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| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 13 09:40PM -0700 1 Rahul Dravid represented which country in international cricket? 2 What river forms a large part of the boundary between Mexico and the USA? 3 Running across the summit of Mount Everest is the border between Nepal and what other country? 4 Michael Laudrup represented which country in football (soccer)? 5 Groucho portrays Rufus T. Firefly, leader of the fictional country of Freedonia, in which 1933 Marx brothers film? 6 The last known element in the current periodic table, what is the atomic number of the (probable) Noble gas Oganesson? 7 Which American rock band released the 2004 album American Idiot? 8 In which card game can one "skunk" an opponent by winning before they have passed 90 points? 9 Which American founding father has featured on the United States one hundred dollar bill since 1914? 10 The ancient city of Troy, namesake of the Trojan war, was located in which modern day country? cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 13 11:47PM -0500 "Calvin": > 1 Rahul Dravid represented which country in international cricket? Pakistan? > 2 What river forms a large part of the boundary between > Mexico and the USA? Rio Grande. > 3 Running across the summit of Mount Everest is the border > between Nepal and what other country? China. > 4 Michael Laudrup represented which country in football (soccer)? The US? > 5 Groucho portrays Rufus T. Firefly, leader of the > fictional country of Freedonia, in which 1933 Marx brothers > film? "Duck Soup". > 6 The last known element in the current periodic table, > what is the atomic number of the (probable) Noble gas > Oganesson? 118. > 7 Which American rock band released the 2004 album American Idiot? Green Day. > 8 In which card game can one "skunk" an opponent by winning > before they have passed 90 points? Cribbgage. > 9 Which American founding father has featured on the United > States one hundred dollar bill since 1914? Franklin. > 10 The ancient city of Troy, namesake of the Trojan war, > was located in which modern day country? It's in New York state. Oh wait, not that one. Okay, then, Turkey. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge, msb@vex.net | put together!" -- SINGIN' IN THE RAIN My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 14 08:37AM +0200 > 1 Rahul Dravid represented which country in international cricket? India > 2 What river forms a large part of the boundary between Mexico and > the USA? Colorado > 3 Running across the summit of Mount Everest is the border between > Nepal and what other country? China > 4 Michael Laudrup represented which country in football (soccer)? Denmark > 6 The last known element in the current periodic table, what is the > atomic number of the (probable) Noble gas Oganesson? 116 > 7 Which American rock band released the 2004 album American Idiot? Metallica > 10 The ancient city of Troy, namesake of the Trojan war, was located > in which modern day country? Turkey |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 13 11:05PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2020-03-02, 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 MI5 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 7, Round 2 - Geography - European Second-Largest Cities We name a European country, and you name its second-largest city by population. All answers are according to worldatlas.com. 1. United Kingdom. 2. France. 3. Italy. 4. Russia. 5. Germany. 6. Spain. 7. Greece. 8. Poland. 9. Portugal. 10. Sweden. * Game 7, Round 3 - Canadiana History - The 1837 Rebellions The 1837 rebellions were uprisings in Upper and Lower Canada against the oligarchic governments of the day, in which the elected chamber was subject to being overruled by an appointed Executive Council. 1. After 2 years of strife between a Reform legislature and a Conservative executive, the elections of 1836 were marred by corruption and violence. Much of the blame was leveled at the active involvement of the newest governor, a travel writer with little political experience. However, he is still commemorated by the name of a community now included in Bradford West Gwillimbury, and the name of a golf course just north of Aurora. Who? 2. In 1837, the Upper Canada legislature violated parliamentary tradition by refusing to resign and call new elections upon the death of the reigning sovereign. Who had died, leaving the throne to Queen Victoria? 3. The newspaper "The Colonial Advocate" was a thorn in the side of the Family Compact, the group of intermarried wealthy families who monopolized the high-salaried government offices in Upper Canada. Following the election of 1836, the newspaper changed its name to "The Constitution". Who *owned* it? 4. Armed rebellions broke out first in Lower Canada. Who was the main leader, from Montebello, Quebec? (Hint: Justin Trudeau's riding bears his name.) 5. What was the meeting point for the armed rebels who assembled outside Toronto on 1837-12-04? Now in Toronto, for many years the site was home to Postal Station K. 6. After a futile battle at <answer 5>, the rebel leaders fled. Mackenzie quickly reached the US, where he declared himself head of the "Republic of Canada". What island upstream from the Niagara Falls was selected as the home base of this republic? 7. In a small village in Lower Canada, government forces trapped numerous "Patriotes" in the local church, then burnt it down with the rebels inside. Where did this atrocity take place? 