- CQ #613 - 1 Update
- RQFTCI07 Game 9 Rounds 9-10: CanCensus, challenge round - 4 Updates
- RQFTCI07 Game 10 Rounds 2-3: Middle names and supporting cast - 2 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 06 03:26AM -0700 On 10/3/20 2:49 AM, Calvin wrote: > 1 Green, golden, purple, fuzzy, hardy and Arctic are varieties of which fruit? peach > 2 Rita Wilson is married to which Oscar-winning actor? > 3 In number theory, a positive integer that is neither abundant nor deficient must what have unusual quality? sum of its factors equal to the number (i.e. a perfect number) > 4 Named for an English city, what name is traditionally given to a sporting match between two teams in the same town, state or vicinity? > 5 George Bernard Shaw once humorously defined what activity as "the vertical expression of horizontal desire"? kissing > 6 According to Greek Mythology, after being spurned by Narcissus, which heart-broken nymph pined away until only her voice remained? > 7 The cities of Graz and Linz are located in which European country? France > 8 Also known as colophony and Greek pitch and denoted by E number E915, which solid form of conifer resin has a myriad of uses including being a component in ink, varnish, adhesive and soap? Due to its friction-increasing abilities it is also popular with musicians, dancers and sportspeople. pine tar -- Dan Tilque |
| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Oct 05 12:25PM On Fri, 02 Oct 2020 17:45:28 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 2006, you may then read it as meaning changes from 2011 to 2016. But in > every case you *must say* if you are giving the 2020 answer (based on > 2016). Hard pass > the ball is bowled, with a wicket at each end -- although in some > usages, the pitch itself is also referred to as the wicket. > In any case, how long is the pitch -- in yards, within 1? 30 > the pitch, consists of three vertical stakes and two crosspieces > laid atop the stakes. Give the name of *either* of these two > types of components. Wicket > The two largest ones """are""" both in the same country. > Lake #3, which is named Vänern ("VEN-ern"), is in a different > country. Name *either one* of the two countries. Switzerland > travel. Given their name and the name of their invention, tell us > what *movie or TV series* they first appeared in. > E1. Dr. Emmett Brown, flux capacitor. Back to the Future > the British parliament. In what year was it enacted, > within 1? > F2. Name *any two* of the other five dominions named in the Statute. Canada and New Zealand |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 05 02:28PM -0500 Mark Brader: >> the British parliament. In what year was it enacted, >> within 1? >> F2. Name *any two* of the other five dominions named in the Statute. Bruce Bowler: > Canada and New Zealand Interesting idea of "other". -- Mark Brader, Toronto | Some people like my advice so much that they frame it msb@vex.net | upon the wall instead of using it. --Gordon R. Dickson |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 05 09:44PM -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 (RQTCI*)". Game 9 is over and JOSHUA KREITZER is the winner. Hearty congratulations, sir! > In this set, I wrote one pair of questions in the challenge round. That was pair F. > from 2001 to 2006, you may then read it as meaning changes from > 2011 to 2016. But in every case you *must say* if you are giving > the 2020 answer (based on 2016). Somewhat to my surprise, nobody elected to give answers for 2020. On all questions where leeway was allowed, if nobody came within it then I accepted answers within twice the leeway as "almost correct". In fact only one answer of this type was accepted. > 1. Two provinces or territories experienced a net population drop > between the 2001 and 2006 censuses. Name either one. 2007 answer (based on 2001-2006): Newfoundland & Labrador, Saskatchewan. 2020 answer (based on 2011-2016): New Brunswick. 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. 2 for Joshua. > 2. Canada's population grew by 5.4% between 2001 and 2006. > Where does that percentage increase rank among the Group of 8, > or G8, countries? First. (Still true, except now it's the G7.) 4 for Dan Tilque. > 3. According to Statistics Canada, what percentage of Canadians > """live""" in urban areas, to the nearest whole percent? > You must be within 2 percentage points of the correct answer. 2007 answer (based on 2006): 80% (accepting 78-82%). 2020 answer (based on 2016): 83% (accepting 81-85%). 2 for Joshua. > 4. Within 300,000, what is Canada's 2006 census population? 2007 (2006) answer: 31,612,897 (accepting 31,312,897-31,912,897). 2020 (2010) answer: 35,151,728 (accepting 34,851,728-35,451,728). Dan Tilque was the closest to scoring on this question, but he was still off by more than twice the allowed leeway. > Area or CMA, which is similar to the GTA. What """is""" the > third-largest city in the Toronto CMA, after Toronto itself > and Mississauga? Brampton. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Tilque. > of the Toronto CMA? That is, the third-largest city not counting > Toronto or nearby places like Mississauga and <answer 5>. Note, > we are talking about the city proper, not the metropolitan area. London. (Still true. 1st is Ottawa; 2nd Hamilton; 4th was Windsor but is now Kitchener.) 