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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 04 09:00PM -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 9 - History - Predecessors and Successors 1. Which Canadian PM took office following Sir John A. MacDonald's death in 1891? He was the first PM to be born in what later became Canada. 2. Which US President died in office in 1841, just one month into his term, and was succeeded by John Tyler? 3. Italian politics -- hoo boy. With an average length of government in the post-war era of approximately 18 months, they have had a parade of Prime Ministers, many with multiple terms. Name the only *living* former Prime Minister of Italy to have held the office *3 times*. 4. In France, Charles de Gaulle was the first president of the Fifth Republic. He was succeeded by a man whose name now graces the most famous modern-art museum in Paris. Name him. 5. Pope John XXIII was considered the first "modern" pope. Upon his death in 1963 his successor, the last to be crowned with a tiara, was the first to travel to the US and Australia. Give the name and number of that successor. 6. The state of Israel is a hotbed of repeat leaders, with only 12 prime ministers in 70 years. The current PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, is currently serving his 4th term as prime minister. Which man, who died in 2012, has been the only other Israeli PM to serve 4 terms? 7. The newly elected prime minister of Spain engineered a vote of non-confidence in the former PM, Mariano Rajoy, and won the ensuing election in June 2018. Name the new PM. 8. Angela Merkel has been Chancellor of Germany since 2005 and is one of the longest-serving leaders in the western world. Which Social Democratic leader did she and her Christian Union party supplant? 9. Kevin Rudd served as prime minister of Australia from December 2007 to June 2010 when he resigned. When his replacement in turn resigned in 2013, Rudd returned to office. That replacement was the first woman to serve as Australia's PM. Name her. 10. Harold Wilson was the prime minister of the UK from 1964 to 1970, and then again from 1974 to 1976. Name the Conservative PM who served in between, and who was instrumental in UK joining the European Union. ** Game 6, Round 10 - Challenge - The Rainbow Flag Originally devised by San Francisco artist and gay rights activist Gilbert Baker, the Rainbow or Pride Flag has undergone many revisions since its 1978 debut. Aside from the obvious symbolism of the LGBT community, the colors symbolize life (red), healing (orange), sunlight (yellow), nature (green), harmony/peace (blue), and spirit (violet). As Toronto's LGBT community has just celebrated Pride Week, here are some questions inspired by those colors. * A. Blood A1. Name the protein in the red blood cells that which imparts the red color to blood, and carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body. A2. What is the common scientific name for a red blood cell, derived from the Greek for "red" and for "hollow vessel"? * B. Natural Remedies B1. What naturally occurring plant has been used for centuries to pack wounds and staunch bleeding, and is so effective at doing so that when they were short of supplies, doctors in World War I used it and found it to be as effective as modern bandages? B2. Leaves and bark from which tree were used for centuries to relieve pain, until the chemicals within the leaves and bark were isolated into what eventually became Aspirin? * C. Sunny Movies Name them. C1. This 2003 comedy-drama stars Diane Lane as a divorcee who starts over, leaving America for adventure in a foreign land. C2. This 1993 thriller, an adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel, stars Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes as detectives investigating the suspicious death of a call girl. * D. Green Cities D1. There are two European capital cities whose electricity is 100% sourced from renewable energy. The first is Ljubljana. What country is it the capital of? D2. The other city achieved this feat thanks to substantial geothermal power. Name this capital city. * E. Blue Music E1. Miles Davis's seminal album, "Kind of Blue", is widely considered to be his masterpiece and one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. Within 5 years, when was it released? E2. Name the composer of "The Beautiful Blue Danube." After completing this pair, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg fnvq "Fgenhff" sbe gur frpbaq dhrfgvba, tb onpx naq pbzcyrgr lbhe nafjre. * F. Spiritualism Name the people described. F1. This German physician believed that all living things possessed an invisible natural force which could be harnessed to provide healing effects -- although most of the effects appear to have been the result of patients' suggestibility. He called this theory "animal magnetism", but it was also sometimes named after him. F2. This woman worked as a professional medium before abandoning the spiritualist movement and adapting some of its ideas -- such as faith healing -- into the Christian Science movement which she founded. After completing the round, please decode the following rot13: Ba gur "Oyhr Qnahor" dhrfgvba, vs lbhe nafjre vf abj gjb jbeqf vapyhqvat "Fgenhff", vg fgvyy vfa'g fhssvpvrag. Tb onpx ntnva naq pbzcyrgr vg. -- Mark Brader | Does anybody seriously believe that if a bunch of horses Toronto | saw a giant egg broken into pieces, their response would msb@vex.net | be: "Hey! Let's try to reassemble this!"