8. Two leading citizens (one a blacksmith, the other a farmer) were found guilty of treason and publicly hanged in Toronto. Their monument can be seen in the Toronto Necropolis. Name either. 9. Another hundred or so rebels from Upper Canada were found guilty and sent as unwilling guests of Her Majesty on a one-way trip. To which unpleasant destination did they go? 10. <answer 3> was arrested and spent some years in the US, but was soon back writing and taking part in politics. Bygones were not allowed to be bygones, though. What notable event followed the controversial passage of the Rebellion Losses Bill of 1849, which allowed claims for both loyalists and reformers? After completing the round, please decode the rot13: [1] Bar nafjre vf n zna jvgu n gjb-jbeq fheanzr. Obgu jbeqf bs uvf fheanzr ner erdhverq. [2] Gur fvgr jurer gur eroryf nffrzoyrq arne Gbebagb, gur bar gung jnf yngre n cbfg bssvpr, nyfb unf n gjb-jbeq anzr. Vs lbh bayl xabj bar jbeq V'yy npprcg gung cyhf fbzr vaqvpngvba bs jurer va Gbebagb gur cynpr vf. [3] "Nhfgenyvn" vf vafhssvpvragyl fcrpvsvp ertneqvat gur eroryf jub jrer fragraprq gb genafcbegngvba. Va rnpu pnfr, tb onpx vs arprffnel naq nqq gb lbhe nafjre nf nccyvpnoyr. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "It is one thing to praise discipline, and another msb@vex.net | to submit to it." -- Miguel de Cervantes, 1613 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 13 09:51PM -0700 On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 2:05:12 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > We name a European country, and you name its second-largest city > by population. All answers are according to worldatlas.com. > 1. United Kingdom. Birmingham > 2. France. Lyon > 3. Italy. Milan, Naples > 4. Russia. St Petersburg > 5. Germany. Hamburg > 6. Spain. Barcelona > 7. Greece. Thebes? > 8. Poland. Krakow > 9. Portugal. Porto > 10. Sweden. Gothenburg, Stockholm cheers, calvin |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 14 05:36AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:PbWdnf1pDMjvXiHDnZ2dnUU7- > We name a European country, and you name its second-largest city > by population. All answers are according to worldatlas.com. > 1. United Kingdom. Manchester > 2. France. Marseille > 3. Italy. Milan > 4. Russia. St. Petersburg > 5. Germany. Munich; Berlin > 6. Spain. Madrid; Barcelona > 7. Greece. Thessaloniki > 8. Poland. Krakow > 10. Sweden Malmo > tradition by refusing to resign and call new elections upon > the death of the reigning sovereign. Who had died, leaving > the throne to Queen Victoria? King William IV -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 13 11:01PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian > Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 6 is over and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratulations! > are disputed. In each case name the food, product, etc. described. > 1. This meringue and fruit dessert was named after a Russian > ballerina who lived 1881-1931. Pavlova. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, and Bruce. > King Edward VII (then Prince of Wales) in 1896 at the Café > de Paris in Monte Carlo, he asked that it be named after his > female companion rather than himself. Crêpes Suzette. 4 for Joshua and Calvin. > 3. Leo Hirshfield of New York called this paper-wrapped candy > after his daughter Clara's nickname. Tootsie Roll. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 4. During an illness in 1892 or 1893, an Australian soprano > living at the Savoy Hotel in London favored this dry, crispy, > thinly sliced item which was subsequently named for her. Melba toast. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Bruce. > the late 19th-century princely family living in England who > gave up their German titles during World War I, and changed > their name to Mountbatten. Battenberg cake. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Calvin. > 6. This dish in the green, red, and white colors of the Italian > flag was presented to the Queen of Savoy, married to King > Umberto I of Italy, on a trip to Naples in 1889. Pizza Margherita. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Calvin. > this meat dish of ground beef served with gravy was created > by an American doctor who believed that vegetables and starchy > food produced poisonous substances in the digestive system. Salisbury steak. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 8. This soft drink was invented in 1885 at a Waco, Texas, drugstore > and is said to be named after the drugstore owner's first > employer, who owned a pharmacy in Virginia. Dr Pepper. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, and Bruce. > 9. Oregon horticulturist Seth Luelling developed this small red > fruit around 1875 with the help of his Manchurian foreman, > after whom he named it. Bing cherry. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, and Bruce. > on top, coated in dark chocolate icing on top and sides and > traditionally served with unsweetened whipped cream, is named > after the Austrian pastry chef who invented it. Sacher torte. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > It inhabits the tropical dry forests or savannas of five > Indonesian islands and its saliva contains toxic bacteria. > Name this predator. Komodo dragon (or Komodo monitor). 