| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 07 03:19AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:5ZmdnetT8Zj6ks7CnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 7, Round 4 - Sports - Blue Jay Records > 1. *As of 2020*, of all players who have pitched for the Blue Jays, > who has the lowest career ERA (3.12)? Clemens; Halladay > records only. > 2. Highest batting average (.307). """This player""" was a Blue Jay > 1991-95. Carter; Fernandez > 3. Number of games played (1,450). This player was a Blue Jay > from 1983 to 1990, then in 1993, 1998, 1999, and 2001. Iorg > 4. Number of wins by a pitcher (175). This player was a Blue Jay > from 1979 to 1992, and again briefly in 1998. Stieb > 5. Highest on-base percentage (.395). This player was a Blue Jay > from 1989 to 1996. Molitor > they were Jays, and you name the player. > 7. Greatest number of hits in a season (215). Accomplished in 2003. > 8. Most wins as a starting pitcher (22). Accomplished in 2003. Halladay > that modern public transportation will allow a trip "Around the > World in 80 Days". What is the appropriate French name of his > valet who travels with him? Passepartout > 2. Who was the first man to travel around the world in under > 2 hours? Gagarin > he became the first to fly *solo* around the world. He died > in a 1935 crash that also killed his passenger, Will Rogers. > Name him. Wiley Post > for part of the journey and wheels for the rest. Due to many > repairs and other problems, it took 175 days. Within 5, what > was the *year*? 1925; 1936 > to do the same in an airplane, which was sponsored by Richard > Branson and therefore named the "Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer". > Who are we talking about? Ruttan > 6. This man wrote the book "Sailing Alone Around the World", after > doing just that between 1895 and 1898; he was the first to do so. > Name him. Shackleton > 7. By one interpretation, the first man to ever travel around the > world, this starting in 1511, was a slave. How was this > possible? Travelled with Magellan and completed the voyage after Magellan died > and returned to its starting point. You may remember that in a > famous movie about 20 years later, it was depicted as operating > commercial flights to the Moon. Name the airline. TWA > Either name the mission (be sufficiently specific) or name > any one of the three astronauts, one of whom was played by Tom > Hanks in a movie about a later real-life spaceflight. Lovell > and was, appropriately, sponsored by the "New York *World*". > Name the reporter, also the author of the exposé "Ten Days in > a Madhouse", who completed her trip on the 73rd day. Nellie Bly Pete Gayde |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Sep 05 05:16PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:5ZmdnetT8Zj6ks7CnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 7, Round 4 - Sports - Blue Jay Records Sorry, I can't help you on this one. > that modern public transportation will allow a trip "Around the > World in 80 Days". What is the appropriate French name of his > valet who travels with him? Passepartout > 2. Who was the first man to travel around the world in under > 2 hours? Yuri Gagarin > he became the first to fly *solo* around the world. He died > in a 1935 crash that also killed his passenger, Will Rogers. > Name him. Wiley Post > for part of the journey and wheels for the rest. Due to many > repairs and other problems, it took 175 days. Within 5, what > was the *year*? 1925 > to do the same in an airplane, which was sponsored by Richard > Branson and therefore named the "Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer". > Who are we talking about? Fossett > 7. By one interpretation, the first man to ever travel around the > world, this starting in 1511, was a slave. How was this > possible? he was transported westward to Europe, then joined Magellan's westward round-the-world expedition which stopped in his homeland > and returned to its starting point. You may remember that in a > famous movie about 20 years later, it was depicted as operating > commercial flights to the Moon. Name the airline. Pan Am > Either name the mission (be sufficiently specific) or name > any one of the three astronauts, one of whom was played by Tom > Hanks in a movie about a later real-life spaceflight. Jim Lovell; Apollo 8 > and was, appropriately, sponsored by the "New York *World*". > Name the reporter, also the author of the exposé "Ten Days in > a Madhouse", who completed her trip on the 73rd day. Nellie Bly -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 