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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 12 10:31PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-09, 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 7, Round 3 - Geography - Japanese Cities Please see the handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-3/japan.jpg We'll name a city; you give the letter on the map. Ganbatte! (That means "do your best.") 1. Tokyo. 2. Sapporo. 3. Kyoto. 4. Fukushima. 5. Nagasaki. 6. Hiroshima. 7. Nagoya. 8. Nagano. 9. Yokohama. 10. Osaka. And if you like, decode the rot13 and identify the 6 decoys for fun, but for no points: 11. Xntbfuvzn. 12. Zngfhlnzn. 13. Fraqnv. 14. Lnznthpuv. 15. Xnantnjn. 16. Anen. * Game 7, Round 6 - Literature - Subtitles Although generally known by their "first name", many books also have subtitles which are often overlooked. In this round, we'll give you the subtitle and either the date or the author's name; you give us the book's main title. For example, if we gave you "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" by J.M. Barrie, you would say "Peter Pan". 1. "A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented", by Thomas Hardy. 2. "The Modern Prometheus" (1818). 3. "A Study of Provincial Life", by George Eliot. 4. "The Saga of an American Family", by Alex Haley. 5. "The Parish Boy's Progress", by Charles Dickens. 6. "There and Back Again" (1937). 7. "What You Will", by William Shakespeare. 8. "A Novel without a Hero", by William Thackeray. 9. "A Romance of Exmoor", by Richard Blackmore. 10. "The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death", by Kurt Vonnegut. -- Mark Brader | Nature is often much more interesting than we would Toronto | like her to be. However when we finally do understand msb@vex.net | something, we strike our foreheads and cry "Of course!", | and then marvel at how beautifully simple it was | all the time. -- Leigh Palmer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Oct 12 08:56PM -0700 On Friday, October 12, 2018 at 11:31:47 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > We'll name a city; you give the letter on the map. Ganbatte! > (That means "do your best.") > 1. Tokyo. M > 2. Sapporo. A > 3. Kyoto. D > 4. Fukushima. C > 5. Nagasaki. F > 6. Hiroshima. B > 7. Nagoya. A > 8. Nagano. L > 9. Yokohama. G > 10. Osaka. E > Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" by J.M. Barrie, you would say "Peter Pan". > 1. "A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented", by Thomas Hardy. > 2. "The Modern Prometheus" (1818). "Frankenstein" |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 13 10:33AM +0200 > * Game 7, Round 3 - Geography - Japanese Cities > 1. Tokyo. K > 2. Sapporo. P > 3. Kyoto. H > 4. Fukushima. O > 5. Nagasaki. A > 6. Hiroshima. D > 7. Nagoya. I > 8. Nagano. K > 9. Yokohama. L > 10. Osaka. G > And if you like, decode the rot13 and identify the 6 decoys for fun, > but for no points: > 11. Xntbfuvzn. B > 12. Zngfhlnzn. E > 13. Fraqnv. N > 14. Lnznthpuv. D > 15. Xnantnjn. J > 16. Anen. F |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 08 03:47AM > 1 Kermit the Frog, Mickey Mouse and Porky Pig have all portrayed which character in dramatisations of 'A Christmas Carol'? Bob Cratchit > 2 What phobia is the fear of all animals? zoophobia > 4 Who portrayed Quasimodo in the 1939 version of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'? Charles Laughton > 5 Which African country is named for the many elephants that once roamed its plains? Cote d'Ivoire > 6 How many years does a sesquicentenary celebrate? 150 > 7 Due to its deep and powerful sound, which brass instrument is traditionally the only one of its type in an orchestra? tuba > 8 What letter of the alphabet turns a traditional Italian dish into a town square? t > 10 To pass the Bechdel???Wallace test, a film must feature a scene where two or more women converse on any topic, bar which single exception? men -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 05 01:44PM +0200 >> Damn, her first name starts with H, but it is not Helen Clark, that's >> a nearby country. > Also, it's not H, it's a nearby letter. Yup, realised that when I saw Calvin's answer. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 12 10:26PM -0500 Mark Brader: > my 2018-07-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > * Game 7, Round 2 - Science - Explosives and Explosions This was the hardest round in the original game. > 1. The chemical compound C3H5N3O9 is better known as what? Nitroglycerine (accepting dynamite, which it's the explosive ingredient in). 4 for Erland. 3 for Calvin and Peter. > 2. The chemical compound C3H6N6O6 is better known as what? RDX or cyclonite (similarly accepting C-4 or Semtex). In case anyone was wondering, TNT is C7H5N3O6. > 3. One of the properties of any explosive is called brisance. > Of what is brisance a measurement? Its ability to shatter (break, fragment, etc.) other things. > 4. And the Trauzl number of an explosive measures what? Its ability to move other things, a.k.a. explosive strength. > 5. What is an explosive train? A sequence of events that triggers an explosion. > 6. How do entropic explosions differ from others? They do not produce heat. > 7. This man was considered the lead physicist on the Manhattan > Project; he would later die of throat cancer. Who? J. Robert Oppenheimer. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Peter, and Pete. > this Hungarian-American physicist, who made numerous > contributions to molecular, nuclear, and surface physics, > is known as "the father of the hydrogen bomb". Who? Edward Teller. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. A form of the reverse of this question was asked on "Jeopardy!" on 2018-09-25. > 9. In an explosive context, what is a Wilson or condensation cloud? The circular clouds that may ring around a mushroom cloud. > 10. The largest explosion in human history was a volcanic explosion > in 1883 which measured at approximately 200 megatons of > explosive power. Name the volcano. Krakatoa. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Calvin, Dan Tilque, Peter, and Pete. > 1. The longest-running show on CBC Radio, over 50 years, formerly > hosted by curmudgeon Rex Murphy, now by Duncan McCue, it takes > the pulse of the nation every Sunday from 4 to 6 pm. "Cross Country Checkup". > device called a "phone". Its prominent hosts have include > Barbara Frum and MaryLou Findlay; the current host is Carol Off. > It airs at 6:30 pm daily, across all time zones. "As It Happens". > 11:30 am, gives work to hundreds of Canada's comics, pitting them > against each other to argue very serious topics. It's hosted > by Steve Patterson. "The Debaters". > 4. This weekly show hosted by Ali Hassan, airing Fridays at 1:30 pm > and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, features many of those same comics > in performance at comedy festivals across the land. Name it. "Laugh Out Loud". > 5. A mainstay on the network for over 40 years, this weekly science > show was hosted for years by Jay Ingram, and now by Bob > MacDonald. It airs Saturday at noon. "Quirks and Quarks". > 6. This show about the practice and principles of medicine started > as a summer replacement show and is now a permanent feature. > It's hosted by Dr. Brian Goldman, and airs Saturdays at 1 pm. "White Coat, Black Art". > 7. On this show, which airs Saturdays at 7 pm on Radio 1 and > Sundays at 6 pm on Radio 2, Randy Bachman spins his favorite > tunes and stories from the road. "Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap". > on Advertising" and "Age of Persuasion". His current show, > just finished for the season, airs Thursdays and Saturdays > at 11:30 am. Name it. "Under the Influence". > from Parliament was first allowed. Dubbed "the week in national > politics", it airs Saturdays at 9 am, and is currently hosted > by Chris Hall. Name the show. "The House". > 10. "Q" is the CBC's daily arts-and-culture show, which airs at > 10 am and 10 pm across all time zones. Its previous hosts > include Shad and Jian Ghomeshi. Who is the current host? Tom Power. So this round never happened, and the scores, if there are no errors, are: GAME 7 ROUND-> 2 TOPIC-> Sci Joshua Kreitzer 12 Dan Blum 12 Peter Smyth 11 "Calvin" 11 Dan Tilque 8 Erland Sommarskog 8 Pete Gayde 8 -- Mark Brader | "I couldn't imagine what Americans did at night Toronto | when they weren't writing novels." msb@vex.net | --Joseph Heller My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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