| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 05 01:14AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-02-12, 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 did not originally write either of these rounds. * Game 4, Round 7 - Sports - Controversy and Notoriety 1. Dishonest scoring by a French judge at the 2002 Winter Olympics led to the awarding of a second set of gold medals in pairs figure skating. Name *any one* of the four winners. 2. Name *any one* of the four clubs penalized in 2006 in Italian soccer's match-fixing scandal. Be sufficiently specific. 3. Name the Vancouver Canuck who was selected for Canada's 2006 Olympic men's hockey team despite pleading guilty to assault in a 2004 on-ice attack on Steve Moore. 4. Name the San Francisco Giants left fielder who was subpoenaed in 2003 to testify at the BALCO inquiry, after that company was named as the source of designer steroid THG. 5. In 1989, Pete Rose agreed to be banned from Major League Baseball for life. He later admitted to betting on games involving the team he played for and managed. Name that team. 6. Name the assistant coach of the Phoenix Coyotes who was suspended by the NHL in 2006, after being implicated in an illegal sports gambling ring. 7. The 1994 Australian Grand Prix featured demolition-derby-style tactics. Name the German who took out both himself and his closest rival, Damon Hill, thus securing the Formula One Drivers' Championship. 8. In 1994, American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was assaulted at the US National Championships in Detroit. Name her rival who won the women's title but was later disqualified for her role in planning the attack. 9. Name the female golfer who played in the 2003 PGA Colonial tournament under a sponsor's exemption, despite protests from some of her male opponents. 10. Name the golfer who successfully sued the PGA Tour in 2001 for the right to use a motorized golf cart, under the Americans with Disabilities Act. After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg nafjrerq "Zvyna" sbe gur fbppre dhrfgvba, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp. * Game 4, Round 8 - Literature - French Literature of the 19th and Early 20th Century Given the title or titles below, name the novelist. Be sufficiently specific where applicable. Just to make this more interesting, we're going to give you the titles in French. 1. "Notre Dame de Paris"; "L'Homme Qui Rit"; "Quatre-vingt-treize". 2. "Les Trois mousquetaires"; "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo". 3. "Le Rouge et le Noir"; "La Chartreuse de Parme". 4. "La Comédie humaine" (a novel cycle which includes "Le Père Goriot" and "La Cousine Bette"). 5. "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours"; "Vingt mille lieues sous les mers". 6. "L'Éducation sentimentale"; "La Tentation de Saint Antoine". 7. "Bel Ami"; "Pierre et Jean". 8. "À la recherche du temps perdu". 9. "Le Fantôme de l'opéra"; "Le Mystère de la chambre jaune". 10. "Les Faux-monnayeurs"; "L'immoraliste". After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg fnvq "Qhznf" sbe nal nafjre, be gung anzr gbtrgure jvgu uvf svefg anzr, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or shyyl fcrpvsvp. -- Mark Brader | The last 10% of the performance sought contributes Toronto | one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems. msb@vex.net | -- Norm Augustine My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 05 06:31AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:6O-dndndOvDA07fCnZ2dnUU7- > 1. Dishonest scoring by a French judge at the 2002 Winter Olympics > led to the awarding of a second set of gold medals in pairs > figure skating. Name *any one* of the four winners. Pelletier; Sale > 2. Name *any one* of the four clubs penalized in 2006 in Italian > soccer's match-fixing scandal. Be sufficiently specific. Juventus; Inter (?) > 5. In 1989, Pete Rose agreed to be banned from Major League Baseball > for life. He later admitted to betting on games involving the > team he played for and managed. Name that team. Cincinnati Reds > tactics. Name the German who took out both himself and his > closest rival, Damon Hill, thus securing the Formula One Drivers' > Championship. Schumacher > at the US National Championships in Detroit. Name her rival > who won the women's title but was later disqualified for her > role in planning the attack. Tonya Harding > 9. Name the female golfer who played in the 2003 PGA Colonial > tournament under a sponsor's exemption, despite protests from > some of her male opponents. Michelle Wie > specific where applicable. Just to make this more interesting, we're > going to give you the titles in French. > 1. "Notre Dame de Paris"; "L'Homme Qui Rit"; "Quatre-vingt-treize". Hugo > 2. "Les Trois mousquetaires"; "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo". Alexandre Dumas pere > 3. "Le Rouge et le Noir"; "La Chartreuse de Parme". Stendhal > 4. "La Comédie humaine" (a novel cycle which includes "Le Père > Goriot" and "La Cousine Bette"). Zola > 5. "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours"; "Vingt mille lieues > sous les mers". Verne > 6. "L'Éducation sentimentale"; "La Tentation de Saint Antoine". Flaubert > 7. "Bel Ami"; "Pierre et Jean". de Maupassant > 8. "À la recherche du temps perdu". Proust > 9. "Le Fantôme de l'opéra"; "Le Mystère de la chambre jaune". Leroux > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh whfg > fnvq "Qhznf" sbe nal nafjre, be gung anzr gbtrgure jvgu uvf svefg > anzr, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or shyyl fcrpvsvp. Pn in. (Vzntvar n prqvyyn haqre gur svefg yrggre.) -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 05 09:53AM +0200 > * Game 4, Round 7 - Sports - Controversy and Notoriety > 2. Name *any one* of the four clubs penalized in 2006 in Italian > soccer's match-fixing scandal. Be sufficiently specific. Juventus > tactics. Name the German who took out both himself and his > closest rival, Damon Hill, thus securing the Formula One Drivers' > Championship. Schumacher > at the US National Championships in Detroit. Name her rival > who won the women's title but was later disqualified for her > role in planning the attack. Harding > Early 20th Century > 5. "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours"; "Vingt mille lieues > sous les mers". Jules Verne > 9. "Le Fantôme de l'opéra"; "Le Mystère de la chambre jaune". Victor Hugo |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 05 01:13AM -0500 Mark Brader: >> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from >> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I originally wrote one of these rounds. That was the history round. > 1. What is the name given to a trolley containing various types > of equipment used to respond to emergency situations, such as > cardiac arrest? Crash cart (or crash trolley). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce. > 2. What term refers to a nurse who is available for assignment on > an ad hoc basis? We originally wanted "float nurse" (or "floater"), but we also accepted "on-call" on a protest. 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, and Bruce. > 3. You are an emergency room physician. Your patient has just > arrived VSA. This is not good. Expand the acronym or just > explain the situation. Vital Signs Absent. (That is, no signs of life such as pulse or breathing. Any explanation like "the patient seems dead" would be okay.) > 4. What emergency is designated "Code Blue"? Imminent loss of life / cardiac arrest / patient stopped breathing. (Anything like that would do.) 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > 5. What is the purpose of a thrombolytic medication? To break up a blood clot. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > 6. What is the name for the arrythmia in which the heart contracts > in a chaotic, uncoordinated way? Fibrillation. There are ventricular and atrial varieties, the former being the immediately life-threatening one; we decided to accept either one or its short form V-fib or A-fib. 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 3 for Erland. > 7. What """does""" FRCPC after a doctor's name mean? Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (Division of Medicine). (Still true, and you didn't need the last part. What do you mean, you thought this wasn't a Canadiana round?) > 8. What """does""" an Accu-Chek device test? Blood glucose (sugar) level. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Bruce. > 9. Tachycardia refers to an accelerated heart rate; what name is > given to the opposite condition, an abnormally slow heart rate? Bradycardia ("brady") or brachycardia. 4 for Joshua and Bruce. > 10. Which heart valve connects the left atrium and the left > ventricle? Mitral valve (or bicuspid valve, or left atrioventricular valve; also accepting left mitral valve, although there's only one mitral valve. 4 for Bruce. The corresponding valve on the right is the tricuspid valve. > the male became king but the throne would descend through his > rival's line. Name *either* of the rival heirs to Henry I: > his daughter or his nephew. Matilda (or "Empress Maud"), Stephen. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > succeeded to the throne and ruled for 10 years, but spent only > a few months of this in England since he was always going off > on wars, such as the Third Crusade. Name him. Richard I (or Richard the Lionheart). 4 for Dan Blum, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > his son, who fought in the Eighth Crusade, conquered Wales, and > waged war against Scotland, defeating the rebel William Wallace. > Name this king, who reigned until 1307. Edward I (or Edward Longshanks). 4 for Dan Blum and Calvin. > his son, who defeated the French at Agincourt and various other > places. As a result he was named heir to the French throne, > although he died before he could inherit it. Name him. Henry V. For obvious reasons, in this round I could not conceal an answer when it occurred again in a following question! 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > regency and the son's eventual ineffectual rule, Britain lost > most of its territory in France, and then the king found himself > involved in another civil war. Name him. Henry VI. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. 3 for Calvin. > himself and his rival from the House of York, who was his third > cousin. The cousin took it for keeps when Henry VI was imprisoned > and then murdered in 1471, and ruled until 1483. Name him. Edward IV. Richard III was his brother and the second king to take power in 1483. 4 for Dan Blum and Calvin. > his son, who would also become King of Ireland, who fought > against the French and the Scots, and whose turbulent private > life would have world-changing consequences. Name him. Henry VIII. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > 8. King Henry VIII of England died in 1547. He was succeeded by > his 9-year-old son, who never took the throne in his own right > since he himself died in 1553. Name him. Edward VI. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Calvin, and Dan Tilque. > vice-president, who had been mentioned alongside Tippecanoe in > Harrison's campaign slogan. Name this successor, who broke with > the Whig Party and arranged for the annexation of Texas. John Tyler (the slogan was "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. > 10. Henry Ford didn't die in 1918, but he did turn over the > presidency of the Ford Motor Co. to his son. Name him. Edsel Ford (not Henry Ford II, who was Edsel's son). 4 for Joshua, Pete, Calvin, Dan Tilque, and Bruce. 3 for Dan Blum. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 4 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> Geo Can Sci His Dan Blum 40 0 24 39 103 Dan Tilque 40 4 12 32 88 Joshua Kreitzer 40 12 8 20 80 Bruce Bowler 36 0 32 8 76 Stephen Perry 40 32 -- -- 72 Pete Gayde 40 2 12 16 70 Erland Sommarskog 40 0 3 8 51 "Calvin" -- -- 0 35 35 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I'm not entirely convinced 115 is prime." msb@vex.net | --Patrick Hamlyn My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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