| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 22 11:29PM -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 the rounds in this set. * Game 9, Round 2 - Literature/Entertainment - Superman The character has appeared in comics, movies, TV shows, cartoons. We're going to ask some questions about Superman in various media. 1. First the comic books. The character of Superman first appeared in 1938. Name *either* of his two creators, the comic-book writer or the artist. One was even from Toronto. 2. That first appearance of Superman in 1938 was in the first issue of what comic book? 3. Superman has faced many strange supervillains. What is the name of this green-skinned android, an enemy of Superman since the 1950s, who, with his "twelfth-level intellect", seeks to thwart or destroy Superman? He also has a shrinking ray that he uses to steal cities. 4. This imperfect duplicate of Superman has grey or white skin, has strange "opposite" speech patterns ("Me love Superman" for "I hate Superman"), and is almost as powerful as Superman himself. Name him. 5. Superman was one character on an American animated TV series about a team of superheroes that ran from 1973 to 1986. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera. Name the series. 6. From 1941 to 1943, 17 Superman cartoons were produced by Paramount Pictures and this affiliated studio for release in movie theaters. Name the other studio. 7. Finally, actors that played Superman. Who played him in the TV series "The Adventures of Superman", which ran from 1951 to 1957? 8. Who played Superman in the 1993-97 TV series "Lois and Clark"? 9. Who """plays""" young Clark Kent in the """current""" TV series "Smallville", which was first broadcast in 2001? 10. Who played Superman in the """recent""" movie "Superman Returns"? * Game 9, Round 3 - History - World War II Battles We describe a battle, you name the place that it's named after. Since battles are named using place names as they were at the time, *you must use those names*, not the modern ones if they are different. Questions are roughly in chronological order, but not exactly. 1. By the end of May 1940, almost all of northern France was in German hands, and the British army had been forced back against the sea. What port did the Germans fail to capture until after the bulk of the British forces, and some French, had been able to evacuate to England? 2. After the Germans invaded the USSR, two Soviet cities each underwent a prolonged siege, but never fell. In September 1941 both ends of an isthmus were occupied, isolating the Soviet city on the isthmus, which suffered a terrible death toll from cold and starvation. The Soviets were able to provide some relief via the isthmus's lake side, especially when the lake was frozen, but could not drive the enemy off until 1944. The other city was on the River Volga, and the Germans did not just blockade it but wasted great resources from August 1942 to February 1943 in trying to capture it, because Hitler had given his usual order to keep trying. Name *either* city. 3. The first two sea battles in history where the opposing ships were too far apart to see each other took place in May and June 1942, as US aircraft carriers fought against Japanese ones. In May, at the Coral Sea, the outcome was fairly even. But in June, as Japan attempted to capture a US island outpost, all four carriers they were using were destroyed. Name that *island*. 4. The German forces that landed in North Africa in February 1941 enjoyed great success at first, but they were stopped in the desert 80 miles short of Alexandria, Egypt, in the first major success for the British army during the war. The date was October 1942; name the place. 5. In July 1943, as the Soviets were beginning to press back the German invasion, the Germans attempted a new attack near this city north of Kharkov. The result was the biggest tank battle in history, involving 6,000 tanks, 4,000 planes, and 2,000,000 men. The Germans retreated after a week of fighting and were pretty much on the defensive on the Eastern Front for the rest of the war. Give the one-syllable name of the city where this battle occurred. 6. In Italy a series of battles was fought from January to May 1944 as the Allies attempted to break through the Germans' Gustav Line and reach Rome. This 6th-century Benedictine abbey, being a natural defensive point, was completely destroyed by the Allies; it gives its name to the battle. 7. In September 1944 the Allies launched an ambitious coordinated attack by paratroops and ground forces, codenamed Operation Market-Garden. The plan was to capture a certain Dutch city along with the road connecting it to the Allied lines, so the city could then be used as a spearhead into Germany. But the target was "a bridge too far" from the Allied lines and the operation failed. What was that Dutch city? 8. In December 1944 the Germans launched an offensive against the Allied front in the Ardennes, which became known as the Battle of the Bulge. American forces in one Belgian city were surrounded, but when invited to surrender, Major General Anthony McAuliffe simply replied "Nuts!" What city? 9. The battle for this city, which lasted about two weeks in April 1945, progressed from street to street and was one of the fiercest of the war. What city? 10. This island 650 miles from Tokyo was considered Japanese soil. The Japanese had established their army underground, with a huge system of bunkers connected by 16 miles of tunnels. In February 1945 the Americans landed, and famously captured the island's highest point within 4 days; but it was almost a month before they controlled the whole island. Name the island. -- Mark Brader "Men are animals." Toronto "What are women? Plants, birds, fish?" msb@vex.net -- Spider Robinson, "Night