- RQFTCI07 Game 6 Rounds 6-7: capitals, secessions - 2 Updates
- RQFTCI07 Game 6 Rounds 4,9 answers: Will, Oscar - 1 Update
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 25 11:18PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-26, 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, including an explanation of the """ notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". I wrote both of these rounds. * Game 6, Round 6 - Geography - State Capitals http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/6/caps.png Please consult the handout at the above URL. *Every* city on the map is a capital -- either state, provincial, or national. (For example, #50 is Washington.) 48 of them are US state capitals, and we're going to ask you about 10 of those. In each case, simply give the correct city number. 1. St. Paul. 2. Nashville. 3. Santa Fe. 4. Olympia. 5. Boise. 6. Boston. 7. Baton Rouge. 8. Sacramento. 9. Albany. 10. Trenton. 11. If you want to show off, for fun but for no points, then give the *number and name* for any or all of the 6 capitals marked that are *not* in the US or Canada. 12. A further question for fun, but for no points, if you like: name all the US state capitals and Canadian provincial (not territorial) capitals that are *not* on the map. You must give the complete list to be counted as correct. * Game 6, Round 7 - History - Secession and Separation This round is about territories that have declared or negotiated their independence. We will describe this indifferently as seceding or separating, although in many cases their respective parent countries would not admit either term. In some cases the seceding territories were eventually recognized as independent countries; in others they lost a war and were reabsorbed, or to put it another way, they never left the parent country. There are also some in-between cases, where the secessionist authorities have retained power as a de-facto independent country, but have not been officially recognized as one, or have been recognized only by some countries. *Note*: By "parent country" we mean the one originally existing, whose area was diminished if the attempted separation was successful. In some cases we will ask for the parent country, in others the seceding one, or other information. 1. Go back to that map handout for one more question. In 1861, 7 states declared their secession from the US and formed the Confederate States of America, and 4 others quickly joined them. For most of the ensuing 4 years, what was the CSA's capital city? You can give its name *or* just give its number on the map. 2. One of the Confederate states had seceded from its parent country once before, in 1836. Still earlier it had been Spanish and then French territory. Name the state. 3. Which territory with capital Grozny was eventually recaptured by Russia after several years of de facto independence in the 1990s? 4. Again in the former Soviet Union, a number of regions """today have""" de facto independence from various republics, although none of them """is""" officially recognized. Each of these territories has seceded from a different former Soviet republic: (1) Abkhazia; (2) Nagorno-Karabakh; (3) Transnistria, also called Pridnestrovie. Name *any one* of the three *parent* countries; you don't have to say which secessionist territory it goes with. 5. This Mediterranean country was invaded in 1974 and its northern region was occupied. In 1983, with the support of the occupier, that region declared its independence and it """has been""" a generally unrecognized, but de facto independent, country ever since. Meanwhile the parent country joined the European Union in 2005. Name the parent country. 6. The next two questions are about Africa. The secession of this country """has""" left Ethopia landlocked; name it. 7. This region attempted to secede from Nigeria in 1967. It was rich in oil but needed to import food, and a Nigerian blockade starved it into submission. We need the name adopted by the secessionist area. 8. For the last three questions we return to Europe. The secession of this country in, oh, about 1920 caused the full name of its *parent* country to be lengthened by inserting a 9th word. Both countries have the same predominant language; name the one that *seceded*. 9. """Last year""", what became the last of the former Yugoslavian republics to separate from what is now called Serbia? 10. Czechoslovakia separated into two countries on January 1 of what year, within 2? -- Mark Brader | "But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, econ- Toronto | omists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of msb@vex.net | Europe is extinguished for ever." --Edmund Burke, 1790 My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 26 04:47AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:fsadnQL1m8k4f9jCnZ2dnUU7- > capitals, and we're going to ask you about 10 of those. > In each case, simply give the correct city number. > 1. St. Paul. 28 > 2. Nashville. 56 > 3. Santa Fe. 13 > 4. Olympia. 3 > 5. Boise. 7 > 6. Boston. 47 > 7. Baton Rouge. 53 > 8. Sacramento. 5 > 9. Albany. 44 > 10. Trenton. 