04 11:09PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-05, 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 7, Round 4 - Sports - Blue Jay Records 1. *As of 2020*, of all players who have pitched for the Blue Jays, who has the lowest career ERA (3.12)? *Note*: I substituted the above question for one in the original game where I not only could not find the correct answer today, I had reason to believe that the original expected answer was wrong. The remaining 9 questions are from the round as originally written and as usual you can give the 2007 answer or the current answer. Name the """current""" holders of the following Toronto Blue Jay records. All questions refer to records among Jays players during the time they were Jays; that is, these are Blue Jay team records only. 2. Highest batting average (.307). """This player""" was a Blue Jay 1991-95. 3. Number of games played (1,450). This player was a Blue Jay from 1983 to 1990, then in 1993, 1998, 1999, and 2001. 4. Number of wins by a pitcher (175). This player was a Blue Jay from 1979 to 1992, and again briefly in 1998. 5. Highest on-base percentage (.395). This player was a Blue Jay from 1989 to 1996. 6. Highest slugging percentage (.556). This player was a Blue Jay from 1993 to 2004. The last four records are single-season records. They are still team records only, for Toronto Blue Jays players during the time they were Jays, and you name the player. 7. Greatest number of hits in a season (215). Accomplished in 2003. 8. Most wins as a starting pitcher (22). Accomplished in 2003. 9. Most saves by a pitcher (45). Accomplished in 1993. 10. Greatest number of home runs (47). Accomplished in 1987. * Game 7, Round 6 - History - Around the World Traveling "around the world" is a rather loose expression that rarely involves an exact great circle or even going from one point to its antipodal point and back; some trips so called have been as short as 15,000 miles, or have not returned exactly to their starting point. In this, uh, *round*, we'll consider all such variant definitions as legitimate; what we're concerned with is the different ways it has been done, or in one case, depicted in fiction. 1. In Jules Verne's novel, Phileas Fogg attempts to demonstrate that modern public transportation will allow a trip "Around the World in 80 Days". What is the appropriate French name of his valet who travels with him? 2. Who was the first man to travel around the world in under 2 hours? 3. In 1931 this pilot and his navigator Harold Gatty set a speed record for flying around the world; their book about the flight was titled "Around the World in *Eight* Days". Two years later he became the first to fly *solo* around the world. He died in a 1935 crash that also killed his passenger, Will Rogers. Name him. 4. The *first* trip around the world by air was made by a team of US Army pilots flying Douglas World Cruisers, fitted with floats for part of the journey and wheels for the rest. Due to many repairs and other problems, it took 175 days. Within 5, what was the *year*? 5. This man and his crew once held the speed record for *sailing a boat* around the world, and he has many records for other journeys. In 2002 he became the first person to fly around the world *solo and nonstop* in a balloon, the charmingly named "Bud Light Spirit of Freedom". In 2005, he became the first to do the same in an airplane, which was sponsored by Richard Branson and therefore named the "Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer". Who are we talking about? 6. This man wrote the book "Sailing Alone Around the World", after doing just that between 1895 and 1898; he was the first to do so. Name him. 7. By one interpretation, the first man to ever travel around the world, this starting in 1511, was a slave. How was this possible? 8. In 1947, this airline became the first to offer a regularly scheduled flight that made a series of stops around the world and returned to its starting point. You may remember that in a famous movie about 20 years later, it was depicted as operating commercial flights to the Moon. Name the airline. 9. Speaking of the Moon, let's switch worlds for a moment. Three men together were the first to travel around the Moon. Either name the mission (be sufficiently specific) or name any one of the three astronauts, one of whom was played by Tom Hanks in a movie about a later real-life spaceflight. 