Thursday, September 17, 2020

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 8 updates in 3 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 17 12:55AM -0500

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-12,
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 wrote one of these rounds.
 
* Game 8, Round 4 - Sports - NHL Arenas
 
This round has a 2-page handout at the following URL. (Again,
it's a bit fuzzy because the online original version was lost
and I scanned one of the printed copies to recreate it.)
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8/nhl.pdf
 
We name an NHL team and you pick the letter that corresponds to
its """current""" home arena.
 
1. Toronto Maple Leafs.
2. New York Rangers.
3. Pittsburgh Penguins.
4. Vancouver Canucks.
5. Calgary Flames.
6. Detroit Red Wings.
7. San Jose Sharks.
8. Phoenix Coyotes.
9. Buffalo Sabres.
10. Ottawa Senators.
 
So there were 14 decoys. If you want to show off for fun,
but for no points, then decode the rot13 and name the *team*
"""currently""" playing home games at each arena.
 
On page 1:
 
11. Neran N.
12. Neran O.
13. Neran Q.
14. Neran S.
15. Neran T.
16. Neran U.
17. Neran Y.
 
On page 2:
 
18. Neran A.
19. Neran B.
20. Neran C.
21. Neran D.
22. Neran F.
23. Neran G.
24. Neran J.
 
 
* Game 8, Round 6 - Miscellaneous - Election Methods
 
1. This round is about election methods, and we will start with
Canada. Within one election, which was the first year that
party names were shown on federal election ballots?
 
2. Voting hours in Canadian federal elections were formerly based
on local zone time, so results came in across the country
from east to west. Western voters objected to this advantage,
and starting in 1997 the rule was changed so that polls in the
Pacific time zone would still close last, but just 30 minutes
after the Eastern, Central, and Mountain time zones. Or rather,
that was the plan -- but what went wrong that year?
 
3. In the United States, the votes that officially elect the
president and vice-president are cast by what has come to be
called the Electoral College. When its members meet to cast
their votes, where do they meet?
 
4. The original US constitutional system for the electoral college
to elect a president and vice-president was used only four times.
In 1800 it led to a deadlock situation and the constitution was
subsequently amended to make the electoral college votes work
as they do today. In the original system, how did the electoral
college vote determine the vice-president?
 
5. In Canada, subject to restrictions such as age and citizenship,
voting """is""" seen as a right. How """does""" the situation
in Australia differ most importantly from this?
 
6. In most Canadian elections, you """vote""" for the *one person*
you hope to win the office. In Australia, how """is""" this
different?
 
7. Following a referendum in 1992, New Zealand became the first
English-speaking country, that we know of, to adopt what
electoral system for its national legislature?
 
8. In Britain before a reform in 1867, what was a "rotten borough"?
 
9. As you will no doubt remember, while you were playing trivia on
1997-11-10, the TV set in your pub was showing Mel Lastman
leading by a wide margin in the mayoralty vote, with about
twice as many votes as Barbara Hall. But after you went home,
the final total showed a much closer finish: Lastman had about
52% of the vote to Hall's 46%. Why were the early returns so
misleading that year?
 
10. Ancient Athens used a form of write-in election where citizens
handed in a tile or potsherd -- an "ostrakon" -- with someone's
name written on it. What happened to the person with the
most votes? Don't give the word for it; describe it.
--
Mark Brader | "...so I'm going to be a good boy till the New Year
Toronto | when a new issue of luck is handed out."
msb@vex.net | --Robert Bannister
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 17 06:14AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:9rydnRki4azRZ__CnZ2dnUU7-
 
> We name an NHL team and you pick the letter that corresponds to
> its """current""" home arena.
 
> 1. Toronto Maple Leafs.
 
M
 
> 2. New York Rangers.
 
E
 
> 3. Pittsburgh Penguins.
 
P; W
 
> 4. Vancouver Canucks.
 
X
 
> 5. Calgary Flames.
 
C
 
> 6. Detroit Red Wings.
 
U
 
> 7. San Jose Sharks.
 
S; F
 
> 8. Phoenix Coyotes.
 
V; F
 
> 9. Buffalo Sabres.
 
R
 
> 10. Ottawa Senators.
 
M

 
> 1. This round is about election methods, and we will start with
> Canada. Within one election, which was the first year that
> party names were shown on federal election ballots?
 
