| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 29 10:02AM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-19, 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 one of these rounds. * Game 9, Round 7 - Literature - Young Adult Literature Name the authors of the following works. They all are winners of the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the Young Adult Library Services Assocation, which honors an author of Young Adult literature for work that has been popular over a long period of time. 1. "Dragonflight"; "Dragonquest"; "The White Dragon"; "The Ship Who Sang"; "Dragonsong"; "Dragonsinger"; "Dragondrums". 2. "A Wizard of Earthsea"; "The Farthest Shore"; "Tombs of Atuan"; "Tehanu"; "The Left Hand of Darkness"; "The Beginning Place". 3. "The Outsiders"; "Rumblefish"; "Tex"; "That Was Then, This is Now". 4. "Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!"; "Gentlehand"; "Me Me Me Me Me: Not a Novel"; "Night Kites". 5. "The Chocolate War"; "I Am the Cheese"; "After the First Death". 6. "Forever". 7. "Meet the Austins"; "Ring of Endless Light"; "A Wrinkle in Time"; "A Swiftly Tilting Planet". 8. "The Pigman"; "The Pigman's Legacy"; "The Pigman & Me"; "My Darling, My Hamburger"; "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds". 9. "Hoops"; "Motown and Didi"; "Fallen Angels"; "Scorpions". 10. "Hatchet"; "Woodsong"; "Winter Room"; "The Crossing"; "Canyon"; "Dancing Carl". * Game 9, Round 8 - Geography - African Countries Please refer to the handout at <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9/map.gif>. 1. Within one country -- which means you can *either* give the correct answer or any adjacent country -- which number is Ghana? 2. Within one country, which number is Liberia? 3. Zambia and Zimbabwe are adjacent countries -- you may remember from Game 7 that for further alliteration they share the Zambezi River. Give the number for *either one* -- for this and the next few questions, you need not say which one. 4. Lesotho and Swaziland are in the same general region -- again, give the number for *either one*. 5. Gambia and Senegal are adjacent countries. Give the number for *either one*. 6. Two of these are adjacent and one isn't. Which country is either Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, or Equatorial Guinea? Give *any one* of the three numbers. 7. Now some easier countries. Along the east coast you will find countries 20, 22, 26, and 28. Name *any one* of these countries, but now you *must say* which number it is. 8. And in the north are 12, 13, 14, and 15. Name any *two* -- and again, you must *also* say which number is which country. 9. Two countries are named after the River Niger. Give either number. 10. Two countries are named after the Congo River. Give *both* numbers. -- Mark Brader | The situation will continue to deteriorate until we [get] msb@vex.net | an effective governing authority... When that wonderful Toronto | day finally comes, we will once again resent the stupid | laws [they] will inevitably hold over us. --Mark Crispin My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Sep 29 05:49PM On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:02:35 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > Margaret A. Edwards Award from the Young Adult Library Services > Assocation, which honors an author of Young Adult literature for work > that has been popular over a long period of time. Nope > <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9/map.gif>. > 1. Within one country -- which means you can *either* give the > correct answer or any adjacent country -- which number is Ghana? 3 > 2. Within one country, which number is Liberia? 4 > from Game 7 that for further alliteration they share the Zambezi > River. Give the number for *either one* -- for this and the next few > questions, you need not say which one. 30 > 4. Lesotho and Swaziland are in the same general region -- again, > give the number for *either one*. 34 > 5. Gambia and Senegal are adjacent countries. Give the number > for *either one*. 9 > 6. Two of these are adjacent and one isn't. Which country is > either Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, or Equatorial Guinea? Give *any one* > of the three numbers. 6 > 7. Now some easier countries. Along the east coast you will find > countries 20, 22, 26, and 28. Name *any one* of these countries, > but now you *must say* which number it is. 20 - Somalia > 8. And in the north are 12, 13, 14, and 15. Name any *two* -- and > again, you must *also* say which number is which country. Morocco (12) and Algeria (13) > 9. Two countries are named after the River Niger. Give either > number. 43 > 10. Two countries are named after the Congo River. Give *both* > numbers. 38&39 |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 29 08:57PM +0200 > Please refer to the handout at <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9/map.gif>. > 1. Within one country -- which means you can *either* give the > correct answer or any adjacent country -- which number is Ghana? 2 > 2. Within one country, which number is Liberia? 