- QFTCICR19 Game 5, Rounds 2-3: capital punishment - 2 Updates
- QFTCICR19 Game 4, Rounds 9-10: CanTV, challenge - 2 Updates
- QFTCICR19 Current Events 5-6 answers - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 16 02:45AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-03-04, 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. 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 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587? 2. Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last people executed in Canada, for different murders, on the same day in 1962. Give the commonly used name of the jail where the executions took place. (Not its official name, which is that of the city where it was located.) 3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections. 4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners very little notice of their time of execution. What form of execution does Japan use? 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976, which is the only state where a firing squad has been used? 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still legal. 7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute? 8. In 1951 in London, Timothy Evans was wrongly hanged for the murder of his wife and daughter. This miscarriage of justice was later dramatized in *what movie* starring Richard Attenborough and John Hurt? 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine? 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015 after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses? After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur svefg dhrfgvba, lbh arrq gb or fhssvpvragyl fcrpvsvp. N fvatyr anzr jvyy abg or rabhtu, naq n fvatyr anzr jvgu n fubeg-sbez gvgyr (yvxr "Ybeq Fgnayrl") jvyy nyfb abg or rabhtu. Vs lbh nafjrerq va bar bs gubfr sbezf, tb onpx naq nqq zber. * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island? 2. What was the capital of British India before the government was moved to New Delhi in 1912? 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city? 4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence Olivier? 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the same country? 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country? 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city? 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with a major port in Kent county, England. What name? 9. What is the capital of Nunavut? 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country? -- Mark Brader | (Monosyllables being forbidden to doctors of philosophy, Toronto | such truths are called "invariants" in the trade.) msb@vex.net | -- Jeff Prothero My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 16 10:30AM +0100 > * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment > 3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections. Barbiturine > 4. Amnesty International has criticized Japan for giving prisoners > very little notice of their time of execution. What form of > execution does Japan use? Hanging > 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976, > which is the only state where a firing squad has been used? Texas > 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium > in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still > legal. Belarus > 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine? 1921 > 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015 > after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses? Thailand > * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment > 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island? Greenland > 2. What was the capital of British India before the government > was moved to New Delhi in 1912? Calcutta > 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city? Oslo > 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the > same country? Pretoria and Cape Town > 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country? Zimbabwe > 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city? Brasilia > 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with > a major port in Kent county, England. What name? Plymouth > 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country? Bahrain |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 15 03:29PM -0500 Mark Brader: >>> ** Game 4, Round 9 - Canadiana Entertainment - TV Shows, 1950s to 1990s "Calvin": >> Corner Gas, Degrassi, Seeing Things. Can I claim three points? Mark Brader: > Not unless you identify which question you were answering, without first > reading anyone else's answers. Also, repeating your posting with changes to the answers isn't going to work well. In this case it didn't matter, though. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I tried to hit Bjarne Stroustrup with a snowball, msb@vex.net | but missed." --Clive Feather |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 16 02:42AM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 4 is over and, if there are no errors, JOSHUA KREITZER has squeaked out a 3-point win. Congratulations, sir! > ** Game 4, Round 9 - Canadiana Entertainment - TV Shows, 1950s to 1990s > We describe a Canadian TV show. You give the title. This was the easiest round in the original game. > 1. Airing from 1987 to 1994, this drama show portrayed the > professional and personal lives of a small Toronto-based > law firm. "Street Legal", which, incidentally, was just revived this month. > 2. This children's TV Show aired by the CBC from 1958 t0 1985 > depicted a man in a castle with his two puppet friends, one a > rooster and the other a giraffe. "The Friendly Giant". 4 for Pete. > 3. Hosted by Hamilton's CHCH-TV, this TV show which lasted from > 1957 to 1992 had children under 12 years old displaying their > talent in various performing arts. "Tiny Talent Time", which has also been revived. > 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. "Second City TV", later titled "SCTV" and "SCTV Network 90". 4 for Pete and Joshua. > 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". 4 for Joshua. > 6. Broadcast by CTV, this game show was shown from 1974 to 1989. > Somewhat like "Wheel of Fortune" (without the wheel), contestants > had to guess letters in a phrase and then give the phrase. "Definition". > 7. This comedy-drama show ran from 1972 to 1990. It related the > life of log salvagers along the coast of BC. "The Beachcombers". 4 for Pete. > 8. This sitcom which aired from 1975 to 1980 portrayed the life > of Larry King, a convenience-store owner in Toronto. "King of Kensington". > interviewing the guest, who would typically be a well-known > person connected with the event, such as Indira Gandhi or > Boris Karloff. "Front Page Challenge". It ran from 1957 until 1996. > 10. Shown from 1965 to 1992, this weekly program showcased various > country music artists. "The Tommy Hunter Show". > 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. 4 for Erland and Joshua. > Lintott and and Maggie Aderin-Pocock. It has run since > 1957 and has had the same presenter from 1957 to 2012. > Either give the title or name that long-time presenter. "The Sky at Night", Patrick Moore. 4 for Calvin. > * B. Two Cities > B1. What *two* cities both serve as capitals in Bolivia? La Paz, Sucre. 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Dan Blum, Pete, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > B2. Name *both* the previous and the current capital of Tanzania. Dar es Salaam, Dodoma. 4 for Calvin, Erland, and Joshua. > C1. Benazir Bhutto and Jacinda Ardern both give birth while > leaders of their respective countries. Name *both* > countries. Pakistan, New Zealand. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > C2. Graça Machel Mandela has been married to the leaders of > two different countries. Name *both* countries. South Africa (Nelson Mandela), Mozambique (Samora Machel). 4 for Erland and Joshua. 2 for Calvin. > 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. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 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. (Charles de Gaulle.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > * E. Sports Movies > E1. Which sport is featured in the movie "The Natural"? Baseball. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > E2. Which sport is featured in the documentary "The Endless > Summer"? Surfing. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > been in English. > F1. "Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs > but to do and die." Alfred Lord Tennyson. ("The Charge of the Light Brigade".) 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > F2. "If God did not exist, we would have to invent him." Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), in his epistle to the author of the book "Three Impostors" ("Trois imposteurs"). 4 for Dan Blum. The original wording is: "Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer." Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Spo Geo His Sci Lit Mis Can Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 16 32 24 20 32 28 8 36 172 Dan Blum 0 36 28 38 20 19 0 28 169 Dan Tilque 16 28 36 40 4 8 0 20 148 "Calvin" 7 28 18 36 16 4 0 26 131 Bruce Bowler 12 22 32 35 4 20 -- -- 125 Erland Sommarskog 0 32 20 35 -- -- 0 20 107 Pete Gayde -- -- 16 12 0 16 12 16 72 -- Mark Brader | "Fortunately, we have anti-terrorist laws Toronto | to prevent people having privacy." msb@vex.net | --Robert Bannister My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 15 01:29PM +0100 > 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. Since I picked a number more or less out thin air, I am quite content to know that I still manage to produce an answer with some relevance, and even given by a real Torontonian! |
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