of Power" "Definitely birds." -- Rodney Boyd My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 23 05:39AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:c6GdnVc4dOiMUvfCnZ2dnUU7- > 1. First the comic books. The character of Superman first appeared > in 1938. Name *either* of his two creators, the comic-book > writer or the artist. One was even from Toronto. Siegel > 2. That first appearance of Superman in 1938 was in the first > issue of what comic book? Action Comics > has strange "opposite" speech patterns ("Me love Superman" > for "I hate Superman"), and is almost as powerful as Superman > himself. Name him. Bizarro > 5. Superman was one character on an American animated TV series > about a team of superheroes that ran from 1973 to 1986. It was > produced by Hanna-Barbera. Name the series. "Super Friends" > 6. From 1941 to 1943, 17 Superman cartoons were produced by > Paramount Pictures and this affiliated studio for release in > movie theaters. Name the other studio. Fleischer Studio > 7. Finally, actors that played Superman. Who played him in the > TV series "The Adventures of Superman", which ran from 1951 > to 1957? George Reeves > 8. Who played Superman in the 1993-97 TV series "Lois and Clark"? Dean Cain > 9. Who """plays""" young Clark Kent in the """current""" TV series > "Smallville", which was first broadcast in 2001? Tom Welling > 10. Who played Superman in the """recent""" movie "Superman > Returns"? Brandon Routh > the sea. What port did the Germans fail to capture until after > the bulk of the British forces, and some French, had been able > to evacuate to England? Dunkirk > just blockade it but wasted great resources from August 1942 > to February 1943 in trying to capture it, because Hitler had > given his usual order to keep trying. Name *either* city. Leningrad; Stalingrad > In May, at the Coral Sea, the outcome was fairly even. But in > June, as Japan attempted to capture a US island outpost, all four > carriers they were using were destroyed. Name that *island*. Midway > desert 80 miles short of Alexandria, Egypt, in the first major > success for the British army during the war. The date was > October 1942; name the place. El Alamein > much on the defensive on the Eastern Front for the rest of > the war. Give the one-syllable name of the city where this > battle occurred. Kursk > Gustav Line and reach Rome. This 6th-century Benedictine abbey, > being a natural defensive point, was completely destroyed by > the Allies; it gives its name to the battle. Monte Cassino > city could then be used as a spearhead into Germany. But the > target was "a bridge too far" from the Allied lines and the > operation failed. What was that Dutch city? Amiens > the Bulge. American forces in one Belgian city were surrounded, > but when invited to surrender, Major General Anthony McAuliffe > simply replied "Nuts!" What city? Bastogne > 9. The battle for this city, which lasted about two weeks in > April 1945, progressed from street to street and was one of > the fiercest of the war. What city? Berlin > In February 1945 the Americans landed, and famously captured > the island's highest point within 4 days; but it was almost a > month before they controlled the whole island. Name the island. Iwo Jima -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 23 01:20AM -0500 Joshua Kreitzer: > Amiens Huh. I just used Google Maps to see how much you missed by -- 2 countries or a bit over 200 miles. But while the geodesic between the two cities was on the map, I was interested to note that it passes very close to two other cities that *also* start with the same letter: Arras and Antwerp. -- Mark Brader | "...as many as my brain could handle Toronto | off the top of its head..." msb@vex.net | --Steve Summit |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 22 01:27PM -0700 On 9/19/20 9:25 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > end up in hospital. > 4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than > what this German word refers to. work > 5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one > of your relatives. father; son > 6. "Vannaya" ["VAN-eye-uh"]. In this case the word is Russian, > but if you're travelling, it's one of the first words you should > learn in any language. thank you > 7. "Zimmer" ["TSIM-mer"]. You might use this word in a German > hotel. room > in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot. > Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon > dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet. Venus > 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in > a small telescope. Name the planet. Saturn > way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are > also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the > other three. Neptune, Uranus > 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its > day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere > consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it. Mars > astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once > during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun. > Name it. Mercury > first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to > day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star > whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time. Galileo > to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually > tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it. > What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic? Uranus > were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search > had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 > discovery of what? Pluto > planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest > of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or > asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it. Ceres > 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has > one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*. Eris, Dysnomia > For these you must give their full names. > A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius, > wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text. Lao Tzu > A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent > decades become beloved of corporate executives and other > go-getters. Name the author. Sun Tzu > of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the > Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded > or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case. 6 countries > """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the > new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of > countries you must say which year you are answering for. 28 in 2020 > C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose > definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic > and cultural area known as Kurdistan? Mozul > C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the > country's main port? Basra > D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or > lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in > Sweden. Name any one of them. ytterbium > present-day country is""" named directly after an element. > Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one""" > country or one of the """five""" elements). polonium > F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen > Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles. > Give the title -- exactly. Be careful. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 22 11:23PM -0500 Mark Brader: > let everyone off easy and skip that round, posting Rounds 8-10 in > one set instead. Therefore for this game you will again be scored > on your best 5 out of the 7 rounds. Well, Game 10 is over, and based on best 5 out of 7, the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER. Hearty congratuations, eh? > By the way, I wrote that horrible Round 7; and in this set I wrote > two pairs in the challenge round and one of the other two rounds. Those were the science round and pairs B and D. > word is in Japanese, and you might encounter it in a restaurant. > It is also related to "Tamagotchi", the so-called digital pet > that was all the rage """a few""" years ago. Egg. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 2. "Cuore" ["KWOR-ay"]. This is an Italian word, and we hope that > if you get to use it, it's because your love life is improving > and not because you're in hospital. Heart. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > 3. "Letto" [LET-to]. Another Italian word, and, once again, it's > one that could be useful if you have a new lover -- or if you > end up in hospital. Bed. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > 4. "Arbeit" ["AR-bite"]. We hope trivia is more enjoyable than > what this German word refers to. Work. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 5. "Hermano" ["air-MAHN-oh"]. This Spanish word may refer to one > of your relatives. Brother or sibling. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > 6. "Vannaya" ["VAN-eye-uh"]. In this case the word is Russian, > but if you're travelling, it's one of the first words you should > learn in any language. Bathroom or toilet. 4 for Dan Blum. > 7. "Zimmer" ["TSIM-mer"]. You might use this word in a German > hotel. Room. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 8. "Chyelovyek" ["chyell-oh-VYEK", with ch as in "chin" and y as > in "yell"]. This Russian word inspired a term in the slang > that Anthony Burgess created for "A Clockwork Orange". Man or person. 4 for Erland and Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum. > 9. "Mozo" ["MO-so"]. To help you with this Spanish word, we'll give > you two other words with the same meaning: "mesero" > ["may-SAIR-oh"] and "camarero" ["cam-uh-RAIR-oh"]. Waiter. 4 for Joshua. > 10. "Kodomo" ["kuh-duh-muh", without emphasis on any syllable]. > No, this Japanese word does not mean dragon, though if you have > some of these at home, you may think they are monsters. Child or children. 4 for Erland and Dan Blum. > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Science - The Solar System > Answers in this round may repeat and may appear in later questions > without being edited out. In the original game, this was the easiest round in the entire season. > in both mass and diameter, but its surface is ferociously hot. > Its atmosphere is extremely dense and consists mostly of carbon > dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid, yet. Name the planet. Venus. 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Only one planet has a ring system bright enough to be seen in > a small telescope. Name the planet. Saturn. 4 for everyone. > way, it's atmosphere all the way down. The other three are > also now known to have ring systems. Name *any two* of the > other three. Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete (the hard way), and Dan Tilque. > 4. This planet is significantly smaller than the Earth, but its > day is about the same length. It has a thin atmosphere > consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. Name it. Mars. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > astronomers thought until 1965 that it rotated exactly once > during its year, thus always keeping one face toward the Sun. > Name it. Mercury. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > first to observe the motion of the planet Neptune from day to > day, but he didn't realize it; he just thought it was a star > whose position he'd gotten wrong the first time. Galileo Galilei. (He also detected something odd about the shape of Saturn, but his telescope wasn't good enough to identify what he saw as rings.