| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 17 11:19PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-04-02, 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*)". In Round 2 I wrote one of the 5 triples, conceived another and wrote one of the questions in it, and wrote one question in a third triple. In Round 3 I wrote 4 triples. ** Final, Round 2 - Entertainment * Fictional Fictional Detectives 1. Which fictional character likes to unwind by adopting the persona of 1940s San Francisco detective Dixon Hill? 2. Name the 1972 movie where in an early scene we hear Laurence Olivier's character dictating these words in a manuscript: "St. John ['Sinjun'] Lord Merridew, the great detective, rose majestically, his huge Father Christmas face glowing with mischievous delight. Slowly, he brushed the crumbs of seedy cake from the folds of his pendulous waistcoat ['weskit']. 'The Police may be baffled, Inspector', he boomed, 'but Merridew is not.'" 3. In the 1980s TV series "Remington Steele", the female head of a detective agency invented a male figurehead in order to attract more business. Of course, Pierce Brosnan shot to popularity playing the character who adopted the Remington Steele persona, while the actress who played his creator went on to a less stellar career. But name *either* the actress or her character. * Grunge Debut Albums This triple refers to debut albums (that is, not not EPs or singles) of grunge bands. We'll give you an album name; you name the band whose debut album it was: 4. "Facelift", released 1990-08-21, Columbia Records. 5. "Bleach", released 1989-06-15, Sub Pop Records. 6. "Ten", released 1991-08-27, Epic Records. * Early Cast Members All answers in this triple are TV crime shows ("""current""" or past) that ran or that """have run""" for 5 years or more. We'll name the year the series started, and an actor who played a regular part in it -- but for only the first season or two. You name the series; exact titles required. 7. 1990, George Dzundza as Detective Sergeant Max Greevey. 8. 2001, Xander Berkeley as George Mason. 9. 1993, David Caruso as Detective Joe Kelly. * Julia Roberts Movies 10. """What movie""" starred Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson, with Patrick Stewart as chief villain? 11. """Two""" movies, released 9 years apart, have starred Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. Name *both*. *Note*: if there are now more than two, name *any two*. 12. In this romance, Julia Roberts plays a movie star so popular she earns $15,000,000 US for one movie -- or exactly what Roberts was paid for the role. Alec Baldwin makes a brief appearance as an ex, or perhaps not so ex, boyfriend who turns up unexpectedly at her hotel room. Name the movie. * Singers in Bad Movies These three """recent""" movies starred pop singers trying, and failing, to make the crossover to movie stardom. Given the description, name the terrible movie. 13. This 2001 semi-autobiographical movie stars Mariah Carey playing Billie Frank, a thinly-veiled Carey-like performer. Carey "won" Worst Actress for this movie at the 2001 Golden Raspberry awards. 14. "American Idol" finalists Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini star in this 2003 movie musical, which was clearly rushed into production to capitalize on the popularity of the TV series. When asked about why she did the film, Clarkson told "Time" magazine, "Two words: Contractually obligated!" 15. This 2002 Britney Spears high-school-graduation movie, co- starring Dan Ackroyd, received unanimously negative reviews, mostly panning Spears's acting ability. It also "won" the Golden Raspberry for the Worst Original Song: "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman." ** Final, Round 3 - Geography * Small Countries' Neighbors In each case, we name a small country and you must name *each* of the one or more countries that """are""" adjacent to it. You must give the *exact list* of one or more countries. If you take two guesses, please separate them clearly so I can tell which countries are part of which list. 1. Liechtenstein. 2. Andorra. 