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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 04 06:59PM -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 9 - Entertainment - Worst Vacations in the Movies We'll give you the year of release and a brief plot description; you name the movie. 1. 2008. 17-year-old Kim is off to Paris where she is abducted by Albanian sex traffickers as soon as she steps out of Charles de Gaulle Airport. Luckily her dad's particular set of skills helps get her back. 2. 2003. A scuba-diving husband and wife bob to the ocean's surface, only to find that their boat has left them stranded, miles from the Australian coast, surrounded by sharks and jellyfish. 3. 2014. Remade as "Downhill" in 2020. An avalanche races toward an Alpine ski resort's restaurant terrace, where a picture- perfect family is having lunch. The husband sprints away, taking his phone and his gloves, but leaving behind his wife and children. 4. 2005. Two American backpackers are lured to Slovakia by the prospect of no-strings sex with the eager locals, so it's hard to be all that upset when instead they are maimed with power drills, chainsaws, and blowtorches. 5. 1990. A construction worker pays to have the memories of a trip-of-a-lifetime implanted into his brain. Unfortunately, the process reveals that he is really a secret agent with a history of Martian missions. 6. 1987. When two friends are stuck in a dreary cottage with no heating, no food and no access to the finest wines available to humanity, one of them says, "We've gone on holiday by mistake!" Then they strangle, half-pluck, and cook a chicken. 7. 1977. Cave-dwelling cannibals attack, the Carter family fights back, and as the trailer's peerless tag line puts it: "The lucky ones died first." 8. 1972. (Remade in 2005 for TV and in 2006 for the big screen.) A New Year's Eve party is in full swing on board when an aging ship is capsized by a tsunami and the passengers experience "hell upside down". 9. 1972. Remade in 2007. New bride Lila is sunburned to a crisp and confined to her hotel room on her Miami Beach honeymoon. Her husband Lenny then meets a blonde goddess who he imagines is his soulmate. 10. 2019. With their relationship in trouble, a young American couple travel to a fabled Swedish festival where a seemingly pastoral paradise transforms into a sinister, dread-soaked nightmare as the locals reveal their terrifying agenda. ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round of the TTC Subway Stations * A. Geography, or "Museum" A1. In what city is the Van Gogh Museum located? A2. In what city is the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum located? * B. Entertainment, or "Wilson" B1. In what popular 1990s TV show was the next-door neighbor Wilson's face never shown in full? Instead it was always obscured by a tall fence between yards, or some other object. B2. In what popular 2004-12 TV show was the title character's best friend an oncologist named James Wilson? * C. Literature, or "Jane" We will give you three characters from the same Jane Austen novel. You give the title. C1. Jane Fairfax, Frank Churchill, George Knightley. C2. Col. Brandon, Elinor Dashwood, John Willoughby. * D. Sports, or "University" Name the men's basketball teams of these universities. D1. Villanova U. D2. Gonzaga U. * E. History, or "Kennedy" E1. On August 1943-08-02, a Japanese destroyer smashed into John F. Kennedy's PT Boat 109, slicing it in two and igniting its fuel tanks. In what *Pacific island group* did this incident occur? E2. Name the book of short biographies for which Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize. * F. Canadiana, or "High Park" F1. In May 2016, a pair of capybaras kept at the High Park Zoo escaped and evaded capture for weeks. Due to their outlaw exploits, they were given nicknames. Give *either* nickname. F2. In 2015, the High Park Zoo received international media coverage when a certain creature escaped and remained at large in the surrounding neighborhood for several weeks before returning to the zoo on its own. What kind of creature escaped? * G. For Fun, but for No Points (or Switches) G1. Which one of category titles A-F in this round is not in fact the name of a TTC subway station? G2. Which two of the five actual stations in the category titles are closest together geographically, and opened on the same day? -- Mark Brader, Toronto / "A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, msb@vex.net / tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jun 05 01:25AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:_pidnT3ONvBNF0TDnZ2dnUU7- > by Albanian sex traffickers as soon as she steps out of Charles > de Gaulle Airport. Luckily her dad's particular set of skills > helps get her back. "Taken" > prospect of no-strings sex with the eager locals, so it's hard > to be all that upset when instead they are maimed with power > drills, chainsaws, and blowtorches. "Hostel" > trip-of-a-lifetime implanted into his brain. Unfortunately, > the process reveals that he is really a secret agent with a > history of Martian missions. "Total Recall" > 7. 