- RQFTCI06 questions 21-40 - 2 Updates
- RQFTCI06 questions 1-20 answers - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 10 11:10PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2006-01-09, 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. For further information see my recent companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". In this first game the usual QFTCI scoring does not apply: you are allowed up to 3 guesses on each questions, but will be penalized for extra guesses after the correct answer. For the exact scoring and other details, see the companion posting. 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. As usual in QFTCI, please post all your answers in one posting. (Quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. 21. Excluding the original 13, name any two states that were admitted to the USA the same year as each other. 22. The Justina M. Barnicke Art Gallery at the University of Toronto """is""" housed in what building? 23. What is the game where you might make a "ko threat", and where the way you capture something is to remove its last "liberty"? 24. As you have """now""" had 80 years to read Agatha Christie's mystery "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", we think it's permissible to reveal how it ends -- if you don't want to know, we'll give you a moment to leave the room now... Okay, what was the trick that made the novel controversial among mystery fans? 25. A new variety of Canadian potato was developed in 2004 and has """just""" been released on the market. What is its name? 26. Which group had the highest-selling CD in Canada in 2005? 27. What large US city was named, indirectly, after an ancient Roman dictator? 28. What character """is""" the mascot of the Montreal Canadiens? 29. She went to prison for murder at 17, almost drowned at 20, had her memories erased at 28, and """now""" she advertises American Express. Who? 30. What CFL stadium """has""" a natural grass playing surface? (Name the stadium, not the city.) 31. What is the common canine disease characterized by looseness of the hip joint? 32. Who was the """last""" hitter to achieve Major League Baseball's Triple Crown? 33. How was the Crab Nebula formed? (Be sufficiently specific.) 34. Finish the title of the Frank Zappa song about a musician, frustrated at being prevented from seeing his girlfriend: "My Guitar Wants to Kill..." Two words required. 35. On the other hand, Pete Townshend wrote about a man luckier in romance who sings about his affection for the conveyance that enables him to visit his lady-love. Name the Who song. 36. "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents -- except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness" are the opening words of what novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton? 37. Actress Charlize Theron was named after her father Charles, or Charlie. He died when she was 15. How? (Be sufficiently specific.) 38. In the first edition of a certain book, 1967 was prominently referred to on the cover as "the last good year", but this was changed when the book appeared in paperback. Who *wrote* the book? 39. Oscar Peterson """has been""" afflicted with this disease since he was a child. What is it? 40. The royal cubit, or meh nesut, was used as a measurement by the Egyptians when building the pyramids. Give the size of a royal cubit in centimeters, within 3 cm. After completing these questions, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq gung Puneyrf Gureba jnf xvyyrq ol nabgure crefba, lbh arrq gb zragvba jub naq jul. Tb onpx naq nqq qrgnvy vs arprffnel. -- Mark Brader That would be the opposite of "non idiotic", Toronto assuming there's some good word for that. msb@vex.net --Ken Jennings My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 11 04:21AM > 21. Excluding the original 13, name any two states that were > admitted to the USA the same year as each other. Maine and Missouri > 23. What is the game where you might make a "ko threat", and where > the way you capture something is to remove its last "liberty"? Go > to reveal how it ends -- if you don't want to know, we'll > give you a moment to leave the room now... Okay, what was > the trick that made the novel controversial among mystery fans? the narrator is the killer > 26. Which group had the highest-selling CD in Canada in 2005? One Direction; Nickelback > 27. What large US city was named, indirectly, after an ancient > Roman dictator? Cincinnati > 29. She went to prison for murder at 17, almost drowned at 20, > had her memories erased at 28, and """now""" she advertises > American Express. Who? Kate Winslet > 31. What is the common canine disease characterized by looseness > of the hip joint? hip dysplasia > 33. How was the Crab Nebula formed? (Be sufficiently specific.) a supernova explosion > 35. On the other hand, Pete Townshend wrote about a man luckier > in romance who sings about his affection for the conveyance > that enables him to visit his lady-love. Name the Who song. Magic Bus > 40. The royal cubit, or meh nesut, was used as a measurement by > the Egyptians when building the pyramids. Give the size of > a royal cubit in centimeters, within 3 cm. 20; 30; 40 -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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): Jun 10 11:09PM -0500 Mark Brader: > Unlike a regular QFTCI posting, in this quiz you are allowed up to > 3 guesses on each one, but as usual, there will be a small penalty > for extra guesses after the correct answer. Nobody took more than 2 guesses this time. Most people took only one. > 1. What is a lusophone? Someone who speaks Portuguese. 