- Rotating Quiz #308 - 4 Updates
- QFTCIWSS Game 6, Rounds 7-8: common names and dinosaurs - 3 Updates
- QFTCIWSS Game 6, Rounds 4,6: deserts, Thomas - 2 Updates
| Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Sep 30 07:30PM -0500 This is Rotating Quiz #308. The customary rules apply: answer from your personal knowledge, intuition, wild-ass guess, or divine revelation; no reference tools should be used. Scoring is one point per accepted answer. Answers must be posted here no later than 0000 UTC 10 October 2018 (or 7pm CDT on Oct 9th). Tie scores are resolved in favor of the person who posted their answer earliest (by the timestamp on the message). The winner will be named shortly after the answer deadline and will receive bragging rights, see their name in untold numbers of excited electrons, and have the opportunity to present Rotating Quiz #309 in a format of their choosing. And now, Rotating Quiz #308: 1) The Art Institute of Chicago has carved into its exterior the names of the members of what famous cartoon quartet? 2) Golfer Tiger Woods recently won the PGA's "The Tour Championship" by two strokes over Billy Horschel. Woods last won a PGA Tour event in what year? 3) In the 2018 Emmy Awards, which network received the most awards? 4) Marty Balin, one of the founders of famed rock group Jefferson Airplane, recently passed away. Of the seven people performing on the Airplane's first release, "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off", how many are still living? 5) Hurricane Florence caused extensive damage on the east coast of the US earlier this month. An earlier storm named Florence caused damage to Bermuda and Newfoundland in what year? 6) Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers recently achieved a rare and notable feat in baseball -- twice in the space of three weeks! -- and did this both times against the Cincinnati Reds. What did he do? 7) Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is not particularly renowned for keeping fast company, but his current girlfriend would certainly qualify in that category. Who is she? 8) 8 October 1871 is a date that lives in infamy in Chicago history, that being the date of a fire that destroyed about three square miles of the city and killed up to 300 people. On the same day, another fire started in the midwestern US that eventually killed over 1500 people and consumed an area 50% larger than the state of Rhode Island. What town is most closely associated with this fire? (Answer must include the town name and state.) 9) 2+2=3, for sufficiently large values of 3. How many college football teams comprise the Big Ten Conference? 10) 5-1=5, for sufficiently small values of 1. How many college football teams are in the Big 12 Conference? 11) The United States Senate consists of 100 members who serve six-year terms and are elected in three "classes", one class every two years. How many Senate seats are up for election in 2018? 12) Elon Musk is not having a good 2018. He (and his company Tesla) haa just shelled out US$40 million to avoid being sued for securities fraud (and Musk was invited to not run Tesla for the next three years); he is being sued by one of the swimmers who rescued a group of Thai children caught in a flooded cave; and he racked up more notoriety when he was seen doing what on a live webcast with Joe Rogan? 13) Apple recently released the latest version of its operating system for Macintosh computers, variously named OS X, Mac OS X, or macOS. Since the first release of OS X, each release has had a one- or two-word nickname. Which is the only nickname which does NOT identify a large cat or a California landform? |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 01 01:48AM > 1) The Art Institute of Chicago has carved into its exterior the names > of the members of what famous cartoon quartet? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles > 2) Golfer Tiger Woods recently won the PGA's "The Tour Championship" by > two strokes over Billy Horschel. Woods last won a PGA Tour event in > what year? 2010 > 3) In the 2018 Emmy Awards, which network received the most awards? HBO > Airplane, recently passed away. Of the seven people performing on the > Airplane's first release, "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off", how many are > still living? 2 > 6) Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers recently achieved a rare > and notable feat in baseball -- twice in the space of three weeks! -- > and did this both times against the Cincinnati Reds. What did he do? pitched a no-hitter > 7) Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is not particularly > renowned for keeping fast company, but his current girlfriend would > certainly qualify in that category. Who is she? Danica Patrick > 9) 2+2=3, for sufficiently large values of 3. How many college football > teams comprise the Big Ten Conference? 12 > 10) 5-1=5, for sufficiently small values of 1. How many college > football teams are in the Big 12 Conference? 11 > 11) The United States Senate consists of 100 members who serve six-year > terms and are elected in three "classes", one class every two years. > How many Senate seats are up for election in 2018? 