| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 23 10:56PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-05, 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. 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. This set is going to be rough for a lot of you, I think. I originally wrote one of these rounds. * Game 3, Round 7 - Geography - European Highway Signs Please see the handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/3/euro.png Two warnings: first, answers may repeat. Second, some signs are shown in British versions for traffic driving on the left, some in continental European versions for driving on the right. 1. Sign D may appear with either a solid black slash or a striped version as shown here. It has one meaning that """is""" found only in Germany and a related meaning in other countries. Give *both* meanings. 2. Sign A also has two meanings, related to each other, used in different countries. Give *both*. 3. Explain sign H, seen on freeways. 4. In countries that use it, such as France and Germany, what does sign K mean? 5. In France what does it mean if you see "RAPPEL" under a speed limit sign? 6. In Canada a flashing green traffic light """has""" two meanings in different provinces. A third meaning """occurs""" in Austria, Russia, and some other countries. What is that? 7. Sign S does not show a pair of hammers, but that's what some people thought it looked like, when it was introduced in Britain in the 1960s. Eventually the design was withdrawn as being too confusing. But you can figure it out, so you tell us: which other sign on the handout """is now""" used with the same meaning intended for S? 8. Sign J mentions a specific town, Champeix, but in countries such as France and Germany it also has a general meaning that would be the same no matter what place was mentioned. What's that? 9. What is sign C? 10. And to finish the round with appropriate punctuation, what is sign T? 11. The other signs on the handout were decoys, of course -- identify them if you like for fun, but for no points. Please answer for each one on a separate line. * Game 3, Round 8 - Canadiana - Local TV newscasters Please see the handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/3/tv.pdf These people """are""" TV newscasters or others involved in news-related programming, who """appear""" on programs whose intended audience is Ontario or sometimes just the greater Toronto area. Some of them """may""" occasionally appear on national programs. We'll give you a number on the handout, and the broadcaster the person """currently""" works for, and you tell us the person's name. Media concentration being what it is, some people """may""" also work for other outlets than the ones we name. I've sorted the round in order of the handout, thus interspersing the 11 decoys with the others. Answer for the decoys as well if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Citytv. 2. CFTO. 3. CBC. 4. Global. 5. Citytv (decoy) 6. Global. 7. Rogers (decoy) 8. Citytv (decoy) 9. CBC (decoy) 10. Global (decoy) 11. CFTO. 12. CBC (decoy) 13. The Weather Network. 14. Citytv. 15. CFTO. 16. Citytv (decoy) 17. CFTO (decoy) 18. Rogers. 19. Citytv (decoy) 20. CFTO (decoy) 21. Citytv (decoy) -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Well, I'm back", he said. msb@vex.net -- Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 24 04:15AM > * Game 3, Round 7 - Geography - European Highway Signs > 2. Sign A also has two meanings, related to each other, used in > different countries. Give *both*. maximum speed limit and minimum speed limit > 5. In France what does it mean if you see "RAPPEL" under a speed > limit sign? it is the minimum speed > too confusing. But you can figure it out, so you tell us: > which other sign on the handout """is now""" used with the same > meaning intended for S? L > 8. Sign J mentions a specific town, Champeix, but in countries such > as France and Germany it also has a general meaning that would > be the same no matter what place was mentioned. What's that? the exit to that place is closed > 9. What is sign C? do not enter -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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): Jul 23 11:17PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > which other sign on the handout """is now""" used with the same > > meaning intended for S? Dan Blum: > L As this is the only one you got right, I'm curious what you thought it might mean. -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net | "Able was I ere I saw Panama." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 24 05:04AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:rqydnVv5NJBGxofCnZ2dnUU7- > Please see the handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/3/euro.png > 2. Sign A also has two meanings, related to each other, used in > different countries. Give *both*. speed limit 60 miles per hour; speed limit 60 kilometers per hour > 5. In France what does it mean if you see "RAPPEL" under a speed > limit sign? climb down a mountain > too confusing. But you can figure it out, so you tell us: > which other sign on the handout """is now""" used with the same > meaning intended for S? L; N > 8. Sign J mentions a specific town, Champeix, but in countries such > as France and Germany it also has a general meaning that would > be the same no matter what place was mentioned. What's that? you are now leaving the town whose name is struck out on the sign > 9. What is sign C? do not enter > national programs. We'll give you a number on the handout, and > the broadcaster the person """currently""" works for, and you tell > us the person's name. If it makes you feel any better, I would probably struggle to recognize photos of many of the TV newscasters in *my* local area, much less those in a foreign country. -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 24 10:28AM +0200 > This set is going to be rough for a lot of you, I think. The second looks like something I will give a blind eye. The first one looks a tad easier to me. > version as shown here. It has one meaning that """is""" found > only in Germany and a related meaning in other countries. > Give *both* meanings. In Germany that means end of any speed limit - once you are past the sign, you drive at any speed you like. In other countries, it means that a lower temporary speed limit (due to village etc) finishes, and we are now back to the standard speed limit for the road. (This sign is no longer found in Sweden.) > 2. Sign A also has two meanings, related to each other, used in > different countries. Give *both*. Maximum permitted speed. Not sure what a second meaning would be. > 3. Explain sign H, seen on freeways. Indication of that an exit is approaching. There will be two more signs, one with two stripes and one with a single strip. > 4. In countries that use it, such as France and Germany, what does > sign K mean? Main road, where you have right of way in all crossings (where there is not a traffic light). > 5. In France what does it mean