10. To bring this *round* *around* *full circle*, we finish with a real-life round-the-world trip by ordinary public transportation, inspired by the fictional Phileas Fogg. It began in 1889 and was, appropriately, sponsored by the "New York *World*". Name the reporter, also the author of the exposé "Ten Days in a Madhouse", who completed her trip on the 73rd day. -- Mark Brader | "If you're incompetent, you can't know you're incompetent... Toronto | the skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly msb@vex.net | the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is." --David Dunning My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 04 11:05PM -0500 Mark Brader: > giving the number from one of the handout pages. All of them > are women. > 1. Emily Carr. #12. > 2. Mary Cassatt. #2. 3 for Joshua and Bruce. > 3. Artemisia Gentileschi. #18. 3 for Joshua. > 4. Judith Leyster. #14. > 5. Frida Kahlo. #7. 4 for Joshua and Bruce. > 6. Georgia O'Keefe. #8. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 7. Berthe Morisot. #19. 2 for Dan Blum. > 8. Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. #9. 3 for Dan Blum. 2 for Joshua. > 9. Anna Mary "Grandma" Moses. #3. 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Bruce. 2 for Joshua. > 10. Mary Pratt. #1. > So there were 10 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you'd like to see > the picture numbers and identify those painters for fun, but for > no points. This time they were all men, and nobody tried them. > 11. Picture eleven. Ramón Cano Manilla. > 12. Picture fifteen. Lawren Harris. > 13. Picture five. Thomas Gainsborough. > 14. Picture four. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. > 15. Picture seventeen. Pierre-Auguste Renoir. > 16. Picture six. Ken Danby. > 17. Picture sixteen. Jose Orozco. > 18. Picture ten. Claude Monet. > 19. Picture thirteen. Jack Savitsky. > 20. Picture twenty. Frans Hals. > we won't always be giving you the top-billed stars. > 1. Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Sean > Leonard. "House, M.D." ("House" was enough. The show ended in 2012.) 4 for Joshua. > 2. Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Peter MacNicol. "Numb3rs" ("Numbers" was okay. It ended in 2010.) 4 for Joshua. > 3. Gabrielle Miller, Lorne Cardinal, Eric Peterson. "Corner Gas". (It ended in 2009.) > 4. Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith. "Trailer Park Boys". (It ended in 2018.) > 5. James Woods, Jeri Ryan, Danielle Panabaker. "Shark". (It ended in 2008.) > 6. America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Vanessa Williams. "Ugly Betty". (It ended in 2010.) 4 for Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Blum. > 7. Katherine Heigl, Kate Walsh, T.R. Knight, Isaiah Washington. "Grey's Anatomy". (Still running. Accepting "Gray's Anatomy", actually the book whose title it plays on, since the pronunciation is the same.) 4 for Joshua. > 8. Naveen Andrews, Jorge Garcia, Matthew Fox, Emilie de Ravin. "Lost". (It ended in 2010.) 4 for Joshua and Bruce. > 9. Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Tricia Helfer, Katee > Sackhoff. "Battlestar Galactica". (It ended in 2009.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 10. William Roache, Betty Driver, Barbara Knox, Eileen Derbyshire. "Coronation Street". (Still running, now after 60 years.) Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Art Ent Joshua Kreitzer 18 24 42 Bruce Bowler 14 8 22 Dan Blum 9 8 17 Dan Tilque 8 0 8 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "People say I'm a skeptic -- msb@vex.net but I find that hard to believe." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 06 01:37PM +0200 Here are some random questions about this and that with absolutely no theme linking them. Answer by posting to the newsgroup. Do only use your own knowledge, do not look up sources or ask someone else. One point for each question. #9 offers the first tie-breaker. The second tie-breaker is a subjective evaluation of the incorrect answers. I plan to score the quiz on Friday 11th. Have fun! 1. In which "smalltown" was the artist Andy Warhol born and raised? 2. In the Ottoman Empire, what where the Janissaries? Be sufficiently specific. 3. To my knowing, there are only two countries with a population over one million that has not reported a single case of covid-19. Name any of them. (And, no, you need to know which countries I have in mind. If there is one I have missed, that's alright.) 4. Why is Obelix so strong? 5. Which is the only US state of the 48 contiguous that is not served at all by Amtrak, neither by train nor by Thruway Connecting Services? 6. What's common between a mosque and a Japanese house with a tatami floor? 