? --Dave Barry My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Oct 04 07:30PM -0700 On Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 10:00:17 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > became Canada. > 2. Which US President died in office in 1841, just one month into > his term, and was succeeded by John Tyler? William Henry Harrison > C2. This 1993 thriller, an adaptation of a Michael Crichton > novel, stars Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes as detectives > investigating the suspicious death of a call girl. "Black Rain" > E1. Miles Davis's seminal album, "Kind of Blue", is widely > considered to be his masterpiece and one of the greatest jazz > albums of all time. Within 5 years, when was it released? 1961 > the spiritualist movement and adapting some of its ideas -- > such as faith healing -- into the Christian Science movement > which she founded. Mary Baker Eddy |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 04 10:23PM -0700 On Friday, October 5, 2018 at 12:00:17 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > became Canada. > 2. Which US President died in office in 1841, just one month into > his term, and was succeeded by John Tyler? Harrison > have had a parade of Prime Ministers, many with multiple terms. > Name the only *living* former Prime Minister of Italy to have > held the office *3 times*. Berlusconi? > 4. In France, Charles de Gaulle was the first president of the > Fifth Republic. He was succeeded by a man whose name now graces > the most famous modern-art museum in Paris. Name him. Mitterand? > death in 1963 his successor, the last to be crowned with a tiara, > was the first to travel to the US and Australia. Give the name > and number of that successor. Paul VI > Netanyahu, is currently serving his 4th term as prime minister. > Which man, who died in 2012, has been the only other Israeli > PM to serve 4 terms? Netenyahu, Sharon > is one of the longest-serving leaders in the western world. > Which Social Democratic leader did she and her Christian Union > party supplant? Kohl? > 2007 to June 2010 when he resigned. When his replacement in > turn resigned in 2013, Rudd returned to office. That replacement > was the first woman to serve as Australia's PM. Name her. Julia Gillard > 1970, and then again from 1974 to 1976. Name the Conservative > PM who served in between, and who was instrumental in UK joining > the European Union. Callaghan, Heath > A1. Name the protein in the red blood cells that which imparts > the red color to blood, and carries oxygen from the lungs > to all parts of the body. Hemaglobin > A2. What is the common scientific name for a red blood cell, > derived from the Greek for "red" and for "hollow vessel"? Erthocytes (sp?) > doing so that when they were short of supplies, doctors > in World War I used it and found it to be as effective as > modern bandages? Flax > B2. Leaves and bark from which tree were used for centuries to > relieve pain, until the chemicals within the leaves and bark > were isolated into what eventually became Aspirin? Willow > D1. There are two European capital cities whose electricity is > 100% sourced from renewable energy. The first is Ljubljana. > What country is it the capital of? Slovenia > D2. The other city achieved this feat thanks to substantial > geothermal power. Name this capital city. Reykyavik > E1. Miles Davis's seminal album, "Kind of Blue", is widely > considered to be his masterpiece and one of the greatest jazz > albums of all time. Within 5 years, when was it released? 1959, 1970 > E2. Name the composer of "The Beautiful Blue Danube." Johann Strauss Sr, Johann Strauss Jr > Ba gur "Oyhr Qnahor" dhrfgvba, vs lbhe nafjre vf abj gjb jbeqf > vapyhqvat "Fgenhff", vg fgvyy vfa'g fhssvpvrag. Tb onpx ntnva > naq pbzcyrgr vg. Sbe shpx'f fnxr. cheers, Christian |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 05 11:21AM +0200 > have had a parade of Prime Ministers, many with multiple terms. > Name the only *living* former Prime Minister of Italy to have > held the office *3 times*. Berlusconi > 4. In France, Charles de Gaulle was the first president of the > Fifth Republic. He was succeeded by a man whose name now graces > the most famous modern-art museum in Paris. Name him. Pompidou > Netanyahu, is currently serving his 4th term as prime minister. > Which man, who died in 2012, has been the only other Israeli > PM to serve 4 terms? Shimon Peres > 7. The newly elected prime minister of Spain engineered a vote > of non-confidence in the