- Calvin's Quiz #560 - 1 Update
- QFTCICR19 Game 8, Rounds 4,6: psych tests, World Cup - 3 Updates
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Apr 27 03:58AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Which instrument is played by the leader of an orchestra? Violin > 2 What colour is the artificial surface that the Australian Open > tennis tournament has used 2008? Green > 3 In fashion, accordion, box, > cartridge and honeycomb are varieties of what? Hats > 4 Which Irish > satirist's works include "The Rivals" (1775), and "The School for > Scandal" (1777)? Swift > 5 Nicknamed the 'Cowboy Capital of The World', > Dodge City is located in which US state? Kansas > 6 Which 2015 Pixar film > features Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness? > 7 Most NFL games are played on which day of the week? Sunday > 8 What rate of GST is charged in New Zealand? 10 percent > 9 Which Canadian city hosts the world's largest rodeo? Calgary > 10 Who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on > 4th April 1968? Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 26 01:25PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:1JudnWfiU_gDB1_BnZ2dnUU7- > perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using > psychological interpretation and/or complex algorithms intended > to detect underlying thought disorders. Name the test. Rorschach test > educated in the school system instead of consigned to asylums > for life. Give *either* the original name of the test or the > American name. Stanford-Binet IQ test > often underestimate their abilities and the abilities of other > high performers. The effect is named for the two researchers > who discovered it: who? Dunning and Kruger > intelligence not captured in standardized tests. It consists > of self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and > social skills. What's it called? emotional intelligence > * Game 8, Round 6 - Sports - World Cup Soccer > 3. FIFA is the organization which runs the World Cup Soccer > Competition. What *city* is it based in? Geneva > 4. The World Cup was inaugurated in 1930, and the host country > won it that year. Which country was that? Uruguay > 5. Which country hosted the 1994 World Cup? USA > 6. The 2026 World Cup competition will be hosted by three countries. > Name *all three*. USA, Canada, and Mexico > 8. Name *either* of the two stadiums that each have hosted the > World Cup final match *more than once*. Maracana > individually in international soccer. But only once have all > four qualified for the World Cup tournament in the same year. > When was that? 1958 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 26 05:05PM > perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using > psychological interpretation and/or complex algorithms intended > to detect underlying thought disorders. Name the test. Rorschach > categorize people on four basic criteria, which are combined > to form a type. The test is based in part on Jung's theories > on how humans experience the world. Name the categorization. Myers-Brigg > educated in the school system instead of consigned to asylums > for life. Give *either* the original name of the test or the > American name. Stanford-Binet > often underestimate their abilities and the abilities of other > high performers. The effect is named for the two researchers > who discovered it: who? Dunning-Kruger > intelligence not captured in standardized tests. It consists > of self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and > social skills. What's it called? emotional intelligence > audio sounds. Some researchers do not agree that these apps > are of any use. By what name, as a group, do these apps and > software go by? brainware > * Game 8, Round 6 - Sports - World Cup Soccer > 4. The World Cup was inaugurated in 1930, and the host country > won it that year. Which country was that? Uruguay; Argentina > 7. The number of qualifying countries in the World Cup tournament > was 16 until 1982. But in 1938, only 15 actually played. Why? one had been annexed by Germany -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Apr 26 08:57PM +0200 > perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using > psychological interpretation and/or complex algorithms intended > to detect underlying thought disorders. Name the test. Rosach > * Game 8, Round 6 - Sports - World Cup Soccer > 1. Geoff Hurst is the only player to have done *what* in World > Cup soccer? Be sufficiently specific. Shot a ball that went from the bar of the goal to the line below - and got it approved as a goal. And it was on overtime. In a final. > 2. Pelé brought Brazil to victory in World Cup soccer three times. > Name *any one* of the years *and any one* of the host countries > for these three competitions. 1958 (Sweden), 1962 (Chile), 1970 (Mexico) > 3. FIFA is the organization which runs the World Cup Soccer > Competition. What *city* is it based in? Lausanne > 4. The World Cup was inaugurated in 1930, and the host country > won it that year. Which country was that? Uruguay > 5. Which country hosted the 1994 World Cup? South Canada, eh I mean USA. > 6. The 2026 World Cup competition will be hosted by three countries. > Name *all three*. Canada, South Canada, and Even More Southern Canada (also known as Mexico). > 7. The number of qualifying countries in the World Cup tournament > was 16 until 1982. But in 1938, only 15 actually played. Why? Anschluss. That is Austria had qualified, but by the time it considered itself to be part of Germany. And the country to benefit from this was Sweden. > 8. Name *either* of the two stadiums that each have hosted the > World Cup final match *more than once*. Azteca (and the stadium in Rio de Janeiro which a momentary lapse of not recalling the exact letter order prevents me from naming.) > individually in international soccer. But only once have all > four qualified for the World Cup tournament in the same year. > When was that? 1958 > 10. In a major controversy, the player Zinedine Zidane head-butted > Marco Materazzi in a World Cup final match. Name *both* teams > competing, *and* the year. That incident seem popular to ask about in Toronto! France and Italy in 2006. |
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