- QFTCICR19 Game 9, Rounds 9-10: US Supreme Court, challenge - 3 Updates
- QFTCICR19 Game 9, Rounds 7-8: movie/TV friends, Grey Cup - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #563 - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 14 12:40AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-04-01, 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*)". ** Poll of Entrants For the reasons I explained earlier, this season had only 9 games in the regular season, so in about 3 days I'll be starting to post rounds from the Final. After that we'll move on to rounds from the following season, written by Unnatural Axxxe. Back when I started posting questions from the Canadian Inquisition in this newsgroup, I decided that if the usual 10-question rounds were posted two at a time every 3 days, that would be about the right pace. But the Final has 15-question rounds, so I polled the entrants to see if those should also be posted two at a time, and the result at that time was no. But the set of participants has changed over time, and I'd like to ask the question again. Would you prefer the 15-question rounds from the Final to be posted one at a time or in sets of two? ** Game 9, Round 9 - History (yes, again) - US Supreme Court Decisions All questions are about decisions of the US Supreme Court and, of course, constitutional references are to the US constitution. 1. In 1857, the court sided with slavery and declared that blacks could not be US citizens. Give the *short name* commonly used for the case. 2. In 1974, US v. Nixon set a crucial precedent limiting the power of any US president to resist certain subpoenas and other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government. What is the common term for the *power* that was thus limited? 3. In 2010 the court held that companies have human rights -- more precisely, that the free-speech clause of the 1st Amendment prohibits the government from restricting spending for communications by corporations, labor unions, and other associations. What organization was the plaintiff in this case? For questions #4-7, give the name of the case, like "Loving v. Virginia". 4. In 1973, the court ruled that women have the constitutional right to terminate pregnancy. 5. The court settled a recount dispute in Florida's part of the 2000 presidential election. 6. A 1988 case between a porno magazine and a televangelist, in which the court held that public figures cannot recover damages for emotional distress due to a caricature, parody, or satire of the public figure that a reasonable person would not have interpreted as factual. 7. This decision declared that separate educational facilities for white and black students were inherently unequal. For questions #8-10, give the *year* of the decision, within 2 years. 8. The Loving v. Virginia decision struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage. 9. In Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, the court ruled that the Boy Scouts were allowed to bar gays from becoming troop leaders. 10. In Obergefell v. Hodges, the court of the ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the due-process clause and the equal-protection clause of the 14th Amendment. ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round * A. Spaceports A1. Based in Kazakhstan, it is Russia's major launch facility and currently the only launch facility to launch humans into orbit. Name it. A2. The major space-launch facility for the USA is located on Cape Canaveral. What was the cape called between 1963 and 1973? * B. Same-Name Movies B1. In 1973 two movies of a famous play were made. Dr. Rank is played in one version by Ralph Richardson and in the other by Trevor Howard. What title did the two movies share? B2. In 1965 two movies were made about a famous American actress. The title role was played in one version by Carroll Baker and in the other by Carol Lynley. What title did these movies share? * C. Ships Sunk C1. What ocean liner sank in 1956 as a result of a collision with the Stockholm? C2. In the early days of World War II, the captain of a German navy ship scuttled it in Montevideo harbor after it was damaged by Allied forces. Name the ship. * D. Flightless Birds D1. What flightless bird gets its name from the local indigenous people's imitation of its cry? D2. What flightless bird gets its name from the Portuguese for ostrich? * E. Annes in Novels E1. What was Anne's surname in "Anne of Green Gables"? E2. "Anne of Geierstein" was the first novel this writer had published under his real name. Who was he? * F. Cryptic Crossword Clues F1. Morning person for this Middle Eastern capital (5) F2. Communist fish is a misleading distraction (3,7) -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Don't try this at work." msb@vex.net -- Dennis Ritchie My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 14 05:56AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:H46dnXrDi-lcyUfBnZ2dnUU7- > But the set of participants has changed over time, and I'd like to ask > the question again. Would you prefer the 15-question rounds from the > Final to be posted one at a time or in sets of two? Either way is equally fine with me. > 1. In 1857, the court sided with slavery and declared that blacks > could not be US citizens. Give the *short name* commonly used > for the case. Dred Scott > other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches > of government. What is the common term for the *power* that > was thus limited? executive privilege > Amendment prohibits the government from restricting spending > for communications by corporations, labor unions, and other > associations. What organization was the plaintiff in this case? Citizens United > Virginia". > 4. In 1973, the court ruled that women have the constitutional > right to terminate pregnancy. Roe v. Wade > 5. The court settled a recount dispute in Florida's part of the > 2000 presidential election. Bush v. Gore > for emotional distress due to a caricature, parody, or satire > of the public figure that a reasonable person would not have > interpreted as factual. Hustler Magazine v. Falwell > 7. This decision declared that separate educational facilities > for white and black students were inherently unequal. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka > 2 years. > 8. The Loving v. Virginia decision struck down all state laws > banning interracial marriage. 1967 > 9. In Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, the court ruled that the Boy > Scouts were allowed to bar gays from becoming troop leaders. 2007 > fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples > by both the due-process clause and the equal-protection clause > of the 14th Amendment. 2015 > A1. Based in Kazakhstan, it is Russia's major launch facility and > currently the only launch facility to launch humans into > orbit. Name it. Baikonur Cosmodrome > A2. The major space-launch facility for the USA is located on > Cape Canaveral. What was the cape called between 1963 > and 1973? Cape Kennedy > B1. In 1973 two movies of a famous play were made. Dr. Rank > is played in one version by Ralph Richardson and in the > other by Trevor Howard. What title did the two movies share? "A Doll's House" > The title role was played in one version by Carroll Baker > and in the other by Carol Lynley. What title did these > movies share? "Harlow" > * C. Ships Sunk > C1. What ocean liner sank in 1956 as a result of a collision > with the Stockholm? Andrea Doria > * F. Cryptic Crossword Clues > F1. Morning person for this Middle Eastern capital (5) Amman > F2. Communist fish is a misleading distraction (3,7) red herring -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 14 01:29AM -0700 On 5/13/19 10:40 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > But the set of participants has changed over time, and I'd like to ask > the question again. Would you prefer the 15-question rounds from the > Final to be posted one at a time or in sets of two? Doesn't matter either way to me. > 1. In 1857, the court sided with slavery and declared that blacks > could not be US citizens. Give the *short name* commonly used > for the case. Dred Scott > other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches > of government. What is the common term for the *power* that > was thus limited? executive privilege > Amendment prohibits the government from restricting spending > for communications by corporations, labor unions, and other > associations. What organization was the plaintiff in this case? Citizens United > Virginia". > 4. In 1973, the court ruled that women have the constitutional > right to terminate pregnancy. Roe v Wade > 5. The court settled a recount dispute in Florida's part of the > 2000 presidential election. Bush v Gore > for emotional distress due to a caricature, parody, or satire > of the public figure that a reasonable person would not have > interpreted as factual. Hustler v Falwell > 7. This decision declared that separate educational facilities > for white and black students were inherently unequal. Brown v Board of Education' > 2 years. > 8. The Loving v. Virginia decision struck down all state laws > banning interracial marriage. 1970 > 9. In Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, the court ruled that the Boy > Scouts were allowed to bar gays from becoming troop leaders. 2005 > fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples > by both the due-process clause and the equal-protection clause > of the 14th Amendment. 2011 > A2. The major space-launch facility for the USA is located on > Cape Canaveral. What was the cape called between 1963 > and 1973? Cape Kennedy > * C. Ships Sunk > C1. What ocean liner sank in 1956 as a result of a collision > with the Stockholm? Andrea Doria > * D. Flightless Birds > D1. What flightless bird gets its name from the local indigenous > people's imitation of its cry? Kiwi > published under his real name. Who was he? > * F. Cryptic Crossword Clues > F1. Morning person for this Middle Eastern capital (5) Amman > F2. Communist fish is a misleading distraction (3,7) red herring -- Dan Tilque |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 12 07:20PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:m5mdnVQJNpMQwEvBnZ2dnUU7- > give only a first name, nickname, or similar in the question, > you can do the same in answering. > 1. "Clueless", Cher. Sonny > 6. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Ferris. > 7. "Boy Meets World", Cory's best (female) friend. > 8. "Toy Story", Woody. We don't mean the human friend. Buzz > start of the movie. > 10. "Back to the Future", Marty McFly's friend and main accomplice > in time travel. Doc > team name will do, like "Toronto" or "Maple Leafs". > 1. Within a year on either side, when was the first Grey Cup > match played? 