former PM, Mariano Rajoy, and won the > ensuing election in June 2018. Name the new PM. Pablo Sánchez > is one of the longest-serving leaders in the western world. > Which Social Democratic leader did she and her Christian Union > party supplant? Gerhard Schröder > 2007 to June 2010 when he resigned. When his replacement in > turn resigned in 2013, Rudd returned to office. That replacement > was the first woman to serve as Australia's PM. Name her. Damn, her first name starts with H, but it is not Helen Clark, that's a nearby country. > 1970, and then again from 1974 to 1976. Name the Conservative > PM who served in between, and who was instrumental in UK joining > the European Union. If you don't want to pay some more, ah-ah: Mr Heath! > A1. Name the protein in the red blood cells that which imparts > the red color to blood, and carries oxygen from the lungs > to all parts of the body. Hemoglobine > D1. There are two European capital cities whose electricity is > 100% sourced from renewable energy. The first is Ljubljana. > What country is it the capital of? Slovenia > D2. The other city achieved this feat thanks to substantial > geothermal power. Name this capital city. Reykjavík > E1. Miles Davis's seminal album, "Kind of Blue", is widely > considered to be his masterpiece and one of the greatest jazz > albums of all time. Within 5 years, when was it released? 1953 > E2. Name the composer of "The Beautiful Blue Danube." Johannes Strauss Jr |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 05 05:15AM -0500 Mark Brader: > > Ba gur "Oyhr Qnahor" dhrfgvba, vs lbhe nafjre vf abj gjb jbeqf > > vapyhqvat "Fgenhff", vg fgvyy vfa'g fhssvpvrag. Tb onpx ntnva > > naq pbzcyrgr vg. "Calvin": > Sbe shpx'f fnxr. Fbeel, ohg vg jnf arprffnel. Lbh jbhyq abeznyyl whfg fnl "Fgenhff", gura "Wbunaa Fgenhff" gb fubj vg jnfa'g Evpuneq Fgenhff, ohg gurer jrer zhygvcyr pbzcbfref anzrq Wbunaa va gur snzvyl -- naq V pbhyqa'g uvag ng gung hagvy *nsgre* lbh'q fnvq Wbunaa. -- Mark Brader "The world little knows or cares the storm through Toronto which you have had to pass. It asks only if you msb@vex.net brought the ship safely to port." -- Joseph Conrad My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 05 05:15AM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > 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. -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net "The recent explosion of tourism has ruined the planet Arrakis for me forever." -- Spider Robinson |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 04 04:04PM -0700 On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 10:36:41 PM UTC+10, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > > Now, the Silver Broom? (Doesn't change the scores.) > Mark, be kind on him! He is from Australia. How would he know that > curling and ice hockey are different sports? :-) True enough. But I want to know who first thought "What this sport really needs is brooms!"? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 04 09:14PM -0500 "Calvin": > True enough. But I want to know who first thought "What this sport > really needs is brooms!"? This painting from 1615 shows a game of curling in progress in the Netherlands, and a broom is nearby, but is not being used. Presumably it was there to sweep the ice before play. http://www.artwall.ru/files/products/poster_p-68722.jpg But the really notable feature of the sport is the sweeping of the ice *during* play, and the earliest evidence for that is in pictures from Scotland some time later, such as this one: http://d2dcan0armyq93.cloudfront.net/photo/odai/600/f610fc929e4522a9f172b27047d064b3_600.jpg This page has the best discussion of the origins of the game I've been able to find, and includes smaller versions of the above pictures: http://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2016/02/15/613/ -- Mark Brader | "Are you coming to bed?" Toronto | "I can't. This is important... Someone is WRONG on the Internet." msb@vex.net | --Randall Munroe My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 04 10:11PM -0700 On Friday, October 5, 2018 at 12:14:22 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > This page has the best discussion of the origins of the game I've been > able to find, and includes smaller versions of the above pictures: > http://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2016/02/15/613/ Thanks. Cricket's origins are similarly lost in the mists of time. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 04 08:53PM -0500 Mark Brader: > 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. Again, the author of the round seems to have relied on a dubious source. There isn't much good information on the Internet about common Canadian surnames, but I didn't find any source that puts Murphy in the top 10. I've softened the wording above, but left the questions alone. > 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. Michael Smith. > speaking engagements on behalf of oil-sands companies while > criticizing the companies' political opponents in his "Point > of View" segments on the CBC. Rex Murphy. > 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. Vincent Lam. (Won for "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures".) > 4. He was the 21st prime minister of Canada, serving from December > 2003 to February 2006. Paul Martin (Jr.). 