| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 22 12:37AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2019-09-16, 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 Red Smarties 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 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 1, Round 7 - Science - Ancient Dog Breeds A 2004 study of 414 purebread dog breeds identified 9 breeds as distinct from other breeds of a more modern European origin. They became known as the ancient breeds, although the American Kennel Club no longer follows that terminology. Unless otherwise indicated, name each breed described. 1. This Chinese breed of dog is known primarily for its wrinkles and blue-black tongue. 2. This breed of dog is from northern China, and its Chinese name "songshi quan" means "puffy lion dog". It has an extremely dense double coat, and like <answer 1> has a blue-black tongue. Give its two-word Western name. 3. This Japanese dog breed is a hunting dog, bred to flush and hunt small game like birds and rabbits. Its coat can be red, black and tan, or "sesame"; it typically has a curled tail. When unhappy or provoked, this breed of dog is known for its high-pitched scream. 4. This Japanese breed of dog is famous in part due to Hachiko, a dog fiercely loyal to its owner, who would return to Shibuya train station every day for nine years after its owner had died. 5. This breed of hunting dog originated in central Africa and has an unusually shaped larynx. It produces a sort of yodel-like sound, and is commonly called the Barkless Dog. 6. These dogs were bred by the Chukchi people in Northeast Asia and are well adapted to harsh environments. They were first introduced to Alaska by William Goosak, a Russian fur trader, during the gold rush. 7. This dog was thought to be bred originally by the indigenous people of Alaska's Norton Sound region. Despite appearances this breed is not thought to be related to the Greenland Dog or the Canadian Eskimo Dog. 8. This breed has a silky, fine, and very long coat and a tail with a ring curl at the end. It was bred in the mountains of the Middle East, and is consistently ranked as one of the *least* obedient dog breeds in existence. This breed was featured in "101 Dalmatians" as a dog named Prissy. 9. Though not one of the 9 ancient breeds listed by the American Kennel Club, this Australian dog has fossils that date back over 3,000 years, and since then has remained nearly unchanged via artificial selection. 10. Featuring many of the breeds from this category, the American Kennel Club runs the Westminster Dog Show, and the associated Best in Show competition. *What venue* holds the Best in Show competition? * Game 1, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Candy Except as indicated, in each case name the candy. Some answers are brand names; others are generic. 1. This candy was invented by a dentist in 1897; he devised the machine that produces it using centrifugal force. 2. In 1921, the Curtiss Candy Co. took a chocolate bar called a Kandy Kake and renamed it after a sports legend -- without permission. The company later claimed in court that it had actually named the bar after the daughter of President Grover Cleveland. Name this chocolate bar. 3. The surnames of Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie gave this candy its famous name. 4. This candy was invented by an anti-smoking advocate as a type of mint to help smokers break their habit. The candy is small and so is its name, which comes from the German word for peppermint, Pfefferminz. 5. Franklin Mars of the Mars company named this chocolate bar, containing caramel and peanuts, after his horse. The horse was raised on the family farm, called the Milky Way, in Tennessee. Name the horse. 6. This candy was originally named Chicken Feed, and was invented in 1898. It is now one of the most widespread Halloween candies. Give its modern name. 7. Everlasting Gobstoppers and Laffy Taffy were both part of a candy line launched as a direct result of *which 1971 movie*? 8. This candy isn't made with anything particularly salty, and according to legend its name was based on a sarcastic remark made by an Atlantic City candy store owner after a storm flooded his store. 