- QFTCIWSS Game 9, Rounds 9-10: car logos, W(h)ales - 4 Updates
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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 23 01:32PM -0600 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 9 - Miscellaneous - Automotive Logos Automakers from around the world pride themselves on distinct logos, which become the badges that decorate their cars. Please see 24 of them on the handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9-9/cars.jpg For questions #1-4, we'll give you a number and the brand's country of origin: you name the brand. 1. #11 (Japan). 2. #18 (United States). 3. #20 (England). 4. #14 (Italy). For #5-10, we name the brand and you give the logo number. 5. Mitsubishi. 6. Maserati. 7. Infiniti. 8. Cadillac. 9. Peugeot. 10. Opel. And if you like, decode the rot13 to see the brands of the 14 decoys and pick out their logos for fun, but for no points. 11. Znlonpu. 12. Pvgebra. 13. Ibyxfjntra. 14. Yrkhf. 15. Eranhyg. 16. Grfyn. 17. Nphen. 18. Gngn. 19. Zreprqrf. 20. Qnrjbb. 21. Ohtnggv. 22. Sreenev. 23. Znmqn. 24. Ulhaqnv. ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge - W(h)ales When we were coming up with ideas for challenge rounds, we realized that we like whales, but then we realized that we also like Wales. In the spirit of compromise, every category in this round has one question about whales, and one question about Wales. * A. Literature: Tales of W(h)ales A1. What is the name of Captain Ahab's ship in "Moby-Dick"? A2. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" was written by which famed Welsh writer and poet? * B. Entertainment: W(h)ales on Screen B1. Ron Howard directed this 2015 movie starring Chris Hemsworth, about the true-life events which inspired the novel "Moby-Dick". Name the movie. B2. Which 2014 movie about gay activists helping Welsh miners during the British miners' strikes in 1984 is currently being adapted into a stage musical? * C. Geography: Where we Find W(h)ales C1. Wales is bordered on the south by which body of water, which extends outward from the Severn estuary? C2. Although many different whales spend part of their year in the Canadian Arctic, three species in particular are concentrated there as their primary habitat. Name *any one* of them. * D. Miscellaneous: Products of W(h)ales D1. Although the steel industry in Wales has gradually shrunk over the years, it is still the UK's primary producer of two *other* types of metal commonly used in manufacturing. Name *either*. D2. Which substance, found in the intestines of sperm whales, was once prized by perfume-makers? * E. History: Conquering W(h)ales E1. Sperm whales were the most famous target of American whalers, but they only begun hunting sperm whales after exhausting the Atlantic populations of two other species of whale. Name *either*. E2. After several military campaigns, which English king (nicknamed "Longshanks"), finally conquered Wales once and for all in 1283? Give his name and number, if applicable. * F. Sports: W(h)ales in Sports F1. One Welsh team currently plays in the Premier League, the topmost league of English soccer. Name that team. F2. The Hartford Whalers moved from Hartford to a new city in 1997. What is the team called now? Full name required, like "Toronto Argonauts". -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "[I] have a will of iron." msb@vex.net | "And a head to match." --Robert B. Parker, "Chance" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 23 09:48PM +0100 > 1. #11 (Japan). Toyota > 3. #20 (England). Austin Martin > 4. #14 (Italy). Fiat > For #5-10, we name the brand and you give the logo number. > 5. Mitsubishi. t > 6. Maserati. 13 > 7. Infiniti. 8 > 8. Cadillac. 23 > 9. Peugeot. 16 > 10. Opel. 8 > And if you like, decode the rot13 to see the brands of the 14 decoys > and pick out their logos for fun, but for no points. > 13. Ibyxfjntra. 21 > 15. Eranhyg. 3 > 19. Zreprqrf. 2 > 22. Sreenev. 9 > * F. Sports: W(h)ales in Sports > F1. One Welsh team currently plays in the Premier League, > the topmost league of English soccer. Name that team. Swansea > F2. The Hartford Whalers moved from Hartford to a new city > in 1997. What is the team called now? Full name required, > like "Toronto Argonauts". Calgary Flames |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 23 05:25PM -0600 Mark Brader: > > 3. #20 (England). Erland Sommarskog: > Austin Martin Cute try, but it's neither Austin nor Aston Martin. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Any story that needs a critic to explain it, msb@vex.net | needs rewriting." -- Larry Niven |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 23 07:54PM -0800 On Friday, November 23, 2018 at 2:32:51 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > For questions #1-4, we'll give you a number and the brand's country > of origin: you name the brand. > 1. #11 (Japan). Subaru > 2. #18 (United States). Buick > 3. #20 (England). Vauxhall (?) > For #5-10, we name the brand and you give the logo number. > 5. Mitsubishi. #7 > 6. Maserati. #9 > 7. Infiniti. #12 > 8. Cadillac. #23 > 9. Peugeot. #5 > 10. Opel. #8 > And if you like, decode the rot13 to see the brands of the 14 decoys > and pick out their logos for fun, but for no points. > 13. Ibyxfjntra. #21 > 14. Yrkhf. #17 > 19. Zreprqrf. #2 > question about whales, and one question about Wales. > * A. Literature: Tales of W(h)ales > A1. What is the name of Captain Ahab's ship in "Moby-Dick"? Pequod > A2. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" was written by which famed > Welsh writer and poet? Dylan Thomas > B1. Ron Howard directed this 2015 movie starring Chris > Hemsworth, about the true-life events which inspired > the novel "Moby-Dick". Name the movie. "From the Heart of the Sea" > B2. Which 2014 movie about gay activists helping Welsh miners > during the British miners' strikes in 1984 is currently > being adapted into a stage musical? "Pride" > over the years, it is still the UK's primary producer of > two *other* types of metal commonly used in manufacturing. > Name *either*. tin > D2. Which substance, found in the intestines of sperm whales, > was once prized by perfume-makers? ambergris > E2. After several military campaigns, which English king > (nicknamed "Longshanks"), finally conquered Wales once and > for all in 1283? Give his name and number, if applicable. Edward II > * F. Sports: W(h)ales in Sports > F1. One Welsh team currently plays in the Premier League, > the topmost league of English soccer. Name that team. Cardiff City > F2. The Hartford Whalers moved from Hartford to a new city > in 1997. What is the team called now? Full name required, > like "Toronto Argonauts". Carolina Hurricanes -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 23 01:29PM -0600 Mark Brader: > * 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 Here is the original: http://wronghands1.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/art-school-of-fish.jpg In the original game, this was one of two rounds tied for easiest in the game and 4th-easiest in the entire season. > 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. 8. 4 for Dan Blum. > 2. Mark Rothko. 12. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 3. Henry Moore. 7. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Blum. > 4. Marcel Duchamp. 13. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, and Dan Blum. > 5. Andy Warhol. 15. 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > For #6-10, you guessed it, please decode the rot13 to see the fish > numbers, and then name the artist in each case. > 6. The fifth fish. Pablo Picasso. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 7. Fish number XI. Edvard Munch. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 8. The second fish. Piet Mondrian. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 9. Fish ten. Jackson Pollock. 4 for Joshua. > 10. #Fourteen. Salvador Dalí. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 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. No second tries on decoys, please! > 11. Marc Chagall. #4. Joshua got this. > 12. Wassily Kandinsky. #3. > 13. Henri Matisse. #1. > 14. Paul Klee. #9. > 15. Keith Haring. #6. Joshua got this. > 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. And this was the hardest round in the original game. > 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". Peanut butter. > 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. Pablum precooked baby food ("Pablum" or "precooked" was required). 4 for Dan Tilque. > 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? Robertson. > 4. Alexander Graham Bell of course invented the telephone, but he > also invented which unconventional type of speedboat? Hydrofoil. 4 for Pete. > 5. It should not be surprising that a Canadian, Arthur Sicard, > invented the snowblower. Within 4 years, in what year did he > invent it? On both #5 and #6, nobody came within 4 years, so I scored answers within 8 years as "almost correct". 1927 (accepting 1923-31). 2 for Dan Blum. It was truck-sized, not like today's household snowblowers. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Souffleuse_a_neige_Sicard.jpg > 6. Likewise, you might know that Joseph-Armand Bombardier invented > the snowmobile -- and again, within 4 years, when was that? 1937 (accepting 1933-41). 2 for Dan Blum. Bombardier's original vision was of an enclosed vehicle to take the place of cars in winter when rural roads were not snowplowed: http://www.classicdriver.com/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_slider/public/article_images/bombardier_b12_snowmobile_3.jpg http://revivaler.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/The-Bombardier-B-and-C-Snowmobiles-1983-B7-snowmobile-innovationcanada150.ca_-951x735.jpg It was another 20 years before the smaller machines we know today appeared. > name, but his most important was probably the Fessenden > oscillator, providing the first operational version of what > system for military use? Sonar. > 8. Cluny MacPherson, of St. John's, invented which piece of military > defensive equipment in 1915? Gas mask. 4 for Dan Blum. > 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? Trackball. > 10. Which film format, invented in Montreal, was developed by a > company originally called "Multiscreen"? IMAX. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. In the original game this question said that the name "Multiscreen" was the first one applied to the format itself. As far as I can find out, that's not correct: they changed their name after they decided that a single-image format was the way to go. So I changed the question to duck the issue. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> His Spo Ent Aud Geo Art Can FIVE Joshua Kreitzer 40 32 24 30 15 36 4 162 Dan Blum 32 23 20 12 20 36 12 131 "Calvin" 18 0 12 28 14 24 0 96 Pete Gayde 32 20 4 0 20 16 4 92 Dan Tilque 24 0 0 0 20 8 8 60 Erland Sommarskog 11 0 0 0 24 -- -- 35 Bruce Bowler 27 8 -- -- -- -- -- 35 Jason Kreitzer 20 0 -- -- -- -- -- 20 -- Mark Brader | "Which humans of that time did here whether this place Toronto | was cult place already at that time, extracts itself msb@vex.net | from our knowledge." --from a web site for tourists My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 23 06:20PM +0100 > 1 An NFL coach can challenge a referee?s decision by tossing what > colour flag onto the field? Red > 2 Which (soccer) World Cup was notable for the noise made by > vuvuzelas? [Year or Country] South Africa 2010 The Iranian fans has something pretty loud this year as well. > 3 Serb Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 > in which city? Sarajevo > 6 In which national capital is the European Space Agency > headquartered? Brussels > 7 What type of animal is a mandrill? Shrimp > 8 Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in which south coast English city? Brightton > 10 Staccato is a musical direction meaning to play in which manner? With small pauses between the notes |
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