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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 16 07:38PM -0700 I'm out of questions again, and will have some more I can use here in early June. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 17 03:06AM -0500 Calvin: > I'm out of questions again, and will have some more I can use here in > early June. If you're obtaining questions on a regular basis from another source, may I suggest slowing your posting cycle a bit to avoid these hiatuses? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Winning isn't everything, but not trying to win msb@vex.net | is less than nothing." --Anton van Uitert |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 17 03:29AM -0700 On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 6:06:52 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > > early June. > If you're obtaining questions on a regular basis from another source, > may I suggest slowing your posting cycle a bit to avoid these hiatuses? The other source is me, but I can't post them here until the face to face event has taken place. But that is a good suggestion thanks. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 17 02:56AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-04-09, 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*)". ** Final, Round 2 - Geography * Forests and Deserts In each case name them. 1. The largest forest in the world stretches through the far northern reaches of Europe and Asia. 2. This is widely accounted the world's oldest desert at 43,000,000 years. Located on the coast of southern Africa, it overlays southern Namibia and extends into Angola and South Africa. 3. This desert constitutes over 55% of Israel's land area. Throughout the ages it has been settled by nomads, the Byzantine Empire, and the Romans. * Villages 4. Name the village on the North/South Korean border which has been used as a meeting place for the two countries to resolve disputes. 5. Name the village in Portugal where, in 1917, three children allegedly saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6. Name the village in the former Czechoslovakia that Hitler ordered eradicated in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. * Euro Coins Each euro coin has one side representing Europe while the other side has different versions corresponding to different countries where they are used. On what country's version would you find... 7. ...the letters RF? 8. ...a musical instrument? 9. ...King Philippe? * Ports 10. The port of Mocha is known for coffee, but what country is it in? 11. What port city in Morocco was destroyed by an earthquake in 1961? 12. Fray Bentos is well known in the UK as a brand of tinned meat pies. The name comes from a port city where they were originally made. In what country is the city of Fray Bentos? * Rivers 13. The name Mesopotamia derives from the Greek for "land between two rivers". One river is the Tigris; what's the other? 14. What river is the second-longest in North America, by measurement from the farthest headwaters of any tributary to the main river's mouth? 15. The Blue Nile and White Nile join to form the Nile at what African city? ** Final, Round 3 - Science * Solar System Probes 1. The space probe Voyager II visited four planets. Name any *two*. 2. The space probe Dawn visited two asteroids. Name *either*. 3. The space probe Huygens landed on which moon? * Math All answers are integers. 4. 4 factorial (4!) equals what? 5. If the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is 13 units and one side is 12 units long, how many units long is the other wise? 6. If t can represent any angle, what is sin²t + cos²t (sin squared of t + cos squared of t)? * Fake Science 7. Name the Soviet biologist who dismissed the standard theory of genetics and instead proposed his own theory which was more in accordance with Marxist principles. It is believed that application of his theories contributed to major crop failures. 8. In 1989 scientists Martin Fleischmann (of Britain) and Stanley Pons (of the US) claimed they had successfully demonstrated *what form* of clean energy? Other scientists who attempted to reproduce their work were unable to do so. Be sufficiently specific. 9. In the 1960s the Dutch-American astronomer Peter van de Kamp made what claim about the star called Barnard's Star? Later information showed that he was mistaken and the false results came from inherent defects in the telescope he was using. * The Human Body 10. A muscular hydrostat is a structure that is supported by muscles, not by fluid-filled cavities nor by more rigid elements such as bones. The muscles also provide for movement, deformation, and changes in stiffness. What structure in the human body meets this description? 