| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 01:00AM -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 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ran on BBC-TV from 1969 to 1974. Over 4 seasons and 45 episodes, the troupe managed to create some of the best sketch comedy ever written. In this round, you'll get a description of the sketch, and you must give its *name*. 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez, Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and a fanatical devotion to the Pope. 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords." 3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat." 4. A man walks into a shop, having been sitting in the public library on Thurmon Street, skimming through "Rogue Herrys" by Hugh Walpole when he suddenly came over all peckish so he curtailed his Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and infiltrated this place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of a comestible. 5. Four well-dressed gentlemen sit drinking wine, smoking cigars, and reminiscing about their humble beginnings. One lived in a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the one who had to live in a corridor? 6. Ernest Scribbler, a writer, is found dead. Police seal off the area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to help defeat the Nazis. 7. A pall hangs over a frightened city, fear of a new kind of violence: gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit young men. Mr. Johnson's son Kevin doesn't go out anymore. He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room. 8. She's being interviewed about her new theory about the brontosaurus. It's her theory, the theory which is hers. 9. This Sergeant Major has been teaching *this* to recruits for 9 weeks, when all they want to learn is how to defend against, say, point-ed sticks. 10. This sketch takes place in Hurlingham Park and features a competition between Vivian Smith-Smythe, Nigel Incubator-Jones, Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris, Oliver St. John-Mollusc, and Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a staright line without falling over, and jumping over three layers of matchboxes. After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur ynfg dhrfgvba, gur nafjre vapyhqrf "gjvg". Vs lbh fnvq gung, gura tb onpx vs arprffnel naq gryy hf whfg jung xvaq bs gjvg. ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Food Forget love; *food* is all around us. * A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it. A2. One of the few things they agree on: this dish of thinly sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and* South Korea. Name it. * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames B1. What US professional sports team is nicknamed "the Twinkies"? Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts". B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen appliance? * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it. C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the movie. * D. Looks Good Enough To Eat, or Food in Art D1. The official name of Andy Warhol's iconic 1962 soup cans painting included the number of soup cans depicted, which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell then produced. Within 2, what is the number? D2. Created by Claes Oldenberg in 1962, this "sculpture" of a favorite American food has been at the AGO since the 1960s, and was in 2016 re-installed. Name it. * E. Fast Food History E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923, this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs, is still going strong. Name it. E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world, what is this chain now known as? * F. GMOs, or Genetically Freaky Food F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within 5 years, when was it introduced? F2. The first genetically modified *food* item approved for release was in 1994, by Calgene. The item was modified to increase its shelf life. What was it? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Astronauts practice landing on laptops" msb@vex.net | --Ft. Myers, FL, News-Press, March 13, 1994 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 21 06:20AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:h9adndfhGISZi1HGnZ2dnUU7- > 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez, > Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, > and a fanatical devotion to the Pope. "Spanish Inquisition" > 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about > a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords." "Dead Parrot" > 3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his > wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's > as good as a wink to a blind bat." "Nudge Nudge" > a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house > because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the > one who had to live in a corridor? "The Four Yorkshiremen" > area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove > the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to > help defeat the Nazis. "The Funniest Joke in the World" > Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a > staright line without falling over, and jumping over three > layers of matchboxes. "Ministry of Silly Walks" > * A. National Dishes, or As Canadian as Butter Tarts > A1. One of the national dishes of both Australia and New Zealand > is this sweet meringue dessert. Name it. pavlova > * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames > B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen > appliance? William "Refrigerator" Perry > * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies > C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but > McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it. "Super Size Me" > C2. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams starred in this twinned story of > a TV chef and food writer, and of a food blogger. Name the > movie. "Julie and Julia" > painting included the number of soup cans depicted, > which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell > then produced. Within 2, what is the number? 