3. Monaco. * Similar-Named Countries These questions each refer to the usual short name of each country in English: for example, it's not United Mexican States or Estados Unidos Mexicanos or even México, it's Mexico. And don't worry about articles, as in "the" Netherlands, either. In each case both names have the same number of letters, and you will have to give *both* names. *Note*: Nothing here has changed since the original game. 4. There are two countries whose names differ only in the *last letter*, and they are adjacent. Name them. 5. There are two countries whose names differ only in the *first* letter. Both are in Africa, one in the west with a short coastline, one in the south that's landlocked. Their names are 6 letters long, and they both came up in the African round in Game 9. What are they? 6. There are two countries whose names differ only in the *second* letter. They more or less face each other across about 700 miles (1,100 km) of ocean, and their names are 7 letters long. What are they? * Demographics of Afghanistan 7. What """is""" the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, with around 40% of the population, concentrated mainly in the southern and eastern part of the country? Historically they have called themselves Afghans, but that term is now commonly used to refer to inhabitants of the country as a whole. 8. The language of <answer 7>, named similarly to the people, is one of Afghanistan's official languages. What is the *other* one? 9. Adherents of this religion were never numerous in Afghanistan, and most of the remaining ones left the country when the Soviets invaded in 1979. One of the last two died in 2005. What religion? * Not Quite In In this triple we give you some cities that are near another country, which you must name. For example, if we said Detroit, USA, you would say Canada. 10. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 11. Kolkata (or Calcutta), India. 12. Singapore. * Historic Geography In each case please answer in English, and now we're after *full* country names, *not* short names. 13. This country with capital Cairo was formed in 1958, but broke up into its constituent parts in 1961, although one of them did not revert to its original name until 1971. Warning: a loose confederation consisting of this country plus North Yemen had a similar name, which is not the answer we want. 14. The country """we remember""" as Yugoslavia was formed in the aftermath of World War I under what inconveniently long name, which continued in use until 1929? It used the word "Kingdom" and referred to several of the ethnic groups that lived there. 15. """Today""" there are 6 different countries between Mexico and Panama, but this country formed in 1823 included almost all of that whole area. Much like Yugoslavia, it broke up in a series of wars, in this case beginning in 1838. 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| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 18 05:19AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:AtSdnU9jK-b5XxbCnZ2dnUU7- > * Fictional Fictional Detectives > 1. Which fictional character likes to unwind by adopting the > persona of 1940s San Francisco detective Dixon Hill? Jean-Luc Picard > cake from the folds of his pendulous waistcoat ['weskit']. > 'The Police may be baffled, Inspector', he boomed, 'but > Merridew is not.'" "Sleuth" > playing the character who adopted the Remington Steele persona, > while the actress who played his creator went on to a less > stellar career. But name *either* the actress or her character. Stephanie Zimbalist > of grunge bands. We'll give you an album name; you name the band > whose debut album it was: > 5. "Bleach", released 1989-06-15, Sub Pop Records. Nirvana > 6. "Ten", released 1991-08-27, Epic Records. Pearl Jam > a regular part in it -- but for only the first season or two. > You name the series; exact titles required. > 7. 1990, George Dzundza as Detective Sergeant Max Greevey. "Law and Order" > 8. 2001, Xander Berkeley as George Mason. "24" > 9. 1993, David Caruso as Detective Joe Kelly. "NYPD Blue" > * Julia Roberts Movies > 10. """What movie""" starred Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson, with > Patrick Stewart as chief villain? "Conspiracy Theory" > 11. """Two""" movies, released 9 years apart, have starred Julia > Roberts and Richard Gere. Name *both*. *Note*: if there are > now more than two, name *any two*. "Pretty Woman", "Runaway Bride" > 13. This 2001 semi-autobiographical movie stars Mariah Carey playing > Billie Frank, a thinly-veiled Carey-like performer. Carey "won" > Worst Actress for this movie at the 2001 Golden Raspberry awards. "Glitter" > production to capitalize on the popularity of the TV series. > When asked about why she did the