- QFTCIWSS Game 2, Rounds 4-6 answers: writing women, CanHipHop, and parrots - 4 Updates
- QFTCIWSS Game 2, Rounds 7-8: AKA, Olympic events?!? - 3 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #301 - 3 Updates
- Rotating Quiz #300: ATANA -- Answers and scores - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #530 - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 04 08:24PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Wow, a 3-round set and only three entrants this time. But... > featured in a series of at least 10 titles. We'll name > the character and the city with which she's associated; > you name the author. ...maybe this had something to do with it. This was not only the hardest round in the original game, it was the hardest in the entire season. > 1. V.I. Warshawski, Chicago. Sara Paretsky (18 titles in the series). 4 for Dan. > 2. Stephanie Plum, Newark, NJ. Janet Evanovich (26 titles). > 3. Kathy Mallory, New York. Carol O'Connell (12 titles). > 4. Tess Monaghan, Baltimore. Laura Lipman (14 titles). > 5. Carol Jordan, various places in England. Val McDermid (10 titles featuring Tony Hill and Carol Jordan). > 6. Eve Dallas, New York. J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts) (46 titles). > 7. Mary Russell, England (principally London). Laurie King (15 titles featuring Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes). > 8. Kay Scarpetta, Richmond VA, Hollywood FL, and Charleston SC. Patricia Cornwell (30 titles). 4 for Dan. > 9. Temperance Brennan, Montreal and Charlotte NC. Kathy Reichs (18 titles). > 10. Kinsey Millhone, Santa Theresa, CA. Sue Grafton (25 titles). 4 for Joshua and Dan. > 1. He was the first Canadian artist to enter both the Canadian > and US top-40 charts, doing so in 1989. [Clip: "Let Your > Backbone Slide".] Maestro Fresh-Wes ("Maestro" was sufficient). > the jazz-rap movement of the early 1990s, but might be more > famous for sampling the theme song from the classic Canadian game > show "Definition". ["My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style".] Dream Warriors. > 3. This group was the first Francophone band to top Quebec's > music charts and are considered the forefathers of > French-Canadian hip-hop. ["Soul Pleureur".] Dubmatique. > 4. This Ottawa-based group are remembered primarily for being > the first stage in the entertainment career of TV star Tom Green. > ["Check The O.R."] Organized Rhyme. > discovered that the award was not going to be televised as part > of the show, as they believed the Canadian music community was > intentionally marginalizing hip-hop. ["Northern Touch".] Rascalz. > 6. This artist's "Joyful Rebellion" album earned him three Junos > in 2005; it was recognized by Rolling Stone magazine as one of > the ten best albums of the year. ["Crabbuckit".] K-Os. > producers, this artist in 2004 had the highest American chart > success of any Canadian up to that time when this single made > top 5 on Billboard's Hot 100. ["Dangerous".] Kardinal Offishal. > 8. One of this artist's songs was selected as Coca-Cola's theme > song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. ["In the Beginning".] K'naan. > 9. This artist is the first Canadian hip-hop artist to peak at #1 > on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. ["One Dance".] Drake. > 10. This protege of Drake is the first artist in history to hold > the top three slots on the Billboard Hot R&B chart > simultaneously. ["Starboy".] The Weeknd. 4 for Joshua, making the round count. > the handout: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/2-6/parro.pdf > 1. Hyacinth macaw. #18. 4 for Dan. > 2. Golden parakeet. #10. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Pete. 2 for Dan. > 3. Blue-and-yellow macaw. #2. 4 for Joshua and Dan. 3 for Pete. > 4. African grey parrot. #11. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Dan and Pete. > 5. Great-billed parrot. #5. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan. > 6. Umbrella cockatoo. #6. 4 for Pete. 3 for Dan. > 7. Budgerigar. #14. 2 for Dan. > 8. Cockatiel. #13. 3 for Dan. > 9. Kaka. #4. 2 for Dan. > 10. Sunset lorikeet. #15. > And if you'd like to identify the 8 decoys, for fun but for no > points, then decode the rot13 and proceed: Nobody tried these. > 11. Goliath cockatoo or palm cockatoo. #8. > 12. Red-and-green macaw. #16. > 13. Blue-and-grey lorikeet. #9. > 14. Elegant parrot. #7. > 15. Fischer's lovebird. #12. > 16. Ruppell's parrot. #1. > 17. Blue lorikeet. #3. > 18. Yellow-bibbed lory. #17. