| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 01 11:02PM -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 2020-06-23 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. ** Game 1, Round 9 - Literature - The Horse 1. What book features the Houyhnhnms ["h'WIN-ems"]? 2. What horsey bestseller became a movie that helped launch a star's career? It also featured Mickey Rooney. 3. Whose horse was Rosinante ["ro-sin-ON-tay"]? 4. Mickey Rooney also appeared in the 1979 film version of Walter Farley's best-known book. What book? 5. What horsey novella by John Steinbeck sometimes appears on high-school curriculums? 6. What play by Peter Shaffer won the 1974 Tony award? 7. What former jockey and prolific horsey novelist did in fact write at least one novel without horses in it -- although you might not think so? 8. Which bestseller protested against the often cruel treatment of horses, especially working horses, and was the only novel its author ever wrote? 9. The Pulitzer-prizewinning author of "Moo" also wrote "Horse Heaven", which is set in the world of horse racing. Name the author. 10. Strangely, the horses that are instrumental to the achievement described in the poem "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" are given no credit. Who is the poet? ** Game 1, Round 10 - Challenge Round * A. 15 Yards for Roughing, or Was That 15 Years? A1. Within 1, what year did the Saskatchewan Roughriders """last""" win the Grey Cup? The game was played in Toronto. A2. Within 1, what was the last year that the Ottawa Rough Riders played? * B. Not So Far from the Nile B1. Niamey """is""" the capital of what country? B2. What city officially became the capital of Nigeria in 1991? * C. Science, Not Exactly to Scale C1. What is a scalene triangle? C2. What type of quantity or measurement is a scalar? (Not "scaler".) * D. The Leader who Would Be King D1. Which US president was formerly named King? D2. William Lyon Mackenzie was once Mayor of Toronto. William Lyon Mackenzie King was once Prime Minister of Canada. How were they related? * E. When you Hear This For each question in this pair, complete the quote. E1. This aphorism is a guideline in medical diagnosis: "When you hear hoofbeats..." E2. Hermann Göring ["Gurring"] liked to quote this line from the Nazi playwright Hanns Johst ["Yost"]. "When I hear the word culture..." * F. While I was a Director F1. This man directed "One, Two, Three", "Five Graves to Cairo", "The Seven Year Itch", and "Stalag 17". Name him. F2. *This* man directed "These Three" and "How to Steal a Million" -- but enough with the numbers. He also directed "Ben-Hur", "Jezebel", "Mrs. Miniver", and "Roman Holiday". Name him. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "This is what customers do: they invent everything msb@vex.net | you haven't thought of." -- David Slocombe My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 02 04:17AM > ** Game 1, Round 9 - Literature - The Horse > 1. What book features the Houyhnhnms ["h'WIN-ems"]? Gulliver's Travels > 2. What horsey bestseller became a movie that helped launch a > star's career? It also featured Mickey Rooney. Black Beauty > 3. Whose horse was Rosinante ["ro-sin-ON-tay"]? Don Quixote > 4. Mickey Rooney also appeared in the 1979 film version of Walter > Farley's best-known book. What book? My Friend Flicka > 5. What horsey novella by John Steinbeck sometimes appears on > high-school curriculums? The Red Pony > 6. What play by Peter Shaffer won the 1974 Tony award? Equus > 7. What former jockey and prolific horsey novelist did in fact write > at least one novel without horses in it -- although you might not > think so? Dick Francis > 8. Which bestseller protested against the often cruel treatment > of horses, especially working horses, and was the only novel > its author ever wrote? They Shoot Horses, Don't They? > 9. The Pulitzer-prizewinning author of "Moo" also wrote "Horse > Heaven", which is set in the world of horse racing. Name the > author. Jane Smiley > 10. Strangely, the horses that are instrumental to the achievement > described in the poem "How They Brought the Good News from > Ghent to Aix" are given no credit. Who is the poet? Longfellow > * A. 15 Yards for Roughing, or Was That 15 Years? > A1. Within 1, what year did the Saskatchewan Roughriders > """last""" win the Grey Cup? The game was played in Toronto. 1990; 1980 > A2. Within 1, what was the last year that the Ottawa Rough > Riders played? 