- QFTCICR19 Current Events 7-8 - 2 Updates
- QFTCICR19 Game 5, Rounds 9-10: CanFood, challenge - 2 Updates
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 26 01:50PM > 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 MAC 7 and Boeing 737 MAC 8 > 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? Gambino > 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? Family Matters > publish a proposal for a "web" of hypertext documents that > could be viewed through a "browser" -- what became known as > the World-Wide Web? 29 > 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? Jacinda Ardern > 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? Sikh > 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? Ottawa -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 27 03:44AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ddydnRG6aZPMeATBnZ2dnUU7- > 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 MAX and Boeing 737 MAX 8 > 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? "Family Matters" > publish a proposal for a "web" of hypertext documents that > could be viewed through a "browser" -- what became known as > the World-Wide Web? 30 > 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? Jacinda Ardern > 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. Dick Dale > 9. The Blue Jays' management have limited what activity by the > players before games? social media use -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 26 11:27PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:OcednYawUd2M6wXBnZ2dnUU7- > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * A. Grey Cup > A1. Which team won the Grey Cup every year from 1978 to 1982? BC Lions; Calgary Stampeders > A2. The Toronto Argonauts have had the most wins since the Cup > was established in 1909. How many, within 1? 20; 23 > 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? Day of the Dolphin > * 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? Oliver Cromwell > * 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? Copenhagen; Dortmund > 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? Mars > 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? Gather rock samples > 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 Pete Gayde |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 26 07:38PM -0700 On Monday, March 25, 2019 at 4:32:55 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > ** Game 5, Round 9 - Canadiana - Cuisine Poutine! > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * A. Grey Cup > A1. Which team won the Grey Cup every year from 1978 to 1982? Roughriders, Rough Riders > A2. The Toronto Argonauts have had the most wins since the Cup > was established in 1909. How many, within 1? 19, 22 > 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 The Godfather > B2. For which movie did George C. Scott refuse an Oscar? Dr Strangelove? > * 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? Walpole > * D. Transit Systems > D1. What North American city has a transit system called BART? Springfield :-) > 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 cheers, calvin |
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