1930; 1933 > the previous question. Gur Terl Phc va 2018 jnf abg gur > bar-uhaqerq-gragu, nf lbh jbhyq rkcrpg sebz gur cerivbhf > nafjre. Jung ahzore jnf vg? 100th > 3. The Calgary Stampeders won in 2018 -- who did they beat? Ottawa > 4. The Grey Cup was named after Albert Grey, the fourth Earl Grey. > What was his job in <answer 1>? Prime Minister > 5. Due to weather conditions, what nickname was given to the 1962 > Grey Cup game, held at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium? Blizzard game > what incident happened during the national anthem? > 7. In 1995 which team unusually won the Grey Cup, beating the > Calgary Stampeders 37-20? Montreal; Toronto > 8. The Grey Cup was stolen in 1969 from the offices of the Ottawa > Rough Riders. It was later found in a locker in which hotel? > 9. Which team has made the most Grey Cup appearances? Edmonton; Calgary > 10. The all-time record for attendance at a Grey Cup game was > 68,318, in 1977. In what stadium? Montreal Olympic Stadium Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 14 12:38AM -0500 Mark Brader: > give only a first name, nickname, or similar in the question, > you can do the same in answering. > 1. "Clueless", Cher. Dionne. 4 for Joshua. > 2. "Community", Troy. The friend is a talk show co-host. Abed. 4 for Joshua. > 3. "Parks and Recreation", Leslie. The friend is a nurse. Anne. 4 for Joshua. > 4. "Absolutely Fabulous", Patsy. Edina. 4 for Calvin. > 5. "Fried Green Tomatoes", Ruth. Idgie. 4 for Joshua. > 6. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Ferris. Cameron. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 7. "Boy Meets World", Cory's best (female) friend. Topanga. 4 for Joshua. > 8. "Toy Story", Woody. We don't mean the human friend. Buzz. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, and Calvin. > 9. "Top Gun", Maverick's best friend and flight partner at the > start of the movie. Goose. (It's his radio callsign. Most of the characters in this movie are only ever referred to by their callsigns.) 4 for Dan Blum and Calvin. > 10. "Back to the Future", Marty McFly's friend and main accomplice > in time travel. Emmett Brown. (Accepting "Doc" Brown. Or, of course, just Brown. But just "Doc"? No.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > team name will do, like "Toronto" or "Maple Leafs". > 1. Within a year on either side, when was the first Grey Cup > match played? 1909 (accepting 1908-10). Nobody came within 10 years. > the previous question. The Grey Cup in 2018 was not the > one-hundred-tenth, as you would expect from the previous > answer. What number was it? 106th. The four years without a Grey Cup were 1916-19. It was canceled in 1916-18 due to the war, and again in 1919 due to a dispute between leagues (of course this is long before the CFL existed). Rather than cancel it again during WW2, arrangements were made for military teams to compete. > 3. The Calgary Stampeders won in 2018 -- who did they beat? Ottawa Redblacks. 4 for Pete. The Ottawa Rough Riders haven't existed since 1996. > 4. The Grey Cup was named after Albert Grey, the fourth Earl Grey. > What was his job in <answer 1>? Governor-General of Canada. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. > 5. Due to weather conditions, what nickname was given to the 1962 > Grey Cup game, held at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium? The Fog Bowl. 4 for Joshua. Play was suspended about halfway through the fourth quarter and resumed the next day. Nobody scored on the second day. > 6. The 1975 game was held in Calgary. Despite the cold weather, > what incident happened during the national anthem? A young woman streaked across the field. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 7. In 1995 which team unusually won the Grey Cup, beating the > Calgary Stampeders 37-20? Baltimore Stallions. 4 for Dan Tilque. During the CFL's short-lived expansion into the US, this was the only US-based team to win. > 8. The Grey Cup was stolen in 1969 from the offices of the Ottawa > Rough Riders. It was later found in a locker in which hotel? Royal York Hotel, Toronto. > 9. Which team has made the most Grey Cup appearances? Winnipeg Blue Bombers. (10 wins, 14 losses.) > 10. The all-time record for attendance at a Grey Cup game was > 68,318, in 1977. In what stadium? Olympic Stadium (Montreal). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> His Sci Lit Ent Can THREE Joshua Kreitzer 32 24 32 32 12 96 Dan Blum 40 24 15 16 4 80 Dan Tilque 32 20 16 4 16 68 Bruce Bowler 32 16 12 -- -- 60 Pete Gayde 40 10 8 4 8 58 "Calvin" -- 28 15 12 0 55 Erland Sommarskog 16 15 0 -- -- 31 -- Mark Brader "After many years of teaching, you get to learn Toronto quite a lot about how to design a better idiot." msb@vex.net --Peter Moylan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: May 12 07:14PM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Chinese basketballer Yao Ming played eight seasons with which > NBA team? Houston Rockets > protect? > 3 In which year did the Soviet Union launch the Sputnik 1 > satellite? 1959 > 5 Which Rolling Stones > hit features in the film "Full Metal Jacket", and the TV series "Tour > of Duty" and "Westworld", among others? Sympathy for the Devil > 6 In cooking, which term > refers to the intermingling of fat between the lean of beef? > 7 The Vistula river runs through which European capital city? Warsaw > 9 Dermatology is a > branch of medicine dealing with the function and diseases of which > human organ? Skin > 10 What terms describes a mutually benefits of an > ongoing relationship between two organisms of different species living > in close proximity? For example, the clownfish and sea anemone. Symbiotic > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
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