9. A popular, but likely apocryphal, theory holds that this candy was named after the sound and motion of the machine depositing chocolate onto the conveyor belt. 10. This candy was featured in soldiers' rations during World War II because of its durability in all weather conditions, and stories are told of soldiers using it to patch holes in vehicle tires. -- Mark Brader | "I don't care HOW you format char c; while ((c = Toronto | getchar()) != EOF) putchar(c); ... this code is msb@vex.net | a bug waiting to happen from the outset." -- Doug Gwyn My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 22 05:44AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:x_qdnSO7LrUMCDPAnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 1, Round 7 - Science - Ancient Dog Breeds > 1. This Chinese breed of dog is known primarily for its wrinkles > and blue-black tongue. Shar-Pei > name "songshi quan" means "puffy lion dog". It has an extremely > dense double coat, and like <answer 1> has a blue-black tongue. > Give its two-word Western name. Chow Chow > 4. This Japanese breed of dog is famous in part due to Hachiko, > a dog fiercely loyal to its owner, who would return to Shibuya > train station every day for nine years after its owner had died. Akita > 5. This breed of hunting dog originated in central Africa and has > an unusually shaped larynx. It produces a sort of yodel-like > sound, and is commonly called the Barkless Dog. Basenji > Kennel Club, this Australian dog has fossils that date back > over 3,000 years, and since then has remained nearly unchanged > via artificial selection. Dingo > Kennel Club runs the Westminster Dog Show, and the associated > Best in Show competition. *What venue* holds the Best in > Show competition? Madison Square Garden > permission. The company later claimed in court that it had > actually named the bar after the daughter of President Grover > Cleveland. Name this chocolate bar. Baby Ruth > 3. The surnames of Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie gave this candy > its famous name. M&M's > of mint to help smokers break their habit. The candy is > small and so is its name, which comes from the German word for > peppermint, Pfefferminz. Pez > containing caramel and peanuts, after his horse. The horse was > raised on the family farm, called the Milky Way, in Tennessee. > Name the horse. Snickers > 6. This candy was originally named Chicken Feed, and was invented > in 1898. It is now one of the most widespread Halloween candies. > Give its modern name. candy corn > 7. Everlasting Gobstoppers and Laffy Taffy were both part of a > candy line launched as a direct result of *which 1971 movie*? "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" > according to legend its name was based on a sarcastic remark > made by an Atlantic City candy store owner after a storm flooded > his store. salt water taffy -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Oct 21 02:03PM On Sat, 19 Oct 2019 02:18:31 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > had previously been ordained a priest despite having strong views > against certain religious leadership. Converted to islam in 2018 and > has posted several videos on social media about her conversion. Sinead OConner > as one of the best athletes in his class, and converted to Islam in > the mid-1990s when he was serving time in prison in conjunction with > a rape conviction. Mike Tyson > 1960s and '70s; he famously renounced his music career when he > converted to Islam in 1976 after nearly drowning in the Pacific > Ocean. How is he known today? Yusuf > 10. Malcolm X, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, converted > to Islam while serving time in prison as a young man. What was his > birth name (first and last name please)? Malcolm Little > 3. Picture C -- "Portrait of the Virgin and Child with St. Anne > and John the Baptist" -- was shot with a rifle as an act of social > protest. Davinci > 5. Picture I, a portrait of the Habsburg Archduke Albert of > Austria, was permanently defaced with sulfuric acid. Name the > Flemish master who painted it in 1610. Vermeer > Name the artist who painted both works. > 7. Painting H, "Composition with Red and Blue", was deliberately > vomited on by an OCAD student in 1996. Mondrian |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 22 12:36AM -0500 Mark Brader: > views against certain religious leadership. Converted to islam > in 2018 and has posted several videos on social media about > her conversion. Sinead O'Connor. 