| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 19 03:20AM -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 4 - Sports - NBA Coaches For questions #1-8, in each case name the person described. 1. This former NBA player and coach holds the record for the most combined championships: 2 as a player and 11 as a coach. 2. This former Boston Celtics president coached the team to 9 championships from 1957 to 1966. 3. The longest-tenured active head coach in all the major sports leagues of the US, this man took over as coach of the San Antonio Spurs in 1996. He has led them to a winning record in 21 out of 21 complete seasons so far, and won 5 championships with them. 4. This former NBA coach won 4 championships with the L.A. Lakers during their "Showtime" era in the 1980s, then another one with the Miami Heat in 2006. He was named NBA Coach of the Year three times with a different team each time, and was head coach of an all-star game 9 times. He was the first North American sports figure to win a championship as a player, an assistant coach, a head coach, and an executive. 5. This former player and coach won 11 of his 12 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics -- 8 as a player between 1958 and 1966, one as an assistant coach in 1981, and 2 as head coach in 1984 and 1986. Hint: His name sounds like the title of a Grateful Dead song. 6. This former NBA player and coach set numerous records as a player. He was the first black coach in North American professional sports and the first black coach to win a major-league championship. In 2011 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama. 7. This former Detroit Pistons coach led his team to consecutive NBA championships in 1989 and 1990, then led the US "Dream Team" to the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. The NBA's lifetime-achievement award in coaching is named after him. 8. The current head coach of the Golden State Warriors is an 8-time NBA champion: as a player 3 times with the Bulls and 2 with the Spurs, then 3 times as a coach with the Warriors. In 2015 he broke the NBA record for the most regular-season wins as a coach, then in 2016 he broke it again. For #9-10, give the full name of the team, like "Saskatchewan Roughriders". 9. John Kundla served 12 seasons as a head coach in pro basketball. He was 101 years old when he died in 2017. Which team did he lead to 5 championships from 1949 (when they were in the BAA) until 1954? 10. Larry Bird won many NBA honors throughout his career as a Boston Celtics player from 1979 to 1992. He also coached *which team* from 1997 until 2000, winning the Coach of the Year award in 1998, and leading them to their only NBA Finals appearance in 2000? * Game 5, Round 6 - Science Miscellany 1. Physics: Which ancient physicist is credited with saying, "Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I can move the Earth"? 2. Metallurgy: Most incandescent light bulbs have filaments made of what metal? 3. Geology: The ruby and the sapphire are both forms of what mineral? 4. What is the named, unprefixed SI unit of electric charge? (For example, if we had asked for pressure we would want the pascal, not the kilopascal and not the kg/m·s².) 5. Anatomy: Which famous Flemish anatomist of the 16th century is known as the founder of modern human anatomy? 6. Space: According to one reckoning, the first time a man-made object left the solar system was in 2012. It was launched in 1977. Name it. 7. Physics: The proposal of the atomic theory of matter by a scientist (as opposed to an ancient philosopher) was by which British chemist and physicist in 1803? 8. Microbiology: The father of modern microbiology is considered to be Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ["LAY-ven-huck"]. What device did he improve? 9. Medicine: Hyperlordosis is an overly accentuated curve in what part of the body? 10. Medicine: Paresthesia is a tingling, pricking, or numb sensation that usually arises in the extremities. What is it commonly called? After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur bhgre fcnpr dhrfgvba, jr jnag anzr naq ahzore. Vs lbh bayl tnir n anzr, cyrnfr tb onpx naq nqq gur ahzore. -- Mark Brader Safire's Rule on Who-Whom: Toronto "Whenever 'whom' sounds correct, recast the sentence." msb@vex.net --William Safire, N.Y. Times Magazine My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 18 10:15PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment > 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587? Mary, Queen of Scots > 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. sodium pentothal > 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? Utah > 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium > in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still > legal. Belarus > 7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever > been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute? Eichmann > later dramatized in *what movie* starring Richard Attenborough > and John Hurt? > 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine? 1798 > 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015 > after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses? Singapore > 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? Greenland > 2. What was the capital of British India before