film, Clarkson told "Time" > magazine, "Two words: Contractually obligated!" "From Justin to Kelly" > mostly panning Spears's acting ability. It also "won" the > Golden Raspberry for the Worst Original Song: "I'm Not a Girl, > Not Yet a Woman." "Crossroads" > take two guesses, please separate them clearly so I can tell which > countries are part of which list. > 1. Liechtenstein. Switzerland and Austria > 2. Andorra. France and Spain > 3. Monaco. France > have the same number of letters, and you will have to give *both* > names. *Note*: Nothing here has changed since the original game. > 4. There are two countries whose names differ only in the *last letter*, and they are adjacent. Name them. Iraq and Iran > coastline, one in the south that's landlocked. Their names are > 6 letters long, and they both came up in the African round in > Game 9. What are they? Gambia and Zambia > letter. They more or less face each other across about 700 miles > (1,100 km) of ocean, and their names are 7 letters long. > What are they? Ireland and Iceland > and eastern part of the country? Historically they have called > themselves Afghans, but that term is now commonly used to refer > to inhabitants of the country as a whole. Pashtuns > 8. The language of <answer 7>, named similarly to the people, is > one of Afghanistan's official languages. What is the *other* > one? Farsi; Daru > and most of the remaining ones left the country when the > Soviets invaded in 1979. One of the last two died in 2005. > What religion? Judaism > country, which you must name. For example, if we said Detroit, > USA, you would say Canada. > 10. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Uruguay > 11. Kolkata (or Calcutta), India. Bangladesh > 12. Singapore. Malaysia > not revert to its original name until 1971. Warning: a loose > confederation consisting of this country plus North Yemen had > a similar name, which is not the answer we want. United Arab Republic > aftermath of World War I under what inconveniently long name, > which continued in use until 1929? It used the word "Kingdom" > and referred to several of the ethnic groups that lived there. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes > Panama, but this country formed in 1823 included almost all of > that whole area. Much like Yugoslavia, it broke up in a series > of wars, in this case beginning in 1838. What was it called? Republic of Central America -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 18 12:06PM +0200 > ** Final, Round 2 - Entertainment > 4. "Facelift", released 1990-08-21, Columbia Records. Alice in Chains > 5. "Bleach", released 1989-06-15, Sub Pop Records. Pearl Jam > 6. "Ten", released 1991-08-27, Epic Records. Alice in Chains > ** Final, Round 3 - Geography > * Small Countries' Neighbors > 1. Liechtenstein. Swizerland and Austria > 2. Andorra. France and Spain > 3. Monaco. France > * Similar-Named Countries > 4. There are two countries whose names differ only in the *last > letter*, and they are adjacent. Name them. Iran and Iraq > coastline, one in the south that's landlocked. Their names are > 6 letters long, and they both came up in the African round in > Game 9. What are they? Zambia and Gambia > letter. They more or less face each other across about 700 miles > (1,100 km) of ocean, and their names are 7 letters long. > What are they? Ireland and Iceland > and eastern part of the country? Historically they have called > themselves Afghans, but that term is now commonly used to refer > to inhabitants of the country as a whole. Pashtuns > 8. The language of <answer 7>, named similarly to the people, is > one of Afghanistan's official languages. What is the *other* > one? Dari > and most of the remaining ones left the country when the > Soviets invaded in 1979. One of the last two died in 2005. > What religion? Zoroastrianism > 10. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Uruguay > 11. Kolkata (or Calcutta), India. Bangladesh > 12. Singapore. Malaysia > not revert to its original name until 1971. Warning: a loose > confederation consisting of this country plus North Yemen had > a similar name, which is not the answer we want. United Arab Federation > aftermath of World War I under what inconveniently long name, > which continued in use until 1929? It used the word "Kingdom" > and referred to several of the ethnic groups that lived there. