- QFTCIWSS Game 9, Rounds 7-8: art fish, CanInvent - 4 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #544 - 1 Update
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 19 03:09PM > * Game 9, Round 7 - Art - Art School of Fish > 1. Joan ["hoe-AHN"] Mir?. 8 > 2. Mark Rothko. 12 > 3. Henry Moore. 7 > 4. Marcel Duchamp. 13 > 5. Andy Warhol. 15 > 6. Gur svsgu svfu. Picasso > 7. Svfu ahzore KV. Munch > 8. Gur frpbaq svfu. Mondrian > 10. #Sbhegrra. Dali > 1. Marcellus Edson obtained the patent for what food product > in 1884? According to his patent application, the product had > "a consistency like that of butter, lard, or ointment". margarine > at the Hospital for Sick Children. Sick Kids received royalties > from the sale of the trademarked product for the next 25 years. > Name it or give a sufficiently specific description. Ovaltine > 3. These screws, bearing the name of their inventor, are most common > in Canada, mostly because their inventor refused to license > them to Henry Ford. What screws? Phillips > 5. It should not be surprising that a Canadian, Arthur Sicard, > invented the snowblower. Within 4 years, in what year did he > invent it? 1920; 1940 > 6. Likewise, you might know that Joseph-Armand Bombardier invented > the snowmobile -- and again, within 4 years, when was that? 1930; 1950 > name, but his most important was probably the Fessenden > oscillator, providing the first operational version of what > system for military use? radio > 8. Cluny MacPherson, of St. John's, invented which piece of military > defensive equipment in 1915? gas mask > 9. The Royal Canadian Navy's DATAR (Digital Automated Tracking and > Resolving) computer, built in 1953, was the first computer to > use what type of input device? keyboard > 10. Which film format, invented in Montreal, was developed by a > company originally called "Multiscreen"? IMAX -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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): Nov 18 11:19PM -0600 [Sorry, I posted this in the wrong thread first. Please respond to either copy.] These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-07-23, 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 9, Round 7 - Art - Art School of Fish Please see this handout modified from a drawing by John Atkinson: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-7/fish.jpg As you see, each fish is drawn in the style of a specific artist. For questions #1-5, give the corresponding fish number: 1. Joan ["hoe-AHN"] Miró. 2. Mark Rothko. 3. Henry Moore. 4. Marcel Duchamp. 5. Andy Warhol. For #6-10, you guessed it, please decode the rot13 to see the fish numbers, and then name the artist in each case. 6. Gur svsgu svfu. 7. Svfu ahzore KV. 8. Gur frpbaq svfu. 9. Svfu gra. 10. #Sbhegrra. And if you like, decode the following rot13 to see the 5 decoy artists, and give their fish numbers for fun, but for no points. 11. Znep Puntnyy. 12. Jnffvyl Xnaqvafxl. 13. Uraev Zngvffr. 14. Cnhy Xyrr. 15. Xrvgu Unevat. * Game 9, Round 8 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions Did you know people in our very country have invented things? It's true! At least 10 times in our nation's history, Canadians -- or, at least, people who at the time were living in a place that is now in Canada -- have invented a new sort of a thing. 1. Marcellus Edson obtained the patent for what food product in 1884? According to his patent application, the product had "a consistency like that of butter, lard, or ointment". 2. Three Canadian pediatricians invented this food product in 1930 at the Hospital for Sick Children. Sick Kids received royalties from the sale of the trademarked product for the next 25 years. Name it or give a sufficiently specific description. 3. These screws, bearing the name of their inventor, are most common in Canada, mostly because their inventor refused to license them to Henry Ford. What screws? 4. Alexander Graham Bell of course invented the telephone, but he also invented which unconventional type of speedboat? 5. It should not be surprising that a Canadian, Arthur Sicard, invented the snowblower. Within 4 years, in what year did he invent it? 6. Likewise, you might know that Joseph-Armand Bombardier invented the snowmobile -- and again, within 4 years, when was that? 7. Reginald Fessenden had literally hundreds of patents to his name, but his most important was probably the Fessenden oscillator, providing the first operational version of what system for military use? 8. Cluny MacPherson, of St. John's, invented which piece of military defensive equipment in 1915? 