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, and Bruce. > As its eyes and nostrils are located on top of its head, it > can be totally submerged for long periods before it attacks > prey with a snap of its powerful jaws. Name this predator. Saltwater crocodile. In the original game both words were required, but I forgot to provide a note saying that "if you said crocodile, we need more". I therefore decided to score any other answer with "crocodile" as "almost correct". So: 4 for Calvin. 3 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Bruce. > * B. Sports, or "Maple Leafs" > Give any year when the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs was... > B1. ...Hap Day. 1927-37. Pete was just outside the range twice and since nobody got this I scored him as as "almost correct", so 3 for Pete. > B2. ...Ted Kennedy. 1948-57. 4 for Pete (the hard way). > * C. Geography, or "Capitals" > These are capitals of countries in Asia. What is the capital city of... > C1. ...Georgia? Tbilisi. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, and Calvin. > C2. ...Oman? Muscat. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, and Calvin. > you must give the answers that were correct then. > D1. Name the senator from Minnesota, first elected in 2007, > who is running for the Democratic nomination for President. Amy Klobuchar. I accepted "Klobacker" and "Klobuchar". So, 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, and Bruce. > D2. Name the Kentucky senator, first elected in 1984, who is > the Senate Majority Leader. Mitch McConnell. 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, and Bruce. > Cyphre, and Mickey Rourke plays his amnesiac employee who > eventually learns Cyphre's true identity: the sworn enemy > of all mankind. "Angel Heart". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > John Milton, a charismatic and cheeky ladies' man who is > the head of a New York City law firm and the father of an > eager young attorney played by Keanu Reeves. "The Devil's Advocate". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > F1. What was the first Stephen King novel to be published? > It was made into a successful movie directed by Brian > de Palma. "Carrie". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. 2 for Calvin. > of the total breakdown of society after the accidental > release of a strain of influenza causes an apocalyptic > pandemic that kills 99% of the world's population. "The Stand". 4 for Dan Tilque, Joshua, Dan Blum, and Bruce. > G1. For fun, but for no points, complete each of the team names > used as titles in this round by giving their city (or > whatever other geographical designation the team goes by). Nashville Predators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, Ottawa Senators, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues. Erland and Pete got all of these; Bruce got 4 out of the 7. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Can Art Geo His Sci Ent Mis Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 12 36 37 36 20 32 36 39 216 Dan Blum 0 29 23 20 20 32 28 39 171 "Calvin" 0 28 38 40 15 16 20 18 160 Pete Gayde 16 40 30 10 8 24 12 31 153 Dan Tilque 4 16 32 12 28 8 16 15 119 Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 28 36 16 19 99 Erland Sommarskog 0 20 40 0 4 0 0 16 80 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Death has a tendency to encourage msb@vex.net | a depressing view of war." --Donald Rumsfeld My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 13 05:13PM -0700 On Friday, May 8, 2020 at 4:12:11 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which lake, the largest in New Zealand by surface area, is located in almost the exact centre of the North Island? Lake Taupo And yes, I have asked this one before, in a RQ > 2 Which stringed musical instrument takes its name from the Hawaiian for 'jumping flea'? Ukelele > 3 The Gulf of Bothnia is located between which TWO European countries? Finland and Sweden > 4 Dunder-Mifflen is to Scranton, Pennsylvania as Wernham-Hogg is to which city located 20 miles west of London? Slough Settings for The Office, US and UK versions > 5 What was the surname of the legendary British kings Uther and his son Arthur? Pendragon > 6 The novels of Dashiell Hammett starring Sam Spade are set in which U.S. city? San Francisco > 7 Connie Booth portrayed Polly Sherman in which classic British sitcom? Fawlty Towers > 8 What two-word term can refer to a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War, a 1983 song and album by Billy Idol, or a brand of whisky? Rebel yell > 9 Derived from African-American vernacular, which four-letter word refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social and racial justice? Woke > 10 Which 1970s pop band were known as the "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh"? The Bay City Rollers Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB 598 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 35 Mark Brader 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 32 Pete Gayde 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 28 Dan Tilque 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 23 Dan Blum 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 4 5 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 2 35 70% Congratulations Mark on a clear round (and considerable improvement on CQ #597). cheers, calvin |
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