4 > from Game 7 that for further alliteration they share the Zambezi > River. Give the number for *either one* -- for this and the next > few questions, you need not say which one. 30 & 31 > 4. Lesotho and Swaziland are in the same general region -- again, > give the number for *either one*. 33 & 34 > 5. Gambia and Senegal are adjacent countries. Give the number > for *either one*. 8 & 9 > 6. Two of these are adjacent and one isn't. Which country is > either Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, or Equatorial Guinea? Give > *any one* of the three numbers. 6, 7 & 41 > 7. Now some easier countries. Along the east coast you will find > countries 20, 22, 26, and 28. Name *any one* of these countries, > but now you *must say* which number it is. 20 = Somalia (although where the digits they call themselves Somaliland). > 8. And in the north are 12, 13, 14, and 15. Name any *two* -- and > again, you must *also* say which number is which country. 12 = Morrocco, 13 = Algeria > 9. Two countries are named after the River Niger. Give either > number. 43 > 10. Two countries are named after the Congo River. Give *both* > numbers. 38 & 39 |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 29 02:01PM -0500 Mark Brader: > > ...Give *any one* of the three numbers. Erland Sommarskog: > 6, 7 & 41 I will score this as two guesses, 6 and 7. -- Mark Brader | "...Backwards Compatibility, which, if you've made as msb@vex.net | many mistakes as Intel and Microsoft have in the past, Toronto | can be very Backwards indeed." -- Steve Summit |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 29 10:02PM > * Game 9, Round 7 - Literature - Young Adult Literature > 1. "Dragonflight"; "Dragonquest"; "The White Dragon"; "The Ship > Who Sang"; "Dragonsong"; "Dragonsinger"; "Dragondrums". Anne McCaffrey > 2. "A Wizard of Earthsea"; "The Farthest Shore"; "Tombs of Atuan"; > "Tehanu"; "The Left Hand of Darkness"; "The Beginning Place". Ursula K. Le Guin > 3. "The Outsiders"; "Rumblefish"; "Tex"; "That Was Then, This > is Now". S. E. Hinton > 5. "The Chocolate War"; "I Am the Cheese"; "After the First Death". Cormier > 6. "Forever". Judy Blume > 7. "Meet the Austins"; "Ring of Endless Light"; "A Wrinkle in Time"; > "A Swiftly Tilting Planet". Madeline L'Engle > 8. "The Pigman"; "The Pigman's Legacy"; "The Pigman & Me"; > "My Darling, My Hamburger"; "The Effect of Gamma Rays on > Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds". Pinkwater > * Game 9, Round 8 - Geography - African Countries > 1. Within one country -- which means you can *either* give the > correct answer or any adjacent country -- which number is Ghana? 3 > 2. Within one country, which number is Liberia? 6 > from Game 7 that for further alliteration they share the Zambezi > River. Give the number for *either one* -- for this and the next > few questions, you need not say which one. 28 > 4. Lesotho and Swaziland are in the same general region -- again, > give the number for *either one*. 34 > 5. Gambia and Senegal are adjacent countries. Give the number > for *either one*. 8 > 6. Two of these are adjacent and one isn't. Which country is > either Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, or Equatorial Guinea? Give > *any one* of the three numbers. 40 > 7. Now some easier countries. Along the east coast you will find > countries 20, 22, 26, and 28. Name *any one* of these countries, > but now you *must say* which number it is. 20 is Somalia > 8. And in the north are 12, 13, 14, and 15. Name any *two* -- and > again, you must *also* say which number is which country. 12 is Morocco and 13 is Algeria > 9. Two countries are named after the River Niger. Give either > number. 47 > 10. Two countries are named after the Congo River. Give *both* > numbers. 38 and 39 -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Sep 30 12:43AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > Name the authors of the following works. > 2. "A Wizard of Earthsea"; "The Farthest Shore"; "Tombs of Atuan"; > "Tehanu"; "The Left Hand of Darkness"; "The Beginning Place". Ursula LeGuin > 3. "The Outsiders"; "Rumblefish"; "Tex"; "That Was Then, This > is Now". S.E. Hinton > 5. "The Chocolate War"; "I Am the Cheese"; "After the First Death". Robert Cormier > 6. "Forever". Judy Blume > 7. "Meet the Austins"; "Ring of Endless Light"; "A Wrinkle in Time"; > "A Swiftly Tilting Planet". Madeleine L'Engle > 8. "The Pigman"; "The Pigman's Legacy"; "The Pigman & Me"; > "My Darling, My Hamburger"; "The Effect of Gamma Rays on > Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds". Paul Zindel > <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9/map.gif>. > 1. Within one country -- which means you can *either* give the > correct answer or any adjacent country -- which number is Ghana? 2 > 2. Within one country, which number is Liberia? 4 > from Game 7 that for further alliteration they share the Zambezi > River. Give the number for *either one* -- for this and the next > few questions, you need not say which one. 31 > 4. Lesotho and Swaziland are in the same general region -- again, > give the number for *either one*. 