1977. Cave-dwelling cannibals attack, the Carter family fights > back, and as the trailer's peerless tag line puts it: "The > lucky ones died first." "The Hills Have Eyes" > A New Year's Eve party is in full swing on board when an aging > ship is capsized by a tsunami and the passengers experience > "hell upside down". "The Poseidon Adventure" > and confined to her hotel room on her Miami Beach honeymoon. > Her husband Lenny then meets a blonde goddess who he imagines > is his soulmate. "The Heartbreak Kid" > couple travel to a fabled Swedish festival where a seemingly > pastoral paradise transforms into a sinister, dread-soaked > nightmare as the locals reveal their terrifying agenda. "Midsommar" > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round of the TTC Subway Stations > * A. Geography, or "Museum" > A1. In what city is the Van Gogh Museum located? Amsterdam > A2. In what city is the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum located? Jerusalem > B1. In what popular 1990s TV show was the next-door neighbor > Wilson's face never shown in full? Instead it was always > obscured by a tall fence between yards, or some other object. "Home Improvement" > B2. In what popular 2004-12 TV show was the title character's > best friend an oncologist named James Wilson? "House" > We will give you three characters from the same Jane Austen > novel. You give the title. > C1. Jane Fairfax, Frank Churchill, George Knightley. "Emma"; "Pride and Prejudice" > C2. Col. Brandon, Elinor Dashwood, John Willoughby. "Sense and Sensibility" > * D. Sports, or "University" > Name the men's basketball teams of these universities. > D1. Villanova U. Wildcats > D2. Gonzaga U. Zags > John F. Kennedy's PT Boat 109, slicing it in two and > igniting its fuel tanks. In what *Pacific island group* > did this incident occur? Solomon Islands > E2. Name the book of short biographies for which Kennedy won > the Pulitzer Prize. "Profiles in Courage" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 05 02:22AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:_pidnT3ONvBNF0TDnZ2dnUU7- > by Albanian sex traffickers as soon as she steps out of Charles > de Gaulle Airport. Luckily her dad's particular set of skills > helps get her back. Taken > A New Year's Eve party is in full swing on board when an aging > ship is capsized by a tsunami and the passengers experience > "hell upside down". The Poseidon Adventure > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round of the TTC Subway Stations > * A. Geography, or "Museum" > A1. In what city is the Van Gogh Museum located? Amsterdam > A2. In what city is the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum located? Jerusalem > obscured by a tall fence between yards, or some other object. > B2. In what popular 2004-12 TV show was the title character's > best friend an oncologist named James Wilson? House > * D. Sports, or "University" > Name the men's basketball teams of these universities. > D1. Villanova U. Wildcats > D2. Gonzaga U. Zags > did this incident occur? > E2. Name the book of short biographies for which Kennedy won > the Pulitzer Prize. Profiles in Courage > Zoo escaped and evaded capture for weeks. Due to their > outlaw exploits, they were given nicknames. Give *either* > nickname. Bill > * G. For Fun, but for No Points (or Switches) > G1. Which one of category titles A-F in this round is not in > fact the name of a TTC subway station? Jane > G2. Which two of the five actual stations in the category titles > are closest together geographically, and opened on the > same day? Pete Gayde |
