- QFTCICR19 Current Events 7-8 - 2 Updates
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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 26 03:39AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that were correct on that date. 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 in a single followup to the newsgroup, 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. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting of other rounds. For further information see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 7 (2019-03-18), Round 1 - Current Events 1. A Canadian actor/comedian has been announced as the host of a new late night talk show on NBC. Who is she? 2. A well-known Canadian has a one-woman Second City show in Chicago. A big part of her act is speaking about mental illness. Who is she? 3. What two related aircraft models have been grounded, pretty much worldwide, in response to two deadly crashes in the last 6 months? Name both. 4. What has been banned from Ontario classrooms under the Ford government? 5. Who was announced to be the starting pitcher on the Blue Jays' opening day? 6. What 18-year-old female Canadian tennis star has been knocking 'em dead at the Indian Wells Masters Tournament this week? 7. The CEO of the TTC put a stop to the use of "718" forms due to its resemblance to police street checks, also known as carding. What is his name? 8. Francesco Cali was shot 6 times outside his Staten Island home on Wednesday night and pronounced dead in hospital. He was allegedly the head of what crime family? 9. Former star sitcom Jaleel White is appearing at Toronto's Comicon. As well as voicing the cartoon character Sonic the Hedgehog, he was well known for playing Steve Urkel -- on what TV series that ran from 1989 to 1998? 10. The Diocese of Brooklyn is demanding an apology from *what show* on which it was said: "If you support the Catholic church, isn't that, like, the same as being an R. Kelly fan?" After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur svefg gjb dhrfgvbaf, jr arrq svefg naq ynfg anzr. Vs lbh bayl tnir bar anzr, tb onpx naq pbzcyrgr gurz. * Game 8 (2019-03-25), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Within 1 year, *how many years ago* did Sir Tim Berners-Lee publish a proposal for a "web" of hypertext documents that could be viewed through a "browser" -- what became known as the World-Wide Web? 2. Which provincial premier has set an election date of April 16? 3. The Prime Minister of New Zealand recently received high praise for her handling of the mass murder of 50 people at two mosques. What's her name? 4. Jagmeet Singh took a seat in the House of Commons for the first time on Monday, becoming the first person in Canada to do this who was what? 5. Maritime-born Torontonian Chilina Kennedy is performing the lead role in a Broadway musical here at the Princess of Wales Theatre until May 5. Name the show. 6. This musician known as the "king of the surf guitar" died March 16 in California at age 81. He had had to keep playing to cover his medical bills and at the time of his death had tour dates scheduled into November. Name him. 7. Vandals calling themselves "#Macdonald Must Fall" claimed responsibility for defacing with red paint a statue of Canada's first Prime Minister -- in what city? 8. In what city has a statue of the late Gord Downey, by artist Al Hattie, been unveiled at their city hall? 9. The Blue Jays' management have limited what activity by the players before games? 10. After this golfer, ranked #4 in the world, won the Players Championship, it was announced that his Canadian debut will be at the RBC Canadian Open this summer. Who is he? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "People are entitled to their own opinions, msb@vex.net | but not their own facts." --Michael Bloomberg My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 26 11:53AM +0100 > 3. What two related aircraft models have been grounded, pretty much > worldwide, in response to two deadly crashes in the last > 6 months? Name both. Boeing 737 MAX7 and 737 MAX8 > 8. Francesco Cali was shot 6 times outside his Staten Island home > on Wednesday night and pronounced dead in hospital. He was > allegedly the head of what crime family? Mafia > publish a proposal for a "web" of hypertext documents that > could be viewed through a "browser" -- what became known as > the World-Wide Web? 28 > 3. The Prime Minister of New Zealand recently received high praise > for her handling of the mass murder of 50 people at two mosques. > What's her name? Arden > 4. Jagmeet Singh took a seat in the House of Commons for the first > time on Monday, becoming the first person in Canada to do this > who was what? A Sikh |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 25 01:55PM > ** Game 5, Round 9 - Canadiana - Cuisine > 3. A fried dough pastry, stretched and sometimes coiled. Served to > President Obama when he visited Canada. beaver tail > and is boiled in honey-sweetened water before being baked, > traditionally in a wood-fired oven. Often finished with > poppy seeds. Hint: its name refers to a city. Montreal bagel > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * A. Grey Cup > A1. Which team won the Grey Cup every year from 1978 to 1982? Ottawa Roughriders; Toronto Argonauts > A2. The Toronto Argonauts have had the most wins since the Cup > was established in 1909. How many, within 1? 