4 for Erland, Joshua, Calvin, and Bruce. > as one of the best athletes in his class, and converted to > Islam in the mid-1990s when he was serving time in prison in > conjunction with a rape conviction. Mike Tyson. ("Ear", Get it?) 4 for Erland, Joshua, Calvin, and Bruce. > with a slew of Netflix stand-up specials, "Sticks & Stones" > being the most recent. He converted to islam in 1998 but rarely > speaks about his faith publicly. Dave Chappelle. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > member of 6 NBA championship teams as a player and two more as > an assistant coach. Born Ferdinand Alcindor Jr., he converted > to Islam in the late 1960s. What is his name now? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, Pete, and Dan Tilque (who must've had some technical difficulty, as he entered by email instead of posting). > a solo artist. Converted to Islam in the mid-1990s, but has > publicly made inconsistent remarks as to how dedicated he is > to his faith. What is his stage name? Ice Cube. 4 for Joshua. > Big Brother UK" contestant, and actual big brother. This singer > converted to islam in 1989 after touring the Middle East with > his superstar-fronted pop group. Jermaine Jackson. > He also won a Grammy for his performance with Carlos Santana > on "Put Your Lights On". Converted to Islam from Catholicism > in 1996. What is his stage name? Everlast. 4 for Joshua. > hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, and later as a solo artist. > Converted to Islam in 1995. He's also known as "The Abstract" > or "The Lone Ranger", but what is his other stage name? Q-Tip. > 1960s and '70s; he famously renounced his music career when > he converted to Islam in 1976 after nearly drowning in the > Pacific Ocean. How is he known today? Yusuf Islam (also accepting Cat Stevens). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Bruce. > 10. Malcolm X, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, converted > to Islam while serving time in prison as a young man. What was > his birth name (first and last name please)? Malcolm Little. 4 for Joshua and Bruce. > 11 pictures (or at least in order of the letters -- note that G > is below F, not to the right of it). Except as indicated, name > the artist who created each work here seen vandalized. In the original game the audio round was the hardest, and this one was second-hardest. > 1. Picture A shows a sculpture that was permanently damaged by a > bomb outside the Cleveland Museum of Art. Name the sculptor. Auguste Rodin. 4 for Dan Blum and Pete. > 2. Painting B was defaced with spray paint as an act of protest > against the Vietnam War. Give the *title* of the painting. "Guernica" (by Pablo Picasso). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Pete. > 3. Picture C -- "Portrait of the Virgin and Child with St. Anne > and John the Baptist" -- was shot with a rifle as an act of > social protest. Leonardo da Vinci. 4 for Bruce. > 4. The "Rokeby Venus", painting D, was hit with a meat cleaver in > 1919 by a militant suffragette. Diego Velazquez. > 5. Picture I, a portrait of the Habsburg Archduke Albert of > Austria, was permanently defaced with sulfuric acid. Name the > Flemish master who painted it in 1610. Peter Paul Rubens. 3 for Pete. > slashed with a box-cutter. After serving his prison sentence, > the perpetrator went out and cut up painting G, "Cathedra". > Name the artist who painted both works. Barnett Newman. > 7. Painting H, "Composition with Red and Blue", was deliberately > vomited on by an OCAD student in 1996. Piet Mondrian. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, Pete, and Bruce. > 8. Painting I, "Black on Maroon", was signed with a permanent > marker[] by a Tate museum visitor. This one is shown after > restoration. Mark Rothko. > 9. Painting J, "White Cross on Gray (Suprematisme)" had a dollar > sign added by a Russian performance artist as an "act of > dialogue" with its creator. Kazimir Malevich. > 10. A National Gallery visitor attempted to cover nude figures > in picture K, "Adoration of the Golden Calf", with spray paint. > Name the 17th-century painter. Nicolas Poussin. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Geo His Ent Art Joshua Kreitzer 31 32 32 8 103 Pete Gayde 16 20 12 15 63 Dan Blum 16 22 12 12 62 Bruce Bowler 28 8 16 8 60 "Calvin" 20 18 12 8 58 Erland Sommarskog 12 28 12 4 56 Dan Tilque 28 24 4 0 56 -- Mark Brader | Well, unfortunately, that is impossible, or very difficult, or Toronto | highly inadvisable, or would require legislation--one of those. msb@vex.net | -- Sir Humphrey ("Yes Minister", Lynn & Jay) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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