- QFTCIUA19 Current Events 1-2 - 1 Update
- QFTCICR19 Final, Rounds 2-3 answers: geography, science - 1 Update
- QFTCICR19 Final, Rounds 4-6: history, Canadiana - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 28 12:48AM -0500 And now it's time for more current events. These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated below, and should be interpreted accordingly. If any answers have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give the answers that were correct on that date. 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 in a single followup to the newsgroup, 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 Unnatural Axxxe and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting of other rounds. For further information see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1 (2019-05-13), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Two Toronto schools suffered serious damage from fires this week. Name either one. 2. The Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a son this week, who becomes 7th in line to the throne. What's his name? 3. The two teams who will play in the UEFA Champions League final on June 1 got there as giant-killers this week, beating Barcelona and Ajax respectively. Name either of the finalists. 4. What word was misspelled on the new Australian $50 bill? 5. Name the Niagara Region MPP who made the news this week by reopening the abortion debate and by having a group of librarians arrested at his constituency office. 6. Former soccer star David Beckham has been given a 6-month driving ban after pleading guilty to what? 7. Which actress known for portraying Julie Barnes in "The Mod Squad" and Norma Jennings in "Twin Peaks" died on May 11? 8. Vice-Admiral Mark Norman had breach-of-trust charges against him dropped this week. Who is his famous lawyer? 9. Name the female 400 m and 800 m runner who has been banned from competing unless she lowers her testosterone levels. 10. Which hockey legend was buried this week? An 8-time Stanley Cup winner, his pallbearers at Toronto's Holy Rosary Church included Eddie Shack, Frank Mahovlich, Lanny McDonald, and Darryl Sittler. * Game 2 (2019-05-27), Round 1 - Current Events 1. In English soccer, which team became the first men's team to win the domestic triple -- the EFL Trophy, Premier League title, and FA Cup? 2. Which country won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest? 3. Name the three-time Formula One Driver's Champion who died on May 20 at the age of 70. 4. Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as mayor of one of North America's largest cities this week. Which one? 5. Canadian radio lost an icon and advocate this week. He worked at CFNY "The Edge" for over a decade and was influential at Indie 88. Who is he? 6. Which British celebrity chef's empire entered into administration (bankruptcy protection), threatening over 1,000 jobs? 7. 2,500 attendees from 120 countries were in Toronto for the world's self-proclaimed fastest-growing tech conference. What's its name? 8. Which indigenous leader, wrongly convicted of treason for inciting the North-West Rebellion, received a formal apology from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? 9. Which Hindu nationalist was re-elected Prime Minister of India? 10. Name the Bong Joon-Ho film that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "If any form of pleasure is exhibited, report msb@vex.net | to me and it will be prohibited." --DUCK SOUP My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 20 11:19PM +0200 > This is kind of an odd answer. "Taiga" as far as I know refers to a > TYPE of forest, it's not the name of any particular forest. There are > also plenty of taiga regions in North America. I am not going to argue, but rather admit that it felt a little wrong. But I entered it, as I could not think of anything else. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 20 11:28PM +0200 > ** Final, Round 4 - History > * Ancient Rome > 1. Which Roman emperor ordered the invasion of Britain in 43? Tiberius > 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 > 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 > 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? Manila > 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 > 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. Yukon, Northwest, Nunavuk > 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? Churchill > 5. What were the four original provinces when Confederation was > established in 1867? Ontario, Québec, Novia Scotia, New Brunswick > 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 > 13. Within $20, what is the current fee for an adult to apply for > Canadian citizenship? 420 > 14. You must take a test if you apply for Canadian citizenship > when you are at least 18 and at most what age? 75 |
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