6 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Calvin. > * the Lions, the Tigers, and the Cats; > * the Eagles, the Hawks, the Crows, the Swans, and the Magpies; > * the Bombers, the Dockers, and the Power. Australian ("Aussie rules") football. Still true for all the teams. 6 for Joshua, Pete, and Calvin. In 2006 the other three teams in the AFL were the Blues, the Bulldogs, and the Kangaroos; today there are also the Giants and the Suns. > 3. This actor was born Krishna Bhanji, the son of an Indian father > and a half-Jewish mother. By what name """is""" he better > known? Ben Kingsley. (Still alive today.) 6 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 4. What is the name for a formal papal decree to which a > traditionally a metal seal was appended, a practice > followed today only on the most solemn occasions? A bull. 6 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, and Calvin. "Encyclical" is wrong, partly because the word "bull" refers specifically to the seal. See: http://slate.com/news-and-politics/2001/07/what-s-an-encyclical-what-s-a-bull.html > 5. Name the Italian verse form used by Dante, and also by Shelley > in "Ode to the West Wind": it consists of a series of three-line > stanzas followed by a final couplet. Terza rima. 6 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 6. Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown had a bestseller with a > 2003 book. Name the book. "Louis Riel". > 7. What """is the movie""" that Atom Egoyan won the Grand Jury > Prize at Cannes for? "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997). (Still the only one.) 6 for Joshua. > of course, answer with a Roman numeral. *Note*: for this > question you must give the answer that was correct when this > game was originally played. XL. 6 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Dan Blum. 5 for Calvin. > 9. What is the Apgar scale used for? To roughly assess the medical status of a newborn infant. 6 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Calvin. > he'd arrived in, and said it wasn't a very interesting number; > but Ramanujan disagreed. *Either* tell us the number, *or* > what Ramanujan said was so interesting about it. 1729; it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways (1+1728 and 1000+729). 6 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 11. """In March""", France, Germany and other European governments > and corporations are set to release "Quaero" -- that's Latin > for "I seek". What is Quaero? A search engine (intended to rival Google). > """recent""" revival of "Doctor Who". *Note*: Now you can > name anyone who has had a regular role as the Doctor since > the show was revived. In 2008: Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant. Today: also Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whittaker. 6 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Calvin. > 13. In what field of accomplishment """is""" the French prize > called the César awarded? Filmmaking. The awards still exist. There are multiple categories, like the Oscars; any one of them was also acceptable. 6 for Joshua and Calvin. > 14. Melissa McCarthy, Keiko Agena, Yanic Truesdale, Kelly Bishop, > and Edward Herrmann all """play""" supporting roles in which > TV comedy-drama that """has been running""" since 2000? "Gilmore Girls". (It ended in 2007.) 6 for Joshua. > 15. Name the Canadian poet who wrote the novel "King of Egypt, > King of Dreams". Gwendolyn MacEwen. > ballet who moved to the US and started a cosmetics firm that > was closely associated with Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s? > The firm """is now""" owned by Procter and Gamble. Max Factor (Sr.). P&G later sold the line to Coty. 6 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > date in 2020* as the original game in 2006. In either case, > for this question you must *say* whether you are giving the > 2006 or the 2020 answer. 2006 answer: 9¢. 2020 answer: accepting 9¢ or 11¢. The special rule for this question was because Canada Post rate increases for a number of years now have typically been scheduled for mid-January. On 2006-01-16 the basic rate within Canada (before tax) went up from 50¢ to 51¢; to the US, from 85¢ to 89¢; and to other countries, from $1.45 to $1.49. On 2020-01-13 the rate within Canada (before tax) went from $1.05 to $1.07 (or from 90¢ to 92¢ with the discount for quantity, but of course if you already had a P stamp then it would still be valid); the rate to the US went from $1.27 to $1.30; and to other countries, from $2.65 to $2.71. > 18. What was Norman Mailer's first novel, published in 1948? "The Naked and the Dead". 6 for Joshua. > 19. What US secretary of state was responsible for the Alaska > Purchase? William Seward. 6 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, and Calvin. > some have had other shapes. Name all the denominations that > at one time or another have not been circular. You must > give the exact list; any partial answer is wrong. 1¢ (penny), 5¢ (nickel), and the easy one, $1 (loonie). Still true. Pennies were 12-sided from 1982 to 1996; nickels were 12-sided from 1942 to 1962; loonies have always been 11-sided. Scores, if there are no errors: ROUNDS-> 1 TOTALS TOPICS-> Aaa Joshua Kreitzer 90 90 Dan Blum 60 60 "Calvin" 47 47 Pete Gayde 30 30 Dan Tilque 24 24 Erland Sommarskog 0 0 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Rarely is the question asked: msb@vex.net | 'Is our children learning?'" --George W. Bush My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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