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > to look for what we now call Neptune. When someone actually > tried doing that, they needed only half an hour to find it. > What was the *other* planet, the one whose orbit was problematic? Uranus. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > were eventually realized to be wrong, but by that time a search > had already been conducted, resulting in Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 > discovery of what? Pluto. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > planet at first. After it was realized to be just the biggest > of many, it was eventually redesignated as a minor planet or > asteroid, and """lately""" a dwarf planet like Pluto. Name it. Ceres. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > 10. Choose any planet or dwarf planet, other than the Earth, that has > one or more named moons, and name it *and its largest moon*. Eris, Dysnomia; Haumea, Hi'iyaka; Jupiter, Ganymede; Mars, Phobos; Neptune, Triton; Pluto, Charon; Saturn, Titan; Uranus, Titania. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua (the hard way), Bruce, and Dan Tilque. Mercury, Venus, and Ceres have no moons, and Makemake has only a numbered moon. > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round This was the hardest round in the original game. > For these you must give their full names. > A1. This philosopher, possibly a contemporary of Confucius, > wrote the Tao Te Ching, the definitive Taoist text. Lao Tzu. (There are various other spellings.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > A2. The 6th century BC text "The Art of War" has in recent > decades become beloved of corporate executives and other > go-getters. Name the author. Sun Tzu. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > of the European Economic Community, sometimes called the > Common Market. Name either the year that the EEC was founded > or the number of founding countries, within 1 in either case. 1958 (accepting 1957-59), 6 (accepting 5-7). They were France, Italy, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. 4 for Erland, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Pete. > """now""" members, within 2, or else name *either* of the > new members in 2007. *Note*: if you give the number of > countries you must say which year you are answering for. 2007 answer: 27. 2020 answer: again 27. (Accepting 25-29 either way.) New members in 2007: Bulgaria, Romania. 4 for Erland (the hard way) and Joshua. Since 2007, Croatia joined, but the UK left. > C1. What """is""" the largest city that (depending on whose > definition you use) is either in or just outside the ethnic > and cultural area known as Kurdistan? Mosul. (Still true.) 4 for Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > C2. What """is""" the second-largest city in Iraq and the > country's main port? Basra. (Still true.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > D1. Four elements, all in the group called rare earths or > lanthanides, """are""" named after the same village in > Sweden. Name any one of them. Erbium, terbium, ytterbium, yttrium (all found in ores quarried at Ytterby). (Still true.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque. > present-day country is""" named directly after an element. > Give *any one* of these """six""" names (i.e. the """one""" > country or one of the """five""" elements). 2007 answer: Argentina (from silver in Latin); americium (really after the continent, but close enough to accept); copper (after Cyprus via classical languages, but Cyprus is the present-day name too, so it counts); francium (from France); germanium (from Germany); polonium (from Poland). 2020 answer: all of the above and one more: nihonium (from Japan in Japanese). 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. Two entrants answered the reverse question. No points for that. Indium is named for India, but indirectly, via the color indigo, > best known for two bestselling books: one concerning > so-called "social epidemics", the other a study of > instinctive thinking. Who """is""" he? Malcolm Gladwell. ("The Tipping Point" and "Blink". Still alive.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete. > the Moon". He """has also written""" a children's novel and > a book of essays about his children growing up in New York, > titled "Through the Children's Gate". Name him. Adam Gopnik. (The novel is "The King in the Window". Still alive.) > F1. Peter Greenaway's """most mainstream""" film starred Helen > Mirren and Michael Gambon in two of the four title roles. > Give the title -- exactly. Be careful. "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" (1989). Since the question was designed to be read and answered aloud, I accepted any answer that had all the words correct without regard to punctuation or the use of "and" vs. "&". (He's still alive, but I have no idea as to whether or not he has made any movies that would now be considered more "mainstream".) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > F2. Which Greenaway film was an adaptation of "The Tempest" and > starred John Gielgud? "Prospero's Books" (1991). 4 for Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> His L+E Spo Mis Mis Sci Cha FIVE Joshua Kreitzer 40 40 27 20 28 40 36 184 Dan Blum 36 36 8 24 35 40 28 175 Dan Tilque 24 12 0 24 8 40 32 132 Erland Sommarskog 24 8 -- -- 28 36 28 124 Bruce Bowler 17 16 0 16 0 28 12 89 Pete Gayde 32 4 18 4 8 12 18 88 -- Mark Brader | "Any philosophy that can be put 'in a nutshell' Toronto | belongs there." msb@vex.net | --Sydney J. Harris My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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