msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 25 11:48PM -0500
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-01-22,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and
may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the
correct answers in about 3 days.
We are back to the usual QFTCI rules: you are allowed up to two
guesses on each questions, but if you give both a right and a wrong
answer, there is a small penalty. For further information see my
recent companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
In some cases either the answers or the facts stated as current
in the question have changed since the question was written.
I've tried to call attention to such possibilities by inserting
*tripled quotation marks* around words that were correct at the time
of the original game -- for example, """now""" or """is""" (pretty
much any present-tense verb may be marked). I will always accept
the answer that was correct when the question was originally asked.
If the facts have changed in such a way that a different answer is
now correct (rather than some other sort of change), I will also
accept the new correct answer -- unless there is an explicit note
requiring otherwise. See the companion posting for further details.
I originally wrote one of these two rounds and one question in the
other one.
* Game 1, Round 4 - Canadiana - Electricity
Yes, this is pretty hardcore Canadiana. You knew that was coming.
1. Ontario Hydro was split into five different companies in 1999.
What """is""" the name of the largest successor company that
"""is""" responsible for about 70% of the electricity generation
in our province?
2. Who was the first chairman of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission
of Ontario (1906), the precursor to Ontario Hydro? Two hydro-
electric power stations are named for him.
3. There """are""" three nuclear power plant sites (covering five
nuclear plant installations) in Ontario. Please name *any two*
of the three sites.
4. This coal-fired generating station """is""" North America's
largest and the single worst air pollution source for southern
Ontario and northern New York state. It """is""" in the county
of Haldimand, Ontario, near Lake Erie. Name it.
5. At what time, Eastern Daylight, did the power fail in Toronto
on August 14, 2003? Answer within 30 minutes on either side.
6. All power-generating nuclear plants in Ontario -- in fact, all
in Canada -- """use""" this type of reactor. It's a pressurized
heavy-water reactor variant, and a trademark.
7. The D in <answer 6> is another name for the kind of hydrogen
that is part of heavy water. What does it stand for?
8. <Answer 1> """has""" also begun the process for building up to
four new nuclear units at which Ontario site? (There """is""" a
lengthy approvals process in place including a full Environmental
Assessment, which """will""" take 3-4 years to complete.)
9. What was the name of the coal-burning generating station just
east of Port Credit that was shut down in April 2005 and
demolished on 2006-06-12? Its smokestacks were nicknamed the
Four Sisters.
10. The Exhibition Place Wind Turbine was constructed in 2002 and
"""generates""" an average of 1000 megawatt-hours of power
per year. What is the name of the company that """co-owns"""
that wind turbine with Toronto Hydro and """is""" developing
other locally-owned wind projects?
* Game 1, Round 6 - Science - What are These?
For each of list of things below, you will tell us what things or
what kind of things it is a list of. *Note*: These lists are not
complete, so don't rule out a possible answer because of things
you don't see on the list. For example, given the list "14, 6,
12, 20", the answer could be "even numbers", although 2 and 4,
for example, are not listed.
All lists are in alphabetical order and all terms have been
capitalized in the same manner so that this will not provide
any clues. This is a science round, so answers based on things
like movies or mythology will not be accepted.
1. Acetylene, Benzene, Butane, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Propane,
Octane, Toluene.
2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine,
Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine.
3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol.
4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious
Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia.
5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone,
Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea.
6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset,
Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi.
7. Cardioid, Catenary, Cissoid of Diocles, Cycloid, Epicycloid,
Freeth's Nephroid, Lemniscate of Bernoulli, Lituus, Sinusoid,
Tractrix, Trisectrix, Witch of Agnesi.
8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi
Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle.
9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes.
10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron,
W Boson.
In the original game the lists were actually provided on a handout,
so that QMs wouldn't have to read all those technical terms aloud
and players wouldn't have to ask for repetitions. For the usual
reason, the handout included 4 dacoy lists, which I have moved to
the end of the round here. Answer the decoys if you like for fun,
but for no points.
11. Argentite, Bauxite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite,
Cinnabar, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pitchblende,
Sphalerite, Wolframite.
