's the "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre".) 4 for Jason and Joshua. > 3. In the Mexican wrestling style known as lucha libre, what is a > "tecnico"? The good guy. (The bad guy is a "rudo".) 4 for Jason and Joshua. > who would travel among the various territories. Legendary > wrestlers like Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair held this championship. > The alliance existed until 2016. What was it named? National Wrestling Alliance ("NWA" was sufficient). 4 for Jason and Joshua. This one obviously did not really relate to #3, but it was rot13'd as a possible hint for #1, and I though it was simpler to have one derotting instruction for all of #2-4. > 1972 by this wrestler, who is famous for a "boxer vs. wrestler" > match in which most of the time he was on his back kicking at > Muhammad Ali's legs. Name him. Antonio Inoki. 4 for Jason. > 6. What is a "bladejob"? Cutting yourself during a match with a razor blade to show blood. (It's safer than "bleeding the hard way" by letting a punch injure you.) 4 for Jason and Joshua. I didn't find any reference to this being done specifically near the eye, so I did not accept the answer "cutting a blister around the eye", which did not include the key fact that it refers to cutting *yourself*. > 7. The company now known as WWE was originally founded as the > Capitol Wrestling Corp. Within 3 years, when was that? 1952 (accepting 1949-55). Nobody was within double the allowed leeway. > cross-promotion with musicians like Cyndi Lauper -- called what? > Hint: This was also the title of the WWF-themed Saturday-morning > cartoon produced in the 1980s. "Rock 'n' Wrestling". 4 for Jason and Joshua. > 9. Another key element in the WWF's rise to dominance was > WrestleMania, their annual super-event. Within 2, how many > WrestleManias have there been? 34 (accepting 32-36). 4 for Jason and Joshua. > 10. Toronto has hosted WrestleMania twice. For *either* occasion, > give *either* the sequence number or the year. #6 in 1990, #18 in 2002. 4 for Jason. > by their genus and species. For example, the common house cat > is Felis domesticus. In this category we're going to test your > knowledge of Latin genera. This was the easiest round in this rather hard original game. > (Single-word answers are sufficient in each case although the full > answer may be more specific.) > 1. Loxodonta. (African) elephants. > 2. Chelonia. (Sea) turtles. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 3. Cervus. Elk, (red) deer, and (sika) deer. 4 for Bruce. > 4. Bos. Cattle and oxen. 4 for Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 5. Apis. Bees. 4 for Bruce, Pete, Calvin, Jason, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 6. Vulpes. Foxes. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Calvin, Jason, and Joshua. > For questions #7-10, you give the genus. > 7. Wolves, coyotes, and domestic dogs. Canis. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. "Canidae" is wrong; that's the family including the above but also a number other canid genera such those for foxes and dholes. > 8. Horses, donkeys, and zebras. Equus. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 9. Lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars. Panthera. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. > 10. Gorillas. Gorilla. 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, Dan Tilque, and Joshua. "Primates", again, is not a genus; it's the order containing not only gorillas but also monkeys, orangutans, tarsiers, lemurs, lorises, and (oh, yeah) people. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 5 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Geo His Spo Sci Joshua Kreitzer 17 4 24 28 73 Dan Blum 11 16 0 20 47 Jason Kreitzer -- -- 36 8 44 Dan Tilque 0 12 0 28 40 Bruce Bowler -- -- 0 32 32 Pete Gayde 11 8 0 12 31 "Calvin" -- -- 0 8 8 Erland Sommarskog 4 0 -- -- 4 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net The precedence don't enter into it -- it's stone undefined. This expression makes no sense. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone, though sadly not forgotten. This is a latent expression. Bereft of meaning, it should rest in peace. If people didn't keep nailing it into these discussions, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir ineffable. This is not an ex-pression. -- Steve Summit (after Monty Python) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 22 03:32PM > 1. The novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place > primarily in the towns of East and West what? Egg > 2. Who won a Grammy for singing "Is That All There Is?"? Lee > 3. In British automotive parlance, the right-hand side of a car > or of a road is also known as the what side? gee > 4. What do humans do? err > 5. Which company, generally known in English by the abbreviation > of its Japanese name, is the world's largest manufacturer of > zippers? (The answer may be on your clothes, so no peeking!) ZKK > 7. Which Boston Bruin revolutionized the way defensemen play hockey > by becoming a leading goal-scorer, with as many as 46 goals in > one season? Orr > 8. In California, the main newspapers in Fresno and Sacramento > share what short name? Bee > 9. The University of Michigan is located in the city of what Arbor? Ann > 10. In England, what traditional unit used for measuring cloth > was equal to 45 inches? ell -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 22 04:38PM -0700 On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 6:19:39 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > This is Rotating Quiz #299. > 1. The novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place > primarily in the towns of East and West what? Egg > 2. Who won a Grammy for singing "Is That All There Is?"? > 3. In British automotive parlance, the right-hand side of a car > or of a road is also known as the what side? Off > 4. What do humans do? Err > 7. Which Boston Bruin revolutionized the way defensemen play hockey > by becoming a leading goal-scorer, with as many as 46 goals in > one season? Orr > 8. In California, the main newspapers in Fresno and Sacramento > share what short name? > 9. The University of Michigan is located in the city of what Arbor? Ann > 10. In England, what traditional unit used for measuring cloth > was equal to 45 inches? Ell? cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 22 04:37PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. The novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place > primarily in the towns of East and West what? > 2. Who won a Grammy for singing "Is That All There Is?"? Lee ?? > 3. In British automotive parlance, the right-hand side of a car > or of a road is also known as the what side? off > 4. What do humans do? add > 5. Which company, generally known in English by the abbreviation > of its Japanese name, is the world's largest manufacturer of > zippers? (The answer may be on your clothes, so no peeking!) YKK > 6. During the period when West Berlin had a distinct existence, > its main railway station had the same short-form name in either > German or English: Berlin what? ABB ? > 7. Which Boston Bruin revolutionized the way defensemen play hockey > by becoming a leading goal-scorer, with as many as 46 goals in > one season? Orr > 8. In California, the main newspapers in Fresno and Sacramento > share what short name? Bee > 9. The University of Michigan is located in the city of what Arbor? Ann > 10. In England, what traditional unit used for measuring cloth > was equal to 45 inches? ell -- Dan Tilque |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jul 22 08:56PM -0700 On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 4:19:39 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. The novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place > primarily in the towns of East and West what? > 2. Who won a Grammy for singing "Is That All There Is?"? Peggy Lee > one season? > 8. In California, the main newspapers in Fresno and Sacramento > share what short name? Bee > 9. The University of Michigan is located in the city of what Arbor? Ann Arbor |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 22 04:31PM -0700 On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 6:34:52 PM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > several teams that were out of the game after two rounds. Does this mean > that they did not care about their last game? Not at all, but they played > for their honour. I entirely agree. It was the teams who had already qualified for the second round that didn't try, namely France v. Denmark and England v. Belgium . > qualified if they had won that game *and* France had cared to score a goal > on Denmark. Well, Australia did not do their part, so don't blame the > French. :-) I'm not blaming them, but any spectators at that game should have received a refund. cheers, calvin |
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