7. In Tok Pisin, a pidgin-based language which is commonly used in Papua Guinea, there are two words for the English "we": "yumi" and "mipela". Explain the difference between the two. 8. What is this symbol? Give its name or function. http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/symbol.jpg 9. There are two cities in Europe named Brest. Which countries are they located in? Name any of the two for a regular point. Name both for the first tie breaker. 10. The word "quarantine" originates from a period of which length? 11. Which world leader recently announced recently that he is stepping down due to health reasons? 12. The recent film "Joker" is set in Gotham City in which year within 5? |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Sep 06 02:55PM > 1. In which "smalltown" was the artist Andy Warhol born and raised? Poughkeepsie > 2. In the Ottoman Empire, what where the Janissaries? Be sufficiently > specific. an elite corps of guards/soldiers formed of slaves, mostly or entirely from Europe > one million that has not reported a single case of covid-19. Name > any of them. (And, no, you need to know which countries I have in > mind. If there is one I have missed, that's alright.) Eritrea > 5. Which is the only US state of the 48 contiguous that is not served > at all by Amtrak, neither by train nor by Thruway Connecting Services? Wyoming > 6. What's common between a mosque and a Japanese house with a tatami floor? you have to take your shoes off before entering > 7. In Tok Pisin, a pidgin-based language which is commonly used in > Papua Guinea, there are two words for the English "we": "yumi" and > "mipela". Explain the difference between the two. "yumi" refers to the speaker and the person being spoken to; "mipela" is more general > 9. There are two cities in Europe named Brest. Which countries are they > located in? Name any of the two for a regular point. Name both for > the first tie breaker. France > 10. The word "quarantine" originates from a period of which length? forty days > 11. Which world leader recently announced recently that he is stepping > down due to health reasons? Abe > 12. The recent film "Joker" is set in Gotham City in which year within 5? 1985 -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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 06 07:39PM Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in > 1. In which "smalltown" was the artist Andy Warhol born and raised? Pittsburgh (but I don't think that counts as a small town ...) > 5. Which is the only US state of the 48 contiguous that is not served > at all by Amtrak, neither by train nor by Thruway Connecting > Services? North Dakota > 6. What's common between a mosque and a Japanese house with a tatami > floor? one is supposed to walk barefoot there > 7. In Tok Pisin, a pidgin-based language which is commonly used in > Papua Guinea, there are two words for the English "we": "yumi" and > "mipela". Explain the difference between the two. "yumi" includes both the speaker and the listener, while "mipela" includes the speaker and at least one other person > 8. What is this symbol? Give its name or function. > http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/symbol.jpg it's a musical clef, but not the usual treble or bass clef > they > located in? Name any of the two for a regular point. Name both for > the first tie breaker. France, Poland > 10. The word "quarantine" originates from a period of which length? 40 > 12. The recent film "Joker" is set in Gotham City in which year within > 5? 1980 -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 06 04:05PM -0500 Erland Sommarskog: > 1. In which "smalltown" was the artist Andy Warhol born and raised? New York City? > 2. In the Ottoman Empire, what where the Janissaries? Be sufficiently > specific. Imperial guards? > one million that has not reported a single case of covid-19. Name > any of them. (And, no, you need to know which countries I have in > mind. If there is one I have missed, that's alright.) Is there a miscount of negatives inside the parentheses? I'll go with North Korea. > 4. Why is Obelix so strong? Well, if you carried an obelisk around with you everywhere, I guess you'd be strong too. > 5. Which is the only US state of the 48 contiguous that is not served > at all by Amtrak, neither by train nor by Thruway Connecting Services? Arrrgh, he got me on a train question. I'll try Kansas. > 6. What's common between a mosque and a Japanese house with a tatami floor? Shoes are not worn inside. > 7. In Tok Pisin, a pidgin-based language which is commonly used in > Papua Guinea, there are two words for the English "we": "yumi" and > "mipela". Explain the difference between the two. They are inclusive and exclusive of the listener. > 8. What is this symbol? Give its name or function. > http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/symbol.jpg It marks one end of a section of music to be repeated. > 9. There are two cities in Europe named Brest. Which countries are they > located in? Name any of the two for a regular point. Name both for > the first tie breaker. France, Belarus. > 10. The word "quarantine" originates from a period of which length? 