| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 24 02:31PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-02-03, 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 did not write these rounds. * Game 3, Round 2 - Arts - Percussion Instruments The questions in this round refer to the 2-page handout at: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o3/2/dum.pdf Note that some of the picture numbers are below the pictures, some are above, some are beside, and one row of numbers seems to have disappeared altogether! Please consider the last row of pictures (on page 2) to be #22-24 from left to right. For the first five questions, you will be provided with the name of a percussion instrument. We will write it in the singular even though there may be more than one in the corresponding picture. Your job, of course, will be to identify the picture by number. 1. Clave (two syllables there). 2. Djembe. 3. Maraca. 4. Snare drum. 5. Sleighbell. For questions #6-10, please decode the rot13 to see the picture number, and name the instrument. "Drum" by itself will not be sufficient for any answer. 6. Vqragvsl ahzore gjryir. 7. Ahzore bar vf jung? 8. Ubj nobhg sbhegrra? 9. Vafgehzrag ahzore ryrira; abgr gung vg unf zrgny xrlf. 10. Naq ahzore gjragl-bar, svanyyl. Now, there were 12 decoys. If you like, please decode this further rot13 to see the names of those instruments (again, in the singular) and in each case give the picture number for fun, but for no points. 11. Puvzr. 12. Svatre plzony. 13. Pbjoryy. 14. Gevnatyr. 15. Onff qehz. 16. Obatb. 17. Engpurg. 18. Gvzonyr. 19. Gvzcnav be xrggyr qehz. 20. Jnfuobneq. 21. Thveb. 22. Pnfnon (be nshpur be nsbkr). 23. Ryrpgebavp qehz xvg. 24. Gnzobhevar. * Game 3, Round 3 - Entertainment - Casting Against Gender This round deals with movies in which women have been cast as men, and vice versa. The same movie may be mentioned more than once. 1. Which voluptuous actress was cast as King Zog of Albania in a segment of the 1987 film "Aria" that was directed by her husband, Nicholas Roeg? 2. In "Orlando", based on the book by Virginia Woolf, the title character mysteriously changes sex from male to female. Who portrays Orlando? 3. <answer 2> was not the only person playing a character of the opposite sex in "Orlando". This occasional actor, better known for his flamboyant personality and well-received autobiography, was in his 80s when he took on the role of Queen Elizabeth I. Name him. 4. In which 1959 movie did Peter Sellers play Tully Bascombe, Prime Minister Count Mountjoy, and Grand Duchess Gloriana XII? 5. Which actress played an Asian man in "The Year of Living Dangerously" in 1982, despite being neither male nor Asian? 6. Peter Pan was played by which woman in three TV-movies, in 1955, 1956, and 1960? 7. In the 2002 film "Nicholas Nickelby", the role of Mrs. Crummles is played by Australian actor Barry Humphries, who also """has""" a regular gig playing a more famous female character. Name this *other* character. 8. Which actor played eight roles in the 1949 movie "Kind Hearts and Coronets", one of them, Lady Agatha, being female? 9. In a 1989 time-travel flick, the same actor plays a man, his son, and his daughter Marlene. Name the actor. 10. We may be cheating a little on this question, but in which 1982 movie did John Lithgow play a male-to-female transsexual? -- Mark Brader | "What a strange field. Studying beings instead of mathematics. Toronto | Could lead to recursive problems in logic." msb@vex.net | -- Robert L. Forward (The Flight of the Dragonfly) My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 24 10:32PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:E5WdnQalkZ418CDCnZ2dnUU7- > though there may be more than one in the corresponding picture. > Your job, of course, will be to identify the picture by number. > 1. Clave (two syllables there). 18 > 2. Djembe. 24 > 3. Maraca. 6 > 4. Snare drum. 9 > 5. Sleighbell. 19 > number, and name the instrument. "Drum" by itself will not be > sufficient for any answer. > 6. Vqragvsl ahzore gjryir. Gong > 7. Ahzore bar vf jung? Spoons > 8. Ubj nobhg sbhegrra? Congas > 9. Vafgehzrag ahzore ryrira; abgr gung vg unf zrgny xrlf. Xylophone > 10. Naq ahzore gjragl-bar, svanyyl. Irish drum > rot13 to see the names of those instruments (again, in the singular) > and in each case give the picture number for fun, but for no points. > 11. Puvzr. 15 > 12. Svatre plzony. 20 > 13. Pbjoryy. 5 > 14. Gevnatyr. 17 > 15. Onff qehz. 22 > 16. Obatb. 2 > 17. Engpurg. 10 > 18. Gvzonyr. 13 > 19. Gvzcnav be xrggyr qehz. 16 > 20. Jnfuobneq. 3 > 21. Thveb. 4 > 22. Pnfnon (be nshpur be nsbkr). 7 > 23. Ryrpgebavp qehz xvg. 23 > 24. Gnzobhevar. 