4 for Joshua. 3 for Dan Blum. > what """is""" the population of all three combined? You have to > tell us *which one* of the four possible answers you're giving, > *as well* as saying if you're answering for 2020 (based on 2016). 2007 (2006) answers: NWT: 41,464 (accepting 39,564-43,464) Nunavut: 29,474 (accepting 27,474-31,474) Yukon: 30,372 (accepting 28,372-32,372) Total: 101,310 (accepting 96,310-106,310) 2020 (2016) answers: NWT: 41,786 (accepting 39,786-43,786) Nunavut: 35,944 (accepting 33,944-37,944) Yukon: 35,874 (accepting 33,874-37,874) Total: 113,604 (accepting 108,604-118,604) Again Dan Tilque was the closest to scoring on this question, but this time he was off by more than 4 times the allowed leeway. > 8. It comes as no surprise that Alberta """is""" Canada's > fastest-growing province, having increased in population by 10.6% > since """2001""". Within 250,000, what """is""" its population? 2007 (2006) answer: 3,290,350 (accepting 3,040,350-3,540,350). 2020 (2016) answer: 4,067,175 (accepting 3,817,175-4,317,175). (Still the fastest-growing province, up 11.6% from 2011.) 2 for Pete. > 9. The least populous province is, of course, Prince Edward Island. > Within 5,000, what """is""" its population? 2007 (2006) answer: 135,851 (accepting 130,851-140,851). 2020 (2016) answer: 142,907 (accepting 137,907-147,907). 3 for Joshua. > consent be transferred to Library and Archives Canada, assuming > that such an institution still exists at that time? *Note*: > for this question you must answer for the 2006 census only. 2098 (accepting 2093-2103). 3 for Pete. > the ball is bowled, with a wicket at each end -- although in > some usages, the pitch itself is also referred to as the wicket. > In any case, how long is the pitch -- in yards, within 1? 22 yards (accepting 21-23). 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > the pitch, consists of three vertical stakes and two > crosspieces laid atop the stakes. Give the name of > *either* of these two types of components. Stumps, bails. 4 for Dan Tilque and Pete. > The two largest ones """are""" both in the same country. > Lake #3, which is named Vänern ("VEN-ern"), is in a > different country. Name *either one* of the two countries. Russia (Lake Ladoga, by which Leningrad was supplied when possible during the siege; Lake Onega or Ozero); Sweden (Vänern). Still true. 4 for Joshua and Erland (the hard way). > B2. Lake Balaton, at 598 km², """is""" the largest lake in what > central European country? Hungary. Still true. 4 for Joshua and Erland. 2 for Pete. > C1. The term Impressionism was originally an insult, invented > by a French art critic based on the title of *what artist's* > 1872 painting "Impression: soleil levant"? Claude Monet. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > C2. This American painter was born in 1845, moved to Paris, > and through her friendship with Edgar Degas, exhibited with > the Impressionists. Name her. Mary Cassatt. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > the 1976 Nobel Prize and was one of the leading figures of > the Chicago School of economists. He died in November 2006 > at the age of 94. Name him. Milton Friedman. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. "Foreman" was not quite close enough to accept as almost correct, even if it hadn't been given with a first name that was also wrong. > D2. Canadian-born economist John Kenneth Galbraith, who died > in April 2006 at the age of 97, served from 1961 to 1963 > as the US ambassador to what country? India. 4 for Joshua. > time travel. Given their name and the name of their invention, > tell us what *movie or TV series* they first appeared in. > E1. Dr. Emmett Brown, flux capacitor. "Back to the Future". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Bruce. > E2. Sam Beckett, string theory of linear time. "Quantum Leap". 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > Canada and certain other "dominions" were no longer subject > to the British parliament. In what year was it enacted, > within 1? 1931 (accepting 1930-32). 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > F2. Name *any two* of the other five dominions named in the Statute. As the statute puts it: "the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State and Newfoundland". (Short names were okay, of course.) 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> L+E His Sci Spo Lit Geo Can Cha SIX Joshua Kreitzer 36 36 27 0 24 40 11 40 203 Dan Blum 28 34 36 0 24 32 3 24 178 Dan Tilque 16 36 32 0 12 40 12 32 168 Pete Gayde 16 36 24 15 0 40 5 24 155 Erland Sommarskog 0 8 24 4 0 40 4 8 88 Bruce Bowler -- -- 28 0 0 40 0 4 72 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." msb@vex.net --Walt Disney My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 06 03:17AM -0700 On 10/5/20 7:44 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > Mark Brader: A few comments on my answers here: >> Where does that percentage increase rank among the Group of 8, >> or G8, countries? > First. (Still true, except now it's the G7.) 