- QFTCIMI520 Game 8, Rounds 4,6: multi-pro, arch. WHSes - 2 Updates
- QFTCIMI520 Game 8, Rounds 2-3: subways, Dickens - 3 Updates
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 30 03:31PM -0700 On Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 4:04:35 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > d'Or, in Montreal's Windsor Hotel in 1969? > 4. Which decorated American war hero pursued a career as a B-movie > actor, taking the lead role in his own life story? Murphy > under the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto? > 9. Which author of plays featuring the character Vanek also served > as the first President of the Czech Republic? Havel > 1. Photo A. Site of one of the seven ancient Christian churches > of Asia, this Roman building was a public library begun in the > time of Hadrian. Turkey, Syria > 3. Photo C (decoy). > 4. Photo D. Built entirely without nails, this Buddhist temple > was founded in 778. The present buildings date from 1633. Japan, China > 9. Photo I. A royal residence from 1732, this building contains > 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases, all in the Elizabethan Baroque > style. (No, that is not a typo!) Russia > world, built in the 9th century by the Sailendra dynasty. > 13. Photo M. This church honoring St. George was dug out of the > living rock, as they say, in the late 12th century. Ethiopia > 14. Photo N (decoy). > 15. Photo O (decoy). cheers, calvin |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 31 02:58AM -0700 On 5/29/20 11:04 AM, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. William Shockley earned wide notoriety in the 1960s and 1970s > for his racial beliefs. But in 1956 he shared a Nobel Prize > in Physics for developing what? transistor > d'Or, in Montreal's Windsor Hotel in 1969? > 4. Which decorated American war hero pursued a career as a B-movie > actor, taking the lead role in his own life story? York > 6. Moe Berg gathered intelligence for the OSS, the predecessor of > the CIA, during World War II. How was he employed in the 1920s > and early 1930s? baseball player > under the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto? > 9. Which author of plays featuring the character Vanek also served > as the first President of the Czech Republic? Havel > 1. Photo A. Site of one of the seven ancient Christian churches > of Asia, this Roman building was a public library begun in the > time of Hadrian. Turkey > 3. Photo C (decoy). > 4. Photo D. Built entirely without nails, this Buddhist temple > was founded in 778. The present buildings date from 1633. Japan > 5. Photo E. This stone city was constructed in the 11th century > was abandoned in the 15th century. Zimbabwe > from fire several times, with the most recent reconstruction > dating to 1702. The foreign merchants who used this building > were expelled from the country in 1754. Norway > was designated in its entirety due to its Baroque architecture. > The municipality was the most populous in Latin America, in > the 18th century. Bolivia > 9. Photo I. A royal residence from 1732, this building contains > 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases, all in the Elizabethan Baroque > style. (No, that is not a typo!) Hungary > culture and learning. A legendary city, it was a center for > the trade in both salt and gold. Remember, we need the name > of the country. Mali > 11. Photo K. This chapel completed in 1215 is part of the monastery > complex begun by Gregory the Illuminator. Austria > 12. Photo L. This is the largest Buddhist temple complex in the > world, built in the 9th century by the Sailendra dynasty. Sri Lanka > 13. Photo M. This church honoring St. George was dug out of the > living rock, as they say, in the late 12th century. Armenia -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 26 02:04AM -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 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city where all three are found. Note: I have rendered all station names in ISO 8859-1; in some cities other characters would appear in the name's primary form. 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse. 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya. 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz. 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place. 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli. 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson. 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam. 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood. 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen. 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo. * Game 8, Round 3 - Literature - What the Dickens Here's a round on some of the most memorable characters from the novels of Charles Dickens. In each case, name the character that we describe. 1. He is the leader of a gang of kid criminals -- a bombastic, filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables. 