34 > 5. Gambia and Senegal are adjacent countries. Give the number > for *either one*. 8 > 6. Two of these are adjacent and one isn't. Which country is > either Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, or Equatorial Guinea? Give > *any one* of the three numbers. 7 > 7. Now some easier countries. Along the east coast you will find > countries 20, 22, 26, and 28. Name *any one* of these countries, > but now you *must say* which number it is. Somalia (20) > 8. And in the north are 12, 13, 14, and 15. Name any *two* -- and > again, you must *also* say which number is which country. Morocco (12) and Tunisia (14) > 9. Two countries are named after the River Niger. Give either > number. 43 > 10. Two countries are named after the Congo River. Give *both* > numbers. 38 and 39 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 30 03:01AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/9/map.gif>. > 1. Within one country -- which means you can *either* give the > correct answer or any adjacent country -- which number is Ghana? 2 > 2. Within one country, which number is Liberia? 4 > from Game 7 that for further alliteration they share the Zambezi > River. Give the number for *either one* -- for this and the next > few questions, you need not say which one. 31 > 4. Lesotho and Swaziland are in the same general region -- again, > give the number for *either one*. 33 > 5. Gambia and Senegal are adjacent countries. Give the number > for *either one*. 9 > 6. Two of these are adjacent and one isn't. Which country is > either Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, or Equatorial Guinea? Give > *any one* of the three numbers. 7 > 7. Now some easier countries. Along the east coast you will find > countries 20, 22, 26, and 28. Name *any one* of these countries, > but now you *must say* which number it is. Somalia, 20 > 8. And in the north are 12, 13, 14, and 15. Name any *two* -- and > again, you must *also* say which number is which country. Morocco, 12, and Algeria, 13 > 9. Two countries are named after the River Niger. Give either > number. 43 > 10. Two countries are named after the Congo River. Give *both* > numbers. 38, 39 Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 29 10:00AM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the > Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I wrote one of these rounds. That was the science round. It was the easiest round in the original game, and was tied with a current-events round for third-easiest in the entire season. > a serious problem in countries like China. In our part of North > America it is blamed for damage to forests, fish, and buildings. > What is it? Acid rain. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > 2. Some people fear that a possible consequence of global warming > will be a serious *cooling* of the climate in Europe. Why Europe > in particular? Global temperature change could destabilize the ocean currents that Europe is currently warmed by, known as the Gulf Stream, Atlantic Conveyor, North Atlantic Drift, etc. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. When I posted this round previously, someone said it had been found that Europe is not really warmer for that reason. Even if that's true, which I doubt, it doesn't affect this question, which was about the feared possibility. > until one of the town's wells suddenly got contaminated with > E. coli bacteria. What event caused that contamination to > happen, and how? Be sufficiently detailed. Heavy rain washed manure off farmland into the well. > "disease" that turned out to be mercury poisoning. The mercury > came from a chemical plant as industrial waste, but how were > the victims exposed to it? By eating seafood (the waste was dumped in the bay). 4 for Dan Blum, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > City a storm in *June* brought over a foot (30 cm) of snow. > In Europe, famine from crop failures killed an estimated > 200,000 people. What caused this weather? Volcanic dust blocking the sunlight (from the eruption of Tambora the previous April, but any reference to a volcano was okay). The disaster was called "The Year Without a Summer". 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, Pete, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > each case only after you have finished with the previous question. > 6. What dramatic phrase has been used for a similar climatic > disaster that might be caused by the next world war? Nuclear winter. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > other animal species too. Or that's the prevailing theory, > anyway. What country contains that crater """today""" (or, > if applicable, contains the largest part of it)? Mexico. (Chicxulub Crater, centered near the north tip of the Yucatan Peninsula; as far as I can tell about 60% of it lies in Mexico and the rest is under international waters.) 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. > it reached toxic levels and a large fraction of the planet's > living things died out. Of course, they were all microorganisms. > But anyway, what was this toxic waste substance? Oxygen (toxic to anaerobic life-forms). 