4 for Dan Tilque. This was not a difficult guess. Consider that the other countries are mostly in Europe where the population would be contracting if not for immigrants. And Japan's population *is* contracting and rather rapidly. Only the US is even possible to be increasing faster. Now if they'd asked for G20 countries, it'd have been much more difficult. >> third-largest city in the Toronto CMA, after Toronto itself >> and Mississauga? > Brampton. (Still true.) 4 for Dan Tilque. I actually remembered this one from the first go around on this quiz. >> some usages, the pitch itself is also referred to as the wicket. >> In any case, how long is the pitch -- in yards, within 1? > 22 yards (accepting 21-23). 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. That one I knew from somewhere. It could have been the first go around, not sure. > Russia (Lake Ladoga, by which Leningrad was supplied when possible > during the siege; Lake Onega or Ozero); Sweden (Vänern). Still true. > 4 for Joshua and Erland (the hard way). Should have remembered Lake Lagoda >> to the British parliament. In what year was it enacted, >> within 1? > 1931 (accepting 1930-32). 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. That one I also knew, but not from the earlier quiz. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Oct 05 09:46PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2007-03-26, 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 and one question in the other. * Game 10, Round 2 - Miscellaneous - Middle Names In this round we'll give you a famous person's middle name -- or one of their middle names, at least -- and their occupation, and you simply give us their last name. Note: This refers to their names as commonly used after they became famous. All of these people were born in the 1800s except for the one who """is""" still alive today. 1. Babington, politician and writer. 2. Kingdom, engineer. 3. Taliaferro ("TAH-liv-er"), writer and educator. 4. Stearns, writer. 5. Gabriel, painter. 6. Spencer, politician and writer. 7. Moffat, magnate and writer. 8. Gamaliel, politician. 9. Kinnan, writer. 10. Jennings, lawyer and politician. * Game 10, Round 3 - Entertainment - Supporting Cast, or Who are These? Please refer to the two-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10/cast.pdf On the handout you'll find supporting characters or members of ensemble casts on various TV series. In one case we've blurred out the autographs that were on this photo originally. Where two people are in the same picture, an arrow shows which one we want. These series all ran for at least 4 years, some for 10 years or more, and in every case these characters were in most or all of the seasons. For each question we'll tell you what picture, we'll give you the genre of the show and the years it was broadcast. And now the bad news -- or maybe it's good news, if you know them better from some other show -- in each case you must name the *actor or actress*. I've sorted the round in order of the handout, and interpersed the 6 decoys with the rest. Answer for the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Picture A: science-fiction, 1993-99. 2. Picture B: comedy-drama, 1972-83. 3. (Decoy) picture C (science-fiction/fantasy/romance, 1993-97). 4. (Decoy) picture D (drama, 1981-89). 5. Picture E: drama, 1978-91. 6. (Decoy) picture F (comedy-romance, 1977-86). 7. Picture G: western, 1955-75. 8. Picture H: comedy, 1974-84. 9. (Decoy) picture I (comedy, 1993-2004). 10. (Decoy) picture J (comedy, 1991-99). 11. Picture K: comedy, 1982-93. 12. Picture L: comedy, 1969-74. 13. (Decoy) picture M (drama, 1981-87). 14. Picture N: comedy, 1982-89. 15. Picture O: action-adventure, 1983-87. 16. Picture P: comedy, 1978-82. -- Mark Brader | "I had never thought of Jesus as being msb@vex.net | a variety of grape plant, but Toronto | if you put it that way..." --Jan Sand My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 06 04:25AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in > as commonly used after they became famous. All of these people were > born in the 1800s except for the one who """is""" still alive today. > 1. Babington, politician and writer. Macaulay > 2. Kingdom, engineer. Brunel > 3. Taliaferro ("TAH-liv-er"), writer and educator. Washington > 4. Stearns, writer. Eliot > 5. Gabriel, painter. Rossetti > 6. Spencer, politician and writer. Churchill > 8. Gamaliel, politician. Harding > 9. Kinnan, writer. Rawlings > 10. Jennings, lawyer and politician. Bryan > better from some other show -- in each case you must name the > *actor or actress*. > 1. Picture A: science-fiction, 1993-99. Nana Visitor > 2. Picture B: comedy-drama, 1972-83. William Christopher > 5. Picture E: drama, 1978-91. Patrick Duffy > 6. (Decoy) picture F (comedy-romance, 1977-86). Ted Lange > 7. Picture G: western, 1955-75. Milburn Stone > 8. Picture H: comedy, 1974-84. Marion Ross > 9. (Decoy) picture I (comedy, 1993-2004). Jane Leeves > 11. Picture K: comedy, 1982-93. John Ratzenberger > 12. Picture L: comedy, 1969-74. Mike Lookinland > 14. Picture N: comedy, 1982-89. Justine Bateman -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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