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 BEST TOPICS-> Geo His Lit Aud Sci THREE Joshua Kreitzer 32 39 4 4 15 86 Dan Blum 20 28 12 0 25 73 Peter Smyth 24 20 -- -- -- 44 Bruce Bowler 24 16 -- -- -- 40 Pete Gayde 20 4 0 0 12 36 Dan Tilque 16 20 -- -- -- 36 "Calvin" 8 24 -- -- -- 32 Erland Sommarskog 4 11 -- -- -- 15 Jason Kreitzer 12 0 -- -- -- 12 -- Mark Brader, Toronto Carpe pecuniam! msb@vex.net --Roger L. Smith My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 04 07:23PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > ...maybe this had something to do with it. This was not only > the hardest round in the original game, it was the hardest in the > entire season. I didn't enter because I didn't know a single answer. I suspect I'm not alone in that. -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 05 11:04AM +0200 >> entire season. > I didn't enter because I didn't know a single answer. I suspect I'm not > alone in that. Almost the same here. There was a single one where I said to myself "I should spot that one", and I even had a witty line to go with it. I was feeling stupid, because I was not entirely sure. But I see know that the number I would have answered was correct. And here goes the witty line: > There are over 400 species of parrots, and they all want a cracker. Nah, #11 seems to be content with a piece of cucumber. The kaka on the other hand wants a lot more. I put my plate the table outside, but went back in to pick up utensils that I had forgotten. When I came out, one of my pies was already on the ground, and the kaka was messing with the other. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 05 05:40AM -0500 Mark Brader: >> There are over 400 species of parrots, and they all want a cracker. Erland Sommarskog: > Nah, #11 seems to be content with a piece of cucumber. Ah, but obviously that's only because no crackers were available! > The kaka on the other hand wants a lot more. I put my plate the > table outside, but went back in... You have a New Zealand parrot? (I thought it sounded like Maori, but I had to look it up.) -- Mark Brader "Men are animals." Toronto "What are women? Plants, birds, fish?" msb@vex.net -- Spider Robinson, "Night of Power" |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 04 08:28PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-05-28, 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 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Otherwise Known As In each case, we'll give you the artist's real name, and in most cases a hint, and you give their performing moniker. 1. Robyn Fenty. 2. Ashley Frangipane is better known by this anagram of her first name. And she's "Bad at Love". 3. Stefani Germanotta, born in 1986 in NYC. 4. Armando Perez. He sees himself as as tenacious and persistent as this dog. 5. Dallas Green released his platinum-certified debut Sometimes in 2005 and said he chose a pseudonym because he felt queasy releasing it in his own name. He, along with Sarah Harmer, played the tribute to Gord Downey at this year's Junos. 6. Lonnie Lynn, Oscar-winner for Best Original Song for "Glory" from the movie "Selma". 7. Annie Clark, who's dated Cara Delevingne ["DEL-uh-VEEN"] and Kristen Stewart. Songs were featured on two of the "Twilight" movie soundtracks. 8. Alecia Moore, who's known for performing acrobatics. 9. Peter Hernandez, who doesn't want to be "Locked out of Heaven". 10. Ben Haggerty, who won Best New Artist Grammy for his debut album "The Heist". * Game 2, Round 8 - Sports - Unusual Olympic Events There have been many obscure and short-lived events at the summer and winter Olympics over the years. Here are questions about Olympic sports from the past. 1. At the 1912 Olympics, there were variants of three field events: javelin, discus, and shot put. How did they all differ from the usual version? 2. The 2000 to 2008 Olympics featured a team cycling event called "madison". What makes madison distinctive from other team cycling events? 3. Which sport, commonly thought of as Canadian, was a part of 5 summer Olympics either officially or as a demonstration sport? 4. The 1900 Olympics featured a 200 m obstacle swimming race -- held in what famous Paris locale? 5. An early version of tennis was featured at the 1908 Olympics. A building where this game was once played now houses a famous collection of modern art in the Tuileries in Paris. Name the gallery and you'll name the sport. 