36 > E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in > Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world, > what is this chain now known as? Subway > F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO > plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within > 5 years, when was it introduced? 1985 > F2. The first genetically modified *food* item approved for > release was in 1994, by Calgene. The item was modified to > increase its shelf life. What was it? tomato -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 21 11:14AM +0200 > ** Game 7, Round 9 - Entertainment - Monty Python Sketches There are the guys that concluded that Swedes are a boring people, which was very loudly illustrated - with what? > 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about > a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords." Dead parrot > A2. One of the few things they agree on: this dish of thinly > sliced, marinated meats is the national dish of North *and* > South Korea. Name it. Bimbimbap > C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but > McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it. Supersize me > painting included the number of soup cans depicted, > which equaled the number of varieties of soup Campbell > then produced. Within 2, what is the number? 42 > E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in > Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world, > what is this chain now known as? Subway > F1. According to Wikipedia, the first successful, commercial GMO > plant was an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Within > 5 years, when was it introduced? 1987 |
| Don Piven <don@piven.net>: Oct 21 05:39AM -0500 On 10/21/18 01:00, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. The main weapons of the always-unexpected Cardinals Ximinez, > Biggles, and Fang are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, > and a fanatical devotion to the Pope. Spanish Inquisition > 2. A man comes into a shop wishing to register a complaint about > a recent purchase that isn't just "pining for the fjords." Dead Parrot > 3. A man in a pub asks another man he refers to as "squire" if his > wife is "a goer, know-what-I-mean, know-what-I-mean? A nod's > as good as a wink to a blind bat." Nudge Nudge > he curtailed his Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and > infiltrated this place of purveyance to negotiate the vending > of a comestible. Cheese Shop > a house with holes in the roof, but was lucky to have a house > because another lived in a room; but he was luckier than the > one who had to live in a corridor? Four Yorkshiremen > area, and Scotland Yard's crack inspector dies trying to remove > the cause of his death -- which is eventually weaponized to > help defeat the Nazis. Funniest Joke in the World > He comes back from wrestling and locks himself in his room. > 8. She's being interviewed about her new theory about the > brontosaurus. It's her theory, the theory which is hers. Anne Elk (Miss) > 9. This Sergeant Major has been teaching *this* to recruits for > 9 weeks, when all they want to learn is how to defend against, > say, point-ed sticks. Self-Defence > Gervaise Brook-Hampster. Challenges include walking in a > staright line without falling over, and jumping over three > layers of matchboxes. Upper-Class Twit of the Year > * B. Sports Foodie Nicknames > B1. What US professional sports team is nicknamed "the Twinkies"? > Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts". Minnesota Twins > B2. Which US professional athlete was nicknamed after a kitchen > appliance? William "Refrigerator" Perry > * C. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, or Food at the Movies > C1. In this 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but > McDonald's food for an entire month. Name it. Supersize Me > E1. With its first soda shack opening in Sacramento, CA in 1923, > this fast food chain, originally famed for their frosty mugs, > is still going strong. Name it. A&W > E2. In 1965, Fred deLucca opened his first sandwich shop in > Bridgeport, CT. Now one of the largest outfits in the world, > what is this chain now known as? Subway |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 01:15AM -0500 This is RQ 310. I'd like to thank Dan Tilque for running RQ 309 and writing a contest that allowed me to win, and to complain about Stephen Perry not entering and winning. As usual, the winner of this contest will be the first choice to run RQ 311. You can have until Friday, September 26, by Toronto time (zone -4) to enter this one -- that gives you about 5 days 22 hours from the time of posting. This one is a Quiz Quilt in the manner of Robert Jen, but not exactly. I'll repeat, with minor changes, the explanation of what that means that I used in RQ 297. For each of questions #1-9, write down the thing being described or referred to. All answers are in English. (In this contest, in fact, all of them are movie or TV series titles.) If you write down the correct answers to these 9 questions in order along successive rows of a grid, you will find the "quilt" answer reading *either upward or downward* in one of these positions: (1) vertically along a column, or (2) diagonally to/from one of the left-hand corners, or (3) zigzaggily along the last letters of the answers. For example, if there were only 3 questions and the answers were T W O H Y A H M O E S then the quilt answer might be any of (1) TAM, MAT, WHO, or OHW, reading vertically; (2) THE, EHT, MHO, or OHM, reading diagonally; or (3) SHY, or YHS, reading the last letters. But, as they are not (as far as I know) words or names, you could immediately eliminate OHW, EHT, and YHS. In fact the quilt answer is a *single word or name in English*. The quiz title is a clue pointing to it. For this contest, all the questions are in the field of entertainment. I give a brief description of a movie or TV series, and you supply the title. Most of the descriptions were either taken directly from the IMDB or else edited from wording given there. In alphabetical order by their names, leading cast members of these movies and shows include Christine Baranski, Kristen Bell, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Tony Danza, Freddie Highmore, Julianna Margulies, Raymond Ochoa, and Reese Witherspoon. I will give 1 point each for answers #1-9 and 2 points for the quilt, so scores are out of 11. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker is who got the quilt answer; the second tiebreaker is who scored on the hardest questions; and the third tiebreaker is who posted first. Naturally, you are to answer all questions from your own knowledge only. Please post a single message with your answers, quoting the questions you are answering and placing your answer below each one. 1. A disgraced former NYPD officer lives with his son, an earnest, obsessively honest NYPD detective. (TV series.) 2. An apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. (2015 movie.) 3. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm. (CBS TV series, 2009-16.) 4. Followup TV series to <answer 4>, with some of the same characters. 5. A dead woman struggles to define what it means to be good. (TV series.) 6. While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation. (2006 movie.) 7. The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life. (Also a 2006 movie.) 8. A group of refugees given the chance to resettle in the US meet an employment agency counselor in Kansas City, and all of their lives are changed. (2014 movie.) 9. A young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome is recruited by a prestigious hospital. (TV series.) 10. Quilt? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "...good to see you back in the 'From' column." msb@vex.net | --Maria Conlon My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 02:03AM -0500 [Resposting with corrected deadline] This is RQ 310. I'd like to thank Dan Tilque for running RQ 309 and writing a contest that allowed me to win, and to complain about Stephen Perry not entering and winning. As usual, the winner of this contest will be the first choice to run RQ 311. You can have until Friday, October 26, by Toronto time (zone -4) to enter this one -- that gives you about 5 days 22 hours from the time of posting. This one is a Quiz Quilt in the manner of Robert Jen, but not exactly. I'll repeat, with minor changes, the explanation of what that means that I used in RQ 297. For each of questions #1-9, write down the thing being described or referred to. All answers are in English. (In this contest, in fact, all of them are movie or TV series titles.) If you write down the correct answers to these 9 questions in order along successive rows of a grid, you will find the "quilt" answer reading *either upward or downward* in one of these positions: (1) vertically along a column, or (2) diagonally to/from one of the left-hand corners, or (3) zigzaggily along the last letters of the answers. For example, if there were only 3 questions and the answers were T W O H Y A H M O E S then the quilt answer might be any of (1) TAM, MAT, WHO, or OHW, reading vertically; (2) THE, EHT, MHO, or OHM, reading diagonally; or (3) SHY, or YHS, reading the last letters. But, as they are not (as far as I know) words or names, you could immediately eliminate OHW, EHT, and YHS. In fact the quilt answer is a *single word or name in English*. The quiz title is a clue pointing to it. For this contest, all the questions are in the field of entertainment. I give a brief description of a movie or TV series, and you supply the title. Most of the descriptions were either taken directly from the IMDB or else edited from wording given there. In alphabetical order by their names, leading cast members of these movies and shows include Christine Baranski, Kristen Bell, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Tony Danza, Freddie Highmore, Julianna Margulies, Raymond Ochoa, and Reese Witherspoon. I will give 1 point each for answers #1-9 and 2 points for the quilt, so scores are out of 11. In case of a tie, the first tiebreaker is who got the quilt answer; the second tiebreaker is who scored on the hardest questions; and the third tiebreaker is who posted first. Naturally, you are to answer all questions from your own knowledge only. Please post a single message with your answers, quoting the questions you are answering and placing your answer below each one. 1. A disgraced former NYPD officer lives with his son, an earnest, obsessively honest NYPD detective. (TV series.) 2. An apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. (2015 movie.) 3. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm. (CBS TV series, 2009-16.) 4. Followup TV series to <answer 4>, with some of the same characters. 5. A dead woman struggles to define what it means to be good. (TV series.) 6. While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation. (2006 movie.) 7. The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life. (Also a 2006 movie.) 8. A group of refugees given the chance to resettle in the US meet an employment agency counselor in Kansas City, and all of their lives are changed. (2014 movie.) 9. A young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome is recruited by a prestigious hospital. (TV series.) 10. Quilt? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "...good to see you back in the 'From' column." msb@vex.net | --Maria Conlon My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 20 10:43PM -0700 Dan Tilque wrote: > with that myth, and is sometimes incorporated into it, but it really > belongs in a different hero's myth. It's a fantastic (in both senses of > that word) animal. What are these 6 constellations? Perseus (hero) Andromeda (damsel in distress) Cassiopeia (her mother) Cepheus (her father) Cetus (sea monster) Pegasus (other animal) Pegasus really belongs to the Bellerophon myth, but since he was born to Medusa (actually from her neck and/or blood) when Perseus slew her, he's often given to Perseus as a mount. But Perseus didn't need a mount, since he'd been given winged shoes by Hermes before starting his quest. The chained lady would be Andromeda, so I'll give Mark a tiebreaking bonus for that. > Give the English name for each of these constellations. For example, for > Cancer, the answer would be "crab". > 2. Antlia air pump (named in the 18th century by a Frenchman named Lacaille; it's a faint constellation that even most serious amateur astronomers are probably unfamiliar with. I probably shouldn't have included it here, since I didn't expect anyone to get it.) > 3. Ara altar > 4. Carina keel (originally part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis, which was broken up into three smaller ones: Carina, Pupis (poop deck) and Vela (sails)) > 5. Draco dragon > 6. Monoceros unicorn > 7. Vulpecula fox > Part II. Islands > 8. Name the 4 main islands of Japan. Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku > 9. Name the 8 main islands of Hawaii Hawai'i (or the Big Island), O'ahu, Maui, Kaua'i, Moloka'i, Lāna'i (Lana'i), Ni'ihau, Kaho'olawe The diacritics are optional. > 10. Name the 4 largest Channel Islands (English Channel Islands, not > those in California) Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Alderney Scores: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T ------------------------------------ Mark 3+ 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 7 4 22+ Dan Blum 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 4 17 Calvin 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 3 11 Erland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 7 Mark does not need the bonus to win easily. Congratulations! Rotating Quiz #310 is yours, Mark. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 01:03AM -0500 Dan Tilque: > Mark does not need the bonus to win easily. Congratulations! Thanks! FWIW, I was annoyed at missing Antlia and Carina. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "But I want credit for all the words msb@vex.net I spelled *right*!" -- BEETLE BAILEY |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 12:54AM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1. Originally opened in 1967, this Ottawa museum features the > crowd-pleasing exhibit "The Crazy Kitchen". It reopened in > November 2017 following an $80,000,000 renovation. Canadian Museum of Science and Technology. > it finally landed in its permanent home in 1968. It's also > been renamed a few times: 1894, 1968, 1981, and 2009. What is > it called now? Museum of Vancouver. (Exact name required.) > 3. This museum, designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, > features angular walls clad in white granite. It opened in > September 2014 and is located in North York. Aga Khan Museum. > partnership. The stunning structure, designed by Antoine > Predock, opened to the public in September 2014 and is featured > on the back of the new $10 bill. Canadian Museum for [sic] Human Rights. > and re-opened on its 125th anniversary in 2005. Each year, > the museum sponsors the Col. Douglas H. Gunter History Awards, > a national competition for senior-high-school students. Canadian War Museum. > 500,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects, including the > Walter and Marianne Koerner collection. Designed by renowned > Canadian architect Arthur Erickson, it opened its doors in 1976. Museum of Anthropology. (Exact name required. It's at UBC in Vancouver.) > fossils and is a major center for paleontological research. > It opened in 1985 and is named after the geologist who, while > searching for coal seams, discovered the albertosaurus in 1884. Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology. > housed at Pier 21, a former ocean liner terminal used from 1928 > to 1971. Often compared to Ellis Island, it became a national > museum, run by the Federal government, in 2011. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. ("Immigration" was sufficient.) > campaign for expansion and relocation from its current site > on Monaghan Rd. to land owned by Parks Canada next to the lift > lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway. Canadian Canoe Museum. > over 1,400,000 objects, artifacts, photographs, and manuscripts, > many relating to the history and cultures of Canada's Aboriginal > peoples. The museum is at 690 Sherbrooke St. W. in Montreal. McCord Museum of Canadian History. Not even any guesses? Pitiful. Okay, this round never happened either, and Game 7 will be scored on year best 4 rounds out of 6! > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/7-8/dd.pdf > And give the numbers of the following monsters: > 1. Gelatinous cube. #11. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Owlbear. #4. 4 for everyone. > 3. Beholder. #6. 4 for everyone. > 4. Mind flayer. #14. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 5. Coatl ["ko-AT'll"]. #16. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 6. Ettin. #9. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 7. Gnoll. #7. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 8. Modron. #13. 2 for Dan Blum. > 9. Mimic. #18. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 10. Rust monster. #3. 4 for Joshua. > And if yo'd like to try the 8 decoys for fun, but for no points, > please decode the rot13 and continue: > 11. Slaad. PBEE #15. > 12. Displacer beast. PBEE #12. > 13. Yuan-Ti. PBEE #8. > 14. Xorn. PBEE #10. > 15. Umber hulk. PBEE #17. > 16. Flumph. #1. Dan Tilque got this. > 17. Tarrasque. #2. > 18. Glabrezu. #5. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 8 TOTALS TOPICS-> Sci Geo Lit Lei Dan Blum 12 16 25 34 87 Joshua Kreitzer 12 12 28 20 72 Dan Tilque 8 13 20 28 69 "Calvin" 11 8 30 -- 49 Pete Gayde 8 17 16 -- 41 Erland Sommarskog 8 28 0 -- 36 Peter Smyth 11 -- -- -- 11 Jason Kreitzer -- 4 4 -- 8 -- Mark Brader | "Nothing is more sacrosanct than our professional ethics. Toronto | Fortunately, I know a trick to get around them." msb@vex.net | --Niles Crane, "Frasier" (Ranberg & Flett-Giordano) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 21 01:02AM -0500 Mark Brader: > > 11. Slaad. > PBEE #15. Sorry, preese ignore the extra PBEEs in these decoy answers. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "No victor believes in chance." msb@vex.net -- Nietzsche (trans. Kaufmann) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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