- RQFTCI07 Game 9 Rounds 4,6: eco-disasters, NHL records - 3 Updates
- RQFTCI07 Game 9 Rounds 2-3 answers: Superman, WW2 - 1 Update
- Calvin's Quiz #612 - 2 Updates
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 11:07PM -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 4 - Science - Ecological Disasters Past, Present, and Future 1. This form of pollution is common in industrial areas. It was first reported in 19th-century Manchester, England, and today is 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? 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? 3. In 2000 it became tragically apparent that the people in charge of chlorinating the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario, were criminally incompetent at it. But this did not become disastrous 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. 4. The Japanese city of Minamata gave its name in 1956 to a "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? 5. The year 1816 saw severe winter weather persisting in the whole Northern Hemisphere for months past the usual dates. In Quebec 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? Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions *one by one*, in each case only after you have finished with the previous question. 6. Jung qenzngvp cuenfr unf orra hfrq sbe n fvzvyne pyvzngvp qvfnfgre gung zvtug or pnhfrq ol gur arkg jbeyq jne? 7. Bar qnl 65,000,000 lrnef ntb, gur Pergnprbhf Crevbq raqrq jvgu n onat nf n pbzrg be n fznyy nfgrebvq fynzzrq vagb gur Rnegu. Gur erfhygvat pengre jnf bire 100 zvyrf (160 xz) jvqr, naq fb zhpu qhfg jnf guebja vagb gur nve gung n qvfnfgre yvxr n ahpyrne jvagre abg bayl xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef, ohg n znwbevgl bs bgure navzny fcrpvrf gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel, naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be, vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)? 8. An earlier global ecological disaster did not happen with a bang. It began about 2,000,000,000 years ago when a new waste material began to accumulate around the planet. For a very long time most of it simply reacted with iron and other elements and was consumed that way. But about 1,000,000,000 years ago, 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? 9. Levels of ultraviolet radiation are higher than they used to be, due to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Either say 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. 10. Until the 1960s in the Soviet Union there was an inland salt sea the size of Sri Lanka. Then the main rivers feeding it were diverted for farm use, and the sea has been shrinking ever since. """Now""" about 1/4 its original size, it has split into at least two bodies of water; salt and pollutants are more 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? * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones All dates refer to the """current""" season if no year is given. *Note*: where the question talks about a record and asks for the player's name or the specific number that is the record, you may give the answer that was correct in the original game or you may choose to answer for the current holder of the same record, *but if you are giving the 2020 answer, you must say so*. For questions that relate to specific events, of course you must give the answer that was correct in 2007. 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. 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. 3. On Tuesday, which Dallas Stars center became the second American-born player to score 500 goals? 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. 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? 6. Name the Colorado Avalanche center who on March 11 set an 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. 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? 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? 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. 10. Which Colorado Avalanche center """this season""" scored his 600th career goal and also reached 900 assists? -- Mark Brader | It sure does have some pretty colors. True, the film is... Toronto | a failure in nearly every other department, but you can't msb@vex.net | deny that those colors look great. --Stephen Silver My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 26 04:37AM > 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 > 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? because the Gulf Stream warms Europe and global warming could shut it down > "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? they ate fish from contaminated waters > 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? a volcanic eruption > 6. Jung qenzngvp cuenfr unf orra hfrq sbe n fvzvyne pyvzngvp > qvfnfgre gung zvtug or pnhfrq ol gur arkg jbeyq jne? nuclear winter > bgure navzny fcrpvrf gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel, > naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be, > vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)? Mexico > 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 > 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. CFC > 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 > 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? 130 mph > 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? 