9. The Royal Canadian Navy's DATAR (Digital Automated Tracking and Resolving) computer, built in 1953, was the first computer to use what type of input device? 10. Which film format, invented in Montreal, was developed by a company originally called "Multiscreen"? -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Dr. Slipher, I have found your Planet X." msb@vex.net -- Clyde Tombaugh (1906-97), 1930-02-18 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 19 11:32PM +0100 >> 7. United States: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston. > Phoenix. 4 for Dan Blum. Just for fun, I'm giving the answers that I found on worldpopulation.de (but I'm not going back rechecking for this post.) worldpopulation.de has Houston in 5th place, with Dallas in 4th place. I entered Washington which ranks 6 on their list. >> 8. Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth. > Adelaide. 4 for Erland, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. Here they have Adelaide. >> 9. France: Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse. > Nice. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. Toulouse was #5 and Lille #4. My entry Grenoble was several slots lower. >> 10. United Kingdom: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow. > Newcastle. They had Leeds as #4 and Glasgow #5 as I recall. My entry Liverpool might have have been #6. I can't recall that I paid attention to Newcastle. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 20 04:00AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:sdKdnYKUnqBW2m_GnZ2dnUU7- > As you see, each fish is drawn in the style of a specific artist. > For questions #1-5, give the corresponding fish number: > 1. Joan ["hoe-AHN"] Miró. 7; 13 > 3. Henry Moore. > 4. Marcel Duchamp. > 5. Andy Warhol. 15 > For #6-10, you guessed it, please decode the rot13 to see the fish > numbers, and then name the artist in each case. > 6. Gur svsgu svfu. Picasso > 7. Svfu ahzore KV. Munch > 8. Gur frpbaq svfu. Mondrian > 1. Marcellus Edson obtained the patent for what food product > in 1884? According to his patent application, the product had > "a consistency like that of butter, lard, or ointment". Margarine > them to Henry Ford. What screws? > 4. Alexander Graham Bell of course invented the telephone, but he > also invented which unconventional type of speedboat? Hydrofoil > 5. It should not be surprising that a Canadian, Arthur Sicard, > invented the snowblower. Within 4 years, in what year did he > invent it? 1946; 1957 > 6. Likewise, you might know that Joseph-Armand Bombardier invented > the snowmobile -- and again, within 4 years, when was that? 1955; 1966 > name, but his most important was probably the Fessenden > oscillator, providing the first operational version of what > system for military use? Radar > 8. Cluny MacPherson, of St. John's, invented which piece of military > defensive equipment in 1915? Barbed wire > use what type of input device? > 10. Which film format, invented in Montreal, was developed by a > company originally called "Multiscreen"? MPEG Pete Gayde |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 19 04:20PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 A kibbutz is a communal farm or settlement in which country? Israel > 2 The sobriquet is less apt following its civil war, but which > city was once commonly known as 'The Paris of the Middle East'? Beirut > 3 Which American singer, songwriter and civil rights activist > (1933-2003) was dubbed the 'High Priestess of Soul'? Sarah Vaughan > 4 Major > League Baseball first retired a jersey in 1939. It was the number 4 > worn by which New York Yankees legend? Lou Gehrig > 5 Which colourful vehicle gave Natalie Cole a hit in 1988? Pink Cadillac > 6 Which American city is sometimes known as NOLA? New Orleans, Louisiana > 8 'Riders of the Purple > Sage' (1912) was the best-selling book of which prolific American > novelist? Zane Grey > 9 Florence is the capital city of which Italian region? Calabria > 10 By definition, a PTZ camera has what three functionalities? > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
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