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 05 02:28AM > by Albanian sex traffickers as soon as she steps out of Charles > de Gaulle Airport. Luckily her dad's particular set of skills > helps get her back. Taken > trip-of-a-lifetime implanted into his brain. Unfortunately, > the process reveals that he is really a secret agent with a > history of Martian missions. Total Recall > heating, no food and no access to the finest wines available to > humanity, one of them says, "We've gone on holiday by mistake!" > Then they strangle, half-pluck, and cook a chicken. Withnail and I > A New Year's Eve party is in full swing on board when an aging > ship is capsized by a tsunami and the passengers experience > "hell upside down". The Poseidon Adventure > and confined to her hotel room on her Miami Beach honeymoon. > Her husband Lenny then meets a blonde goddess who he imagines > is his soulmate. 10 > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round of the TTC Subway Stations > * A. Geography, or "Museum" > A1. In what city is the Van Gogh Museum located? Amsterdam > A2. In what city is the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum located? Israel > B1. In what popular 1990s TV show was the next-door neighbor > Wilson's face never shown in full? Instead it was always > obscured by a tall fence between yards, or some other object. Home Improvement > * C. Literature, or "Jane" > C1. Jane Fairfax, Frank Churchill, George Knightley. Emma; Mansfield Park > C2. Col. Brandon, Elinor Dashwood, John Willoughby. Sense and Sensibility > * E. History, or "Kennedy" > E2. Name the book of short biographies for which Kennedy won > the Pulitzer Prize. Profiles in Courage -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 04 03:43PM -0700 1 In cricket, a bowler's performance is typically described in relation to four measures- overs bowled, maiden overs (from which no runs were scored), runs conceded and wickets taken. Due to the rarity of maiden overs in the Twenty20 format, that measure is typically replaced by what other? 2 In the Toy Story movie franchise, what name is inexpertly handwritten on the sole of Woody's right boot? 3 In relation to the stock exchange, what three words does the acronym ETF most commonly stand for? 4 Which native American name is traditionally used by skydivers as they leap from an aircraft? 5 What was the maiden name of the Duchess of Cambridge? 6 Which absurdist Irish writer, best known for his 1959 play Waiting for Godot, won the 1969 Nobel prize for literature? 7 Which city is the official seat of the EU parliament? 8 Which actress was Mrs. Alec Baldwin from 1993 to 2002? 9 In the field of education, what four disciplines does the acronym STEM refer to? 10 First published in 1970, the Australian magazine Tracks considers itself the "bible" of which sport? cheers, calvin |
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jun 04 06:50PM -0500 "Calvin": > which no runs were scored), runs conceded and wickets taken. > Due to the rarity of maiden overs in the Twenty20 format, that > measure is typically replaced by what other? Maidens under. :-) > 2 In the Toy Story movie franchise, what name is inexpertly > handwritten on the sole of Woody's right boot? Meyers, Toronto. :-) [This is actually the reason why the Sherlock Holmes society in Toronto is named the Bootmakers. See "The Hound of the Baskervilles".] > 3 In relation to the stock exchange, what three words does the > acronym ETF most commonly stand for? Exchange-traded fund. > 4 Which native American name is traditionally used by > skydivers as they leap from an aircraft? Geronimo. > 5 What was the maiden name of the Duchess of Cambridge? Kate Middleton. > 6 Which absurdist Irish writer, best known for his 1959 play > Waiting for Godot, won the 1969 Nobel prize for literature? Beckett. > 7 Which city is the official seat of the EU parliament? Brussels. > 8 Which actress was Mrs. Alec Baldwin from 1993 to 2002? Kidman? > 9 In the field of education, what four disciplines does the > acronym STEM refer to? Science, technology, engineering, and math. > 10 First published in 1970, the Australian magazine Tracks > considers itself the "bible" of which sport? Air guitar. :-) Actual guess: motocross racing. -- Mark Brader | "Unless developers are careful, good software Toronto | attracts so many improvements that it eventually msb@vex.net | rolls over and sinks..." --Ben & Peter Laurie My text in this article is in the public domain. |
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 05 02:14AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > replaced by what other? > 2 In the Toy Story movie franchise, what > name is inexpertly handwritten on the sole of Woody's right boot? Andy > ETF most commonly stand for? > 4 Which native American name is > traditionally used by skydivers as they leap from an aircraft? Geronimo > 5 What was the maiden name of the Duchess of Cambridge? Middleton > absurdist Irish writer, best known for his 1959 play Waiting for > Godot, won the 1969 Nobel prize for literature? > 7 Which city is the official seat of the EU parliament? Brussels > 8 Which actress was Mrs. Alec Baldwin from 1993 to 2002? > 9 In the field of education, what > four disciplines does the acronym STEM refer to? Science, Technology, Engineering, Math > 10 First > published in 1970, the Australian magazine Tracks considers itself the > "bible" of which sport? Off-road racing > cheers, > calvin Pete Gayde |