4 for Joshua. On "Jeopardy!" on Tuesday, one of the contestants was Canadian and she told an anecdote of chatting with a former Canadian prime minister when seated beside him on a plane, and never recognizing him. She didn't identify which PM that was, but considering various factors, I think Martin is definitely the most likely. > 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". George Brown. > 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". Gabrielle Roy. > 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. Gérald Tremblay. > 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". Susur Lee. > distinction of being the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian > of all time. In 2008, he was inducted into Canada's Sports > Hall of Fame. Marc Gagnon. > 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. Bertha Wilson. > 3-page handout: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6-8/saur.pdf > 1. Dilophosaurus. #11. > 2. Parasaurolophus. #16. 2 for Joshua. > 3. Styracosaurus. #2. > 4. Brachiosaurus. #10. 4 for everyone -- Joshua and Dan. > 5. Albertosaurus. #7. 2 for everyone. (And I bet this is the first time *that's* ever happened on a QFTCI!) > 6. Edmontosaurus. #15. > 7. Dimetrodon. #5. 4 for Dan. > 8. Ankylosaurus. #3. 4 for everyone. > 9. Pachycephalosaurus. #14. 4 for everyone. > 10. Compsognathus. #6. 3 for Joshua. > If you want to identify the 8 decoys for fun, but for no points, > please decode the rot13 below. > 11. Oviraptor. #17. > 12. Archeopteryx. #13. > 13. Stegosaurus. #4. > 14. Pterodactyl. #9. > 15. Tyrannosaurus Rex. #1. > 16. Spinosaurus. #18. > 17. Triceratops. #12. > 18. Iguanadon. #8. > (That's right, the decoys included most of the easier ones. I didn't > write it!) And nobody tried these. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Lei Can Geo A& Can Sci FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 32 13 35 27 4 19 113 Dan Blum 28 14 28 28 0 18 102 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, Toronto | "True excitement lies in doing msb@vex.net | 'sdb /unix /dev/kmem'" -- Pontus Hedman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 04 01:18PM -0700 Calvin wrote: > 1 In a classic line from the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film 'North By Northwest', Cary Grant's character Roger Thornhill claims that he supports a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives, and several what? > 2 Whose signature songs included 'Mimi', 'Valentine', and 'Thank Heaven for Little Girls'? > 3 According to Greek mythology ambrosia was the food of the gods; but what was their drink? soma > 4 In a much-viewed YouTube skit, a monologue from comedian Eddie Izzard is played out by Lego characters situated in the canteen of which iconic fictional movie location? Star Wars > 7 The name of which iconic jukebox manufacturer is, in some countries, a genericised name for a jukebox itself? > 8 What is the common name of the building that is the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly? > 9 Which variable opening determines how much light passes through the lens of a camera? iris > 10 Piranhas are native to which continent? South America -- Dan Tilque |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Oct 04 04:53PM -0700 On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 8:33:17 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote: > 1 In a classic line from the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film 'North By Northwest', Cary Grant's character Roger Thornhill claims that he supports a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives, and several what? bartenders (I hope it isn't bookies) > 2 Whose signature songs included 'Mimi', 'Valentine', and 'Thank Heaven for Little Girls'? maurice chevalier > 3 According to Greek mythology ambrosia was the food of the gods; but what was their drink? nectar > 4 In a much-viewed YouTube skit, a monologue from comedian Eddie Izzard is played out by Lego characters situated in the canteen of which iconic fictional movie location? mos eisley canteena > 5 What was the title of Steve Martin's 1987 film version of 'Cyrano de Bergerac'? roxanne > 6 What is the major component of a nosegay? flowers > 7 The name of which iconic jukebox manufacturer is, in some countries, a genericised name for a jukebox itself? whirlitzer > 8 What is the common name of the building that is the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly? stormont > 9 Which variable opening determines how much light passes through the lens of a camera? aperture > 10 Piranhas are native to which continent? south america swp |
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