| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 07 11:02PM -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*)". * Game 9, Round 6 - Science - Management Science 1. Standard management textbooks tell us that a manager should be doing four functions. Name any *two*. 2. When an employee hears information from an unofficial source, the employee is said to have heard it where? 3. In an organization what term is used to describe the ability of a manager to influence or control others? The same term is used in engineering and physics with another meaning. 4. Used in process improvement, this term was introduced by Motorola in 1980. It refers to achieving success 99.99966% of the time. What term are we referring to? 5. What concept in management expresses the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts? For example, if one employee takes one hour to do a task, two employees will take less than 1/2 hour to do the same task. 6. The CIO is an important role in the executive layer of management. Because of its challenges it is jokingly referred to as "Career Is Over". What does CIO actually stand for? 7. What expression, which is taken from the military but also used in management, expresses the idea that it is detrimental to an organization if employees go over their manager, or a manager talks to individuals reporting to his subordinates? 8. What term is used when a manager spells out in minute detail everything that needs to be done, leaving their subordinates little or no opportunity to use their own judgement to complete a task? 9. Which management scientist / psychologist defined a hierarchy of 5 needs which allows employees in an organization to be motivated in their workplace? 10. What term is used to describe an organization where an individual may report to two or more people, for example a functional manager and a product manager? * Game 9, Round 6 - Literature - Characters In each case we name the year, the author, and one character that the author created for the book; you give the title. 1. 1960, John Updike, "Rabbit" Angstrom. 2. 1992, Michael Ondaatje, Hana. 3. 1920, Edith Wharton, Newland Archer. 4. 1926, Ernest Hemingway, Jake Barnes. 5. 1951, J.D. Salinger, Phoebe Caulfield. 6. 1942, Albert Camus, Meursault. 7. 1927, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Ramsay. 8. 1922, James Joyce, Molly Bloom. 9. 1964, Margaret Laurence, Hagar Shipley. 10. 1985, Larry McMurtry, Augustus McCrae. -- Mark Brader | "After that, he spent a long time just reading netnews. msb@vex.net | Sorry, I mean of course that he was debugging his Toronto | terminal emulation code..." --Lars Wirzenius My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 07 11:11PM -0700 On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 2:02:26 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 9, Round 6 - Science - Management Science > 1. Standard management textbooks tell us that a manager should be > doing four functions. Name any *two*. Liaising with other sections Deal with complaints > 2. When an employee hears information from an unofficial source, > the employee is said to have heard it where? The grapevine I guess. > 4. Used in process improvement, this term was introduced by Motorola > in 1980. It refers to achieving success 99.99966% of the time. > What term are we referring to? Six sigma > is greater than the sum of the individual parts? For example, > if one employee takes one hour to do a task, two employees will > take less than 1/2 hour to do the same task. Synergy > 6. The CIO is an important role in the executive layer of > management. Because of its challenges it is jokingly referred > to as "Career Is Over". What does CIO actually stand for? Chief Information Officer > in management, expresses the idea that it is detrimental to an > organization if employees go over their manager, or a manager > talks to individuals reporting to his subordinates? Chain of command > everything that needs to be done, leaving their subordinates > little or no opportunity to use their own judgement to complete > a task? Micro management > 9. Which management scientist / psychologist defined a hierarchy of > 5 needs which allows employees in an organization to be motivated > in their workplace? Maslow > In each case we name the year, the author, and one character that > the author created for the book; you give the title. > 1. 1960, John Updike, "Rabbit" Angstrom. Run Rabbit Run > 2. 1992, Michael Ondaatje, Hana. > 3. 1920, Edith Wharton, Newland Archer. > 4. 1926, Ernest Hemingway, Jake Barnes. The Old Man and the Sea > 5. 1951, J.D. Salinger, Phoebe Caulfield. The Catcher in the Rye > 6. 1942, Albert Camus, Meursault. The Stranger (almost put Stranger in a Strange Land :-) > 7. 1927, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Ramsay. Orlando > 8. 1922, James Joyce, Molly Bloom. Ulysses > 9. 1964, Margaret Laurence, Hagar Shipley. > 10. 1985, Larry McMurtry, Augustus McCrae. cheers, calvin |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: May 07 01:18PM On Sat, 04 May 2019 23:58:43 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America > 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native > Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830? Trail of Tears? > 3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where > an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name of this > incident, taken from a creek nearby. Wounded Knee? > controlled the economies and hence the politics of several Central > American countries. What collective nickname was given to these > countries? Banana Republic? > 5. During the Iraq War, the US Army and CIA committed torture and > human rights violations against detainees in which Iraqi prison? Abu Grhab? (spelling way off!) > 7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing > racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s, > were called what? Jim Crow? > fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar > settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997. > Name the study. (Short name will do.) The Tuskegee Study > 9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in > a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire. Name > the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime. Me Lai (spelling again) > 10. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected leader of Iran, > who was in the process of nationalizing British oil companies. Who > replaced him? The Shah > 11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks > on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia killed > approximately 140 settlers of which religious group? Mormons > Essos > Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones" > or the original novels. Proud to say I've never seen GoT. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 07 11:00PM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2019-01-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > * Game 9, Round 2 - History - Bad America In the original game, this was the easiest round in the entire season. > 1. What name is used for the series of forced relocations of Native > Americans that was authorized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830? Trail of Tears. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > the 1870s, but revived later. The federal laws that had been > used to help suppress it were partly declared unconstitutional > in 1883 in the case of US v. Harris. Name the group. Ku Klux Klan. (Accepting KKK.) 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. In the original game, the question said that in that court case the KKK itself was declared unconstitutional! > 3. An 1890 massacre on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, where > an estimated 250 Native Americans were killed. Give the name > of this incident, taken from a creek nearby. Wounded Knee. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > controlled the economies and hence the politics of several > Central American countries. What collective nickname was given > to these countries? Banana republics. 4 for everyone. > 5. During the Iraq War, the US Army and CIA committed torture and > human rights violations against detainees in which Iraqi prison? Abu Ghraib. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce. This prison came up on "Jeopardy!" the same day as the original game. Rather than events during the war, they talked about its construction in the 1960s by a British company. It was successfully named on the first try. > 6. "The International Jew" is a 4-volume set of antisemitic > pamphlets published in the 1920s by which American captain > of industry? Henry Ford. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 7. The series of late 19th-century state and local laws enforcing > racial segregation in the US South, in force until the mid-1960s, > were called what? Jim Crow laws. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > in fact they were not. It resulted in a multi-million-dollar > settlement, and an apology by President Clinton in 1997. > Name the study. (Short name will do.) Tuskegee study. Since "Tunguska" is an actual place name (in Russia), I did not think I could accept "Tunguskee". So: 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce. > 9. In 1968 in Vietnam, US troops killed over 300 civilians in > a village, although there had been no report of opposing fire. > Name the village *or* the officer tried for this war crime. My Lai, Lt. William Calley. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > 10. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected leader of Iran, > who was in the process of nationalizing British oil companies. > Who replaced him? Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. (The title was sufficient.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > 11. The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1857, was a series of attacks > on a wagon train of settlers. The Utah Territorial Militia > killed approximately 140 settlers of which religious group? I did not know about this event -- battles over religion are boring -- but in fact it was the *attackers* who were from one religious group, namely the Mormons. But "Mormons" was the expected answer. Sorry, but I'm not going to count this question after all. > and Essos > Let's see how much attention you've been paying to "Game of Thrones" > or the original novels. In the original game this was identified as a geography round! And it was the hardest round in the game, and I'm pleased to see that here it never happened. > 1. In King's Landing, the capital of Westeros, what is the name > of the royal residence? The Red Keep. > 2. What is the nickname of the poorest district of King's Landing? Flea Bottom. > 3. The greatest castle of Westeros was destroyed by Dragonfire, > and is now a cursed ruin. What's its name? Harrenhal. > 4. What is the southernmost of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros? Dorne. > 5. What is the name of the ancestral castle of the Lannister family? Casterleigh Rock. > 6. What castle, considered impregnable, is home to the Arryn family > of the Vale? The Eyrie. > 7. What kingdom worships the Drowned God? The Iron Islands. > 8. What is the name of the central castle along the Wall, home of > the Lord Commander? Castle Black. > 9. What eastern city is home to the Iron Bank, a gargantuan statue, > and the Faceless Men? Bravos. > 10. What city along the north coast of Slaver's Bay is ruled from > atop the great pyramid? Mereen. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 TOPICS-> His Dan Blum 40 Pete Gayde 40 Bruce Bowler 32 Dan Tilque 32 Joshua Kreitzer 32 Erland Sommarskog 16 -- Mark Brader | "'"'Tisn't very easy to tell if a '"' or ''' mark Toronto | is an opening or closing quote or ditto or prime," msb@vex.net | said Mark,' said 6'2" d'Artagnan," said Mark Brader. My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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