| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 20 11:29PM -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*)". I wrote 4 triples in Round 4 and 3 triples in round 6. ** Final, Round 4 - Science * Ancient Units of Measure 1. In the third century BC, Eratosthenes became the first person to derive a measurement of the size of the Earth. Unfortunately we don't know how accurate his result was, because we don't know the exact length of his unit of measure, only that it was something like five or six hundred feet. He calculated that the Earth's circumference was 250,000 *what*? 2. Ancient Rome had units similar to our pound and foot, and both of these had subsidiary units that were named using the same word that meant 1/12 of anything. The two corresponding units of British measure both have names derived from this Latin word; give the Latin word. 3. This largish unit of weight, which is mentioned in the Bible, was used by the Greeks and the Hebrews and was equivalent to about 25 or 30 kilograms. * Electronics Components No, we're not asking about the ruler. 4. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro1.jpg>? 5. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro2.jpg>? 6. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro3.jpg>? * Physicists From 1944 to 2004, 11 transuranic elements """have been""" given names in honor of scientists. We will ask you about three of those people, all physicists. 7. He was born in 1845 in Prussia and lived until 1923, and is most famous for discovering X-rays, which he gave that name because their nature was unknown. Who was he? 8. He was born in 1871 in New Zealand and lived until 1937. He worked in England and Canada. He discovered that radioactivity involves different types of radiation, two of which he named alpha and beta radiation. By studying the deflection of alpha rays, he then discovered that the atom contains a nucleus. Name him. 9. He was born and died in Copenhagen, living 1885-1962. He took the concept of an atom's structure devised by <answer 8>, and applied Max Planck's theory of quantum physics to it. This produced the theory that electrons are constrained to occupy "shells", which in turn explained important aspects of chemistry. He also suggested that fission and similar events could be modeled by considering the nucleus as a drop of liquid. Name him. * Bones 10. The spine or vertebral column terminates with the coccyx ["KOK-six"] or tailbone; what is the large triangular bone directly above it, inserted like a wedge between the hip bones? 11. In which part of the body are the parietal and occipital bones? Be sufficiently specific. 12. Where are the atlas and axis bones? * Liquid Elements 13. Mercury is one of two elements that are liquid at room temperature. Name the other, a halogen element with a melting point of -7°C and a boiling point of 59°C. 14. This element has the lowest boiling point of all and is the only one that remains liquid, except under high pressure, as the temperature approaches absolute zero. 15. What element has the highest melting point of all metals, liquefying only at a temperature of just over 3,400°C? ** Final, Round 6 - Canadiana * Towns We'll give you the names of two cities or towns; you tell us what province """they're""" both in. 1. Mt. Pearl; Grand Falls - Windsor. 2. Weyburn; Estevan. 3. Quesnel; Smithers. * QEW 4. Rather than QEW, highway signs for the Queen Elizabeth Way originally used a different sequence of initials. The same initials also appeared on decorative lampposts, of which we believe only a few remain and none on the road's present route. What were these initials? 5. Who is the QEW named after? Be sufficiently specific, of course. 6. Where was the original southern terminus of the QEW? * Shot in Toronto This triple is about movies where filming locations in Toronto represented settings in the United States. 7. John Houseman won an Oscar for this 1973 drama about law school students. It was filmed in part at the University of Toronto. 8. This 1976 satirical drama won four Oscars, one of them a posthumous award. Scenes set in a TV studio were filmed at CFTO. 9. For this more recent film, a boxing drama, one of Toronto's Bay stores was disguised as Madison Square Garden and a shantytown was built on the U of T's Scarborough Campus. * Charter of Rights 10. Complete the section. Section 1: "The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a..." 11. Section 2: "Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful ____; (d) freedom of ____." Fill in *either one* of the blanks. 12. Each of these two sections is completed by a pair of related things. Name *any two* of the four things; don't worry about fitting the grammatical form to the specific section. Section 8: "Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable ____ or ____." Section 9: "Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily ____ or ____." * Canadian Political Writers 13. This long-time national affairs columnist for the "Globe and Mail" wrote "The Friendly Dictatorship", an examination of the concentration of political power in Canada, particularly under Jean Chrétien's Liberals. Name him. 14. This writer, who Conrad Black once said should be "horse- whipped", """has written""" several books from a nationalist and left-wing perspective, dealing with issues such as social programs, taxation, globalization, and US oil policy. She is """currently""" a columnist for the Toronto Star. 15. This writer on political and military issues """has""" a PhD in history and """has""" served in the navies of three countries. He """writes""" a twice-weekly column on international affairs. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, msb@vex.net | greed works much better." -- Henry Spencer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 21 04:52AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:pvednbx2vuC0JBLCnZ2dnUU7- > exact length of his unit of measure, only that it was something > like five or six hundred feet. He calculated that the Earth's > circumference was 250,000 *what*? stadia > word that meant 1/12 of anything. The two corresponding units > of British measure both have names derived from this Latin word; > give the Latin word. uncis > * Electronics Components > No, we're not asking about the ruler. > 4. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro1.jpg>? transistors > 5. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro2.jpg>? transistors > 6. What are these <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/f/electro3.jpg>? transistors > 7. He was born in 1845 in Prussia and lived until 1923, and is > most famous for discovering X-rays, which he gave that name > because their nature was unknown. Who was he? Roentgen > alpha and beta radiation. By studying the deflection of alpha > rays, he then discovered that the atom contains a nucleus. > Name him. Rutherford > chemistry. He also suggested that fission and similar events > could be modeled by considering the nucleus as a drop of liquid. > Name him. Bohr > * Bones > 11. In which part of the body are the parietal and occipital bones? > Be sufficiently specific. in the skull near the eye > 13. Mercury is one of two elements that are liquid at room > temperature. Name the other, a halogen element with a melting > point of -7°C and a boiling point of 59°C. bromine > ** Final, Round 6 - Canadiana > * QEW > 5. Who is the QEW named after? Be sufficiently specific, of course. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother; Queen Elizabeth II > represented settings in the United States. > 7. John Houseman won an Oscar for this 1973 drama about law school > students. It was filmed in part at the University of Toronto. "The Paper Chase" > 8. This 1976 satirical drama won four Oscars, one of them a > posthumous award. Scenes set in a TV studio were filmed at CFTO. "Network" > belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press > and other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful ____; > (d) freedom of ____." Fill in *either one* of the blanks. assembly > "Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable > ____ or ____." Section 9: "Everyone has the right not to be > arbitrarily ____ or ____." search, seizure -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 20 11:27PM -0500 Mark Brader: > 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. In Round 2 I conceived triple #7-9 and wrote questions #2, #7, and #10-12. In Round 3, I wrote all except $7-9. > * Fictional Fictional Detectives > 1. Which fictional character likes to unwind by adopting the > persona of 1940s San Francisco detective Dixon Hill? Capt. Jean-Luc Picard ("Star Trek: The Next Generation"). 4 for Joshua and Dan. > cake from the folds of his pendulous waistcoat ['weskit']. > 'The Police may be baffled, Inspector', he boomed, 'but > Merridew is not.'" "Sleuth". 4 for Joshua and Dan. > 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, Laura Holt. 4 for Joshua and Pete. > 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. Alice in Chains. 4 for Erland. > 5. "Bleach", released 1989-06-15, Sub Pop Records. Nirvana. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan. 2 for Pete. > 6. "Ten", released 1991-08-27, Epic Records. Pearl Jam. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan. > 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 & Order". (It ran until 2010.) 4 for Joshua. > 8. 2001, Xander Berkeley as George Mason. "24". (It also ran until 2010.) 4 for Joshua. > 9. 1993, David Caruso as Detective Joe Kelly. "NYPD Blue". (It ran until 2005.) 4 for Joshua and Dan. > * Julia Roberts Movies > 10. """What movie""" starred Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson, with > Patrick Stewart as chief villain? "Conspiracy Theory" (1997). (Still just the one.) 4 for Joshua. > 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" (1990), "Runaway Bride" (1999). (Still just two.) 4 for Joshua. > 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. "Notting Hill" (1999). 4 for Dan. > 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". 4 for Joshua and Dan. > 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". 4 for Joshua. > 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". 4 for Joshua. > ** Final, Round 3 - Geography Nothing in this entire round has changed since the original game. > take two guesses, please separate them clearly so I can tell which > countries are part of which list. > 1. Liechtenstein. Austria, Switzerland. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan, and Pete. > 2. Andorra. France, Spain. 4 for everyone. > 3. Monaco. France. 4 for everyone. > 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. Iran, Iraq. 4 for everyone. > 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, Zambia. 4 for everyone. > 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? Iceland, Ireland. 4 for everyone. > 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 or Pathans. 4 for everyone. > 8. The language of <answer 7>, named similarly to the people, is > one of Afghanistan's official languages. What is the *other* > one? Persian (or Dari or Farsi). 4 for Joshua (the hard way). > 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. 4 for Joshua. > country, which you must name. For example, if we said Detroit, > USA, you would say Canada. > 10. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Uruguay. 4 for Joshua and Erland. > 11. Kolkata (or Calcutta), India. Bangladesh. 4 for everyone. > 12. Singapore. Malaysia. 4 for everyone. > * Historic Geography > In each case please answer in English, and now we're after *full* > country names, *not* short names. I decided this meant I should not accept partial answers, but I did allow "almost correct" for one answer where an extra word was added. > 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. (Egypt and Syria.) 4 for Joshua, Dan, and Pete. The grouping including North Yemen -- which also lasted from 1958 to 1961 -- was the United Arab States. > 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 the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. 4 for Joshua. 3 for Pete. > 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? United Provinces of Central America (or Federal Republic of Central America). The 6 countries between Mexico and Panama include Belize, which was British territory at the time and never part of the United Provinces. Gran Colombia was formed in 1819 and extended from modern Panama into South, not Central, America. Scores, if there are no errors: FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS TOPICS-> Ent Geo Joshua Kreitzer 52 56 108 Dan Blum 26 40 66 Pete Gayde 6 43 49 Erland Sommarskog 4 40 44 -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "GUALITY IS FIRST" msb@vex.net | --slogan of "Dongda electron CO.,LTD" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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