6. From 1908 to 1948, there was a shooting event called "running deer". What did the contestants shoot at? 7. Pelota has been an Olympic event in four Games. In which country did pelota originate? 8. Roque ["roak"] was an event at the 1904 Olympics. It's a hard-court variant of which genteel grass-court "sport"? 9. In 2008 this form of Chinese martial arts, popularized in films by actor Donnie Yen, was a demonstration event. Name it. 10. Speed skiing was a demonstration sport only once. The event was marred by the death of a Swiss competitor on the morning of the Finals. Within 4 years, what year was this? -- Mark Brader | "The good [people] ended happily, and the bad unhappily. Toronto | That is what Fiction means." msb@vex.net | -- Oscar Wilde, "The Importance of Being Earnest" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 04 07:41PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 3. Stefani Germanotta, born in 1986 in NYC. > 4. Armando Perez. He sees himself as as tenacious and persistent > as this dog. Bulldog > 1. At the 1912 Olympics, there were variants of three field events: > javelin, discus, and shot put. How did they all differ from > the usual version? athlete couldn't move his feet before throwing > deer". What did the contestants shoot at? > 7. Pelota has been an Olympic event in four Games. In which > country did pelota originate? Spain > 8. Roque ["roak"] was an event at the 1904 Olympics. It's a > hard-court variant of which genteel grass-court "sport"? croquet -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 05 11:10AM +0200 > * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Otherwise Known As > 3. Stefani Germanotta, born in 1986 in NYC. Lady Gaga > 7. Annie Clark, who's dated Cara Delevingne ["DEL-uh-VEEN"] and > Kristen Stewart. Songs were featured on two of the "Twilight" > movie soundtracks. St Vincent > 1. At the 1912 Olympics, there were variants of three field events: > javelin, discus, and shot put. How did they all differ from > the usual version? They were performed standing. That is, the contestants never lifted or moved their feet. > 4. The 1900 Olympics featured a 200 m obstacle swimming race -- > held in what famous Paris locale? Trocadero > 7. Pelota has been an Olympic event in four Games. In which > country did pelota originate? In Basque lands (which is split over Spain and France) > 8. Roque ["roak"] was an event at the 1904 Olympics. It's a > hard-court variant of which genteel grass-court "sport"? Croquet > 9. In 2008 this form of Chinese martial arts, popularized in films > by actor Donnie Yen, was a demonstration event. Name it. Kung-fu > 10. Speed skiing was a demonstration sport only once. The event > was marred by the death of a Swiss competitor on the morning > of the Finals. Within 4 years, what year was this? 1928 |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 04 10:39PM +0200 Welcome to Rotating Quiz #301. This is a quiz of unassorted questions with no hidden theme or some other specials. All questions are worth one point, except one quesiton that has a bonus point as well and which will be the first tie-breaker. The second tie-breaker will be, as always in my quizzes, a subjective evaluation of the incorrect answers. (Where a really bad answer may count less than no answer at all!) The normal rules apply: answer to the newsgroup and use your knowledge only! I'll score this by Thursday or so. There is no definite deadline, but if you see the results posting, you know that you are too late. :-) 1) Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama are all what? You need to be suffciently for a regular point. If you are really specific, you will earn a bonus point. 2) Birobidzhan is the captial of one of the constiuent entities in the Russian federation, located in the far east of Siberia on the border to China. There are several entities in Russia that take their name from a certain ethnic group. This entity however is devoted to adherants of a specific religion. Which? 3) Speaking of religions, which religion would you expect this man to be a follower of? http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/q3.jpg 4) And speaking of pictures, this is the flag of which proud unindependent nation? http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/q4.jpg 5) Which director's catalog includes titles such as "Brutti, sporchi e cattivi" (English title "Down and Dirty") and "C'eravamo tanto amati" (English "We All Loved Each Other So Much") 6) When you hear of tango, your thoughts go to Argentina (and Uruguay), but there is one more country in a completely different part of the world, where tango is also more or less a national dance. They have a yearly festival "Tango Market" which attracts over 100 000 visitors. Which country? 