if you see "RAPPEL" under a speed > limit sign? Reminder > too confusing. But you can figure it out, so you tell us: > which other sign on the handout """is now""" used with the same > meaning intended for S? L > 8. Sign J mentions a specific town, Champeix, but in countries such > as France and Germany it also has a general meaning that would > be the same no matter what place was mentioned. What's that? End of built-up area the regulations (such as speed limit) that goes with it. > 9. What is sign C? Parking prohibited (but you may stop to load and unload). > 10. And to finish the round with appropriate punctuation, what is > sign T? Miscenallenous danger, almost always goes with an additonal sign that explains the issue, at least here in Sweden. > 11. The other signs on the handout were decoys, of course -- > identify them if you like for fun, but for no points. > Please answer for each one on a separate line. B - Stopping prohibited E - Overtaking prohibited F - Roundabout G - Very complex system of roundabouts with one dead end. If you drive there, you lose. :-) I - Direction sign. L - Railway crossing wign signals and bars. M - Traffic ligh. N - Crossing with lesser roads. O - Several dangerous curves, the first to the left. P - Steep downhill. Q - Bumby raod. R - Narrowing road |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 23 10:51PM -0500 Mark Brader: > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I originally wrote one of these rounds, and if you read carefully, > you might be able to figure out which one. See below. > animals transmissible to humans. In each case, name the disease. > 1. A red-hot poker was at one time commonly used in attempts to > prevent what disease? Rabies. 4 for Dan Blum. > Foshay-Mollaret syndrome, Petzetakis' disease, Parinaud > oculoglandular disease, and as if those names weren't long enough, > benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis. Give the easy name. Cat-scratch fever. > 3. What disease is most commonly transferred to humans from living > birds? (No, not bird flu.) Psittacosis (or ornithosis). 4 for Dan Blum. > 4. When this round's writer was a child, *her* pediatrician warned her > that pet turtles could be dangerous. What common infection are > you most likely to catch from one? Salmonella. Emphasis added in the question, indicating that the other round was the one I wrote. Joshua was the first to notice. > 5. This disease is best known for deadly epidemics elsewhere, but > in the southwest US, the ground squirrel provides a reservoir > for it. Bubonic plague. 4 for Dan Blum. > also known to occur in horses, cats, bats, chipmunks, > skunks, squirrels, domestic rabbits, and (significantly) > birds. What is it? West Nile virus. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 7. In the movie "Hud", the memorable scene of the cattle slaughter > portrays the ranchers' response to an outbreak of what disease? Foot (or hoof) and mouth. 4 for Dan Tilque. > 8. What disease, now rare in North America, can be caught from > eating undercooked pork? Be sufficiently specific. Trichinosis (or trichiniasis or trichinellosis). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 9. What tick-borne disease identified in the 20th century takes > its name from a town in New England? Lyme disease. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 10. Another tick-borne disease is named after a region of North > America, but is actually found throughout the continent. > What is it? Rocky Mountain spotted fever. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > * Game 3, Round 6 - Entertainment - Meanwhile in Real Life In the original game the current-events round and the audio round, neither of which I'm posting here, were tied for being the easiest, and this one was the next-easiest. > being described. > 1. This economist and law professor """has also been""" a comedian and, > from 1997 to 2002, a game show host. Ben Stein. (Still alive.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 2. This obstetrician won an Oscar for his first professional acting > job, in a 1984 drama of oppression. Haing S. Ngor. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. He played real-life Cambodian photojournalist Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields". Both men eventually emigrated to the US and died there. Ngor was murdered in 1996 in what some say was an assassination; Pran died of natural causes a few days before I posted this round here in 2008. > 3. Baroness Haden-Guest """is""" better known as who? Jamie Lee Curtis (still alive and still married to Christopher Guest, a hereditary baron). 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > 4. He was still serving as a US senator when he joined the cast > of a long-running weekly TV drama in 2002 -- playing an elected > official on the show. Name him. Fred Dalton Thompson. (Died in 2015.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. He played District Attorney Arthur Branch on "Law & Order" -- only to leave the role in 2007 to begin an (unsuccessful) attempt at a higher elected office. His character's last line on the series was "Everybody's a politician." > the other way. In her chosen sport she finished 29th of 300 > in the US national championships, but she did not make the cut > in the Olympic trials. Geena Davis (archery, 2000; still alive). 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > went the other way. Convicted of dealing cocaine in 1978, he > then became an actor. He """has""" starred in a long-running > 1990s TV sitcom as well as a number of successful movies. Tim Allen. ("Home Improvement"; still alive.) 4 for Joshua. > 7. Omar Sharif was a world-class player of what? Bridge. He didn't die until 2015, but the verb is "was" because he retired from the game in 2006. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 8. Hedy Lamarr and her co-worker George Antheil received a patent > in 1942 in what field? Telecommunications security, specifically spread-spectrum communications. (Accepting "radio" or "electronics" as close enough. See died in 2000, by the way.) 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 9. During World War II he turned from acting to flying bombers, > eventually rising to brigadier general in the US Air Force. James Stewart. (Died in 1997.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 10. Another actor-pilot was a cabinetmaker before becoming a movie > star, and """has been""" known to fly search and rescue missions in > his helicopter. Harrison Ford. (Still alive and still flying.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Lit Sci Ent Dan Blum 32 22 24 28 106 Joshua Kreitzer 26 20 12 40 98 Stephen Perry 32 39 -- -- 71 Dan Tilque 24 4 20 16 64 Erland Sommarskog 20 0 0 4 24 Pete Gayde 8 0 -- -- 8 -- Mark Brader "If the right people don't have power... Toronto the wrong people get it... ordinary voters!" msb@vex.net -- Lynn & Jay: YES, PRIME MINISTER My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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