the government > was moved to New Delhi in 1912? Bombay > 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city? Oslo > 4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title > of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence > Olivier? Cairo > 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the > same country? Cape Town, Pretoria > 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country? Zimbabwe > 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city? Brazilia > 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with > a major port in Kent county, England. What name? Dover > 9. What is the capital of Nunavut? Iqaluit > 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country? Bahrain -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 19 03:17AM -0500 Mark Brader: > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > * Game 5, Round 2 - History - Capital Punishment > 1. Who was executed at Fotheringay Castle in 1587? Mary Stuart, also known as Mary Queen of Scots. ("Mary" or "Queen Mary" was insufficient.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. The title is actually anachronistic: she had been forced to abdicate the Scottish throne in 1567. She did later try to claim it back, though. > 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.) Don Jail. (Officially Toronto Jail.) > 3. Name any of the drugs standardly used for lethal injections. Sodium thiopental (or pentothal) or pentobarbital; Pavulon (pancuronium bromide); potassium chloride. 4 for Pete and Dan Tilque. > 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. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Pete. > 5. Since the US moratorium on the death penalty ended in 1976, > which is the only state where a firing squad has been used? Utah. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 6. In Europe, the death penalty is currently under a moratorium > in Russia. Name the other European country where it is still > legal. Belarus. 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. > 7. Capital punishment is still legal in Israel, but has only ever > been used twice. One time was in 1962 -- who did they execute? Adolf Eichmann. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. If Wikipedia is correct, the other time was in 1948 when a military officer was convicted of treason and promptly executed -- only to be exonerated posthumously. > murder of his wife and daughter. This miscarriage of justice was > later dramatized in *what movie* starring Richard Attenborough > and John Hurt? "10 Rillington Place" (1971). > 9. Within 1 year, when did France last use the guillotine? 1977 (accepting 1976-78). 4 for Joshua. For all of you who guessed it was much longer ago -- don't you remember Jacques Marin's line as Inspector Grandpierre in "Charade" (1963), where he points out to Reggie and the others that "We use the guillotine in this country" and "I hope none of you ever finds out for certain"? If not, you need to see it again. > 10. Australia withdrew its ambassador from *which country* in 2015 > after the execution of two Australians for drug-related offenses? Indonesia. 3 for Pete and Calvin. > * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - Capital Punishment > 1. Nuuk is the capital of which island? Greenland. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 2. What was the capital of British India before the government > was moved to New Delhi in 1912? Calcutta (now spelled Kolkata; accepting either). 4 for Erland. 3 for Joshua. 2 for Pete and Calvin. > 3. Christiania was the former name of what current capital city? Oslo. (Norway.) 4 for Erland, Joshua, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 4. Which current African capital city's name was also the title > of a 1966 movie starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence > Olivier? Khartoum. (Sudan.) 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Calvin. > 5. Bloemfontein and *which two other cities* are capitals of the > same country? Cape Town, Pretoria. (South Africa.) 4 for Erland, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 6. Salisbury was the colonial-era capital of which country? Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. (Accepting either. Salisbury is now Harare.) 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 7. Oscar Niemeyer was the main architect for which capital city? Brasília. (Brazil.) 4 for everyone. > 8. The capital of a US Atlantic Coast state shares its name with > a major port in Kent county, England. What name? Dover. (Delaware.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 9. What is the capital of Nunavut? Iqaluit. (Formerly Frobisher Bay, but the current name was required.) 4 for Calvin and Dan Tilque. > 10. Manama is the capital of which Middle Eastern country? Bahrain. 4 for everyone. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 5 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Geo Joshua Kreitzer 23 35 58 Dan Tilque 20 32 52 "Calvin" 11 38 49 Pete Gayde 23 22 45 Erland Sommarskog 8 28 36 Dan Blum 12 20 32 -- Mark Brader | "The only thing required for the triumph of darkness Toronto | is for good men not to call Hydro." msb@vex.net | --Michael Wares My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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