- Calvin's Quiz #592 - 3 Updates
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- Calvin's Quiz #591 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 1 Update
- QFTCIMI520 Game 1, Rounds 9-10: acids, bases, and challenges - 5 Updates
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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 11 08:53PM -0700 1 For his role as the psychotic Tommy De Vito in which 1990 gangster film did Joe Pesci receive the Best Supporting Actor Oscar? 2 From 1967-74, Peter Allen was married to which Oscar winner? 3 What is the medical term for an imperfection in the curvature of a cornea? 4 Which waterway re-opened in 1975 after an eight-year closure? 5 Who portrayed the title character in the 2004 musical biographical film Ray? 6 What, according to Dr Samuel Johnson, is the only sensual pleasure without vice? 7 Sharing its title with a Lynyrd Skynyrd song, which 2002 movie features Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas? 8 In which game is a player most likely to utter the French term J'adoube? 9 Which 1983 Nobel Peace Prize winner sent his wife to Oslo to accept the prize because he feared he would not be readmitted to his homeland? He was elected President seven years later! 10 What is the more common name of the building material also known as asbestos cement or AC sheet? cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 12 04:12AM > 1 For his role as the psychotic Tommy De Vito in which 1990 gangster film did Joe Pesci receive the Best Supporting Actor Oscar? Goodfellas > 3 What is the medical term for an imperfection in the curvature of a cornea? astigmatism > 4 Which waterway re-opened in 1975 after an eight-year closure? Suez Canal > 5 Who portrayed the title character in the 2004 musical biographical film Ray? Jamie Foxx > 7 Sharing its title with a Lynyrd Skynyrd song, which 2002 movie features Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas? Sweet Home Alabama > 9 Which 1983 Nobel Peace Prize winner sent his wife to Oslo to accept the prize because he feared he would not be readmitted to his homeland? He was elected President seven years later! Nelson Mandela -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 11 11:21PM -0500 Calvin: > 1 For his role as the psychotic Tommy De Vito in which 1990 > gangster film did Joe Pesci receive the Best Supporting Actor > Oscar? "Goodfellas". > 3 What is the medical term for an imperfection in the curvature > of a cornea? > 4 Which waterway re-opened in 1975 after an eight-year closure? Suez Canal. > 5 Who portrayed the title character in the 2004 musical > biographical film Ray? Foxx. > 6 What, according to Dr Samuel Johnson, is the only sensual > pleasure without vice? Reading? > features Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas? > 8 In which game is a player most likely to utter the French term > J'adoube? Chess. > 9 Which 1983 Nobel Peace Prize winner sent his wife to Oslo to > accept the prize because he feared he would not be readmitted to > his homeland? He was elected President seven years later! Mandela? > 10 What is the more common name of the building material also > known as asbestos cement or AC sheet? Asbestos? -- Mark Brader | "You wake me up early in the morning to tell me Toronto | I am right? Please wait until I am wrong." msb@vex.net | -- John von Neumann, on being phoned at 10 am |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 11 08:37PM +0100 > * Game 7 (2020-03-02), Round 1 - Current Events > 1. Last week this man detoured to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan > on his way to Rikers Island jail. Name him. Weinstein > 2. Former VP Joe Biden reinvigorated his campaign for the Democratic > presidential nomination with a crucial primary win in which > state? South Carolina > 5. Name the 32-year-old woman who last week announced her retirement > from professional tennis. Shaparova > 6. Name the former President of Egypt who died last week at 91. Hosni Mubarak > 7. At Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's urging, Japan has taken a bold > and unprecedented step to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. > What has Japan done? Closed all their schools > * Game 8 (2020-03-09), Round 1 - Current Events > 2. Last week Turkey and Russia agreed to a ceasefire in which > region of Syria? Idlib > virtually to a tie in the "Super Tuesday" Democratic primaries, > while Michael Bloomberg did badly enough that he then dropped > out of the race. Bloomberg did win one primary, though -- where? American Samoa > 8. After employees walked out in protest, Hachette Book Group > decided not to publish *whose* autobiography "Apropos of > Nothing"? Woody Allen > 10-nation Women's World Championship tournament, which before > COVID-19 was scheduled to being March 31 in two Canadian cities. > Name *either* city. Halifax |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 11 08:55PM -0700 On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 10:57:34 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Last week the Vatican announced that it will open secret archives > that may reveal whether *which Pope* collaborated with the Nazis > during the Holocaust? (Name and number required.) Hurrah! cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 11 08:51PM -0700 On Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 1:16:26 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 In 1990 John McEnroe was disqualified from which Grand Slam for misconduct? Australian Open > 2 Which American singer-songwriter co-wrote and sang the theme song from the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies? Sheryl Crow > 3 Who is the Roman god of fire, metalworking, and the forge? Vulcan > 4 Which Hawaiian (b. 1970) was World Surf League champion