| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 20 12:26AM -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 4 - History * Ancient Rome 1. Which Roman emperor ordered the invasion of Britain in 43? 2. In a significant action, what did Julius Caesar cross in 49 BC? 3. What collective name is used for the three wars fought between Rome and Carthage? * Battles 4. Who did the Viet Minh defeat in 1954 at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu? 5. Which *two* countries fought the Battle of Rocroi in 1643? 6. The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement which took place in 1571. The Venetian republic and the Spanish Empire inflected a major defeat on who? * Cold War 7. Of the permitted crossing points between West and East Berlin after the Wall was constructed, one became the best known because non-Germans were allowed to use it. What name was given to it by the western allies? 8. Winston Churchill came up with the term Iron Curtain to describe the boundary between western Europe and and Communist bloc. That term was used to describe the division between Communist China and the west? 9. In 1954 a conference was held regarding the Korean peninsula and Southeast Asia. One on side were the US, France, and other western nations; on the other, the USSR, Communist China, and their allies. But what city hosted the conference? * Iconic Soviet Organizations These organizations may or may not still exist in Russia today, but in the Soviet era all of them were official state bodies. Name them. 10. All foreign tourists in Russia had to use what travel agency there? 11. Russians used to joke that "In the Truth there is no news, and in the News there is no truth". If the "Truth" was "Pravda", what newspaper was the "News"? 12. What was the Soviets' official news agency? * Leaders of Countries What countries did the following people lead in the years indicated? 13. Tomas Masaryk, 1918-35? 14. Heng Samrin, 1981-92? 15. Ian Smith, 1964-79? ** Final, Round 6 - Canadiana * The Territories 1. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. Name all the territories. 2. Please decode the rot13 only after completing the previous question. Gur pncvgny bs Ahanihg vf Vdnyhvg, ohg jung jnf vgf anzr sebz 1942 hagvy gur genqvgvbany anzr jnf erfgberq va 1987? 3. The federal government has a ceremonial representative in each territory -- known by what title? * Confederation 4. Name the act passed in 1867 by the British Parliament providing for the confederation of Canada. 5. What were the four original provinces when Confederation was established in 1867? 6. Please decode the rot13 only after completing the previous question. Anzr gur Zbagerny ynjlre jub oebhtug Dhrorp vagb Pbasrqrengvba nf jryy nf artbgvngvat Pnanqn'f npdhvfvgvba bs Znavgbon, gur Abegu-Jrfg Greevgbevrf, naq Oevgvfu Pbyhzovn. * Early Days and Explorers 7. The remains of a Viking settlement in Newfoundland are now a World Heritage Site. What's the name of the place? 8. Within 2 years, when did explorer Giovanni Caboto, who you might know better as John Cabot, arrive at what is now eastern Canada? 9. The name Canada comes from the Iroquoian word "kanata", meaning "village". Who was the first explorer to hear the word? * Aboriginal Peoples 10. Territorial rights in what is now Canada were first guaranteed to Indians, as they were called, through a proclamation in 1763 by what British king? 11. They were stil called Indians in 1982. In the language of the Constitution Act, 1982, the aboriginal peoples of Canada include the Indians, the Métis, and who else? 12. In what year did Canada apologize to aboriginal students who were forced to attend "residential schools"? * Acquiring Canadian Citizenship 13. Within $20, what is the current fee for an adult to apply for Canadian citizenship? 14. You must take a test if you apply for Canadian citizenship when you are at least 18 and at most what age? 15. At the citizenship ceremony, a new Canadian citizen may either swear or affirm their allegiance. What is the difference? -- Mark Brader | "Countries with strong economic ties tend Toronto | not to fight each other" msb@vex.net | "$54.40 or fight" --Michael Wares My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 20 05:36AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:_pudndxHRqLkp3_BnZ2dnUU7- > ** Final, Round 4 - History > * Ancient Rome > 1. Which Roman emperor ordered the invasion of Britain in 43? Nero; Claudius > 2. In a significant action, what did Julius Caesar cross in 49 BC? the Rubicon > 3. What collective name is used for the three wars fought between > Rome and Carthage? Punic Wars > * Battles > 4. Who did the Viet Minh defeat in 1954 at the Battle of Dien > Bien Phu? France > 6. The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement which took place > in 1571. The Venetian republic and the Spanish Empire inflected > a major defeat on who? Ottoman Empire > after the Wall was constructed, one became the best known because > non-Germans were allowed to use it. What name was given to it > by the western allies? Checkpoint Charlie > the boundary between western Europe and and Communist bloc. > That term was used to describe the division between Communist > China and the west? Bamboo Curtain > Name them. > 10. All foreign tourists in Russia had to use what travel agency > there? Intourist > 11. Russians used to joke that "In the Truth there is no news, > and in the News there is no truth". If the "Truth" was "Pravda", > what newspaper was the "News"? Izvestia > 12. What was the Soviets' official news agency? TASS > * Leaders of Countries > What countries did the following people lead in the years indicated? > 13. Tomas Masaryk, 1918-35? Czechoslovakia > 14. Heng Samrin, 1981-92? Cambodia > 15. Ian Smith, 1964-79? Rhodesia > * The Territories > 1. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. Name all the > territories. Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut > 2. Please decode the rot13 only after completing the previous > question. Gur pncvgny bs Ahanihg vf Vdnyhvg, ohg jung jnf vgf > anzr sebz 1942 hagvy gur genqvgvbany anzr jnf erfgberq va 1987? Frobisher (?) > 3. The federal government has a ceremonial representative in each > territory -- known by what title? governor > * Confederation > 4. Name the act passed in 1867 by the British Parliament providing > for the confederation of Canada. British North America Act > 5. What were the four original provinces when Confederation was > established in 1867? Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia > * Early Days and Explorers > 7. The remains of a Viking settlement in Newfoundland are now a > World Heritage Site. What's the name of the place? L'Anse aux Meadows > 8. Within 2 years, when did explorer Giovanni Caboto, who you might > know better as John Cabot, arrive at what is now eastern Canada? 1540; 1535 > 9. The name Canada comes from the Iroquoian word "kanata", meaning > "village". Who was the first explorer to hear the word? Cartier > 10. Territorial rights in what is now Canada were first guaranteed > to Indians, as they were called, through a proclamation in 1763 > by what British king? George III > 11. They were stil called Indians in 1982. In the language of the > Constitution Act, 1982, the aboriginal peoples of Canada include > the Indians, the Métis, and who else? Inuit > * Acquiring Canadian Citizenship > 13. Within $20, what is the current fee for an adult to apply for > Canadian citizenship? $100 > 14. You must take a test if you apply for Canadian citizenship > when you are at least 18 and at most what age? 65 > 15. At the citizenship ceremony, a new Canadian citizen may either > swear or affirm their allegiance. What is the difference? swearing includes reference to God -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 20 02:19AM -0700 On 5/19/19 10:26 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > ** Final, Round 4 - History > * Ancient Rome > 1. Which Roman emperor ordered the invasion of Britain in 43? Claudius > 2. In a significant action, what did Julius Caesar cross in 49 BC? Rubicon > 3. What collective name is used for the three wars fought between > Rome and Carthage? Punic Wars > * Battles > 4. Who did the Viet Minh defeat in 1954 at the Battle of Dien > Bien Phu? French > 6. The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement which took place > in 1571. The Venetian republic and the Spanish Empire inflected > a major defeat on who? Ottoman Empire > after the Wall was constructed, one became the best known because > non-Germans were allowed to use it. What name was given to it > by the western allies? Check Point Charlie > the boundary between western Europe and and Communist bloc. > That term was used to describe the division between Communist > China and the west? Bamboo Curtain > Southeast Asia. One on side were the US, France, and other > western nations; on the other, the USSR, Communist China, > and their allies. But what city hosted the conference? Paris > Name them. > 10. All foreign tourists in Russia had to use what travel agency > there? Intourist > 13. Tomas Masaryk, 1918-35? > 14. Heng Samrin, 1981-92? > 15. Ian Smith, 1964-79? Southern Rhodesia > * The Territories > 1. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. Name all the > territories. Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut > 2. Please decode the rot13 only after completing the previous > question. Gur pncvgny bs Ahanihg vf Vdnyhvg, ohg jung jnf vgf > anzr sebz 1942 hagvy gur genqvgvbany anzr jnf erfgberq va 1987? Frobisher Bay > * Confederation > 4. Name the act passed in 1867 by the British Parliament providing > for the confederation of Canada. British North America Act > 5. What were the four original provinces when Confederation was > established in 1867? Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario > * Early Days and Explorers > 7. The remains of a Viking settlement in Newfoundland are now a > World Heritage Site. What's the name of the place? L'anse aux Meadows > 8. Within 2 years, when did explorer Giovanni Caboto, who you might > know better as John Cabot, arrive at what is now eastern Canada? 1497 > 9. The name Canada comes from the Iroquoian word "kanata", meaning > "village". Who was the first explorer to hear the word? Cartier > 10. Territorial rights in what is now Canada were first guaranteed > to Indians, as they were called, through a proclamation in 1763 > by what British king? George III > 11. They were stil called Indians in 1982. In the language of the > Constitution Act, 1982, the aboriginal peoples of Canada include > the Indians, the Métis, and who else? Eskimos > 12. In what year did Canada apologize to aboriginal students who > were forced to attend "residential schools"? 