- QFTCICR19 Current Events 5-6 - 2 Updates
- QFTCICR19 Game 4, Rounds 9-10: CanTV, challenge - 2 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 14 10:33PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > National Transportation Safety Board and National Highway Traffic > Safety Administration, over two fatal accidents in Florida > possibly caused by its Autopilot driver assistance system? Tesla > 10. A town in *what European country* is challenging Moose Jaw, SK, > to a Moose Summit over who has or should have the tallest moose > statue? Sweden > on Friday, International Women's Day? > 2. The City of Toronto had its birthday this week. Within 2 years, > how old are we? 203 years -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 15 05:39AM -0500 Mark Brader: > For questions #1-4, name the Academy Award winner for 2018 in the > category indicated. > 1. Best Picture. "Green Book". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 2. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Rami Malek (as Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody"). 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 3. Best Actress in a Leading Role. Olivia Colman (as Queen Anne in "The Favourite"). 4 for Joshua. > 4. Best Actor or Actress in a Supporting Role -- name *either one*. Mahershala Ali (as Donald Shirley in "Green Book"), Regina King (as Sharon Rivers in "If Beale Street Could Talk"). 4 for Joshua. > 5. The new MP for Burnaby South will be a party leader who has > not been in Parliament until now. Name the person or the party. Jagmeet Singh, NDP. > 6. What famous pianist/conductor died last week at the age of 89? André Previn. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > 7. Who, at age 37 in Dubai, achieved his 100th win in the ATP tour? > Only Jimmy Connors had done it before him. Roger Federer. 4 for Erland. > 8. The alumni association of *which sports league* is partnering > with marijuana producer Canopy Growth in a study of the medicinal > properties of cannbis? NHL. > National Transportation Safety Board and National Highway Traffic > Safety Administration, over two fatal accidents in Florida > possibly caused by its Autopilot driver assistance system? Tesla. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > 10. A town in *what European country* is challenging Moose Jaw, SK, > to a Moose Summit over who has or should have the tallest moose > statue? Norway. 2 for Joshua and Dan Blum. The town is Stor-Elvdal, a largely rural area in eastern Norway about halfway bewteen Oslo and Trondheim. Here's their moose: http://www.qsview.com/@61.66793,10.8842,12.87h,13.04p,0.01z The Canadian one is farther from roads that Street View cameras have been on, but here are a couple of low-quality looks at it: http://www.qsview.com/@50.414084,-105.508126,234.09h,-0.45p,4z http://www.qsview.com/@50.41468,-105.51082,161.3h,0.22p,4z > * Game 6 (2019-03-11), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Who has the starring role in the Captain Marvel film released > on Friday, International Women's Day? Brie Larson. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 2. The City of Toronto had its birthday this week. Within 2 years, > how old are we? 185 (accepting 183-187). Erland's answer would have been correct if what counted was Toronto's predecessor municipality, the Town of York (incorporated 1793). But an answer on this basis was denied on protest following the original game, so I'll be consistent with that ruling. Sorry. > 3. The regular season hasn't even started yet, but which Blue Jays > second baseman is out with yet another injury? Devon Travis. > 4. Attacking midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo has joined Toronto FC, > after playing (most recently) in what country? Belgium. > 5. Toronto said goodbye, at age 86, to a great jazz-guitar player > from the 1950s and '60s. He reportedly "turned reclusiveness > into an art form". Who? Ed Bickert. > and business leader died recently. She was executive producer > of "So You Think You Can Dance Canada" and helped the National > Ballet of Canada raise millions of dollars for renovations. Who? Sandra Faire. > 7. Speaking of the National Ballet of Canada, Chelsy Meiss's > performance in their recent production of "Alice's Adventures > in Wonderland" is a first in what way? Be sufficiently specific. First woman to play the Mad Hatter. > 8. In retaliation for the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, China > has canceled a contract amounting to 40% of Canada's output > of what? Canola. > 9. What does Al (or A.F.) Moritz now have in common with these > people? George Elliott Clarke, Dionne Brand, Pier Giorgio Di > Cicco, Anne Michaels. They have been chosen as Poet Laureate of Toronto. (The one other so far has been Dennis Lee.) > 10. The former Don Jail hosted a sold-out run of which famed > musical? "Kiss of the Spider Woman". That title showed up on "Jeopardy!" the same day as the original game. They were talking about the movie, not the play; they showed a cartoon rebus of the title, which the contestant had to name (and did). Scores, if there are no errors: GAMES-> 1 1½ 2 3 4 5 6 BEST FIVE Joshua Kreitzer 16 24 11 8 20 22 4 93 Dan Blum 18 11 8 4 26 14 4 77 Pete Gayde 14 0 12 15 24 11 4 76 Dan Tilque 12 8 4 8 12 4 0 44 Erland Sommarskog 4 11 8 4 12 4 0 39 Bruce Bowler -- -- -- 4 24 -- -- 28 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Men! Give them enough rope and they'll dig msb@vex.net | their own grave." -- EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 15 04:19AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > 4. Broadcast from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, this comedy show > depicted various aspects of a fictitious TV station based in > the town of Melonville. "SCTV Network 90" > 5. Produced by CTV in the early 1970s, this show depicted the lives > of a newly married couple living in New York, Doug and Tracy > Young. "The Trouble with Tracy" > 8. This sitcom which aired from 1975 to 1980 portrayed the life > of Larry King, a convenience-store owner in Toronto. "Larry King Live" > class British family from the years 1879 to 1926. The serial > had 26 episodes and was the first BBC drama serial to be > sold to the Soviet Union. Name it. "The Forsyte Saga" > * B. Two Cities > B1. What *two* cities both serve as capitals in Bolivia? La Paz and Sucre > B2. Name *both* the previous and the current capital of Tanzania. Dar Es Salaam and Dodoma > C1. Benazir Bhutto and Jacinda Ardern both give birth while > leaders of their respective countries. Name *both* > countries. Pakistan and New Zealand > C2. Graça Machel Mandela has been married to the leaders of > two different countries. Name *both* countries. Mozambique and South Africa > D2. The Concorde airliner was jointly produced by France and > the UK. In 2000 a Concorde crashed shortly after takeoff -- > from an airport in *which city*? Paris > * E. Sports Movies > E1. Which sport is featured in the movie "The Natural"? baseball > E2. Which sport is featured in the documentary "The Endless > Summer"? surfing > been in English. > F1. "Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs > but to do and die." Tennyson -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 14 09:50PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > Either give the title or name that long-time presenter. > * B. Two Cities > B1. What *two* cities both serve as capitals in Bolivia? La Paz, Sucre > B2. Name *both* the previous and the current capital of Tanzania. Dar es Salaam and um... > C1. Benazir Bhutto and Jacinda Ardern both give birth while > leaders of their respective countries. Name *both* > countries. Pakistan, New Zealand > D1. The Tupolev Tu144 was a supersonic commercial jet airliner > produced by the Soviet Union. It suffered a major setback > when it crashed at an *which air show* in 1973? Paris > D2. The Concorde airliner was jointly produced by France and > the UK. In 2000 a Concorde crashed shortly after takeoff -- > from an airport in *which city*? Paris > * E. Sports Movies > E1. Which sport is featured in the movie "The Natural"? baseball > E2. Which sport is featured in the documentary "The Endless > Summer"? baseball > F1. "Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs > but to do and die." > F2. "If God did not exist, we would have to invent him." Einstein -- Dan Tilque |
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