40 days. > 11. Which world leader recently announced recently that he is stepping > down due to health reasons? Abe. > 12. The recent film "Joker" is set in Gotham City in which year within 5? 2020? -- Mark Brader | "There is a pervasive illusion in certain quarters Toronto | that Mother Nature is our friend. Wrong; dead wrong. msb@vex.net | She doesn't care whether we live or die, | and she loves surprises." -- Henry Spencer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Sep 06 02:43PM -0700 On Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 7:37:52 AM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote: > I plan to score the quiz on Friday 11th. > Have fun! > 1. In which "smalltown" was the artist Andy Warhol born and raised? pittsburgh > 2. In the Ottoman Empire, what where the Janissaries? Be sufficiently > specific. elite "new soldiers" who were household guards and formed the firststanding army |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Sep 06 03:01PM -0700 On Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 5:44:00 PM UTC-4, swp wrote: > > I plan to score the quiz on Friday 11th. > > Have fun! > > 1. In which "smalltown" was the artist Andy Warhol born and raised? pittsburgh > > 2. In the Ottoman Empire, what where the Janissaries? Be sufficiently > > specific. elite "new soldiers" who were household guards and formed the first standing army > > one million that has not reported a single case of covid-19. Name > > any of them. (And, no, you need to know which countries I have in > > mind. If there is one I have missed, that's alright.) lesotho ; turkmenistan > > 4. Why is Obelix so strong? he was dropped into the gaul's potion cauldron as a baby > > 5. Which is the only US state of the 48 contiguous that is not served > > at all by Amtrak, neither by train nor by Thruway Connecting Services? south dakota > > 6. What's common between a mosque and a Japanese house with a tatami floor? the proportions are the same > > 7. In Tok Pisin, a pidgin-based language which is commonly used in > > Papua Guinea, there are two words for the English "we": "yumi" and > > "mipela". Explain the difference between the two. mipela refers to a speakers and someone else who is not being spoken to > > 8. What is this symbol? Give its name or function. > > http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/symbol.jpg c-clef > > 9. There are two cities in Europe named Brest. Which countries are they > > located in? Name any of the two for a regular point. Name both for > > the first tie breaker. france ; belarus > > 10. The word "quarantine" originates from a period of which length? 40 days > > 11. Which world leader recently announced recently that he is stepping > > down due to health reasons? shinzō abe > > 12. The recent film "Joker" is set in Gotham City in which year within 5? 1980 swp |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Sep 07 03:26AM Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in > one million that has not reported a single case of covid-19. Name > any of them. (And, no, you need to know which countries I have in > mind. If there is one I have missed, that's alright.) Singapore > 5. Which is the only US state of the 48 contiguous that is not served > at all by Amtrak, neither by train nor by Thruway Connecting > Services? Maine > 6. What's common between a mosque and a Japanese house with a tatami > floor? Must take shoes off before entering > "mipela". Explain the difference between the two. > 8. What is this symbol? Give its name or function. > http://www.sommarskog.se/temp/symbol.jpg Represents Swedish Krone > they > located in? Name any of the two for a regular point. Name both for > the first tie breaker. France and Poland > 10. The word "quarantine" originates from a period of which length? 30 days > 11. Which world leader recently announced recently that he is stepping > down due to health reasons? Abe > 12. The recent film "Joker" is set in Gotham City in which year within > 5? 1960 Pete Gayde |
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