in 2000? Sunny Garcia No one got this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Garcia > 5 According to folklore, what part of the body of a rabbit or hare can be carried as a good luck charm? Foot. I accepted paw- which is it not known as that anyway??? > 6 What is the only country to have territorial claims (as opposed to just research stations) in both the Arctic and Antarctica? Norway > 7 Which late actor voices the closing monologue in the Michael Jackson hit Thriller? Vincent Price > 8 Which fictional detective lives in the village of St Mary Mead? Miss Jane Marple > 9 What is the English meaning of the Italian word baci? Kisses > 10 Denali (aka Mount McKinley) is located in which US state? Alaska Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 591 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 42 Aren Ess 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 38 Stephen Perry 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 29 Dan Blum 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 29 Dan Tilque 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 29 Joe Masters 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 30 Mark Brader 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 19 Erland S 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 16 Pete Gayde - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 4 2 5 0 8 4 3 5 3 8 42 53% Good to see 8 players, and congratulatins Aren! cheers, calvin |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Mar 11 02:03PM > * Game 1, Round 9 - Science: Acids and Bases > 1. What scale measures acidity and baseness? pH > 2. Water is a feature of every acid or base. What is the <answer 2> > value of pure water? 7 > 3. While higher numbers are actually possible, what is the highest > value typically encountered on the <answer 2> scale? 15 > 5. Bases are easily identifiable by a certain combination of atoms > that conventionally appears at the end of their chemical formula. > Symbolically, what is this atom combination? OH > 6. What *name* is given to this combination of atoms? hydroxide > 10. What do we call the commonly used filter paper that changes > color in the presence of an acid or base? litmus > It excels at water rescue because of its muscular build, > thick double coat, webbed feet, and swimming abilities. > Name the breed. Newfoundland > (the hockey player). Hockey player Billy Duke joins the > Toronto Maple Leafs and starts a relationship with a rock > singer who objects to his often rough hockey playing. Slapshot -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Mar 11 02:50PM On Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:08:17 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > This round is about acids and bases at their extremes. Both can be > useful -- and also hazardous. > 1. What scale measures acidity and baseness? pH > 2. Water is a feature of every acid or base. What is the <answer 2> > value of pure water? 7 > 3. While higher numbers are actually possible, what is the highest > value typically encountered on the <answer 2> scale? 14 > 4. What base is commonly used in agriculture to reverse acidity > in soil? (Give the common term, not the chemical name.) lime > 5. Bases are easily identifiable by a certain combination of atoms > that conventionally appears at the end of their chemical formula. > Symbolically, what is this atom combination? OH > 9. When an acid is combined with a base, their acidic and basic > properties cancel, yielding a new chemical plus water. What is the > generic name given to this new group of chemicals? salt > 10. What do we call the commonly used filter paper that changes > color in the presence of an acid or base? litmus > It excels at water rescue because of its muscular build, thick > double coat, webbed feet, and swimming abilities. > Name the breed. newfoundland > breed as a small white spot on the chest, known as a medallion, > or as stray white hairs on the feet or muzzle. Name the modern > breed. Labrador retriever |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Mar 11 08:43PM +0100 > * Game 1, Round 9 - Science: Acids and Bases > 1. What scale measures acidity and baseness? pH > 2. Water is a feature of every acid or base. What is the <answer 2> > value of pure water? 7 > 3. While higher numbers are actually possible, what is the highest > value typically encountered on the <answer 2> scale? 14 > 4. What base is commonly used in agriculture to reverse acidity > in soil? (Give the common term, not the chemical name.) Chalk > 5. Bases are easily identifiable by a certain combination of atoms > that conventionally appears at the end of their chemical formula. > Symbolically, what is this atom combination? OH > 6. What *name* is given to this combination of atoms? hydroxide > 7. Radicals make acids and bases highly reactive. What is the > radical involved with acids? Name the element. Hydrogen ions > 9. When an acid is combined with a base, their acidic and basic > properties cancel, yielding a new chemical plus water. What is > the generic name given to this new group of chemicals? Salt > 10. What do we call the commonly used filter paper that changes > color in the presence of an acid or base? Lithmus |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 11 04:14PM -0700 On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 2:08:22 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > This round is about acids and bases at their extremes. Both can > be useful -- and also hazardous. > 1. What scale measures acidity and baseness? pH > 2. Water is a feature of every acid or base. What is the <answer 2> > value of pure water? 0 > 3. While higher numbers are actually possible, what is the highest > value typically encountered on the <answer 2> scale? 