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (or SHS for short) > Panama, but this country formed in 1823 included almost all of > that whole area. Much like Yugoslavia, it broke up in a series > of wars, in this case beginning in 1838. What was it called? Gran Colombia |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 17 04:38PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:oPudnSoyGLyRTRrCnZ2dnUU7- > in order (largest first), or two guesses at the three largest. > *Note*: For questions #1-2, if you are giving the answer for > 2020, then the 2010 census is the relevant one. Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta > 2. Largest population, based on city proper and *not* metropolitan > areas, """in the 2000 census""". These are cities in New York > State: Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Utica. Buffalo, Rochester, Albany > 3. Largest area. Algeria, Australia, China, India, Mexico, Sudan. China, Australia, Algeria > 4. Smallest area. (So give the *smallest one first*.) Andorra, > Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City. Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino > names, so if we refer here to a complex, we mean the tallest > building in it. Commerce Court, First Canadian Place, Manulife > Centre, Royal Bank Plaza, Scotia Plaza, Toronto-Dominion Centre. Manulife Centre, Royal Bank Plaza, Commerce Court > gur uvturfg sybbe; nf hfhny, gurfr qb pbhag, ohg nagraanf qb abg. > Puelfyre Ohvyqvat, Rzcver Fgngr Ohvyqvat, Svefg Pnanqvna Cynpr, > Crgebanf Gbjref (va Xhnyn Yhzche), Frnef Gbjre, Gnvcrv 101. Petronas Towers, Taipei 101, Sears Tower > islands, *not* any political units of the same names that may > include additional land such as secondary islands. Baffin I., > Honshu, New Guinea, Newfoundland, Sicily, Tasmania. New Guinea, Baffin Island, Honshu > Note: Do not give just "London" as an answer! > 10. Most easterly. Boston, Buffalo, Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto, > Washington. Boston, Montreal, Toronto > A1. For much of the 20th century, a major operator of inter-city > and suburban buses serving Toronto was Gray Coach Lines. > It was founded in 1927 as a subsidiary of what organization? Greyhound > Two years later, it was sold again to the Canadian branch > of an American-owned company, and now lost its distinct > identity. Name either buyer. Greyhound > but the others still apply. > B1. Where in the body would you find this? > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10/gray1.jpg Hip > B2. Your question is: what body part is this? > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10/gray2.jpg Tailbone > C1. Who """plays""" the title character on "Grey's Anatomy"? > C2. What's the name of the character who """is""" played by > Sandra Oh? Yang > D2. The """last time""" that a team won the Grey Cup before > their *own home crowd*, the losing team was Baltimore. > Who won? Edmonton; Calgary > * F. The Blue and the Gray > F1. The US Civil War began on 1861-04-12, at Fort Sumter -- > in what *city*? Charleston, South Carolina > he surrendered to, or else name the place and one of the > two men. That is, give *two out of three* answers: person, > person, place. Lee and Grant Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 17 11:17PM -0500 Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information... > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". Now Game 10 is over and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER! Hearty congratulations, eh? > ** Game 10, Round 9 - Geography - Rank These > Just in case you're way behind in the game at this point, don't > worry, you may still be able to win -- because this is a bonus round. Even without counting the bonus points, in the original game this was the easiest round after the current-events round, and was the fourth-easiest of the entire season if current-events rounds are ignored. > that, and it is a multiple-choice round.) > In addition, you have the usual opportunity to give a second guess. > To avoid any confusion, on your second guess you should also give Sorry, a line was accidentally deleted at this point: | #1, #2, and #3 answers in order. The scoring will depend on whether > or not the #1 part of your answer is the same in the two guesses, as > follows (view the table in a monospaced font for proper alignment): I don't think the error caused anyone any trouble. > | 2nd of two guesses with | | | > | #1 part different | 4 | 2 | > +------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+ I had to do this special scoring by hand, so please let me know if you think I got it wrong. > Got all that? Okay, here we go. For those interested, in addition to the answers I'll give the data tables that this round was constructed from. On questions #1-8, I'll show the top 10 or so places from the complete list in each ranking, plus any ones used in the question that don't rank that high. Obviously, in each case the numbering on the left is the one we asked about. > If you want to give the answer as of 2020, then *you must say* > you are doing that. If you make a second guess then it must be > for the same time period. Somewhat to my surprise, nobody chose to use the more recent data. But in fact none of the answers have changed except that one building was renamed, and I'm not worrying about that; some of the supporting details shown below have changed, though. > in order (largest first), or two guesses at the three largest. > *Note*: For questions #1-2, if you are giving the answer for > 2020, then the 2010 census is the relevant one. Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco. 6 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, and Pete. The US Census Bureau actually uses long names like "New York - Northern New Jersey - Long Island"; we'll keep them short here. In the 2010 census they put San Jose and San Francisco into two separate metropolitan answers, but since the question specified "including San Jose", I've totaled the two metropolitan populations. 2007 details (based on 2000): New York 21,199,865 (#1 in USA) 1. Los Angeles 16,373,645 (#2) 2. Chicago 9,157,540 (#3) Washington - Baltimore 7,608,070 (#4) 3. San Francisco - San Jose 7,039,362 (#5) Philadelphia 6,188,463 (#6) Boston 5,819,100 (#7) Detroit 5,456,428 (#8) Dallas 5,221,801 (#9) Houston 4,669,571 (#10) 4. Atlanta 4,112,198 (#11) 5. Miami - Ft. Lauderdale 3,876,380 (#12) Seattle 3,554,760 (#13) 6. Phoenix 3,251,876 (#14) 2020 details (based on 2010): New York 18,897,109 (#1) 1. Los Angeles 12,828,837 (#2) 2. Chicago 9,461,105 (#3) Dallas 6,366,542 (#4) 3. San Francisco - San Jose 6,172,302 (#11+#34) Philadelphia 5,965,343 (#5) Houston 5,920,416 (#6) Washington 5,649,540 (#7) 4. Miami - Ft. Lauderdale 5,564,635 (#8) 5. Atlanta 5,286,728 (#9) Boston 4,552,402 (#10) San Francisco - Oakland 4,335,391 (#11) Detroit 4,296,250 (#12) Riverside - San Bernardino 4,224,851 (#13) 6. Phoenix 4,192,887 (#14) > 2. Largest population, based on city proper and *not* metropolitan > areas, """in the 2000 census""". These are cities in New York > State: Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Utica. Buffalo, Rochester, Albany. 6 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Pete. The top 10 cities are unchanged between the two censuses: [2000] [2010] New York 8,008,278 8,175,133 (#1 in state) 1. Buffalo 292,648 261,310 (#2) 2. Rochester 219,773 210,565 (#3) Yonkers 196,086 195,976 (#4) Syracuse 147,306 145,170 (#5) 3. Albany 95,658 97,856 (#6) New Rochelle 72,182 77,062 (#7) Mount Vernon 68,381 67,292 (#8) Schenectady 61,821 66,135 (#9) 4. Utica 60,651 62,235 (#10) 5th of the possible answers is Niagara Falls with 55,593 in 2000 (#11 in state), 50,193 in 2010 (#12). 6th is Ithaca with 29,287 in 2000 (#21), 30,014 in 2010 (#20). > 3. Largest area. Algeria, Australia, China, India, Mexico, Sudan. China, Australia, India. 6 for Joshua, Erland, and Da Tilque. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, and Pete. For questions #3-4, areas in km² are shown according to the CIA World Factbook. This source erroneously includes offshore water claims for the the US to make it appear larger than China, but the question didn't ask about the US. [circa 2007] [2020] Russia 17,075,200 17,098,242 (#1 in world) Canada 9,984,670 9,984,670 (#2) United States 9,631,420 9,833,517 (#3) 1. China 9,596,960 9,596,960 (#4) Brazil 8,511,965 8,515,770 (#5) 2. Australia 7,686,850 7,741,220 (#6) 3. India 3,287,590 3,287,263 (#7) Argentina 2,766,890 2,780,400 (#8) Kazakhstan 2,717,300 2,724,900 (#9) 4->6. Sudan 2,505,810 1,861,484 (was #10, now #15) 5->4. Algeria 2,381,740 2,381,740 (#11 -> #10) Dem. Rep. Congo 2,345,410 2,344,858 (#12 -> #11) Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 2,149,690 (#13 -> #12) 6->5. Mexico 1,972,550 1,964,375 (#14 -> #13) Indonesia 1,919,440 1,904,569 (#15 -> #14) > 4. Smallest area. (So give the *smallest one first*.) Andorra, > Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City. Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino. 6 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. 5 for Bruce. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland. Here I'm only showing the data from 2020. There's been no change that comes close to affecting the answer. 1. Vatican City 0.44 (#1 in world) 2. Monaco 2 (#2) Nauru 21 (#3) Tuvalu 26 (#4) 3. San Marino 61 (#5) Liechtenstein 160 (#6) Marshall Is. 181 (#7) St. Kitts & Nevis 261 (#8) Maldives 298 (#9) 4. Malta 316 (#10) ... 5. Andorra 468 (#16) ... 6. Luxembourg 2,586 (#27) > names, so if we refer here to a complex, we mean the tallest > building in it. Commerce Court, First Canadian Place, Manulife > Centre, Royal Bank Plaza, Scotia Plaza, Toronto-Dominion Centre. First Canadian Place, Scotia Plaza, Commerce Court. For questions 5-6: Heights are shown in meters; the number of floors is shown after that for interest. Data according to www.emporis.com, but this source lists only the top 20 tallest buildings in Toronto and the ones that were #7-10 in the city are no longer on their list. 1. First Canadian Place 298 72 (#1 in city) 2. Scotia Plaza 275 68 (was #2, now #3) BCE Place - Canada Trust Tower 261 53 (#3 -> #5) 3. Commerce Court West 239 57 (#4 -> #7) 4. TD Centre - TD Bank Tower 223 56 (#5 -> #14) BCE Place - Bay Wellington Tower 208 49 (#6 -> #19) TD Centre - Royal Trust Tower 183 46 (was #7) 5. Royal Bank Plaza South 180 40 (was #8) 1 King St. W. 176 51 (was #9) 6. Manulife Centre - 44 Charles St. W. 166 51 (was #10) > the highest floor; as usual, these do count, but antennas do not. > Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, First Canadian Place, > Petronas Towers (in Kuala Lumpur), Sears Tower, Taipei 101. Taipei 101, Petronas Towers, Sears (now Willis) Tower. 6 for Bruce. 5 for Joshua. The emporis.com site lists only the top 200 tallest in the world. First Canadian Place no longer makes that list at all, and the top 10 have completely changed since this game was written. 1. Taipei 101, Taipei 509 101 (was #1 in world, now #11) 2. Petronas Tower 1, Kuala Lumpur 452 88 (#2/3 -> #20/21) Petronas Tower 2, Kuala Lumpur 452 88 (#2/3 -> #20/21) 3. Sears (now Willis) Tower, Chicago 442 108 (#4 -> #23) Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai 421 88 (#5 -> #33) 2 International Finance, Hong Kong 415 88 (#6 -> #34) CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou 391 80 (#7 -> #42) Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen 384 69 (#8 -> #47) 4. Empire State Building, New York City 381 102 (#9 -> #50) Central Plaza, Hong Kong 374 78 (#10 -> #53) ... 5. Chrysler Building, New York City 319 77 (#23 -> #136) ... 6. First Canadian Place, Toronto 298 72 (was #37) For your interest, the top 10 in the world are now: Burj Khalifa, Dubai 828 163 (#1) Shanghai Tower, Shanghai 632 128 (#2) Makkah Clock Royal Tower, Makkah 601 120 (#3) Ping An Int'l Finance Ctr., Shenzhen 599 116 (#4) Goldin Finance 117, Tianjin 597 117 (#5) Lotte World Tower, Seoul 554 123 (#6) 1 World Trade Center, New York City 541 104 (#7) CTF Finance Centre, Guangzhou 530 111 (#8) Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, Tianjin 530 97 (#9) CITIC Tower, Beijing 528 108 (#10) > islands, *not* any political units of the same names that may > include additional land such as secondary islands. Baffin I., > Honshu, New Guinea, Newfoundland, Sicily, Tasmania. New Guinea, Baffin I., Honshu. 6 for Joshua and Pete. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. For questions #7-8: areas in km² are shown according to Wikipedia as it read at the time we constructed the round, and as it read when I was updating the round in 2020 for reposting. [2007] [2020] Greenland 2,130,800 2,130,800 (#1 in world) 1. New Guinea 785,753 785,753 (#2) Borneo 748,168 748,168 (#3) Madagascar 587,713 587,041 (#4) 2. Baffin I. 507,451 507,451 (#5) Sumatra 443,066 443,065 (#6) 3. Honshu 225,800 225,800 (#7) Great Britain 218,595 209,331 (was #8, now #9) Victoria I. 217,291 217,291 (#9 -> #8) Ellesmere I. 196,236 196,236 (#10) ... 4. Newfoundland 108,860 108,860 (#16) ... 5. Tasmania 64,519 65,022 (#26) ... 6. Sicily 25,662 25,711 (#45) No, I don't know why Wikipedia shrank Great Britain by over 3,500 square miles. Looking at the edit history, it changed in 2008 and no source was cited for the old area, so probably it had been wrong for some time before that and is now right. > 8. Largest area. L. Athabasca, L. Erie, Great Bear L., > Great Slave L., L. Huron, L. Winnipeg. L. Huron, Great Bear L., Great Slave L. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Joshua. The right-hand column shows the rank of the whole lake area among those natural lakes that are wholly or partly in Canada. L. Superior 82,414 82,100 (#1) 1. L. Huron 59,596 59,600 (#2) L. Michigan 58,016 58,000 2. Great Bear L. 31,153 31,000 (#3) 3. Great Slave L. 28,400 27,000 (#4) 4. L. Erie 25,745 25,700 (#5) 5. L. Winnipeg 24,514 24,514 (#6) L. Ontario 18,529 18,960 (#7) 6. L. Athabasca 7,850 7,850 (#8) Reindeer L. 6,500 6,330 (#9) > 9. Most northerly. Copenhagen, Denmark; Edmonton, Alberta; Halifax, > Nova Scotia; Lisbon, Portugal; London, England; London, Ontario. > Note: Do not give just "London" as an answer! Copenhagen, Edmonton, London (England). 5 for Bruce. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Erland. For questions #9-10: City centers are typically several minutes wide; we selected a representative point in each city center and the coordinates are as shown by Google Maps for those points. 1. Copenhagen 55°40' N 2. Edmonton 53°32' N 3. London, England 51°30' N 4. Halifax 44°39' N 5. London, Ontario 42°59' N 6. Lisbon 38°43' N > 10. Most easterly. Boston, Buffalo, Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto, > Washington. Boston, Montreal, Philadelphia. 6 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 4 for Bruce, Erland, and Pete. 1. Boston 71° 4' W 2. Montreal 73°34' W 3. Philadelphia 75°10' W 4. Washington 77° 0' W 5. Buffalo 78°53' W 6. Toronto 79°23' W > A1. For much of the 20th century, a major operator of inter-city > and suburban buses serving Toronto was Gray Coach Lines. > It was founded in 1927 as a subsidiary of what organization? The Toronto Transportation Commission (accepting TTC; treating the present name Toronto Transit Commission as "almost correct"). > Two years later, it was sold again to the Canadian branch > of an American-owned company, and now lost its distinct > identity. Name either buyer. Stagecoach, or the thematic answer, Greyhound Lines of Canada ("Greyhound" was sufficient). 4 for Joshua, Bruce, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > but the others still apply. > B1. Where in the body would you find this? > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10/gray1.jpg Temporomandibular joint. (Or temporal mandibular joint; the joint at the rear of the jawbone that flexes when you chew or talk. That's a tooth on top of the bone at the bottom right of the image. Any description referring to the jaw, mandible, or mouth would do, but I thought the head was too large for full points.) 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland. > B2. Your question is: what body part is this? > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10/gray2.jpg Sternum (breastbone, vertical bone in center of chest). The numbered notches down each side are where the ribs meet it, and I accepted "ribs" as almost correct. 4 for Bruce, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > * C. "Grey's Anatomy" > C1. Who """plays""" the title character on "Grey's Anatomy"? Ellen Pompeo. (Still true, now about to go into the 17th season.) > C2. What's the name of the character who """is""" played by |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 18 11:53AM +0200 > square miles. Looking at the edit history, it changed in 2008 and > no source was cited for the old area, so probably it had been wrong > for some time before that and is now right. Brexit, Mark! Brexit! Brexiting is just in their DNA. Apparently, there are some parts exiting from the main island piece by piece. A little more seriously, in my Phillips World Atlas, printed in 1994, the area is given as 229 880 km², that is even larger. Times Comprehensive World Atlas, 11th editon of 2003 says 218 476 km². I also looked in Svensk Uppslagsbok from the mid-fifties. Here the area for the main island is given as 217 720 km². There is one more titbit in this article of the interest. The total area for England, Scotland and Wales is given as 228 255 km², that is less than what Phillips says, although this number also includes other islands. It appears to be difficult to measure the area of that island accurately. Or it is constantly changing in size due to a combination of land-rise, erosion and sedimentation. |
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