25; 30 > B1. Because of the treatment of American Indians, this actor > refused to collect his Oscar in 1973. Name this star *and* > the movie he won for. Marlon Brando for Last Tango in Paris > B2. For which movie did George C. Scott refuse an Oscar? Patton > * C. First Prime Ministers > C1. Who was Israel's first prime minister? Ben-Gurion > C2. While the title was not then official, who is now usually > considered to have been the first prime minister of Great > Britain? Duke of Buckingham > * D. Transit Systems > D1. What North American city has a transit system called BART? San Francisco > D2. What European city has a transit system called DART? Dublin > E1. In January the New Horizons space probe visited the Kuiper > Belt object Ultima Thule. Which other solar system body > did it visit before that? Pluto > E2. The Japanese space agency JAXA currently has a probe visiting > the asteroid Ryugu while NASA has one visiting the asteroid > Bennu. What is the primary objective of both missions? determine the asteroids' composition > F1. What is the first positive integer spelled in English with > all its letters in alphabetical order? For example, if we > had said "in French" it would be 2 -- spelled "deux". forty > F2. 1 is both a perfect square and a perfect cube. What is > the next integer with this property? 64 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Mar 26 03:08AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:OcednYawUd2M6wXBnZ2dnUU7- > and is boiled in honey-sweetened water before being baked, > traditionally in a wood-fired oven. Often finished with > poppy seeds. Hint: its name refers to a city. Montreal bagel > * A. Grey Cup > A2. The Toronto Argonauts have had the most wins since the Cup > was established in 1909. How many, within 1? 24; 27 > B1. Because of the treatment of American Indians, this actor > refused to collect his Oscar in 1973. Name this star *and* > the movie he won for. Marlon Brando, "The Godfather" > B2. For which movie did George C. Scott refuse an Oscar? "Patton" > * C. First Prime Ministers > C1. Who was Israel's first prime minister? David Ben-Gurion > C2. While the title was not then official, who is now usually > considered to have been the first prime minister of Great > Britain? Pitt > * D. Transit Systems > D1. What North American city has a transit system called BART? San Francisco > F1. What is the first positive integer spelled in English with > all its letters in alphabetical order? For example, if we > had said "in French" it would be 2 -- spelled "deux". 40 > F2. 1 is both a perfect square and a perfect cube. What is > the next integer with this property? 64 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 26 11:49AM +0100 > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round > C1. Who was Israel's first prime minister? Ben Gurion > C2. While the title was not then official, who is now usually > considered to have been the first prime minister of Great > Britain? William Pitt Jr > F1. What is the first positive integer spelled in English with > all its letters in alphabetical order? For example, if we > had said "in French" it would be 2 -- spelled "deux". Eight > F2. 1 is both a perfect square and a perfect cube. What is > the next integer with this property? 64 |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 25 01:35PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which 2009 Todd Phillips movie featured a cameo from Mike Tyson? > 2 In the novel '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' what was the name of > the captain of the submarine Nautilus? Nemo > 3 From which European > country is Stella Artois beer traditionally brewed? Belgium > 4 Along with English, what is the official language of Pakistan? > 5 Which British group has a 1994 hit with 'Parklife'? Oasis > 6 Crucial to the > plot, the action in the 1982 film "E.T the Extra-Terrestrial" takes > place in and around which celebration? Christmas > 7 In mathematics, what is > the value of the base of the natural logarithm, to one decimal place? 2.8 > 8 What physical handicap does a myopic person suffer from? Near-sightedness > 9 Coal is predominantly composed of which element? Carbon > 10 The late rapper Tupac Shukar was named after Tupac Amaru II, a > revolutionary leader in which South American country? Argentina; Paraguay > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 26 11:44AM +0100 > 2 In the novel '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' what was the name of > the captain of the submarine Nautilus? Nemo > 3 From which European country is Stella Artois beer traditionally > brewed? Belgium > 4 Along with English, what is the official language of Pakistan? Urdu > 7 In mathematics, what is the value of the base of the natural > logarithm, to one decimal place? 2.72 > 8 What physical handicap does a myopic person suffer from? Blindness > 9 Coal is predominantly composed of which element? Carbon > 10 The late rapper Tupac Shukar was named after Tupac Amaru II, a > revolutionary leader in which South American country? Uruguay |
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