7) You meet a man and you can read "Tite" on his name badge, but when he introduces himself, he pronounces it "Chiche". Which country do you conclude that he is likely to come from? 8) "Five Guys Name Moe", "What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You are Going to Get Drunk Again)" and "Saturday Night Fish Fry" are all songs from the catalog of which singer born in 1908? 9) Daniel Ek is the CEO of which popular internet company? 10) Poland has never hosted any Olympic games. Yet, in the south- western city of Wroclaw in Silesia there is an Olympic stadium. Explain how come. 11) The largest spieces of eagle to have existed is Haast's eagle. It is now extinct, and you can thank mankind for that. Where in this world did this bird florish? Be reasonably specific. 12) Abiy Ahmed earlier this year became Prime Minister and he has surprised the world by seeming to transform his country to be more open and free and also by taking steps to end a long- standing conflict with a neighbour. Which country is he PM of? |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 04 05:26PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > 1) Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama are all what? You need to be suffciently > for a regular point. If you are really specific, you will earn a > bonus point. High-speed trains? I'm sure it's right for Hikari. > the border to China. There are several entities in Russia that > take their name from a certain ethnic group. This entity however > is devoted to adherants of a specific religion. Which? Obviously Birobidgians. Well, maybe not. I'll try Buddhism. > 3) Speaking of religions, which religion would you expect this > man to be a follower of? > http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/q3.jpg Sikhism. > 4) And speaking of pictures, this is the flag of which proud > unindependent nation? http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/q4.jpg Faeroe Is.? > part of the world, where tango is also more or less a national > dance. They have a yearly festival "Tango Market" which attracts > over 100 000 visitors. Which country? It would be interesting if it was Tonga, so what the hell, I'll say that. > 10) Poland has never hosted any Olympic games. Yet, in the south- > western city of Wroclaw in Silesia there is an Olympic stadium. > Explain how come. I suppose it was an auxiliary location for the 1936 Olympics, when Wroclaw was still Breslau. > 11) The largest spieces of eagle to have existed is Haast's eagle. > It is now extinct, and you can thank mankind for that. Where in > this world did this bird florish? Be reasonably specific. New Zealand? > surprised the world by seeming to transform his country to be > more open and free and also by taking steps to end a long- > standing conflict with a neighbour. Which country is he PM of? I missed that one. Eritrea? -- Mark Brader | But I think we can do better next time. (Where the Toronto | word "we" refers to [those] who do the hard work while msb@vex.net | I sit back and complain...) -- Keith Thompson |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 04 10:17PM -0700 Erland Sommarskog wrote: > 1) Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama are all what? You need to be suffciently > for a regular point. If you are really specific, you will earn a > bonus point. origami folds > the border to China. There are several entities in Russia that > take their name from a certain ethnic group. This entity however > is devoted to adherants of a specific religion. Which? Buddhism > 3) Speaking of religions, which religion would you expect this > man to be a follower of? > http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/q3.jpg Sikh > 4) And speaking of pictures, this is the flag of which proud > unindependent nation? http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/q4.jpg Faeroes > 5) Which director's catalog includes titles such as "Brutti, sporchi e > cattivi" (English title "Down and Dirty") and "C'eravamo tanto amati" > (English "We All Loved Each Other So Much") Felini > part of the world, where tango is