1984 > * Acquiring Canadian Citizenship > 13. Within $20, what is the current fee for an adult to apply for > Canadian citizenship? $85 > 14. You must take a test if you apply for Canadian citizenship > when you are at least 18 and at most what age? 70; 75 > 15. At the citizenship ceremony, a new Canadian citizen may either > swear or affirm their allegiance. What is the difference? 'affirm' is for those people who don't swear oaths for religious reasons -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 20 12:24AM -0500 Mark Brader: > In each case name them. > 1. The largest forest in the world stretches through the far > northern reaches of Europe and Asia. Taiga. 4 for Erland. > 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. Namib. (Yes!) 4 for Dan Blum. The Kalahari is in the same part of Africa, but inland, and technically is not a desert at all. > 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. Negev. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 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. Panmunjon. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete and Erland. > 5. Name the village in Portugal where, in 1917, three children > allegedly saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Fatima. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > 6. Name the village in the former Czechoslovakia that Hitler ordered > eradicated in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard > Heydrich. Lidice. 4 for Dan Tilque. > side has different versions corresponding to different countries > where they are used. On what country's version would you find... > 7. ...the letters RF? France. ("République Française".) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland. > 8. ...a musical instrument? Ireland. (A harp.) 4 for Colvin, Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 9. ...King Philippe? Belgium. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > * Ports > 10. The port of Mocha is known for coffee, but what country is > it in? Yemen. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. > 11. What port city in Morocco was destroyed by an earthquake > in 1961? Agadir. > 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? Uruguay. It's on the Uruguay River about 75 miles from the coast. > * Rivers > 13. The name Mesopotamia derives from the Greek for "land between > two rivers". One river is the Tigris; what's the other? Euphrates. 4 for everyone -- Calvin, Dan Blum, Pete, Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 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? Mackenzie. 2 for Pete and Dan Tilque. The Yukon is third, followed by the St. Lawrence and then the Rio Grande. > 15. The Blue Nile and White Nile join to form the Nile at what > African city? Khartoum (Sudan). 4 for everyone. > ** Final, Round 3 - Science > * Solar System Probes > 1. The space probe Voyager II visited four planets. Name any *two*. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 2. The space probe Dawn visited two asteroids. Name *either*. Vesta, Ceres. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 3. The space probe Huygens landed on which moon? Titan. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete. > * Math > All answers are integers. > 4. 4 factorial (4!) equals what? 24. 4 for everyone. > 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. 4 for everyone. > 6. If t can represent any angle, what is sin²t + cos²t (sin squared > of t + cos squared of t)? 1. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland. 3 for Calvin. > 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. Trofim Lysenko. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > *what form* of clean energy? Other scientists who attempted > to reproduce their work were unable to do so. Be sufficiently > specific. Cold fusion. (Both words or equivalent description required.) 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 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. One or more planets orbiting the star. 4 for Dan Tilque. > elements such as bones. The muscles also provide for movement, > deformation, and changes in stiffness. What structure in the > human body meets this description? Tongue. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 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 or lingual bone. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > sensitive than the human eye. The effect is the result of free > radicals interacting with free-floating lipids and proteins. > What is it? Bioluminescence. 4 for Pete. > * Forensic Science > 13. Luminol exhibits chemiluminescence when it contacts trace > amounts of blood, because it reacts with what? The iron in hemoglobin. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 14. Locard's exchange principle of trace evidence is frequently > mentioned in movies and TV shows to do with forensics, but what > is it? Every contact (between objects) leaves a trace. > interpretation of the effects of various drugs and poisons > on the human body. Tools include mass spectrometry, liquid > chromatography, and immunoassays. Toxicology. 4 for Calvin, Dan Blum, and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Geo Sci Dan Blum 32 44 76 Dan Tilque 34 40 74 Joshua Kreitzer 35 28 63 Erland Sommarskog 27 24 51 "Calvin" 16 31 47 Pete Gayde 13 18 31 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "In my case, self-absorption is msb@vex.net completely justified." -- LAURA My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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