| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 25 04:33PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-03-10, 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 8, Round 2 - Literature - Geographical Literature All of the works we'll ask you about in this round have a real or imaginary place name in their title. We'll name the book or series, and tell you a little more about it; you name the *author*. 1. "The Cairo Trilogy" (novels). 2. "The Pisan Cantos" (poems). 3. "Goodbye to Berlin" (novel). 4. "Swimming to Cambodia" (memoir). 5. "Cabbagetown" (novel). 6. "The Alexandria Quartet" (novels). 7. "Utopia" (novel). 8. "Europe on $5 a Day" (guidebook). 9. "Democracy in America" (book-length essay). 10. "The Old Patagonian Express" (travel memoir). * Game 8, Round 3 - Science - Science and Punishment This round is about scientists who were prosecuted, persecuted, or killed -- sometimes, but not always, over their scientific work. 1. Convicted of heresy in 1633 for his astronomical theories, this scientist spent the rest of his life under house arrest. Who was he? 2. Antoine Lavoisier was one of the founders of modern chemistry; among other things he advanced the theory that fire is a reaction combining other substances with "oxygen", a name that he invented along with "hydrogen". Then he was executed. Why? 3. This German-born British physicist served 9 years in prison, just for telling the Soviets how to make an atom bomb! After his release for good behavior, he moved to East Germany. Who was he? 4. The Soviets went on to develop a hydrogen bomb, for which this physicist was chiefly responsible. He was greatly honored, until he started expressing the wrong political views. Then he was sentenced to internal exile, and from 1979 to 1986 lived in Gorky with severe limits on his communications. Name him. 5. Alan Turing, one of the founders of computer science, was convicted of "gross indecency", which is to say homosexuality, in 1952, and apparently committed suicide 2 years later. What alternative sentence to incarceration had he undergone in the meantime? 6. The first female mathematician of any importance was also a philosopher, the head of a neo-Platonist school in Alexandria. She was murdered in 415, some say by a mob, or it might have been a fanatical sect of monks, but by Christians in any case. Name her. 7. Name the Canadian ballistic expert who was working on a so-called "supergun" for Iraq when he was assassinated, allegedly by the Israelis. 8. This biologist was murdered in 1985, presumably because she spoke out against the poaching of gorillas. Name her. 9. This Greek scientist and engineer was killed by a Roman soldier in 212 BC. Allegedly he was working on a diagram drawn on the ground, and told the soldier to stop messing it up. Name the scientist. 10. Although the story is disputed in some quarters, two Chinese astronomers named Hsi and Ho were allegedly executed in or around 2,134 BC. Why? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "What Europe needs is a fresh, unused mind." msb@vex.net | -- Foreign Correspondent My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jan 25 11:38PM > * Game 8, Round 2 - Literature - Geographical Literature > 1. "The Cairo Trilogy" (novels). Whittemore > 2. "The Pisan Cantos" (poems). Ezra Pound > 4. "Swimming to Cambodia" (memoir). Spalding Gray > 6. "The Alexandria Quartet" (novels). Durrell; Whittemore > 7. "Utopia" (novel). Thomas More > 9. "Democracy in America" (book-length essay). de Tocqueville > 10. "The Old Patagonian Express" (travel memoir). Paul Theroux > 1. Convicted of heresy in 1633 for his astronomical theories, > this scientist spent the rest of his life under house arrest. > Who was he? Galileo > among other things he advanced the theory that fire is a reaction > combining other substances with "oxygen", a name that he invented > along with "hydrogen". Then he was executed. Why? he was a noble and it was the French Revolution > until he started expressing the wrong political views. Then he > was sentenced to internal exile, and from 1979 to 1986 lived > in Gorky with severe limits on his communications. Name him. Sakharov > in 1952, and apparently committed suicide 2 years later. > What alternative sentence to incarceration had he undergone in > the meantime? chemical castration > She was murdered in 415, some say by a mob, or it might have > been a fanatical sect of monks, but by Christians in any case. > Name her. Hypatia > 7. Name the Canadian ballistic expert who was working on a > so-called "supergun" for Iraq when he was assassinated, > allegedly by the Israelis. Bull > 8. This biologist was murdered in 1985, presumably because she > spoke out against the poaching of gorillas. Name her. Dian Fossey > in 212 BC. Allegedly he was working on a diagram drawn on the > ground, and told the soldier to stop messing it up. Name the > scientist. Archimedes -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 25 04:31PM -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 7 is over and the winner is JOSHUA KREITZER! Hearty congratulations, eh? > In this set, I wrote two pairs in the challenge round. Those were D and, yes, E. > of some well-known pop and rock bands. > 1. This group, formed in 1969, took its name from a book by > W.H. Davies, "Autobiography of a _____". Supertramp. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 2. This British pop duo took its name from the type of retail > establishment where some of their friends worked. Pet Shop Boys. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua. > 3. This singer/songwriter named his band after a porno paperback. Lou Reed. (The Velvet Underground.) > 4. This British heavy metal band took its name from the title of > a Bob Dylan ballad. It's also a mild curse. (The Ballad of Frankie Lee and) Judas Priest. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > 5. This Scottish group is said to have chosen their name when > their manager stuck a pin in a map of Michigan. Bay City Rollers. 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, and Joshua. > 6. This American group took its name from Aldous Huxley's book > about his experiences taking mescaline. The Doors. > 7. This US pop group took its name from a colorful Australian > expression for a very cold night in the outback. Three Dog Night. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > 8. This Australian pop group took its name from a road sign, > punning that their work is "middle of the road". Men at Work. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > 9. This group's name is a deliberate misspelling of the name of > a high-school teacher that some of the band members disliked. Lynyrd Skynyrd. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Pete, and Joshua. > obscenity; but even this softer form this wasn't enough for > their record company, who insisted that they add two more words, > producing a name that alludes to a well-known aphorism. The Mothers of Invention. 4 for Joshua. > A1. The most-valuable-player award presented to the top curler > in the playoffs of the """Scott""" Tournament of Hearts is > named for which person? Sandra Schmirler. It's now the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Hers was a tragic death: she had a happy but painful pregnancy, but only when the pain continued after the birth was it realized that it had actually been due to cancer, and by then it was too late to operate successfully. She died 9 months later, aged 36. > play has been selected by the Football Reporters of Canada > since 1954. Name either of the """two""" players who have > won it four times. Tony Gabriel, Russ Jackson. They still share that record. > * B. Quebec Institutions > B1. In Quebec, "la SAQ" ["sack"] sells what sort of products? Alcoholic beverages (anything more specific was okay). 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. It's the "Société des alcools du Québec" -- Quebec Alcohols Company. > B2. In Quebec, "le CEGEP" or "le cégep" ["SAY-zhep"] is what > type of institution? Be sufficiently specific. Post-secondary educational, college, university-preparatory, technical school, etc. (Anything along these lines was okay, but not "high school" or "secondary school" on the one hand, or "university" on the other.) 4 for Joshua. The acronym stands for "Collège d'enseignement général et professionel" -- college of general and professional teaching. > C1. Jeanne Lamon ["Jeen La-MON"; not French pronunciation] > """is""" Music Director of which orchestra of period > instruments? Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. She's still alive, but retired from the job in 2014. Elisa Citterio has it now. 4 for Pete. > C2. The Montreal Symphony Orchestra's """two""" Grammy Awards > were won when it was under the direction of what conductor? Charles Dutoit. (Still the only two.) 4 for Pete. > D1. Within 3, in what year did the Supreme Court of Canada > unanimously decide that the term "person" in a law did not > include women? 1928 (accepting 1925-31). 2 for Dan Tilque. Fortunately, at the time a Supreme Court ruling could still be appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain; they overturned the decision the following year, also unanimously, on the grounds "Why should it not?" > D2. Within 3, what was the first year that women had the right > to vote in all 9 provinces? 1940 (accepting 1937-43). Since no one was within the allowed leeway, I scored answers within double the leeway (i.e. 1934-46) as "almost correct". So, 1 for Dan Tilque. The last holdout was Quebec. Of course the words "all 9 provinces" told you immediately that it had to be sometime in the period 1905-49. > * E. Canadian Railheads > E1. Name the only port that is directly on Hudson Bay and is > served by Canada's main railway network. Churchill (Manitoba). 4 for Dan Tilque, Erland, Dan Blum, and Pete. > E2. Name the northernmost seaport in BC served by Canada's main > railway network. Prince Rupert. 4 for Dan Tilque. As you will remember from Game 4, it was named for the first governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Iqaluit, by the way, was not a very good guess. Any route from there to the Canadian mainland would require a 60-mile (100 km) water crossing, and in fact the nearest railway (at Churchill) is over 900 miles (1,400 km) away, while the nearest part of BC is over 1,600 miles (2,600 km) away. > F1. Canada's longest-running literary journal (since 1945), > it """is""" published four times a year at the University > of New Brunswick. "The Fiddlehead". (Still true.) > new and established contemporary writers and visual artists > from Canada and around the world. Their """most recent""" > issue is a tribute to Timothy Findley. "Descant". (It ended in 2015.) Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Spo Sci His Lit Geo His Ent Can SIX Joshua Kreitzer 4 28 12 20 38 31 32 8 161 Dan Blum 0 28 20 40 20 8 24 8 140 Dan Tilque 4 40 4 36 28 8 12 11 135 Erland Sommarskog 7 39 8 4 32 4 8 4 98 Pete Gayde 8 4 8 8 11 16 16 12 71 -- Mark Brader | We don't have "m"s in Florida. If it can't be measured Toronto | in inches and feet, we don't measure it. msb@vex.net | --Tony Cooper My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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