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 05 02:23AM > 2 In the Toy Story movie franchise, what name is inexpertly handwritten on the sole of Woody's right boot? Andy > 4 Which native American name is traditionally used by skydivers as they leap from an aircraft??? Geronimo > 5 What was the maiden name of the Duchess of Cambridge? Middleton > 6 Which absurdist Irish writer, best known for his 1959 play Waiting for Godot, won the 1969 Nobel prize for literature? Samuel Beckett > 7 Which city is the official seat of the EU parliament? Brussels > 9 In the field of education, what four disciplines does the acronym STEM refer to? science, technology, engineering, and mathematics > 10 First published in 1970, the Australian magazine Tracks considers itself the "bible" of which sport? surfing -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 04 06:56PM -0500 Mark Brader: > | Frigorie | Nail | Wheaton > 1. What is defined as a measure of capacity for wine equal to > 63 US gallons? Hogshead. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 3 for Pete. 2 for Dan Blum. > 2. What measure, defined as the amount of land tillable in one > plowing season, is equal to about 15 acres? Oxgang. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > 3. What is defined in computing as a 4-bit aggregation, or half > an octet? Nibble. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Bruce. I don't think I've ever seen this actually being used, but I've certainly seen it mentioned. Since it's derived as a play on "byte" -- which means the same as "octet" except in anachronustic usage -- the spelling I've more commonly seen is "nybble". > 4. What is defined as 500,000 Twitter followers? Wheaton. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 5. What is defined as a length equal to exactly 5'7" -- the height > of an MIT freshman in 1958 when he was used to measure the > length of the Harvard Bridge between Boston and Cambridge? Smoot. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. The bridge is still marked in smoots. Appropriately, Oliver Smoot eventually became president of the International Organization for Standardization, but his cousin George Smoot may have topped him by winning the Nobel Prize in physics a couple of years later. George Smoot is also one of only two people who won the $1,000,000 top prize on the 2007-15 game show "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?". > 6. What is defined as a measure of time equal to 15 minutes? Warhol. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > 7. What is defined as the smallest detectable movement of a > computer mouse? Mickey. 4 for Bruce. > 8. What is defined as the risk equal to a one-in-a-million chance > of death? Micromort. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Bruce. > 9. What is defined as the amount of odor of one standard person? Olf. > 10. What unit of measure is, or has been, used by physicists to > talk about gravitational acceleration? Gal. 4 for Joshua. No, I'm not going to give definitions of the other 26. You can probably find most or all of them explained on Russ Rowlett's web site if you want. > * Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana Sports - The CFL Even in the original game, this was the hardest round. > Montreal Alouettes 1952-60, and who still holds the record for > most passing yards in a Grey Cup game, with 508 in the 1955 > game that the Als lost. Sam Etcheverry. > gloves in freezing conditions and was hampered by the opinion > that he could not win in cold weather after losing two Western > Finals at home in Calgary. Doug Flutie. 