| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 29 12:59AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-03-25, 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 8, Round 7 - Entertainment - Landmark 1970s American Cinema For each movie, you must name the title *and* the director. 1. 1974: The story of an acerbic 1960s comic whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establishment as too obscene for the public. 2. 1971: Shot in black-and-white and set in a dying Texas town, this was the film debut of Cybill Shepherd, who the director had discovered; they went on to have an 8-year relationship. 3. 1974: This Italian-American director made the first sequel ever to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. 4. 1973: Set in the world of small-time New-York hoodlums and gangsters was this director's first of many collaborations with Robert De Niro. 5. 1975: At nearly 3 hours, this movie features a huge cast of 24 main characters. It's set in the South in the "capital of country music". 6. 1974: A neo-film-noir mystery, nominated for 11 Academy Awards, was this director's last movie made in the US before he fled the country to avoid being imprisoned for unlawful sex with a minor. 7. 1975: comedy-drama based on a Ken Kesey novel. This movie won all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director and Screenplay). It was this Czech director's second movie made in the US. 8. 1971: A gritty crime movie that, in the era of MPAA ratings, became the first R-rated movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Two years later, the same person would direct one of the most famous horror movies of all time. 9. 1976: A political drama based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for the "Washington Post". 10. 1971: US science-fiction movie set in a dystopian future where the populace is controlled through android police and mandatory use of drugs that suppress emotions. This was the director's debut. He later founded a company using part of the same name, to assure high-quality audio in movie theaters. * Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana History - Dates in Canadian History. In case case, tell us what happened that day. Where applicable, be specific. There will be some leniency in scoring. 1. 1982-03-29. 2. 1885-11-07. 3. 1967-04-27. 4. 1919-05-15. 5. 1917-04-09. 6. 1988-09-22. 7. 1970-10-16. 8. 1972-09-28. 9. 1976-07-17. 10. 1995-10-30. -- Mark Brader, Toronto "C and C++ are two different languages. msb@vex.net That's UK policy..." -- Clive Feather My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 29 12:58AM -0500 Mark Brader: > *Note*: Abbreviations are acceptable in some cases. If you want > to try answering with an abbreviation, go ahead, and after the > round you can find out whether you need to go back and expand it. This was the hardest round in the original game and the 5th-hardest of the entire season. > 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. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan, and Pete. 3 for Erland. > 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-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). 4 for Dan. > educated in the school system instead of consigned to asylums > for life. Give *either* the original name of the test or the > American name. Binet-Simon, Stanford-Binet. 4 for Joshua and Dan. > general intellectual ability. It provides separate Verbal > Comprehension, Visual-Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory, > and Processing Speed index scores. Name it. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. ("Wechsler" or "WISC" was required.) > often underestimate their abilities and the abilities of other > high performers. The effect is named for the two researchers > who discovered it: who? David Dunning, Justin Kruger. 4 for Joshua and Dan. > of test-takers. Some argue that better nutrition worldwide has > had an effect, but the reason in not fully known. The effect > is named after the researcher who uncovered it: who? James R. Flynn. > intelligence not captured in standardized tests. It consists > of self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and > social skills. What's it called? Emotional intelligence. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Dan, and Pete. > and accurate screening tool. Donald Trump was proud to have > passed this test on his physical last year, thus showing that > he was not demented. Name the test. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). > problems in unique and novel situations, the other to the ability > to use knowledge acquired through past learning or experience. > Name *either*. Fluid intelligence (cf. question 4), crystallized 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? Brain training. If you gave a different answer to this and think it was also correct, please cite evidence. > * 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. Scored a *hat-trick in the final game*. (For England in 1966.) 4 for Calvin, Erland, and Pete. Erland didn't mention the hat trick, but correctly described how one of the three goals was controversial. Now controversial goals are not exactly unknown in soccer, and I don't think the specific details are sufficiently notable to treat this as the "only player to have done it". However, I think if this answer went to a protest in our league it would probably be accepted, so I'm accepting it here. For what it's worth, see this report of a computer analysis 50 years later: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3384366/anykey.html > 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, 1962, 1970; Sweden, Chile, Mexico. 4 for Calvin, Erland (the hard way), and Pete. > 3. FIFA is the organization which runs the World Cup Soccer > Competition. What *city* is it based in? Zurich. 4 for Calvin. > 4. The World Cup was inaugurated in 1930, and the host country > won it that year. Which country was that? Uruguay. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Erland, and Pete. 3 for Dan. > 5. Which country hosted the 1994 World Cup? US. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Erland, and Pete. > 6. The 2026 World Cup competition will be hosted by three countries. > Name *all three*. US, Canada, Mexico. 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Erland, and Pete. > 7. The number of qualifying countries in the World Cup tournament > was 16 until 1982. But in 1938, only 15 actually played. Why? Austria and Germany had both qualified, but then Germany absorbed Austria in the Anschluß. 4 for Dan, Erland, and Pete. > 8. Name *either* of the two stadiums that each have hosted the > World Cup final match *more than once*. Maracanã (Rio de Janeiro, 1950 and 2014), Azteca (Mexico City, 1970 and 1986). 4 for Calvin, Joshua, Erland, and Pete. In the original game, Olympiastadion was a third acceptable answer. But in fact two *different* German stadiums of that name have held the event -- in Munich in 1974, and in 2006 in Berlin. > individually in international soccer. But only once have all > four qualified for the World Cup tournament in the same year. > When was that? 1958. (Hosted in Sweden, and Brazil won.) 4 for Joshua and Erland. > 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. France, Italy, 2006. 4 for Erland and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Lit Geo Sci Spo Joshua Kreitzer 32 40 16 20 108 "Calvin" 24 27 8 28 87 Erland Sommarskog 0 32 3 36 71 Dan Blum 15 18 20 7 60 Pete Gayde 0 16 8 32 56 -- Mark Brader | "If you have to go in, you go in. Toronto | The choice was made the day you took your oath." msb@vex.net | --Dan Duddy, New York Fire Department My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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