8 > Prime Minister Count Mountjoy, and Grand Duchess Gloriana XII? > 5. Which actress played an Asian man in "The Year of Living > Dangerously" in 1982, despite being neither male nor Asian? Haing Ngor > 6. Peter Pan was played by which woman in three TV-movies, in 1955, > 1956, and 1960? Mary Martin > is played by Australian actor Barry Humphries, who also """has""" > a regular gig playing a more famous female character. Name this > *other* character. Dame Edna Everedge > and his daughter Marlene. Name the actor. > 10. We may be cheating a little on this question, but in which 1982 > movie did John Lithgow play a male-to-female transsexual? Pete Gayde |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 24 11:00PM > * Game 3, Round 2 - Arts - Percussion Instruments > 1. Clave (two syllables there). 15; 7 > 2. Djembe. 14; 4 > 3. Maraca. 6 > 4. Snare drum. 13 > 5. Sleighbell. 19 > 6. Vqragvsl ahzore gjryir. gong > 7. Ahzore bar vf jung? spoons > 9. Vafgehzrag ahzore ryrira; abgr gung vg unf zrgny xrlf. glockenspiel > 10. Naq ahzore gjragl-bar, svanyyl. bodhran > 1. Which voluptuous actress was cast as King Zog of Albania in a > segment of the 1987 film "Aria" that was directed by her husband, > Nicholas Roeg? Theresa Russell > 2. In "Orlando", based on the book by Virginia Woolf, the title > character mysteriously changes sex from male to female. > Who portrays Orlando? Tilda Swinton > 4. In which 1959 movie did Peter Sellers play Tully Bascombe, > Prime Minister Count Mountjoy, and Grand Duchess Gloriana XII? Being There > 5. Which actress played an Asian man in "The Year of Living > Dangerously" in 1982, despite being neither male nor Asian? Linda Hunt > 6. Peter Pan was played by which woman in three TV-movies, in 1955, > 1956, and 1960? Mary Martin > is played by Australian actor Barry Humphries, who also """has""" > a regular gig playing a more famous female character. Name this > *other* character. Dame Edna > 8. Which actor played eight roles in the 1949 movie "Kind Hearts > and Coronets", one of them, Lady Agatha, being female? Alec Guinness > 9. In a 1989 time-travel flick, the same actor plays a man, his son, > and his daughter Marlene. Name the actor. Michael J. Fox > 10. We may be cheating a little on this question, but in which 1982 > movie did John Lithgow play a male-to-female transsexual? The World According to Garp -- _______________________________________________________________________ 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>: Nov 25 05:47AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:E5WdnQalkZ418CDCnZ2dnUU7- > though there may be more than one in the corresponding picture. > Your job, of course, will be to identify the picture by number. > 1. Clave (two syllables there). 15; 19 > 2. Djembe. 4 > 3. Maraca. 6 > 4. Snare drum. 9; 2 > 5. Sleighbell. 1 > number, and name the instrument. "Drum" by itself will not be > sufficient for any answer. > 6. Vqragvsl ahzore gjryir. cymbal > 9. Vafgehzrag ahzore ryrira; abgr gung vg unf zrgny xrlf. glockenspiel > rot13 to see the names of those instruments (again, in the singular) > and in each case give the picture number for fun, but for no points. > 12. Svatre plzony. 20 > 13. Pbjoryy. 5 > 14. Gevnatyr. 17 > 20. Jnfuobneq. 3 . > 23. Ryrpgebavp qehz xvg. 23 > 24. Gnzobhevar. 8 > 1. Which voluptuous actress was cast as King Zog of Albania in a > segment of the 1987 film "Aria" that was directed by her husband, > Nicholas Roeg? Theresa Russell > 2. In "Orlando", based on the book by Virginia Woolf, the title > character mysteriously changes sex from male to female. > Who portrays Orlando? Tilda Swinton > for his flamboyant personality and well-received autobiography, > was in his 80s when he took on the role of Queen Elizabeth I. > Name him. Quentin Crisp > 4. In which 1959 movie did Peter Sellers play Tully Bascombe, > Prime Minister Count Mountjoy, and Grand Duchess Gloriana XII? "The Mouse That Roared"; "The Mouse Who Roared" > 5. Which actress played an Asian man in "The Year of Living > Dangerously" in 1982, despite being neither male nor Asian? Linda Hunt > 6. Peter Pan was played by which woman in three TV-movies, in 1955, > 1956, and 1960? Mary Martin > is played by Australian actor Barry Humphries, who also """has""" > a regular gig playing a more famous female character. Name this > *other* character. Dame Edna Everage > 8. Which actor played eight roles in the 1949 movie "Kind Hearts > and Coronets", one of them, Lady Agatha, being female? Alec Guinness > 9. In a 1989 time-travel flick, the same actor plays a man, his son, > and his daughter Marlene. Name the actor. Michael J. Fox > 10. We may be cheating a little on this question, but in which 1982 > movie did John Lithgow play a male-to-female transsexual? "The World According to Garp" -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 24 02:28PM -0600 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*)". Well, this Game 2 has the closest result I have ever seen in QFTCI, even though only 6 people were playing. JOSHUA KREITZER AND DAN TILQUE (listed in random order) have *tied* for the win -- 1 point ahead of third-place Dan Blum! That's if there are no errors, of course; please check carefully to see if I've gotten it wrong. > I wrote one of these rounds and half of the other. I wrote the science round and pairs A-C of the challenge round. > 1. This unit measures the force needed to accelerate a 1 kilogram > mass to a speed of 1 meter per second in 1 second. That is, > 1 kilogram meter per second squared equals 1 of what unit? Newton. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 2. Similarly in CGS metric, 1 gram centimeter per second squared > equals 1 of what force unit? Dyne. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete. > consumes how much energy, or equivalently, does how much work? > That is, 1 <answer 2> times 1 centimeter, or simply 1 <answer 2> > centimeter, equals 1 of what energy unit? Erg. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > 4. And correspondingly in SI, 1 <answer 1> meter equals 1 of what > energy unit? Joule. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 5. This unit of power, or the rate of energy consumption, is equal to > 1 joule divided by 1 second; that is, it's 1 joule per second. Watt. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 6. And which two commonly used electrical units can be multiplied > together to produce 1 <answer 5>? Name *both*. Ampere (accepting "amp"), volt. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 7. If you *divide* the same two units, the right way around, the > result equals 1 of which resistance unit? Ohm. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Pete. > 8. The amount of charge delivered by a 1 ampere current flowing for > 1 second, or in other words 1 ampere times 1 second, equals 1 of > what charge unit? Coulomb. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 9. <answer 8> divided by 1 volt equals 1 of which unit of capacitance? Farad. 4 for Erland and Dan Tilque. > 10. Finally, this frequency unit is simply the reciprocal of 1 second. Hertz. (Also becquerel, in the context of radioactive decays.) 4 for everyone. > * A. Formerly Undivided Countries > A1. Within 1 year, when did Slovakia separate from the Czech > Republic? 1993 (accepting 1992-94), as you should remember from Game 6 of the last season I posted. 4 for everyone. > A2. In 1905, Norway held a referendum on the question of > separating from Sweden. It passed. Within 5 percentage > points, how many percent voted yes? 99.9501% (accepting 94.95% to, ah, 104.9501%; to be exact, the vote was 368,208-184). 4 for Erland. I was rather delighted to see that one entrant tried 94% and was too low. > * B. Subway Stations by Location > B1. What station on the Yonge-University-Spadina Line """has""" its > only entrance on Crescent Rd.? Rosedale. (Still true, but the Y-U-S Line is now called Line 1, Yonge-University.) > B2. What station on the Yonge-University-Spadina Line """has""" its > only entrance on Shaftesbury Av.? Summerhill. (Still true.) > C1. This notorious corporate name is a German abbreviation for > a phrase meaning "dye consortium", or more precisely, > "community of interest of the dye industry". I.G. Farben (from "Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie"). 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. > based on the Greek for "dry writing"; then this was reduced > to a 5-letter brand name; then in 1961 this brand name became > the new name of the company. What was that brand name? Xerox (from "xerography"). 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > * D. Operatic Terminology > D1. Which term is used for the text of an opera, both spoken > and sung words? Translated, it means "little book". Libretto. 4 for Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete. > D2. What is the name for the simultaneous translation of an > opera's <answer D1> projected above the stage? We want the > trade name used by the Canadian Opera Company. Surtitles (since we asked for the trade name, the exact answer was required). 4 for Pete. > correct up to and including the 2020 game.) > E1. Which goaltender has the record for most All-Star games > played? Glenn Hall (13 games -- still the record). 3 for Pete. > E2. Name either of the two players tied for most career All-Star > game *assists*, with 13 each. 2003 answer: Raymond Bourque, Mark Messier. 2020 answer: Joe Sakic (with 16). > * F. Naval Battles > F1. What was Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar? "Victory". 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > and capture Port Moresby. Name the aircraft-carrier battle, > fought that month, which forced the invasion fleet to > turn back. Battle of the Coral Sea. 4 for Dan Tilque. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 2 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Spo Geo Mis Ent Lit Sci Cha FIVE Joshua Kreitzer 24 26 8 40 22 24 12 136 Dan Tilque 28 28 4 20 8 40 20 136 Dan Blum 32 21 25 28 22 28 20 135 Erland Sommarskog 20 36 -- 4 0 32 16 108 Pete Gayde 23 31 20 12 15 11 15 104 Bruce Bowler 28 0 -- 16 16 -- -- 60 -- Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net "History tells us that the Boston 'T' Party was succeeded the next day by the Boston 'U' Party, where American rebels yanked all the extraneous U's out of words like 'colour' and threw them into Boston Harbour. Harbor. Whatever." --Adam Beneschan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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