33 > being sued by one of the swimmers who rescued a group of Thai children > caught in a flooded cave; and he racked up more notoriety when he was > seen doing what on a live webcast with Joe Rogan? smoking marijuana -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 30 09:31PM -0500 Don Piven: > 1) The Art Institute of Chicago has carved into its exterior the names > of the members of what famous cartoon quartet? The teenage mutant ninja turtles. > 2) Golfer Tiger Woods recently won the PGA's "The Tour Championship" by > two strokes over Billy Horschel. Woods last won a PGA Tour event in > what year? 2013? > 3) In the 2018 Emmy Awards, which network received the most awards? HBO? > Airplane, recently passed away. Of the seven people performing on the > Airplane's first release, "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off", how many are > still living? 1? > 5) Hurricane Florence caused extensive damage on the east coast of the > US earlier this month. An earlier storm named Florence caused damage to > Bermuda and Newfoundland in what year? 2014? (Not entirely a guess -- I think they reuse names ever 4 years if they aren't retired.) > 6) Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers recently achieved a rare > and notable feat in baseball -- twice in the space of three weeks! -- > and did this both times against the Cincinnati Reds. What did he do? No-hitter? > 7) Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is not particularly > renowned for keeping fast company, but his current girlfriend would > certainly qualify in that category. Who is she? Patrick? > consumed an area 50% larger than the state of Rhode Island. What town > is most closely associated with this fire? (Answer must include the > town name and state.) Peshtigo, WI? > 9) 2+2=3, for sufficiently large values of 3. How many college football > teams comprise the Big Ten Conference? 12, I think. > 10) 5-1=5, for sufficiently small values of 1. How many college > football teams are in the Big 12 Conference? 9? > 11) The United States Senate consists of 100 members who serve six-year > terms and are elected in three "classes", one class every two years. > How many Senate seats are up for election in 2018? 33? At least it's the most probable! > the first release of OS X, each release has had a one- or two-word > nickname. Which is the only nickname which does NOT identify a large > cat or a California landform? Phoenix? -- Mark Brader | Republicans... admire the Government of the United States Toronto | so much that they would like to buy it. msb@vex.net | --Harry Truman, 1948 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 30 11:05PM -0700 Don Piven wrote: > 1) The Art Institute of Chicago has carved into its exterior the names > of the members of what famous cartoon quartet? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles > 2) Golfer Tiger Woods recently won the PGA's "The Tour Championship" by > two strokes over Billy Horschel. Woods last won a PGA Tour event in > what year? 2010 > Airplane, recently passed away. Of the seven people performing on the > Airplane's first release, "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off", how many are > still living? 4 > 6) Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers recently achieved a rare > and notable feat in baseball -- twice in the space of three weeks! -- > and did this both times against the Cincinnati Reds. What did he do? hit for the cycle > 7) Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is not particularly > renowned for keeping fast company, but his current girlfriend would > certainly qualify in that category. Who is she? Danica Patrick > consumed an area 50% larger than the state of Rhode Island. What town > is most closely associated with this fire? (Answer must include the > town name and state.) Peshtigo, Wisconsin > 9) 2+2=3, for sufficiently large values of 3. How many college football > teams comprise the Big Ten Conference? 12 > 10) 5-1=5, for sufficiently small values of 1. How many college > football teams are in the Big 12 Conference? 10 > 11) The United States Senate consists of 100 members who serve six-year > terms and are elected in three "classes", one class every two years. How > many Senate seats are up for election in 2018? 34 > being sued by one of the swimmers who rescued a group of Thai children > caught in a flooded cave; and he racked up more notoriety when he was > seen doing what on a live webcast with Joe Rogan? having a toke -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 30 04:01PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-06-25, 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 4 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 6, Round 7 - Canadiana - Commonly Named We all fall back on "Johnson" when we don't know the answer, but, surprisingly, Johnson isn't even in the top 10 of common Canadian surnames. The answers in this round -- at least according to one source -- are. In each case, name the person described. 