1890; 1900
 
> Pacific time zone would still close last, but just 30 minutes
> after the Eastern, Central, and Mountain time zones. Or rather,
> that was the plan -- but what went wrong that year?
 
the winner was already known before the polls closed in the West (due to
the Liberals' strength in the more populous eastern provinces)
 
> president and vice-president are cast by what has come to be
> called the Electoral College. When its members meet to cast
> their votes, where do they meet?
 
in the capitals of their respective states
 
> subsequently amended to make the electoral college votes work
> as they do today. In the original system, how did the electoral
> college vote determine the vice-president?
 
with each elector casting two votes, the person with the second-most
votes was to be vice president

> 5. In Canada, subject to restrictions such as age and citizenship,
> voting """is""" seen as a right. How """does""" the situation
> in Australia differ most importantly from this?
 
voting is mandatory
 
> 6. In most Canadian elections, you """vote""" for the *one person*
> you hope to win the office. In Australia, how """is""" this
> different?
 
voters are expected to rank all the choices

> 8. In Britain before a reform in 1867, what was a "rotten borough"?
 
a House of Commons constituency with unusually few eligible voters
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 17 02:45AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > Pacific time zone would still close last, but just 30 minutes
> > after the Eastern, Central, and Mountain time zones. Or rather,
> > that was the plan -- but what went wrong that year?

Joshua Kreitzer:
> the winner was already known before the polls closed in the West (due to
> the Liberals' strength in the more populous eastern provinces)
 
Huh? Did you read the question?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Big programs are a bug."
msb@vex.net -- Geoff Collyer
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 17 02:19AM -0700

On 9/16/20 10:55 PM, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8/nhl.pdf
 
> We name an NHL team and you pick the letter that corresponds to
> its """current""" home arena.
 
I remember spending a lot of time on this round the first time, trying
to at least narrow my guesses down with clues from the pictures. Not
very successfully, I may add. I'm just going to pass this time.
 
> president and vice-president are cast by what has come to be
> called the Electoral College. When its members meet to cast
> their votes, where do they meet?
 
respective state capitals
 
> subsequently amended to make the electoral college votes work
> as they do today. In the original system, how did the electoral
> college vote determine the vice-president?
 
2nd place vote getter became VP
 
 
> 5. In Canada, subject to restrictions such as age and citizenship,
> voting """is""" seen as a right. How """does""" the situation
> in Australia differ most importantly from this?
 
Australians are required to vote, not just have the right
 
 
> 6. In most Canadian elections, you """vote""" for the *one person*
> you hope to win the office. In Australia, how """is""" this
> different?
 
ranked preferential voting in Australia
 
> English-speaking country, that we know of, to adopt what
> electoral system for its national legislature?
 
> 8. In Britain before a reform in 1867, what was a "rotten borough"?
 
voting district with few voters, usually so few that a single major
landowner controlled or at least strongly influenced who won
 
> handed in a tile or potsherd -- an "ostrakon" -- with someone's
> name written on it. What happened to the person with the
> most votes? Don't give the word for it; describe it.
 
exiled from the city
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 17 12:45AM -0500

Mark Brader:
> see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
 
 
> I wrote one of these two rounds.
 
That was the literature/entertainment round.
 
 
> political Zionism is generally considered to be a Viennese
> journalist who published a pamphlet called "The Jewish State"
> in 1896. Who was he?
 
Theodor (or Binyamin Zeev) Herzl. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> 2. A 1917 declaration by the British Foreign Secretary, though
> ambiguously worded, was taken by Zionists as indicating British
> support for their cause. What was this statement called?
 
Balfour Declaration. (Anything with "Balfour" was okay.)
4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete.
 
> an area corresponding to what are """now""" Israel, Jordan,
> and the Palestinian territories, was set up in 1922 under the
> auspices of what world body?
 
League of Nations. (Still true.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
Erland, and Pete.
 
> a split, forming a third militia. Name any of these groups,
> all of which were eventually incorporated into the Israel
> Defense Forces.
 
Haganah, Irgun, Lehi (or Stern Gang). 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
 
> 5. Israel declared independence in 1948. Name its first president
> or first prime minister -- you don't have to say which one
> you mean.
 
Chaim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum,
Erland, and Pete.
 
> 6. The Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped by Israeli
> agents in 1961 and later executed. In what country did they
> find him?
 
Argentina. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete.
2 for Bruce.
 
> 7. Which world leader addressed the Israeli parliament on
> 1977-11-19?
 
Anwar Sadat. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Pete.
 
> 8. At which airport did Israel launch a raid in July 1976 to rescue
> the passengers of a hijacked airliner?
 
Entebbe (in Uganda). Entebbe is a separate city but its the airport
is the main one for Kampala, so I would have accepted Kampala as an
"almost correct" answer. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete.
 
> 9. In what year did the Six-Day War take place?
 
1967. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Pete.
3 for Bruce.
 
> 10. Where did Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem
> Begin negotiate an accord providing a framework for peace
> between the two countries? It was signed on 1978-09-17.
 
Camp David, Maryland, USA. 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Pete.
 
 
> foiling an IRA attack in London, was a prequel to "The Hunt for
> Red October". It became a sequel in the 1992 movie adaptation,
> as Harrison Ford replaced the younger Alec Baldwin. Name it.
 
"Patriot Games". 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
 
When the series reached its fourth movie with "The Sum of All Fears",
the sequel was again converted into a prequel to suit the still
younger star Ben Affleck.
 
> 2. What was the first sequel to "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's
> Stone"?
 
"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum,
and Pete.
 