12. Atmosphere, Bar, Barye, Foot of Head, Kgf/Cm², Inch of Mercury,
Pascal, Psi, Technical Atmosphere, Torr.
13. Bacillus, Brucella, Clostridium, Diploccus, Hemophilus,
Pasteurella, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Streptococcus,
Treponema.
14. Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium,
Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Ytterbium.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Since you invoked Wikipedia, I used [it] in my defense.
msb@vex.net | Don't make me do that again. --Stephen Perry
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 26 05:11AM
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:E66dndqoIa-P42jDnZ2dnUU7-
> * Game 1, Round 4 - Canadiana - Electricity
> 5. At what time, Eastern Daylight, did the power fail in Toronto
> on August 14, 2003? Answer within 30 minutes on either side.
7:30 PM; 6:29 PM
> 7. The D in <answer 6> is another name for the kind of hydrogen
> that is part of heavy water. What does it stand for?
deuterium
> what kind of things it is a list of.
> 1. Acetylene, Benzene, Butane, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Propane,
> Octane, Toluene.
hydrocarbons
> 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine,
> Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine.
amino acids
> 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol.
computer programming languages
> 4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious
> Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia.
nutritional deficiency diseases
> 5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone,
> Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea.
moons of Saturn
> 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset,
> Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi.
monkeys
> 7. Cardioid, Catenary, Cissoid of Diocles, Cycloid, Epicycloid,
> Freeth's Nephroid, Lemniscate of Bernoulli, Lituus, Sinusoid,
> Tractrix, Trisectrix, Witch of Agnesi.
mathematical curves
> 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi
> Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle.
parts of a cell
> 9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes.
bones in the human body
> 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron,
> W Boson.
subatomic particles
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jun 26 02:53AM -0700
On 6/25/20 9:48 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
> 6. All power-generating nuclear plants in Ontario -- in fact, all
> in Canada -- """use""" this type of reactor. It's a pressurized
> heavy-water reactor variant, and a trademark.
CanDU
> 7. The D in <answer 6> is another name for the kind of hydrogen
> that is part of heavy water. What does it stand for?
deuterium
> like movies or mythology will not be accepted.
> 1. Acetylene, Benzene, Butane, Ethane, Ethylene, Methane, Propane,
> Octane, Toluene.
hydrocarbons
> 2. Alanine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine,
> Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine.
amino acids
> 3. Apl, B, Forth, Javascript, Pl/i, Perl, Prolog, Python, Snobol.
programming languages
> 4. Beri-Beri, Goiter, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Pellagra, Pernicious
> Anemia, Rickets, Scurvy, Xerophthalmia.
vitamin deficiency diseases
> 5. Calypso, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Methone,
> Mimas, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea.
satellites of Saturn
> 6. Capuchin, Colobus, Douroucouli, Guenon, Langur, Marmoset,
> Proboscis, Saki, Tamarin, Titi.
primates
> 7. Cardioid, Catenary, Cissoid of Diocles, Cycloid, Epicycloid,
> Freeth's Nephroid, Lemniscate of Bernoulli, Lituus, Sinusoid,
> Tractrix, Trisectrix, Witch of Agnesi.
geometric curves
> 8. Centriole, Chloroplast, Chromosome, Cilium, Flagellum, Golgi
> Body, Lysosome, Mitochondrion, Ribosome, Vacuole, Vesicle.
organelles
> 9. Coccyx, Hyoid, Incus, Radius, Sacrum, Sesamoid, Stapes.
bones
> 10. Gluon, Higgs Boson, Kaon, Muon, Neutrino, Pion, Positron,
> W Boson.
subatomic particles
> 11. Argentite, Bauxite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite,
> Cinnabar, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pitchblende,
> Sphalerite, Wolframite.
ores of metals
> 12. Atmosphere, Bar, Barye, Foot of Head, Kgf/Cm², Inch of Mercury,
> Pascal, Psi, Technical Atmosphere, Torr.
units of pressure
> 13. Bacillus, Brucella, Clostridium, Diploccus, Hemophilus,
> Pasteurella, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Streptococcus,
> Treponema.
bacteria that cause diseases
> 14. Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium,
> Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Ytterbium.
lanthanides
--
Dan Tilque
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Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 25 04:07PM -0700
On Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 3:45:20 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 1, Round 2 - History - Conquerors
At least this set hasn't dated :-)
> 1. From 334 to 326 BC, he conquered 2,180,000 square miles of
> territory, from the Balkans to as far as the Indus River.