1. The Inn at Fortune Bay on PEI is owned by this well-known Canadian chef, famous for hosting various cooking shows and for being a judge on "Chopped Canada" -- and also for being very tall. Name him -- first and last name required for this one. 2. This Canadian is a former CBC radio host, now writing for the "National Post". In 2014 he was investigated for taking paid speaking engagements on behalf of oil-sands companies while criticizing the companies' political opponents in his "Point of View" segments on the CBC. 3. This doctor was working at Toronto East General Hospital and also doing international air-evacuation work and expedition medicine on Arctic and Antarctic ships when he met Margaret Atwood. She mentored his writing, and he went on to win the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize. 4. He was the 21st prime minister of Canada, serving from December 2003 to February 2006. 5. This journalist and politician was born in Scotland in 1818. He played an instrumental role in Confederation, participating in the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences in 1864. He also founded one of the two newspapers which would later merge to become the "Globe and Mail". 6. This Quebecois author was a member of the Royal Society of Canada, a 3-time Governor-General's Award winner and a Companion of the Order of Canada. She is best known for her novel "The Tin Flute". 7. He was a lawyer and businessman before becoming mayor of Montreal in 2001. He held that position until 2012, when, surprisingly, he stepped down amid corruption allegations. 8. This renowned chef and restauranteur is a pioneer of modern Chinese cuisine and fusion cooking. He received the prestigious CAA Five Diamond Award in France and was named one of the ten "chefs of the millennium". 9. He was an Olympic athlete, winning 5 gold medals for short-track speed skating between 1994 and 2002. Until 2006, he had the distinction of being the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian of all time. In 2008, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. 10. This lawyer and judge was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. She participated in several key Supreme Court decisions. In 1988 she was appointed to the Erasmus-Dussault Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. She was named Companion of the Order of Canada in 1992. * Game 6, Round 8 - Science - Dinosaurs If you were 8, you would know the answer to literally every question in this round, but since you're not 8, let's give it a try. We'll name the creature, and you tell us which image it is on the 3-page handout: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-8/saur.pdf 1. Dilophosaurus. 2. Parasaurolophus. 3. Styracosaurus. 4. Brachiosaurus. 5. Albertosaurus. 6. Edmontosaurus. 7. Dimetrodon. 8. Ankylosaurus. 9. Pachycephalosaurus. 10. Compsognathus. If you want to identify the 8 decoys for fun, but for no points, please decode the rot13 below. 11. Bivencgbe. 12. Nepurbcgrelk. 13. Fgrtbfnhehf. 14. Cgrebqnpgly. 15. Glenaabfnhehf Erk. 16. Fcvabfnhehf. 17. Gevprengbcf. 18. Vthnanqba. (Gung'f evtug, gur qrpblf vapyhqrq zbfg bs gur rnfvre barf. V qvqa'g jevgr vg!) -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net "But even though they probably certainly know that you probably wouldn't, they don't certainly know that although you probably wouldn't there's no probability that you certainly would." -- Sir Humphrey Appleby ("Yes, Prime Minister") on nuclear deterrence My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 01 12:33AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:a8ednfixObYkpCzGnZ2dnUU7- > source -- are. In each case, name the person described. > 4. He was the 21st prime minister of Canada, serving from December > 2003 to February 2006. Martin > 3-page handout: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-8/saur.pdf > 1. Dilophosaurus. 6; 7 > 2. Parasaurolophus. 8; 16 > 3. Styracosaurus. 11; 15 > 4. Brachiosaurus. 10 > 5. Albertosaurus. 6; 7 > 6. Edmontosaurus. 8; 16 > 7. Dimetrodon. 11; 15 > 8. Ankylosaurus. 3 > 9. Pachycephalosaurus. 14 > 10. Compsognathus. 6; 7 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 01 01:38AM > * Game 6, Round 7 - Canadiana - Commonly Named > 4. He was the 21st prime minister of Canada, serving from December > 2003 to February 2006. Mulroney > Chinese cuisine and fusion cooking. He received the prestigious > CAA Five Diamond Award in France and was named one of the ten > "chefs of the millennium". Chang > * Game 6, Round 8 - Science - Dinosaurs > 1. Dilophosaurus. 7; 17 > 2. Parasaurolophus. 11; 18 > 3. Styracosaurus. 18; 11 > 4. Brachiosaurus. 10 > 5. Albertosaurus. 8; 7 > 6. Edmontosaurus. 6; 7 > 7. Dimetrodon. 5 > 8. Ankylosaurus. 3 > 9. Pachycephalosaurus. 14 > 10. Compsognathus. 16; 8 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 30 03:56PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > I would say Kalahari, but that is not really part of Namibia... Please make it clear what your answer or answers are. I will score this as two answers, Kalahari and Namibia. -- Mark Brader | "Reality aside, we would like to deploy a methodology msb@vex.net | for how Rooter might behave in theory." Toronto | -- scigen.pl (Stribling, Krohn, and Aguayo) |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 30 03:59PM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. A desert is traditionally defined as an area of land which > receives less than 250 mm of precipitation per year. By that > metric, what is the largest desert in the world? Antarctica (Antarctic Polar Desert). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Bruce, and Calvin. > only 15 mm of precipitation per year, with some parts receiving > as little as 1 mm per year. Climatologists have compared it > to the surface of Mars. Name it. Atacama. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Bruce, and Calvin. > 3. At almost 500,000 km², what is the largest desert in North > America? Great Basin Desert. I didn't know it either. See: http://www.in-the-desert.com/desert/IMAG009.JPG > 4. The Rub'al-Khali ["roob-AL kah-LEE"] is the largest contiguous > sandy desert in the world, but it is only part of a much larger > desert. Which one? Arabian. I accepted "Saudi Arabian" based on the "important part of the name" guideline. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete. > 5. The Gobi Desert is the 5th-largest desert in the world, but > lies within the borders of only two countries. Name both. China, Mongolia. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Bruce, and Calvin. 3 for Pete. > single "superdesert", located within one state of the country. > The state and the desert share the main part of their names: > give either name. Western Australia. (Western Desert). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Peter. 3 for Pete and Calvin. > 7. Which Argentinian desert is the largest desert in South America, > and the 8th-largest in the world? Patagonian. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Peter, Pete, and Calvin. > African desert is the *second-largest* cool coastal desert? > The name of the desert forms part of the name of the country > where it's located. Namib. (Namibia.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Bruce, Pete, and Calvin. 2 for Erland. > On this basis, and not counting the disputed "autonomous region" > of Western Sahara as a country -- within 1, how many countries > does the Sahara extend into? 11 (accepting 10-12). 4 for Erland, Dan Tilque, and Peter (the hard way). 3 for Joshua and Calvin. 2 for Pete. See: <http://cdn.britannica.com/700x450/67/3867-004-E8505AD3.jpg> In the original game this question did not cite a source or provide any guidance such as the mention of Eritrea. Oops. > both primarily Mexican deserts, which share most of their > names with the Mexican states they respectively overlap. > Name either one. Sonora (Sonoran Desert), Chihuahua (Chihuahuan Desert). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua (the hard way), Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > Here's a treat for our younger players. Beware of table talk: > trains can't keep secrets. > 1. Name the island where Thomas lives. Sodor. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Bruce, Pete, and Calvin. > for the diocese does not get a seat as a Lord Spiritual in the > British House of Lords, because the island is not part of the UK. > What's the common name of this well-known island? (Isle of) Man. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Peter. 2 for Calvin. > 3. Who wrote the original books that Thomas first appeared in? > Not surprisingly, he was an Anglican minister. Wilbert Awdry. 4 for Joshua and Peter. > In the later books and the TV series, he is known by his name, > which has more to do with how he dresses than with his girth. > Name him. Sir Topham Hatt. (The surname was sufficient.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, and Bruce. > 5. What does <answer 4> say that Thomas has caused when he's done > something wrong? (Full phrase required.) Confusion and delay. > 6. How does <answer 4> describe Thomas when he's done something > well? (Full phrase required.) A really useful engine. 4 for Dan Blum. > 7. Name the musician who narrated the first two TV seasons in > Britain, from 1984 to 1986. Ringo Starr. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Peter, Bruce, Pete, and Calvin. > 8. Name the comedian who narrated the first four TV seasons in > the US, from 1991 to 1996. George Carlin. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Pete. > (in which one name would be visible if we hadn't blurred it out), > and tell us which image shows... > 9. Cranky? #3. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, and Pete. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Calvin. > 10. Percy? #5. 4 for Peter and Bruce. 3 for Pete and Calvin. > And if you like, for fun but for no points, decode the rot13 and > do the same with the 5 decoys: > 11. Toby? #4. Peter got this. > 12. Henry? #2. Peter got this. > 13. Duncan? #7. Peter got this. > 14. Edward? #1. Peter got this. > 15. James? #6. Peter and Bruce got this. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Lei Can Geo A&L Joshua Kreitzer 32 13 35 27 107 Dan Blum 28 14 28 28 98 Bruce Bowler 24 0 20 20 64 Peter Smyth -- -- 28 28 56 Dan Tilque 24 0 28 4 56 Pete Gayde 16 0 18 19 53 "Calvin" -- -- 26 15 41 Erland Sommarskog -- -- 22 0 22 Jason Kreitzer 12 4 -- -- 16 -- Mark Brader | I'm just protesting at it. ("against it" might have been better, Toronto | but that would have involved typing five more letters, so in the msb@vex.net | interests of speed and economy I didn't do that.) --Paul Wolff My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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