2400 minutes -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 26 04:50AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > 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 > 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 eruption > each case only after you have finished with the previous question. > 6. Jung qenzngvp cuenfr unf orra hfrq sbe n fvzvyne pyvzngvp > qvfnfgre gung zvtug or pnhfrq ol gur arkg jbeyq jne? nuclear winter > bgure navzny fcrpvrf gbb. Be gung'f gur cerinvyvat gurbel, > naljnl. Jung pbhagel pbagnvaf gung pengre """gbqnl""" (be, > vs nccyvpnoyr, pbagnvaf gur ynetrfg cneg bs vg)? Mexico; Guatemala > 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 (?) > 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. CFCs > 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 > * Game 9, Round 6 - Sports - Recent NHL Records and Milestones I'm going to pass on this one. -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 11:06PM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I wrote one of the rounds in this set. That was the history round. > 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. Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. Siegel was the writer; he was from Cleveland. The fictional "Daily Planet" newspaper was initially the "Daily Star" and was named after the "Toronto Daily Star", now the "Toronto Star". > 2. That first appearance of Superman in 1938 was in the first > issue of what comic book? "Action Comics". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 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. Brainiac. 4 for Dan Blum. > has strange "opposite" speech patterns ("Me love Superman" > for "I hate Superman"), and is almost as powerful as Superman > himself. Name him. Bizarro. (Accepting "Bizarro Superman", since other characters sometimes had imperfect "bizarro" duplicates as well.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 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. "Superfriends". The "Justice League of America" comic books were also adapted for animated TV, as "Justice League", but that was later. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 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 Studios or Famous Studios (the name changed when Paramount took more control of it). 4 for Joshua. > 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. (Not Christopher *Reeve*, who played Superman in four movies, 1978-87.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 8. Who played Superman in the 1993-97 TV series "Lois and Clark"? Dean Cain. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete. > 9. Who """plays""" young Clark Kent in the """current""" TV series > "Smallville", which was first broadcast in 2001? Tom Welling. (It ended in 2011.) 4 for Joshua. > 10. Who played Superman in the """recent""" movie "Superman > Returns"? Brandon Routh [rhymes with "south"]. (That was in 2006.) 4 for Joshua. > 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 (Dunkerque). 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Pete, and Dan Tilque. It was still a disaster for the British Army, as they had to leave behind all armaments and equipment that could not be hand-carried. > 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 (modern names: St. Petersburg and Volgograd respectively). 4 for Joshua (the hard way), Dan Blum, Erland (the hard way), Pete, and Dan Tilque. Sorry about the very long question there. In the original draft of the round this was two separate questions, but in that form they were felt to be too hard. > 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 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. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Dan Blum. > 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 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? Arnhem. 4 for Dan Blum. > 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. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque. Four days later, elements of Lieutenent General George Patton's forces broke through the German lines to relieve 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. > 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. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Pete, and Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> L+E His Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 72 Dan Blum 28 34 62 Dan Tilque 16 36 52 Pete Gayde 16 36 52 Erland Sommarskog 0 8 8 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I like the other Bobs. Now, if I can only msb@vex.net | recall which Mark I hate." --Al Fargnoli My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 25 08:00PM +0200 > 2 What strait separates Chile from Tierra Del Fuego? Could that be the same strait that separates Australia from Tasmania? :-) Both the Beagle Canal and the Magellean Strait fits the bill. I guess you want the latter, since that is the water between continental Chile and the part of Chile that is on Tierra del Fuego. (I seem to recall that in one of my recent quizzes where I gave four islands with a border on them, and one without, Calvin went for Tierra del Fuego. Well, at least he did not ask which water that separates Argentina from Tierra del Fuego.) > 3 Ethnic tensions, the Chernobyl nuclear plant incident, and Ronald > Reagan's Star Wars defence plan have all been cited as catalysts for > which historic 1991 event? The dissolution of the USSR. ("The biggest geopolitical disaster of the 20th century", Putin said. As if there was not also the British Empire, the French colonial holdings, Austria-Hungary's disintegration. One can even argue that the reduction of the Ottoman Empire was more severe.) > 5 Who directed the 1994 film Natural Born Killers? Tarantino > 7 The first Paralympic Games (i.e. no longer restricted solely to > war veterans) took place at which Summer Olympics? [Year or city] 1972 |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 25 02:28PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > if there was not also the British Empire, the French colonial holdings, > Austria-Hungary's disintegration. One can even argue that the reduction > of the Ottoman Empire was more severe.) Presumably, from the Russian point of view those events were not disasters. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "You'd have to be crazy as a loon to take msb@vex.net | metaphors too literally." --Tony Cooper |
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