11. This bone is not connected to any other bones in the body. It sits atop the larynx and provides an anchor for the muscles of the floor of the mouth. Name it. 12. Seen in many sea creatures, this phenomenon was also discovered in humans in 2009, after the development of a camera vastly more sensitive than the human eye. The effect is the result of free radicals interacting with free-floating lipids and proteins. What is it? * Forensic Science 13. Luminol exhibits chemiluminescence when it contacts trace amounts of blood, because it reacts with what? 14. Locard's exchange principle of trace evidence is frequently mentioned in movies and TV shows to do with forensics, but what is it? 15. Name the field that is concerned with the detection and interpretation of the effects of various drugs and poisons on the human body. Tools include mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography, and immunoassays. -- Mark Brader | "I'd spell creat with an e." Toronto | --Ken Thompson, when asked what he'd msb@vex.net | change if he was redesigning UNIX My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 17 03:27AM -0700 On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 5:56:17 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. This is widely accounted the world's oldest desert at 43,000,000 > years. Located on the coast of southern Africa, it overlays > southern Namibia and extends into Angola and South Africa. Kalahari > 4. Name the village on the North/South Korean border which has been > used as a meeting place for the two countries to resolve > disputes. Panmoonjong > side has different versions corresponding to different countries > where they are used. On what country's version would you find... > 7. ...the letters RF? Switzerland? > 8. ...a musical instrument? Republic of Oreland > 9. ...King Philippe? Spain > * Ports > 10. The port of Mocha is known for coffee, but what country is > it in? Turkey, Saudi Arabia > 11. What port city in Morocco was destroyed by an earthquake > in 1961? Marrakesh, Rabat > 12. Fray Bentos is well known in the UK as a brand of tinned > meat pies. The name comes from a port city where they were > originally made. In what country is the city of Fray Bentos? Wales, Scotland > * Rivers > 13. The name Mesopotamia derives from the Greek for "land between > two rivers". One river is the Tigris; what's the other? Euphrates > 14. What river is the second-longest in North America, by > measurement from the farthest headwaters of any tributary to > the main river's mouth? McKinley, Mississippi > 15. The Blue Nile and White Nile join to form the Nile at what > African city? Khartoum > > ** Final, Round 3 - Science > * Solar System Probes > 1. The space probe Voyager II visited four planets. Name any *two*. Mars and Jupiter > 2. The space probe Dawn visited two asteroids. Name *either*. Ceres > 3. The space probe Huygens landed on which moon? Ganymede, Callisot > * Math > All answers are integers. > 4. 4 factorial (4!) equals what? 24 > 5. If the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is 13 units and > one side is 12 units long, how many units long is the other wise? 5 units > 6. If t can represent any angle, what is sin²t + cos²t (sin squared > of t + cos squared of t)? 1, pi > *what form* of clean energy? Other scientists who attempted > to reproduce their work were unable to do so. Be sufficiently > specific. Cold fusion > 11. This bone is not connected to any other bones in the body. > It sits atop the larynx and provides an anchor for the muscles > of the floor of the mouth. Name it. Hyoid > * Forensic Science > 13. Luminol exhibits chemiluminescence when it contacts trace > amounts of blood, because it reacts with what? Hemoglobin > interpretation of the effects of various drugs and poisons > on the human body. Tools include mass spectrometry, liquid > chromatography, and immunoassays. toxicology cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 16 07:37PM -0700 On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 2:33:59 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:\ > 1 Chinese basketballer Yao Ming played eight seasons with which NBA team? Houston Rockets > 2 What four-letter word can mean essentials for living, to store in a regular place, to remain in good condition, or to protect? Keep > 3 In which year did the Soviet Union launch the Sputnik 1 satellite? 1957 > 4 Which is the only Semitic language that is an official language of the European Union? Maltese > 5 Which Rolling Stones hit features in the film "Full Metal Jacket", and the TV series "Tour of Duty" and "Westworld", among others? Paint it Black No-one got this > 6 In cooking, which term refers to the intermingling of fat between the lean of beef? Marbling > 7 The Vistula river runs through which European capital city? Warsaw > 8 Based on the most unlikely premise, which six-film series stars Ian Ziering and Tara Reid as Fin Shepard and April Wexler? Sharknado Singleton for Dan B > 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. Symbiosis Commensalism is not quite the same thing sorry. And apologies for the typo in the question. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 563 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 27 Dan Blum 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 7 27 Mark Brader 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 26 Dan Tilque 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 18 Pete Gayde 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 18 Erland S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 11 Bruce Bowler - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 3 2 4 4 0 2 4 1 5 6 31 52% Congratulations Dan B. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 17 03:00AM -0500 "Calvin": > Symbiosis > Commensalism is not quite the same thing sorry. Are you apologizing to people who said commensalism, for being picky because you thought you were going to score it as wrong; or to people who said symbiosis,, for *not* being picky, because you scored commensalism as correct? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "The brain is amazing when it's amazing, with msb@vex.net | apologies to Robert Biddle." --Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 17 02:53AM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 9 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER wins again. Hearty congratulations! > 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? The decision is sets of two, by a vote of 1 for, 1 against, and 5 abstentions. See also the specially selected signature quote. > 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 case. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete. > other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches > of government. What is the common term for the *power* that > was thus limited? Executive privilege. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete. > 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete. > For questions #4-7, give the name of the case, like "Loving v. > Virginia". On these I accepted answers with the plaintiff and defendant swapped. > 4. In 1973, the court ruled that women have the constitutional > right to terminate pregnancy. Roe v. Wade. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland, Pete, and Calvin. > 5. The court settled a recount dispute in Florida's part of the > 2000 presidential election. Bush v. Gore. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland, and Pete. > 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 Inc. v. Falwell. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Bruce. > 7. This decision declared that separate educational facilities > for white and black students were inherently unequal. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. "Of Topeka" was not required. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, and Pete. > 2 years. > 8. The Loving v. Virginia decision struck down all state laws > banning interracial marriage. 1967 (accepting 1965-69). 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. 3 for Pete. 2 for Calvin. > 9. In Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, the court ruled that the Boy > Scouts were allowed to bar gays from becoming troop leaders. 2000 (accepting 1998-2002). Nobody came within double the 2-year leeway allowed. By the way, two entrants guessed way too early and four guessed way too late. > 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 (accepting 2013-17). 4 for Joshua, Bruce, and Pete. 2 for Calvin. 2023 was an interesting answer. > 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. It's a bit of a stretch, but I scored "Baikul" as almost correct. 4 for Joshua and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum. > 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. 4 for everyone. The launch facility itself was renamed after Kennedy at the same time, and has kept that name -- it's still the Kennedy Space Center. > * B. Same-Name Movies I hadn't heard of either set of duplicate 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? "A Doll's House". 4 for Joshua. > 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". 4 for Joshua. > * C. Ships Sunk > C1. What ocean liner sank in 1956 as a result of a collision > with the Stockholm? Andrea Doria. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Erland, and Pete. > 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. Graf Spee. 4 for Calvin. 3 for Pete. > * D. Flightless Birds > D1. What flightless bird gets its name from the local indigenous > people's imitation of its cry? Kiwi. 4 for Dan Tilque, Bruce, and Erland. 2 for Calvin. A "kookaburra" is not flightless. For "emu", see the next question. > D2. What flightless bird gets its name from the Portuguese > for ostrich? Emu. 4 for Erland. According to AHD, the name "rhea" probably comes from Greek mythology, the "dodo" was named for its tail feathers in Dutch, and "cassowary" is a Malay dialect word. "Cassowary" was actually accepted on protest in the original game on the grounds that the name "emu" was once also used for cassowaries, but this is clearly a question about the etymology of the present name and I am not accepting that answer here. > * E. Annes in Novels > E1. What was Anne's surname in "Anne of Green Gables"? Shirley. 4 for Bruce. > E2. "Anne of Geierstein" was the first novel this writer had > published under his real name. Who was he? Sir Walter Scott. > * F. Cryptic Crossword Clues > F1. Morning person for this Middle Eastern capital (5) Amman. ("A.M. man".) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, and Calvin. > F2. Communist fish is a misleading distraction (3,7) Red herring. ("Red herring".) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Bruce, Pete, and Calvin. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His Sci Lit Ent Can His Cha FIVE Joshua Kreitzer 32 24 32 32 12 36 28 160 Dan Blum 40 24 15 16 4 32 19 131 Bruce Bowler 32 16 12 -- -- 32 24 116 Dan Tilque 32 20 16 4 16 28 20 116 Pete Gayde 40 10 8 4 8 31 19 108 "Calvin" -- 28 15 12 0 8 18 81 Erland Sommarskog 16 15 0 -- -- 8 20 59 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I conducted a Usenet poll ... on this subject ... msb@vex.net | Laura is single. By a 2-1 margin." --Ken Perlow My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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