4 for Joshua and Bruce. > 3. Being a QB can lead to great rewards. Name the Edmonton Eskimos > QB who went on to become the premier of Alberta. Don Getty. (Eskimo 1955-65, premier 1985-92.) > 4. The first Grey Cup game was played in Toronto on 1909-12-04 at > Rosedale Field. Name *either* team involved. Be specific. University of Toronto (Varsity Blues), Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club. > "Bibbles" Bawel picked off his second pass of the game with a > clear path to the end zone, be he did not score a touchdown. > Why not? He was tripped by a spectator on the sidelines. See: http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/football/2010/12/15/perkins_jets_sideline_stunt_triggers_trip_down_memory_lane/bibblesbawel.jpeg (Note the arrow.) After the resulting penalty, Hamilton did score a touchdown. > 6. Who holds the CFL record for all-time passing yards with 79,816? > He retired in 2014 at age 41. Anthony Calvillo. > 7. Give the city and team name of the only team *not* based in > Canada that has won the Grey Cup. Baltimore Stallions. The CFL expanded into the US starting in 1993, but reverted to only having Canadian-based teams in 1996. The Stallions then moved to Montreal and took the name of the city's earlier team, the Alouettes. The Baltimore team did go by "CFL Colts" initially, but lost a trademark suit over "Colts" and had to pick a new name. Since the question asked for city and team name, that was not an acceptable answer. > 8. The phrases "double blue" and "boatmen" are synonymous with > the Toronto Argonauts. Okay, so they started as a rowing club, > but why did they choose the double-blue uniform colors? After the Cambridge (light blue) and Oxford (dark blue) university rowing teams in England. > 9. Name the stadium that stood at the Pacific National Exhibition > site at Hastings Park in Vancouver, where the BC Lions played > until 1982. Empire Stadium. > 10. The Calgary Stampeders celebrate touchdowns by racing their > touchdown horse down the sidelines. How do the Ottawa Redblacks > celebrate touchdowns at their home stadium? They chain-saw a slice off the end of a log. See: http://i.cbc.ca/1.3873487.1480457056!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_780/redblacks-chainsaw.JPG Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> Geo Lit Mis His Sci Can FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 24 28 32 22 28 4 112 Pete Gayde 31 15 28 28 7 0 102 Dan Tilque 24 4 12 20 28 0 84 Dan Blum 12 20 24 14 22 0 80 "Calvin" 11 32 8 14 -- -- 65 Erland Sommarskog 22 0 8 8 8 0 46 Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 24 4 28 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make msb@vex.net | us see a thread which is not there." --E.H. Gombrich My text in this article is in the public domain. |
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jun 04 03:22PM -0700 On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 8:17:46 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: > 1 Which US vehicle company has a bulldog as its symbol? Mack [trucks] > 2 Unlike hypertrophic scars which do not grow beyond the boundaries of the original wound, what abnormal proliferation of scar tissue extends beyond the immediate site of the trauma? Keloid / al > 3 Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti's famous bronze doors, called "The Gates of Paradise" by Michelangelo, are located in which Italian city? Florence > 4 Which movie, winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001, features two opposing soldiers (a Bosnian Serb and a Bosniak), a foxhole and an unexploded land mine? No Man's Land > 5 "A boy's best friend is his mother" was the tagline to which 1960 movie? Psycho > 6 Which fictional character who appears in both book and film series was originally known as Sméagol? Gollum > 7 Which Major League Baseball team got its nickname from its fans avoiding potentially lethal trolley cars on their way to home games? [Brooklyn / LA] Dodgers > 8 In the game of pool, what colour is the eight ball? Black > 9 In the 1913 novel and various film adaptions, Miss Jane Porter of Baltimore, Maryland marries which iconic fictional character? Tarzan > 10 Most commonly used on social media, what five words does the abbreviation ICYMI most commonly stand for? In case You Missed it Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB 601 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 51 Stephen Perry 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 43 Bruce Bowler 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 46 Chris Johnson 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 41 Mark Brader 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 38 Pete Gayde 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 32 Dan Tilque 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 34 Dan Blum 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 Erland S - - - - - - - - - - --- ---------- 4 3 6 2 7 6 7 8 4 4 51 64% Congratulations Stephen. Nice of you to drop by ;-) cheers, calvin |
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