Alexander le Great
> 2. From 1370 to 1402, he conquered 2,145,000 sq.mi. This included
> most of the Near East, from the Indus river to the Mediterranean
> Sea.
Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun
> 3. From 1933 to 1942, conquered 1,370,000 sq.mi., an area that
> included most of continental Europe, from the English Channel
> to the outskirts of Moscow, and from North Africa to Norway.
Hitler
> 4. From 1796 to 1810, he conquered 720,000 sq.mi., including France,
> Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, and Spain.
Napoleon
> 5. From 997 to 1030, he conquered 680,000 sq.mi. His empire
> extended from the Indian Ocean to the Amu Darya River, and from
> the Tigris east to the Ganges River.
Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun
> 6. From 1531 to 1541, he conquered 480,000 sq.mi. He subjugated
> the Incan empire, which extended from modern Ecuador south
> through to Bolivia.
Cortez
> 7. From 1519 to 1526, he conquered 315,000 sq.mi., defeating the
> Aztecs. He seized Central and South Mexico and later subjugated
> Guatemala and Honduras to Spanish rule.
Or is that Cortes?
> 2. Two hard-hitting dramas whose stories relate to crime in
> different ways, these movies from 2001 and 2003 won the Best
> Actress Oscar for Halle Berry and Charlize Theron respectively.
Monster, Monster's Ball
> 3. In 1964, Sean Connery was James Bond. In 1995 it was Pierce
> Brosnan.
Goldfinger, Goldeneye
> starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, with a screenplay by
> Raymond Chandler. The other is a 2006 adaptation of a James
> Ellroy novel, with Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson.
The Black Dahlia
> Garson twice. In 1999, Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas
> are drawn together when they realize their spouses, both killed
> in the same plane crash, were having an affair together.
cheers,
calvin
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 25 11:46PM -0500
Mark Brader:
> see my recent companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
> I wrote one of these two rounds.
That was the entertainment round, and of all the rounds I've written
over the years, it was one of the ones I was most pleased with.
> and dates are, of course, AD unless otherwise indicated.
> 1. From 334 to 326 BC, he conquered 2,180,000 square miles of
> territory, from the Balkans to as far as the Indus River.
Alexander the Great. "Alexander" was acceptable. 4 for everyone --
Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Calvin.
> 2. From 1370 to 1402, he conquered 2,145,000 sq.mi. This included
> most of the Near East, from the Indus river to the Mediterranean
> Sea.
Timur, also known as Tamerlane. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
and Dan Tilque.
> 3. From 1933 to 1942, conquered 1,370,000 sq.mi., an area that
> included most of continental Europe, from the English Channel
> to the outskirts of Moscow, and from North Africa to Norway.
Adolf Hitler, duh. 4 for everyone.
> 4. From 1796 to 1810, he conquered 720,000 sq.mi., including France,
> Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, and Spain.
Napoléon Bonaparte. Just "Napoleon" was acceptable. 4 for everyone.
> 5. From 997 to 1030, he conquered 680,000 sq.mi. His empire
> extended from the Indian Ocean to the Amu Darya River, and from
> the Tigris east to the Ganges River.
Yamin ad-Dawlah Mahmud of Ghazni. (No, you didn't have to give the
whole thing. No, I hadn't heard of him either.)
> 6. From 1531 to 1541, he conquered 480,000 sq.mi. He subjugated
> the Incan empire, which extended from modern Ecuador south
> through to Bolivia.
Francisco Pizarro. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
> 7. From 1519 to 1526, he conquered 315,000 sq.mi., defeating the
> Aztecs. He seized Central and South Mexico and later subjugated
> Guatemala and Honduras to Spanish rule.
Hernán Cortés. 4 for everyone.
> 8. From 1206 to 1227, this man conquered 4,860,000 sq.mi. His
> empire spanned from China to Southern Siberia and Central Asia.