7 > 4. What base is commonly used in agriculture to reverse acidity > in soil? (Give the common term, not the chemical name.) Marl? > 5. Bases are easily identifiable by a certain combination of atoms > that conventionally appears at the end of their chemical formula. > Symbolically, what is this atom combination? OH > 6. What *name* is given to this combination of atoms? Hydroxide > 7. Radicals make acids and bases highly reactive. What is the > radical involved with acids? Name the element. Hydrogen > the generic name given to this new group of chemicals? > 10. What do we call the commonly used filter paper that changes > color in the presence of an acid or base? Litmus > * Game 1, Round 10 - Canadiana Challenge Round Pass cheers, calvin |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Mar 11 08:42PM -0700 On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 12:08:22 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-01-13, > and should be interpreted accordingly. noted > This round is about acids and bases at their extremes. Both can > be useful -- and also hazardous. > 1. What scale measures acidity and baseness? ph > 2. Water is a feature of every acid or base. What is the <answer 2> > value of pure water? 7 > 3. While higher numbers are actually possible, what is the highest > value typically encountered on the <answer 2> scale? 14 > 4. What base is commonly used in agriculture to reverse acidity > in soil? (Give the common term, not the chemical name.) lime > 5. Bases are easily identifiable by a certain combination of atoms > that conventionally appears at the end of their chemical formula. > Symbolically, what is this atom combination? oh > 6. What *name* is given to this combination of atoms? hydroxide > 7. Radicals make acids and bases highly reactive. What is the > radical involved with acids? Name the element. hydrogen > acid is normally sold as a 98% concentration diluted with 2% > water. What is the peculiar characteristic of 100% sulfuric > acid? it evaporates quickly > 9. When an acid is combined with a base, their acidic and basic > properties cancel, yielding a new chemical plus water. What is > the generic name given to this new group of chemicals? salt > 10. What do we call the commonly used filter paper that changes > color in the presence of an acid or base? litmus > It excels at water rescue because of its muscular build, > thick double coat, webbed feet, and swimming abilities. > Name the breed. newfoundland > modern breed as a small white spot on the chest, known as > a medallion, or as stray white hairs on the feet or muzzle. > Name the modern breed. labrador > (350 acres) of natural land with the Grand River flowing > right through it, rushing past high limestone cliffs 22 m > (70 feet) high. Name this outdoor destination. guelph lake park gorge? > and ease of access, it has been nicknamed the "Niagara of > the North". Its name comes from the Ojibway word meaning > "waterfall over a cliff". Name the waterfall. kakabeka falls > managing editor of "Maclean's", but he is better known for > the friendly and warm interviewing style he displayed on > CBC Radio. Name him. captain canada peter gzowski > wrote for 27 years. It was so widely read and so influential > that he is said to have made "Maclean's" the magazine that > people "read from back to front". Name him. fotheringham? > Industrial Revolution. One of its collections formed > the foundation of another Toronto institution, still in > existence. Name that current institution. toronto public library > D2. What opened in 1869 at 178 Yonge St. in a 24-by-60-foot > space with two windows? tim horton's? > William Scott, Jay Baruchel, and Liev Schreiber. It's about > very nice but somewhat dim Doug who finds personal and > professional fulfillment on a minor league hockey team. goon > (the hockey player). Hockey player Billy Duke joins the > Toronto Maple Leafs and starts a relationship with a rock > singer who objects to his often rough hockey playing. winter comes early (which is not nearly as good as 'slapshot' and I cannot tell you how disappointed I am that it wasn't one of the answers) > * F. Sports, or "Canadian Business" > Here are questions about the business side of Canadian sports teams. > F1. Who is the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs? eddie shore > F2. Who is currently the governor, chairman, and sole owner > of the Ottawa Senators? paul newman [note: I am now going to look up that place near guelph because it is bothering me. not as much as 'slapshot' not being an answer in section e, but still bothersome none-the-less.] swp |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Mar 11 04:08PM -0700 On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 2:06:17 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > > 10. Olive oil, pancetta, and pecorino romano cheese. > Carbonara. 4 for Erland. Is there a, um, source for this? Carbonara always includes eggs AFAIK. cheers, clavin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Mar 11 09:23PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > > 10. Olive oil, pancetta, and pecorino romano cheese. > > Carbonara. 4 for Erland. "Calvin": > Is there a, um, source for this? I have no idea. > Carbonara always includes eggs AFAIK. After some web searching it looks as though you're right. But the score stands. Erland gets the points for giving the expected answer, Stephen did not name a pasta sauce at all, and nobody else tried this one. As we say in the league, "you can't protest the question". -- Mark Brader | "Of course, if you only see one movie this year, msb@vex.net | you're in the wrong newsgroup." Toronto | --Chris Pierson, rec.arts.movies.past-films My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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