also more or less a national > dance. They have a yearly festival "Tango Market" which attracts > over 100 000 visitors. Which country? Estonia > 7) You meet a man and you can read "Tite" on his name badge, but > when he introduces himself, he pronounces it "Chiche". Which > country do you conclude that he is likely to come from? Kiribati > 10) Poland has never hosted any Olympic games. Yet, in the south- > western city of Wroclaw in Silesia there is an Olympic stadium. > Explain how come. in 1936, it was part of Germany (named Breslau at the time) and hosted some events for the Berlin Olympics > 11) The largest spieces of eagle to have existed is Haast's eagle. > It is now extinct, and you can thank mankind for that. Where in > this world did this bird florish? Be reasonably specific. the Alps -- Dan Tilque |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 04 10:17AM -0700 Dan Tilque wrote: I should have said in the rules that the order of your answers was not important, just as long as they were in the first N answers provided. > 1. STEM (fields of study) Science Technology Engineering Mathematics > 2. HOMES (lakes) Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior (accepting Eire for Erie, even though it's not really an Irish lake) > 3. ABBA (musicians) Agnetha Bjorn Benny Anni-Frid > 4. PIIGS (countries) Portugal Italy Ireland Greece Spain These are the weak economies of the EU. > 5. BRICS (countries) Brazil Russia India China South Africa A group of emerging economies. > 6. FANG (stocks) Facebook Amazon Netflix Google These are currently the most heavily traded stocks. Shortly after posting the quiz, I saw some headlines in Googlenews: one headline had "FANG plus Apple" and the others all had FAANG, being an acronym for that. If I'd run across these before, that's what you'd have gotten. > 7. CABAL (councillors of Charles II) Clifford (or Chudleigh), Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley-Cooper, Lauderdale The C stands for Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, so either name would work. Not accepting Aaaagh! for either A :) Wasn't sure anyone would know these, but I thought maybe someone might guess an answer. I wouldn't have included it except I was running short of ATANAs. (Admittedly, before I added it, I could only remember one of the names (Buckingham) myself.) > For answers with personal names (#3 and #7), you only need to give the > part of the name that supplies the letter for the acronym. Scores: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T ------------------------ Erland 0 5 4 5 5 4 0 23 Gareth 4 5 4 5 4 0 0 22 Mark 4 5 4 0 3 3 0 19 Calvin 4 5 4 0 5 0 0 18 Dan Blum 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 11 Erland squeaks out a narrow win over Gareth. Congratulations, Erland. RQ #301 is yours to do with as you will. -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 04 10:36PM +0200 > posting the quiz, I saw some headlines in Googlenews: one headline had > "FANG plus Apple" and the others all had FAANG, being an acronym for > that. If I'd run across these before, that's what you'd have gotten. That's like PIIGS. They were originaly PIGS, but when Italy started to smell funny as well, it was added. I believe that these days, the Irish economy has recovered pretty well, so maybe it should be PIGS again. > I wouldn't have included it except I was running short of ATANAs. CRUD is another one, but admittedly that is a fairly narrow technical field, and not really apt here. > Erland squeaks out a narrow win over Gareth. Congratulations, Erland. RQ > #301 is yours to do with as you will. Thanks Dan! It will be up shortly after this post. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 04 09:29AM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 2 Who had a 1957 hit with 'Magic Moments'? > 3 Mascarpone is a variety of which foodstuff? > 4 The Solheim Cup is the women's equivalent of which sporting trophy? Davis Cup > 5 Which British ocean liner did a German U-boat sink on 5th May 1915? Lusitania > 6 Conspiracy theorists maintain that John Lennon mumbles "I buried Paul" towards the end of which 1967 Beatles' hit? > 7 Which river separates Zimbabwe from South Africa Zambezie > 8 The Kirin brewery is based in which Asian country? Japan > 9 Which London residence was home to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1953-2002? Kensington House -- Dan Tilque |
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