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > what part of the Earth """now""" typically has the least ozone > above it, or give *any one* of the short names for the families > of chemicals produced by humans that have caused this effect. The Antarctic (still true; I accepted "South Pole"); freons, halons, CFCs, BFCs. 4 for everyone. > concentrated, shutting down fisheries; and an island that once > housed a biological weapons lab is now part of the mainland. > What is the name of this disappearing sea? Aral Sea. (It's now in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, with the disconnected northern part entirely in the former.) 4 for everyone. Here's a series of satellite photos over the period 2000-18, with the 1960 shoreline drawn as a background: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea/show-all There is now a dam enabling the northern part to retain the water that still flows into it, and since it was built that part part has grown slightly.) > 1. Name the Pittsburgh Penguins center who on February 10 became > the youngest player, at age 18 years and 153 days, to ever > score a hat trick in the NHL. Jordan Staal. (Still the record as far as I can tell; he now plays for Carolina. It's not Sidney Crosby, who got his first NHL hat trick on 2006-10-28, at age 19 years 82 days.) > 2. Name the Detroit Red Wings defenseman who on November 24 set the > record for most regular-season games by an American-born player, > at the age of 44. Chris Chelios. (He still holds that record as far as I can tell; after his last season, in 2009-10 with the Atlanta Thrashers, he had played 1,651 regular-season games.) 4 for Pete. > 3. On Tuesday, which Dallas Stars center became the second > American-born player to score 500 goals? Mike Modano. (Joe Mullen was the first. Modano's last season was 2010-11, then playing for Detroit.) 4 for Pete. > 4. Name the Washington Capitals left-winger who led the NHL with > 425 shots on goal during the 2005-06 regular season, setting > an NHL rookie record. Alexander Ovechkin. (Still true, still playing.) 4 for Erland and Pete. > 5. The hardest recorded slapshot by an NHL player was by Chad Kilger > on December 3, during the Toronto Maple Leafs skills competition. > What was the speed (in mph or km/h), within 4 mph? 2007 answer: 106.6 mph (accepting 102.6 - 110.6 mph or 165.1 - 178.0 km/h). 2020 answer: In the NHL All-Star skills competition in 2012, Zdeno Chara hit a 108.8 mph slapshot (accepting 104.8 - 112.8 mph or 168.6 - 181.6 km/h). 3 for Pete. I understand that these speeds are measured after the puck has traveled 15 feet. Presumably this keeps the speed of the stick from interfering with the radar reading, but it also means that the actual speed of the puck leaving the stick is even higher. > NHL rookie record for the longest point streak, i.e. the > most consecutive games by a rookie in which he had a goal or > an assist. Paul Stastny. (Teemu Selanne's old record was 17 games; Stastny's streak had reached 20 games when this round was prepared, and ended there. It's still the record. He now plays for Vegas.) > 7. On November 13, Teppo Numminen set the record for the most > regular-season games played in his career by a European-trained > player. Who did Numminen surpass? Jari Kurri. (His old record was 1,251 games; Numminen had played 1,372 when he retired in 2009.) Two entrants guessed Borje Salming, who played only 1,148 games. > 8. Martin Brodeur set the record for most minutes played during > a single regular season in 2003-04. What was the total, within > 400 minutes? 2007 answer: 4,554 minutes 33 seconds (accepting 4,154-4,955 minutes). But less than 3 weeks after the original game, the 2006-07 season was over and Brodeur had set a new record that still stands. So, the 2020 answer; 4,696 minutes 33 seconds (accepting 4,296-5,097 minutes). The new record is equivalent to 78.3 complete non-overtime games. > 9. This goalie then playing for the Florida Panthers has twice > set an expansion-era record for facing the most shots in a > season: 2,475 in 2003-04 and 2,488 in 2005-06. Name him. Roberto Luongo. (Still true. He later returned to Florida and played his last season in 2018-19.) For the pre-expansion era, the NHL web site only tracks this record for players who debuted no earlier than 1955-56. Lorne "Gump" Worsley, then with New York, set this record that same season and it still stands: 2,574 shots faced. > 10. Which Colorado Avalanche center """this season""" scored his > 600th career goal and also reached 900 assists? Joe Sakic. (His last season was 2008-09. He finished with 625 goals and 1,016 assists.) Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS TOPICS-> L+E His Sci Spo Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 27 0 99 Dan Blum 28 34 36 0 98 Pete Gayde 16 36 24 15 91 Dan Tilque 16 36 32 0 84 Erland Sommarskog 0 8 24 4 36 Bruce Bowler -- -- 28 0 28 -- Mark Brader | "... 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