48 > Confederate States of America, and 4 others quickly joined them. > For most of the ensuing 4 years, what was the CSA's capital city? > You can give its name *or* just give its number on the map. Richmond > 2. One of the Confederate states had seceded from its parent country > once before, in 1836. Still earlier it had been Spanish and > then French territory. Name the state. Texas > 3. Which territory with capital Grozny was eventually recaptured > by Russia after several years of de facto independence in > the 1990s? Chechnya > (1) Abkhazia; (2) Nagorno-Karabakh; (3) Transnistria, also called > Pridnestrovie. Name *any one* of the three *parent* countries; > you don't have to say which secessionist territory it goes with. Georgia > a generally unrecognized, but de facto independent, country > ever since. Meanwhile the parent country joined the European > Union in 2005. Name the parent country. Cyprus > 6. The next two questions are about Africa. The secession of this > country """has""" left Ethopia landlocked; name it. Eritrea > rich in oil but needed to import food, and a Nigerian blockade > starved it into submission. We need the name adopted by the > secessionist area. Biafra > *parent* country to be lengthened by inserting a 9th word. > Both countries have the same predominant language; name the > one that *seceded*. Ireland > 9. """Last year""", what became the last of the former Yugoslavian > republics to separate from what is now called Serbia? Montenegro > 10. Czechoslovakia separated into two countries on January 1 of > what year, within 2? 1995 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 25 11:16PM -0500 Mark Brader: > begin with the letters WILL. > 1. "Junkie" (1953); "The Soft Machine" (1961); "Nova Express" > (1964). William Burroughs. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 2. "The Sound and the Fury" (1929); "Light in August" (1932); > "Absalom, Absalom!" (1936). William Faulkner. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 3. "The Recognitions" (1955); "J.R." (1975); "Carpenter's Gothic" > (1985). William Gaddis. 4 for Joshua. > 4. "Mona Lisa Overdrive" (1988); "Virtual Light" (1993); "Pattern > Recognition" (2003). William Gibson. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 5. "The Inheritors" (1955); "The Pyramid" (1967); "Darkness Visible" > (1979). William Golding. > 6. "Set This House on Fire" (1960); "The Confessions of Nat Turner" > (1967); "Sophie's Choice" (1979). William Styron. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 7. "Great Apes" (1997); "How the Dead Live" (2000); "The Book of > Dave" (2006). Will Self. 4 for Dan Blum. > 8. "Legs" (1983); "Ironweed" (1983); "Roscoe" (2002). William Kennedy. 4 for Dan Blum. > 9. "The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq." (1844); "Vanity Fair" > (1848); "The History of Henry Esmond" (1852). William Makepeace Thackeray. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 10. "O Pioneers!" (1913); "The Song of the Lark" (1915); "Death > Comes for the Archbishop" (1927). Willa Cather. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 1. Who was the first actor to play Oscar Madison in the original > Broadway production of "The Odd Couple", which started its run > in 1965? Walter Matthau. 4 for Pete. 3 for Joshua. > 2. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's first collaboration > was an adaptation of a play called "Green Grow the Lilacs". > What was the title of the resulting Broadway musical? "Oklahoma!". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 3. Which Oscar, an American light-middleweight boxer, won a gold > medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics? Oscar de la Hoya. 4 for Joshua. > 4. Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated on 1980-03-24, after > speaking out about human rights abuses in *which Central > American country*? El Salvador. 4 for Joshua and Pete. 3 for Dan Blum. > 5. In *what city* was meat-production company Oscar Mayer founded, > in the late 1800s? Chicago. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > 6. Who is the subject of the documentary film "In the Key of Oscar"? Oscar Peterson. 4 for Pete. > but he was orange for the first year the show was on the air. > Within 2 years, in what year did "Sesame Street" and Oscar make > their television debut? 1969 (accepting 1967-71). 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > 8. The American pianist and composer Oscar Levant was known for > his witticisms. He once said of a certain actress that he knew > her "before she was a virgin". Who was he referring to? Doris Day. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > It's about a boy named Oskar, a musician of sorts, who decides > to stop growing at the age of 3, and thereafter casts an acerbic > eye on German society in the World War II and postwar era. "The Tin Drum" ("Die Blechtrommel"). 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum. > 10. Who was recognized by Israel as one of the "Righteous Among > Nations", or a "righteous Gentile", on 1967-07-18? Oskar Schindler. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 9 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Sci Lit Mis Joshua Kreitzer 20 32 24 35 111 Dan Blum 12 32 32 15 91 Pete Gayde 24 16 0 27 67 Dan Tilque 0 32 8 12 52 Bruce Bowler 8 36 -- -- 44 Erland Sommarskog 0 16 0 4 20 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "He is even more important than my cat, msb@vex.net | which is saying something." --Flash Wilson My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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