1995; 1985 > * B. Not So Far from the Nile > B1. Niamey """is""" the capital of what country? Niger > B2. What city officially became the capital of Nigeria in 1991? Abuja > * C. Science, Not Exactly to Scale > C1. What is a scalene triangle? one with sides of three different lengths > C2. What type of quantity or measurement is a scalar? > (Not "scaler".) one that has magnitude but no direction > * D. The Leader who Would Be King > D1. Which US president was formerly named King? Gerald Ford > D2. William Lyon Mackenzie was once Mayor of Toronto. > William Lyon Mackenzie King was once Prime Minister of > Canada. How were they related? they weren't; King was Mackenzie's nephew > * E. When you Hear This > E1. This aphorism is a guideline in medical diagnosis: "When > you hear hoofbeats..." think of horses, not zebras > E2. Hermann G?ring ["Gurring"] liked to quote this line from > the Nazi playwright Hanns Johst ["Yost"]. "When I hear > the word culture..." I reach for my revolver > * F. While I was a Director > F1. This man directed "One, Two, Three", "Five Graves to Cairo", > "The Seven Year Itch", and "Stalag 17". Name him. Billy Wilder > Million" -- but enough with the numbers. He also directed > "Ben-Hur", "Jezebel", "Mrs. Miniver", and "Roman Holiday". > Name him. George Cukor -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 02 04:30AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8Zmdnc0xOsugwWDDnZ2dnUU7- > ** Game 1, Round 9 - Literature - The Horse > 1. What book features the Houyhnhnms ["h'WIN-ems"]? "Gulliver's Travels" > 2. What horsey bestseller became a movie that helped launch a > star's career? It also featured Mickey Rooney. "National Velvet" > 3. Whose horse was Rosinante ["ro-sin-ON-tay"]? Don Quixote > 4. Mickey Rooney also appeared in the 1979 film version of Walter > Farley's best-known book. What book? "The Black Stallion" > 6. What play by Peter Shaffer won the 1974 Tony award? "Equus" > 7. What former jockey and prolific horsey novelist did in fact write > at least one novel without horses in it -- although you might not > think so? Dick Francis > 8. Which bestseller protested against the often cruel treatment > of horses, especially working horses, and was the only novel > its author ever wrote? "Black Beauty" > * A. 15 Yards for Roughing, or Was That 15 Years? > A1. Within 1, what year did the Saskatchewan Roughriders > """last""" win the Grey Cup? The game was played in Toronto. 2010; 1992 > A2. Within 1, what was the last year that the Ottawa Rough > Riders played? 1998; 1995 > * B. Not So Far from the Nile > B1. Niamey """is""" the capital of what country? Niger > B2. What city officially became the capital of Nigeria in 1991? Lagos (?) > * C. Science, Not Exactly to Scale > C1. What is a scalene triangle? one where none of the sides are of equal lengths to any of the others > C2. What type of quantity or measurement is a scalar? > (Not "scaler".) a quantity without direction > * D. The Leader who Would Be King > D1. Which US president was formerly named King? Gerald Ford > For each question in this pair, complete the quote. > E1. This aphorism is a guideline in medical diagnosis: "When > you hear hoofbeats..." "think horses, not zebras" > E2. Hermann Göring ["Gurring"] liked to quote this line from > the Nazi playwright Hanns Johst ["Yost"]. "When I hear > the word culture..." "I reach for my gun" (note: common paraphrase; I can't remmber the original line) > * F. While I was a Director > F1. This man directed "One, Two, Three", "Five Graves to Cairo", > "The Seven Year Itch", and "Stalag 17". Name him. Billy Wilder > Million" -- but enough with the numbers. He also directed > "Ben-Hur", "Jezebel", "Mrs. Miniver", and "Roman Holiday". > Name him. William Wyler -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 01 11:01PM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I originally wrote one of these two rounds. Yes, that was the geography round. > I've also sorted the round in order of the handout. Obviously, > there were 14 decoys, which are now interspersed with the others; > identify these teams for fun, but for no points. In the original game the current-events round was the easiest, and this one was the next-easiest. > 1. Give the team name. Houston Texans. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > 2. Give the team name. Cincinnati Bengals. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > 3. (decoy) Jacksonville Jaguars. Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 4. Give the team name. New Orleans Saints. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > 5. Give the team name. San Diego (now Los Angeles) Chargers. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > 6. (decoy) Kansas City Chiefs. Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 7. (decoy) Detroit Lions. Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 8. Give the team name. Green Bay Packers. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Bruce. > 9. (decoy) Washington Redskins. Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete got this. > 10. Give the team name. Seattle Seahawks. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, Pete, and Bruce. > 11. (decoy) Dallas Cowboys. Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 12. (decoy) Cleveland Browns. Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 13. (decoy) San Francisco 49ers. Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 14. Give the team name. Chicago Bears. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum. > 15. Give the team name. New England Patriots. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > 16. Give the team name. Baltimore Ravens. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > 17. (decoy) St. Louis (now Los Angeles) Rams. Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 18. (decoy) Carolina Panthers. Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete got this. > 19. (decoy) Atlanta Falcons. Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 20. (decoy) New York Giants. Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 21. Give the team name. Denver Broncos. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > 22. (decoy) Miami Dolphins. Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 23. (decoy) Minnesota Vikings. Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 24. (decoy) Buffalo Bills. Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce got this. > 25. For still more fun, but again for no points, name the 8 teams > that do *not* appear on the handout. Again, the team names > will suffice. Arizona Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets, Oakland (now Las Vegas) Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans. Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete each got all 8 of these; Bruce got 6 of them. > does merge together. We won't mention this in the individual > questions. > 1. What *two* rivers meet in Niagara Falls, Ontario? Niagara, Welland. 4 for Pete. The Niagara feeds Lake Ontario; the St. Lawrence drains it. > 2. The city of Basra is downstream from the confluence of what > *two* rivers? Euphrates, Tigris. (Basra is in Iraq.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete. > 3. At what *city* do the White Nile and the Blue Nile flow together? Khartoum (Sudan). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete. > 4. What *city* lies at the confluence of the Red River with the > Assiniboine? Winnipeg. 4 for Dan Tilque. The mention of the Assiniboine should have been sufficient to tell you which Red River was meant. > 5. The Brahmaputra, mainly through a distributary called the Jamuna, > meets the Ganges near what major *city*? Dhaka (or Dacca, Bangladesh). Kolkata (or Calcutta) is in the same general area, but about 3 times as far from the confluence as Dhaka. There's a reason why Bangladesh is one of the world's most flood-prone countries. > 6. At what *city* do the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers converge? Pittsburgh. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. I like to joke that the converging rivers form the Ohio by canceling out their common letters. Omanleyo! > 7. What *two* rivers meet at Cairo ["Kay-roh"], Illinois? Mississippi, Ohio. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. The Mississippi meets the Missouri River near St. Louis, Missouri. > 8. What major *city* is nearest to the convergence of the Parana > and Uruguay Rivers? Buenos Aires (Argentina). 4 for Erland. Montevideo is in the same general area, of course, but over twice as far from the convergence. > 9. At what *city* does the Rio Negro ["Negg-roh"] the Amazon? Manaus (Brazil). 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete. > 10. What *two* rivers meet at the German city of Mainz? Rhine (or Rhein), Main. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Erland. 2 for Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST TOPICS-> His Ent Can Sci Spo Geo FOUR Joshua Kreitzer 27 36 4 40 40 20 143 Dan Tilque 36 0 8 35 40 28 139 Dan Blum 36 12 4 36 27 16 115 Pete Gayde -- -- 0 16 40 26 82 Erland Sommarskog 32 0 0 16 8 20 76 Bruce Bowler -- -- -- -- 40 8 48 "Calvin" 16 8 -- -- -- -- 24 Joe Masters -- -- 0 16 -- -- 16 -- Mark Brader | "Mechanics, musicians, and programmers all know Toronto | how to arrange numerous small units into logical msb@vex.net | patterns such that the arrangement has the power | to move something in a profound way." -- Barry Kort My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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