| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 12 11:13PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-03-03, 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 wrote one of these rounds. * Game 7, Round 2 - Sports - Coaches 1. Rafail Ishmatov was the coach of which Russian team that won a world championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in January 2003? You must name the sport *and* the category of competition. 2. Luiz Felipe Scolari was the head coach of which national team that won a record 5th world championship in Yokohama, Japan, in June 2002? We need the *country* and the sport this time. 3. Lynne Beecroft coached *which school*'s "Vikes" to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's field hockey championship in 2002? 4. Pete Belliveau started coaching *which Canadian school*'s Thunderwolves in 2001-02, ending an 18-year hiatus for men's university hockey in their community? 5. Ryan Davenport of Calgary was the head coach of the US men's and women's teams in *which Olympic sport* in Salt Lake City in 2002? Hint: The sport is very similar to cresta, which was contested at the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. 6. Lindsay Sparkes (born Lindsay Davies) was head coach of Canada's women's national team in *which sport* at the Salt Lake City Olympics? Her team finished first in Calgary in 1988, when her sport was a demonstration event. 7. Name the """only""" coach who has won the Annis Stukus Trophy for CFL Coach of the Year 5 times. In 2002, he coached the Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes. 8. Name the """only""" coach who has won the Jack Adams Award for NHL coach of the year 3 times. He won it with three different teams: Montreal, Toronto, and Boston. 9. Which track coach was played by Donald Sutherland in "Without Limits" and by R. Lee Ermey in "Prefontaine"? He was a co-founder of Nike. 10. Who played Notre Dame football coach Knute ["k'-NOOT"] Rockne in the 1940 movie "Knute Rockne - All American"? * Game 7, Round 3 - Science - Playing Mendeleyev When Dmitri Mendeleyev invented the periodic table, many elements were yet to be discovered; he predicted their properties from those of nearby elements. In this round you have a simpler task: all you have to do is tell us the names of some of the elements we've removed from the table in the handout: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o7/3/periodic.gif You may find it helpful to know that wherever the bottom of a square in the table shows a gray bar in place of an atomic weight, this indicates that the element is radioactive. The round has been sorted by atomic number; there were 10 decoys, which are now interspersed with the others. Answer for the decoys if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. (Decoy) element 5. 2. Tell us the name of element 7. 3. (Decoy) element 8. 4. (Decoy) element 9. 5. Element 13. 6. (Decoy) element 16. 7. Element 19. 8. Element 26. 9. Element 43. Hint: This element is not found in nature. 10. (Decoy) element 50. 11. Element 53. 12. (Decoy) element 56. 13. Element 57. Hint: Consider the other name for the rare earth series. 14. (Decoy) element 72. 15. Element 79. 16. Element 86. 17. (Decoy) element 88. 18. (Decoy) element 92. 19. (Decoy) element 93. 20. Element 94. -- Mark Brader | "Any philosophy that can be put 'in a nutshell' Toronto | belongs there." msb@vex.net | --Sydney J. Harris My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 13 06:24AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ldmdnXeczOvwHGPCnZ2dnUU7- > women's teams in *which Olympic sport* in Salt Lake City in 2002? > Hint: The sport is very similar to cresta, which was contested > at the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. curling > 9. Which track coach was played by Donald Sutherland in "Without > Limits" and by R. Lee Ermey in "Prefontaine"? He was a > co-founder of Nike. Phil Knight (?) > 10. Who played Notre Dame football coach Knute ["k'-NOOT"] Rockne > in the 1940 movie "Knute Rockne - All American"? Pat O'Brien > we've removed from the table in the handout: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o7/3/periodic.gif > 1. (Decoy) element 5. boron > 2. Tell us the name of element 7. nitrogen > 3. (Decoy) element 8. oxygen > 4. (Decoy) element 9. fluorine > 7. Element 19. potassium > 9. Element 43. Hint: This element is not found in nature. technetium > 13. Element 57. Hint: Consider the other name for the rare > earth series. lanthanum > 15. Element 79. gold > 16. Element 86. radon > 18. (Decoy) element 92. uranium > 19. (Decoy) element 93. neptunium > 20. Element 94. plutonium -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 12 11:10PM -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*)". Game 6 is over and, if there are no errors, the winner by a margin of 3 points is DAN BLUM! Hearty congratulations! > In this set, I wrote four pairs in the challenge round. Those were pairs A, B, C, and E. > the word "saint". > 1. The southernmost of the five inhabited Scilly Isles has the name > of a virgin martyr, but was not named for her. Name that island. St. Agnes. The name is apparently a modification of an older one. > 2. The patron saint of Ireland is also the patron saint of which > West African country? Nigeria. 4 for Joshua. > 3. Which London, England, railway station commemorates a boy martyr? St. Pancras. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. QMs in the original game were instructed: if someone says "St. Pancreas", jeer them and accept the answer. > 4. Which Canadian city name honors the wife of Robert Hamilton, > a member of the first legislative council of Upper Canada? St. Catharines (Ontario). ("St. Catherine" scored almost correct.) 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Dan Blum. > 5. What do Saints Casimir, Florian, and Stanislaus have in common? > We mean the people, and be specific. They are all patron saints of Poland. In the original game we also accepted "they are all rivers" and "they are all towns in Poland" on protests, but here I've adjusted the question wording to rule out those answers. And since I said "be specific", "they are all Polish" also would not do. > 6. This volcanic island was discovered by João de Nova on May 21, > the feast day of its namesake saint. It is probably best > remembered as the last residence of a famous Frenchman. St. Helena. (Napoleon died there.) 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > 7. An Oxford college was named after a 7th century Benedictine > abbess, considered a great educator of women. Who? St. Hilda. > 8. What city, which claims to have his remains, is St. Mark the > patron of? Venice. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. > 9. Which US state capital was named by a Canadian missionary? St. Paul (Minnesota). 4 for everyone. > 10. What Cornish island was named after an archangel? St. Michael's Mount. I accepted other references to St. Michael as almost correct. 3 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > * A. http:// > A1. In the context of the World Wide Web, what does HTTP > stand for? Hypertext Transfer Protocol. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. 3 for Erland. > A2. This answer changed """some years ago"""; we need the > """current""" answer. In the context of the World Wide Web, > what """does""" URL """now""" stand for? Uniform Resource Locator. (Still true.) 3 for Joshua. Universal Resource Locator was the old name; it changed in 1994. > B1. What is the 6-letter word for a rapidly rotating neutron > star with a strong magnetic field? The first one was > discovered in 1967. Pulsar. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > galaxies and star clusters that telescopes could not yet > resolve into stars. Today it refers only to actual clouds > of gas and dust, either dark or luminous. Nebula. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque. > * C. Standard Sizes > C1. How long, tip to base, is a size AA battery, to the nearest > multiple of 1/4 inch or 5 mm? 2 inches or 5 cm (50 mm). 4 for Dan Blum. > C2. How long, left to right, is a """current""" Canadian $5 bill, > to within 10% of the true number? 6 inches (accepting 5.4-6.6 inches) or 15.24 cm (accepting 13.7-16.8 cm). Still true. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque. All Canadian and US bills have been practically the same size ever since sometime in the 1930s. > * D. Fish Stories > D1. Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" appeared in > its entirety in which periodical in 1952? "Life". 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque. > D2. Name the author of the 2002 book "Shark Trouble: True > Stories about Sharks and the Sea". Peter Benchley. 4 for Dan Blum. > E1. In the last round we mentioned the first legislature of > Upper Canada, which met in 1792 in Newark. What do we call > Newark today? Niagara-on-the-Lake. > 5 different capitals. Name *either* the first or the last > capital of the Province of Canada, giving the name that > was in use at the time. Both are now in Ontario. Kingston, Ottawa. Montreal was the second capital, and then Toronto alternated with Quebec City for some years until the compromise location of Ottawa (not Bytown, sorry; it had changed before that) was chosen. > * F. Talk TV > F1. Complete the title of this """current""" NBC series by > naming its host: "Last Call With...". Carson Daly. (Still true.) 4 for Joshua. > F2. Give the last name of "Dr. Phil", previously of the Oprah > Winfrey show and """now""" host of his own syndicated series. McGraw. (Still true.) 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum. When I posted this round in 2008, I added a note that I had seen this question asked on a TV quiz show the day before. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 6 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Spo Ent Mis Art Sci His Geo Cha SIX Dan Blum 8 16 28 32 36 15 22 28 162 Joshua Kreitzer 24 20 36 28 8 28 19 23 159 Dan Tilque 8 4 8 12 40 16 19 20 115 Erland Sommarskog -- -- 0 8 24 32 12 7 83 Pete Gayde 12 16 4 28 4 11 -- -- 75 -- Mark Brader "The world little knows or cares the storm Toronto through which you have had to pass. It asks only msb@vex.net if you brought the ship safely to port." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jan 13 06:18AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:4Jedne76dNFNHWPCnZ2dnUU7- >> F1. Complete the title of this """current""" NBC series by >> naming its host: "Last Call With...". > Carson Daly. (Still true.) 4 for Joshua. Actually no longer true; "Last Call with Carson Daly" ended its run in 2019. -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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