2. This character is a thinly-veiled portrait of Dickens's own father, a feckless but good-hearted scoundrel who gets tossed into debtors' prison when he fails to pay his creditors. His advice to David Copperfield: "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery." 3. In "Martin Chuzzlewit", we meet this completely alcoholic nurse and midwife, who creates an imaginary friend Mrs. Harris to constantly tell her how wonderful she is. She was so popular among the British public that umbrellas were colloquially referred to by her name, as she carried one with "particular ostentation". 4. In "Hard Times", he is a wealthy retired hardware merchant and MP for Coketown, a Utilitarian, and the patron of a model school which teaches only facts and roots out all imagination and emotion. 5. In "Bleak House", this woman is mistress of Chesney Wold and married to Sir Leicester. She is wealthy and revered and has kept the secret of her illegitimate child throughout her life, believing the child died at birth. This child, Esther Summerson, actually survived, and when the truth threatens to come out, the mother runs away, certain that her husband will hate her. She dies outside a cemetery. 6. This rough and desperate convict escapes from a prison ship onto the Kent marshes. A young boy named Pip brings him food and a file to escape his fetters. He is recaptured and transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer. This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and author of his great expectations. 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed night's sleep. 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism. 9. This woman was abandoned twenty minutes before her wedding by a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe. 10. This woman loved to watch the guillotine fall during the French Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel, she is killed by her own pistol. -- Mark Brader | "Ever wonder why they call the screen a vacuum tube?" Toronto | -- Kent Paul Dolan msb@vex.net | "Because it's neither rare nor well done." | -- Peter Moylan, paraphrasing Ernie Kovacs My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 26 08:32PM +0200 > * Game 8, Round 2 - Geography - World Cities by Metro Station > 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse. Vienna > 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya. Barcelona > 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz. Lisboa > 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place. Mumbai; New Dehli > 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli. Istanbul > 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam. Karachi > 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen. Copenhagen > 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo. Mexico City |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 27 12:09AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:D-OdnbpRVK_1IlHDnZ2dnUU7- > We name three subway (or metro) stations; you name the world city > where all three are found. > 1. Schönbrunn, Stephansplatz, Rochusgasse. Berlin; Munich > 2. Parc Nou, El Prat Estació, Catalunya. Barcelona > 3. Baixa-Chiado, Campo Grande, Martim Moniz. Lisbon; Rio de Janeiro > 4. Tagore Garden, Jangpura, Nehru Place. Kolkata; Delhi > 5. Göztepe, Merter, Topkapi-Ulubatli. Istanbul > 6. Pulaski, Logan Square, Jackson. Chicago > 7. Hasan Abad, Hossein Abad, Zam Zam. Cairo > 8. Castle Hill, Tallawong, Chatswood. Sydney; Melbourne > 9. Lufthavnen, Ørestad, Trianglen. Copenhagen > 10. Cristóbal Colón, San José de la Estrella, San Pablo. San Juan; Mexico City > filthy, raggedy Peter Pan figure, all decked out in clothes > much too big for him and a huge fantastic hat. He steals > every scene he's in -- not to mention quite a few valuables. Artful Dodger > annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. > Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds > ought and six, result misery." Mr. Micawber > transported to Australia where he becomes a wealthy sheep farmer. > This wealth allows him to become Pip's secret benefactor and > author of his great expectations. Abel Magwitch > 7. This villain, a wicked employer and heartless miser, is allowed > to repent and see the error of his ways via a very disturbed > night's sleep. Ebenezer Scrooge > 8. This villain is a criminal and an incredibly ugly fellow whose > "repulsive face was obscured by matted red hair". His extremely > negative portrayal led to Dickens being accused of anti-Semitism. Fagin > a man who was only after her money. She had all clocks stopped > the moment she learned of her betrayal and continues living in > her decaying mansion wearing her wedding dress and only one shoe. Miss Havisham > Revolution, and encrypted in her knitting the names of those she > condemned to death by spreading lies. At the end of the novel, > she is killed by her own pistol. Madame Defarge -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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