> and released in 1986. The first book and movie is "Jean de
> Florette"; name the second, in French or English. In English
> the title was changed slightly for the movie.
 
"Manon des Sources", "Manon of the Springs" (book), "Manon of the
Spring" (movie). 4 for Joshua and Bruce.
 
> 4. "The Evening Star" was the sequel to what Larry McMurtry book?
> The movie versions of both books starred Shirley MacLaine and
> Jack Nicholson.
 
"Terms of Endearment". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> 5. What original was "Be Cool" the sequel to? Both novels were
> by Elmore Leonard; both movies starred John Travolta.
 
"Get Shorty". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> 6. Walter Tevis wrote "The Hustler", and in 1961 Paul Newman
> starred in the movie. The sequel was filmed in 1986 with
> Newman and Tom Cruise; name it.
 
"The Color of Money". 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Erland.
 
> and 1989, with Glenda Jackson first playing one of the Brangwen
> sisters and then their mother. What was the title of the second
> novel and the first movie?
 
"Women in Love". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
> the young singer who played Queen Akasha had died in a plane
> crash. The movie shortened the novel's title slightly by
> dropping the first word, "The". Name that sequel.
 
"(The) Queen of the Damned". 4 for Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Blum.
 
The star who died was Aaliyah.
 
> 9. "The Road Back" was a loose sequel, filmed in 1937, to what
> novel of World War I, filmed in 1930? The books were written
> in German, but we want the English title.
 
"All Quiet on the Western Front". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.
 
The original title was "Im Westen nichts Neues", literally "Nothing
New in the West"; the sequel was "Der Weg zurück".
 
> was filmed, again, the the first word of the title was dropped.
> But this was a sequel. What identical title did Loos's original
> novel and movie have?
 
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque,
and Erland.
 
 
Scores, if there are no errors:
 
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His L+E
Joshua Kreitzer 40 40 80
Dan Blum 36 36 72
Dan Tilque 24 12 36
Pete Gayde 32 4 36
Bruce Bowler 17 16 33
Erland Sommarskog 24 8 32
 
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
MARTIANS BUILD TWO IMMENSE CANALS IN TWO YEARS.
Vast Engineering Works Accomplished in an Incredibly Short Time
by Our Planetary Neighbors. --N.Y.Times headline, August 27, 1911
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 16 07:47PM +0200

> 1 Which word can mean a mammal characterized by nails on the hands
> and feet, high-ranking bishop, or a city disproportionately larger than
> any other in its country?
 
Cardinal
 
> 2 To date, who is the only British Prime Minister to have spoken
> English as a second language?
 
Edward III. Well, at least he qualifies for the second half of the question.
 
> 6 In pétanque singles and doubles play, how many boules does each
> player use in an end?
 
Four
 
> 7 Which popular folk song namechecks parsley, sage, rosemary and
> thyme?
 
Scarborough Fair
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 16 02:01PM -0700

On 9/15/20 6:47 PM, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which word can mean a mammal characterized by nails on the hands and feet, high-ranking bishop, or a city disproportionately larger than any other in its country?
 
primate
 
> 5 In surfing and skateboarding, what term refers to a person who rides with their right foot forward?
> 6 In pétanque singles and doubles play, how many boules does each player use in an end?
> 7 Which popular folk song namechecks parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme?
 
Scarborough Fair
 
> 8 What condition is the opposite of albinism?
> 9 Originally used to explain how brand or product differentiation led successful advertising campaigns (but now with broader applications), what does the acronym USP stand for?
> 10 Both starring Jack Nicholson, The Two Jakes was a 1990 sequel to which 1974 Roman Polanski film?
 
Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown.
 
--
Dan Tilque
swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Sep 16 05:48PM -0700

On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 9:47:22 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> 1 Which word can mean a mammal characterized by nails on the hands and feet, high-ranking bishop, or a city disproportionately larger than any other in its country?
 
primate
 
> 2 To date, who is the only British Prime Minister to have spoken English as a second language?
 
david george
 
> 3 The works of which American writer and Nobel Prize laureate include The Sound and the Fury (1929) and As I Lay Dying (1930)?
 
bill faulkner
 
> 4 Which 1963 Andy Williams song, the title theme of a Blake Edwards movie starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick, won both a Grammy for Record of the Year and an Oscar for Best Song?
 
days of wine and roses

> 5 In surfing and skateboarding, what term refers to a person who rides with their right foot forward?
 
goofy
 
> 6 In pétanque singles and doubles play, how many boules does each player use in an end?
 
2?
 
> 7 Which popular folk song namechecks parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme?
 
scarborough fair
 
> 8 What condition is the opposite of albinism?
 
melanism
 
> 9 Originally used to explain how brand or product differentiation led successful advertising campaigns (but now with broader applications), what does the acronym USP stand for?
 
unique selling point
 
> 10 Both starring Jack Nicholson, The Two Jakes was a 1990 sequel to which 1974 Roman Polanski film?
 
chinatown
 
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
swp
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