| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 25 12:30AM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-02-11, 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 3 days, if I can count to 3 correctly this time. All questions were written by members of the Cellar Rats 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 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 3, Round 7 - Science - Computer Languages and Environments In each case name the computer language, operating system or other environment that we describe. 1. This language was developed by the US Department of Defense (DOD) in the 1950s. For many years it was the standard language for commercial programming, and it's still used today, especially on mainframe computer systems. Grace Hopper, who was in the US Navy, was instrumental in the original design of the language. 2. This language was developed by IBM in the late 1950s and is used for scientific calculations. It is still widely used today. 3. This is the standard language for creating web pages. It was developed in the early 1990s by engineers and scientists at CERN. 4. This object-oriented language that sounds like a musical note was developed by Microsoft around 2000. 5. This environment developed by Microsoft allows developers to write, test, and install programs in a variety of languages. It runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. 6. This object-oriented language was developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid-1990s. Today it is a very popular programming language, whose icon is a steaming cup of coffee. 7. Google designed this operating system for smartphones and tablets. 8. This high-level commercial language, known by an acronym similar to a Russian grenade launcher, was developed by IBM in the 1960s. It is used extensively on their mid-range AS400 system. The language is still used by many large organizations such as banks in their back-office systems. 9. Named after Lord Byron's daughter, this language was developed by the DOD in the late 1970s and early 1980s to supersede multiple languages that they were then using. 10. This language was developed in 1964 at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. It became very popular in the mid-1970s with the emergence of microcomputers, but has since fallen in popularity as the performance of computers has dramatically improved. * Game 3, Round 8 - Geography - South America 1. What is the second-most-populous country in South America? 2. Of the capital cities of South American countries, which city is the most southerly? 3. Which *two* countries in South America are landlocked? 4. Which *two* countries in South America do not border Brazil? 5. Which region in South America is still administered by a European country? It has a spaceport from where the European Space Agency and Russia launch rockets. 6. Which South American country has Dutch as its spoken language? 7. What is the main airline of Chile? Name *either* the current one or its predecessor before a merger in about 2015. 8. What is the capital of Guyana? 9. What does Argentina call the Falkland Islands? Answer in Spanish. 10. In what year did Brasília replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's capital? I'll allow you 3 years' leeway on this. And hey, here we have an 11th question again. 11. As you may have heard, cannabis was recently legalized for recreational use in Canada. Which South American country was the first in the world to legalize it? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "What's fair got to do with it? It's going msb@vex.net | to happen." -- Lawrence of Arabia My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 25 07:00AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:q4mdnRgbjqUdFu7BnZ2dnUU7- > for commercial programming, and it's still used today, especially > on mainframe computer systems. Grace Hopper, who was in the > US Navy, was instrumental in the original design of the language. Cobol; Fortran > 2. This language was developed by IBM in the late 1950s and is > used for scientific calculations. It is still widely used today. Fortran; Cobol > 3. This is the standard language for creating web pages. It was > developed in the early 1990s by engineers and scientists at CERN. HTML > 4. This object-oriented language that sounds like a musical note > was developed by Microsoft around 2000. C# > 6. This object-oriented language was developed by Sun Microsystems > in the mid-1990s. Today it is a very popular programming > language, whose icon is a steaming cup of coffee. Java > 7. Google designed this operating system for smartphones and > tablets. Android > 9. Named after Lord Byron's daughter, this language was developed > by the DOD in the late 1970s and early 1980s to supersede > multiple languages that they were then using. Ada > New Hampshire. It became very popular in the mid-1970s with the > emergence of microcomputers, but has since fallen in popularity > as the performance of computers has dramatically improved. Basic > * Game 3, Round 8 - Geography - South America > 1. What is the second-most-populous country in South America? Argentina > 2. Of the capital cities of South American countries, which city > is the most southerly? Santiago > 3. Which *two* countries in South America are landlocked? Bolivia and Paraguay > 4. Which *two* countries in South America do not border Brazil? Ecuador and Chile > 5. Which region in South America is still administered by a > European country? It has a spaceport from where the European > Space Agency and Russia launch rockets. French Guiana > 6. Which South American country has Dutch as its spoken language? Suriname > 7. What is the main airline of Chile? Name *either* the current > one or its predecessor before a merger in about 2015. LAN > 8. What is the capital of Guyana? Georgetown > 9. What does Argentina call the Falkland Islands? Answer in Spanish. Islas Malvinas > 10. In what year did Brasília replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's > capital? I'll allow you 3 years' leeway on this. 1962 > 11. As you may have heard, cannabis was recently legalized for > recreational use in Canada. Which South American country was > the first in the world to legalize it? Uruguay -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 25 12:28AM -0600 Mark Brader: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-02-11, > and should be interpreted accordingly. > ...I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. The delay was not caused by forgetting that I had changed the interval back to 3 days, but by failure to count to 3 correctly. Sorry! > fictionalizations), no documentaries. > 1. 