Genghis Khan. (Both names required.) 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 9. From 433 to 453, he conquered 1,450,000 sq.mi. He ruled an
> empire encompassing Central and Eastern Europe and the Western
> Russian plain.
Attila the Hun. (Soubriquet required for full points.) 4 for
Dan Blum, Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.
> 10. From 559 to 539 BC, he conquered 2,090,000 sq.mi. He conquered
> the Median (or Medean) Empire, Babylonia, Assyria, Syria,
> Palestine, the Indus Valley, and Southern Turkestan.
Cyrus the Great (or II or the Elder). (Soubriquet required for
full points.) 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua
(the hard way).
> or remakes. You will need to give us *both titles*, if different
> (we hope the one will be a hint to the other); but at least you
> won't need to say which movie is which.
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> bus; the 1942 movie stars Robert Cummings as a man falsely
> accused of being an enemy agent, and climaxes on the Statue of
> Liberty's torch.
"Sabotage"; "Saboteur". 4 for Joshua.
> 2. Two hard-hitting dramas whose stories relate to crime in
> different ways, these movies from 2001 and 2003 won the Best
> Actress Oscar for Halle Berry and Charlize Theron respectively.
"Monster's Ball"; "Monster". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Calvin.
> 3. In 1964, Sean Connery was James Bond. In 1995 it was Pierce
> Brosnan.
"Goldfinger"; "GoldenEye". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Calvin.
> and meet Stephen Dillane. In 2006, it's Denzel Washington and
> a more technological type of communication. Both movies have
> the same title, so we only need one answer.
"Deja Vu." (Now that's appropriate...)
> The 1991 film, directed by Lars von Trier, features an American
> whose loyalties are divided when he takes a job on the German
> railways after the war.
"Europa Europa" (known in some countries as "Solomon, Hitler Youth");
"Europa" (known in some countries as "Zentropa"). 4 for Joshua.
> starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, with a screenplay by
> Raymond Chandler. The other is a 2006 adaptation of a James
> Ellroy novel, with Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson.
"The Blue Dahlia"; "The Black Dahlia". 4 for Joshua.
> Rogers, with Marilyn Monroe appearing as a secretary, and
> Howard Hawks directed. Their title is the same, so we only
> need one answer.
"Monkey Business". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
> 1939 Jimmy Stewart plays an unconventional heir to a Senate seat.
> Jean Arthur co-stars in both movies. The titles have the *same
> number* of words, but differ in *two places*.
"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"; "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington".
4 for Joshua.
> drug dealers in Colombia and foiling another murder in the US.
> Then in 2004, Tom Cruise gets into Jamie Foxx's taxicab and
> soon reveals himself to be a murderer.
"Collateral Damage"; "Collateral". 4 for Joshua.
> Garson twice. In 1999, Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas
> are drawn together when they realize their spouses, both killed
> in the same plane crash, were having an affair together.
"Random Harvest"; "Random Hearts". 4 for Joshua.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Ent
Joshua Kreitzer 27 36 63
Dan Blum 36 12 48
Dan Tilque 36 0 36
Erland Sommarskog 32 0 32
"Calvin" 16 8 24
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "The walls have hearsay."
msb@vex.net -- Fonseca & Carolino
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 26 05:08AM
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:-MOdnbQMGIwQ4GjDnZ2dnUU7-
> Cyrus the Great (or II or the Elder). (Soubriquet required for
> full points.) 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua
> (the hard way).
On this one, I gave two apparently different answers ("Cyrus I; Cyrus II"),
so I would have though I would get only 2 points (and not the hard way, if
that even applied here).
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 26 01:35AM -0500
Mark Brader:
>> Cyrus the Great (or II or the Elder). (Soubriquet required for
>> full points.) 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua
>> (the hard way).
Joshua Kreitzer:
> On this one, I gave two apparently different answers ("Cyrus I; Cyrus II"),
> so I would have though I would get only 2 points (and not the hard way, if
> that even applied here).
Two almost correct answers is 3 points the hard way.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "In my case, self-absorption is
msb@vex.net completely justified." -- LAURA
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