1952: Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly. Silent-era stars try to > make a talkie. "Singin' in the Rain". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 2. 2017: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Jackie Weaver. > A behind-the-scenes look at the making of perhaps the worst > movie ever. "The Disaster Artist". 4 for Joshua. The "perhaps worst ever" movie in question would be Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" (2003) -- not to be confused with "Room" (2015), an Oscar nominee for Best Picture. No points for giving "Room" as your answer, though! > 3. 1994: Johhny Depp, Sarah Jessica Parker. A transvestite movie > director works with Bela Lugosi. "Ed Wood". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. This one features the making of another "perhaps the worst movie ever" candidate: "Plan Nine from Outer Space" (1959). > 4. 1997: Julianne Moore, Mark Wahlberg. The rise and fall of a > porn star. "Boogie Nights". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > paleontologist and a troubled young woman is being filmed in > the current era -- with an actor and actress whose situation > parallels the characters'. "The French Lieutenant's Woman". 4 for Erland and Joshua. > 6. 2008: Robert Downey Jr, Jack Black, Tom Cruise cameo. A group > of prima-donna actors are making a Vietnam war movie. "Tropic Thunder". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Calvin. > 7. 2002: Meryl Streep, Nicolas Cage, Chris Cooper. This metafilm > was written by Charlie Kaufman, based on a book called "The > Orchid Thief". "Adaptation." 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 8. 2013: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks. The story centers on the > development of "Mary Poppins" from a book to a movie. > Walt Disney meets with P.L. Travers, the author. "Saving Mr. Banks". 4 for Joshua and Pete. > 9. 1995: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo. A loan shark's > muscle man goes to collect a debt from a B-movie producer -- > which leads to a movie being produced. "Get Shorty". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 10. 1997: Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Kirsten Dunst. A spin > doctor and a Hollywood producer fabricate a war to distract > voters, and get more than they bargained for. "Wag the Dog". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > * Game 3, Round 6 - Canadiana Literature - GG&G Winners > We'll tell you the author and the year of the award, and give you > a brief synopsis. You name the prize-winning novel. Even in the original game, this was the hardest round, so I had a good idea of what to expect here -- once again this round never happened. > Answers #1-5 are all Governor General's Literary Award winners. > 1. Sarah Henstra, 2018: A smart, dark look at rape culture and > the extremes to which ideology can go. "The Red Word". > 2. Michael Ondaatje, 2000: The destruction of innocent lives haunts > the title character, driving her to identify the victim and > killer. "Anil's Ghost". > 3. David Gilmour, 2005: A father makes a casual error of judgement, > and leaves his 6-year-old son alone for 15 minutes. "A Perfect Night to Go to China". > 4. Nino Ricco, 2008: Set in Montreal in 1986, a researcher is > working on his Ph.D., trying to connect Darwin's theories to > a greater theory of life. "The Origin of Species". > 5. Lina Spalding, 2012: A ex-Quaker family moves to Virginia and > buys a slave, setting in motion a chain of events. "The Purchase". > 6. Linden MacIntyre, 2009: A Catholic priest who quickly and > quietly resolves church scandals must relocate himself to Cape > Breton Island. "The Bishop's Man". > 7. Austin Clarke, 2002: Set in 1950's Barbados, the novel is a > confession of a crime, involving a sugar plantation owner, > and a field laborer who is also his mistress. "The Polished Hoe". > 8. Elizabeth Hay, 2007: The novel chronicles the author's > experiences as a CBC Radio journalist, in Yellowknife, NWT. > Four friends make a trek across frozen territory. "Late Nights on Air". > 9. Esi Edugyan, 2018: The story follows the early life of a young > man who has escaped from slavery, and his subsequent adventures. "Washington Black". > 10. Madeleine Thien, 2016: The story follows an extended family > in China, through Mao's Cultural Revolution, and those who > lived through Tiananmen Square. "Do Not Say We Have Nothing". At my game in the original game, the player this went to had no idea, so he asked his team for help. They had no idea either, so rather than guess a random title or let the time drag on, he gave up with words like "We've got nothing." I think the possibility was simply missed at the time, but it was later suggested that instead of recording a zero, the QM should first have asked for the rest of the title to be supplied! Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 TOTALS TOPICS-> Spo His Ent Joshua Kreitzer 8 12 40 60 Dan Blum 4 16 28 48 "Calvin" 15 20 8 43 Dan Tilque 12 20 4 36 Pete Gayde 16 6 11 33 Erland Sommarskog 0 28 4 32 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Keep out of eyes--if this occurs, rinse with water. msb@vex.net | (Directions seen on shampoo bottle) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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